Clipping of an article titled ‘Lady Stewart-Bam at Ards House’ published in 'The Gentlewoman' magazine. The article refers to the marriage of Captain Sir Pieter Canzius Van Bloommestein Bam and Ena Dingwall Tasca Stewart of Ards House, County Donegal, on 26 July 1910. The article also provides an account of the Stewart-Bam residence in Ards, County Donegal. With a photographic print of Lady Stewart-Bam and Ards House. The article reads: 'Lady Stewart-Bam, although the heiress to an Irish estate, was not born in Ireland: but here heart is often with her people there, and she loves nothing so much as to find herself surrounded by those who hail from the “distressful Isle”. She told the writer that when she settles down in her own home in London, she intends to have none but her “own people” about her as servants'. The file includes a photostat copy of the article.
Clippings from 'Country Life' advertising the sale of the ‘well-known and historical Mansion of Ards and its demesne … extending to 2,000 acres’. The file includes photostat copies (and information re) the article.
Clipping of an article from the 'Derry Journal' referring to the ordinations by the Most Rev. Bernard O’Kane, Bishop of Derry, of Capuchin friars in St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny. The clipping is super-imposed onto an article titled ‘Doe Castle / Historic Donegal Landmark / Lecture by Mr. E. Durning’. The text of the lecture is in Irish.
Author: Philo, of Alexandriac (c.20 BCE-c. 50 CE); Thomas Mangey (ed.) Publisher: [London]: Typis Gulielmi Bowyer. Prostant venales apud Gulielmum Innys, in area occidentali Divi Pauli; & Carolum Bathurst, ex adversum Sancti Dunstani in Fleet-Street. Full title: 'Philōnos tou Ioudaiou ta euriskomena apanta = Philonis Judæi Opera quæ reperiri potuerunt omnia. Textum cum MSS. contulit, quam plurima etiam è Codd. Vaticano, Mediceo, & Bodleiano, scriptoribus item vetustis, necnon Catenis Graecis ineditis, interpretationemque emendavit, universa notis & observationibus illustravit Thomas Mangey, ... Vol. II'. Language: Greek text and Latin translation in parallel columns. Series: Originally published as a two-volume series. Only vol. 2 is extant in the Irish Capuchin Archives. Physical description: [4], 692, [10] pp; 2°; tail-pieces; errata and indexes; Greek title is Romanized.
List of archives held in the Holy Trinity Friary, Cork. Sixty-one entries are extant on the list including references to ‘documents re the death of Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC’, letters from Provincial Ministers, visitation records and material relating to the local temperance movement.
The series contains documents relating to the sale of Ards House and its 2,000-acre estate by the Stewart-Bam family. The estate was acquired by the Irish Land Commission in 1926. The Capuchin Franciscans purchased Ards House and a portion of its demesne in 1930 and converted it for use as a friary and theological seminary.
Copy circular letter from Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, announcing the purchase of Ards House by the Capuchin Order. The letter reads:
'It is more than 350 years since the Franciscans laboured “for the glory of God, and the honour of Erin” in the historic Abbey of Donegal. Now they are returning and let us hope that this new Friary of the Order will be a centre of spiritual force, the influence of which will be felt, not only in Tirconaill, but in the whole of the north of Ireland'.
He also expresses his gratitude to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. whose ‘untiring energy’ ensured the acquisition of the property. A note (added by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.) states that a meeting of the Provincial Definitory on 5 Mar. 1930 confirmed the plan to purchase of Ards House for a canonical foundation. It is also noted that Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. was appointed guardian of the new foundation.
This section includes legal records relating to the management of properties at Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary. The series also includes papers relating to the construction, renovation and repair history of Ards Friary and the Capuchin House of Studies. A sub-series includes correspondence, architectural plans, and financial records relating to the construction of a new friary and theological seminary on the existing Ard Mhuire site in the 1960s.
Correspondence Fr. Thomas Rocks OFM Cap., Guardian, Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, with Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, and Fr. Nicholas O’Brien OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary, mostly regarding property and financial matters pertaining to the Ards foundation. The subjects include improvements to the Friary and Retreat House, the potential sale of a tract of land called ‘Manus Lough’, the financial demands of the Ards community, the leasing of a camping site to the CBSI, and the potential lease of the disused pier at Sheephaven Bay. The file includes a schedule denoting the subventions from the Provincial (Central) Fund to the Ard Mhuire building fund from 1950-77. A letter (18 Feb. 1977) from Fr. Nicholas reads: 'The first agreement for the use of the pier (then known as “the flagstaff”) was made by the then Guardian – Fr. Cassian O’Shea, [who was guardian from 1937-43] with “Irish Minerals Co.” of Arklow. … And it was during this time that the pier as we know it today was constructed including the extension back to the friary grounds and the protecting wall – later the shed and repair workshop was added'.
