Programme for the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street, 1983. The programme lists the various bursaries offered for certain competitions at the Feis and provides a list of committee members and adjudicators. The rules of the Feis are set out. The competitions include: singing; piano; string competitions; accordion; speech and drama; 'Aithriseóireacht'.
Syllabus for the 1997 Feis Maitiú, Cork. The syllabus includes an appreciation for Br. Paul O’Donovan OFM Cap. who was stepping down as President of the Feis, a position he had held since 1970. The appreciation was written by Claire O’Halloran and includes a photographic print of Br. Paul
An account extract for St. Enda’s School. Includes entries re liabilities and assets. References are made to ‘pupils’ fees paid’, laundry expenses, medical bills, and ‘grazing rents’. An entry refers to an overdraft from the Hibernian Bank ‘secured by lease of Cullenswood House, life insurance …’. The extract appears to be in the hand of Patrick Pearse.
Policy of fire insurance from the Law Union & Crown Insurance Company, 126 Chancery Lane, London, with Fr. Fiacre Bartholomew Brophy OSFC, Fr. Matthew Thomas O’Connor OSFC, Father Mathew Quay, and Fr. Augustine John Hayden OSFC, Rochestown, covering 24 South Mall, Cork, for £800.
First anniversary card ‘for the repose of the souls of the following Irishmen who were executed by English Law’. Hand coloured, tricolour and green flag over crossed pikes. Interlacing ribbon reads: ‘Our Prayers Daily'.
Report of the Halston Street Total Abstinence Sodality founded by Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC in 1881. The report refers to the efforts to improve and renovate the Hall since the sodality took possession of the building. The report reads ‘When we took possession of this place it was in a very sad and forlorn condition, so dilapidated by time, and the many uses it was put to (I believe its last use was that of a blacksmith’s forge)’. The report also provides figures for income and expenditure. The figures read: debt: £35 7s 11½d; expenditure: £255 12 2½d. It also notes that the pledge has been given to over 1,000 men in the Hall and to over 900 in St. Michan’s Church, Halston Street. With a typescript copy of said report.
Report of the First Chapter of the Capuchins in Zambia held in St. Dominic’s Major Seminary, Lusaka. The table of contents is as follows: Introduction Chapter Personnel Opening address by Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister Election Results Report of outgoing Regular Superior Some significant events of the past six years Capuchin life on the mission Vocations and formation Ongoing formation Relations between the Order and the Diocese Other Chapter decisions Closing address by Provincial Minister Appendix I: Elections in detail Appendix II: Addresses and contact details for friars at various missions in Zambia The report also contains a photographic print of the friars in attendance at the Chapter.
A postcard print of a girl celebrating her first communion. Annotated on reverse: ‘Miss Josephine Philomena Mariam Pillai of the Good Shepherd Convent, Kotahena, on the day of her first holy communion. The Good Shepherd Nuns are in charge of several Catholic convents on the island and do immense good to Ceylonese Catholic children’.