Sister Genevieve: a courageous woman's triumph in Northern Ireland

1923-1958 --

1. "I did not like nuns, to put it mildly. Their whole secretive way of life revolted me" --

2. "There came a point when I just couldn't resist any longer" --

1958-1969 --

3. "It could not have had a worse start. Staff were chosen by the chairman at random" --

4. "I was petrified of this tall, elegant nun in the butterfly headdress" --

5. "Shoulders back. Heads up. Be proud of your school" --

6. "She had a holy impatience with the Church" --

1969-1988 The Troubles --

7. "You were walking a tightrope between the paramilitaries and the army" --

8. "Would you please pray for a first year's daddy who was shot dead last night?" --

9. "I realize your frustration but please don't get involved" --

1969-1988 The Largest Girls' School in Western Europe --

10. "I told Canon Murphy that if he went along with the idea I was leaving" --

11. "Ultimately the principal must remain in control" --

12. "She loves those smart girls; she doesn't have any time for the ordinary ones" --

13. "We don't believe Christ endorsed a segregated system at eleven plus" --

1988-1994 --

14. "I shall go on trying to be the voice of the voiceless"