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Br. Louis O’Meara OFM Cap. turning the pages of the psalter in the community choir (formerly the dining room of Ards House) in Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal.

File of fifteen colour postcard prints showing various views (exterior and aerial) of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary and Retreat Centre, Creeslough, County Donegal. There are multiple copies of some of the postcards and most are annotated on the reverse with captions and information regarding printers and publishers. Printed titles on the postcards include ‘Capuchin Franciscan Friary’, ‘Ard Mhuire, Cresslough, County Donegal’, ‘Capuchin Theological Seminary, Ard Mhuire’ and ‘Centre for Retreats, Conference and Seminars’.

Colourized postcard prints of the exterior of Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal. The postcard is captioned and reads ‘Franciscan Friary, Ards, Co. Donegal’. It was published G. Kelly, Ballyshannon. (57 copies). The file also includes one copy of a postcard image of an aerial view of Ard Mhuire Friary and adjoining grounds. It was published by Margaret Joyce Ltd., Dublin / successor to Valentine & Sons Ltd., Dundee and London.

Postcard print of an aerial view of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary and Retreat Centre, Creeslough, County Donegal.

Postcard print of an aerial view of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary and Retreat Centre, Creeslough, County Donegal.

Postcard print of a view of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary and Retreat Centre (taken from the shoreline of Sheephaven Bay) in County Donegal.

An image of the main portico entrance to Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary (formerly Ards House) in County Donegal.

Studio photographic print of Pieter Stewart Bam (1914-2001). The portrait print is autographed. An annotation on the reverse reads: ‘Mr. Pieter Stewart Bam, son of the former owners of Ards House. Portrait presented by himself on occasion of his visit. Jan. 23rd 1949’.

Bound volume containing photographic prints of student friars at the Ard Mhuire House of Studies. Some of the prints are captioned. The album includes images of student friars at work (potato harvesting, bailing hay and routine household work) and at recreation (theatrical plays, weekend retreats, sleighing on snow-covered hills, and visits to the beach). Locations visited by the friars include Burtonport, Errigal Mountain, Aranmore, Doe Castle, Fanad and Kindrum. The album contains several views of Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House) and surrounding gardens. A small number of prints show friars examining what appears to be un-exploded ordnance on the shoreline. Other prints show ordinations at Ard Mhuire in 1955. Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap. and Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. are present in some of the prints.

A view of a crowd assembled outside Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary following an ordination ceremony,