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| | Rice, Edmund Ignatius - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Rice, Edmund Ignatius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) |
 | | He founded a number of schools for the destitute, which were officially sanctioned as a holy order by the pope in 1820, under the title ‘Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland’. |
 | | As Brother Ignatius, Rice was superior-general of the order until 1838. |
 | | Born at Westcourt, near Callan, County Kilkenny, Rice became wealthy by trading in provisions in Waterford. |
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