Monica Farrell

Monica Farrell (1892 – 1982) was an Irish Protestant evangelist.

Early life and family Monica Farrell was born in 1892 in Dublin. She was one of the younger children with 6 siblings. Farrell's mother died when she was 7, so she was raised by her older sister who was a seamstress. In a reaction to poor physical health and her bereavement, Farrell developed a deep Catholic devotion. Two of her sisters became nuns, and two of her brothers became priests. She attended a convent boarding school before transferring to the Central Model School, Marlborough Street, Dublin. She cited this transfer as her motivation to confront her Protestant peers with Catholicism, which ultimately led to her converting to Protestantism. She began to attend Presbyterian services in secret, but when this was discovered by her family she was thrown out of her home.

During her time in Ireland, she reconnected with her family, and she later claimed to have successfully converted some of her siblings though the veracity of this claim has been questioned. Her 1951 autobiographical pamphlet From Rome to Christ was published 6 times. Other pamphlets included A ready answer: the evils of mixed marriages and Why am I a protestant, daddy?

Over the course of her career, Farrell addressed thousands of groups across the world, while operating her ministry from her home in Glebe, New South Wales. She died in 1982.