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Programmes for the Father Mathew Feis, Church Street. The printed programmes include timetables and syllabuses of competitions, souvenir publications and official prize lists. The programmes list the dates and times of the competitions and the names of the various judges and adjudicators. The adjudicators at the 1913 Feis included Sinéad Ní Fhlannagáin (1878-1975) and Seán S. Ó Ceallaigh (otherwise known as ‘Sceilg’, 1872-1957). Eoin MacNeill (1867-1945) was a literary judge at the 1910 Feis. The programmes for 1909 and 1911 are copy prints from 'The Father Mathew Record'. Programmes for the following years are not extant in the file: 1912; 1932-39.

Blank Father Mathew Feis admittance ticket requesting competitor name, number and competition details.

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.

Photographic print of the graves of Fr. Martin St. John (d. 6 Oct. 1780) and Fr. Bryan McDonell (d. 3 July 1782) who were buried alongside Fr. Philip Forestall OFM (d. Dec. 1829) in St. John’s Old Churchyard, Dublin Road, Kilkenny. The print is annotated on the reverse in the hand of Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.: ‘Graves of two OFM Caps and one OFM in graveyard, St. John’s, Maudlin Street, Kilkenny’. With a plan and notes re said plot by Fr. Angelus. See newspaper cutting re the modern refurbishment of these gravestones ('Kilkenny People', 13 June 2003) at CA KK/11/26.

Date: 1766
Author: Thomas de Charmes (1703-1765)
Publisher: Nanceii, apud viduam & Claudium Leseure, Regia Typographum
Full title: 'Theologia universality ad usum s. theologiae candidatorum. Auctore RP Thomas, ex Charmes, Provinciæ Lotharingiæ Capucinorum Definitore, Custode Generali, necnon antique Sacræ Theologiæ Professore. Tomus V, 4th edition'.

Date: 1813
Author: John O’Phelan
Publisher: Dublin, printed by Graisberry and Campbell, no. 10, Back-Lane
Full title: 'Epitaphs on the tombs, in the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, Kilkenny, / collected by John O’Phelan; Interspersed with plates, and specimens of fac simile of the manuscript; Together, with a preface, and notes, historical and explanatory, from the Monasticon, Holingshed, Ware, Stanihurst, Arsdekin, Burke, and other scarce authors; also, observations on the pillar, or round tower, near the cathedral'.

A wooden crucifix used by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The underside of the base has a manuscript annotation: ‘Father Mathew’s Cross, used in his sick calls &c and in cholera cases, 1831-2’.

A pair of gold candlesticks gifted to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The base of the candlesticks are engraved: ‘Very Revd. T. Mathew President / Very Rev. J.J. Murphy Vice-President / Cork Total Abstinence Benefit Society / AD January 1842’.

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).

Photographic print of the exterior of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, showing the old ‘Halla Maitiú’ sign (now extant in the Irish Capuchin Archives).