Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No: 216
D.O.B. 20.11.1929
First Profession: 08.09.1951
Died: 18.03.1995 Aged: 66 years
Sr. Martina came from near Strabane in Co. Tyrone and had been baptised Annie Josephine. She entered MMM in Drogheda on 11 January 1948.
In 1960, after general nurse and midwifery training, she was assigned to Nigeria where she worked in Abakaliki until 1967. On her return to Ireland, she spent some time nursing Mother Mary and did a course in the School of Tropical Medicine in Liverpool.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No: 134
D.O.B. 25.02.1911
First Profession: 02.07.1947
Died: 01.01.1999 Aged: 87 years
Baptised Brigid, from Carna, Co. Galway, in the Gaeltacht, the Irish-speaking area of Ireland, Sr. Kevin entered MMM on 27 December 1944.
Already a qualified nurse, she took up duty in Anua, Nigeria, as matron from 1949 to 1953, after serving one year as assistant novice mistress in Drogheda.
Sister Brigid was born in Dublin in 1935. An only child, she lost both of her parents when she was young. Her aunts and uncles were very good to her and she was very close to her cousins. She completed her early education in Dublin and joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1953.
After profession she trained as a pharmacist. She then studied theology in Rome and spent the next six years in Drogheda guiding women in their early stages in MMM.
Nationality: Canadian
Congregational Register No: 543
D.O.B. 06.06.1941
First Profession: 17.03.1961
Died: 25.08.1992 Aged: 51 years
Maureen came from Toronto, Canada, and entered MMM in Winchester, Massachusetts, on 12 September 1958. After profession she came to Ireland where she studied medicine at University College Dublin.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No: 329
D.O.B. 22.08.1922
First Profession: 26.04.1955
Died: 03.03.2000 Aged: 77 years
Mona McDermott, from Co. Sligo entered MMM on 15 August 1952. She was already a qualified nurse and had been staffing for six years, so her nursing ability was quickly called on for the IMTH.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No.
D.O.B.: 24.04.1919
First Profession 02.07.1956
Died: 07.11.2009 Aged: 90 years
Angela Margaret McDermott came from Warrenpoint in Co. Down. She was educated at the primary school in Warrenpoint and at the Sacred Heart Convent, Armagh. After completing her secondary education, Angela studied at the School of Physiotherapy, Hume Street, Dublin.
Her overseas assignment was to Nigeria, where she went in 1961 and worked in two MMM hospitals there: St. Luke’s at Anua and St. Mary’s at Urua Akpan.
When she retired from professional life, Eugene was regarded as a great treasure in the MMM Motherhouse. Prayer was the guiding force in her life. She took great interest in the activities of younger sisters and was always an encouragement to them.
Sister Genevieve was born Patricia McCrea in Oakham, Rutland, England in 1928. The daughter of Jane and John McCrea, she was one of a family of eight. She attended the Manton Church of England School for her primary education and in 1939 moved with her family to Dublin, Ireland. Patricia completed secondary school with the Dominican Sisters in Cabra, Dublin and trained as a dress designer and cutter. She worked for five years before joining MMM in 1952.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No. 391
D.O.B. 01.08.1926
First Profession: 03.05.1957
Died: 14.12.2004 Aged: 78 years
Margaret Attracta was born in Sligo, one of a large family of seven girls and three boys. She was educated at St. Mary’s National School, Ballindoon, Doyle, Co.Roscommon, and after leaving school, worked as a shop assistant until she entered MMM in 1954.
Sister Giovanni was born Anna McCormack in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, in 1929. One of seven girls, her family moved back to Ballynacorgy, Co. Westmeath while she was very young. She attended her early education with the Mercy Sisters and trained as a confectioner. She joined the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1952.
After profession she worked in central stores in the IMTH in Drogheda for ten years and in the stamp department.
