Passion Play, Father Mathew Hall, Dublin
- IE CA HA/1/9/7/3
- Part
- c.1955
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Passion Play, Father Mathew Hall, Dublin
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Pantomime Performance, Father Mathew Hall, Dublin
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Pantomime Cast, Father Mathew Hall, Dublin
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The cast of the 'Red Riding Hood' pantomime in Father Mathew Hall, Dublin, for the 1954-5 season.
Pantomime Audience, Father Mathew Hall, Dublin
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An image of cast members of a pantomime production of 'Cinderella' distributing fruit to the audience following a performance in Father Mathew Hall on Church Street in Dublin in about 1955.
Opening of the Capuchin Foreign Missions’ Sale of Work
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Photographic print of Mrs Belton, wife of Jack Belton, Lord Mayor of Dublin, opening the Capuchin Foreign Missions’ sale of work in Father Mathew Hall. The group includes Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. and Fr. Virgilius Murtagh OFM Cap.
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Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover reads: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The volume includes:
A public meeting in Father Mathew Hall of the Dublin Vigilance Committee in furtherance of the movement for the suppression of evil literature ('Freeman’s Journal', 2 May 1910).
Letters to the 'Freeman’s Journal' re the influence of elements of the Gaelic League on the Father Mathew Feis in Dublin. Includes a letter from Eoin MacNeill (14 Mar. 1912).
Report of the annual retreat of Father Mathew Hall Total Abstinence League of the Cross (c.1914).
‘The Church in America’, an illustrated lecture in Father Mathew Hall by Fr. Leonard Brophy OSFC ('Evening Telegraph', 10 Jan. 1914).
Father Mathew Feis. Statement by Fr. Alphonsus at prize distribution ('Evening Telegraph', 3 July 1919).
Father Mathew Feis Concert ('Irish Independent', 30 Apr. 1919).
Photographic print of the Graignamanagh Temperance Band, County Kilkenny, winners of the first prize at the annual Father Mathew Feis in Dublin in 1913 and in 1914. (See digital image above).
The opening of the Father Mathew Feis in Dublin with a report of the speech given by Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap., Vice-President of the Feis (5 April 1920).
Results at the Father Mathew Feis in Dublin, 1920.
Kavanagh, Stanislaus, 1876-1965, Capuchin priest
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‘Irish National Insurance Co. Ltd. 1949 “Every hour diary”’ containing newspaper clippings mostly relating to performances, recitals, and musical events at the Father Mathew Hall. Includes notices of winners in various Feis competitions. Most of the clippings contain annotations identifying the paper and date (mostly take from the 'Irish Press', 'Dublin Evening Mail', and 'Irish Independent'). Includes photographic prints of many of the Capuchin friars involved with the Feis (Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap.).
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover reads: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The pages have been numbered by Fr. Stanislaus. The cuttings book includes:
Report of temperance bazaar and fete at Father Mathew Hall. 'Freeman’s Journal', 29 May 1907.
Photographic print of performers in the pantomime Cinderella at the Father Mathew Hall, Cork. 'Cork Weekly Examiner', 7 Mar. 1914.
Report on the Grand Temperance Fete and Exhibition of Irish Industries held in Father Mathew Hall. 'Freeman’s Journal', 30 May 1907.
Kavanagh, Stanislaus, 1876-1965, Capuchin priest
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Book of newspaper cuttings relating to the Father Mathew Feis in Dublin. Annotations on the top of each page supply the name of the newspaper and (for later inserts) the date of the newspaper clipping. Includes clippings from the 'Irish Independent', 'Daily Mail', and 'Irish Times'. The clippings mainly relate to competitions and records of prize winners at the Feis. Some clippings relate to the history of the Feis and its connection with the Gaelic League and the National Revival. Biographies of various Capuchin friars involved with the Feis are also included (Fr. Michael O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.). A manuscript annotation on the second to last page notes the ‘entries for Feis, 1938: Irish Dancing, 1,095; Others, 713; Total, 1,808’. Inserts include a typescript timetable for the Feis an Athar Maitiú, 1937, signed by Fr. Michael O’Shea OFM Cap., President.
Newspaper cutting re pantomime
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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.