St Brigids Day, Lá Fhéile Bríde: Caitlín Nic Gabhann performs new slip jig dance, St Brigids Day

To celebrate Lá Fhéile Bríde, St Brigid s Day 2022, the Irish Traditional Music Archive, in collaboration with the Department of Foreign Affairs, commissioned three traditional artists to compose new works inspired by lore relating to Brigid: Caitlin Nic Gabhann, concertina, dancer; Louise Mulcahy, uilleann pipes, flute and Síle Denvir, harp, seannós singing. These new works are featured on TO BE IRISH ON ST BRIGIDS DAY an online celebration of St Brigid and the lives and legacies of women at home and abroad. Concertina player and dancer Caitlín Nic Gabhann from Ashbourne, Co. Meath, decided that St Brigid should have a tune and a dance in her honour, just like St Patrick The name Brigid or Bríd is all around us in Irish life. Both my grandmothers were Brigid and Biddy and my own name is CaitlínBríd. My grandmother came from St Brigids Well, at Liscannor in Co. Clare and my first dancing lessons were at Kilbride hall in Co. Meath. There is a tune and dance called St Patricks Day that is known all o