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St. Kevin’s, Glenart, Arklow, Co.Wicklow was purchased in the late 1940s to provide student accommodation for the Vincentian student body, due to increasing numbers. The theology students were moved to Glenart, the philosophers/university students and seminarists remaining at Blackrock. The move was made in 1949. Glenart continued to serve as a theology house until 1968, when they moved back to Blackrock. From then until 1978 it served as a Retreat House, and was much used by the Irish Missionary Union for courses for returning missionaries. In that year it was sold. A field was retained which was not sold until 1996.

Also some more information on the building here: https://www.archiseek.com/glenart-castle-co-wicklow/

A view of the cottages at Glencolmcille Folk Village in County Donegal.

A view of the village of Glencolmcille (or Glencolumbkille) in southwest County Donegal.

A clipping of an article exploring the history of the early Christian monastic site at Glendalough in County Wicklow.

An image captioned 'Glengarriff Harbour' in County Cork.

A print titled ‘Chatting with “Curley Harrington”, Glengarriff’, County Cork, in c.1955.

A view of the scenery around Glengarriff in County Cork. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Bringing home the turf / Glengarriff'.

A view of the village of Gleno (or Glenoe) in County Antrim. The settlement is located about half-way between Larne and Carrickfergus.

Please visit our Archive website at : https://glenstalarchives.ie/

Description of collections:

Non-monastic collection:

Carbery papers, 1658-1759.
Sir Thomas Hackett papers, 1688-1720.
Cloncurry papers, 1880-1909.
Correspondence between Mother Mary Martin and Bede Lebbe, 1930s.
John Sweetman papers, 1911-1923.
Diaries of Richard Hobart (1784-1802), Sir Thomas Kane (1837) and J. Grene Barry (1869-76).
Gaelic League Ard-Craomh minute book, 1907-15.

Monastic collection:

Foundation correspondence.
Legal and administrative documents.
Financial, farm and school records.
Seniorate minute books, 1927-80.
Material relating to congresses, 1952 onwards.
Material relating to the foundation in Nigeria, 1974 onwards.
Private papers of deceased monks.

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