Mary Bernard Kirwan

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Mother Mary Bernard Kirwan, P.B.V.M. (1797-27 February 1857), was the leader of the first community of Presentation Sisters in Canada and teacher, .

Kirwan was born at Monivea, County Galway, to James and Ann Kirwan, in 1797. The family were one of the Tribes of Galway. Nothing appears to be known of her early life, not even her baptisimal name.

She joined the Presentation Sisters in Galway in 1823. Ten years later, Bishop Michael Anthony Fleming visited the Presentation Convent at Galway with the aim of recruiting sister to teacher in Newfoundland. Four Sisters, including Kirwan and Mary Xavier Molony, volunteered for the mission.

References

"Mary Bernard Kirwan". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2005. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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Name	Kirwan, Mary Bernard
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Date of death	1857
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