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`` , illustration from '' dublin opinion '' magazine , pre-1937 the dance in the old dublin house '' 25 august 1973 william h. conn belfast , ireland 300px irish cartooning , illustration , watercolours , posters 1895 conndance.gif w. h. conn
 w. h. conn
w. h. conn

william h. conn -lrb- 1895 -- 1973 -rrb- was an irish cartoonist , illustrator , watercolourist and poster artist .
the son of a lithographer , he was educated at the ulster provincial school , now friends ' school , lisburn .
from 1936 he was a staff artist for the `` belfast telegraph '' and its sports sister paper `` ireland 's saturday night '' , creating a regular strip , `` the doings of larry o'hooligan '' , for the latter .
he drew a monthly full-page illustration -lrb- two pages in the christmas edition -rrb- for `` dublin opinion '' magazine , sometimes satirical , sometimes observational scenes of rural and urban irish life , sometimes ghostly gothic scenes , and also contributed spot cartoons .
he created colour posters for northern ireland railways and exhibited his watercolours and black and white drawings .
he died on 25 august 1973 after a three-year illness .
he was a lifelong bachelor .
