"St Brigids Well" by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

In 2022, Martina Hamilton of Hamilton Gallery in Sligo invited Irish poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin to write a poem in honour of St. Brigit’s Day which eighty-six Irish women artists would then use as inspiration for works of art. The result was the poem “St. Brigid’s Well,” which was translated into Chinese as part of a program of cultural exchange between Sligo and China. The video “St. Brigid’s Well” features a reading of the poem in English by Anna and Ellen Hamilton and in Chinese by Liu Zhiling.

In the second video, "St Brigids Well. A new poem by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin,” Susan McKay interviews Ní Chuilleanáin about the new poem, the project, and more in an excerpt from a longer interview. For the full interview, go to "St Brigid's Well - Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin in interview with Susan MacKay.”

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

Image and Credit: From Sligo jeweller Martina Hamilton & Hamilton Gallery.

"Holy Water, Sacred Flame" by Circle of the Sun

This lovely short chant, beautifully sung as a “round,” is available as a free download on Bandcamp. 

"Holy Water, Sacred Flame" by Circle of the Sun is also available to listen to from Anne Hill on YouTube in a more elaborate, twentieth anniversary, version, here.

Lyrics:

Holy Water, Sacred Flame,

Brighid, we invoke your name. 

Bless my hands, 

my head, my heart, 

source of healing, song, and art.

Notes: Words by Diane Baker and music by Anne Hill.

Image: from the Bandcamp site of Circle of the Sun. 

"For the River” by Mael Brigde

A very very very short song to Brigit that I end most of my meditations and rituals with. I sing it twice here so that you can get an idea of the melody the first time and then jump in the second time. I wrote it many years ago and still feel this gratitude deeply. Brigit is not named in the song so you could use it with other deities if it felt appropriate to you.

For the River

 

I thank you for the river that flows far from sunlight

for the hidden opening of that stream

for the sacred grove that rises from those waters

for the sacred wisdom pouring from those leaves

 

 

 

Video: of Mael Brigde singing at Daughters of the Flame online gathering.