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St. Brigid's Well is still a popular place of pilgrimage where healing liturgies are often held.

Located at the end of a narrow country lane and not blessed with too many parking spaces, today St. Brigid's Well is a miniature park where an enclosed spring feeds a short underground stream, this in turn bursting through a gateway of stone and then winding past a bronze statue of the saint bearing a crosier, wearing a cross, and holding a flame.

A visitor is encouraged to say prayers at the stations -- stones marking the underground stream.

About St. Brigid's Well

kildare.ie: St. Brigid's Well
Megalithic Ireland: St. Brigid's Well
New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Brigid of Ireland
Wikipedia: Brigid of Kildare
Wikipedia: Brigid's Cross

Journey to St. Brigid's Well

St. Brigid's Well is located a few miles south of Kildare town, County Kildare, Ireland, where the location of her double monastery once stood close to the Black Abbey.

Map Reference: V2460N7211 approx.

Visitors Information

Visitors and general tourist information may be found at the Kildare Information for Tourists website.

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