A story about the research in Deaf history of Ireland about the 3 women Mary Anne Canavan, Mary Anne Dogherty and Agnes Beedam, who were all prostitutes. Film by Mind the Gap Productions.
Two Dominican Sisters, Sr. M Vincent Martin OP, and Sr Magdalen O'Farrell, OP and their first pupils Agnes Beedam and Mary Anne Dogherty set sail for Le Bon Sauveur School for the Deaf in Caen, France. The school opens with fifteen pupils who are admitted to the 'Cottage Parlour', a room in a building owned by the Dominican Sisters in Cabra.
St Mary's School for Deaf Girls was founded in 1846 in the grounds of the Dominican Convent, Cabra, Dublin, the beginnings from the first two pupils, Agnes Beedam and Mary Anne Dogherty and is under the trusteeship of the Catholic Institute for the Deaf.
Hands On is the programme for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities in Ireland, presented in Irish Sign Language.
We have a strong team of presenters, Senan Dunne, is also an associate producer on the programme and works along with our regular presenters, Sarah Jane Moloney, Caroline Worthington, Eddie Redmond, Caroline Mc Grotty, Seán Herlihy, Alvean Jones, Julianne Gillen, and Teresa Lynch.
Hands On covers a broad range of issues relevant to the Deaf Community from Education, Health, Current Affairs, Sport, Equality and some investigative reporting.
Sources:
mindthegapfilms.com
youtube.com/HandsOn3
rte.ie/tv/handson
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