Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No: 201
D.O.B. 16.04.1928
First Profession: 08.09.1950
Died: 31.08.1986 Aged: 58 years
Catherine Bernard, from Kilteely, Co. Limerick, entered on 11 February 1948.
Catherine, known for a while as Sr. M. de Sacramento, was stricken with periods of ill health from shortly after first profession. She had major surgery early on and spent a long time in recuperation in Killybegs, Co Donegal.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No. 188
D.O.B.17.03.1929
First Profession 08.09.1957
Died: 29.04.2010 Aged: 81 years
Sr. Anne was born in Castleisland, Co. Kerry in 1924. She came from a family of ten. All pre-deceased her except her sister Margery.
Anne joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1943. After profession she trained first as a radiographer in UCD and Jervis Street Hospital. She then qualified as a midwife in Drogheda.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No: 425
D.O.B. 15.03.1927
First Profession: 28.10.1958
Died: 02.05.1989 Aged: 62 Years
Patrice, baptised Brigid Patricia, was originally from Co. Kerry but was living in Dublin when she entered MMM on 4 April 1956.
Sister Clair (Fidelis) was born Annie Clair in Cork in 1928. She grew up and was educated there and joined MMM in 1951. After profession she qualified as a general nurse at Saint Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin. After a year of nursing in the IMTH (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital) and helping on the hospital switchboard, she completed midwifery training in Drogheda.
Clair’s first overseas assignment was to Nigeria in 1958. She worked in Saint Luke’s Hospital, Anua, before returning to Ireland in 1961 to train as a nursing tutor. In 1964 she returned to Nigeria and then taught nursing in Nigeria for three more years, first in Afikpo and then in Anua.
Sister Mairead was born in Belfast in 1920. She trained in massage and medical gymnastics in England. She then trained as a physiotherapist in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast before joining the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1947. She took the name Cor Marie, but returned to her own name in the 1970s.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No. 84
D.O.B. 08.07.1913
First Profession 02.07.1945
Died: 19.06.2001 Aged: 87 years
Anne O’Hanlon was born in Dublin and had five brothers and five sisters. After finishing school she worked in an office for twelve years before entering MMM in 1942, aged 29.
Congregational Register No. 574
D.O.B. 11.11.1910
First Profession 03.10.1963
Died: 06.04.2005
Aged: 94.years
Sheelah Mary O’Hagan was born in Newry, Co. Down. She was the third child and the second daughter in a family of three brothers and three sisters. When Sheelah was fourteen years old her mother, Adelaide, died. She was only forty-three. A lady from Trim, Nana Morgan, nursed her mother during her illness and then stayed on until the family were reared. Sheelah had a warm and loving relationship with Nana Morga,n who was a wonderful homemaker and loved the family. In her early twenties, Sheelagh was sent to the Edinburgh College of Domestic Science, where she received her diploma. She taught domestic economy in vocational schools in Ireland before she began demonstration work with the ESB. She worked for the ESB from 1935 until 1960, when she entered MMM.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No: 619
D.O.B.: 13.12.1939
First Profession: 03.10.1964
Died: 21.12.1998 Aged: 59 years
Eileen, known for a while as Sr. Maria Catalina, was from Co. Kerry, though at the time of entering MMM in February 1962 her address was in Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No: 408
D.O.B. 31.05.1923
First Profession: 26.04.1958
Died: 02.06.1987 Aged: 64 years
Sr. Finbarr, baptised Maureen Theresa, from Bandon, Co. Cork, entered MMM in September 1955. Before entering, she was known to be a great ‘horsey’ woman; she loved horses and riding.
