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Correspondence with the Performing Right Society Ltd., Chatham House, 13 George Street, Hanover Square, London. The correspondence relates to the granting of licences to perform and make use of music controlled by the members of the aforementioned Society at entertainments held in Father Mathew Hall. The correspondents include the Presidents of Father Mathew Hall, Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. Charles Brophy OFM Cap., Fr. Michael O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. Responding to the claims of infringement of copyright, Fr. Columbus referred to the amateur status of the performers in the musicals and the philanthropic nature of the Association which ran the Hall (21 Nov. 1927). The file includes printed literature from the Society and newspaper clippings reporting a judgement made in a court case taken by the Society against Bray Urban District Council for infringement of copyright ('Irish Independent', 16 Nov. 1927). The dispute was eventually settled when the Father Mathew Hall Committee agreed to pay £3 3s for performing rights’ fees at the Hall. A letter of 12 Oct. 1943 referred to the intention of the Hall Committee to apply to the Metropolitan District Court for a licence to stage dances in St. Brigid’s Hall

Script for the ‘Grand Christmas Pantomime Robinson Crusoe' at the Olympia Theatre, revised and produced by Lorcan Bourke. With ink stamp: ‘The property of The Father Mathew Hall’.

Roll of unused terracotta-colour ‘pass out’ tickets commencing at number 644 (torn). With an unused cash receipt book with denominations in pounds, shillings and pence.

Register of subscriptions paid by members of the Father Mathew Temperance Hall, Church Street. Entries are listed under the name and address of the member, monthly subscriptions paid and individual totals for the year. Yearly totals, accounts and summaries are also extant in the volume. The inside cover and fly leaf have printed ballot papers for elections to the Hall Committee for the years 1907-10; 1912; 1913; 1915. Pagination has been added to the volume until circa page 247. The final page of the volume notes the transfer to ‘a new register in 1945’. Gilt title to front cover: ‘Father Mathew OSFC, Memorial Hall, Register of Members and their Subscriptions’.

The volume records the monthly meetings of the committee of Father Mathew Temperance Hall, Church Street. The first page contains a list of the names and terms of offices of the Capuchin friars who acted as president and vice-president of Father Mathew Hall (1893-1943). The minutes refer to routine matters of administration of the Hall’s operation including the elections of officers, financial accounts and applications for the hiring and use of the Hall by various groups. The meeting of 3 July 1935 considered the proposal for the showing of ‘talkies’ (sound pictures) in the Hall. A typescript memorandum to Fr. Michael O’Shea OFM Cap., President, about procuring films for the Hall is pasted into the volume.

Resolutions of the Father Mathew Hall Committee referring to the statement of accounts for 1892 and to the generosity of subscribers who have allowed a ‘most satisfactory advancement of the work done by the sodality in previous years’.

Expenditure and receipt book for Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. An annotation on the front cover reads ‘Day book’. The entries are recorded under date, details and totals of expenses and receipts. Most of the expenditure relates to services and utilities such as rent, electricity, salaries and repairs. An annotation on the final page reads ‘See New Book’. (CA HA/1/3/15).

Ledger containing various receipt accounts associated with the operation of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. An annotation on the front cover reads: ‘1944 from F.M. Hall and F.M. Feis account’. Entries (pp 1-4) are noted as ‘miscellaneous’. Entries (pp 5-103) are listed under company or supplier names such as Dublin Corporation (rates’ payments), Revenue Commissioners (income tax payments), the 'Irish Press' (for printing of advertisements). Inserts include invoices and bills of costs from various companies.