Bridgid's Day Out

So last week on the 1st February it was St. Bridget's Day. (also Harry Styles' Birthday! Yay :D ) We have been learning a lot about St. Bridget recently and working hard on our projects. St. Bridgid is the patron saint of Kildare, where we live, so on Tuesday we took a bus trip to Kildare town. First stop was a look in the Kildare heritage centre where we watched a video all about Kildare. We then walked over to St. Bridgid's Cathedral, a church of Ireland cathedral. It was a huge stone building with stain glass windows that had pictures of loads of saints. At the cathedral, there was also a round tower that used to be the tallest tower in Ireland until the top got knocked off. We walked to the original St. Bridgid's Well, which is just beside the National Stud and the Japanese Gardens. We said a prayer and then blessed ourselves with the water. Some people collected the water in bottles to bring home. We then went to the other St. Bridgid's well which was in a lovely garden. We walked around it while saying one decade of the rosary. There were five big stones in the garden, each representing something different. We walked back to the bus very tired and cold, but it was still a great day and we all felt good for going on the pilgrimage :)

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Click here to see what my class have been working on and to learn more about St. Bridgid!