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Edmund Rice Heritage Centre

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Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Edmund Rice Heritage Centre
Phone:
+353 51 874 390

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday9am - 5pm
Tuesday9am - 5pm
Wednesday9am - 5pm
Thursday9am - 5pm
Friday9am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 2pm


Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, CFC , was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. He was the founder of two religious institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers. Rice was born in Ireland at a time when Catholics faced oppression under Penal Laws enforced by the British authorities, though reforms began in 1778 when he was a teenager. He forged a successful career in business and, after a tragic accident which killed his wife and left his daughter disabled and with learning difficulties, thereafter devoted his life to education of the poor. Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers schools around the world continue to follow the traditions established by Edmund Rice .
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