The Southern Branch of Ireland stretches along the southern and south-eastern coast of the country, taking in the counties of Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Kilkenny and Wexford as well as parts of Tipperary and Laois.
The Branch also has Sisters working in our mission area in Peru as well as one Sister in Chile.
Branch Leader
Sr. Coirle McCarthy
Team Members
Sr. Margaret Daly
Sr. Marion Galvin
Sr. Patricia O’Donovan
Sr. Margaret Twomey
History
Convent of Mercy Charleville – the first foundation in the province
The Sisters of Mercy first came to this part of Ireland in 1838, with the opening of a convent in Charleville (1836). The Order spread rapidly and, as in other part of the country, a Mercy Convent became a feature of the landscape of many towns and villages as well as the larger cities. These included Cork City (1837), Wexford Town (1840), Killarney (1844), Kinsale (1844), Mallow (1845), Waterford City, New Ross (1853), Tralee (1854), Callan (1872), Borris (1873), Carrick-On-Suir (1874).
Today a number of these large buildings have closed and an increasing number of Sisters are living in conventional houses.
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