We bought one for our own house and I began to research it's meaning and history. St. Brigid's cross symbolises the beginning of Spring. In Ireland the official beginning of Spring is February 1st.

This is probably the best known St Brigid's Day tradition. A St Brigid’s Cross has a distinctive design made by weaving rushes into a patterned square surrounded by four arms tied at the end.

St. Brigid's Day, February 1, celebrates one of Ireland's patron saints Saint Brigid. St. Brigid's Feast Day was once celebrated by pagan Irish as Imbolic the Celtic feast marking the start of spring.

The year's first sacred holiday, the feast day of Saint Brigid, is celebrated on February 1, marking the beginning of Spring. The Bogha Bríde or Brigid's Day Cross is the symbol of the day.

There will also be a St Brigid Cross Making class and Butter Making Demonstrations in O’Donnell’s Bakery from 11am to 1pm; and a Biddy Hat Making Class in the Sean Scoil from 2pm to 4pm – al ...

Other The One True Cross relic was an object of veneration ... an ornate container usually holding a fragment of St Brigid's skull was stolen from St Brigid's Church in Killester, slightly north ...

A number of events have taken place across Ireland in the run up to St Brigid's bank holiday The first Irish bank holiday to be named after a woman is taking place in the Republic of Ireland.