Note by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. re the existence of an apartment in the Ards House called ‘the Friar’s Room’. It reads: 'The morning after the building and property were taken over from the Land Commission Holy Mass was celebrated in the portion of the building assigned an oratory. In the course of the day one of the fathers remarked to the steward “I expect this is the first time Mass was said here”. The steward was doubtful and mentioned a tradition prevalent … [that] one of the apartments is called “The Friar’s Room”. The explanation given is that about 100 or 150 years ago a friar was accustomed to visit the family and inhabited that room. The steward presumed that when he came, he said Mass in the building'.
A draft schema for the compilation of the Ard Mhuire Friary archives. The schema was devised by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. and refers to some of the foundational documents which should be obtained and secured for safe keeping. Reference is made to documents from the Land Commission, correspondence with the Bishop of Raphoe and letters from the Capuchin General Minister re the establishment of a novitiate at Ard Mhuire.
A letter from Dermot MacIntyre to Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. referring to the history of the former Stewart-Bam residence in Ards. An extract from the letter reads: 'In regard to Ards and Ards House, I have just found an old notebook of my father’s. He used to jot down bits and pieces on anything to hand and in this old notebook he has an entry dated, Friday, December 30, 1910. He writes: "Was at a dance in Ards House last night given by Sir Pieter Bam. Charlie Coll and I played for them. Bam came in about 9 o’clock. I did not like it all but would rather be in the poorest thatch house in Doe, with the Gaelic sounding round me, than in the midst of it all. Bam does his best to unbend, but it is plainly an effort and he seems to know himself that it won’t be successful. His wife is outrageously proud. She sat all the time like an incarnate goddess and noticed no one. Such pride is a sin against Heaven. You would think the ordinary people were less than dogs to her. Her sister is not one whit better"'. Further extracts from his father’s journal refer to the landlord’s relationships with the workers and tenants on the Ards estate, to the histories of various local churches, to a Feis at Doe Castle in 1910, and to the building of the Lough Swilly railway in Donegal.
Letter from Colette Gallagher to Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap., guardian, Ard Mhuire Friary, conveying a local tradition re the existence of a ‘half-way house between Ards Friary and Rossnowlagh’.
Cheque payment book of the Capuchin friars, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork. The book provides details of cheque payments made in respect of wages, household and food expenses, friars’ expenses, masses, electricity and other utilities, medical costs, church repairs and tax. The volume also has several bank reconciliations. Monthly and year summaries of cash expenditure are provided at the end of the volume for the years 1972-77. The next volume in this sequence is at CA HT/3/1/5.
Cheque payment book of the Capuchin friars, Holy Trinity Friary. The book provides details of cheque payments made in respect of wages, household and food expenses, friars’ expenses, masses, electricity and other utilities, medical costs, church repairs and tax. The next volume in this sequence is at CA HT/3/1/14.
Cash receipts book for the Capuchin friars, Holy Trinity Friary. The book provides details of income derived from ministries, mass stipends and collections, alms, bequests, pensions and various donations to the community. Statements of monthly and yearly totals for the years 1972-79 are included at the end of the volume. The next volume in this sequence is at CA HT/3/1/11.
Income and payments day book. The book provides rough accounts of expenditure for various utilities, travel, salaries etc. The income accounts were derived primarily from donations, collections, ministries, missions and retreats.
