Dr Daphne Pochin Mould gives a profile of Brigid an extraordinary Irish woman.
The biographers of early mediaeval Christian saints took a relaxed attitude when it came to details of the earthly lives of their subjects. The work of Father Felim O’Brien OFM (Order of Friars Minor) suggests,
There are lots of stories about Brigid, but they’re not true.
For a woman who became known the length and breadth of Ireland and beyond, very little is actually known about Saint Brigid.
Dr Daphne Pochin Mould compares Brigid to the modern Saint Thérèse of Lisieux - someone who never made the headlines during her lifetime, yet after her death her fame spread. She evidently was in possession of,
The kind of personality that makes the world a different place.
Brigid is remarkable in that she was a pioneer of religious life in Ireland, at a time when Christianity was not widespread. The small spiritual community she founded was self-supporting, mobile and based on service to the community. The stories about her paint a picture of an extraordinary woman,
Capable, practical, the sort of person you want to have around in an emergency.
This report for 'A Woman’s World’ was broadcast on 30 January 1962. The presenter is Dr Daphne Pochin Mould.
Daphne Pochin Mould was a geologist, writer and photographer who was a regular contributor to programmes on Radio Éireann.
