A letter from Jack B. Yeats to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. expressing his delight on hearing that his painting ‘Men of Destiny’ has been purchased for the national collection.
A letter from Jack B. Yeats to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to the suggestion of holding a national loan exhibition of his work. Yeats wrote ‘The honour and pleasure to myself would be very great – But I am afraid such an exhibition would go against the sale of my paintings. The suggestion might come to people that I have retired’. He promises to take a few more days to consider the proposal before writing to Fr. Senan again.
A letter from James 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 James J. Campbell, 27 Old Cavehill Road, Belfast, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., expressing his admiration for the 1943 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. Campbell writes ‘To Northern folk it makes a most direct appeal and you have earned their very real gratitude. Irish scholarship has reason to be proud of your work’.
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 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.
Letter from James O’Connor, solicitor, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., regarding a note from British military authorities affirming that ‘certain historical papers … [which] were returned to the late Archbishop Walsh ... . O’Connor advises Fr. Aloysius to ascertain from the Archbishop’s house what papers were returned.
A letter from John D. Kearney, High Commissioner for Canada in Ireland, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to the ‘photographic artistry’ of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1943).
