Mercy Heritage archive to be available through new online tool

Mercy International Association (MIA) has many primary sources relating to Catherine McAuley and the foundation of the Sisters of Mercy. This archive consists of treasures such as a collection of Catherine McAuley's letters, her writings as well as documents relating to the first House of Mercy. There are also letters written by the early foundresses.

Central to our archival treasures are the illuminated works of Sr. Clare Augustine Moore rsm and Sr. Cecelia Marmion rsm.

From Foundation Day - 12 December 2024, we will open up this Mercy Heritage using an online tool called Preservica. This tool has allowed us to store, catalogue, preserve and make available our archival material.

What will be available?

We will be making available different materials each calendar month and linking them to key dates in our history. 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the Deed of Agreement on the plans for Catherine's House of Mercy, so we will be sharing some of the archival collection with the wider Mercy Community.

On our Mercy Heritage archive you will be able to explore the Deed of Agreement (December 1824), the plans that Catherine had drawn up for 64a Baggot Street; see her name attached to the Deed of Agreement; admire the beautifully illuminated Register entries for the central figures involved in the establishments of the House of Mercy on Baggot Street.

Our archive material is priceless and for that reason we will be sharing the contents in a curated and managed way so as to protect and preserve it.

This short video gives a taster of how you will be able to use the archive.

Queries about Mercy Heritage should be sent to us by email to heritage@mercyinternational.ie.

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