Happy St Brigid’s Day, the first day of spring!

This is an illustration from Heather McKay who designs the gorgeous Head in the Clouds range of greeting cards and is the newest artist to join up with Love From Ireland.  Her collection will be launching during the month of February.

Legend has it that when young Brigid was looking for land to build a convent on, she persuaded the king of Leinster to give her as much land as her cloak would cover.  Seeming like a absurdly foolish request, the King agreed.  Brigid took off her cloak and gave a corner to each of her four companions who proceeded to walk in four separate directions until the cloak covered acres and acres of fine land.  Amazed by the miracle, the King kept his word and gave her the land for her settlement.  A cathedral dedicated to St. Brigid still stands on that land today. Here is some information if you are planning a visit: https://intokildare.ie/directory/things-to-do-in-kildare/st-brigids-cathedral-round-tower/

We want news of our new little postcard shop to spread like Brigid’s legendary cloak.  Choose your postcard from our ever-growing online catalogue of postcard images and write your message.  Each card is printed by hand and then posted directly to your recipient.  We hope this will make it easy and convenient to send postcards from Ireland.  Please help spread the word about Love From Ireland postcards to the four corners of Ireland!