Official results sheets for the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. The sheets include entries under the headings of competition title, place or ranking, name of competitor and number, and signature of official or adjudicator on duty. Occasional reference is made to the name of the school or teacher of the winning competitors. The file also includes a copy return sheet for Feis trophies. The Feis trophies are listed under competitor number; competition or trophy name; name and address of winner; remarks regarding return.
Competitor marking book for the Father Mathew Feis in 1998. The entries are listed under competition name, competitor number, marks awarded, recalls and total.
Letters from Arnold Bax (1883-1953), 155 Fellows Road, London, and Grosvenor Hotel, Chester, to Fr. Michael O’Shea OFM Cap., President, Father Mathew Hall, Cork. In 1929 the Feis Maitiú Corcaigh invited Bax, a well-known composer and poet, to become an adjudicator marking the beginning of a 24-year friendship with the prestigious local music festival. Most of the correspondence relates to arrangements for the Cork Feis and other matters of musical interest. The file includes fifteen original items in Bax’s hand. With contemporary manuscript and later typescript copies of Bax’s letters. The file also includes a typescript appreciation of Arnold Bax possibly written by Fr. O’Shea. It reads ‘The way he [Bax] came to Cork was simple enough. I attribute his coming to the initiative of Frau Fleischmann in the meeting of the Feis Maitiú Committee that was considering adjudicators for the year 1929. I remember at the time that it was mentioned that Bax had rather a Celtic strain in his compositions and the he would like to come’. Also includes a newspaper cutting of a letter from Bax to the 'Daily Telegraph' referring to a performance by a choir at the Catholic Cathedral in Cork. In Irish and English.
List of cup and prize winners at the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. The entries are listed under competitor number, the name of cup won, the date of return of the cup, and the name and address of the winner. The book contains records relating to the winners of the Pádraig Pearse Perpetual Cup, the Father Mathew Perpetual Shield, Concerto Cup, Operatic Cup, the Senior Rose Bowl and the Father McAuliffe Cup.
Results copy book for the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street, for 1966 and 1968. The entries are listed under the headings of competition number, competitor number, name of student and school or home address. There are occasional references to the name of the competition such as the dancing performances, the ‘Four Hand Reel’ and the ‘Jig in Couples’. Standard exercise copybook.
Results copy book for the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. The entries are listed under the headings of competition number and name, competitor number, name of student and school or home address. Standard exercise copybook.
Results copy book for the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. The entries are listed under the headings of competition number, competitor number, name of student and school or home address. Standard exercise copybook.
Results book for the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. The entries are recorded under the headings of competition number, competitor number, ranking or place, name of the competitor and school.
Results book for the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. The entries are recorded under the headings of competition number, competitor number, ranking or place, name of the competitor and school. Soft bound cover with cotton twine binding.
Copy of an unsigned letter from Father Mathew Hall, Queen’s Street, Cork, to Kevin Bourke, Strand Electric, 62 Dawson Street, Dublin, referring to the pantomime show in the Hall. With enclosures referring to a cheque payment and a poem titled 'The Poppy Boy'.
