Show Irelands Ireland's Patroness The first day of February Is the anniversary anniversary an an- of St B Bride or Briget the patroness of Ireland and of ot Fl Fleet et street She Was the beautiful l daug ter of ot an I Irish bard and her story seems to have fired the Celtic nation Wherever the tho early carly Irish inis- inis s- s wandered In western Europe from Cologne to Seville churches or or abbeys will be found dedicated to her honor bonor end d wherever r the exiles of 1 Erin rin I mtv migrate the name of Bridget Bridget Brid- Brid get marks a woman of Irish race The spire of her chut h In Fleet street ha has been repeatedly struck by lightning and is now much reduced In height but remains one of the three tallest et steeples stee ples LOrdon Lordon Chronicle I IF fJ r I F f o u |