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The 8th Consultation of the
European Network of Health Care Chaplaincy
The Consultation took place in All Hallows College,
Dublin, Ireland
1-5 September 2004
The representatives gathered again under the same tree in the grounds of All Hallows College and offered a blessing from their own tradition, after which the Irish group presented everyone with a traditional St Brigid's Cross.
- The first and largest Irish convent of St Brigid was at Kildare.
- Her Feast Day falls on the 1st of February.
- The Crosses are made on the Eve of the Feast and are hung indoors to bring good luck, and are believed to avert sickness and accident.
- They can be made from rushes grown at the nearby St. Brigid's Well, Kildare.