When their son, Ruadan, was slain in the second battle of Mag Tuireadh, her lamenting was heard throughout Ireland. Keening was brought to the land. Fire has long been considered sacred to her. On the 20th day, it was said that the Goddess herself tended the flame. Water, too, is considered sacred to the Goddess.
Hot springs are especially sacred, for they blend the energies of fire and water.
The Goddess Brighid is revered as the Catholic Saint Brigid of Kildare. Legend has it that Saint Brigid was the midwife to the Virgin Mary, and is still invoked by women in labor. Even so, individuals continued to maintain a Brighid's Flame until the present day. Plans are in progress for the lighting of a perpetual flame at Cille Dara on Imbolq 2000. Simultaneously, the all-woman Daughters of the Flame lit a fire in honor of the Goddess Brighid, which is still maintained in the ancient twenty day rotation.