Sister Stanislaus
''Stan'' Kennedy is an Irish
nun, social activist, and former member of the Irish
Council of State.
She was born Treasa Kennedy in 1939 or 1940 near
Lispole
Lios Póil (anglicized Lispole) is a Gaeltacht village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the Dingle Peninsula, 8 km east of the town of Dingle and 40 km west of Tralee on the N86 National Secondary Route.
Transport
Bus Éireann servi ...
on the
Dingle Peninsula in
County Kerry
County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...
,
Ireland.
In 1958 she joined the
Religious Sisters of Charity.
Initially based in
Kilkenny
Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512.
Kilken ...
, Ireland she would in time move to
Dublin where she is best known for having founded, in 1985, the charity
Focus Ireland, which eventually became the largest voluntary organisation in Ireland other than the
Legion of Mary. She attended
University College Dublin and graduated with a Master of Social Science degree in 1980. In 2001, she also set up the
Immigrant Council of Ireland
The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) is a non-governmental organisation and independent law centre based in Ireland which advises migrants on their rights while advocating for increased migrant protections.
History
Immigrant Council of Ireland ...
(ICI) as a response to the social needs of new immigrants living in Ireland. In 1997 she was appointed to the
Council of State and served until 2004.
In 2014, she was awarded the UCD Alumni Award for Social Sciences.
Kennedy is the author of six books published by Transworld Ireland, including her autobiography ''The Road Home'', which contains a
foreword
A foreword is a (usually short) piece of writing, sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature. Typically written by someone other than the primary author of the work, it often tells of some interaction between the ...
written by former President of Ireland
Mary McAleese.
References
External links
Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy's website*
* ''Sister Stan - The Road Home - My Journey'' written by Sister Stan, published by Transworld Ireland, 2011
published by The Columba Press, 2016.
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Year of birth uncertain
Living people
20th-century Irish nuns
Irish activists
Presidential appointees to the Council of State (Ireland)
21st-century Irish nuns
1939 births