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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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Each(2)
Murphy(1)
May(1)
Young(1)
Little(1)
COOK(1)

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Hopelessly - July 2nd we it was my confusion to our soul each night. I saw the doldages were not accomplishing the work that should have been done.
self each lead of the
Murphy is working dared

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(1) WRITING ROOMS GRAFTON STREET DUBLIN Switzers 24nd Sept. 836 2023-05-04/528 My dear Father Here I am again in the midst of work. So as we do miss the post. I am glad there things go well, I am sorry you had so much moving during the term it all means so much extra work for the girls. For this reason I fear Nora has found things too much as I gather Miss Nichols is kept much occuped

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upstairs, but it cannot be help. All things were left much too late. Let ourselves & parents. I tried to have things arranged but failed. Hopelessly - July 2nd we it was my confusion to our soul each night. I saw the doldages were not accomplishing the work that should have been done. Also I asked Miss Hagen to have Nora doing the work up stairs as I feared she would not be able for the heavy work of the kitchen with the larger school & community. Now would not Nora be able for the upstairs &

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(2) 24 Sep 1936 WRITING ROOMS GRAFTON STREET DUBLIN Switzers the new girl from Regensor under take the Ketchen work you know if you lave the 18 Sogo + no Sig a Community as 18 or 20 with the Cowl. room + so many more visitors I think you will find perhaps it will so necessary & give a little more help, either that the so thus do more or you get Kathleen in a few afternoons in the week. It will so save & guide the normal life till the unpucking etc has seen done + all at

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routine work. I enclose Noras letter for you & see - aka Miss Nichols. J. J. has spirit keeps good aka Miss Mognaph - Sir I fear for your sake they depend much on them for spirit reware thing. I had written to Nora D. norrow. - it is defecult to know what to say & I fear she will not se happy in with strangers so it is Letter lit her go - the is a lovely soul recheld - but very young - Dope the Cook will se satisfactory that is the cheif thing. Yrs J. J. you

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(3) 24 Sept '36 WRITING ROOMS GRAFTON STREET DUBLIN Switzers Dove Miss Anna Hags she can come to her consumi- on aid - It is grand the caring is such a success this must which you greatly I thought you were going to serve soup & sock your self each lead of the tails. this would leave Miss Hags free to super- vise ketchen & have her own dinner when lotlye joint goes down. — How did things go with the tails? Shops well.

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