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Where did Nano Nagle go to school?
It is thought that Nano Nagle was educated at the Benedictine monastery in Ypres, Belgium after which she entered Parisian society.
When did Nano Nagle start school?
Establishing a school was no easy task. Everything she planned to do was illegal and would put not only herself but also her extended family at risk. Despite the dangers, in the early 1750s Nagle rented a property on Cove Lane (now Douglas Street) and opened a school for poor Catholic girls.
Where is Nano Nagle from?
Cork, Ireland
Nano Nagle/Place of birth
How many schools Nano Nagle?
seven schools
Within a few years, she had opened seven schools, five for girls and two for boys. These provided pupils with a basic education and religious instruction. The French Petites Écoles provided the model on which to base her schools, but she was to develop her own system of education.
How Old Is Nano Nagle?
66 years (1718–1784)
Nano Nagle/Age at death
Who founded the Presentation Sisters?
Nano Nagle
Presentation Sisters/Founders
Where did Nano Nagle start her first school?
Nagle founded her first school in 1754 in Cove Lane with about 30 students. This is now the site of South Presentation convent. Within nine months, she was educating 200 girls.
Where did Nano Nagle live when she left the convent?
She made up her mind to leave the convent and return to Ireland to live with her brother Joseph and his wife Frances, who lived on Cove Street (now Douglas Street). Since under the Penal Laws, operating a Catholic School could result in three months imprisonment, Nano had to work in secret.
What was life like for Nano Nagle in Ireland?
Here Nano experienced an idyllic childhood with her younger siblings. The repressive Penal Laws meant that education for Catholics was not available in Ireland (unless they were willing to attend proselytising Church of Ireland schools) and Irish Catholics were forbidden from traveling to the continent to be educated.
Where did the name Nano Nagle come from?
Born to a wealthy Catholic family in 1718, Honoria Nagle was given the pet name Nano by her father. The Nagle family home at Ballygriffin, near Mallow, was on the banks of the river Blackwater. Here Nano experienced an idyllic childhood with her younger siblings.