File 30 - Correspondence re the Disposal of Ard Mhuire Friary Library

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IE CA DL/3/30

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Correspondence re the Disposal of Ard Mhuire Friary Library

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  • 4 Jan. 2002-16 Jan. 2002 (Creation)

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3 items; Manuscript; typescript

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Irish Capuchin Franciscans
(1615-2023)

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Irish Capuchin Archives

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Correspondence relating to the disposal of the books from the library of Ard Mhuire Friary. A letter from Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap. to Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap. affirms that ‘Fr. Raymond Murray took all the books that you suggested for the Cardinal Ó Fiaich Library and Archive in Armagh’. Fr. Eustace confirmed that the books will be stamped as suggested. The file includes a copy letter from the Most Rev. Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh, expressing his gratitude to the friars ‘for the wonderful collection of books which you have gifted to the Cardinal Ó Fiaich Library and Archive. I understand that it is a very large collection of valuable books, many of great scholarly interest and value’.

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      For more on the Cardinal Ó Fiaich Library and Archive in Armagh see https://www.ofiaich.ie/

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