Celebration to mark 100 years of sisterhood

MORE than 1,000 people are expected in the Green Glens Arena, Millstreet, Co Cork, next month to mark the centenary of the Infant Jesus Sisters in Ireland.

Founded by Pere Nicolas Barre in Paris, in 1662, the sisters came here to recruit English-speaking nuns to teach in Malaya and Japan.

Drishane Convent, near Millstreet, was opened in 1909 and Scoil Íosa was opened in Malahide, Co Dublin, 50 years later.