Brigid of Faughart Festival launches eleventh year
The Brigid of Faughart Festival was launched by author Anthony Murphy in Louth County Library last Thursday.
Now in it’s 11th year, The Brigid of Faughart Festival celebrates Brigid as a pre- Christian Goddess, Christian saint and wise woman of the 21st Century and also marks the ancient festival of Imbolc announcing the beginning of Spring.
The Festival takes placein Faughart, Dundalk and Ravensdale, between Saturday January 27th and Sunday February 4th and attracts a growing audience from all over Ireland as well as Europe and the United States.
The theme of this year’s festival is ‘Brigid, Muse to the Cultural Creative’, a timely focus as we seek to create a more sustainable culture in these times of uncertainty.
The festival programmes includes a pilgrimage from Dundalk to Faughart and exploring the sacred sites of Faughart on Saturday January 27th.
Dr Sharon Blackie, author of ‘If Women Rose Rooted’ will head a lecture and forum exploring the need to reconnect with our native feminine wisdom. Carmel Boyle, Ann McDonald, Dolores Whelan, Fr. Tom Hamill will celebrate Brigid in song and prayer on Lá Fheile Bhride, February 1st, The Oratory, Faughart.
Other events include a one woman play, ‘ The Wooing of the Soul’, an evening of weaving poetry, music and song with Siobhan MacMahon, and local band The Periods, an art exhibition with work by Una Curley, and workshops
Full programme on www. brigidoffaughart.ie.