[5] In addition she would also regularly attend the Wesleyan chapel located in what was then called Preaching House Lane (since renamed Wellington Street).

"[1][2][3][4][6] During the years 1832 and 1833 a severe outbreak of cholera swept the Isle of Man the effects of which were particularly acute in what was by that time the largest town on the Island, Douglas.

Nelly Brennan devoted herself to the nursing of those afflicted, making numerous visits to the homes of the sick and dying, and to the temporary cholera hospital; where she would prepare food, clean their clothes and wash bodies.

[1][2][3][6] When the epidemic had passed she undertook responsibility for many children who had been left orphaned some of whom were taken into her own home, and numerous testimonies exist regarding her work for the poor people of Douglas.

However due to the distance between the hotel and the town she was unable to offer the same level of assistance to the poor and consequently she decided to give up her employment and return to aiding the sick.

Seven ministers of different congregations were in attendance in order to pay their respects and of whom they described as: "one of the most wonderful women who had ever lived in the Island and one whose devotion to duty was not exceeded even by Florence Nightingale.