‘You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people’ Genesis 50:20
The institution of Saint Brigid’s Day (or just ‘Brigid’s Day’) as a national holiday in Ireland was intended as a final humiliation against Catholics. It was supposed to be the regime and its various NGO industries wrestling a saint away from us and repackaging her as a radical feminist icon.
During the 2018 referendum to remove the Right to Life, she was invoked as a figure to support a change in the laws, with the usual snide and sneering infantile liberal Irish tone:
With only a couple of years gone past, the liberal interest in using the holiday to taunt Catholics has all but disappeared as many are likely consumed with other issues such as Palestine, gender dysphoria and other more fashionable current topics.
As a result, Saint Brigid herself has taken centre stage on the holiday, especially with the 1,500th anniversary of her death upon us.
Across the country, events to celebrate the great nun were greatly attended over the past few weeks. It is evident that those who sought to mock Brigid actually scored an own goal by assuming that Catholics would not have been more organised in response.
