We have an important fact for today, 10th
January. This is a special day for us because it marks the beginning of St
Patrick’s Convent Schools.
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| Early days, St Patrick's Convent, (Presentation Archives) |
The Convent Annals say “On the tenth day of January eighteen hundred and fifty six, Sister
Mary Clare Waldron, Sister Mary Ignatius Quinlan, Sister Mary Rose Mullally and
Sister Mary Regis Halpin (Novice), religious of the Presentation Order, came
from the Motherhouse to establish another house of the Order at Riverhead in
this town, under the authority of the Most Reverend Dr Mullock, Bishop of St
John’s”. Sr Mary Clare was appointed Superior.
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| The first School, 1856 |
Thus it was that St Patrick’s Convent came into being and generations benefited from the ministrations of the daughters of Nano Nagle.
For 160 years, "Riverhead" was blessed with the presence of the Presentation Sisters. Regrettably, the Sisters left in 2016 but their influence remains. We are sad they are gone but so grateful they came.
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