VALE
SISTER MARY WHELAN..
BORN IN 1922,
second child of Susan and John Whelan
Islebrack, Miltown Malbay
One of a family of eight,
survived by three of her sisters
Susan Walsh (Killarney, Co Kerry)
Brid Porter (Killimor, Co Galway)
Margaret McCarthy ( Boston, USA)
Died December 21, 2016
She was professed in Timoleague as
Sister Mary Francis Gabriel
on Jan 14, 1946.
Later in the year, she travelled to Sydney, Australia,
by ship and then by train to Brisbane,
to All Hallows' Convent,
by ship and then by train to Brisbane,
to All Hallows' Convent,
on January 1, 1947.
Mary is buried in Nudgee Cemetery, Brisbane,
beside her younger sister, Teresa,
Sister Mary Bernadine,
who predeceased her in 2012.
The Clare Champion 3rd. February 2017
Sister Mary Francis Gabriel
Nudgee Cemetery location SIS-MER-29-10
Map via tiny URL http://tinyurl.com/hhhlom5
Sr Mary Bernardine, RSM
Nudgee Cemetery location SIS-MER-29-09
1908
All Hallows’ Convent is one of the oldest surviving houses in Brisbane, Adderton, built in 1858 by John Petrie. The building became the first permanent home for the Sisters of Mercy in Queensland in 1863, and for 144 years served as the Mother house of the Brisbane Congregation.
In the public domain, as copyright has expired.
There is an interesting transcript of a talk given in the Qld State Library in 2012...
it's 14 pages, and discusses the Irish in Qld,
including the Sisters of Mercy.
Peter Connell concentrates on their stories...
You can download the .pdf here to read at your leisure.
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