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edmund rice was born
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Begins apprenticeship with his uncle, Michael Rice, in a ship-handling business in Waterford city.
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Marries Mary Elliott, daughter of a wealthy Waterford businessman.
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Edmund’s wife dies and gives birth to a daughter, Mary. She is born prematurely and is handicapped.
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Edmund begins teaching street children by night after work. Unpaid volunteers come to help him.
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A purpose built monastery and school opens in Mount Sion, Waterford
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Edmund moves Headquarters from Waterford to Dublin.
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Edmund dies at Mount Sion, Waterford
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Edmund becomes seriously ill.
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Pope John Paul II bestows the title “Venerable” on Edmund Rice and declares him to be a man of “heroic virtue”.