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Sister Emilian O’Mahony
Honoria, daughter of Cornelius and Ellen O’Mahony, was born at Drimoleague, County Cork, Ireland and immigrated to New Zealand at the age of 30. She was a qualified Maternity Nurse prior to her arrival having received her training at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin.
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Sister Damian Seymour
Muriel Winifred Seymour was born in Nelson, on the 18 February, 1887. Her parents were Charles Alexander Seymour and Emily Seymour (nee Brunetti). Sister Damian was one of a family of twelve children, six of whom became religious, two of her brothers joined the Society of Mary, and two of her sisters became Sisters of Mercy...
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Sister Brigid McCormick
Mary Eileen was born on 22 October 1905 in Belfast Northern Ireland, one of thirteen or fourteen children born to Jane and Daniel McCormick and the eldest of the nine surviving children who emigrated to New Zealand arriving in Auckland on 26 May 1926 aboard the Mahana. Eileen was baptised and confirmed in St Peter’s Pro-Cathedral, in Belfast...