Is the best known Irish saint after Saint Patrick, but there does not seem to be as much recorded data on her life. The life of Brigid, written by Cogitosus was written more than 100 years after she died, and he seemed preoccupied with the many miracles she performed. She may have been born in County Kildare but some suggest County Lough and equally she seems to have come from a poor family and other stories tell of some wealth. One thing for sure she gave all she had to the poor and was note...

We will soon be celebrating St Andrews day, the 30^th  of November, a date  less known than St Patrick’s day which has become something of a world icon.

But St Andrews day is growing in prominence every year but have you wondered why he is the patron Saint of Scotland at all??

He is the patron Saint of 3 very diverse nations, Scotland, Greece and Russia. And while the reason for this choice in the other 2 cases in fairly clear, they are the parts of the world where Andrew carried out all ...