Tomorrow, the first episode of season three of KnotWork Storytelling will arrive. I admit I am still a bit stunned I get to hold space for this brand new story by Laura Murphy, the poet in residence for Herstory Ireland.
Laura is “having a moment” as they say. But then, so is Brigid.
As you may know, this is the year that Brigid is being celebrated with an official holiday for the first time in fifteen centuries. Brigid is surely having a moment, too.
That’s clear in the RTÉ One (the main Irish television network) documentary that is playing tonight at 10:15 PM Irish time. Siobhán McSweeney (yes, Sister Michael from Derry Girls!) is the host and Laura is there at the table with them in Kildare.
I’m hoping that we’ll be able to watch from outside Ireland using this link to the RTÉ player.
In the meantime, above, you’ll see a video you can definitely view…
In my travels through “Irish Instagram” I have come to know a musician name Sionnán. Her chant to Brigid just got me in the core.
It’s de…
