Nano Nagle writing to Miss Fitzsimons

Letter sent from Bath, England, written while Nano is visiting her brothers there. She alludes to previous correspondence which detailed the foundation of her first schools in Cork, and how she withheld this from her family who until lately were uninformed of her work. While aware that her actions run contrary to Penal Laws, she is determined to continue. Nagle also writes that she has recently objected to a suggestion put forth by Mr. [Bryan Keating], merchant, South Mall, Cork, and Dr. [John] Butler, Bishop of Cork, to seek Protestant approval for the new Ursuline foundation in Cork; she leaves it to Miss [Eleanor] Fitzsimons to judge.

此信件发自英格兰巴斯市，写于娜诺（Nano）到访其兄长期间。信中提及此前的通信内容：其详述了她在科克（Cork）创办首批学校的经过，以及她此前为何对家人隐瞒此事——直至近期，家人才知晓她所从事的工作。尽管她清楚自己的行为违反了惩戒法令（Penal Laws），但仍决意继续推进此事。娜格尔（Nagle）还在信中提到，她近日反对了一项由科克市南莫尔路商人布莱恩·基廷（Bryan Keating）先生与科克主教约翰·巴特勒（John Butler）博士共同提出的提议：该提议旨在为科克新建的乌尔苏拉会（Ursuline）会院寻求新教当局的批准；她将此事交由埃莉诺·菲茨西蒙斯（Eleanor Fitzsimons）小姐裁决。