Of the 141 Nuns that were professed at St. Mary's of the Holy Cross Convent of Mercy Kilrush unfortunately No O' Brien. Of the 310 in Ennis we have: Sr. Walburga O' Brien Professed 1871 Died 1923. Sr. Ignatius O' Brien Professed 1874 Died 1924. Sr. Tereasa O' Brien Professed 1874 Died 1876. Sr. Winifred O' Brien Professed 1877 Died 1940. Sr. Emilan O' Brien Professed 1877 Died 1919. Sr. Berchmans O' Brien Professed 1877 Died 1937. Sr. Justinian O' Brien Professed 1884 Died 1937. Sr. Agnes O' Brien Professed 1885 Died 1934. Sr. Camillus O' Brien Professed 1907 Died 1958. St. Agatha O' Brien Professed 1912 Died 1929. Sr. Gerard O' Brien Professed 1916 Died 1976. Sr. Eugene O' Brien Professed 1920 Died 1958. Sr. Marie Louise O' Brien Professed 1965/79. With regard to naming the nuns along with the Christian Brother were given a new name at their profession. The Bishop McFarland from U.S.A. applied for aid in the Glorius cause of education to the convent in Ennis.....wrote in December 1871 Eleven sisters left Ennis on the 25th. April 1872 Walburga O' Brien was one of the nuns who was selected for Middletown. Nuns Foundation in the U.S.A. Meriden Connecticut 1872. Middletown Connectictut 1872. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Luttrell" <luttpa@tpg.com.au> To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 7:43 AM Subject: RE: [CLARE] Cornelius Smythe & Mary Molony, Finlea (Killaloe) > Sharon is there a similar Cyclopaedia listing the Catholic Nuns that left > Co > Clare for the USA in the early 1910-1930's > > Patrick Luttrell > Canberra Australia > > Looking for Catherine or Bridget O'BRIEN from Tarmon Killimer Co Clare! > Looking for Peter O'BRIEN from Tarmon Killimer Co Clare! Family tell that > Peter joined the Priesthood, and one of his sisters became a NUN in DC > USA. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sharon Carberry [mailto:sm8carberry@comcast.net] > Sent: Wednesday, 9 August 2006 10:51 PM > To: IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CLARE] Cornelius Smythe & Mary Molony, Finlea (Killaloe) > > "Smythe, Rt. Rev. Clement (Timothy), Trappist, D.D. > Born January 24, 1810, at the Townland of Finlea, near > Killaloe, Co. Claire, Ireland; ordained Pentacost, 1841 > (Saturday, May 29), in Waterford, Ireland...consecrated at St. Louis, Mo., > May 3, 1857...succeeded to the See of Dubuque, as Bishop on Feburary 20, > 1858, was Administrator of the Vacant See of Chicago, from May 3, > 1858...Died September 22, 1865, at Dubuque, Ia. > Birth and ordination data from Mt. Melleray (Trappist Convent), Ireland. > He was the son of Cornelius Smyth and Mary Malony. > Received the Habit, October 7, 1838; professed, November 1, 1839." > p. 101 > Biographical Cyclopaedia of the Catholic Hierarchy of the United > States, 1784-1898 > ISBN: 0524070385 > Publisher: M. H. Wiltzius > Author(s): Francis X. Reuss > Publication Date: 1898 > > > posted by Sharon Carberry > keeping an eye out for Molony of E. Clare > > > > ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== > If you just want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send > e-mail to IRL-CLARE-L-request@rootsweb.com > or (for the digest list) IRL-CLARE-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word > subscribe or unsubscribe in the message body. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/411 - Release Date: 7/08/2006 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/411 - Release Date: 7/08/2006 > > > > ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== > To change your subscription, to unsub, to check out the list's arcchives > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/IRL/IRL-CLARE.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >