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The last Sisters of Mercy leave Ballymahon this week

Jun 9, 2023 16:09
By Shannonside News
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The last Sisters of Mercy leave Ballymahon this week

A special mass will take place in Ballymahon tomorrow evening to mark the departure of the last Sisters of Mercy from the town.

The last three nuns who've been living in a house on Main Street in the town for the past number of years will be leaving it on this day next week.

The Sisters first came to Ballymahon in 1872 and were heavily involved in education in the area since that time.

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Tomorrow evenings mass in St Mathews Church is expected to be attended by a large number of ex-pupils and their families from the Convent school.

Sr Maura Fay who has lived in the town for several decades was a music teacher there for several years and is still involved with the Innyside Singers group.

She's been talking to Anne Norris about her decades in the town.

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