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An anonymous letter to Fr. Pacificus Jennings OFM Cap., guardian, complaining about the presence of the Derry Peace Women group at Ard Mhuire Friary. The letter reads: ‘It would fit them better to remain at home and do some house-work … and make peace with some of their relations and neighbours’.

A memorandum outlining ‘some reasons for retaining our foundation in the Diocese of Raphoe’. The document provides bullet points on the rationale for retaining Ard Mhuire Friary. The document notes:
'To give up Ard Mhuire would not be good for the Province. It would mean bad distribution of Friars in the country, virtually confining them to three cities, Cork, Dublin and Kilkenny. Ard Mhuire can now be said to be our only country house. … Ard Mhuire is [also] one of the few foundations of clerical religious in Northern Ireland'.
Reference is also made to the attitudes of the local parish clergy and lay community who are very favourably disposed to the friars remaining in the locality.

Prayers sheets used by the Capuchin community, Ard Mhuire Friary, Creeslough, County Donegal.

List of community members at Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal. Fr. Fidelis O’Connell OFM Cap. (1927-2007) is noted as guardian of the fraternity.

Photographic print of a Franciscan retreat at Ard Mhuire Friary, Creeslough, County Donegal. The group includes Fr. Benjamin O’Connell OFM Cap., Fr. Adrian Curran OFM Cap. and Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap.

Programmes for retreats at Ard Mhuire Retreat Centre, Capuchin Friary, Creeslough, County Donegal. The list refers to the groups (both religious and lay) who have booked retreats in the Centre.

Letter re a retreat at the Ard Mhuire Centre for the Convent Grammar School, Strabane, County Tyrone.

Statement read at all Masses at Ard Mhuire Friary Church re the future of the Capuchins in Donegal. The statement reads:
'Our higher superiors now face the possibility of having to minimize or withdraw us from our retreat house ministry. They are also pursuing the possibility of inviting the involvement of other religious in this ministry. However, the bottom line is that we have no plans nor intention of leaving Ards'.
The file includes a circular letter from Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap., Retreat Director, re changes in the management of the Ard Mhuire Retreat Centre which will see a greater input from the clergy of the diocese of Raphoe. With a copy clipping of an article titled ‘Donegal friary to end spiritual retreats’. 'Irish Times', 17 Mar. 2006.