Quotes About Kildare

In ancient times there was in Ireland a remarkable pile of stones, called the Giants' Dance,{95} because the giants brought it from the furthest parts of Africa into Ireland, and set it up, partly by main strength, partly by artificial contrivances, in an extraordinary way, on the plains of Kildare, near Naas.

St. Brigid of Ireland, the 6th-century abbess of Kildare, was noted for the miracle of transforming her used bathwater into beer for visiting clerics.

I don't know him. I'm done in. I can't come," said Kildare. "Sure, you don't know half the people that come here yammering to see you," said the orderly, "but the word's gone around this precinct that nobody counts except Doctor Kildare.