Sleepless nights

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Monastery: Glenstal Abbey, Murroe
Subject: Monastery, Monks, Religious Life
Creator: Glenstal Abbey
Place: Murroe, Limerick, Cashel Diocese, Diocese of Cashel
Language: English
Glenstal Abbey: Morther Mary Martin Collection, Religious Sisters, Correspondence, Medical Missionaries of Mary Foundation, Foundation, Sister Novices
Glenstal Abbey: Letters, Prior, Medical Missionaries of Mary
Religious Sisters: Medical Missionaries of Mary, Mother Mary Martin, Foundation
Subject: Nuns, Sisters, Religious Congreations, Religious Life, Foundation of a Congregation, Monastic Life, Mother Superiors
Date: 1930-40, 1930's-1940's, 30's, Thirties
Place: Murroe, Monkstown, Dublin, Limerick, Cashel, Diocese of Cashel
Topic: Religious Life, Religious Formation, Spiritual guidance

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Extracted Mentions

People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.

People

Grace(1)
Lord(1)
COOK(1)
MARTIN(1)
Wallace(1)

Places

Wallace(1)

Sample passages

to make the birth of her & grace
in Lord.
woman a good cook but unfortunate

Full Transcript (OCR, 4 pages)

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+ Oct 35 ① 96 St Lesson St. Caritas Suthin Monday. 2021-09-01/164 am order? Dear Father Pears, I fear I have left you a few days without a letter owing to perhaps slackness on my part. I had a few very bad nights last week, no sleep at all even with the help of strong drugs. So I thought it letter to take a few days from writing & then I knew you would get first hand news from Dona Guerrol. He called to see me on Thursday & Saturday & I was glad to see him & hear all the news

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of you all at fluster. He was very sure, looked well but I think said leaving Ireland & respectfully flustered but as usual accept & love it all because it is fools Holy Hill - He spoke of all the staff & saw me food accounts of all - Lizzie he fears has not quite got the spirit I want it is a bit workly etc Yes I fully realize all he says & I fear her fault of character is devilty but nothing serious as a secular & untill I am very sure of having something really better I think it better to make the birth of her & grace much - She is a good, honest, woman a good cook but unfortunate allows her humour to effect her work. She really accelerates constant expression & it is not everyone she would set on with. All shape is that

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time ② Sept '35 The carpets were & have fore with B! Corrael. I shall arrange loss for them to go by Wallace - Will you also please tell Mr John. I am sending clown 10 lbs of tea for Fathers & staff. I wish I could get lack to you & take all this work up you hand it is I fear impossible at present - not that I could do it any letter but could save you time for

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for more important than you. Thanks Miss Skyden ungenerously + shows a good spirit - Father I do not respect you & write receipt you want something, I know how Easy you are - With grateful thanks in Lord. Your stiching child Miss Martin