Mount Argus
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I honestly don’t know who the auctioneer is, it’s on none of the posters along the front of the monastery. I can try to find out tomorrow morning for you though. A google search showed up nothing on it though…
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/property/2010/0610/1224272187742.html
The monastery, built in 1863, has been vacated and the remaining community of 18 Passionist priests and brothers has moved to a purpose-built monastery on the grounds. Father Pat Sheridan says while they will miss living in a monastery, the running costs were “astronomicalâ€. Not that he thinks they’re going to make a killing at the auction. “The purpose of the sale is basically to empty out the building. Nothing at the auction is considered extremely valuable,†he says.
The fate of the old monastery depends on whether developer Twinlite gets planning permission for the site. In January an Bord Pleanála refused permission to build over 200 apartments on the site which would have involved demolishing part of the monastery and refurbishing the remainder .
http://www.hermanwilkinson.ie/news/story.html?id=82
Gallery here – supersized furniture, religious statues, and a cupboard that looks like a confession box, or possibly a confession box that looks like a cupboard.
http://www.hermanwilkinson.ie/gallery.html?section=onsite_auctions&index=27
http://www.hermanwilkinson.ie/gallery.html?section=onsite_auctions&index=22Thanks for links
A pity The Irish Pub Company went belly up; this material could really have created some great pub interiors; a refit of the former Dublin Working mans club perhaps?
What is to happen to Blessed Charles’s Room and his DIY coffin?
St. Charles’ Coffin is currently on display in the church. As for his room, if plans go ahead the future of this room on the top floor are uncertain. Bear in mind that this room is just the room he died in, he, like many other religious who lived there over the years moved rooms on a regular basis.
As for the ‘confession box that looks like a cupboard’, that was in the library on the left as you go in the door. It’s just the way the book cases are arranged that give it this impression. Rest assured though, it’s not a confession box!
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