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                <text>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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On behalf of the Sisters of the Holy Faith Congregational Archives, this collection was digitised and curated by Helena La Pina (2020). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;References Prunty, J. (1999) &lt;em&gt;Margaret Aylward, 1810-89: Lady of Charity, Sister of Faith&lt;/em&gt;, Four Courts Press Ltd.</text>
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            <text>Physical Notes: Worn edges on hardback cover; Notations written (pencil) front page.</text>
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              <text>First Annual Report of St. Brigid’s Orphanage (1857) - in association with the Ladies’ Association of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. The report includes an introduction to the development and operations of St. Bridget’s Orphanage  (also spelled Brigid) as ‘an accessory work' undertook during 1857 by the Ladies’ Association of Charity. Initially, this introduction was part of the Sixth Annual Report of the Ladies’ Association of Charity (1857). A notice of this is printed on page 1 of this report: ‘This Report was originally a portion of the Sixth Annual Report of the Ladies’ Association of Charity, Metropolitan Parish, for the year 1857 but as St. Brigid’s Orphanage has attained since that time such a large development, it is considered expedient to reprint this Report separately.’&#13;
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The report notes that the first meeting for St. Brigid’s Orphanage was held on 16 January 1857, at 6 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin. The report provides statistics for the number of orphans and describes the concept of a boarding-out system (foster care), involving 'nurses' (foster parents) living in the countryside. The boarding-out system would become the main system of operation for the orphanage. The report describes the work of the Protestant Orphan Society. It also notes the passing of a resolution requesting the establishment of a large orphanage. A list of benefactors and donations to St. Brigid’s Orphanage is listed (including clergymen and guild associations). In the appendix is a form of bequest to St. Brigid’s Orphanage.&#13;
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