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- Nagle relatives with strong connections in France arranged for Nagle and her sister Ann to travel to Paris, perhaps smuggled in a cargo ship. They finished their schooling and Nagle enjoyed a busy social life in Paris – "balls, parties and theatre outings, all the glamour of the life of a wealthy young lady."
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Born to a wealthy family in Ireland in 1718, Nano Nagle’s parents sent her to France to be educated since strict Penal laws barred Catholic children from attending school in Ireland. She returned to Ireland after her father’s death in 1746; her mother died soon after.
In the 1760s Nano began to plan for the future of her educational mission. In 1771 she used money inherited from her wealthy uncle to build a convent for the Ursuline sisters, a teaching order, whom she invited from France. This convent survives as the oldest building at Nano Nagle Place today.
Nano decided to open a convent where women could share the mission of Jesus through prayer, teaching and care for the sick and needy. Nano and three companions opened the first Presentation Convent in Cork, Ireland, on Christmas Day in 1775. In 1784, at age 65, Nano died.
Nano Nagle is believed to have attended a local hedge school, like her cousin Edmund Burke, before she travelled to France to complete her education. [6] The Education Act 1695 banned Catholic schoolteachers in Ireland, while also prohibiting overseas travel for Catholic education.
So Nano grew up knowing that many of her closest relatives were adherents of the established Protestant faith. Others had been forced to emigrate. Two uncles on her father’s side lived in Bath, England. Many of her cousins had made their homes in France and elsewhere on the European mainland.
Jun 29, 2018 · A pioneer in education in Ireland, Nano was declared venerable in the Catholic Church on 31 October 2013 by Pope Francis. Her life and her inspirational work have been the subject of several books over the years. Further information about this remarkable woman is available at http://nanonagle.org/.
The Presentation Sisters were founded by Nano Nagle in Cork, Ireland in 1775. Nano was a woman of great courage who established secret schools (hedge schools) for Catholic children barred from education by oppressive British law.
