On Tuesday, all T.Ys were brought to Kildare Town to celebrate St. Brigids Day. The week before our religion teachers taught us all about St Brigid and some of the legends surrounding her e.g when she spread her cloak over the Curragh. First we went to the Heritage Centre where we watched a short video on the work of St Brigid. Afterwards we went to the Church of Ireland across the street.
We then took a walk around the town before stopping for a short lunch. After that we went to see the first of the two St Brigid wells. This was the oldest of them. It had a pathway in the middle and everyone got the chance to walk across and bless ourselves. On our way back we visited the other well. This one was my favourite. It was very peaceful and pretty. Usually people who came tied a piece of material on the branches of the trees. People are also welcome to take some of the Holy Water from the well. All of my year had a great day because it was a new experience for everyone.
