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Arthur James Conry Booth
Legacy
Arthur Booth joined an amateur dramatic society which was connected to the Church of The Passionist Fathers at Mount Argus. This is where he met his long term colleagues and friends known as Thomas J. Collins and Charles E. Kelly who were both civil servant’s. [1][2] Unfortunately the Mount Argus Players collapsed and both Booth and Kelly joined Rathgar Players. [1]They shared their love and passion for drawing cartoons and created their own humorous journal with Booth being the editor.[3]Collins also was included in the writing of the journal and as a three they named it “Dublin Topics” but Kelly persuaded Booth to alter it the name to “ Dublin Opinion” which to this day is incredibly well known. These Humorous magazines were full of cartoons, articles and poetry about serious topics but from an entertaining perspective[4].Booth was one of the lucky few to be able to work with Mícheál MacLiammóir, Grace Plunkett and Lady Glenavy.[1]
The Dublin Opinion
The Dublin Opinion was published on March 1st 1922 during the civil war with the aim of amusing readers with giving them interesting content to read. The magazine provided much needed relief for people during and after the gloomy civil war from 1922-1968. [1]According to The Irish Times the journal “without sacrificing its humour, always retained the capacity for conveying a serious message”. The Dublin opinion would also claim that “humour is the safety valve of a nation, and that nation which has its values right will always be able to laugh at itself”.[3] Booth drew all the covers and Kelly had the job of creating the images inside the magazine. The First issue had a total of 16 pages. [1] Booth did not have enough money to publish the journal initially so with the help of a friend he was able to get a loan. [5] BIt was able to be issued and its 3,000 copies were sold out. The second issue on the other hand did not do as well as the first but this was soon forgotten as his third issue was sold in Eason’s shops across the country.ooth was recognised for his cartoon on the front cover of his third issue which was a skull and bones which showed the heads of pivotal historical figures Arthur Griffith and Eamon De Valera. [1] The magazine sold extremely well and within 4 years 40,000 per issue were being sold. [3]
References and links
- ^ a b c d e f "Booth, Arthur James Conry | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ Oliver, Emmet. "AN IRISHMAN'S DIARY". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ a b c "Ireland's 'Charlie Hebdo': the remarkable run of Dublin Opinion". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ "A Plea for the Nelson Pillar (From 'Fifteen Years of Dublin Opinion')". Come Here To Me!. 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ "The Story of Dublin Opinion". www.original-political-cartoon.com. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
