St Brigid's crosses for Maintain Hope

Maintain Hope is holding an authorised street collection in Kilcullen on Friday 31 January and Saturday 1 February, St Brigid’s Day.

Crosses to honour the feast of Brigid of Kildare will be on sale for €5. "Every donation makes a difference to our children in Kenya who are facing hard times," says Maintain Hope founder Gerry O'Donoghue. "We’ll be stationed at the usual spots outside Nolans and Eurospar and we are grateful to everyone who enables us to carry out this important fundraiser."

He thanks in particular the Houlihan family who for generations have kept the Cross making tradition alive.

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