Photographic print of the exterior of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, showing the old ‘Halla Maitiú’ sign (now extant in the Irish Capuchin Archives).
An image of the performers in a production of ‘Aladdin’ in Father Mathew Hall in Cork for the 1923-4 pantomime season. The Capuchin friar (second row, first on the right) is Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (1881-1962).
The cutting refers to the performance of the juvenile pantomime in the Hall attended by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Cork and by Fr. Pius Duggan OSFC, guardian, Rochestown Capuchin Friary.
Fliers for concerts, recitals and Father Mathew celebrations at the Temperance Hall, Rochestown, County Cork. The coloured fliers were printed by Hickey & Byrne, Cork.
Assignment of Michael Murphy, 24 Bow Street, to John Cunningham, 44 Bow Street, of no. 24 Bow Street in consideration ‘of he putting said premises in repair, and he allowing me two shillings and 6d per week during my life’. With a conveyance (24 May 1887) from John Cunningham to Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC and other Capuchin friars, Church Street, of the said premises in consideration of the sum of £50. This deed has a small sketch map of the property. With receipts for the aforementioned payments and notices for payments in respect of municipal rates on the said premises. (See CA CS/2/2/7/10).
Minutes of Committee Meetings regarding the new Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin. The minutes appear to have been compiled by Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC. The first meeting was held on 20 July 1861 ‘for the purpose of collecting funds for the erection of the church at which the Rt. Hon. Sir William Carroll [1819-1870] MD, Lord Mayor of Dublin, took the chair …’. The opening meeting referred to the ‘poverty of the location in which they [the Capuchins] have chosen with the spirit of their founder the Seraphic St. Francis … to erect a temple worthy of Catholicity …’. The minutes of the meetings mainly refer to efforts to secure funding for financing the construction of the new church. Statements of expenditure are included in some of the minutes.
O’Reilly, Daniel Patrick, 1831-1894, Capuchin priest
Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch Plan delineating the boundary of demised house, yards and shed at 21 Bow Street. The plot is bounded to north by 22 Bow Street, a passage way and a school house, and to the east by the Chapel Yard and Curtins’ Yard. The frontage onto Bow Street measures 38 feet 4 inches. An annotation in the left-hand margin of the plan reads: ‘The red line indicates the boundary’.
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.
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.
