St Brigid's Cross

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Kerry siblings' St Brigid's cross-making skills in great demand (The Kerryman)

ONE year after they launched a cottage industry of sorts supplying St Brigid's Crosses from their Abbeydorney home and brother and sister Morgan and Méabh ...

The crosses are available once more in Lixnaw, at: Foley’s Gala; Gibbons’s filling station; Stack’s Londis; Walsh’s Butchers and the Lixnaw Post Office. It was always a tradition in my family, my grandfather made the crosses for St Brigid’s Day, as did my father. That’s when he decided on the Air Ambulance and the Banna Rescue unit.”

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How to make a St Brigid's Cross (MSN UK)

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What is your favourite style of St Brigid's Cross? (Donegal Daily)

As Donegal celebrates St Brigid's Day, we take a look at the construction of the famous rushwork crosses. Cross making is one of the most widely known ...

When all is eaten the crosses are made, and when blessed by the priest or sprinkled with holy water, are placed over the door, usually by the third day after the Feast, in the hope that the family may have a plentiful supply of bread until that time twelve months, and in honour of St. All kneel round the rushes and the bread, and at the end of each short prayer a piece is taken off the strone by each person and eaten. Brigid’s crosses were employed to garner the blessing of the saint and to protect the home against fire.

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Workshop in St Brigid's Cross making in Tralee today (Radio Kerry)

A workshop in making St Brigid's Crosses is being held in Tralee today to mark her feast day.It's happening at the Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre Eco & Activity ...

This is to commemorate World Wetlands Day, which is tomorrow. It’s happening at the Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre Eco & Activity Park, which is hosting a series of events this week. A workshop in making St Brigid’s Crosses is being held in Tralee today to mark her feast day.

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