Deed appointing new trustees to premises on Father Mathew Quay and Father Mathew Street held by an assignment of a lease dated 20 Mar. 1951 (see CA HT/2/1/2/34). The FMC trust, a limited company having a registered office at the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin, is appointed a trustee in place of Fr. Michael John O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Mel Peter Farrell OFM Cap., both deceased. With a cover letter.
• 'The Father Mathew “Sacred Thirst” Sodality and Father Mathew Hall Rules' (Dublin: Published by the General Committee, Father Mathew Hall, 1937). The President was Fr. Micheál Ó Se OFM Cap. and the Vice-President was Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. Printed, 14 pp. 3 copies. • Publicity material associated with temperance sodalities established by the Capuchin Franciscan friars. Includes: 'Indulgences granted to Temperance Sodalities'. 'Father Theobald Mathew Total Abstinence Association / Explanatory Leaflet'. 'Membership card of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association'. 'What is the Sacred Heart Sodality?' 'Rules of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association'. c.1915-50. Printed, 38 pp. • Blank pledge certificates of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association. c.1930-1940. Printed, 2 pp. • Blank diplomas of affiliation with the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, and Holy Trinity Church, Father Mathew Quay, Cork. c.1930-1940. 3 copies. • 'The Young Irish Crusaders / A League of Prayer and Good Works, to aid the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association / Object and Rules'. c.1930. Printed, 2 pp. • 'The Young Irish Crusaders Prayer Book / St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin' (Dublin: Browne & Nolan Ltd., 1954), 128 pp. 3 copies.
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
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.
