Sister Gerardine McChrystal was born Ellen McChrystal in Derry city in 1927. One of six girls and six boys, she was known as Eileen in her family. She worked in a sewing machine factory before joining MMM in 1953. After profession she worked in the MMM laundry in Drogheda for six years and then trained as a nurse-midwife. In 1966, she was assigned to Tanzania, where she spent nine years in Kabanga, first as a staff nurse and then as assistant matron and matron.
Sister Bernard was born Catherine McCarroll in Kilsyth, near Glasgow, Scotland in 1931. She attended Holy Cross School, Croy for her primary education and later went to St. Ninian’s in Kirkintilloch. She was full of enthusiasm and had many talents, including being an accomplished organ and accordion player. She played the organ in Holy Cross Church, Croy, before joining MMM in 1953. Bernard completed nursing training in Drogheda in 1959, in one of the first groups to qualify there.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No. 270
D.O.B. 02.10.1921
First Profession 06.04.1953
Died: 12.07.2001 Aged: 79 years
Sr. Therese Bernadette was born in Co. Cavan, but her home place was Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. Mary Angela, as she was called then, came from a family of four brothers and three sisters. After her basic schooling, Sr. Therese Bernadette went to England and trained as a general nurse and then as a midwife.
Sister Moyra Martin (formerly Sister Alacoque) was born in Reaghstown, Ardee, Co. Louth in 1927. The second youngest in a family of six girls and four boys, she attended school locally and in the Saint Louis Convent in Co. Monaghan. She trained as a nurse after joining MMM in 1946. She began her training in the International Missionary Training Hospital (IMTH-now Our Lady of Lourdes) and completed it in Jervis Street Hospital in Dublin. In 1953, Moyra was assigned to Nigeria and was a ward sister in Saint Luke’s Hospital in Anua for five years.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No. 149
D.O.B. 17.09.1926
First Profession 09.09.1948
Died: 10.05.2001 Aged: 75 years
May Martin was born and had her early education in Co. Roscommon. She entered MMM in 1945, already a pre-med student at University College Dublin. She continued with medical studies, taking a break for her spiritual year between 1946/47.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No: 387
D.O.B. 21.08.1930
First Profession: 05.03.1957
Died: 05.09.2005 Aged: 75
Mary Theresa Marshall came from Dungannon, Co. Tyrone in Northern Ireland. She was from a family of seven, four brothers and three sisters. She entered MMM in 1954, age 23, and took the name Sr. M. Anita.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No: 65
D.O.B. 28.03.1902
First Profession: 06.01.1945
Died: 22.10.1980 Aged: 78 years
Ethel Malynn from Moate, Co. Westmeath, entered in Drogheda on 30 September 1941 when MMM was still in its infancy.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No: 157
D.O.B. 17.06.1920
First Profession: 07.09.1949
Died: 15.01.1999 Aged: 78 years
A very quiet, unobtrusive person, Eileen from Armagh, No. Ireland, entered MMM on 25 March1946.
She had been working as a dressmaker but also had secretarial skills and these were much appreciated in the general promotion office and Sweep office in Drogheda.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No: 428
D.O.B. 20.05.1919
First Profession: 06.05.1959
Died: 17.08.1998 Aged: 79 years
Baptised Mary Catherine and from Drumree, Co. Meath, Sr. Salette entered MMM on 31 May1956. She was a fully qualified nurse on entering.
Nationality: Irish
Congregational Register No: 367
D.O.B. 21.04.1896
First Profession: 02.07.1956
Died: 14.07.1983 Aged: 86 years
Sybil Catherine (nee Stanton) from Granard, Co. Longford, was a widow when she entered MMM at Drogheda on 8 December 1953. A qualified doctor, she had been in public health work in Co. Longford, (where her daughter also lived) prior to entering MMM.
