THE ORDER OF the Sacred Heart nuns arrived in Ireland in 1922 within
months of the formation of the Irish Free state after the civil war. They were invited over from England by the newly-formed Irish
government to deal with the ‘problem’ of women having babies outside
wedlock.
They bought a 200 acre farm in Bessborough, county Cork and began operating a Mother and Baby home. They later expanded and bought Conville House and grounds in Roscrea which they renamed Sean Ross Abbey.
http://www.thejournal.ie/castlepollard-mother-and-baby-home-2040421-Apr2015/
They bought a 200 acre farm in Bessborough, county Cork and began operating a Mother and Baby home. They later expanded and bought Conville House and grounds in Roscrea which they renamed Sean Ross Abbey.
http://www.thejournal.ie/castlepollard-mother-and-baby-home-2040421-Apr2015/