Letters to Fr. Gilbert Bermingham OFM Cap., President, and Fr. Virgilus Murtagh OFM Cap. from Milward, Jones, Mayne and Knapp, solicitors, 6 Dawson Street, Dublin, concerning negotiations with the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for the sale of Father Mathew Hall by the trustees to the Capuchin Order, for £7,000. Gerard O’Rourke wrote to Fr. Gilbert on 12 Nov. 1964 to explain that the ‘Commissioners would not agree to the purchase price of the Hall being used for the reconstruction of the Hall because the Hall would then belong to the Capuchin Order and would cease to be taken as a memorial to Fr. Mathew’. An order from the Courts directing that the assets of the trust be transferred to the Capuchin Order is referred to in a letter 2 July 1968.
Letters to Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap. from Gaffney Halligan & Co., solicitors, Artane Roundabout, Dublin 5, requesting information to enable the purchase of the freehold interest in 128 Church Street, and 1, 1A and 6 Nicholas Avenue, Dublin 7. The solicitors note that the Capuchin friars did not appear to ‘own the freehold of the above properties, as their title appears to be leasehold held under a lease from Samuel Worthington who in turn held his interest from the Merchant Tailors’ School’.
A small collection of records relating to the routine repair, refurbishment and maintenance of the physical fabric of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin.
Letter from Br. Daniel O’Brien OFM Cap., President, Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, to Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, enclosing a report from Kerrigan, Sheanon and Newman, quantity surveyors, Earlsfort Court, 16 Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2, regarding a schedule of necessary refurbishment and repairs required to the Hall.
No scale given Construction plan for the installation of an unidentified apparatus (possibly used in stage alterations in Father Mathew Hall). Plan by M.P. Hyne.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch Blue print of an electrical installation at Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. The plan shows various electrical works to be done in the auditorium, orchestra, stage and other rooms in the Hall. Plan by N. Mathews, consulting engineer, 104 Grafton Street, Dublin.
Programmes for concert performances at Father Mathew Hall. The file includes fliers for concerts by the Father Mathew Choral Society, in aid of the Brian Boru Fete (1914), by the Colmcille Branch of the Gaelic League (1918), for the Annual Colmcille Concert (1920), 'The Colleen Bawn' by The Mathew Choral Union (Easter 1920), and for a pageant titled 'Scenes from the Life of St. Patrick' (1921).
Correspondence of the Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin, with the Western Electric Company, Ltd., Bush House, Aldwych, London, regarding an agreement for the installation of projection equipment for motion pictures in the Hall. The file includes a memorandum on engineering requirements and an agreement and lease for the installation and operation of the said equipment.
Programme for St. Mary’s Boys Concert Party, ‘controlled by the Catholic Seaman’s’ Institute’, to be held in Father Mathew Hall, under the direction of Aloysius J. Johnson. With a list of invitations to the said concert.
Schedule of public entertainment at Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. The reverse of the front cover contains a list of entertainments under the headings of date of entertainment, full name and addresses of person(s) holding entertainment; title of work presented or delivered; name of author of work or owner of copyright if any; full name and address of the person by whom the work was performed, exhibited or delivered. 2 May 1937-3 June 1937. The entertainment included the film 'Man of Aran' (1934) and Sean O’Casey’s play 'The Shadow of a Gunman' (1923). The remainder of the volume is comprised of expenditure and accounts for various theatrical productions, May 1937-October 1957. Includes accounts for publicity, costumes, salaries, orchestra and other expenses associated with various pantomime performances of 'Cinderella' (1939-40); 'The Gondoliers' (Sept.-Oct. 1940); 'Jack and the Beanstalk' (1943); 'Robinson Crusoe' (1944); 'The Height of Fashion' (Oct. 1957). Inserts include a typescript programme for a lecture and a concert at Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. 19 Nov. 1939. The lecture is titled ‘Six years in Africa’ by Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.
