Deelreeks 8 - Father Mathew Feis ('Feis an t-Athair Maitiú') Dublin

See also 'The Father Mathew Record', a monthly periodical, for additional material relating to the 'Feis Maitiú'. 'The Father Mathew Record', like its sister publication, 'The Capuchin Annual', was published by the Irish Capuchin Franciscans. The 'Record' (as it was commonly called) began publication in January 1908 and was edited by Father Aloysius Travers OFM. Cap., who hoped that it would ‘afford opportunity of recording month by month, the efforts made by the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association and the Father Mathew Hall to advance the sacred cause’. In the early years of its run, the publication included extensive coverage of the annual Feis. In March 1930, Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. was appointed editor. Under Fr. Senan, the 'Record' increased the amount of coverage of overseas missions established by the Irish Capuchins, and by 1934 the publication’s circulation had increased to 12,000 copies a month. By this point, the 'Record' had largely ceased its promotion of temperance and extensive reporting of the annual 'Feis Maitiú' no longer figured prominently. The 'Record' was renamed 'Eirigh' in January 1968 (Vol. 60, No. 1) when Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. assumed the editorship. The final edition of 'Eirigh' appeared in December 1973 (Vol. 71, No. 12).

For an 'Irish Independent' report on the 1918 'Feis Maitiú' in Dublin see https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/first-feis-of-the-season-a-success-in-father-mathew-hall