Mary Margaret Keane (1899 - 1974)

Born 10 Jun 1899 in Bloomfield, Belfast, Ireland

Died 17 Mar 1974 at age 74 in Kilmacud Carmel, Stillorgan Co. Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Mary Margaret keane was born at 2, Poplar Villas, Bloomfield, Belfast Ireland on June 10,1899. She was the daughter of John Keane and Ellen McKenna.^[1] Her father was an Excise Officer. Mary Margaret was baptised on June 12, 1899. At some stage the family moved to Shamrock Villa, Drumcondra, Dublin and it was from there that Mary entered the Carmelite Monastery of St. Joseph at Kilmacud, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin on October 2, 1918. She made her profession on October 14 1920 and took the religious name Sister Mary Joseph Ann of the Blessed Trinity..^[2] She was professed as a lay sister, but on May 2, 1941 she made her profession as a choir sister^[3] Sr. Joseph Ann died on March 17, 1974 at the Carmelite Monastery of St. Joseph, Kilmacud, Stillorgan, Co, Dublin.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Index SR District/Reg Area - Belfast Birth of MARY KEANE on 10 June 1899 Name MARY KEANE Date of Birth 10 June 1899 Group Registration ID 9304057 SR District/Reg Area Belfast Sex Female Mother's Birth Surname MCKENNA Cited on: https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
2. ↑ From the profession book in the Monastery Archives at Kilmacud Carmel, Stillorgan Co. Dublin. Mary Margaret Keane daughter of John Keane and Ellen McKenna of Shamrock Villa, Drumcondra, Dublin Born 10 June 1899 Baptised 12 June 1899 Entered Religion at Kilmacud on 2 October 2 1918 and was professed as Sister Mary Joseph Ann of the Blessed Trinity on October 4 1920
3. ↑ There is a note in the Profession book stating that Mary Keane was was professed as a lay sister but made her profession as a choir sister on May 2 1941.
4. ↑ See Image of Grave Cross