January 30 2015 0comment

Brigid of Ireland – New Booklet by John J. O’Ríordáin, C.Ss.R.

‘Brigid of Ireland, The saint and the goddess’ has just been published in January 2015, by John J. Ó Ríordáin, C.Ss.R., the well-known Redemptorist and Celtic scholar. This small booklet of 56 pages explores:

Chapter 1: The saint and the goddess.

Chapter 2: The ‘Life’ by Cogitosus.

Chapter 3: A Saint of the 21st Century.

Chapter 4: Claims and Counterclaims.

Chapter 5: Rituals and Relics.

It concludes with a selection of Prayer and Hymns.

Cost €3, and can be purchased at, (or ordered from, plus p&p), The Monastery Shop, Redemptorists, Mount St. Alphonsus, South Circular Road, Limerick, Rep. of Ireland.  Telephone: +353 (61) 315099; Email; msa@redemptorists.ie

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