Frances Finnegan
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195174601
- eISBN:
- 9780199849901
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195174601.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
A small Catholic Magdalen Asylum in 1809 was founded in Peacock Lane, Cork, by a Mr. Terry. A Matron governed the institution under the direction of a committee of ladies, that so many difficulties ...
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A small Catholic Magdalen Asylum in 1809 was founded in Peacock Lane, Cork, by a Mr. Terry. A Matron governed the institution under the direction of a committee of ladies, that so many difficulties were encountered that it was eventually decided to place the Home in the care of a religious community. The Irish Sisters of Charity were invited to undertake the work and following extensive negotiations, and the completion of their new Convent, St. Vincent's, which was built on the Asylum's grounds, they finally took charge of the Home in June 1846. The Contagious Diseases legislation is discussed in detail. Two Homes which had been opened in Cork in Ireland, a Catholic Magdalen Asylum (1809) and a Protestant Refuge (1810), are also described.Less
A small Catholic Magdalen Asylum in 1809 was founded in Peacock Lane, Cork, by a Mr. Terry. A Matron governed the institution under the direction of a committee of ladies, that so many difficulties were encountered that it was eventually decided to place the Home in the care of a religious community. The Irish Sisters of Charity were invited to undertake the work and following extensive negotiations, and the completion of their new Convent, St. Vincent's, which was built on the Asylum's grounds, they finally took charge of the Home in June 1846. The Contagious Diseases legislation is discussed in detail. Two Homes which had been opened in Cork in Ireland, a Catholic Magdalen Asylum (1809) and a Protestant Refuge (1810), are also described.
