jan 1, 1883 - A group of Franciscan sisters from New York arrived in Hawaiʻi to care for lepers

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Under the leadership of Sister Marianne Kopp, 5 of the 6 women in this group were Irish.
-Sister Renata Nash, from County Limerick
-Sister Ludovica Gibbons, from County Donegal
-Sister Rosalie McLaughlin, from County Leitrim
-Sister Bonaventure Caraher
-Sister Antonella Murphy

They served for many years at the Kakaako Receiving Hospital, the first hospital on Maui, and at the isolated leper settlement, Kalaupapa (Conrad, 1999, p. 379).

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