Dossier 2 - Annals

Annals of the Presentation Convent Killarney from 2 October, hard cover bound volume. It has been badly damaged by sellotape. From 1980 onwards the annals are in good condition.
Most Rev. Dr Moylan, Bishop of Kerry and Thomas Browne, Lord Viscount of Kenmare, were the people chiefly responsible for the Killarney foundation in 1793. The first annalist was Mother M. Louis Smith. Other annalists were Mother M. Aloysius O’ Connor and M. Kevin Walsh. The Annals of the convent consist of one manuscript volume. Early entries deal with the arrival of the Sisters in Killarney, the hardships endured when they were ‘deprived of their convent’ owing to a defect in the lease, the generosity of ’Right Rev. Sugrue’ and Lord and Lady Kenmare who was mainly responsible for providing a new convent.
The annalist records an important event in the history of the congregation during the year 1805 when,

Pope Pius VII issued a brief confirming the
Constitutions of the Sisters of Charitable
Instruction and allowing them to make solemn
Vows under the title of the Order of the
Presentation of Our Lady and granting
them all the indulgences and favours hitherto
granted to the religious of St Ursula…..

On the 15th August 1806, the feast of Our Blessed Lady, six Sisters pronounced their solemn vows in the convent chapel. The establishment excited great interest in the minds of the inhabitants of the town.