File 11 - Old Ard Mhuire Friary (Formerly Ards House)

Exterior of Ard Mhuire Friary Corn Harvesting, Ard Mhuire Friary Aerial View of Ard Mhuire Friary Exterior of Ard Mhuire Friary Exterior of Ard Mhuire Friary Religious Ceremony, Ard Mhuire Friary Portico Entrance, Ard Mhuire Friary Psalter, Community Choir, Ard Mhuire Friary Library, Ard Mhuire Friary Ordinations, Ard Mhuire Friary
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IE CA DL/5/11

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Old Ard Mhuire Friary (Formerly Ards House)

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  • c.1930-1955 (Creation)

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55 items; 30 cm x 25.5 cm; 30 cm x 18.5 cm; 21 cm x 16 cm; 16.5 cm x 11 cm; 13 cm x 8.5 cm; Black and white print; postcard print; photoengraving plate

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File containing photographic prints of the old Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House), Creeslough, County Donegal. A small number of these prints were reproduced in 'A history of Ards' (1991) by Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. The file includes:
• A view of corn harvesting in August 1940. The photograph is captioned: Left to right: Paddy McGinley, Paddy Ward, Br. Ronan McCabe OFM Cap., Willie Barr and Anton McBride in the fields around Ard Mhuire Friary.
• A large crowd assembled at the front of Ard Mhuire Friary for a religious ceremony.
• The gates to the demesne of the Ards estate.
• ‘Rear view of Ards House’.
• ‘Ards House from the Flagpole’.
• Exterior (front) views of the gardens and the old Ard Mhuire Friary building.
• The statute of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the front lawn of the old Ard Mhuire Friary.
• Br. Louis O’Meara OFM Cap. turning the pages of the psalter in the choir (formerly Ards House dining room) in the old Ard Mhuire Friary.
• A Capuchin friar perusing the bookshelves in the library of the old Ard Mhuire Friary.
• A Capuchin friar talking to a lay individual at the portico entrance to the old Ard Mhuire Friary.
• Aerial view of the old Ard Mhuire Friary.
• Fr. Columban McGarry OFM Cap. (1901-1987) picking apples in the orchard in the old Ard Mhuire Friary.
• A view of the Friary from across Sheephaven Bay.
The file also includes a photoengraving plate (mounted on a wooden block) for a photographic image of the old Ard Mhuire Friary. One of the prints has a Christmas greeting from Br. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap. and Br. De Sales Cullen OFM Cap.

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One of the prints has suffered a small burn mark.

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