Brigid of Ireland: Episode Five
The Saints
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4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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🗺️ Brigid of Ireland - Episode Five: Mary of the Gael
Ireland. 470 A.D. When Brigid lays down her cloak, it spreads out miraculously to cover twelve square miles - enough to found the vast monastery of Kildare Abbey! Even the pagan king is awed. But Brigid’s mission is far from over. She is called to spread the light of Christ across a land still in the shadow of ancient pagan rites, false gods and superstition. And not everyone welcomes the light! .
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Brigid is a charitable role model. She feeds the hungry and gives freely, even at personal cost. She courageously resists forced marriage and chooses consecration. Her faith deepens through prayer and trust in God’s providence, and she remains hopeful despite adversity, even from her own father.
This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. A mother dies after childbirth, a child is sent into slavery, and characters face threats of forced marriage and being sold. Illness, suffering, and references to execution are described, along with brief supernatural events and pagan practices.
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| 0:00.0 | Ireland, 470 AD. |
| 0:04.0 | When Bridget lays down her cloak, it spreads out miraculously to cover 12 square miles, |
| 0:10.0 | enough to found the vast monastery of Kildare Abbey. |
| 0:15.0 | Even the pagan king is odd, but Bridget's mission is far from over. |
| 0:20.0 | She is called to spread the love of God |
| 0:22.7 | across a land still in the shadow of ancient pagan rites, false gods, and superstition. |
| 0:29.3 | And not everyone welcomes the light of Christ. |
| 0:40.1 | The Saints Adventures of Faith and Courage |
| 0:43.1 | Bridget of Ireland |
| 0:44.8 | Episode 5 |
| 0:46.6 | Mary of the Gale |
| 0:48.5 | Listen to all the episodes |
| 0:50.3 | and discover new shows |
| 0:51.5 | at the Saints podcast.com |
| 0:53.5 | The Saints Podcast.com. |
| 1:04.0 | Okay, that's the leeks on to boil. |
| 1:06.2 | How are you getting on with the lamb there, Cahill? |
| 1:09.4 | Enough diced lamb for the biggest spring feast, |
| 1:13.2 | Kildare has ever seen coming right up, Mother Abbas. |
| 1:17.0 | You don't need to call me that. It's just Bridget. |
| 1:21.0 | You kept true to your word and returned to free me. |
| 1:27.2 | Then welcomed me to this Abbey as a monk. Now I'm serving everyone in the curah, rich, poor, pagan or Christian, doing God's |
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