Sacred Circle Dance
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandBring joy and harmony to your mind, body and heart. Easy steps to beautiful music guided by Terry Hennessy and Betty White. Circle dancing is an ancient tradition common to many cultures. It formed part of special occasions and rituals. Sacred dance helps bring about harmony between body, mind and spirit and creates a real […]
‘Why did St Brigit choose Kildare? The power of a religious landscape’.
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandFurther details to follow
Celebrating St Brigid in Music, Song and Dance
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandFor St. Brigid’s Day 2021 the Department of Foreign Affairs, in conjunction with the Irish Traditional Music Archive, commissioned performers to create new compositions in the traditional idiom
A Celebration of Bealtaine – Marking the beginning of Summer
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandA Celebration of Bealtaine “Just living is not enough” said the butterfly “One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower” - Hans Christian Anderson “A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” ~ St. Francis of Assisi In our Bealtaine celebration we look forward to welcoming summer and marking May as the […]
Sacred Circle Dance
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandBring joy and harmony to your mind, body and heart. Easy steps to beautiful music guided by Terry Hennessy and Betty White. Circle dancing is an ancient tradition common to many cultures. It formed part of special occasions and rituals. Sacred dance helps bring about harmony between body, mind and spirit and creates a real […]
An International Pilgrimage – Come walk in the footsteps of St. Brigid in Kildare Town, June 15th 2024.
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandThis special International Pilgrimage marks the 1500th anniversary of the death of St. Brigid. We will commemorate and celebrate St. Brigid: A Woman, A Life, A Legacy. A special welcome to all overseas pilgrims/visitors "Pilgrimage is a gentle invitation to spend time in reflection, to visit sites with a long spiritual heritage, to slow the […]
Summer Solstice: Celebrating Mid-summer Light – Solstice time
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandWithout the sun (at its precise distance from us) there would be no life on earth. Without the tilt of our axis, there would be no seasons. These are the cosmic truths within which we have our life, our breath, our being. All that occurs within the course of a year is but an outworking of this relationship with […]
St Brigid and Sisterly Solidarity
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandBorn of a king and a slave and raised by a druid, Brigid integrates opposites and stands as the sister of all, regardless of class, ethnicity, or religious affiliation.
Day of Meditation: To Hope and Act with Creation
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandWe invite you to a reflection day on the theme of Hope and Action with Creation.
Sacred Circle Dance
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland“Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune intoned in the distance by an invisible player.” — Albert Einstein Join us for the first of our Autumn Dance which will form one of our programme of events during the Season of Creation. “Dance is the movement of the universe concentrated […]
Season of Creation Meditation Series – to Hope and Act with Creation: Meditation Part I
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandThis meditation series includes three stand-alone sessions, each including a short input on the theme, music, meditation, reflections. We would be delighted for you to join us for all three.
Autumn Equinox/ Culture Night
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandAutumn’s invitation to us is to let go of what no longer serves us so that the new may emerge
Season of Creation Meditation: Part II – To Hope and Act with Creation
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandWe invite you to join with us in the second of our meditation series during this Season of Creation– the annual ecumenical celebration of prayer and action for our common home.
Season of Creation Meditation: Part III – To Hope and Act with Creation.
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandWe invite you to join with us in the last of our meditation series during this Season of Creation.
Sacred Circle Dance
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland“Dance is meditation in movement, a walking into silence where every movement becomes prayer.”Bernhard WosienJoin us for the second Circle dance evening of our Autumn Programme of events.Circle dancing is an ancient tradition common to many cultures. It formed part of special occasions and rituals. It is a type of dance where anyone can join […]
Samhain and the Feast of All Saints and All Souls
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandSamhain, a threshold moment, is traditionally the beginning of the Celtic year. Samhain marks the end of the old and the beginning of a whole new cycle.
November Meditation Series: In November We Remember – Part I – We Remember our Ancestors
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandWeek 1: We Remember our Ancestors: This evening we will take time to remember our ancestors
November Meditation Series: In November We Remember – Part II – We Remember Planet Earth
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandThe loss of biodiversity and the extinction and threatened extinction of many life-forms.
