Heritage Matters

                                                     Mount Erin Boarding School in 1989

The Angelus Bell

The Angelus Bell was donated to the sisters in 1880, by Mr William Rudd. Initially, it stood on a wooden stand at ground level, and it rang the Angelus at 6.00 am, 12.00 noon, and at 

6.00 pm. This of course was done by hand. In the 1950s the bell was raised onto its new steel tower. Some years later, the bell itself was enclosed in a steel cage (to prevent it from being rung in the middle of the night and awakening sleeping boarders). In the 1990s, through the generosity of the late Mr. P.E. Power, it was electrified.

Today, the electrification process has been made even easier with a new digital timer installed last year by the Heritage Centre, ensuring that even when daylight saving commences and concludes, the Angelus Bell rings every day right at midday.