Brat Bhride Community Creativity Project - in Conjunction with Creative Ireland and Offaly County Council - starting 20th April - contact portartcollective@gmail.com
Brat Bhride Community Creativity Project - Bringing People Together to Learn and Celebrate Tradition Together.
Our initiative will promote a revival of the Brat Bhride tradition across Ireland at a community level, using our creativity. Brigid has been recognised and awarded her own national holiday for 2023 and we want to commemorate that in our way in Portarlingon. The Brat Bhride tradition will bridge a gap between the generations, with older members of our community aware of this almost forgotten tradition in today’s Ireland recalling her healing and protective shawl.
Our Collective, alongside community groups will be coming together to upcycle and customise Brat Bhride scarves/shawls and we welcome all community involvement, as once you can pick up a needle and thread you can take part. We will be reusing old scarves and found materials, promoting sustainability in recycling of materials.
We intend to bring together our groups in a shared environment and workspace to create and collaborate on our Brat Bhrides and talk together about activities and memories traditionally associated with St Brigid’s Day.
For more information follow us on social and if you want to get involved get in touch @ portartcollective@gmail.com.
