TERESA BALL
Loreto Day School Dharamtala
The Irish Branch of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin
Mary was founded in 1821 by Mother Teresa Ball, in
Dublin, on completion of her religious training at the
Bar convent in Dublin, Institute of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, York, England. She gave the name Loreto to the
first convent of this new branch at Rathfarnham, Dublin,
as it was her wish and prayer that the life of the Holy
Family might always be an inspiration and an example to
the members of the institute.