Mary Gertrude Banahan
Mary Gertrude Banahan (c. 1856 – 17 March 1932) was a New Zealand Catholic religious sister and teacher. She was born in Ireland, where she joined the Brigidine Sisters as a novice in 1873. She and other sisters immigrated to Australia in 1883, to operate a school.  In 1898, she was part of a group of sisters invited to establish the Brigidine order in  Masterton, New Zealand.  She helped establish St Bride's Convent at Masterton.
 Banahan served as superior in several convents until her death in 1932.

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New Zealand educators
New Zealand women educators
Irish emigrants to New Zealand
People from Masterton
Writers from County Laois
19th-century Irish nuns
1856 births
1932 deaths
20th-century New Zealand Roman Catholic nuns
Irish emigrants to colonial Australia
Brigidine Sisters