Marian Statue, Ard Mhuire Friary
- IE CA DL/5/11/10
- Partie
- c.1950
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary which stood in front of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary in County Donegal.
Marian Statue, Ard Mhuire Friary
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary which stood in front of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary in County Donegal.
Aerial View of Ard Mhuire Friary
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
An aerial view of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary (formerly Ards House) in County Donegal.
St. Eunan’s College, Letterkenny, County Donegal
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
Postcard print of the exterior of St. Eunan’s College, Letterkenny, County Donegal.
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic prints of student friars in Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal. The file includes images of the students at recreation and prints of the Friary Church. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Students, Ards’
Ard Mhuire Friary and Community
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
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.
Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap. and Godfrey Mannion OFM Cap.
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic print of Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap. and Godfrey Mannion OFM Cap. at Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal.
Marriage of Sir Pieter Canzius van Blommestein and Ena Stewart of Ards
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
Clipping of a photograph (and article) from the 'Liverpool Daily Post & Mercury' referring to the wedding of Captain Sir Pieter Canzius Van Bloommestein Bam and Ena Dingwall Tasca Stewart of Ards House, County Donegal, at St. Andrew’s Church, Wells Street, London, on 26 July 1910.
Advertisement for Sale of the Ards Estate
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
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.
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
Clippings (from the 'Derry Journal') re the installation of a Holy Year Cross atop Muckish Mountain (Derryveagh Mountain Range, County Donegal) on the Feast of the Assumption. Includes a photographic print showing Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. and Fr. Ephrem O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1904-1958) who blessed the Cross. In 2000, a large metal cross was placed on the summit, replacing the wooden one (erected in 1951) which had been destroyed in a storm. See also CA DL/5/24.
Building of the New Ard Mhuire Friary
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
Clippings of articles referring to the building (and funding) of the new House of Studies and Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, Creeslough, County Donegal. The file includes:
• ‘New Capuchin Friary for Ard Mhuire / to replace former landlord mansion’. 'The Derry People', 9 May 1964. The article has an extensive photograph of the building site with the old Ard Mhuire Friary in the background.
• ‘New Capuchin Friary’. 'The People’s Press', 9 May 1964. Includes photographs of the old Ard Mhuire Friary and of an architectural model of the new building.
• ‘The visitor to Ards is mystified’ by John Moore, referring to the history of the Capuchins in Donegal and to the new Ard Mhuire Friary.
• ‘First Silver Circle Draw for Ard Mhuire’. 'The Derry People', 12 Feb. 1966. Includes a photograph of Fr. Godfrey Mannion OFM Cap., Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap. and others at the aforementioned draw in aid of the Friary building fund.
See also CA DL/2/3/7.