What is recorded here

Kilbride means the church of Brigid, yet no church remains, only a burying ground and a well named for her. The absence is the shape of the place: a room with the walls removed, where prayer and memory have to invent their own furniture.

This record refers to a holy well noted in the 1838 OS Letters: 'In Kilbride (Cill Bhrighde) Townland, lies an old burying ground [MA091-039001], in which are no ruins of a church. There is also a well called Tobar Brighde (Toberbride)’ (O’Flanagan 1927, 445 (184)). Its exact location is unknown. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 February 2022

Linked to St. Brigid, the well is traditionally associated with healing and fertility, reflecting the widespread veneration of the saint in early Christian Ireland. The name Tobar Brighde (Well of Brigid) suggests a long-standing local tradition connected to her cult.

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