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Letter from John Earley to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC re decorative work on the altar in the Capuchin Friary Church in Kilkenny.

Letter from John Earley, stained glass artist and church decorator, Upper Camden Street, Dublin, to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC regarding designs of the tabernacle and canopy of the High Altar in the Capuchin Friary Church on Walkin Street in Kilkenny.

Letter from John Earley to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC re the completion of work on Capuchin Friary Church on Walkin Street in Kilkenny.

Letter from John Earley to Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC re work on the pulpit of the Capuchin Friary Church in Kilkenny.

A letter from J.J. Campbell, 27 Old Cavehill Road, Belfast, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., referring to his comment on the ‘Orange Terror’ article by ‘Ultach’ in ‘The Capuchin Annual’.

A letter from Jennie Dowdall (1899-1974) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. seeking prints for use by the Cork Vocational Education Committee.

A letter from James Mason (1909-1984), the English-born Hollywood actor, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The letter refers to Mason’s tribute to the late Abbey Theatre actor F.J. McCormick (d. 24 April 1947), which appeared in the 1948 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. Mason got acquainted with McCormick when they both appeared in the 1947 film ‘Odd Man Out’ in which the former played a mortally wounded republican bank robber on the run in Belfast. Mason requests that his fee for his McCormick tribute be donated to an ‘animal charity’ in Dublin.

A clipping of a letter from James M. Dillon referring to Fr. Senan Moynihan’s ability to secure paper to print ‘The Capuchin Annual’. Dillon suggests that some of the articles in the ‘Annual’ could be described as ‘blatant, if incongruous Fianna Fáil propaganda’. The letter was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (10 July 1942).

A letter from Jack B. Yeats to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. regarding a tribute article for the late Abbey Theatre actor, F.J. McCormick (1890-1947). Yeats refers to McCormick as ‘a very great actor’ but indicates that he will be unable to contribute to a tribute to be published in the 1948 edition of the ‘Annual’.

A letter from Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957) to the secretary of the Capuchin Publications Office seeking the return of three block reproductions from his sketchbook which were published in 'The Capuchin Annual'.