Mrs Poacher's Virtual Tour Of St.Brigid's Shrine

Today we celebrated St. Brigid’s Day in St. Mary’s.

St. Brigid’s shrine is located in Faughart, near Dundalk in County Louth. According to tradition, Brigid was born at Faughart, a few miles north of Dundalk about 450 AD.

In Faughart today,  St. Brigid’s Shrine is visited by hundreds of people from all over Ireland and pilgrims visit the shrine daily. Public pilgrimages are held during the year, a candlelight procession takes place on the Saint’s feast day (1 February), a Mass for the Sick is celebrated in early June and there is a national pilgrimage on the first weekend in July. At public pilgrimages the pilgrims are blessed with a relic of the saint.

There are various large shaped symbolic stones, that people touch and pray around. They firmly believe that St. Brigid’s powers are within those stones and can cure their ailments. People often visit the old church, to pray to St. Brigid and fetch Holy Water from the running stream.

Mrs Poacher visited St. Brigid's Shrine last year and made a lovely video to share with the children in St. Mary's. Thank you Mrs Poacher for this Virtual Tour of St. Brigid's Shrine!