Invitation card to the 34th annual meeting of the Father Mathew Memorial Hall, from Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OSFC, President. The speakers include J.T. Kelly, T.C, Joseph Mooney, and the Rt. Hon. Justice Moloney.
Receipt and expenses account for Father Mathew Hall certified by Patrick Rooney and Thomas Conroy. The expenses include the hire of band masters and printing costs.
Letter to Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC from Walter Glynn Doolin, architect and civil engineer, 20 Ely Place, Dublin, regarding the design of the proposed Father Mathew Temperance Hall, Church Street. Doolin referred to Fr. Maher’s ‘instructions to provide a Hall capable of seating 1,000 persons exclusive of a permanent stage’ and submits detailed plans for the dimensions and layout of the Hall. Doolin affirmed that ‘there are upwards of 150,000 cubic feet in the building and I do not see how this amount of work can be done for much under £2,000’.
Draft letter to Walter Glynn Doolin, engineer, drawing attention to the ‘many defects’ in Father Mathew Hall which must be rectified without delay. The defects mainly relate to poor drainage facilities.
Letter to Fr. Justin Hyland OFM Cap., President, from the Medical Officer, Dublin Corporation, regarding safety precautions to be taken during performances at Father Mathew Hall.
An image of the performers in a production of ‘Aladdin’ in Father Mathew Hall in Cork for the 1923-4 pantomime season. The Capuchin friar (second row, first on the right) is Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (1881-1962).
Letter from Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap., President, Father Mathew Hall, Cork, to Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, outlining the financial position of the Hall. Fr. Nessan affirmed that finances are ‘a matter of real concern because of the rising costs and reduced theatre patronage. At present we are losing money. It costs over £2,000 a year to run the Hall’. Fr. Nessan also refers to the changing nature of the activities in the Hall and to his intention to attract a ‘younger and wider audience’. A statement of financial accounts is enclosed.
Plan for heating installation at Father Mathew Hall, Cork. Includes plans of the ground floor (stage, auditorium, foyer); mezzanine floor (balcony); first floor (billiard room, table tennis room, male and female dressing rooms and offices). Plan by John A. Deasy, consulting engineer, 16 Arran Quay, Dublin 7. The original plan is dated Apr. 1967 with revisions made in Mar. 1971.
The cutting refers to the performance of the juvenile pantomime in the Hall attended by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Cork and by Fr. Pius Duggan OSFC, guardian, Rochestown Capuchin Friary.
Receipt signed by Michael Meade & Son for £305 received from Fr. [Nicholas] Murphy for principal and interest on account for building works at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. Endorsed on reverse: ‘Amount of debt due - £3,200 … by cash as per other side £305, now due £2,967, 21st March 1888’.