1750: Smith's map of Cork city
A plan of the city of Cork in the year 1750
<p>A map of Cork city in 1750 to the scale of 440 yards, 2 furlongs or half of a mile. The map is taken from Charles Smith's <em>The ancient and present state of the county and city of Cork</em> (Dublin, 1750).</p>
Charles Smith
Cork Local studies department, Central Library, 57-61 Grand Parade, Cork
Sisters of the Irish Ursuline Union
1750
Caroline Maguire, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Map courtesy of Cork Local Studies department, Central Library, 57-61 Grand Parade, Cork
Cork Local Studies department, Reference collection
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Cork, Ireland
Copy of letter from Nano Nagle to Miss Mary Angela Fitzsimons 17 July 1769
Penal Laws, Catholicism, Ursulines, Nano Nagle, education, poverty, poor, eighteenth century
Letter written from Nano Nagle, Cove Lane, Cork to Miss Mary Angela Fitzsimons, Ursuline monastery, Rue St. Jacques, Paris.
The first part of the letter discusses Nano Nagle’s search for candidates for the Ursuline monastery in Paris. She has recently succeeded in acquiring two new candidates, Ms. [Mary Augustine] Coppinger and Ms. Shea, to train as novices in the French monastery. While their families showed some opposition, owing in part to their decision to train in France, they have reluctantly given their consent.
The letter also charts the beginnings of Nano Nagle’s poor schools in Cork city. Nano anticipates that these schools will prepare its pupils for ‘saving souls in any part of the globe’.
Nano Nagle
Ursuline Convent archive, Blackrock, Co.Cork
Sisters of the Irish Ursuline Union
1769-07-17
Caroline Maguire, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
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Cork, Ireland
Paris, France
A view of the South Presentation Convent, Cork
South Presentation, Ursuline Sisters, Nano Nagle, Cork
View of the Presentation convent at Cove Lane, now Douglas Street Cork. The buildings captured in these images were built by Nano Nagle and the Ursulines from 1771 onwards. Both the Presentation and the Ursuline Sisters occupied these grounds until 1825, when the Ursuline's relocated to Blackrock, outside the city.
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Building constructed by the Ursuline order in 1790.
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Building constructed by Nano Nagle for the first Ursuline novices in 1771. The original entrance is at the steps leading to the brown door.
Nano Nagle
This image was captured by the contributor on the grounds of the South Presentation Convent, Cork
Sisters of the Irish Ursuline Union
2014-03-01
Caroline Maguire, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
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Sisters of the Presentation Union, Ireland
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South Presentation Convent, Douglas Street, Cork
Cork, Ireland
Genealogical line of Nano Nagle
Nano Nagle, Joseph Nagle, Ann Nagle, Nagle family
<p>The family tree contains the names of prominent family members who were pivotal in furthering Nano’s design to establish schools for the education of the poor.</p>
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<p>This includes Nano’s brother, affluent merchant Joseph Nagle, with whom Nano resided when she arrived in Cork city in 1754. Here, Nano immediately began the task of setting up schools for the education of the poor. She kept much of these activities secret from Joseph, fearing it would earn him the censure of the Protestant community. While he was initially alarmed to discover her involvement in setting up these schools, he soon contributed significantly to their financial upkeep and expansion. His wife Francis was also influential in facilitating the education of the poor. By threatening to withdraw financial contribution if her demands were not met, she succeeded in persuading Nano to take on boys in the poor schools. </p>
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<p>Another prominent family member who contributed significantly to the development of Nano’s work was her uncle, Joseph Nagle. Joseph Nagle was also an affluent merchant in the city, and described by Nano as one of ‘the most disliked by the Protestants of any Catholic in the kingdom’. Following Joseph’s death in 1757 he bequeathed a large sum of money to Nano, which was utilised to further her work in the schools.</p>
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<p>Perhaps the most important family member in Nano Nagle’s life was her sister Ann. When Nano stayed with her in Bachelors Walk, Dublin, in 1754, Ann donated a valuable piece of silk Nano owned to relieve a distressed family. It was this act which immediately impacted the young Nano's attitude towards the poor.</p>
T.J. Walsh
National University of Ireland, Maynooth, John Paul II Library
Sisters of the Irish Ursuline Union
2014-04-02
Caroline Maguire, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Copright of the author T.J. Walsh
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Cork, Ireland