A few days after her Feast Day I know but I came across this little tribute to St Brigid in Dublin’s Botanic Gardens this afternoon…. Brat Bhríde – Brigid’s Cloak Brigid approached the King of Leinster requesting some land on which to build a monastery. She had selected a place in Kildare which suited her […]
This week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is RED Meet RED HUGH O DONNELL! Red Hugh was born into Gaelic nobility c 1572 in northwest Ireland – the region we now call Donegal. When his betrothal to the daughter of the Earl of Tyrone was announced, the English feared the union of two such powerful families […]