The appropriation of St Brigid

The appropriation of St Brigid St Brigid by Patrick Joseph Tuohy. Photo: Public Domain.

As a woman named Breda, one of the many diminutives of Brigid, I feel protective of my patron. I have no problem with people who prefer to venerate the goddess Brigid, but I do wish they would also give due respect to Brigid the saint. The narrative that St Brigid is merely a Christianised, inferior…

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