Since then, the wisdom and compassion of Brighe – Triple Goddess, Muse of poets and smiths; healer; Bright Fire Goddess of Home and Hearth, while also the blesser of holy wells and waters; midwife carer for ewes and cows; cultivator of corn – has helped to guide my own emergence and growth in the intervening years. As “maiden”; mother; elder (or virgin/whore/hag, as some would have it).

She is benign and kind, a conciliator, a teacher and inspiration, and these qualities were personified in St Brighid of Kildare, and in all those who choose to honour her guidance.