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Legacy
The legacy of Rosa Barrett Is one that has unknowingly but widely impacted the childhood of every person alive in Ireland to this day. According to The Times on the 2nd of September 1936 Rosa Mary Barrett “did remarkable work for the children in Ireland”. She set standards for how children should be treated and cherished. Not only did she impact children's lives, but she also impacted women’s lives by creating the first creche in Ireland. "The Cottage Home" was originally founded by her in "1879"  as she made efforts to accommodate women whose circumstances had forced them to work in order to support their families. Women could leave their children who were "under the age of 6" years old there so they could go out and work. In her efforts to help widowed women, Rosa Mary Barrett unknowingly set the premise that allowed women to go out and work if they wished rather than being forced to stay home to care for their children while their husbands worked.

Rosa Mary Barrett went on to leave behind the Irish section of the "National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children"   which is now called the "Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children"   (ISPCC).

In 1896 Barrett published a paper entitled “Foreign Legislation on Behalf of Destitute and Neglected Children” and in 1899 she published a pamphlet called “The Rescue of the Young” , and finally in 1900, she published her work “Juvenile Criminals” which was awarded the medal of the "Howard Penal Reform League2.

She also authored the hagiographic biography of Ellice Hopkins. Hopkins had successfully campaigned to raise the age of consent to 16 and was well known for saving children from prostitution.

She co-founded the Women's Women's National Health Association for Ireland which informed women of Tuberculosis  and how to combat it.