Celebrating Irish women peace makers in the season of Brigid

Queensland Irish Association is set to screen Waving Goodbye to Dinosaurs documentary as part of our 2025 Brigid Celebration.

Following on from the success of the Association’s Finding Brigid documentary screening to celebrate St Brigid’s Day in 2024, it is hoped that this year’s screening will again attract a large crowd.

Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs looks at the time when peace talks were proposed to negotiate an end to the decades-old sectarian conflict that had left thousands dead and tens of thousands wounded, and women in Northern Ireland decided to take matters into their own hands. The film vividly shows the story of Catholic and Protestant women who united to form an all-female political party, won seats at the negotiating table, and fought to ensure that their policies around human rights, equality, and inclusion were reflected in the Good Friday Agreement.

The documentary features interviews with members of the Women’s Coalition, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator George Mitchell and civil rights campaigner Bernadette Devlin.

Join this cinematic experience at The Brigid Centre, Brigidine College, Indooroopilly, on Saturday, February 8th at 2pm.

Attendees will have the opportunity to delve into the documentary’s rich narrative and indulge in a light afternoon tea. All are welcome.

For further details and RSVP, contact QIA Director Michele Bourke on 0438 763 439.

Saint Brigid’s Day, also known as Imbolc, is celebrated on February 1st in Ireland and the Celtic Nations, marking the halfway point between the winter solstice and spring equinox. Traditionally, Imbolc signified the beginning of spring and the stirring of new life. In ancient times, it was a festival of light and fertility, with a focus on the return of the sun and the hopeful end of winter’s harshness. It honours Brigid, a goddess in pre-Christian Ireland associated with fire, poetry, healing, and smithcraft, who later became venerated as Saint Brigid in the Christian era.