Kildare

(2 syl. ), famous for the fire of St. Bridget, which was never allowed to go out. St. Bridget returns every twentieth year to tend to the fire herself. Part of the chapel of St. Bridget still remains, and is called “The Fire-house.” Like the bright lamp that shone in Kildare’s holy fane, And burned through long ages of darkne and storm. T.Moore, Irish Melodies , iii. (“Erin, O Erin!” 1814). Apud Kildariam occurrit ignis Sanctæ Brigidæ quern inextinguebilem vocant.—Giraldus Cam brens is, Hibernia , ii. 34 (1187).