Nano Nagle N.S Website

The Presentation Sisters came to Fethard from Thurles in 1862. They lived and taught in the Parish Priest's House on the main street for ten years. They then moved to their present residence. The Old Primary School was built in 1872 and the current Nano Nagle School was opened on 11th September 1978.


Who was Nano Nagle?
Nano Nagle was born in Ballygriffen in Co.Cork in 1718. Her aim was to help the less fortunate. She left for France where she joined a convent and devoted her life to prayer and good work.
At the age of twenty-nine she returned to Ireland and began her difficult journey to educate the poor children of Ireland. At the time the penal laws were in force in Ireland .She stole from hovel to hovel each day to gather the most needy people to teach. This is how she became known as “The Lady of the Lantern”. She established many schools, both for boys and girls. She was joined by others and collectively they were called the 'Sisters of the Charitable Instruction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus'. Now we know them as the Presentation Sisters.
by Margaret Kennedy