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File Papers of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal
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A History of Ards

'A History of Ards' by Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. published by Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary. The booklet traces the history of the Ards estate from its occupation by the Wrays and the Stewarts to the arrival of the Capuchins in 1930. The chapter headings include: Life in the old mansion, The auction (1927), From manor house to Capuchin Friary, Novitiate and House of Theology, Life in the Friary, and Retreat House. The file also includes typescript and manuscript drafts of the text. Some of the photographs which appeared in the publication are extant at CA DL/5/1

Advertisement for Sale of the Ards Estate

Advertisement for Sale of the Ards Estate

Clippings from 'Country Life' advertising the sale of the ‘well-known and historical Mansion of Ards and its demesne … extending to 2,000 acres’. The file includes photostat copies (and information re) the article.

Afforestation Scheme

File of documents (mainly from the County Donegal Committee of Agriculture) re a scheme to encourage landholders to plant trees on their lands in the county. The file includes information sheets and blank application forms relating to the proposal to plant conifers for a ‘shelter belt scheme in arable fields which cannot be cultivated in the usual way, on steep banks or hillsides, rocky or broken ground practically bare of vegetation, … and in swamps and bogs which cannot be reclaimed for agricultural purposes’. The file also includes a letter from A.M.S. Hanan re an article for the Royal Forestry Society on ‘southern hemisphere conifers in Ireland’ (12 Feb. 1970).

Architectural Plans and Drawings

Architectural Plans and Drawings

Architectural plans (elevations and sections), designs, drawings and sketches for the new Capuchin House of Studies and Ard Mhuire Friary and Church, County Donegal, prepared by James Rupert Boyd Barrett (c.1904-1976), architect, 5 Camden Place, Cork. The file includes the following architectural records:

  1. Sketch plan for House of Studies, Ard Mhuire Friary
    Date: Nov. 1958
    Number: Sketch 1
    Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet
    Sheet size: OS; 104 cm x 77 cm
    Note: With colour washes

  2. Sketch plan for basement and ground floors of the House of Studies
    Date: 5 Jan. 1959
    Number: Sketch 2
    Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet
    Sheet size: 69 cm x 67 cm
    Note: With colour washes

  3. Sketch plan of alterations to accommodation block of the House of Studies.
    Date: 5 Jan. 1959
    Number: Sketch 3
    Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet
    Sheet size: 69 cm x 67 cm
    Note: With colour washes

  4. Elevations and sections for alterations to the House of Studies and Friary
    Date: 7 Apr. 1959
    Number: Drawing 5
    Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet
    Sheet size: 110 cm x 66 cm
    Note: With colour washes

  5. Sketch, elevation, floor plan and axonometric view of the Friary
    Date: 14 Jan. 1960
    Number: Sketch 1
    Scale: 1 inch to 32 feet
    Sheet size: 117 cm x 69 cm
    Note: With colour washes

  6. Elevation and sections of the House of Studies
    Date: 9 Oct. 1962
    Number: Drawing 8
    Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet
    Sheet size: 126 cm x 71 cm
    Note: With colour washes

  7. Floor plans (ground, first and second) of the House of Studies
    Date: 15 Oct. 1962
    Number: Drawing 7
    Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet; 1 inch to 22 feet
    Sheet size: 130 cm x 72 cm
    Note: With colour washes. The sheet shows the location of the Old Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House) with a note indicating that this is ‘to be demolished’.

  8. Revisions to ground floor plan of the House of Studies
    Date: Jan. 1963
    Number: Drawing 3
    Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet
    Sheet size: 114 cm x 67.5 cm
    Note: The sheet is torn and frayed. Careful manual handling is required.

  9. First-floor plan of the House of Studies
    Date: Jan. 1963
    Number: Drawing 4
    Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet
    Sheet size: 110 cm x 67 cm

  10. Revisions to second-floor plan of the House of Studies
    Date: Jan. 1963
    Number: Drawing 5
    Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet
    Sheet size: 110 cm x 67 cm

  11. Survey of proposed Ard Mhuire Friary and the House of Studies
    Date: 26 July 1963
    Number: No file number given
    Scale: 1 inch to 32 feet
    Sheet size: 76 cm x 61 cm
    Note: The survey was completed by E.G. Pettit, consulting engineer, 7 South Mall, Cork, for J.R. Boyd Barrett. The survey shows the location of the Old Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House) relative to the site of the new House of Studies.

