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Blairs Museum
Sunset at Blairs College in 2001
Established 1829 Location Blairs, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Type Catholic church Website Official website
Stained-glass in Blairs College
St Mary's College, Blairs (commonly known as Blairs College ), situated near Aberdeen in Scotland , was from 1829 to 1986 a junior seminary for boys and young men studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood .[1] Scotland's Catholic heritage .[2] listed building , with the other buildings listed as Category B.[3]
History
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Lying on the south bank of the River Dee , between Kirkton of Maryculter and Aberdeen , the land on which the seminary was built was originally owned by the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem , before passing to the Menzies family in 1542. In 1827 the land was donated by John Menzies of Pitfodfels (1756-1843) to the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland , and the original building, Menzies House, converted into a seminary for 25 pupils. In 1829, Lismore Seminary and Aquhorthies College were merged, then closed and the students moved to Blairs College.
A major expansion was executed from 1897 to 1902 with a new chapel by Robert Curran of Warrington and new lectures rooms and accommodation by Robert Gordon Wilson of Aberdeen . The new buildings were formally opened by Bishop Chisholm on 23 September 1903.[4]
The college's book collection is housed in Aberdeen University Library ,[5]
The college closed in 1986, but the chapel continue to be used as a place of worship. There is a Sunday Mass in the chapel every week at 9:30 a.m.[6] [7] [8]
The college now homes Blairs Museum, a museum of Catholic History with significant collections of art relating to Mary, Queen of Scots , the Jacobites and the history of Catholicism in Scotland. The museum is open at weekends from April to September or by appointment.
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Notable Staff
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Presidents
Rectors
James McGregor, 1899–1928
Francis Cronin, 1928–39
Patrick McGonagle, 1939–47
Gordon J. Gray , 1947–51
Stephen McGill , 1951–60
Francis S. W. Thomson , 1960–64
Daniel P. Boyle, 1965–67
James Brennan, 1967–74
Benjamin Donachie, 1974–80
Keith P. O'Brien , 1980–85
John McIntyre, 1985–86
See also
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References
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^ "Blairs College" . Blairs Museum. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010 .
^ Aberdeen from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 15 June 2016
^ Building News 31 March 1899
^ Michael Turnbull, Why dispersing archives will rip the heart out of Scottish Catholic history from Herald Scotland
^ Parishes from Diocese of Aberdeen , retrieved 15 June 2016 Archived 23 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Historic St Mary's Chapel at Blairs set to close due to £2m of defects" . BBC News . Retrieved 17 June 2022 .
^ "Closure of St Mary's Chapel, Blairs" . Independent Catholic News . 16 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022 .
^ "Right Rev. Edward Douglas", Diocese of Motherwell
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