The goddess Brigid is known to be a daughter of Dagda, “the Good God.” But who was her mother?

Laura Murphy tells her own story of Brigid’s birth at Newgrange. The child comes from the milky way, the way of her mother, the goddess Bóinn.

Laura is an activist, healer and Poet in Residence for Herstory, the powerful movement in Ireland dedicated to the stories of modern, historic, and mythical women.

“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles, but it must be taken one step at a time.” L.B.Johnson

We invite you to join with us in a Pause for Peace wherever you are.

Venue: Wherever you are

Time: 12.00 Mid-day

St. Brigid of Kildare and the abbesses who succeeded her were renowned as peacemakers in early Ireland.

By taking a moment to pause for peace on St. Brigid’s day we hope to send out a message that we actively oppose warfare and the proliferation of arms.

Let us be instruments of peace as we unite around the world to send out a blessing of peace.

Release Date - Tue 31 January 2023

On St Brigid’s Eve, as Ireland prepares to celebrate its first public holiday dedicated to a woman, Herstory's Melanie Lynch and Laura Murphy join Derry Girls star Siobhán McSweeney as she gathers a “mnásome” in a stone circle in Galway in her quest for the Real Brigid.

A week long festival in Brigid’s ‘homelands’ of Kildare - Cill Dara - the Church of the Oak including 30 Years: Commemorating the Lighting of the Flame of Hope, Justice and Peace in 1993. Afri and the Brigidine Sisters to mark the opening of an International Justice and Peace Conference titled: “Brigid: Prophetess, Earthwoman, Peacemaker” - with Luka Bloom. Full schedule at the link.

Celebrate #StBrigidsDay early Saturday, January 21st with a special online event organised by the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians and Herstory!

The event will begin at 4pm Irish time / 11am ET and will introduce Brigid and why she is a role model for modern women today. Herstory Poet in Residence Laura Murphy will perform her poem Is Mise Bríd, Treacy O'Connor will lead a beautiful mediation, and Herstory Founder Melanie Lynch will share a slideshow of the spectacular Herstory light shows.

January 21, 2023 will be a special New Moon preceding Imbolc and the arrival of Brigid with her feast day and it’s eve accompanied by a 50,000 year old comet’s return - and all the way through the Full Moon and her National Holiday on February 5th and 6th. I will go to the water and sing for her and collect water for carrying through this sacred time. You can, too. Please feel free to reach out directly for the song melody. For the background on this story click “The Call” link below.

“Water is the gift of life. Water is sacred. Water is alive and guided by spirits. Water is the transporter of other energies. Sing to the water to resonate vibrational healing. Give thanks to the water in ceremony. Water assists us in power. Give offerings to the water spirits. Give tobacco ties for water ceremony. Do a water ceremony around the New Moon. Water spirit is feminine. Water ceremony is fluid.”