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Here we arealready in our Second Month of 2023! We certainly are living in a fast paced age. This month we celebrate St. Brigid's Day and St Valentine's Day

HAPPY SAINT

BRIGID'S DAY!

This amazing Irish woman is Ireland's only female patron saint and in the recent past, she has been getting therecognition that she certainly deserves St Brigid?s day is now an official Irish Holiday and as such is the first Irish public holiday named after a woman,.

A tweet from theIrish Woman's Collective sums it all up nicely, " St Brigid's Day provides a unique opportunity to acknowledge thecritical role that women have played in Irish history, culture and society. Here?s to all theamazing woman!"

It is also Ireland's First Day of Spring

This month on the fourteenth, St Valentine's Day is also celebrated. An amazing story of A Roman martyr who wroteletters from prison (awaiting his fate) to all his family, friends and followers basically telling them to loveeach other and spread thefaith That is certainly something that we Irish can appreciate

On page 16, there isa wonderful story of how St. Valentineended up in Dublin Another factoid of note: this month is the 30th Anniversary of thefilm Groundhog Day staring Irish American Actor and grumpy guy Bill Murray

Well worth watching again as it has held up really well and after all it is a timeless love story

A wonderful month in store for sureso enjoy all Feabhra has to offer!

Jim McDonough, Publisher

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