The Bon Secours Health System is the largest private hospital network in Ireland.
[1] It was formed in 1993 to co-ordinate the health care facilities in Ireland managed by the Roman Catholic Sisters of Bon Secours.
[2] The Archbishop De Quélen gave the group the name – "bon secours" means "good help" in French.
In 1861, four Sisters of Bon Secours arrived in Dublin and established the congregation's first mission outside France.
Their in-home nursing included providing care for the particular patients, and assistance with basic needs for other family members.