Part 39 - Mercy Convent, Ardee, County Louth

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IE CA CP/1/1/1/2/39

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Mercy Convent, Ardee, County Louth

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  • 1931 (Creation)

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A postcard print of the Mercy Convent in Ardee, County Louth. Printed caption on image side reads 'The Convent of Mercy, Ardee'. A manuscript note on the reverse (addressed to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., Church Street, Dublin) reads '... At present I have 50 books of tickets on hand for the Canon for Ballapousta draw, but will not forget you when this is over. / Sr. M. K.'. Postmark date reads 25 September 1931.

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The Mercy Convent occupies an easterly-facing situation, in a central location within the town of Ardee. The convent was designed by John Neville (c.1813-1889), County Surveyor for Louth from 1840 to 1886, in a Gothic Revival style and is built of granite and stone. The convent is a five-bay, two-storey house and was constructed in c.1855. The convent chapel was added in about 1870. The building was vacated by the Sisters of Mercy in December 2020. For additional information see https://search.savills.com/de/en/property-detail/gbcounduy190136

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The former Convent of Mercy building in Ardee was purchased by the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest in April 2021. The Institute intends to use the building as a convent for the the female branch of their order. See https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2021/04/14/italian-religious-order-buys-ardee-convent-for-nuns/

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