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.

Devotees of St. Brigid are commemorating the 1,500th anniversary of her death on Thursday, the feast day of the so-called matron saint of Ireland, who’s been gaining a modern following.

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.

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 ...