ENNano Nagle writing to Miss Fitzsimons
Description
Letter from Nano Nagle to Miss [Eleanor] Fitzsimons discussing the establishment and success of her first schools in Cork, and the method of education employed therein. Nagle states that it is always a pleasure to hear from Fitzsimons. She also refers to early reactions to her ministry from the Nagle family, the circumstances of postulants travelling to the Ursuline monastery in Paris, the background of two new aspirants, Miss Coppinger and Miss Shea, and the recent outbreak of measles in Cork. Nagle declares, "If I could be of any service in saving souls in any part of the globe, I would willingly do all in my power".
Metadata:
title: Nano Nagle writing to Miss Fitzsimons
Type of resource: [{"@value"=>"dctypes:Text"}]
published: [{"@value"=>"Cork, Ireland"}]
created: 1769-07-17
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_153348
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: 1769-07-17
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_153348
topic-LCSH: [{"@value"=>"Education"}, {"@value"=>"Nuns"}, {"@value"=>"Dissenters, Religious"}, {"@value"=>"Legal status, laws, etc."}]
genre: letter
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