[3] Isabella McLoughlin and Catherine Meighan trained in Cove Lane in Cork City with the Presentation Sisters which had been founded by Nano Nagle.

The Bishop of Ossory, Dr. James Lanigan wanted to bring the kind of caring for the sick and education of the poor to come to Kilkenny and he arranged for the religious sisters to come to the city in September 1800.

With the permission given by Bishop Hamilton of the Church of Ireland they were able to open a convent and school in Kilkenny a month later.

[4] The school also provided some education for adults in the evenings[5] Expansion needs meant that new buildings were added in 1817 on Chapel lane.

[1] The convent and buildings in James St. and Chapel Lane were knocked down in order to make way for the Market Cross shopping centre.