Mary Bernard Kirwan [SEP] date of death
Mary Bernard Kirwan
Mother Mary Bernard Kirwan, P.B.V.M. (1797 – 27 February 1857), was the leader of the first community of Presentation Sisters in North America and teacher.
Life.
Kirwan was born at Monivea, County Galway, to James and Ann Kirwan, in 1797. The family were one of the Tribes of Galway. Nothing appears to be known of her early life, not even her baptismal name.
She joined the Presentation Sisters in Galway in 1823. Ten years later, Bishop Michael Anthony
. He resigned in June 1880 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
Bernard lived at Freckenham, Suffolk, and died at the age of 67.
Bernard married firstly Isabel Emma Beatrice Lane in April 1872. His second wife whom he married in February 1880 was Mary Lissey Kirwan who inherited the estate of Castlehacket. He married a third time in June 1900 to Evangaline Hoare, daughter of Henry Hoare of Staplehurst. After his death she married Charles Hedley Strutt (MP). His son General Sir Denis Bernard