Capuchin Annual
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The Capuchin Annual was an Irish annual publication
published every year in Dublin by the Capuchins
from 1930 to 1977. The motto of the publication was Do chum Glóire Dé agus Onóra na hÉireann (For the Glory of God and the Honour of Ireland).
The cover, featuring a Capuchin monk and a dog, was designed by Seán O'Sullivan
. The chief artist for many years was Richard King
. The cartoonist from 1942 to 1955 was Charles E. Kelly
.
Annual publication
An annual publication, more often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. For example, a weekly or monthly publication may produce an Annual featuring similar materials to the regular publication....
published every year in Dublin by the Capuchins
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an Order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans. The worldwide head of the Order, called the Minister General, is currently Father Mauro Jöhri.-Origins :...
from 1930 to 1977. The motto of the publication was Do chum Glóire Dé agus Onóra na hÉireann (For the Glory of God and the Honour of Ireland).
History
The Annual was started by Fr Senan OFM Cap, who continued as editor for many years. It contained articles (mainly in English but also in Irish) on a variety of subjects, poetry, cartoons, illustrations and photographs. It was printed by John English of Wexford.The cover, featuring a Capuchin monk and a dog, was designed by Seán O'Sullivan
Seán O'Sullivan (painter)
Seán O'Sullivan was an Irish painter.Primarily a portrait painter, O'Sullivan composed works featuring Éamon de Valera, Douglas Hyde, W B Yeats, and James Joyce. He designed the cover for the Capuchin Annual in 1930....
. The chief artist for many years was Richard King
Richard King (artist)
Richard Joseph King was an Irish stained glass artist and illustrator. He was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland, where his father was a sergeant in the Royal Irish Constabulary. In 1926 he became a student at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and he entered the stained glass studio of...
. The cartoonist from 1942 to 1955 was Charles E. Kelly
Charles E. Kelly (cartoonist)
Charles Edward Kelly was an Irish cartoonist, and one of the founders and editors of the satirical magazine Dublin Opinion. His prolific contributions to the magazine were drawn in a variety of styles, from cartoony to illustrative.Kelly joined the Irish civil service as a messenger boy at the age...
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Contributors
Among the many contributors over the years were:- Francis Browne contributed fifty photographs, in 1942
- Stephen BrownStephen Brown (author)Stephen James Meridith Brown was an Irish Catholic priest, writer, bibliographer and librarian...
on Medieval Literature, in 1942 - Thomas MacGreevyThomas MacGreevyThomas MacGreevy was a pivotal figure in the history of Irish literary modernism. A poet, he was also director of the National Gallery of Ireland from 1950 to 1963 and served on the first Irish Arts Council .-Early life:MacGreevy was born in County Kerry, the son of a policeman and a primary...
, in 1942, 1949, 1950-51, 1953-54, 1958, 1960, 1963 - Benedict KielyBenedict KielyBenedict "Ben" Kiely was an Irish author and broadcaster from Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland.-Early life:Benedict Kiely was born in Dromore, County Tyrone to Thomas John and Sara Alice Kiely. He was the youngest of six children, the others were Rita, Gerald, Eileen, Kathleen and Macartan; four of...
on Donegal, in 1944 - J. C. ColemanJ. C. ColemanJohn C. Coleman was a respected Irish geologist, archaeologist and speleologist. He devoted much of his life to the study of the caves of Ireland, the product of which were his many contributions to scientific journals in Ireland and the United Kingdom and his founding of the Speleological...
on Irish caves, in 1949 - Kathleen M. MurphyKathleen M. MurphyKathleen M. Murphy, Irish poet, died 22 March 1963.Murphy was born in Birr, County Offaly to a devout Catholic family, and had two stepbrothers who were priests in the Diocese of Killaloe...
