MMM Obituaries

In this section of our website, you will find a short entry about the life of each of our Sisters who has been called by God to embark on her eternal life. No doubt you will find inspiration in reading how each one responded to her calling while on earth. We pray to them to help us on our journey.

If you knew one or more of these Sisters personally, or are connected through family ties, or simply like what you read, please contact us and tell us what you would like to add to that entry.

"The death of those can never leave us free from grief whose friendship during life was a solace and delight." Saint Augustine, City of God.

When Loved Ones Leave Us...



Sr. Mairead Gorman MMM

Sr. Mairead Gorman was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland in February 1931 and baptised Bridget. She came from a family of six, four girls and two boys. She had her schooling locally and in secondary school concentrated on secretarial skills. She went on to study this later in Belfast. After […]

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Stack, Sr. Mary

Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No. 420 D.O.B. 19.04.1920 First Profession 28.10.1958 Died: 04.01.2001 Aged: 80 years Mary Stack was born in Fermoy, Co. Cork. Her family moved to Maryboro, Co. Laois, while Mary was a child. She trained as a general nurse after leaving school in 1937 and also became […]

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Staines, Sr. M. Lucy

Nationality:   IrishCongregational Register No. 144D.O.B. 25.06.1926First Profession 16.03.1948Died 15.01.2009  Aged: 82 years Joan Marie Staines was born into a family of note within the new Irish State.  Her father, Michael Staines, a member of the Gaelic League and Sinn Fein, was part of the GPO Garrison in Dublin in 1916, […]

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Stanley, Sr. M. Therese

Nationality: IrishCongregational Register No: 18D.O.B. 21.02.1919First Profession: 22.07.1942Died: 18.07.1971 Aged: 52 years Martha Stanley of Clifden, Co. Galway, was one of our early novices in Collon, entering on 6 January 1939. Sr. Therese had done a course in domestic science, and although gifted as a homemaker, she was given little […]

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Swaby, Sr. Mary

Mary was born in Lincolnshire, England in 1947. She received her early education in Louth, Lincolnshire and trained as a pharmacist at the University of Aston, Birmingham and St. George’s Hospital, Lincolnshire. She worked as a pharmacist in England and then spent two years as a lay missionary in Nigeria. […]

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Taggart, Sr. Anastasia

Sr. Anastasia was born in Rock, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone in 1921. She attended the Loreto School in Omagh, Co. Tyrone for her secondary education.  She excelled at school from her earliest years, and got the highest marks in Northern Ireland in her senior leaving certificate.  She continued her education in […]

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Tarpey, Sr. Veronica

Sr. Veronica was born in Bekan Cross, Co. Mayo in 1928. She attended school in Mayo and worked as a clerical assistant in the Department of Agriculture for eight years. She had her first contact with MMM through a colleague there, Kathleen Grealy, whose sister Josephine was already professed. Kathleen […]

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Thorpe, Sr. M. Margaret Bede

Nationality: Scottish Congregational Register No: 417D.O.B. 10.06.1891First Profession: 28.10.1958Died: 07.12.1966 Aged: 75 years She entered on 8 December 1955 as Mrs. Margaret Thorpe (née Spence) from Bagnalstown, Co. Carlow. Sr. Margaret was a widow and a convert to Roman Catholicism and brought the best of that experience with her. Already […]

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Tiernan, Sr. M. Regina

Nationality: Irish Congregational Register No: 70D.O.B.: 21.09.1896First Profession: 08.09.1944Died: 21.07.1962 Aged: 66 years Baptized Bridget Agnes, Sr. Regina was already 46 years of age and a well-qualified nurse when she entered at Rosemount on 6 January 1942. In MMM she was known affectionately as ‘Queenie’.

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Travers, Sr. Maria Anne

Sister Maria Anne Travers was born Anastasia Travers in Arnestown, New Ross, Co. Wexford on 25 October 1927. She had her early education in New Ross and joined MMM in 1946. After profession in 1949, she trained as a nurse.  At that time Drogheda did not have complete nurse training […]

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