1500th ANNIVERSARY:St Brigit—who was she?

By Edel Bhreathnach One of my earliest memories is of going with my parents to the parish church in Killester, which was dedicated to St Brigit. It held a relic of St Brigit, reputedly part of her skull, which was brought there from Lisbon in 1929 for the church’s consecration. It was enshrined in a ... Read more

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