Letter from Mary Kevin to Hagan

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Pontifical Irish College

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Kevin, Mary

Hagan, John, 1873-1930

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Fragmented holograph letter from [Mary Kevin], Knockenrahan, Arklow (County Wicklow), to her cousin (Hagan). Submitting that she is following her Mother Abbess's wishes in not seeking the training as planned before. Adding news from home; mentioning the decline of the Kearney family; the misery that drink creates in families; her plan to go to Ballykillageer (end is missing). Enclosing holograph letter to her from Abbess Mary Agnes O.S.F., St. Mary�s Abbey, Mill Hill, London, N.W. (England), explaining that because of the opinions held in Rome on the matter (Hagan had written to her) and like disapproval from an ecclesiastic she consulted, this training cannot be pursued. Suggesting that Catholic nurses should go out to train native women.