To celebrate Brigid’s miraculous brewing abilities, which were the stuff of legends, today’s beer recommendations highlight women working in Irish breweries today.

February can be a bit of a long haul, so why not break things up by celebrating St. Brigid of Kildare. And how do you do that? By raising a glass of your favourite beer, of course.

The sister’s produce a beer called Brigid’s Ale as part of Two Sisters Brewing - and I must say it is delicious as it is made sweet with the honey from her beekeeper dad’s hives.

St. Brigid was born in the fifth century in Faughart, County Louth. Her feast day is on Feb. 1 and folk history says she also died on that day.

It was launched in 2023, coinciding with the Republic's first ever St Brigid's Day bank holiday. Last year, it attracted more than 80,000 visitors to Kildare and this year they hope to surpass that.

Legend has it that she turned bath water into beer at one point, and supplied 18 churches with beer. I like the idea of St Brigid having a pint – it makes her even more my kind of woman.

St Brigid lived approximately 100 years after St Patrick had brought Christianity to Irish shores. She was the first Irish-born Roman Catholic saint, and a number of miracles have become associated ...