Inscribed on the bowl: ‘Father James O’Mahony OFM Cap. Perpetual Cup. Feis Maitiú’. The base includes silver shields denoting winners from 1968-1997. Attached sticker indicates that this cup was awarded for a poetry competition.
Inscribed on the bowl: ‘Corn an Athar Mhic Amhlaoib. Buchaillí Fé 12 Bl’ [Boys’ Under 12]. The base includes silver shields denoting winners from 1969-1997.
Texts used in bi-lingual competition at the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. Includes Irish texts by Brian Merriman, Seán Ó Finneadha and Seán MacFheorais.
A trumpet, music sheet and laurel leaf motif is engraved on the bowl. The wooden base has a silver shield indicating that the cup was presented by the Loreto Nelson School of String Playing. With shields indicating the winners of the competition from 1990-97.
Programmes for the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. The printed programmes include timetables and syllabuses of competitions, souvenir publications and official prize lists. The programmes list the dates and times of the competitions and the names of the various judges and adjudicators. The adjudicators at the 1913 Feis included Sinéad Ní Fhlannagáin (1878-1975) and Seán S. Ó Ceallaigh (otherwise known as ‘Sceilg’, 1872-1957). Eoin MacNeill (1867-1945) was a literary judge at the 1910 Feis. The programmes for 1909 and 1911 are copy prints from 'The Father Mathew Record'. Programmes for the following years are not extant in the file: 1912; 1932-39.
Inscribed on foot: ‘Moore’s Melodies Presented by Denis Guiney 1947’. The bowl is inscribed with winners from 1973-96. The base also has silver shields indicating winners.
Inscribed on bowl: ‘The Gertrude Morris Perpetual Cup. Presented by Gertrude Morris. 1957’. On reverse of the bowl: List of winners from 1957-1996. With detached base.