Photographic Album of the Ard Mhuire Community

Details

Level of description

File

Date

c.1953-1955

Reference

25

Extent and medium

48 pp; 21.8 cm x 18 cm; Bound volume; black and white print

Scope and content

Bound volume containing photographic prints of student friars at the Ard Mhuire House of Studies. Some of the prints are captioned. The album includes images of student friars at work (potato harvesting, bailing hay and routine household work) and at recreation (theatrical plays, weekend retreats, sleighing on snow-covered hills, and visits to the beach). Locations visited by the friars include Burtonport, Errigal Mountain, Aranmore, Doe Castle, Fanad and Kindrum. The album contains several views of Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House) and surrounding gardens. A small number of prints show friars examining what appears to be un-exploded ordnance on the shoreline. Other prints show ordinations at Ard Mhuire in 1955. Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap. and Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. are present in some of the prints.

Physical characteristics

The volume is in fair condition. Several of the pages and prints are detached from the volume. The loose prints have been reattached using plastic clips. Careful manual handling is required.

Repository

Irish Capuchin Archives

Context

Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal > Photographs

Rights

Rights

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