What is Imbolc? Brigid & the Gaelic Spring Festival

The Gaelic festival to mark the beginning of spring is associated with the goddess/saint Brigid and Darlugdach. What is it all about? Stick around for a hymn based on Gabhaim Molta Bríghde by Aoife Ní Fhearraigh, but in Scottish Gaelic with some of my own lyrics.

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[evegrace]

For me February is the most difficult month. I'm already tired from the cold and dark previous months and everything is cold. Imbolc helps me remember that despite being in winter, spring is around the corner.

[caroleyre]

My Nana’s birthday the 13th February…my Beautiful Nana celebrates Imbolc in Heaven now.
13 The Divine Feminine Happy Imbolc Blessings ❤️🥰❤️ Thankyou beautiful 🤍🕊🤍

[FunctionalForm]

Thank you for such a wonderfully informative video! The hymn at the end was very lovely, and calming to my soul. Have a wonderful day!

[GkPhotographic]

Imbolg brings a new hope, longer days as we await the Sun,
Brigid is the "Worlds first " rock star, where ever she is revered, peace and good will are abundant .
Blessings from Eiru

[gardenswithsoul]

So interesting, my name is a derivative of Brigid (Bevin) and last week around Imbolc, I came hone in the evening only to be brought up short by a snake lying across the sidewalk. Cool to understand the traditions of my ancestors

[lowlandnobleman]

I sure hope that Imbolg and Bealtaine brighten up this year.

[elijahwilson]

My birthday falls on February 1st. So this is a really cool holiday in my book

[eo]

GRMMA for the song and the enthusiastic lyrics you forged

[bridypow]

0:05 0:06 🎉🎉🎉👑😁👑☘🔥🐉💋💫🙏💫 can you feel it coming💫☘🔥☘💫 0:34 the well lives on 0:47 🧡☘🧡 0:53

[thegreenmage]

Well done with your hymn at the end.
Thank you for that.
It was very personal.
A very memorable moment for the channel.
I will certainly remember.
It is quite a gift, the hymn.
And so rare these days that people will sing for devotional purposes, as it was intended of the art, and not hoping simply to be praised themselves.

[grettalemabouchou]

I was out in the yarden this morning, and I could feel spring coming on.Still chilly but the growth is beginning. I am from Celtic stock and understand that in the olde days many people were not able to access the Holy Word. I am a follower of Yashua my savior, but I do so understand that feeling in my very bones that calls for the yearning of the spring. Be well be blessed.

[DorchesterMom]

Thank you! I love following your channel. I have learned so much about Irish heritage and tradition here. We in the diaspora are very often so far removed from our roots that these stories and traditions have been lost to us. I remember making St. Brigid’s crosses as a child in Catholic school but never connected with the reasons why - until now. Thanks again!

[leandrobayonito]

9:07 Spring Sunrise is beautiful when the winter ends.

[jodyhakala-ristow]

Get up earlier, light incense, and candles 🕯 🕯setup your hearth, love intentions for the month, the year add romance and spend time with loved ones. Making folk crafts, be resourceful.

[odonnabhainiverssen]

In Ireland we made St Bridget Crosses with the palms we got at church on Palm Sunday before Easter. We could only burn old palm or reed St. Bridget’s crosses in a fire when we got new ones each year and we would hold them until we made a bonfire in summer being careful to bury the ashes from the fire. I believe it is still a requirement to bury ashes of a burned palm or Bridget’s reed cross for disposal of a Holy item to be considered proper.

[Ricca_Day]

Seems like Groundhog Day is the American adaptation of similar German and Dutch traditions with regard to the Spring forecast.

[lamichiganr]

*I have only just heard of this Holiday and I am going to celebrate it in 2022 for sure.*

[timothyhill]

Very similar stories to the Greek myths surrounding Demeter and her daughter Persephone, who was kidnapped by Hades …

[WolfeMoon]

Thank you for this beautiful video. I learned so much!

[osobreiro]

Reminiscent of Ategina. The old Lusitanian godess of Spring, rebirth and nature. In the colder months she lives in the Underworld, Nature withers. In the hotter months, she comes back and the green, flowers and crops grow.
This is similar to the myth of Proserpina/Persephone aswell