A photocopy of an article titled ‘Ards House’ published in 'The Father Mathew Record' (Feb. 1967), pp 17-24. The article was written by Edward MacIntyre with an introduction by Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap. The article provides a history of Ards House and the former Stewart-Bam estate. The article headings are as follows: The Lifford Inquisition, John (‘half-hanged’) MacNaughton, The builder of Ards House, Road from Letterkenny, Magistrate, Beggard the Estate, Uncle of Lord Castlereagh, Land Acts, Chapel and Choir, and A Greater Landlord. The article also publishes two images of Lady Ena Stewart and the staff of Ards House.
Copy clipping from 'The Father Mathew Record' with biographical details of the ten Capuchin friars ordained at Ard Mhuire Friary on 21 May 1967. Includes details (and photographic prints) of Fr. Ephrem (Dan Joe) O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Ivor (Michael) Duffy OFM Cap., Fr. Flavian Welstead OFM Cap., and Fr. Conal (Noel) Brennan OFM Cap.
Copy articles on performances given by Capuchin students and others in Cresslough Hall, Ards, in aid of the new church building fund. The report refers to a performance of John B. Keane’s three-act play ‘The Year of the Hiker’. The articles are taken from the 'Donegal Democrat'.
A complete copy of the 'Derry Journal' (29 June 1965) covering the consecration of Most Rev. Anthony McFeely as Bishop of Raphoe in St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny, on 27 June 1965.
Clipping of a photographic print showing three (unidentified) Capuchin friars fishing at a lough in County Donegal. The clipping is taken from the 'Sunday Times'.
Clipping of an article titled ‘Ards House: now Ard Mhuire’ published in the 'Derry Journal'. The article explores (in some detail) the history of Ards House and the early years of its occupation by the Capuchin friars.
Clipping of an article by Paddy Walsh titled ‘A Visit to Ard Mhuire’ published in the 'Donegal People’s Press' (28 Dec. 1984). The article traces the history of the Ards estate and refers to the work of the friars at the retreat centre. The article includes a photographic print of Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. (1912-1995), Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap. (1915-2005) and Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap. (1901-1998).
An extract from an article by Capt. Francis McCullagh titled ‘The Return of the Franciscans to Tyrconnell’ published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1931), pp 33-8. The article refers to the establishment by the Capuchin friars of the Ard Mhuire novitiate in the former Ards House in County Donegal.
Transcript of a poem titled ‘Ard Mhuire’ by Peter Kelly published in 'Ireland’s Own', 20 Feb. 1936, at p. 17. The poem refers to the presence of the Capuchin friars in Donegal.
Extracts by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. from the Patent Rolls of James I (1611) and the Civil Survey (1654) re the occupiers of lands around Ards in County Donegal.
