Kilconny Bridge, Belturbet
Belturbet
Belturbet Memorial to Bomb Victims
Convent of Mercy, Belturbet
From the very beginning the finger of God was clearly at work in the lives of the seven Sisters of Mercy who on 23rd August, 1868 received a warm welcome to Belturbet.
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Cootehill
In 1880 Fr. Francis O’Reilly requested that the Sisters in Belturbet Convent would send a foundation to his parish, Cootehill. His request was granted when, on Rosary Sunday 1880, two Sisters from Ballinamore joined a Sister from Belturbet to start a foundation in Cootehill. more>>
Old Convent, Cootehill
Present Convent, Cootehill
Cavan Town
Peace sculpture – Faugh a Ballagh (Make Way)
Peace III sculpture in front of The Courthouse, Cavan
When a nurse in the Fever Hospital, Cavan, resigned in 1885, the Board of Guardians placed an advertisement in the daily and local newspapers inviting applications for the post. There were no applications and repetitions of the advertisement yielded no contender.
Former Convent of Mercy, Swellan Court, Cavan
Sisters now live in Castlemanor Village, Co Cavan
