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Mary Aikenhead
Standard Name: Aikenhead, Mary
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Bessie Rayner Parkes | This work features two founders of religious Orders in Ireland—Mary Aikenhead
of the Sisters of Charity
and Catherine McAuley
of the Mercy Sisters
—as well as Elizabeth Ann Seton
of the USA. |
Timeline
1775
The Irish Presentation
Order of nuns was founded in Dublin, to educate the poor, by Honora ('Nano') Nagle
(who came from Catholic gentry stock in County Cork, and had independent wealth); they opened their...
1814
With encouragement from the Archbishop of Dublin, Francis Ball
returned to the Bar Convent
at York (where she had been a pupil) as a novice, with the purpose of qualifying herself to improve the...
1815
Sister Mary Aikenhead
founded the Order of the Irish Sisters of Charity
in Dublin, primarily to provide home nursing for the poor; later the Order played an important part in girls' education.
1834
St Vincent's Hospital
was opened in Dublin by the Irish Sisters of Charity
; this was the first formal training programme for Irish nurses, although only open to Catholics.
After March 1854
The Irish sisterhoods were asked to serve as nurses in the Crimean War; the Sisters of Mercy
agreed but the Sisters of Charity
declined.