The Outbuildings

Please watch the following videos as Sr. Fionnuala explains the Outbuildings and the day to day activities that happened here.

The Outbuildings are towards the garden as you pass by the Lake Road, no longer in use the area housed a Laundry ,stables and a purpose built sanitorium. This was built for Sr. Joachaim. Geary: a native of County Limerick, she made her vows in 1926. Sr. Joachim Geary, Sr. Teresa Ann Hanahoe and a group of RJM Sisters, soon set out for the Indian Mission. En-route they visited Lyons, where both sisters became ill. They decided to return to England. Sr. Teresa made a quick recovery and soon set off to begin her 58 years of missionary work in the Indian Subcontinent.

However, Sr. Joachim was seriously ill and came back to Gortnor Abbey to be cared for in the cottage in the community infirmary. She died on November 28th, 1928, and her grave is just left of the Calvary. Several members of Sr. Joachim’s family attended the G.A. Centenary celebrations.