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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, 18 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., declining to write anything on 'this sad Irish question and the cruelties that go with it’.

A letter from Jack B. Yeats to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. conveying some notes regarding three of his paintings (‘Bachelor’s Walk, in Memory’, ‘The Funeral of Harry Boland’, and ‘Communicating with Prisoners’). Yeats notes that he found ‘it very hard to recall, in words, scenes which I registered with my eyes’. In reference to ‘Bachelor’s Walk, in Memory’ he writes ‘The flower girl threw the carnation with a quiet strong gesture without hurry. She slowed her steps and did not stop. I think the boy, though he was looking away toward the east[w]ard, saw, and understood, the event’. Yeats also recalls his personal impressions of the funeral of Harry Boland in Glasnevin Cemetery and his good fortune in witnessing the scene he depicted in ‘Communicating with Prisoners’. He concludes, ‘I believe events are events and passers by have the honour of passing by and should not forget it’.

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.

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 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 Mallon, ‘The Frongoch Hairdressing Saloon’, 30 Eden Quay, Dublin, to Mollie Baxter, The Capuchin Annual Office, Church Street, Dublin, congratulating the committee on their ‘magnificent work’ in assisting Captain Robert Monteith. Mallon also decries what he characterizes as the shameful treatment of Monteith who survives on a measly state pension. He writes ‘I don’t think you or your committee know how he has been treated by our patriotic country. He is in receipt of the large amount of £46 a year under the 1934 [Military Services Pension] Act. It is a disgrace, had he been captured by John Bull during Easter Week, he would be today either lying on top of or alongside of Roger Casement in Wormwood Prison in London’. He concludes ‘It seems Ireland never had any use for live heroes, they are always dead ones’.