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 clipping of a profile of James Larkin Junior (better known as ‘Young Jim’ Larkin), the eldest son of the trade unionist and socialist ‘Big Jim’ Larkin. The article traces the younger Larkin’s journey from what is called his previous ‘extreme left’ communism to respected Labour Party parliamentarian. The article was published in the ‘Irish Times’ (18 October 1952).
A photographic print of the blessing of the Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence (Chapel of the Rosary of Vence), frequently referred to as the Matisse Chapel, on the French Rivera. The Dominican chapel is notable for having been built and decorated between 1947 and 1951 under a plan devised by the artist Henri Matisse (1889-1954).
A clipping of Seán Keating working on one of the fourteen panels of the Stations of the Cross for the chapel in St. Eunan’s College in Letterkenny in County Donegal. The clipping is taken from the ‘Sunday Express’ (7 October 1951).
A clipping of an article on the wood carvings of Clare Sheridan on display in the Ashley Gallery in London. The article was published in ‘The Tablet’ (6 October 1951).
A clipping of an article reporting on a window designed by Evie Hone in Kilmilkin Church, Maam, in County Galway commemorating the surgeon John Francis O’Malley. The article was published in the ‘Connacht Tribune’ (2 June 1951).