{"id":4150,"date":"2020-03-20T01:41:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T01:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kildare.ie\/ehistory\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2024-07-18T17:16:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T16:16:08","slug":"cathedral-of-st-brigid-e-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/cathedral-of-st-brigid-e-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathedral of St Brigid (E-Book)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The short pamphlet re-produced below ‘Cathedral of Saint Brigid<\/em>‘ , originally published in 1878, outlined the beginning of the restoration works on the ancient Cathedral of Kildare, begun in 1875. The architect George Edmund Street who reported on the ruins in Kildare also worked on the restoration of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin.<\/p>\n

It is a reminder, that from ruin and despair come great things.<\/p>\n

CATHEDRAL OF SAINT BRIGID<\/a><\/p>\n

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St. Brigid , patroness of Ireland, Mary of the Gael, was remembered in verse by Paddy McCormack<\/p>\n

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Leinster Leader<\/em> 2 February 1941<\/p>\n

Feast of St. Brigid<\/strong>
\nFebruary 1st<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh dear St. Brigid hear our call,
\nAnd guard our native isle,
\nIn olden days you spread the light
\nOf love o\u2019er the soil,
\nYour mission full of ardent love,
\nWith pleadings did not fall,
\nAnd ever shall thy memory live,
\nAs Mary of the Gael.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How oft you prayed with fervent hope
\nTo save our native land,
\nThe fire of Faith you kindled here,
\nBy a heavenly breeze was fanned,
\nThy earthly life our guiding star,
\nA beacon of light to all
\nFond patroness of Erin\u2019s Isle,
\nYou heard the plaintive call.<\/p>\n

Tho\u2019 years have flown O Glorious Saint,
\nSince you trod the Emerald Isle,
\nThe hills and pleasant valleys,
\nSeem acalling all the while.
\nCome dwell again O Brigid true.
\nAmidst the scenes so fair,
\nWhere first thy virtues flourished
\nFrom thy Convent at Kildare.<\/p>\n

The Irish race O faithful Queen,
\nShall ever breathe thy name,
\nWith Patrick\u2019s aid Apostle true,
\nOur land shall rise to fame.
\nAnd when all earthly things shall end,
\nWe pray our trials are o\u2019er,
\nTo meet our Glorious Irish Saint,
\nYes meet to part no more.<\/p>\n

PATRICK McCORMACK
\nKildare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Poem by Paddy McCormack of Kildare Town dedicated to St. Brigid, to commemorate St. Brigid’s Day, 1st February. The McCormack family have long been in business in Kildare Town and Paddy McCormack, who was well known for his poems and songs throughout Ireland and the US, is buried in Lackagh Cemetery.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The short pamphlet re-produced below ‘Cathedral of Saint Brigid‘ , originally published in 1878, outlined the beginning of the restoration works on the ancient Cathedral of Kildare, begun in 1875. The architect George Edmund Street who reported on the ruins in Kildare also worked on the restoration of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. It is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digitised-resources"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Posted-15Oct07-Cathedral075-1-1-e1586792562193.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Posted-15Oct07-Cathedral075-1-1-e1586792562193.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Kildare Local Studies","author_link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/author\/localstudies\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}