Mary Kenny
St Brigid of Kildare is pictured in a stained-glass window in St Brigid's Church in Crosshaven, Cork. Photo: CNS/Cillian Kelly For some time now, we’ve been told that Ireland is becoming ever more secular, and thus, faith symbols must be removed from public spaces. Mother Mary Aikenhead may have founded Irish nursing, but her portrait no longer graces the hospitals she established. And yet, surprisingly, we now have a new public holiday – this weekend…