  12. Details of Altar Rail in Ard Mhuire Friary Church
    Date: 1965
    Number: Drawing 53
    Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot
    Sheet size: 72 cm x 48 cm

  13. Details of seating in Ard Mhuire Friary Church
    Date: Nov. 1965
    Number: Drawing 54
    Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot
    Sheet size: 104 cm x 73 cm

  14. Sketch plan of sanctuary layout in Ard Mhuire Friary Church
    Date: 24 Aug. 1965
    Number: No file number given
    Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet
    Sheet size: 66 cm x 56 cm

  15. Design for layout of sacristy in Ard Mhuire Friary Church
    Date: Oct. 1965
    Number: Drawing 52
    Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot
    Sheet size: 61 cm x 36 cm

  16. Details of choir stalls in Ard Mhuire Friary
    Date: Mar. 1965
    Number: Drawing 40
    Scale: 3 inches to 1 foot; 1 inch to 1 foot; ⅛ inch to 1 foot
    Sheet size: 94 cm x 70 cm

  17. Landscaping and garden plan for Ard Mhuire Friary
    Date: July 1965
    Number: No file number given
    Scale: 1 inch to 16 feet
    Sheet size: 92 cm x 67 cm
    Note: The plan was compiled by Powers of Waterford.

Ard Mhuire Auction

Letter from Lionel Percy, Bunlin Lodge, Milford, County Donegal, to Fr. Pacificus Jennings OFM Cap, guardian, Ard Mhuire Friary, re items which he would like to acquire before the demolition of the old Ard Mhuire Friary building. The items include the ‘mahogany bookcases in the library’ and ‘the stone steps outside the building’. The file also includes an inventory for an auction of mainly livestock and agricultural equipment at Ard Mhuire on 13 Mar. 1971.

Ard Mhuire Community

Ard Mhuire Community

File of photographic prints of Capuchin friars (and students) at Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal. One of the prints shows Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., guardian from 1930-7, with students in the community.

Ard Mhuire Friary and Community

Ard Mhuire Friary and Community

Photographic prints of the exterior of Ard Mhuire Friary and members of the Capuchin community bathing in the waters of Sheephaven Bay. The prints are date-stamped on the reverse.

Ard Mhuire Friary Road Signage

Photographic prints of a ‘fingerpost’ road sign noting the direction and distance to Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary (2¾ miles). The signage is an old-style directional ‘fingerpost’ produced by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs.

Ards House

Ards House

A photocopy of an article titled ‘Ards House’ published in 'The Father Mathew Record' (Feb. 1967), pp 17-24. The article was written by Edward MacIntyre with an introduction by Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap. The article provides a history of Ards House and the former Stewart-Bam estate. The article headings are as follows: The Lifford Inquisition, John (‘half-hanged’) MacNaughton, The builder of Ards House, Road from Letterkenny, Magistrate, Beggard the Estate, Uncle of Lord Castlereagh, Land Acts, Chapel and Choir, and A Greater Landlord. The article also publishes two images of Lady Ena Stewart and the staff of Ards House.

Bill of Quantities

Bill of Approximate Quantities for the Capuchin House of Studies at Ard Mhuire Friary, County Donegal. The volume was prepared by James Rupert Boyd Barrett, architect, 5 Camden Place, Cork, and James Sheehan, chartered surveyor, 20 South Mall, Cork. The scope of the work is described as follows:
'The work consists of the erection of a House of Studies, consisting of a three-storey classroom and cell block; single storey parlours, kitchen and refectory blocks; chapel, choir, sacristy, Third Order etc.; drains, sewerage disposal, drives, paths, yard, playing pitch etc., and demolition of the existing buildings'.

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