The Capuchin Annual was an Irish annual publication published every year in Dublin by the Capuchins 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 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.Louis McRedmond (ed.), Modern Irish Lives: Dictionary of 20th Century Biography, Gill & McMillan, 1998, p. 154
Contributors Among the many contributors over the years were:
Robert Barton on agriculture, 1935 Francis Browne contributed fifty photographs, in 1942Capuchin Annual Stephen Brown on Medieval Literature, in 1942 Arthur C Clarke 1971 Sigerson Clifford 1940 Martin Coen 1971 J. C. Coleman on Irish caves, in 1949 Seán Cronin on Kevin Barry in 1970 Alice Curtayne on "The Art of the Microphone" 1936 Aodh De Blácam 1935 Eddie Doherty Frank Duff 1956-57 Gabriel Fallon on the Abbey, 1937 Desmond Fennell 1964 Aloys Fleischmann on Carl Gilbert Hardebeck, 1943 Frank Gallagher 1931 Carl Hardebeck 1943 Benedict Kiely on Donegal, in 1944 Thomas MacGreevy, in 1942, 1949, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1958, 1960, 1963Capuchin Annual, 1963, p. 384 Kathleen M. Murphy, poetry in 1950-51 and 1959 Seán Neeson on Carl Gilbert Hardebeck, 1965 Michael O'Farrell on Achill, 1972 An Seabhac 1941 John D. Sheridan 1939 Annie M. P. Smithson 1944. Francis Stuart 1944 Maurice Walsh 1931
References
External links Capuchin Annual 1930-1977 Digitized copies, from the Irish Capuchin Franciscans website