Aodh de Blacam Tribute Volume

A bound volume containing clippings, letters, offprints, and photographs relating to Aodh de Blacam. Includes clippings of biographies, obituaries, and tribute articles. Gilt title to the spine reads ‘Aodh de Blacam / Died 13th January 1951’. The volume includes: • Aodh de Blacam, ‘Emigration: the witness of geography’, ‘Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review’ Vol. 39, No. 155 (Sept., 1950), pp. 279-288. • Letter from Aodh de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan (12 Jan. 1951). • Typescript on Clann na Pob

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Date
1950-1951
Reference
3
Extent and medium
60 pp; 34 cm x 21 cm; Bound volume; Manuscript, typescript, newspaper clipping, printed, photographic print
Scope and content
A bound volume containing clippings, letters, offprints, and photographs relating to Aodh de Blacam. Includes clippings of biographies, obituaries, and tribute articles. Gilt title to the spine reads ‘Aodh de Blacam / Died 13th January 1951’. The volume includes: • Aodh de Blacam, ‘Emigration: the witness of geography’, ‘Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review’ Vol. 39, No. 155 (Sept., 1950), pp. 279-288. • Letter from Aodh de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan (12 Jan. 1951). • Typescript on Clann na Poblachta and the state of various political parties in the years from 1948-50. Marked ‘Very confidential / received 14 December 1950 / Fr. Senan’. • Clippings of obituaries for Aodh de Blacam in the ‘Evening Herald’ and ‘Sunday Press’ (Jan. 1951). • Card from Mary de Blacam to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for his sympathy on her husband’s recent death. (Feb. 1951). • Obituary for Aodh de Blacam published in the ‘Irish Times’ (15 Jan. 1951). • Portrait print of Aodh de Blacam. • Clipping of report on de Blacam’s funeral. (‘Irish Press’, 16 Jan. 1951). • Letter from Fr. Henry Edward George Rope to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. expressing his sadness on hearing of de Blacam’s death and recalling his meetings with him in Rome. (6 Feb. 1951). • Photographic print of Fr. Senan and Aodh de Blacam (1950). Print by Adolf Morath (1905-c.1977). • ‘Rovings in Rome / 1. Where the Earls lie’ by Ruaíri Rodach (Aodh de Blacam). ‘The Father Mathew Record’ (Mar. 1951).
Physical characteristics
The volume has suffered extensive water damage is very fragile. The upper portion of the volume is badly damaged. Very careful manual handling of the document is recommended.
Repository
Irish Capuchin Archives
Context
Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of 'The Capuchin Annual' and the Irish Capuchin Publications Office > Papers of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. > Papers relating to Aodh de Blacam

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  • Born in London of Ulster parents, and a convert to Catholicism, Mr. de Blacam was a distinguished author, dramatist and literary critic.
  • Mr. de Blacam spent his early years in London, where he was born about 1890, and the Gaelic movement through his contacts with the Irish colony in that city. He became a Catholic i…
  • Born in London of Ulster Protestant parents, Mr. de Blacam, who was a convert to Catholicism, was one of the most versatile writers in Ireland.
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Bill 12.1.51. Dear Father Senan ① David finger to come up my script about the fabelli, if that is right. ② What you get 3 papers instead of just one, I would then be time to let Dr Hershing read it to curse I am strictly concerned about procedure? ③ No sign of my Rosarios from Fr Prope or my medals from F Sylvester. I am anxious lest my Mass offering should have failed to reach the letter. ④ I was asked to ask you if you could work an accidental meeting between Lewis and Noel Hartnett. I am not just sure whether Noel is a good diplomatist. Perhaps the personalities wd. seem to you : let it is a good work, if you can do it. Ever deartestly Addit My patient is merely Imperfect Getter thank God. Lost 1 stone since New Years, not merely it.

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