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Sr. M. Angela Deignan was very good to me that summer. She invited me to her home outside Granard for a week. We had a wonderful time of it travelling around Longford and Roscommon and seeing parts of the country I had never seen. I would accompany…

The teachers whom I recall were Miss Bernadette Higgins, Miss Una McGuinness, Miss Eileen Murphy, Miss Rosaleen McPhillips, Miss Peggy Loughran, Miss Kitty Byrne, Miss Tessa McManus, Mrs McMullan, Miss Patsy Malone who ruled with a rod of iron and…

These works describe the ethos of the Mercy order of sisters to which Rosemary McCloskey belonged

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…

At four years of age, I started primary school and attended the Holy Faith Convent in Little Strand Street, Dublin, where I remained until I was fourteen years old. I walked to school with my sister and brother. Being a convent school, we were…