Teresa Ball and Loreto education

Convents and the Colonial World, 1794-1875

Deirdre Raftery

"This is a valuable text, bringing a unique contribution to the increasingly vibrant field of the history of female religious." Ciarán McCabe, British Catholic History, May 2023.

“Apart from the informative and interesting narrative, this study also provides a wealth of useful and valuable information in a number of appendices. The Loreto Sisters have in Deirdre Raftery a most worthy chronicler.”  J. Anthony Gaughan, The Irish Catholic, April 21, 2022