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Gort Muire
In 1944 the Irish Province found that its student house at Ardavon, Rathgar,
(now Mount Carmel Hospital) was not big enough for the number of students it
had at the time and so the decision was made to find or build a more
adequate house. This was found at Gort Mór on the Ballinteer Road in
Ballinteer at the foot of the Dublin Mountains. To the original house were
added a large accommodation block with class halls and a community chapel.
The new location was then renamed ‘Gort Muire.’ Ardavon finally closed in
1949 when the new buildings were completed. In 1964 a further extension was
built. The house is well located with views across the city as far as the
airport and has a lovely lake feature for quiet strolls in a peaceful
setting. The thumbnail picture was taken in 1944, just before building work
began to expand the accommodation and shows the lake in the foreground with
the house beautifully reflected in it.
Today Gort
Muire is still the student and novitiate house for the Province but nowadays
students go to the nearby Milltown Institute to study. Throughout its history
the house has played host not just to Irish students but to students from across
Europe, Africa, India, and the Americas. Gort Muire is also a retreat and
conference centre which can cater for both resident and non-resident groups.
The
History of Gort Muire - 1944-1994
The Gort Muire Carmelite Library
Contacts:
Rev Fr
Prior, O.Carm.,
Gort Muire,
Ballinteer,
Dublin 16.
Tel: 01
2984014.
Fax: 01
2987221.
Email:
mvjbaxter@eircom.net
Some
pictures of the grounds and Chapel at Gort Muire:
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