Nano Nagle
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The Venerable Nano Nagle |
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| Native name | Nóra de Nógla |
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Honora Nagle 1718 Ballygriffin, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 26 April 1784 (age 65/66) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Known for | Foundress of the Presentation Sisters |
Honora "Nano" Nagle (1718 – 26 April 1784) founded the "Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary" (PBVM) in Ireland (also known as the "Presentation Sisters") and was a pioneer of Catholic education in Ireland. She was declared venerable in the Roman Catholic Church on 31 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
Nano Nagle lived in a period in Irish history when the English had imposed the Penal Laws. The Irish were denied access economically, politically, socially and educationally to the rights and means that would have raised them from poverty and oppression. The parliamentarian and orator, Edmund Burke, who was a relative of Nagle on his mother's side, and had spent his early years in Ballygriffin (where Nano was born), described those laws: "Their declared object was to reduce the Catholics in Ireland to a miserable populace, without property, without estimation, without education."Catholics who dared to teach were subjected to heavy fines, confiscations, and periods of imprisonment. It was equally treasonable for Irish children to be sent overseas for their education.
Nano Nagle also known as "Lady with the Lantern", was born in Ballygriffin, just north of Killavullen, County Cork, in 1718, the daughter of Garret and Ann Mathews Nagle. The name "Honora" given at baptism was soon replaced in the family circle by the affectionate name "Nano". She was the eldest of six children, the others being Ann, Catherine, Elizabeth, David, and Joseph.
She was born in the Blackwater Valley in County Cork which possesses views of the distant Nagle Mountains. Much of this region was once the property of the Nagle family. They were connected to some of the most prominent families in Munster and their ancestors had lived in the area for hundreds of years. In the protracted struggle between the English and Irish for the possession of Ireland, the Nagles' loyalty to the Catholic king - James Francis Edward Stuart (James III of England and Ireland and James VIII of Scotland)- and the Catholic faith cost them extensive lands. However, when her parents married, the family still owned extensive property at Ballygriffin, Killavullen, as Garret's brother Joseph had converted to Protestantism so that he could hold property on behalf of the Roman Catholic members of his family as was required under the Penal Laws.
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