Twentieth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1876)
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Title
Twentieth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1876)
Date
1877
Creator
Sisters of the Holy Faith; St. Brigid's Orphanage
Description
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 of orphans; reunification of orphans with parents; orphan adoptions; orphan apprenticeships; the schooling of orphans; and the rearing of orphans. The boarding-out (foster care) system and premiums paid to nurses (foster parents) is discussed. Protocols for religious instruction and education in general is detailed. The report intermingles Protestant indoctrination and the benefits of a Catholic education. The report discusses the work of the Holy Faith schools for poor Catholic children. It notes the work of a lending library. A list of benefactors and donations to St. Brigid’s Orphanage and Holy Faith Schools is listed (including clergymen and guild associations). In the appendix is a letter of solicitation for support, donations and subscriptions. Also, in the appendix is a description of assistance of the Sisters of the Holy Faith to the Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen Of Charity, in Lower 65 Lower Jervis Street; and an extract of a pamphlet published by his Lordship the Bishop of Southwark and kindly presented to St. Brigid’s Orphanage, titled ‘Practical Direction and Suggestions as to Appointed Testamentary Guardian.’
Subject
St. Brigid's Orphanage
46 Eccles Street, Dublin, Ireland
Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland
Orphan statistics
Boarding-out system
Nurses (foster parents)
Education
Holy Faith schools
Sisters of the Holy Faith
Proselytism
Finance
Benefactors
Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Charity
Aylward, Margaret (1810-1889)
Source
Reports 1857-1878 (HFA1-O-ES-F-33-SBO-AR-1857-1878)
Publisher
William Powell (10 Essex Bridge, Dublin)
Identifier
HFA1-O-ES-F-33-SBO-AR20.pdf
Type
Text
Format
PDF
Rights
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Language
eng
Text Item Type Metadata
Ref Code
HFA1/O/ES/F/33/SBO-AR20
Existence and location of originals
Sisters of the Holy Faith Congregational Archives, Aylward House, Holy Faith Convent, Glasnevin, Dublin 11
Extent and medium
1 report, 34 pages
Files
Citation
Sisters of the Holy Faith; St. Brigid's Orphanage, “Twentieth Annual Report of St. Brigid's Orphanage (1876),” Holy Faith Sisters Digital Archive, accessed September 8, 2026, https://hfsdigitalarchive.org/view-collections/items/show/31.