Archive (8 life histories found)

I returned to Waterford in September 1974 to begin my second year of novitiate. Of the four who had been in the year ahead of us, three had made first profession in their various convents and Rosemary O'Leary had left, as had Doreen Brosnan, before…

We went on a week's holidays to Ardmore to the Cappoquin holiday house and it was a great break for us by the sea. We had a lot of freedom there and the weather was mostly fine and so we had lovely walks to the round tower and other local beauty…

On arrival at Mercy Novitiate, Summerland, Ozanam Street, Waterford, I was met by a few young novices, who took my bags and helped me unload the car. Because I was wearing the black veil they thought I was a professed sister and were ever so helpful.…

During my first year as a postulant in the Convent of Mercy, Crumlin Road, I taught in St Malachy's Primary school on the New Lodge Sr M. Louis Donaghy and Sr.Josephen McAteer were working in Star of the Sea school on Hallidays Road at that time and…

Rosemary McCloskey's Act of Profession

A picture of Rosemary McCloskey with her fellow novice nuns. Back Row: Sr Bridie Watters, Sr Carmel Keane, Sr Kathleen Doris, Sr Maureen Forde, Sr Helen Irish, Sr Mary Freeman, Sr Helen Brannigan, Sr Veronica Mangan. Front Row: Sr Catherine Veale, Sr…

These are cards Mary Dynan made while in the Novitiate. She sent them home for Christmas 1953 and for her younger brother Alan's birthday.

A picture of Mary Dynan with her family and meeting her youngest brother, Alan.