An image captioned as follows 'Pupils of the Mullholland School of Dancing, Belfast, who won the St. Michael's Cup for Hornpipe (under 16) at the Father Mathew Feis, Dublin'. The clipping was taken from the 'Irish Press'.
Letter from Bertie Ahern, TD, Minister for Finance, to Br. Kevin Crowley OFM Cap., enclosing a response from the Arts Council regarding a request for financial assistance with the costs of running the Feis Maitiú. With manuscript notes regarding the aforementioned request.
Bound volume containing a list of cup and prize winners at the Father Mathew Feis. Entries are listed under the titles of competition and competitor number; name of trophy; date returned; address and phone number of winner; teacher’s name.
List of prize winners in the elocution, choral verse speaking, dramatic solo and duologues sections of the Father Mathew Feis. The entries in the book are listed under age groups, name of prize winner and name of school. The book was subsequently used as an account book with records relating to entry payments from schools and teachers.
Scores, sheet music and arrangement for pieces performed at the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. The file includes sheet music for works by Beethoven, Handel, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn. Some choral pieces (with piano accompaniment) are also extant.
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.
‘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.).
Book of newspaper cuttings relating to the Father Mathew Feis. The first page of the volume contains cuttings reporting on the funeral of Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. (d. 2 May 1957) and the tributes paid to him at the Feis. The remainder of the newspaper clippings cover performances, recitals, and prize winners at the Feis Maitiu. Other cuttings refer to prize winners at Feis Ceoils in Sligo and in Dublin (1957-8). The volume appears to have been originally used a register of members of the Hall (circa Dec. 1920), and as a ledger of books purchased for the Father Mathew Temperance Hall Library (pp 63-9 contains a manuscript ‘list of books received on Feb. 26th 1921’).
