{"id":1678,"date":"2022-09-08T10:09:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T09:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/communitydevelopment\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2022-09-08T10:09:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T09:09:41","slug":"explore-the-traditions-associated-with-brigid-monaghan-county-council-age-friendly-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/communitydevelopment\/2022\/09\/08\/explore-the-traditions-associated-with-brigid-monaghan-county-council-age-friendly-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore the Traditions Associated with Brigid &#8211; Monaghan County Council &#038; Age Friendly Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Time to explore some of the traditions associated with Brigid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Age &amp; Opportunity and Age Friendly Ireland are inviting Older People to take part in a series of inter-county events at the end of September, finishing off the event with a pageant to commemorate Samhain.<\/p>\n<p>We will explore the traditions associated with Brigid through poetry, craft \u2013making, myth and ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>We will be exploring Celtic wisdoms, stories, poems and folklore while linking natural world learnings to the elements of fire, earth, air and water plus heritage sites.<\/p>\n<p>We will be filming the final ceremony so that we can broadcast it on Brigid\u2019s Day in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>No expertise needed, come and have fun with artist Marie Brett, joint workshops for Cavan\/ Monaghan will take place in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Errigal Hotel, Cootehill, Co. Cavan- September 27th (Participants from Cavan and Monaghan).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1679\" src=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/communitydevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/09\/Brigids-Cross-300x154.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/communitydevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/09\/Brigids-Cross-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/communitydevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/09\/Brigids-Cross-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/communitydevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/09\/Brigids-Cross-648x333.png 648w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/communitydevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/09\/Brigids-Cross-373x192.png 373w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/communitydevelopment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/09\/Brigids-Cross.png 894w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For further information or registration please contact:<\/p>\n<p>Barry Eaton, Age Friendly Programme Manager (Monaghan),\u00a0Beaton@monaghancoco.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time to explore some of the traditions associated with Brigid. 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