St Brigid's Day is often overshadowed by the behemoth that is St Patrick's Day but it wasn't always that way.
The holiday is linked to the Celtic festival on Imbolc, which marks the return of Spring on February 1.
Unlike Patrick, who was most likely born in Wales, Brigid is believed to have been born in Co Louth and one of her most celebrated acts is converting the local tribes to Christianity.
Her father was a pagan chieftain of Leinster while her mother was believed to be a Christian.
The unique St Brigid Cross has become her symbol with its roots stemming from the pagan sun wheel which was meant to act as a blessing of fertility for the earth.
Legend has it that as a pagan chieftain lay ill on his deathbed, Brigid gathered bits of bushes from the ground and made it into a cross and shared stories with him about her relationship with god.
Before his death, that chieftain asked to be baptised after hearing Brigid's stories.
These crosses had been used to ward off evil, fire and hunger some legends say. But, as the story of Brigid garnered more attention, the cross became synonymous with her.
St Brigid will become a far more household name for many of us in the coming years as her day is finally set to become a bank holiday in 2023.
Brigid died aged 75 in AD 525 and was buried in the church she founded.
However, years later, her remains were exhumed and brought to Downpatrick where she now lies next to Ireland's other patron saints, St Patrick and St Columcille. Her skull was moved to Lisbon where it still remains to this day.
