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Founding of Monte Sant'Angelo convent, North Sydney - M Ignatius McQuoin
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Foundation to Sacramento, California from San Francisco
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Foundation to Killarney from Limerick - M Elizabeth Moore
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Foundation to Stamford, Lincolnshire from Bermondsey - Sr Xavier Mullins
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Foundation to Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire from Elgin, Scotland - Sr Bernard Garden.
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Foundation to Joplin, Missouri from Kentucky - M Ignatius Walker
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Fire partially destroyed St Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona (it was rebuilt within three months)
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St Mary's Mercy Hospital opens in Onerahi, Whangarei. It would later become Mercy Hospital Northland.
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M Anastasia Beckett professed, Birr
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Foundation to Tipperary from Limerick - M Catherine McNamara
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Mercy Union Foundation - Stechford, Birmingham
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Foundation to Louisville, Kentucky
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Death of M Xavier Wood, Birmingham
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Death of M Imelda Collins, four times Superior at Baggot St
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Death of M Catherine Ryan, the first sister to be buried in Golden Bridge
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Foundation to Athy from Baggot St - M Vincent Whitty/M Teresa Maher
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Argentina became part of Detroit province
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Memorandum and Articles of Association of Mercy International Association were signed
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Mother Mary Clare Dunphy led eight other sisters to Australia from Callan County, Kilkenny in 1888 arriving 12 October. The foundation to Parramatta was the final group of sisters to come to New South Wales from Ireland.
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Diocesan Normal School, Albany accredited - M Joan of Arc
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Foundation to Alnwick, Northumberland from Cordier Hill, Channel Islands - Sr Evangelist Costello.