Medical instrument from the midwife's bag used by Mary Ann Fanning early in her career: Tube of Algipan balm, used for muscle pain.

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Medical instrument from the midwife's bag used by Mary Ann Fanning early in her career: Pinard horn, a listening device used for detecting foetal heartbeat before the advent of ultrasound technology.

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Medical instrument from the midwife's bag used by Mary Ann Fanning early in her career: Hose with pump used for vaginal douching or enemas.

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Medical instrument from the midwife's bag used by Mary Ann Fanning early in her career: small silver box containing needle and funnel.

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Leather bag used by Mary Ann Fanning early in her midwifery career.

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Two small booklets used by Mary Ann Fanning to record her patients' pulses and temperatures. Notes from 1937 and 1940 are recorded.

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Framed photograph of Mary Ann Fanning in nurse's uniform, aged 30. Inscription on verso reads 'Framed 1968. Picture taken 1910 (Aged 30) approx. Cleaned glass reused same frame 2016 Pacelli'.

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A formal studio photograph of Mary Ann Fanning in middle age.

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Photograph of Mary Ann Fanning's home in Hammondstown, Meath. The handwritten inscription on the verso reads 'View of Home'.

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Photograph of Mary Ann Fanning and her son, an ordained priest, Father Gerry Fanning, blessing her. The handwritten note on the verso reads 'My 1st Blessing to Mom 1938 its now 1988'.

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Certificate issued by the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, certifying Mary Ann Fanning's completion of a postgraduate course in midwifery at the hospital.

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Certificate issued by the Central Midwives' Board for Ireland to Mary Ann Fanning in 1920, qualifying her to practise midwifery.

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