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Father Mathew Feis ('Feis an t-Athair Maitiú') Dublin
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Correspondence of Feis organisers

Correspondence of Fr. Dan Joe O’Mahony OFM Cap., President, Br. Daniel O’Brien OFM Cap., Celia Hanley and Patricia Melligan, secretaries, Father Mathew Feis, mostly seeking subscriptions for corporate sponsorship and requests from teachers for poems and other Feis syllabi, and arrangements for competition adjudicators and students. The file includes a letter from Thelma Conlan, President, Speech and Drama Teachers Association, affirming that it ‘would be a great loss if a Feis of such stature was to become a thing of the past’. She suggests to Fr. Dan Joe that the ‘Association would be prepared to take over the running of this excellent Feis’; a letter from A. Ó hAonghusa, secretary to Michael D. Higgins, Minister for Arts, regretting that he cannot attend the launch of the Feis (9 Feb. 1993). With a newspaper clipping from the 'Evening Herald', 8 Feb. 1997, referring to the Feis Maitiú and the TV personalities who appeared in the Feis including Gay Byrne, Brenda Fricker, Frances Black and Hugh O’Connor.

Correspondence of the Father Mathew Feis Secretary

Correspondence of Kathleen Murray, Honorary Secretary, Father Mathew Feis, mainly regarding requests from teachers and schools for Feis syllabuses, queries from adjudicators and letters of thanks to various sponsors. Includes a five-page typescript of a talk by Maurice Jacobson titled ‘The adjudicator and the music festival’. Other correspondents include the President of Father Mathew Hall.

Father Mathew Feis Cup Book

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.

Father Mathew Feis Medals

Silver Father Mathew Feis medals. The designs are not of uniform design. Some of the medals have a harp and musical score on the face. The medals are not engraved.

Father Mathew Feis Medals

Hall-marked silver and bronze Father Mathew Feis medals of uniform Celtic Cross design. Some of the medals have an orange ribbon fastener. The medals are engraved on the reverse with:
• ‘1st prize Drawing & Designing (Class B). 1924’.
• ‘Club Swinging Seniors. 1929’.
• ‘Physical Culture – 1928-29-30. Maggie Hamilton’ (digital image above).
• ‘Swedish Drill. Maggie Hamilton. 1930’.
• ‘2nd Prize / Domestic Science / Crochet / 1925’.
• ‘2nd Prize / Domestic Science/ Overall / 1925’.
• ‘2nd Prize / Sewing / Class D / 1926’.
• ‘Senior Club Swinging / 1930’.
• ‘Senior Club Swinging / 1931’.
• ‘Physical Culture / 1931’.
• ‘Senior English Elocution / 1931 / Second’.
Three of the Celtic Cross Feis Maitiú medals have no engraving on the reverse. The file also includes the metal die used to strike the Feis medal.

Father Mathew Feis Plaques

Wooden Father Mathew Feis Plaques of uniform design awarded for the following competitions as denoted by the engraved shields:
Junior Choirs Cup Two Parts
Primary Schools Choirs Cup
Secondary Schools Choirs Cup
Strings & Wind Concerto Cup
Cello Under 18
Male Vocal Solo Under 21

Father Mathew Feis Programmes

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.

Father Mathew Feis Results

Results reports for the Father Mathew Feis. The list includes entries under the titles of competition name, competitor name and place or ranking.

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