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Belvedere College SJ is a fee paying Jesuit secondary school for boys on Great ___MASK26___ Street , Dublin , ___MASK11___ . The school has numerous alumni in the arts , politics , sports , science , and business . A comic book or comicbook , also called comic magazine or simply comic , is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes . Panels are often accompanied by brief descriptive prose and written narrative , usually dialog contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form . Although some origins in 18th century ___MASK87___ and 1830s Europe , comic books were first popularized in the United States during the 1930s . The first modern comic book , " Famous Funnies ", was released in the United States in 1933 and was a reprinting of earlier newspaper humor comic strips , which had established many of the story - telling devices used in comics . The term " comic book " derives from ___MASK22___ comic books once being a compilation of comic strips of a humorous tone ; however , this practice was replaced by featuring stories of all genres , usually not humorous in tone . Dublin Opinion was an Irish satirical magazine , published monthly from 1922 to 1968 . It was founded by cartoonists Arthur Booth and Charles E . Kelly and ___MASK45___ Thomas J . Collins . Booth was its first ___MASK50___ , and drew the covers of the early issues . The first issue was launched on 1 March 1922 , and its entire print run of 3 , 000 sold out . The next issue sold poorly , but from the third issue the magazine was distributed by Eason & Son and sales improved , rising to 40 , 000 per issue within four years , and 60 , 000 at its peak . The Oireachtas (" aer - tahs "), sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann , is the legislature of ___MASK11___ . The Oireachtas consists of : Clongowes Wood College is a voluntary secondary boarding school for boys , located near Clane in County Kildare , ___MASK11___ . The school was founded by the Society of Jesus ( Jesuits ) in 1814 , is ___MASK11___ ' s oldest Catholic school , and featured prominently in James Joyce ' s semi - autobiographical novel " A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ". One of five Jesuit schools in ___MASK11___ , it had 450 students in 2011 / 2012 when the fees were € 16 , 800 per annum . Dublin is the capital and largest city of ___MASK11___ . Dublin is in the province of Leinster on ___MASK11___ ' s east coast , at the mouth of the River Liffey . The city has an urban area population of 1 , 345 , 402 . The population of the Greater Dublin Area , , was 1 , 904 , 806 people . The Catholic University of ___MASK11___ was a Catholic university in Dublin , ___MASK11___ and was founded in 1851 following the Synod of Thurles in 1850 , and in response to the Queen ' s University of ___MASK11___ and its associated colleges which were nondenominational . Cardinal Cullen had previously forbidden Catholics from attending these " godless colleges ". A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative , often serialized , with text in balloons and captions . Traditionally , throughout the 20th century and into the 21st , these have been published in newspapers and magazines , with horizontal strips printed in black - and - white in daily newspapers , while Sunday newspapers offered longer sequences in special color comics sections . With the development of the internet , they began to appear online as web comics . There were more than 200 different comic strips and daily cartoon panels in ___MASK22___ newspapers alone each day for most of the 20th century , for a total of at least 7 , 300 , 000 episodes . Catholic University School ( C . U . S .) is a private school for boys in Dublin , ___MASK11___ . The school was established by Cardinal John Henry Newman as a preparatory school for the Catholic University of ___MASK11___ . It is one of the oldest private schools in ___MASK11___ which include Clongowes Wood College , 1814 and Belvedere College , 1832 . John Henry Newman ( 21 February 1801  11 August 1890 ) was a Catholic cardinal and theologian who was an important figure in the religious history of ___MASK86___ in the 19th century . He was known nationally by the mid - 1830s . The Dublin United Transport Company ( DUTC ) operated trams and buses in Dublin , ___MASK11___ until 1945 . Following legislation in the Oireachtas , the " Transport Act , 1944 ", the DUTC and the Great Southern Railways were vested in the newly formed Córas Iompair Éireann on 1 January 1945 . ___MASK11___ ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an island in the North Atlantic . It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel , the Irish Sea , and St George ' s Channel . ___MASK11___ is the second - largest island of the British Isles , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on Earth . Leinster (  ) is one of the Provinces of ___MASK11___ situated in the east of ___MASK11___ . It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide , Osraige and Leinster . Following the 12th - century Norman invasion of ___MASK11___ , the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged , mainly due to the impact of the Pale , which straddled both , thereby forming the present - day province of Leinster . The ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes . In later centuries , local government legislation has seen further sub - division of the historic counties . The River Liffey ( Irish : " An Life ") is a river in ___MASK11___ , which flows through the centre of Dublin . Its major tributaries include the River Dodder , the River Poddle and the River Camac . The river supplies much of Dublin ' s water and a range of recreational opportunities . Arthur James Conry Booth ( 1892 -- 1926 ) was an Irish cartoonist and one of the founders of the satirical magazine Dublin Opinion . Born in Dublin , he was educated at the Catholic University School and joined the Dublin United Transport Company . Through his interest in amateur dramatics , he met fellow cartoonist Charles E . Kelly and ___MASK45___ Thomas J . Collins , and decided to start a humorous journal . Booth resigned his job to become ___MASK50___ , and drew the covers as well as interior cartoons . Dublin Opinion was launched on 1 March 1922 , on the eve of the Irish Civil War , and within four years it was selling 40 , 000 per issue . Booths cartoons tended to be sombre , concentrating on the destruction caused by the Civil War and the unemployment that followed . He died of pneumonia at the age of 33 , leaving a widow and three children . Thereafter , Kelly and Collins became joint editors of Dublin Opinion . A cartoonist ( also comic strip creator ) is a visual artist who specializes in drawing cartoons . This work is often created for entertainment , political commentary , or advertising . Cartoonists may work in many formats , such as animation , booklets , comic strips , comic books , editorial cartoons , graphic novels , manuals , gag cartoons , graphic design , illustrations , storyboards , posters , shirts , books , advertisements , greeting cards , magazines , newspapers , and video game packaging . The Great Southern Railways Company ( often Great Southern Railways , or GSR ) was an Irish company that from 1925 until 1945 owned and operated all railways that lay wholly within the ___MASK96___ ( the present - day Republic of ___MASK11___ ).