A guide to sites and events around Ireland honouring St Brigid

There are temples and shrines with barely recognisable stone carvings and holy wells associated with Brigid. Here's a selection.

A man touches a statue of St. Brigid at St Brigid's holy well in Co Kildare. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA

There are dozens of sites around Ireland associated with Brigid, both the saint and the goddess, and they range from temples to shrines and from barely recognisable stone carvings to holy wells. 

Some of the wells are so old that they are buried deep on private land, inaccessible without local knowledge or access from the owner. While Brigid was associated with Leinster, and Kildare in the main, there are sacred sites in her name dotted all around the island.