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| | A Franciscan Friary In Bunnacurry, Achill. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Outside, a short distance away from the friary, is an enclosed graveyard, the last resting place of several members of the order, including the friary founder, Br. |
 | | The friary was opened in 1852 under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Tuam, John McHale, who enlisted the help of the brothers in his efforts to combat the influence of the Bible Societies, and Scripture Reading Societies, which had been active in the west of Ireland, particularly during the famine period. |
 | | Afterwards the friary property was purchased by a co-operative that proved to be unsuccessful, it too closed, and the building is now empty and rapidly becoming derelict. |
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