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A collection of published material collected by the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles. Includes papal publications, SMA publications, books published on the subject of the OLA or their founder, and more.

Records relating to the archival heritage of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles, Ireland, their members, communities, ministries, and institutions, as well as records of related entities.

The Irish Province is a self-governing part of the OLA institute under the authority of a provincial superior and provincial council of which she is a member. According to Canon 621 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, "A grouping of several houses which constitutes an immediate part of the same institute under the same superior and has been canonically erected by legitimate authority is called a province." According to OLA Constitutions 1985, revised edition (1995), Section 133, “A Province is the union of several communities which together form from a direct part of the Institute and which has been canonically erected by the General Chapter (Can. 621 - Constitutions n° 621 -Constitutions n° 95). / It is under the authority of a Major Superior (Can. 620).'

The Irish Province was founded by a decree of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith on 25 November 1930, and comprised of the OLA houses in Ireland, the Vicariate of Benin and the Vicariate of Niger, the latter two in present day Nigeria. Sometime between 1930 and 1938 the OLA communities in the Gold Coast (modern day Ghana) were included in the Irish Province.

The Irish Province includes the OLA communities on the island of Ireland and Tanzania. It formerly included the OLA communities in England, the United States and in Zambia until these missions were discontinued. It formerly included the OLA communities in Nigeria and Ghana up until the OLA communities in these countries formed their own respective provinces in 1990 and 1996 respectively.

In 2024 the Irish Province transitions, becoming an District.

Material related to the OLA Irish District's foundations in Ireland, England and the United States of America.

Material relating to OLA houses which are/were part of the Irish Province/District. Also includes material relating to OLA communities which were never part of the Irish Province/District.

20the Century records

Handwritten and typescript annals from Killarney Presentation Community. The Annals which relate the story of the Community since its foundation on 2 October 1793 to its closure on 17 November 2021 form the basis of this series.