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FR JACK HANLON Priest and Painter (6 May 1913 - 12 August 1968). Born 6 th May 1913 Templeogue Sacred Heart School Leeson Street Belvedere College 1924 to 1932 1933 enters Clonliffe College 1934 First painting accepted by the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA)
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FR JACK HANLONPriest and Painter (6 May 1913 - 12 August 1968)
Born 6th May 1913 TempleogueSacred Heart School Leeson StreetBelvedere College 1924 to 1932 1933 enters Clonliffe College 1934 First painting accepted by the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Pupil of Mainie Jellet 1935 Continues Seminary in Maynooth 1939 Ordained Priest 18th June 1939 Scholarship to study art in Paris – Studio of André Lhote Jan 1941 Appointed Arbour Hill chaplain LSA community Dun Laoghiare April 1942 to June 1945 Corpus Christi parish in Drumcondra
May 1943 Helps form the ‘Irish Exhibition • of Living Art’. IELA hold their first exhibition in September of that year. • Appointed Donard parish Wicklow • Kilquade parish • 1952 Wicklow town parish • 1957 ChurchtownMay: Audience with Pope Pius XII for whom he had designed vestments as a gift from the Irish Government. • 1963 His mother dies • He retires from ministry 2nd January • lives in Sandycove. 1968 Dies 12 August, aged 55.
FR JACK HANLONPriest and Painter (6 May 1913 - 12 August 1968)