Caroline Georgina Corr MBE is an Irish singer and drummer for the Celtic folk rock band The Corrs. In addition to the drums, she plays the bodhrán, cajón, percussions and piano.
Cuan Mhuire is a charitable drug, alcohol and gambling rehabilitation organisation in Ireland. Cuan Mhuire provides a residential programme to persons suffering from alcohol, other chemical dependencies and gambling. It was founded by Sr. Consilio Fitzgerald a member of the Sisters of Mercy in 1966 and has rehabilitation centres and other facilities, dealing with approximately 2500 people each year.
Dame Sister Mary Philippa Brazill, DBE, LLD, generally known as SisterPhilippa, was an Australian nursing educator and administrator.
Christine Buckley was an Irish activist and campaigner, who served as the director of the Aislinn support and education group for survivors of Industrial Schools in Ireland. She was raised in St. Vincent's Industrial School, Goldenbridge.
Olive Eva Anstey was an Australian hospital matron.
Jean Ann Kennedy Smith was an American diplomat, activist, humanitarian, and author who served as United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1993 to 1998. She was a member of the Kennedy family, the eighth of nine children, and youngest daughter, born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald. Her siblings included President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. She was also a sister-in-law of Jacqueline Kennedy.
Newman College Ireland was a Catholic liberal arts college in Northern Ireland which was opened in 2014. Named after Cardinal John Henry Newman, the founder of the Catholic University of Ireland which became University College Dublin, the college aimed to create third level institution which embodies the Catholic ethos.
Isobel Mary "Pixie" Annat was an Australian hospital matron, administrator and office bearer of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (RANF). On Queensland Day in 2021, Annat was named as one of Queensland Greats by the Queensland Government.
Mary Kevin Kearny, OSF, CBE was a teacher, Franciscan Sister, and missionary, who founded a new Franciscan order. Born in Arklow, Ireland on April 28, 1875, she became a Junior Assistant Mistress at 17 and taught in Essex, England. On December 2, 1902, she left to begin missionary work in Nsambya, Uganda, working as a Franciscan Sister of Saint Mary's Abbey, Mill Hill, London.
Lily McNicholas was an Irish nurse who volunteered in the Second World War. On 7 August 1944, McNicholas survived the sinking of the Amsterdam; a hospital carrier transporting casualties to Britain from Normandy, France. The incident was widely reported in the press after the London Gazette announced that McNicholas and two other nurses were to be awarded the M.B.E. for their heroic actions.
Sr. Dr. Maura Lynch was an Irish doctor, a nun, and proponent of women's health.
Orla Treacy is an Irish Loreto sister who runs a boarding school in war torn South Sudan and she works for Women's education and prevent child marriages. Born in 1973 in Bray, County Wicklow, she became an International Women of Courage Award recipient in 2019.
Mary Strangman (1872–1943), was an Irish doctor, public health advocate and women's suffragist. She was also Waterford's first woman Councillor.
Ellen McKenna or Sister Mary Augustine was an Irish Sisters of Mercy nun, American civil war nurse and teacher.
Catherine Cummins or Mother Mary Polycarp was an Irish Sister of Charity nun and founder member of Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital.
Sister Celeste Bowe MBE was an Irish Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul nun and nurse.
Sister Mary de Lourdes Gogan was an Irish Medical Missionaries of Mary nun and missionary nurse in Nigeria.
The Human Dignity Award is an award made by the All-Party Oireachtas Life and Dignity Group, recognising people who have contributed to human dignity. The award was set up in 2014 by Senator Rónán Mullen.
Sister Mary Francis or Eileen Morris was an Irish Medical Missionaries of Mary nun and missionary nurse in Nigeria.
Mary Antona Ebo, FSM, was an American nun, hospital administrator, and civil rights activist. She was the first African-American woman to head a Catholic hospital, and is known for marching with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma in 1965, famously saying "I'm here because I'm a Negro, a nun, a Catholic, and because I want to bear witness." She was a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary.
