I am delighted to be part of Kildare County Council’s celebration of Brigit/Brigid. Kildare County Council has kindly awarded my project Writing Our Way to Brigit/Brigid a Brigid 1500 Arts and Creativity Grant.
People are forgetting the singularity of Brigid, Alice Curtayne said in mid-twentieth century Ireland but in today’s Ireland, the plurality of Brigid is what speaks most to us.
Writing Our Way to Brigit/Brigid is, firstly, a series of creative writing workshops which will take place in the heart of Brigid’s Kildare – Kildare Library, Kildare Town.
This series of workshops will focus on using symbols and representations of Brigit/Brigid as prompts for participants to explore and write about their own relationship to Brigit/Brigid. In each workshop, using words, phrases and artefacts from her archival research as springboards, I will guide participants in exploring, through writing and oral story telling, symbols of Brigit/ Brigid in their lives.
Writing Our Way to Brigit/Brigid will also feature an evening where participants will have the opportunity to perform/show their work before a live audience.
Further details, dates and booking details will be announced shortly!
Please see https://brigid1500.ie/Events/ for a list of community events that are taking place all over Kildare for 2023 and beyond.
With thanks to Kildare County Council for the Brigid 1500 Arts and Creativity Grant.
Shauna Gilligan Writer 
Huge congrats Shauna!!
This is terrific news! Look forward to hearing more about it as it develops.
Beir bua!
Claire. XX
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Thanks so much, Claire. Hope our paths will cross again soon via Brigit/Brigid.
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Fantastic!
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Thanks so much, Greg!
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Firstly Comhgairdeas on being chosen for such a wonderful project! Any hope please of some creative writing events being on zoom for those who cannot attend in person for whatever reasons?
Thank you!
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Thank you for your kind words. Currently all creative writing events are in person – however, we will look into trying for a zoom event should there be a general need in the group.
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Shauna….Would the organisers think of approaching Family Carers Ireland to see if they would help…they organise / support many on- line events for family carers who are ‘stuck’ at home? Just a thought…..
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Wonderful idea. It would be great to run a series of workshops online with priority for family carers and those who are not in a position to attend events outside their home for whatever reason. Thank you for the suggestion.
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