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- 28-06-1687 (Creation)
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Letter to Mother Elizabeth Skeret, Mother Abbess of our
Galway Convent, giving permission to admit to the habit
of probation three well-born girls, by name Cecilia
Kirwan...Signed: Fr. Anthony De Burgo, Minister Provincial
Rosserilly.
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Hisce licentiam concedo Venerabili sorori Elizabethae Skeret Matri Abbatissae Conventus
nostri Galviensis S. Clarae, quatenus tres nobiles puellas a Deo inspiratas, nominatim
vero Ceciliam Kirwan, ad habitum probationis sui Ordinis, ac strictam clausuram suae
religiosae Domus admittere queat cum sedula assistentia Reverendi Patris Guardiani nostri
ibidem Conventus, qui huic pio operi assistere tenetur. Datum Rossrielo 28 Junii 87.
fr. Antonius de Burgo
Minister Provincialis
By these letters I grant permission to the Venerable Sister Elizabeth Skeret, Mother
Abbess of our Galway Convent of St. Clare, to admit to the habit of probation of her
order and strict enclosure of her religious house, three well-born girls, by name Cecilia
Kirwan, with the diligent assistance of the Reverend Father Guardian of our Convent in
that place, who is obliged to assist at this pious work. Given at Rosserilly 28
June (16) 87.
Fr. Anthony de Burgo
Minister Provincial