Annual Reports of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1857-1907)

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Date

1957-1907

Creator

Sisters of the Holy Faith; St. Brigid's Orphanage

Description

This digital collection consists of a series of fifty annual reports of St. Brigid's Orphanage. Initially, from 1857 to 1860, the reports were delivered as part of the Annual Reports of the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Overall, the reports detail the number of orphans; the reunification of orphans with parents; orphan adoptions; the schooling of orphans; the rearing of orphans; and often note mortality rates and apprenticeships. Examples of orphan circumstances are often depicted. The reports describe the support and donations for the cause; noting the support of clergymen and several guild associations. The boarding-out (foster care) system is described throughout the reports along with premiums paid to nurses (foster parents) with explanations of how the payment system works. In general, the reports offer insights to the protocols for religious instruction and education. Most reports discuss Proselytism, and some reports provide information about Protestant institutions (orphanages, schools, etc.). According to Jacinta Prunty (1999, 56-57), Margaret Aylward is considered to be the main author of these reports prior to her death in 1889. The reports are valuable little-known primary sources for the study of charity networks, poor relief, orphan statistics, childcare, foster care, and education in nineteenth-century Ireland.

On behalf of the Sisters of the Holy Faith Congregational Archives, this collection was digitised and curated by Helena La Pina (2020).

References Prunty, J. (1999) Margaret Aylward, 1810-89: Lady of Charity, Sister of Faith, Four Courts Press Ltd.

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First Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1857)

First Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1857) - in association with the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. The report…

Second Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1858)

Second Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1858) - in association with the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (presented at…

Third Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1859)

Third Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1858) - in association with the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (presented at…

Fourth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1860)

Fourth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1860) - in association with the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (presented at…

Fifth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1861)

Fifth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1861) - in association with the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (presented at…

Sixth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1862)

Sixth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1862) - in association with the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (presented at…

Seventh Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1863)

Seventh Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1863) (presented at Annual Meeting, 28 October 1863). The report details the number of orphans;…

Eighth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1864)

Eighth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1864) (presented at Annual Meeting, 16 November 1864). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St.…

Ninth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1965)

Ninth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1865) (presented at Annual Meeting, 16 December 1865). It is submitted by the ‘Directors’ of St.…

Tenth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1866)

Tenth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1866) (presented at Annual Meeting, 17 December 1866). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St.…

Eleventh Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1867)

Eleventh Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1867) (presented at Annual Meeting, 11 Dec 1867). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St. Brigid’s…

Twelfth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1868)

Twelfth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1868). The report provides an overview of the objectives (administrative, educational and spiritual)…

Thirteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1869)

Thirteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage and Catholic Poor School (1869). The report discusses the abandonment of the collection of…

Fourteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1870)

Fourteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1870) (presented at Annual Meeting, 21 October 1870). It is submitted by the ‘Committee of…

Fifteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1871)

Fifteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1871). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St. Brigid’s Orphanage. The report details the number…

Sixteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1872)

Sixteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1872). The report details the number of orphans; reunification of orphans with parents; orphan…

Seventeenth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1873)

Seventeenth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1873). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St. Brigid’s Orphanage. The report details the number…

Eighteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1874)

Eighteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1874). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St. Brigid’s Orphanage and the Schools of the Holy…

Nineteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1875)

Nineteenth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1875) (presented at Annual Meeting, 06 February 1876). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St.…

Twentieth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1876)

Twentieth Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1876). It is submitted by the ‘Managers’ of St. Brigid’s Orphanage. The report details the number…

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