"An image of Patrick...traipsing around in the rain ordaining priests and founding churches does not hold the public consciousness on the same level as the pagan-slaying, heroic figure created by Muirchú." - Niamh Wycherley from #EarlyIrishMU at #MaynoothUni
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RT @maynoothuni (bird site)
Tune in to #RTERadioOne
at 🕟 3.30pm today to catch our own @NiamhWycherley@twitter.com discuss St Brigid.
Listen here👉https://rte.ie/radio/radio1/ray/
You can read Niamh Wycherley's
#RTEBrainstorm piece on #StBrigid here 👉https://rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0123/1349669-st-brigid-kildare-ireland-evidence-identity/
#RTERadioOne #rtebrainstorm #stbrigid #earlyirishmu #brigid1500
Will the real St Brigid please stand up?
Niamh Wycherley at #EarlyIrishMU @maynoothuni gathers the evidence to show the #Kildare woman was real - and why this is worth emphasising today #Brigid1500
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0123/1349669-st-brigid-kildare-ireland-evidence-identity/
#earlyirishmu #Kildare #brigid1500