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Workhouse Quiz



Question 17

Which religious order provided many of the early nursing staff in Irish workhouses (Sisters of Mercy / Sisters of Nazareth / Sisters of St Vincent)?


The Sisters of Mercy, beginning in 1861 at Limerick workhouse.


 

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