A look through Trinity's digital collections: an artistic history of St. Brigid

Celebration of St. Brigid’s Feast Day in the Middle Ages – Antiphon 1

 

Trinity College Dublin, for St. Brigit’s Day 2026, reviewed some of the images and texts from its archives. Included are the Liber Hymnorum, the Clarke Stained Glass Studios Collection, the Offices of St. Brigid, and 20th Century art from Cuala Press. For the full article, go here.

"From medieval times through to the 1930s and 40s, creative representations of St. Brigid showcased in the digital collections of the library of Trinity College Dublin offer us a picture of how the historical celebration of Brigid as a pagan goddess and as a Christian saint have informed how we see her today.”

Clarke Stained Glass Studios Collection