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Bridget is an Irish female name derived from the Gaelic noun brígh, meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". [1] An alternative meaning of the name is "exalted one". [2] Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid of Kildare, who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gael".
Brigid or Brigit (/ ˈ b r ɪ dʒ ɪ d, ˈ b r iː ɪ d / BRIJ-id, BREE-id, Irish: [ˈbʲɾʲiːdʲ]; meaning 'exalted one'), [1] also Bríd, is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland.She appears in Irish mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán.
Brigid is honoured on 1 February in the calendars of the Catholic Church in Ireland, as well as the Anglican Church of Ireland, Church of England, [44] and Episcopal Church. [ 45 ] She is a patroness saint of Ireland (and one of its three national saints), as well as of healers, poets, blacksmiths, livestock and dairy workers, among others.
Bridget Cleary (née Boland; Irish: Bríd Uí Chléirigh; 19 February 1869 – 15 March 1895) was an Irish woman who was murdered by her husband in 1895.She was either immolated or her body was set on fire immediately after her death.
Bridget sufficiently roused the king with an emotional telling of her plight and financial troubles, and he granted Bridget a pension of £200 from Tyrconnell's escheated estates. [16] Mary was placed under the patronage of the King and Bridget was sent back to Ireland. [10] In 1609, Bridget returned to her family's estates in Kildare. [14]
Brigid's cross or Brigit's cross (Irish: Cros Bhríde, Crosóg Bhríde or Bogha Bhríde) is a small variant of the Christian cross often woven from straw or rushes. It appears in many different shapes; the earliest designs were simple Christian Latin or Greek crosses , but the most popular modern iteration features a woven diamond or lozenge in ...
Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. Áine is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna and Anne.
Brigit of Kildare (451–525), patron saint of Ireland, abbess Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373), mystic and saint, founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks Saint Bríga , (fl. 6th century), founder of the monastery of Oughter Ard in Ardclough, County Kildare