St. Brigid’s Day St. Brigid’s well St. Brigid’s Cross St. Brigid’s Cloak The legend of the fox File: BridesCross1.svg - Wikimedia commons (2006) Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BridesCross1.svg (Accessed: 20 January 2017). Brainstorm in pairs what you already know about St.Brigid. (5 points needed)

Read about St. Brigid and fill in the missing words below. Saint Briget was born between ______ and ______ in Faughart near Dundalk in Co.________. 456 AD Louth 452 AD 452 AD 456 AD Louth Click here to access Google Maps View of FAUGHART Jones, E. (2012) Geograph: The shrine of st Brigid, Faughart upper (C) Eric Jones. Available at: http://www.geograph.ie/photo/3014991 (Accessed: 20 January 2017).

According to legend, Brigid travelled around the country founding ______ and performing miracles. She was asked to return to _______ where any site she wanted was to be given to her. She choose __________. Kildare Leinster Convents convents Leinster Kildare town

Visit St. Brigid’s Cathedral in Kildare. Can you locate St. Brigid’s Well?.

What number is county Louth? What number is county Kildare? Play the counties of Ireland Quiz to find the answer. Atlas of Ireland - Wikimedia commons (no date) Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Ireland (Accessed: 20 January 2017).

Students can reference Ask About Ireland website, In groups, students must research one of the following headings and report their findings back to the class. Cloak Cross Students can reference Ask About Ireland website, view here. Well Religious Life Legend of the fox Legend of the fox

Reporting back to the class St. Brigid

Quick Quiz: Q1 Write answer onto whiteboard and hold up What county was St. Brigid born in? Dublin Louth Kildare Louth

Quick Quiz: Q2 Write answer onto whiteboard and hold up What date do we celebrate St. Brigid’s day? 1st February 21st June 17th March 1st February

Quick Quiz: Q3 Write answer onto whiteboard and hold up What county did St. Brigid found her first convent? Meath Kildare Westmeath Westmeath

Quick Quiz: Q4 Write answer onto whiteboard and hold up When is the first day of Spring? 1st January 1st February 1st March 1st February

Quick Quiz: Q5 Write answer onto whiteboard and hold up What is the story behind St. Brigid’s Cloak? St. Brigid asked the King of Leinster for the amount of land her cloak covered. The cloak grew and spread for acres.

Quick Quiz: Q6 Write answer onto whiteboard and hold up What is the name of the land which St. Brigid’s cloak covered? Kildare Cathedral Faughart Curragh of Kildare Curragh of Kildare

Quick Quiz: Q7 Write answer onto whiteboard and hold up What did St. Brigid use to make her crosses? Rushes Weeds Straw Rushes

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