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Sister Cecilia Scanlon
Island Bay’s Own ‘Flying Nun’: It started as a joke but before she knew it, Sister Cecilia, celebrating her 80 birthday, was flying down The Parade in Island Bay on the back of her neighbour’s Harley Davidson motorbike.
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Sister Gerard McNamara
Hanna McNamara was born at Guhard, County Kerry, Ireland, on 25 February 1874. Her parents were Cornelius and Ellen McNamara (nee Dwyer).
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Sister Julian Smythe
Margaret Monica, daughter of John and Agnes Smythe was born in Kumeroa a small country town near Woodville.