A bound volume with a manuscript annotation on the spine which reads ‘Art and Artists’. The volume contains newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence (particularly re reproductions of paintings), printed ephemera (exhibition catalogues), and photographic content relating to prominent Irish artists, and exhibitions of their work. Many of these artists were associated with Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and ‘The Capuchin Annual’. The file also includes colour and black and white reproductions of work by old masters and various continental artists. Includes assorted clippings and some original letters from Jack B. Yeats, and documents re Seán O’Sullivan RHA, Patrick Joseph Tuohy, James Humbert Craig, and the sculptors John Hogan, and Jerome Connor. Also includes some original letters from George Noble Plunkett (1851-1948). With a typescript list of paintings loaned by ‘The Capuchin Annual’ office to the Tuam Art Club exhibition in 1945.
A clipping of a report on the funeral of Sir John Lavery in Mount Jerome Cemetery in Dublin. One of the images shows Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. in attendance. The clipping is taken form the ‘Irish Times’ (14 January 1941). (Volume page 3).
A photographic print of the ‘Éire’ page from Arthur O’Murnaghan’s ‘Leabhar na hAiséirighe’ (The Book of the Resurrection). The ‘Éire’ page is dominated by the Irish word for Ireland which is superimposed over a list of alternative names for the country such as ‘Banba’, Inisfail’, ‘Inis-Ealga’, ‘Fódla’, ‘Scota’, ‘Ierne’, ‘Hibernia’, ‘Moira’ and ‘Juverna’. This is surrounded by panels of Celtic filigree designs, figures of birds, a round tower, and a quotation from ‘The Vision of St. Bridget’. Reproductions of the popular ‘Éire’ page were sold to raise funds for the completion of ‘Leabhar na hAiséirighe’. (Volume page 27)
A letter from David Daly, chief executive, City of Cork Vocational Educational Committee, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. granting him permission to reproduce paintings in the 1940 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.
A clipping of an article promoting Christmas cards produced by the girls’ branch of the Catholic Action Organisation (CAGO). One of the cards is titled ‘Our Lady of the Blackout’. (Volume page 67).
A clipping of an article on the unveiling of a statue of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child at All Hallows College in Dublin. The statue was sculpted by Albert Power, and it was unveiled by Edward Byrne, Archbishop of Dublin, on 1 May 1922. (Volume page 78).
A print of a painting by James Humbert Craig titled ‘Fair Day, Cresslough’. The publication from which the print was taken is not given. (Volume page 220).
A clipping of an article by Stephen Gwynn titled ‘Some artists I have known’ referring to his reminiscences of various painters including Walter Osborne, Sarah Purser, Paul Henry, and Grace Henry. The clipping is taken from the ‘Irish Workers’ Weekly’ (April 1945). (Volume page 236).
A clipping of an article reporting on the opening of the Tuam Art Exhibition by Archbishop Joseph Walsh. Reference is made to the kindness shown by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. in lending fifteen artworks ‘of outstanding merit’ to the exhibition. The article is taken from the ‘Tuam Herald’ (7 April 1945). (Volume page 238).
