
More background information on Irish beer-making, Irish toasts, and on the quintessential beer-loving Irish saint, St. Brigid…












In the artwork featured in this COLLECTION, St. Brigid holds an oversized glass beer mug or stein next to a barrel of beer against a green background patterned with a sprig of bog myrtle (Myrica gale). It is a pastiche created by Saints_Aplenty from ... + .In St. Brigid’s day, beer was a gruit, an herbal brew made from unmalted barley (Hordeum vulgare) and flavored with bog myrtle (Myrica gale) or meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), not hops (Humulus lupulus). Hops were not used in Irish beer-making u...






















































As Maireid Sullivan notes (at irishcentral.com/roots/st-brigids-day-traditions), “Here's a busy saint!" In addition to her patronage of Ireland and brewers, "St. Brigid is the patron saint of babies, blacksmiths, boatmen, cattle farmers, children who...













Some (mostly) non-alcoholic customs and traditions associated with Lá Fhéile Bríde!
