Curtayne, Alice.

Alice Curtayne and “The Capuchin Annual”. A collection of essays, contributed by Alice Curtayne to one of Ireland’s most important Periodicals of the 20th century. The collection includes the early 1931 issue with the beautiful portrait of youthful Alice Curtayne. While the collection is still growing, unknown essays and contributions of her are surfacing [Please offer interesting material, letters, signed books etc.]. The Capuchin Annual – Collection of Alice Curtayne Material includes at the moment: 1. Alice Curtayne – “For the Septcentenary of St.Anthony of Padua (1231 – 1931) – A Study of St.Anthony the Preacher” [in: “The Capuchin Annual for the year 1931” / Including the early Curtayne-Portrait and three text-illustrations] / 2. Alice Curtayne – “Five Irish Saints”: “The Living Patrick” / “Saint Colmcille – Irishman” / “Saint Brendan – The Navigator” / “Saint Ita” / “The Method of Saint Columbus” – (In: Capuchin Annual 1945-1946 – with Illustrations in color by Stained Glass Artist, Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King]).

Dublin, The Father Mathew Record Office, 1930 / 1945. Octavo (18 cm x 25 cm). Pagination for the Curtayne – contribution in Capuchin Annual 1931 [Second Year of Publication of the Annual]: 8 pages (pages 18 – 25) / Pagination for the Curtayne – contribution in Capuchin Annual 1945-1946 [Sixteenth Year of Publication of the Annual]: 9 pages (pages 269 – 277) plus Frontispiece and 4 further full-page-illustrations of Saints in color by the Risteárd Ó Cionga [Richard King]. Original illustrated Softcover. Good condition with some signs of wear (fraying to cover).

Risteárd Ó Cionga [Richard King]. who was a Stained Glass Artist and Illustrator from Castlebar in County Mayo. King studied under Sean Keating and Austin Molloy, who subsequently introduced him to Harry Clarke. According to a source at “iCan”: “in 1928, Richard King joined the Harry Clarke Stained Glass Studios. With Harry Clarke’s demise in 1931, Richard King became Chief Designer of the Studios. During 1935 he was promoted to Studios Manager. His contribution to the Alice Curtayne article and also being invited to craete the Frontispiece for the 1945 issue, mirrors the importance of both, the writer Alice Curtayne and Richard King.

• Keywords: Alice Curtayne · Alice Curtayne and the Capuchin Annual · Alice Curtayne Collection · Capuchin Annual · Catalogue Three – Literature by Women · Collections Irish History & Politics Rare · Library & Collection Building · Risteárd Ó Cionga [Richard King] · Women as Scholars · Women in Irish History · Women in Irish Society · Women in Publishing · Women in Religion
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 29859AB