School: Owning Convent (roll number 16430)
- Location:
- Owning, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Sr. M. Bernadette
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- Saint Brigid is one of our patron saints of Ireland. She was born in Kildare, and she became one of the first nuns in Ireland.
When she became a nun she found several schools and churches throughout Ireland. The place where she was born is called "Cill Dara" in Irish because she built a church under a little oak tree and then the county was called after the church which St Brigid hot built.
We celebrate Saint Brigids feast day on the first day of February. On the eve of Saint Brigid's many very(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kitty Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fanningstown, Co. Kilkenny