So some of you may not know, and sorry that I'm a week late to blog about it but, Last week on the 1st of February it was St.Bridgid's day! WOOOH YAY This is a very special holiday in Ireland especially in Kildare because here in Kildare was she lived and set up her convent.
We went on a trip to Kildare town to visit the historical sites related to St.Brigid. We went inside her cathedral which was very interesting as we saw lots Brigid crosses hanging up on the walls and on a Concrete statue of bishop Wesley there was a fertility mark! it is believed that if you touch it you Will become very fertile!.( also our creative Ty's found out the fact that the bigger your backside the more fertile you where haha) Next on our trip we went to St.Brigid's kitchen with was a small passage underground which apparently years ago had hundreds of tunnels leading around kildare so if there was an attack on the cathedral people could escape. (unfortunately it wasn't a real kitchen like i taught it was). After that we went to The round tower at the back of the church. It was very interesting to know that it was the tallest round tower in ireland until its cone roof fell of which lead to it being the second largest in ireland today.
After We finished are yummy lunch we went walking (a very long walk) and we visited st.bridgids well. We prayed around the well and took jars of her holy water. I found this experience very relaxing and it took a load off my shoulders as Beside the well there was a tree where people could tie something small like a ribbon to the branches. I tied a woolen tread from my hat around one of the highest branches i could find to remember my nana's and grandads that are in heaven looking down on us, and my baby cousin trease. I now feel happier that st.bridgid is with them.
So that was the end of the trip and we went home happy and snoring from our tired treck. I loved learning more about st.Bridgid and it made me more proud to be from kildare. I also found out that she is popular not only in ireland but that she is infact the patrant saint of australia! its so cool because we are working on projects to put up on our blog so that the school in australia can learn our experiences too :D
Model of the original Town
St. Brigid's cathedral
Me getting to ring the bells in the cathedral
The Famous round tower... Its HUGE
St.Brigid's Flame
St.Brigid's Kitchen
St.Brigid's Statue and holy stream
The first of St.Brigid's wells
The woman herself St.Brigid
St.Brigid's well
Tree beside St.Brigid's well, where we could tie strings praying for our loved ones alive and passed
Great photos Fiona. Can you send me the html code for this post and I'll put it on th ST Bridget project blog?
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Mrs L :)