ENNano Nagle writing to Miss Fitzsimons
Description
Letter from Nano Nagle to Miss [Eleanor] Fitzsimons giving an account of a "very desirable" young lady (Miss Lawless) whom she is seeking to take on in Cork. The lady's father is strongly opposed to her taking the veil and he has offered her a substantial sum of money should she reconsider and marry. The father's uncertainty also reflects the wider political climate of the period, Nagle notes "...he says there is a probability in France they may Demolish all the Monasteries". Nagle affirms Miss Fitzsimons and advises her to choose "any young lady you think proper" to enter the novitiate in Paris. Nagle's agitation over bringing the Ursulines to Cork is also apparent, "I hope your fortitude will bring you true all crosses and put a happy conclusion to this foundation".
Metadata:
title: Nano Nagle writing to Miss Fitzsimons
Type of resource: [{"@value"=>"dctypes:Text"}]
published: [{"@value"=>"Cork, Ireland"}]
created: 1770-05-13
Location of original: Presentation Sisters Congregational Archive, Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street, Cork.
Ownership/custodial history: Originally housed in the archive of the Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork, this letter was gifted to the Irish Presentation Sisters on the occasion of the tercentenary of the birth of Nano Nagle.
Credits: Images courtesy of Presentation Sisters Congregational Archive, Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street, Cork, and Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork.
Keywords: Nano Nagle, Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ursuline Sisters, County Cork, Cork city, Presentation Sisters, Sisters of Charitable Instruction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, nuns, education in Ireland, Catholicism, Penal Laws.
permalink: doi:10.7925/drs1.ucdlib_153352
topic-LCSH: [{"@value"=>"Education"}, {"@value"=>"Nuns"}, {"@value"=>"Dissenters, Religious"}, {"@value"=>"Legal status, laws, etc."}]
genre: letter
Metadata:
title: Nano Nagle writing to Miss Fitzsimons
Type of resource: [{"@value"=>"dctypes:Text"}]
published: [{"@value"=>"Cork, Ireland"}]
created: 1770-05-13
Location of original: Presentation Sisters Congregational Archive, Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street, Cork.
Ownership/custodial history: Originally housed in the archive of the Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork, this letter was gifted to the Irish Presentation Sisters on the occasion of the tercentenary of the birth of Nano Nagle.
Credits: Images courtesy of Presentation Sisters Congregational Archive, Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street, Cork, and Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork.
Keywords: Nano Nagle, Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ursuline Sisters, County Cork, Cork city, Presentation Sisters, Sisters of Charitable Instruction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, nuns, education in Ireland, Catholicism, Penal Laws.
permalink: doi:10.7925/drs1.ucdlib_153352
topic-LCSH: [{"@value"=>"Education"}, {"@value"=>"Nuns"}, {"@value"=>"Dissenters, Religious"}, {"@value"=>"Legal status, laws, etc."}]
genre: letter
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