| ID | 2184 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Magdalen Asylum, Dublin |
| Reference | Ms551 |
| Description | Admissions, 1767-1843, name, number, date of admission, trade, clothes, brief description; minutes, 1786-1986: early minutes mainly about funds, lease, building work on premises in Leeson Street; appointments of chaplain, doctor; Governesses minute books, 1903-1947, a team of ladies took it in turns to be visitors for a month at a time, and reported to the committee. Responsible for domestic arrangements and appointments, laundry and seamstress work, advising on individual girls. 8 inmates in 1905. Enclosure of 1909 letter entreating the Home to allow girls to keep their babies until weaned; Ladies' Committee minute book, 1982-1986; accounts, 1768-1975; reports, 1921-1974; papers, 1921-1975; sermons and hymns, including 'A hymn on the expulsion of a Magdalen'; copies of JDH Widdess' 'The Magdalen Asylum, Dublin, 1766-1966'. Founded in 1765, in connection with the Church of Ireland, as a refuge for fallen women, by Lady Arabella Denny, 1707-1792, daughter of the 1st earl of Kerry, of Peafield Cliff (later Lisaskea), Blackrock, earlier benefactress and reformer of the Foundling Hospital, St James' Street. The material contains references to other institutions such as Fortfield Home, the Nursery Rescue, and Protestant Children's Aid Society, and to the legal position of illegitimate children. 33 volumes and 1 box of material. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1767-1986 |
| Century | 18th, 19th, 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | Representative Church Body Library |
| Address | Braemor Park Churchtown Dublin 14 |
| Eircode | D14 N735 |
| Telephone | (01) 492-3979 |
| Email Address | library@ireland.anglican.org |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library |
| Comment | Some of the information listed from this repository has been extracted from lists available in the archives. The lists were compiled by staff of the Representative Church Body and we are grateful for their assistance. Where no or partial lists were available staff of the Women's History Project compiled an outline list. Due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually. |
| latitude | 53.30343 |
| longitude | -6.26691 |