Philanthropist, born in Ireland. In 1859 she became a Roman Catholic and joined a community of Franciscan nuns engaged in teaching poor girls. In 1861 she established a convent of the Sisters of Kenmare. In 1884 she opened the first house of the new order of the Sisters of Peace at Nottingham, England, and the following year a similar house in Jersey City, NJ. She published, as “the Nun of Kenmare,” numerous works on religious subjects.