Sacred Circle Dance
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland“I have lived so long because in those moments when I am dancing, I am beyond time and space.”Ruth St. DenisWe invite you to join us for Circle Dance evening during this month of remembrance.Circle dancing is an ancient tradition common to many cultures. It formed part of special occasions and rituals. It is a […]
November Meditation Series: In November We Remember – Part III – We Remember Personal/Existential Loss
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandThe “Letting Go” in the lived experience of everyday life.
Advent Meditation Series: Incarnation in the New Cosmic Story: Week 1
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandThis meditation series offers three sessions both online and in person. Week 1
Advent Meditation Series: Incarnation in the New Cosmic Story: Week 2
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandWeek 2 of the Advent Meditation Series
Sacred Circle Dance
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland“Except for the point, the still point, there would be no dance, and there is only the dance.”T. S. ElliotWhy not take some time out and gif yourself with a sacred circle dance morning, allowing yourself to get in touch with the “still point” that is open to the Mystery we celebrate at Christmas. /*! […]
Advent Meditation Series: Incarnation in the New Cosmic Story: Week 3
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandIncarnation in the New Cosmic Story-Week 3
Winter Solstice: Turning towards the Light
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandIn times of darkness, we are invited to turn towards the Light, to seek the Light, to welcome the Light.We invite you to join us as we celebrate the Winter Solstice and the Christmas Season. Let us welcome together the in-breaking of light into the darkness. This session will include a short input on the […]
Pilgrimage on St. Brigid’s Eve
Japanese Garden's Carpark Japanese Gardens, KildareJoin us for a candlelight pilgrimage at the dawn of springtime and the eve of St. Brigid’s Day.
Cross Weaving
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandSt. Brigid Cross is the most enduring tradition associated with St. Brigid.
Kildare calls for a Global Pause for Peace
Join us in a global Pause for Peace. Time: 12.00 local time - St. Brigid’s day, February 1st
Revisiting the Customs and Traditions associated with Saint Brigid
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandSOLD OUT!
Mass at St. Brigid’s Well
St. Brigid's Well Brallistown Little,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandTime: 10.30 a.m. Venue: St. Brigid’s Well Car parking facilities are available at Solas Bhríde Spirituality Centre.
Gathering around the Hearth
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandCelebrating Brigid through traditional music, story, conversation and poetry.
The Stones of the Hollow Hill- Kerdiffstown Park
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandInspired by the discovery of a Brigid’s Day solar alignment, artist James Winnett will give a presentation ...
A Ramble on St. Brigid’s Pastures
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandThe walk will include some ancient and recent historical sites on the Curragh Plains.
Dance the dance of God’s own blessed Bríd”
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandJoin us as we celebrate Brigid’s story and values through circle dance.
“Saint Brigit and The Ox Way”
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandA performance with poetry, story-making and music.
Brigid: A Woman of Contemplation and Action.
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandThrough the telling of the legends of St. Brigid we will explore Brigid’s awareness of the Divine
Annual Celtic Lecture: “The Material World of St. Brigid”
Kildare Education Centre Friary Rd, Kildare town, Co. Kildare, IrelandExploring what light archaeological evidence can shed on people, the economy and life in Brigid’s period. “Accounts of St. Brigid in the lives written in the 7th century and later centuries portray not only a remarkable, holy woman, but one who seems grounded in the real world, taking part in household chores and interacting with […]
Celebrating Spring with Flowers – a Floral art demonstration
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland“When one ower blooms, spring awakens everywhere.” – John O'Donohue.
A Guided meditation while taking a mindful nature walk
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland“When you walk, arrive with every step. That is walking meditation. There’s nothing else to it.”
Afri Conference: Brigid’s Light – Illuminating Paths of Justice and Solidarity
Solas Bhride Centre Solas Bhride Centre & Hermitages, Tully Road,, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, IrelandBrigid’s Light - Illuminating Paths of Justice and Solidarity
