The Nano Nagle Place Podcast

In this very special episode we had the privilege of chatting with Sister Stanislaus (Sister Stan!) Kent who celebrates her 101st birthday on the 10th June, 2022,

She chats about her fascinating life, entering the Presentation Order in 1939, her 40 years of teaching in Youghal in Cork and even the rationing that went on in the convent during World War 2.

A huge huge birthday to Sr. Stan!

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In the second series of the Nano Nagle Place podcast we leave South Pres and we visit the other convents in Cork city and county to see how the work of the Presentation Sisters reached far and wide.

We first visit the Presentation Convent in Bandon, Co. Cork to meet Sr.Mary Brien.

In this podcast Sr.Mary was kind enough to bring us on a tour of this historic building.

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Sister Julie Watson, the Congregation Leader of the Presentation Sisters is the guest for the final episode of the special series that took us from the closing of the school doors at South Pres to what we know and enjoy today as Nano Nagle Place.

She has had a fascinating career, having spent 24 years in Pakistan doing what she was passionate about, which was teaching and it is there that she started to fully appreciate Nano Nagle and was quite moved as the children spoke about Nano in the present tense.

Nano Nagle Place is beyond all her expectations and she views it as a "living legacy" of Nano's work and life.

She speaks about the now, the future and importance of "walking lightly on the earth and harnessing the energy of love"

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In this episode we chat with Programme Manager of Nano Nagle Place, Danielle O'Donovan.

We chat about her love of museums since early childhood, we probe into why the Nano Nagle story may have disappeared from history for quite a while and we also talk about the near blank canvass that Danielle had to work with when she and the team created the very special, award winning visitor experience.

We also talk about the other activities and initiatives that she oversees and some of the plans for the future

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In this episode we chat with Sister Josephine McCarthy who set up the Cork Migrant Centre in 2006.

She says that Nano Nagle has been a constant in her very colourful life that took her to Peru and Ecuador doing missionary work for 28 years before returning to "Celtic Tiger" Ireland in the early 2000's.

Responding to the needs of migrants she set up the Cork Migrant Centre, which has also embraced those in direct provision centres where the work helps to recover a sense of self in those that bring "wonderful diversity" to our city.

Sister Jo, as everyone calls her is a true powerhouse according to everyone that you will meet at Nano Nagle Place.

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In this episode we speak with one of our wonderful volunteers, the hugely popular Cork DJ, Stephen Grainger or Stevie G as most people would know him.

Stevie chats about the rewarding work he has been doing for a number of years with young people at the Cork Migrant Centre at Nano Nagle Place.

He talks about the role of music, how it is such a valuable form or expression for young people and how often he has as much to learn from his multi-cultural group as he can teach them.

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In this episode we chat with the incredibly passionate, and "make it happen" Naomi Masheti, who is the Programme Coordinator for the Cork Migrant Centre at Nano Nagle Place.

She talks about their work with migrants in Cork, many who are living in Direct Provision Centres.

She explains how It always starts with listening, understanding their many emotional and practical needs and then creating the activities and programmes and the enabling conditions to address these and with staggering results.

This is so similar to the work that Nano Nagle herself did hundred of years ago.

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Siobhan Allen, Head of Ministry at Nano Nagle Place talks about "that moment" on her first day of school when she decided that she wanted to be a teacher.

She chats about her career working in "special" schools, coming out of semi-retirement for this role and how rewarding it is overseeing the work of the Men's Group, the Lantern Project and the Cork Migrant Centre helping those in need just as Nano Nagle had done.

She lives the "Deeds not Words" ethos of Nano Nagle, like so many others at Nano Nagle Place.

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In this episode we chat with a fantastic retired couple, Bernard and Joyce Bosonnet who are volunteers at Nano Nagle Place.

From knowing very little about Nano Nagle, they are now totally immersed and are huge ambassadors for her and her incredible story, doing meet and greet and taking visitors on guided tours.

Like so many others involved with Nano Nagle Place they know there is something very special going on, and they say the place "actually gives so much to them"

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When Agnes O'Sullivan saw the development nearing completion she put it on her "vision board" that she wanted to work there, as she felt drawn to this special place for some reason.

Her wish came true and she admits herself that it never feels like work!

She chats about her role, about the profound effect that it has on visitors and how the work of Nano Nagle will live on in everyone who experiences Nano Nagle Place.

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