Correspondence relating to the financing, construction, fitting-out of Father Mathew Hall. Most of the letters refer to estimates for interior furnishing and the fitting out of the Hall. Correspondents include: The National Bank Ltd.; John L. Smallman, sanitary and gas engineer; Henry Kerrill & Sons, engineers, coppersmiths and electricians; Edmundson’s Furnishing & Engineering Co.; Walter Glynn Doolin, 20 Ely Place, Dublin, secretary of the Father Mathew Hall building committee; the Patriotic Assurance Company, 2 College Green, Dublin.
Letters to Walter Glynn Doolin, engineer, from John Kennedy, 11 & 12 Merrion Row, Henry Kerrill & Sons, 80 Drumcondra Road, C. McNamara, 10 Christchurch Place, and others regarding estimates for the installation of gas and lighting fittings in the Father Mathew League of the Cross Hall, Church Street.
Specifications from E.J. Creed, 26 New Ireland Road, Rialto, J. Treacy & Co., 17 Stoneybatter, Dublin, and J. Seward, 26 New Ireland Road, Rialto, Dublin, for internal and external painting works of the president’s room, billiard room, toilet, return room, staircases and other parts of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. With a manuscript draft of the said specification and contract.
Specification for the reconstruction of seating arrangements at the rear of the auditorium in Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, by J. Seward, 26 New Ireland Road, Rialto, Dublin. Includes a schedule of work to be done, materials to be used and form of tender.
Bound volume annotated on the title page: ‘Register of Entertainments’. The volume contains a schedule of public entertainment (mostly motion pictures) at Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. The entries are listed under the headings of date of entertainment, full name and addresses of person(s) holding entertainment (all are staged by the Father Mathew Hall Committee); title of work presented or delivered; name of author of work or owner of copyright if any; full name and address of the person by whom the work was performed, exhibited or delivered. 2 May 1937-3 October 1937. The films shown include 'Anna Karenina' (1935), 'Escape from Devil Island' (1935), and 'Devil's Squadron' (1936). The remainder of the volume is comprised of an alphabetical list of names and addresses of subscribers to 'The Father Mathew Record'. The end portion of the volume also contains a list compiled in 1936 of Brothers of the Third Order attached to St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street.
Programmes for Christmas Pantomime programmes at Father Mathew Hall. The file comprises programmes for 'Dick Whittington and his Cat' (1964-65); 'Babes in the Wood' (1966-67); 'Robinson Crusoe' (1968-69).
Letter from Antoinette Reilly, Bord Fáilte, to Fr. Christopher Twomey OFM Cap. enclosing £200 in payment for permission to reproduce photographs of the plaster-work in Father Mathew Hall. With a copy of 'Ireland of the Welcomes', 49 (Mar.-Apr. 2000), which includes a feature on ‘Father Mathew Hall: A Celtic Revival Treasure’ by Nicola Gordon Bow (pp 14-21).
Play scripts and poem texts submitted by participants in the Father Mathew Feis. The plays are 'Cats of Egypt' by T.B. Morris (‘under 17 groups’) and 'The Tangled Web' by Austin Walsh (Immaculate Conception Club, Clondalkin, County Dublin). The file also includes works by Barbara Bingley, Joseph Chiari, William Allingham, and Herbert Gedger.
Results copy book for the Father Mathew Feis. The entries are listed under the headings of competition number, competitor number, name of student and school or home address. Standard exercise copybook. Endorsed on front cover ‘Dancing, singing result sheets, 1965’.
Results book for the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. The entries are recorded under the headings of name/number of competition, competitor number and ranking. The volume includes results for various signing, elocution and piano competitions. Occasional reference is made to the name of the winning competitor.