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An image of Ardboe High Cross in County Tyrone. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'High Cross at Ardboe / said to be the finest example in Ireland'.

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.

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.

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.

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Sectional plan and front-view elevation of the proposed Church of the Immaculate Conception in Parow, Cape Town, South Africa. The plan is initialed ‘GA’ and is dated 19 January 1935.

An image of William Joseph Walsh (1841-1921), Archbishop of Dublin from 1885 to 1921.

An election handbill quoting a letter from the Most Rev. William J. Archbishop of Dublin criticising the stance of the Irish Parliamentary Party. It reads: ‘For years past I have never had a moment’s doubt that the Irish Home Rule cause in Parliament was being led along a line that could only bring it to disaster. …’. The handbill concludes with a call to vote for W.T. Cosgrave in the Kilkenny by-election.

A photographic print of the Most Rev. Thomas O’Donnell (1874-1936), Archbishop of Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada).

An image of (first on the left) Archbishop Richard Cushing, President Seán T. O’Kelly, and Paul A. Dever (Governor of Massachusetts) at a reception for the Boston Archdiocesan pilgrims at the Iveagh Grounds in Dublin. Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. is standing behind President O'Kelly. (Volume page 63).

A clipping of an article reporting on Archbishop Richard Cushing’s visit to Galway which included a civic reception at the university in the city. The article is taken from the ‘Connacht Tribune’ (24 September 1949). (Volume page 51).