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In the 1,500th anniversary year of St. Brigid\u2019s death, scores of craftswomen, pupils,  and writers have been celebrating her legacy in <\/span>Bringing St. Brigid\u2019s Cloak to Life. <\/span><\/em> The project was imagined by poet Bee Smith and artist Morag Donald (Crafting Your Soul). <\/span><\/p>\n

Their vision has been brought to life with many helping hands and will be exhibited in Dowra Courthouse on Saturday 15 March from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon.  No need to book just drop in to see the finished cloak.<\/span><\/p>\n

The project was inspired by the legend of St. Brigid\u2019s miraculously expanding cloak that secured the land for her monastery in Kildare.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over two hundred individual pieces of feltwork, gelli print, embroidery and crochet adorn the outer cloak. The cloak\u2019s lining has over a hundred prayers, blessings and poems written by school children and adults from across Cavan and beyond.  The project includes contributions spanning 80 years of experience; the youngest contributor was a 4 \u00bd year old Ukrainian refugee schoolchild and the oldest a member of the Irish diaspora, 84 \u00bd year old Brigid McGovern, originally of Dowra but now resident in Birmingham.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bringing St Brigid’s Cloak to Life shows the story of the project.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The project was supported by guest facilitators from Baileborough Creative Hub and embroidery expert Fat\u00edma Gonz\u00e1lez M\u00e9ndez.  Julie Corcoran Photography Artist  created an inspired interpretation and visual record of the project from a photo shoot in Cavan Burren Park.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":34485,"template":"","class_list":["post-34484","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBringing Brigid\u2019s Cloak to Life - Dowra Courthouse - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the 1,500th anniversary year of St.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bringing-brigids-cloak-to-life-dowra-courthouse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bringing Brigid\u2019s Cloak to Life - Dowra Courthouse - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the 1,500th anniversary year of St. Brigid\u2019s death, scores of craftswomen, pupils,  and writers have been celebrating her legacy in Bringing St. Brigid\u2019s Cloak to Life.  The project was imagined by poet Bee Smith and artist Morag Donald (Crafting Your Soul).  Their vision has been brought to life with many helping hands and will be […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bringing-brigids-cloak-to-life-dowra-courthouse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@creativeirl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bringing-brigids-cloak-to-life-dowra-courthouse\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bringing-brigids-cloak-to-life-dowra-courthouse\/\",\"name\":\"Bringing Brigid\u2019s Cloak to Life - Dowra Courthouse - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bringing-brigids-cloak-to-life-dowra-courthouse\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bringing-brigids-cloak-to-life-dowra-courthouse\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bee-smith-and-morag-donald-image-by-julie-corcoran-photographic-artist.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-19T03:02:55+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bringing-brigids-cloak-to-life-dowra-courthouse\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bringing-brigids-cloak-to-life-dowra-courthouse\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bringing-brigids-cloak-to-life-dowra-courthouse\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bee-smith-and-morag-donald-image-by-julie-corcoran-photographic-artist.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bee-smith-and-morag-donald-image-by-julie-corcoran-photographic-artist.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1358},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/bringing-brigids-cloak-to-life-dowra-courthouse\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bringing Brigid\u2019s Cloak to Life – Dowra Courthouse\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Creative Ireland Programme\",\"description\":\"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. 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