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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 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’.

Letter from James A. Whelan to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to the popularity of the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ in London.

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'.

A letter from Jack B. Yeats to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. returning a copy of an article by Thomas MacGreevy which has ‘given him great pleasure to read’ as it ‘treats my paintings handsomely’. Yeats also promises to send some ‘mental notes about the scenes of the three pictures’.

Letter from Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957), 18 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., thanking them for their generous gift (seemingly a pen). Yeats writes 'I hope it will take the bit in its teeth and write handsome and beautiful thoughts for me – what a wonderful thing would be a pen which could only write the truth'.

A letter from Jack B. Yeats, 18 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, to Leo Smith, Victor Waddington Galleries, Dublin, granting permission to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. to reproduce some specified paintings in both ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and ‘The Father Mathew Record’. (Volume page 108).

A letter from Jack B. Yeats, 18 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. expressing his admiration for ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1942). Yeats refers to the reproductions of his work in the publication which he describes as ‘wonderfully successful’. He adds ‘I would like to thank whoever was so good natured as to put in a photograph of me in my youth’.