Born 1718 in Ballygriffin, near Mallow, Co. Cork, daughter of a wealthy landowner, eldest of seven children; early education received at home, as Catholic schools prohibited by English law; later convent education received in Paris; moved to Cork city in 1754 to live with her brother Joseph and his wife Frances on Cove Lane (now Douglas St); inspired by the poverty of the inner city, she rented a cabin and began her first school, teaching thirty girls from the vicinity; by 1769, with financial assistance from her family, she had expanded her teaching operation to seven different locations around the city; 1771 founded the Order of the Sisters of the Charitable Instruction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, receiving four Irish girls from the French Ursuline order; formal vows were taken in 1777; died 1784, remains lie at the South Presentation Convent on Douglas Street.
Reference: "Nano Nagle: Woman of vision", by Sr M. Kieran Hartnett, South Presentation Sisters Cork, 2002.
The plaque is located on Nano Nagle Bridge, Grand Parade.
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