Féile Dú Éige

01/02/2025

Here are some pictures of our St Brigid's cross workshop today🌿
Lá Fhéile Bhríde Shona dhaoibh go léir.💐💚

31/01/2025

"Tonight is St Brigid's eve so don't forget to leave a cloth or scarf outside to be blessed by the saint as she passes. Known as a 'Bratog Bride' in Irish folklore, this special garment can then be used as a cure for headaches or sore throats."

Brigid is said to walk the earth on Imbolc eve. Before going to bed, each member of the household may leave a piece of clothing or strip of cloth outside for Brigid to bless. The head of the household will smother (or "smoor") the fire and rake the ashes smooth.
In the morning, they look for some kind of mark on the ashes, a sign that Brigid has passed that way in the night or morning. The clothes or strips of cloth are brought inside and believed to now have powers of healing and protection.

Pic by irisharchaeology.ie

31/01/2025

🙋🏼‍♀️How many Brigids do we have in Dooega?!🌿

Names for Brigid

Here is a rough list of the different versions and spellings of 'Brigid' that I have heard in the vernacular over the years around Ireland. There are probably more I could add to it and if I have missed any, please put them in the comments.

Text: Michael Fortune

31/01/2025

Tomorrow!

💚To mark St Brigid's weekend, we're having a celebration of St Brigid in Dooega on Saturday.💐Something for all ages.

Hope to see you there. Feel free to bring your own rushes but we'll have some there too.🌿

All welcome 😊☘️

27/01/2025

‼️IMPORTANT NOTICE ‼️

Due to the unprecedented ESB outages being experienced across the island, CLG would like to open its doors to the public for anyone that needs to use our facilities 💫

We have hot water for showering, kitchen facilities for cooking and we also have power for anyone that needs to use it to charge devices or for any medical equipment that needs to be powered up for use ⚡️

Please feel free to pop in at any stage - the showers are situated on the ground floor in the male & female changing rooms and our kitchen facilities and charging points are upstairs 💚🤍

Please spread the word as not everyone has access to phone signal & internet at the minute 🙏🏻

25/01/2025

💚To mark St Brigid's weekend, we're having a celebration of St Brigid in Dooega on Saturday.💐Something for all ages.

Hope to see you there. Feel free to bring your own rushes but we'll have some there too.🌿

All welcome 😊☘️

18/01/2025

📝The AGM of Féile Dú Éige will take place today Saturday, January 18 at 5pm in Coláiste Acla.

Important dates and events to be decided...
Please make every effort to attend.

All welcome.

14/01/2025

On behalf of the people of Dooega and Mweelin we wish to convey our deepest sympathies to Luca's family on his tragic death.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Luca’s parents Fidelma and Darren, his brothers Ciaran, Cody, Rhys and Dean, his grandmother and the extended Callaghan and Moran families, Luca's friends and neighbours at this heartbreaking time.
We are thinking of you all.
Ar dheis Dé Luca.

10/01/2025

📝The AGM of Féile Dú Éige will take place on Saturday, January 18 at 5pm in Coláiste Acla.

All welcome.

04/01/2025

🥳🎊🥂🎂🎈🎶💐🎉
A big happy 21st to Holly McNulty, celebrating with family and friends tonight in Mickey's Bar!

31/12/2024

A lovely refreshing walk today to end a fabulous year here at
Féile Dú Éige
Great to see everyone for a Christmas catch up🎄
Happy New Year to all!!

30/12/2024

Weather looks okay-ish for tomorrow!
Sure we'll still meet for the craic and maybe a shorter walk....see ye tomorrow at 12!

Join us for our last event of the year...."WALK OUT 24"!!

All welcome

26/12/2024

Join us for our last event of the year...."WALK OUT 24"!!

All welcome

26/12/2024

"The Wren, the Wren the king of all birds, St Stephen's day was caught in the furze" 🐦🐦🐦. Wren Day, Day of the Wren or Lá an Dreoilín as Gaeilge is a unique tradition in Ireland that is practiced on December 26th, St Stephen's day. Children and sometimes even adults dress up with straw costumes or old clothing becoming "Wren boys" who then hunt a fake wren bird tied to a pole.

Wren Boys also parade through the towns and villages, dancing, playing music and going house to house collecting money to "bury the wren".
While the tradition is not practiced as much anymore it still persists into modern times in certain parts of Ireland particularly in the West of Ireland.


Photo credit: Rob Heaslip

25/12/2024

🌌🎶Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
the little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head🎶👼🏼

🎅🕯️Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh go léir🎄agus go mbeirimid beo ar am seo arís⛄✨