Marian Statue, Ard Mhuire Friary
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- c.1950
Part of 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.
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Marian Statue, Ard Mhuire Friary
Part of 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 Shrine, Milford, County Donegal
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Photographic print of the Marian Shrine in Milford Bakery and Flour Mills, County Donegal. The shrine was erected in 1954.
Main Doorway, Ard Mhuire Friary
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Photographic print of the main doorway looking out onto the front garden at Ard Mhuire Friary, County Donegal.
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List of benedictions at Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary approved by the Most Rev. William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe (1888-1963). An addendum reads ‘Novenas for Feasts of St. Francis and Immaculate Conception. Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament on First Fridays (monthly retreat)’. With typescript copies signed and dated 21 Dec. 1952.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A friar perusing the bookshelves in the library room of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary in County Donegal.
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Letters from James P. Sweeney & Co., Falcarragh, Letterkenny, County Donegal, solicitors, and Seán Ó hUadhaigh & Son, 20 Eden Quay, Dublin, solicitors, re negotiations for the sale of cottage and plots of lands at Ards, Creeslough, to Anne Green and Monica Cassidy. The correspondence refers to the need for consent forms from the Commissioner of Charitable Donations and Bequests, information re title from the Land Registry, and a memorandum and articles re the vesting of certain lands at Ards with named trustees of the FMC Trust (enclosed).
Letters re Construction and Furnishing of New Ard Mhuire Friary
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letters from James Sheehan, chartered quality surveyor, 20 South Mall, Cork, J. Varming & S. Mulcahy, consulting engineers, 4 Northbrook Road, Dublin 6, Gunning & Son Ltd., ecclesiastical art manufacturers and church furnishers, 18 Fleet Street, Dublin 2, Murphy-Devitt Studios, stained glass manufacturers, 63 Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Dublin, and J & C McLoughlin, constructional engineers, Jamestown Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8, re payments for the building, furnishing and decoration of the new Ard Mhuire Friary and Capuchin House of Studies. The recipients include Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap. and Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap.
Letters from P.J. McLoughlin & Co.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Letters from P.J. McLoughlin & Co., builders and public works contractors, Ardnacassa, County Longford, re their work on the new Capuchin Friary and House of Studies at Ard Mhuire in County Donegal. Letter recipients include Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap. and Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap. Most of the letters are acknowledgments of payments received for contracted work on the building project.
Letters from J.R. Boyd Barrett
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Letters from James Rupert Boyd Barrett, architect, 5 Camden Place, Cork, regarding design work, tenders, bills of quantities and furnishings for the new Capuchin House of Studies at Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal. The letter recipients include Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap., Fr. Berchmans McCarthy OFM Cap., and Fr. Barnabas Gaynor OFM Cap. The file also includes receipts and certificates of payment for construction work on the House of Studies.
Letters from Bishop William Mac Neely
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Letters from the Most Rev. William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe (1888-1963), to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. re arrangements for the purchase of Ards House by the Capuchins. A letter of 1 Mar. 1930 expresses his pleasure on hearing that ‘negotiations with the Land Commission have been successful. About the time of taking over the property, really it does not matter; just make arrangements as you consider convenient’. A letter on 18 Mar. 1930 affirms that the friars ‘may fix up an Oratory at once … as soon as things are in order’.