Brigid of Kildare

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Brigid of Kildare or St. Brigid of Ireland (Brigit, Bridget, Bridgit, Bríd or Bride) is the secondary patron saint of Ireland, after Saint Patrick. St Brigid was an abbess and the foundress of a number of convents, her feast day, 1 February, is the traditional first day of spring in Ireland