Catholic Archives

The ‘Lusitania’ Memorial Sculpture by Jerome Connor

IE CA CP/3/16/10/10
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15 Feb. 1953

A clipping of an article on the ‘Lusitania’ memorial sculpture by Jerome Connor in Cobh, County Cork. The article was published in the ‘Irish Press’ (15 February 1953).

Flier for ‘The Playboy of the Western World’, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

IE CA CP/3/16/10/11
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July 1953

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

A flier promoting a production of John Millington Synge’s ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin in July 1953. The production was staged by Cyril Cusack (1910-1993) with the actor himself in the title role (as Christy Mahon). The cast also included the Belfast-born actress Siobhán McKenna (as Pegeen Mike), with appearances by Jack McGowran, Walter Macken, and Cyril Cusack’s wife Maureen.

Fr. Jack Hanlon Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium

IE CA CP/3/16/10/12
Part
Dec. 1954

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

A card advertising an exhibition of the artwork of Fr. Jack Hanlon in the Galerie du theatre de poche in Brussels in Belgium. A manuscript annotation on the card reads ‘best wishes, Jack’.

Flier for ‘Easter 1916’ Play by Montagu Slater

IE CA CP/3/16/10/13
Part
1936

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

A flier for a performance of ‘Easter 1916’, a play by Montagu Slater, an English poet and playwright. The play covers the period from the 1913 lock-out to the1916 Rising by chronicling the life of James Connolly described as ‘Ireland’s first Socialist martyr’. A performance of Slater’s play was produced by the Left Theatre Company at the La Scala Theatre in Dublin in April 1936.