Mercy Facts

• Sep 24, 1838

  Foundation to Limerick from Baggot St - M Elizabeth Moore

• Sep 24, 1839

  Foundation to Naas from Carlow - M Josephine Trenor

• Sep 24, 1861

  Mater Misericordiae Hospital Dublin, Ireland formally opened by Cardinal Paul Cullen

• Sep 24, 1886

  Foundation to Croydon from Bermondsey - Sr Winifred Furlong. An Industrial School begun for girls.

• Sep 24, 1887

  Foundation to Doncaster, South Yorkshire from Clifford.

• Sep 25, 1868

  Ardagh Chalice (9th century celtic art) found on convent property, Limerick

• Sep 25, 1898

  St Vincent's Orphanage opened, Dunedin

• Sep 27, 1873

  Mercy Hospital was established in Iowa City, Iowa.

• Sep 28, 1863

  Foundation to Greenbush, Albany from New York