The ''Capuchin Annual'' was an Irish
annual publication
Annual publications, more often simply called annuals, are periodical publications appearing regularly once per year."Annuals", in ''Encyclopedia of library and information science'' (1968), vol. 1, pp. 434–447. Although exact definitions may var ...
published every year in Dublin by the
Capuchins
Capuchin can refer to:
*Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, an order of Roman Catholic friars
*Capuchin Poor Clares, an order of Roman Catholic contemplative religious sisters
*Capuchin monkey, primates of the genus ''Cebus'' and ''Sapajus'', named af ...
from 1930 to 1977. The motto of the publication was ''Do chum Glóire Dé agus Onóra na hÉireann (For the Glory of God and the Honour of Ireland)''. Many articles were from an
Irish nationalist
Irish nationalism is a nationalist political movement which, in its broadest sense, asserts that the people of Ireland should govern Ireland as a sovereign state. Since the mid-19th century, Irish nationalism has largely taken the form of cu ...
perspective.
History
The Annual was started by Fr Senan OFM Cap, who continued as editor for many years. It contained articles (mainly in English but also in Irish) on a variety of subjects, poetry, cartoons, illustrations and photographs. It was printed by John English of Wexford.
The cover, featuring a Capuchin friar and a dog (a young wolf), was designed by
Seán O'Sullivan. The chief artist for many years was
Richard King. The cartoonist from 1942 to 1955 was
Charles E. Kelly.
Contributors
Among the many contributors over the years were:
*
An Seabhac 1941
[
*]Robert Barton
Robert Childers Barton (14 March 1881 – 10 August 1975) was an Anglo-Irish politician, Irish nationalist and farmer who participated in the negotiations leading up to the signature of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. His father was Charles William Bar ...
on agriculture, 1935[
*]Francis Browne
Francis Patrick Mary Browne, (3 January 1880 – 7 July 1960) was a distinguished Irish Jesuit and a prolific photographer. His best known photographs are those of the RMS ''Titanic'' and its passengers and crew taken shortly before its sin ...
contributed fifty photographs, in 1942[Capuchin Annual]
* Stephen Brown on Medieval Literature, in 1942[
*]Arthur C Clarke
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He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A Spac ...
1971[
*]Sigerson Clifford
Sigerson Clifford (1913 – 1 January 1985) was an Irish poet, playwright and civil servant.
Clifford was born at 11 Dean St, Cork City, and was christened Edward Bernard Clifford. His parents, Michael Clifford and Mary Anne Sigerson, were f ...
1940[
*]Martin Coen
Rev. Martin Coen was an Irish priest and historian (6 October 1933 – 2 December 1997).
Coen was a grandnephew of Fr. Thomas Cawley (1878–1949) and a great-grandnephew of Fr. Edward Holland, O.D.C. (1838–1918). Born at Raheen House, Gor ...
1971[
*]J. C. Coleman
John Cristopher "Jack" Coleman (1914–1971) was a respected Irish geographer, archaeologist, speleologist and mountaineer. He devoted much of his life to the study of the caves of Ireland, the product of which were his many contributions to sc ...
on Irish caves, in 1949[
*]Seán Cronin
Seán Cronin (29 August 1922 – 9 March 2011) was a journalist and former Irish Army officer and twice Irish Republican Army chief of staff.Brian Hanley and Scott Millar, ''The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers Pa ...
on Kevin Barry in 1970[
*]Alice Curtayne
Alice Curtayne (1898–1981) was an Irish writer and lecturer. She was born on 6 November 1898, 2 Upper Castle St, Tralee, Co. Kerry. She was a daughter of John Curtayne, carriage builder, or coach builder, of Castle St, Tralee, by his wife Brid ...
on "The Art of the Microphone" 1936 [
*]Aodh De Blácam
Harold Saunders Blackham ( ga, Aodh Sandrach de Blácam; 16 December 1891–16 January 1951) was an English-born Irish author journalist, and editor. He was associated with 20th century Irish nationalism through movements such as Sinn Féin, ...
1935[
*]Frank Duff
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1956-57[
*]Gabriel Fallon
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He was born in Dublin and joined the Civil Service in 1914. He became an actor in the Abbey Theatre, where he remained until 1930 when he started t ...
on the Abbey, 1937[
*]Desmond Fennell
Desmond Carolan Fennell (29 June 1929 – 16 July 2021) was an Irish writer, essayist, cultural philosopher and linguist. Throughout his career, Fennell repeatedly departed from prevailing norms. In the 1950s and early 1960s, with his extensiv ...
1964[
*]Aloys Fleischmann
Aloys Fleischmann (13 April 1910 – 21 July 1992) was an Irish composer, musicologist, professor and conductor.
Life
Fleischmann was born in Munich to Ireland-based German parents. Both were musicians, both graduates of the Royal Academy of Mu ...
on Carl Gilbert Hardebeck, 1943[
* Frank Gallagher 1931][
*]Carl Hardebeck Carl may refer to:
*Carl, Georgia, city in USA
*Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
*Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name
*Carl², a TV series
* "Carl", an episode of tel ...
1943[
*]Benedict Kiely
Benedict "Ben" Kiely (15 August 1919 – 9 February 2007) was an Irish writer and broadcaster from Omagh, County Tyrone.
Early life
Kiely was born near Dromore, County Tyrone and was a student at the Christian Brothers School in Omagh. In 193 ...
on Donegal, in 1944[
*]Thomas MacGreevy
Thomas MacGreevy (born Thomas McGreevy; 26 October 1893 – 16 March 1967) was a pivotal figure in the history of Irish literary modernism. A poet, he was also director of the National Gallery of Ireland from 1950 to 1963 and served on the f ...
, in 1942, 1949, 1950-51, 1953-54, 1958, 1960, 1963[Capuchin Annual, 1963, p. 384]
* Kathleen M. Murphy, poetry in 1950-51 and 1959[
*]Seán Neeson
Seán Neeson (born 9 February 1946) is a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland between 1998 and 2001, and a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim from 1998 to 201 ...
on Carl Gilbert Hardebeck, 1965[
*Michael O'Farrell on Achill, 1972][
* John D. Sheridan 1939][
*]Annie M. P. Smithson
Annie Mary Patricia Smithson (26 September 1873 – 21 February 1948) was an Irish novelist, poet and Nationalist.
Smithson was born into a Protestant family in Sandymount, Dublin. She was christened Margaret Anne Jane, but took the names Anne M ...
1944.[
*]Francis Stuart
Henry Francis Montgomery Stuart (29 April 19022 February 2000) was an Irish writer. He was awarded one of the highest artistic accolades in Ireland, being elected a Saoi of Aosdána, before his death in 2000. His years in Nazi Germany led to a g ...
1944[
*]Maurice Walsh
Maurice Walsh (2 May 1879 – 18 February 1964) was an Irish novelist, now best known for his short story "The Quiet Man", later made into the Oscar-winning film ''The Quiet Man'', directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Ha ...
1931[
]
References
External links
Capuchin Annual 1930-1977
Digitized copies, from the Irish Capuchin Franciscans website
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Defunct magazines published in Ireland
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Magazines established in 1930
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Magazines disestablished in 1977
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