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were her pen pictures II the struggle
of the peasantry with death that her life
was threatened by assassins in London.

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of the peasantry with death that her life
was threatened by assassins in London.
From the beginning OF her religious
life the nun of Kenmare found it very
difficult to conform her will to the will of
a superior-a point of vital necessity in
community existence, where entire obe-
dience forms part of the triple vow
taken on entering a convent for life.
She was in constant trouble with the
sisters at Newry and now at Kenmare
dissensions with her fellow religieux
and with the bishops and priests OF the
diocese finally resulted in the withdraw
al of Miss Cusack from Kenmare in
November, 1881. She proceeded to
Knock, where more trouble arose with
ecclesiastical authorities. In fact, the
life OF the nun OF Kenmare seemed
constant battle with proper authority.
She had never learned the first principle
OF religious obedience and consequently
wherever she went she fomented discord
and strife. She was called to Rome and
afterward Travelled to America, where
again she became embroiled in con-
troversy and strife with the cardinal and
bishops OF the east, who forbade her
finally from establishing houses in their
parishes for wherever she planted
foundation there animosity, strife, BIT
terness and lack of charity developed in
to active life. She founded convent in
Jersey City, however. similar to the
house OF the Poor Clares established
at Kenmare called in unconscious irony
a convent OF peace.
The nun of Kenmare was quite volu-
minous writer, producing novels, his
tory, biography and tracts on the work.
ing girl problem. Her best known
works include IAN Illustrated History
OF Ireland from the Earliest PERIOD"
"Advice to Irish Girls in America" "a
Nuns Advice to Her Girls" !" "Womans
Work in Modern Society,"" "a History
of the City and County OF Cork" Tim
O'Halloran's Choice" "Ted Ruskin; or
Who Fired the First Shot?" ga History
OF the Kingdom OF Kerry" Life OF DR..
O'Connell,' "Life OF ST. Patrick" ''The
Present Case OF Ireland Plainly Stated"
and "Thc Nun of Kenmare: An Auto
biography"
OF the character of Miss Cusack's his
torical writings the Saturday Review
has this to say: "The book has really
no pretensions to the character OF local
history. And what the author has to
say about Ireland in general comes to
little more than telling the old stories
over again and that in state of great
excitement awakened by the late work OF
James Anthony Froude.'
The nun of Kenmare died at Lean
ington, near Warwick, England. She
was 60 years of age and her troubled life
had suffered many reverses and illness
es. She certainly accomplished much
good among the destitute poor OF her
native island during the horrors of the
famine of 1879 and had she ever learned
the necessity of government before
attempting to govern Others she would
doubtless have attracted many to follow
i'll her footsteps. She called herself an
Anglican and yet was not an Anglican;
Catholic and yet refused to submit to
the voice of authority, one OF the vital
tcnets Of Catholic belief. In all things
the nun of Kenmare wished to be a law
unto herself and unto others.
Though she relapsed from the faith,
the Irish Catholics always retained a
kindly feeling for her on account OF the
good work she accomplished for Ire
land in historical way. AS an Eek
nun" she did not attack the Catholic
sisterhoods like other castaways. She
always spoke gently OF them and lost
caste with the Protestants for not imi-
tating Edith O'Gorman, Mrs. Shep-
herd and Mag Slattery in her references
to Catholic nuns. 1t is not certain
whether she became reconciled to the
church before her death. 1t is to be
sincerely hoped that she did.