Brigid, Gobnait & Sheela-na-gig with Edel Meade

Brigid, Gobnait & Sheela-na-gig with Edel Meade

Date: Tuesday 28^th January 2025

Location: Athy Library

Time: 6pm

Celebrate St. Brigid’s Day with an unforgettable evening of songs, stories and reflections from Edel Meade. The award-winning performing artist and Tipperary woman will present a rich tapestry of music and anecdotes to honour Brigid, Gobnait and Sheela-na-gig, celebrating the Divine Feminine and reflecting on how ancient wisdom can inform our present and future. This unique event will appeal to anyone interested in Irish music, Irish folklore and mythology, women's stories, the Irish language and Celtic spirituality.

Admission is free and all welcome to attend. 

Kindly supported by the Kildare County Council under the Brigid, Spirit of Kildare programme.

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Bio:

Edel Meade is a multi award-winning performing artist, songwriter and educator from Co. Tipperary. Her latest album 'Brigids and Patricias' explores what it means to be a woman in 21st century Ireland, drawing on Irish folklore and mythology, Irish history and current affairs. It was described as "most courageous Irish album of the year" in The Irish Times.

Edel has been the recipient of numerous awards from the Arts Council of Ireland. She was selected for the prestigious Fulbright-Creative Ireland Professional Fellowship Award and spent six months in Berkeley, California in 2023 conducting artistic research and teaching 'Traditional Irish Singing: A Journey of Ireland Through Song' to Americans. She has also presented guest lectures on Irish folklore and mythology for the Celtic Studies program at U.C. Berkeley, the Women's Spirituality program at CIIS San Francisco and at the Women and Mythology conference in New York.

Edel is currently working on her third album which is due for release in 2025. She was commissioned to create this performance-project by the Kildare County Council last year under the Brigid1500 scheme to mark 1500 years of Saint Brigid and we are delighted to have her here this evening.