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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.
Venerable Honora Nagle (c. 1718 – 26 April 1784), known informally as Nano Nagle, was a pioneer of Catholic education in Ireland despite legal prohibitions.
An innovative, tenacious pioneer, Nano Nagle transcended the narrowly prescribed boundaries of her time. By Gillian O’Brien and Jessie Castle Between the early 1750s and her death in 1784 Nano Nagle established schools in Cork to educate poor Catholic children, brought the Ursuline Sisters to Ireland and founded her own religious order, the ...
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.
On Christmas Eve 1775, after much trial and searching, she established the Sisters of Charitable Instruction of the Sacred Heart, later to be known as Presentation Sisters, to continue ‘the work of God’ she had begun. On the 26 April 1784, Nano died of tuberculosis.
Nano Nagle. Known as the “Lady of the Lantern,” Nano carried her lantern through the dark streets of Cork City, Ireland, guiding the lost, the sick, the elderly and the marginalized. Risking her own life, she transformed the lives of others by offering hope, love and compassion. Who We Are > Our Heritage > Nano Nagle.
In 1718, Nano Nagle was born into a family of wealthy Catholic landowners, in Ballygriffin, County Cork. As a consequence of the penal laws, and the lack of education provision for Catholics in...
