Feile Bride 2016

Weaving a new vision: caring for all creation

Feile Bride 2016

Kildare TownKildare


Event Details

  • Sun 31 Jan - Sun 7 Feb  2016


  • Venue Details
    Kildare Town

    Kildare


Saturday, January 30th

Weaving St. Brigid’s Crosses

Venue:   Kildare Town Library

Time:     11.00 – 12.00

Kildare through the Lens

Photographic Exhibition by Michael Anderton

Venue: Kildare Town Heritage Centre

Exhibition runs for the duration of the F??©ile


Sunday, January 31st

Kildare Monastic Trail

 Assemble: Kildare Town Heritage Centre

Time: 2.30


Solas Bhride Centre open to Visitors

Weaving St. Brigid’s crosses

 Time:      2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.

Brigid’s Eve Ritual at St. Brigid’s Well on January 31

A pilgrimage of quiet reflection, song and prayer on the eve of springtime.

Assemble: Japanese Gardens’ car park at 7.20 p.m.

Time: 7.30-9.00 p.m.

If you wish bring a light/lantern and bring suitable clothing and footwear.


Monday, February 1st – La Feile Bhride

Customs & Traditions

Revisiting some of the customs & traditions associated with St. Brigid

Venue:         Solas Bhride Centre

Presenters: Solas Bhride Team

Time:           11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m

Admission:  €5.00


Afternoon:  Centre open for Visitors

Owen Lynch

Songs of Inspiration: Owen C Lynch & friends in Concert

An atmospheric & uplifting evening of sacred & secular music

Venue: Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road

Time: 8.00 p.m.

Booking Essential: Tickets €20, available through the Heritage Centre Ph: 045 530672 or

Solas Bhride: Ph: 045 522890


Tuesday, February 2nd 

A morning of quiet reflection

Presenters: Solas Bhride Team

Venue: Solas Bhride Centre, Tully Road

Time: 10.30 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.


Brigid’s Bounty

Venue: Boyle’s, Market Square, Kildare town

Time: 7.30 – 9.00 p.m.

Join sisters Susan and Judith Boyle at this tasting event where we will try a variety of food and drinks inspired by Brigid and the creatures of the earth

€10 Booking essential: Ph: Judith at 086 8418909


Wednesday, February 3rd

Sacred Dance

An hour of gentle movement that refreshes body, mind and spirit

Presenters: Solas Bhride Team

Venue: Solas Bhride Centre, Tully Road

Time: 11.00 a.m.- 12.30 noon

Admission: €8.00


Annual Celtic Heritage Lecture

Weaving a New Vision; caring for all creation

Presenter:  Donal Dorr spms

Venue: Kildare Education Centre

Time: 8.00 p.m. – 9.00


Thursday, February 4th

The Joys of Spring

An Interpretative Floral Art Demonstration 

Presenter: Enda Thompson Phelan, A.O.I.F.A.

Venue: Solas Bhride

Time: 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Admission: €10 including tea/coffee


“We Can Never Have Enough of Nature”. 

Celebrating the Festival of Brigid at Kildare Town Library

Enjoy Readings by Martin Malone , the Wordsmiths Writers Group and others accompanied by music 

Venue: Kildare Town Library

Time: 7.30 – 9.00 p.m.


Saturday, February 6th

A Time of Opportunity

Afri Justice and Peace Conference

Full details available on www.afri.ie or email afri@iol.ie

Venue: Solas Bhride Centre


Sunday February 7th

Mass at St. Brigid’s Well

Time: 10.30 a.m.

Followed by welcome cup of tea/coffee in Solas Bhride Centre, Tully Road


Weaving strands of a new vision of creation

Join us as we explore through music, poetry and legend ways in which vision interlaces with life.

Presenter: Solas Bhride Team

Venue: Solas Bhride Centre, Tully Road

Time: 12.00 noon

Admission: €5.00


Enquiries re other events at the Feile to The Heritage Centre, Ph: 045 530672 Email: info@kildareheritage.ie 

and Solas Bhride Centre email: info@solasbhride.ie  Ph: 045 522890


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