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are exhibited and honoured there because of her holy memory—and she returned to
Ireland, where, not much later, she rested in the Lord and was buried in the city of Down. The chapel on that island is now dedicated in honour of Saint Brigid; on its south side there is an opening through which, according to the belief of the common folk, anyone who passes will receive forgiveness of all his sins.'
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Blessed Brigid, prominent citizens of that land, once frequented the place. They say that after Saint Brigid, who had come there in 488 AD, had tarried for some time on the island called Beokery she returned home but left behind certain of her ornaments, namely a bag, necklace, a small bell
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It is recorded that in the 10th century there was a local Irish colony at
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Beckery and wrote; ‘Hence the custom developed among the Irish of visiting that place to kiss the relics of their patron. Whence the well known story that
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