Four Nuns Arrived in 1871 - Here's What They Built

Part 2 of our Ramsgrange Series. A walking tour of the Sisters of St. Louis Convent Cemetery in Ramsgrange, County Wexford, where the nuns who served the parish for 148 years are buried. THE STORY: In 1871, four nuns from the Sisters of St. Louis arrived in Ramsgrange: Sr. Marianne O'Sullivan, Sr. Aloysius Lennon, Sr. Columba Smith, and Lizzy Beale. Canon Thomas Doyle gave up his own home so the Sisters would have a place to live. With no school building yet constructed, they taught their first classes inside the roofless, burnt-out ruins of the penal chapel that had been burned in 1798—turning a site of tragedy into a site of education. By 1875, a new convent was built. By 1886, a schoolhouse was constructed at the convent gates. The Sisters went on to build boarding schools and national schools that served generations of Wexford families. In 2019, after 148 years of service, the convent closed. Four Sisters remained—the same number that had arrived. This cemetery contains only the graves of the Sisters of St. Louis who lived and died in Ramsgrange between 1871 and 2019. Timestamps: 00:00 = The Context 00:53 = Thomas Canon Doyle 02:11 = The Sisters Of St. Louis 03:40 = Honoring The Sisters LOCATION: Sisters of St. Louis Convent Cemetery, Ramsgrange, County Wexford, Ireland RELATED VIDEO: Ramsgrange Old Cemetery Walk (1798 Chapel Burning Site):    • Uncovering An Atrocity No One Speaks About   SOURCES: Dúchas.ie National Folklore Collection St Louis Sisters Online Archives Buildings of Ireland Find A Grave #SistersOfStLouis #Ramsgrange #wexfordhistory #nuns #convent #countywexford #1798 #rebellion #cemeterywalk #irishheritage #irishhistory #graveyardwalk #irishgenealogy #irishancestry #truestory #truestories #emotionalstory