Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 14 Dec 1993

Vol. 437 No. 2

Written Answers. - Kenmare (Kerry) Convent.

Frances Fitzgerald

Ceist:

203 Ms F. Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Education the plans, if any, she has for the future of the Convent of the Poor Clare Sisters of the Holy Cross, Kenmare, County Kerry, which was co-founded by Mother Mary Frances Clare, also known as the Nun of Kenmare.

Minister for Education (Ms Bhreathnach)

The former convent building of the Poor Clare Sisters of the Holy Cross, Kenmare, will be converted for school use in the proposed new community school development in Kenmare. Planning of the new community school has reached the detail design stage.