, poetry in 1950-51 and 1959 - Gabriel FallonGabriel FallonGabriel Fallon was an Irish theatre critic, actor and theatre director.He was born in Dublin and joined the Civil Service in 1914. He became an actor in the Abbey Theatre, where he remained until 1930 when he started to spend more time on journalism...
on the Abbey, 1937 - Michael O’Farrell on Achill, 1972
- Aodh De BlácamAodh De BlácamAodh De Blácam was an Irish journalist, writer and editor.He was born in London of Irish parents. He joined the Enniscorthy Echo in 1915. During the Irish War of Independence he wrote nationalist propaganda...
1935 - Robert BartonRobert BartonRobert Childers Barton was an Irish lawyer, soldier, statesman and farmer who participated in the negotiations leading up to the signature of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. His father was Charles William Barton and his mother was Agnes Childers. His wife was Rachel Warren of Boston, daughter of Fiske...
on agriculture, 1935 - Sean CroninSeán CroninSeán Cronin was a journalist and former Irish Army officer and twice Irish Republican Army chief of staff.Cronin was born in Dublin in 1920 but spent his childhood years in Ballinskelligs, in the County Kerry Gaeltacht....
on Kevin Barry in 1970 - Maurice WalshMaurice WalshMaurice Walsh was an Irish novelist best known for the short story The Quiet Man which was later made into an Oscar nominated movie directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. Walsh was born in 1879 in Ballydonoghue near Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ireland...
1931 - Arthur C Clarke 1971
- Frank GallagherFrank Gallagher (author)Frank B. Gallagher was an Irish author and Volunteer.-Biography:A Cork native, initially London correspondent of William O'Brien's Cork Free Press, subsequently its final editor, though himself a separatist, personally admired O'Brien.The paper suffered closure in 1916 soon after the appointment...
1931 - An Seabhac 1941
- John D. SheridanJohn D. SheridanJohn Desmond Sheridan was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and humourist. He was a frequent contributor to the Irish Independent newspaper. In addition to his novels and essays, he also published several books of poetry, and authored a biography of poet James Clarence Mangan in...
1939 - Seán NeesonSéan NeesonSeán Neeson is a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland between 1998 and 2001.- Education and early life :...
on Carl Gilbert HardebeckCarl Hardebeck-Origins:Hardebeck, whose father was German and mother was Welsh, was born in Clerkenwell, London in 1869. He lost his sight when he was a baby. He was educated in London and showed a marked aptitude for music.-Move to Ireland:...
, 1965 - Martin CoenMartin CoenRev. Martin Coen, Irish priest and historian .A grandnephew of Fr. Thomas Cawley and a great-grandnephew of Fr. Edward Holland, O.D.C. . Born at Raheen House, Gort, to Thomas Coen and Mary Holland, he was educated at Kiltartan national school and St...
1971 - Sigerson CliffordSigerson CliffordSigerson Clifford was an Irish poet, playwright and civil servant.Clifford was born at #11 Dean St, Cork City, and was christened Edward Bernard Clifford. His parents, Michael Clifford and Mary Anne Sigerson, were from County Kerry, and they returned there in the following year, to Cahersiveen,...
1940 - Desmond Fennell 1964
- Carl HardebeckCarl Hardebeck-Origins:Hardebeck, whose father was German and mother was Welsh, was born in Clerkenwell, London in 1869. He lost his sight when he was a baby. He was educated in London and showed a marked aptitude for music.-Move to Ireland:...
1943 - Francis StuartFrancis StuartHenry Francis Montgomery Stuart was an Irish writer. His novels have been described as having a thrusting modernist iconoclasm. Awarded the highest artistic accolade in Ireland before his death in 2000, his unwillingness to take a clear moral stance with regard to his years spent in Nazi...
1944 - Frank Duff 1956-57
- Annie M. P. SmithsonAnnie M. P. SmithsonAnnie Mary Patricia Smithson was an Irish novelist, poet and Nationalist.Smithson was born into a Protestant family in Sandymount, Dublin. She was christened Margaret Anne Jane, but took the names Anne Mary Patricia on her conversion to Catholicism. Her mother and father were first cousins and...
1944.