St. Brigid's Day

All of the T.Ys set of to Kildare village to follow in the footsteps of St. Brigi, I was all set but in swimming I injured my knee so wasn't able to walk properly:(

 Since it was St.Brigid's Day on the 1st February last week we decided that this year we were going to Celebrate and spread the world about St.Brigid as some of our year didn't know alot about Her. Ms.L suggested that we could make up a blog all about St. Brigid and her life and also about the Curragh and Kildare. We started the project a week or so before St.Brigid's Day. We were all put into groups of three or four based on what topic we wanted to research. I went into a group of three girls with Aoife and Aisling. Our topic was a 'Spotlight on Kildare' My main topic was on the Curragh and I also wrote a bit about other places of interests in Kildare including:

Moones Cross: It is one of the best preserved monuments of its kind in Ireland. The cross stands at 17.5 metres high.

Leixlip Castle: The central part of the castle dates from 1172, just after the Norman Invasion in 1171 and is one of the oldest continuously-occupied buildings in Ireland.
Donnellys Hollow: Donnelly was born in the docks of Dublin, Ireland in March, 1788; He fought at a time when boxing was of the bare-knuckles variety. His second victory on December 13, 1815, was his most celebrated and a source of Irish pride because his opponent, George Cooper, was from England, which still ruled Ireland at the time. Dan Donnelly died shortly after and his arm is the only part of his body that remains.

About St.Brigid

St. Brigid was born in AD 450 in Faughart, near Dundalk in Co. Louth. Her father, Dubhthach, was a pagan chieftain of Leinster and her mother, Broicsech, was a Christian. It was thought that Brigid’s mother was born in Portugal but was kidnapped by Irish pirates and brought to Ireland to work as a slave, just like St. Patrick was.

Brigid has been called "Mary of the Gaels" and a common salutation in the Irish language expresses the hope that "Brigid and Mary be with you". Her influence is not confined to Ireland.

eimear x

                                          

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