Letter from Nano Nagle to Miss Mary Angela Fitzsimons 13 May 1770
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.
Nano gives an account of a very ‘desirable’ young lady whom she is seeking to take on in Cork. The young ladies father however, is opposed to his daughter’s decision to become a nun and is offering a substantial sum of money if she will marry.
Nano is also encountering opposition from the Ursuline monastery in Paris. The former mistress of the Ursuline monastery is unable to lead the new foundation in Ireland due to the objections of the current mistress [Mother Marie Thérese Peiti de St. Joseph].
Nano Nagle
Ursuline Convent archive, Blackrock, Co.Cork
Sisters of the Irish Ursuline Union
1770-05-13
Caroline Maguire, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Property of the archive of the Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork
IE/UCB/042
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IE/UCB/042/82
Paris, France
Cork, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
Galway, Ireland
Flanders, Belgium
Liege, Belgium
Letter from Nano Nagle to Miss Mary Angela Fitzsimons [Spring] 1770
Penal Laws, Catholicism, Ursulines, Nano Nagle, education, poverty, poor, Ireland, France, eighteenth century, Cork
Letter written from Nano Nagle, Cove Lane, Cork to Miss Mary Angela Fitzsimons, Ursuline monastery, Rue St. Jacques, Paris.
Nano expresses her hope that the former mistress of the Ursuline monastery, [Ms. Marguérite Langier de Beaucourt, who had served until 1769], will assist in the establishment of a religious foundation in Cork.
In preparation for this foundation, Nano advises Miss Fitzsimons to take advantage of her training in the Ursuline monastery and learn what is ‘proper to teach young ladies’.
Nano Nagle
Ursuline Convent archive, Blackrock, Co. Cork
Sisters of the Irish Ursuline Union
1770-[Spring]
Caroline Maguire, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Property of the archive of the Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork
IE/UCB/042
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IE/UCB/042/80
Cork, Ireland
Paris, France
England, United Kingdom
West Indies