Professed as Carmelite nun

December 1983

Gwen Collins of Killarney Glen, Dargle Road, was professed as a nun in the enclosed Carmelite Order at St Mary’s in Delgany.

Sister Gwen is the daughter of Bernard and Lily Collins and is well known in Bray as a teacher and in sporting circles.

Educated at St Bridget’s in Greystones, the Dominican Convent in Dun Laoghaire, and Loreto Convent in Bray, she went on to qualify as a teacher at the training college in Sion Hill, Blackrock. She taught for five years at Presentation College, Bray.

She is very well known through her participation in camogie in County Wicklow, as a member of the international hockey team and membership of the Bray Rowing Club.

She was also a member of the Bray Hunt and took park in many gymkhana events. She was also at one time a member of St Peter’s Youth Club in Little Bray and an organiser of cub scouts in PResentation College. In between all that community and sporting activity, Sister Gwen found time to make a trip to Australia.

Joining her at the ceremony, which saw her making her final vows, were her parents, family and close friends.