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A group of Capuchin friars with musical instruments in the Kilkenny Friary in c.1905. Identifiable individuals include:
Front row (seated):
First on the left: Br. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. (1881-1961)
First on the right: Br. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap. (1885-1961)

Second row (seated):
First on the right: Br. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. (1874-1938)
First on the left: Br. Brendan O’Callaghan OFM Cap. (1880-1952)

Third row (standing):
First on the right: Br. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925)
Second on the right: Br. Cyril O’Sullivan OFM Cap. (1887-1921)
Third on the right: Br. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. (1880-1968)
Second on the left: Br. Gregory O’Kelly OFM Cap. (d. 9 Apr. 1947)
First on the left: Br. Philip King OFM Cap. (1885-1952)

Fourth row (standing):
First on the right: Br. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935)
Second on the right: Br. Malachy Hynes OFM Cap. (1879-1955)
Third on the right: Br. Berchmans Cantillon OFM Cap. (1880-1942)
Forth on the right: Br. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (1881-1962)
Second on the left: Br. Adrian Sharkett OFM Cap. (1879-1965)
First on the left: Br. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971

An image of (first on the right) Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925) with a group of students possibly at a hurling match in Rochestown, County Cork.

(Left) Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1875-1953) standing beside a diocesan cleric. Fr. Angelus is seemingly wearing a temperance association medal. The pair appear to be at the head of a procession which may have been connected with the temperance movement. Two women wearing traditional shawls stand in the near background.

Souvenir programme for St. Brigid’s Aonach held in Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, from 31 January to 5 February 1910. The object of the Fete was ‘to liquidate the heavy debt incurred by the recent extension of the Hall’. The debt of the Hall stood at £3,000. The Aonach consisted of various stands promoting goods of Irish manufacture.

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.

A programme for concerts given by various prizewinners at the Father Mathew Feis in Dublin in April 1915.

An image captioned as follows 'Pupils of the Mullholland School of Dancing, Belfast, who won the St. Michael's Cup for Hornpipe (under 16) at the Father Mathew Feis, Dublin'. The clipping was taken from the 'Irish Press'.

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

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’.