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The Irish Living Out Girls

Irish Edition
Irish Living Out Girls - Irish Edition

By Pete Sigmund Ever hear of “the living out girls?” They were, like the well-known characters in the Downton Abbey TV series, the servants who kept great estates going as maids, tutors, cooks, companions and other essential help. Living out… Continue Reading →

Called to Serve: A History of Nuns in America

Irish Edition

By Margaret M. McGuinness New York University Press. 2013 2013, 277 pages, hardcover, $35 Available in eBook   Book Jacket (above): Sisters Ann Marguerite (left), Saint Albert (middle), and Francis Agnes (right) at Cecilian Academy, Philadelphia. Courtesy of Archives, Sisters… Continue Reading →