A Convent Café

A Convent Café

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Details

Location

County Monaghan

Year

1965

Date

Production 06/07/1965

Length

04min 41sec

Audio

mute, sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

A very unusual restaurant has opened in Castleblayney, Co Monaghan. The Franciscan nuns of Hope Castle on the banks of Muckno have opened the doors of their guesthouse to the public. Charles Witherspoon talks to Mother Gabriel who says the nuns have to make their living. The nuns also run a farm.  

Notes

Hope Castle, also referred to as Blayney Castle, is an 18th-century house built in the town of Castleblayney, located in County Monaghan, Ireland. Over the years, Hope Castle has been inhabited for various uses, such as homes to many, military barracks, a hospital, convent, and was most recently used as a hotel before it was burned down in an arson attack in 2010. The nuns lived here from 1942 to 1972. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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