Programmes for the Father Mathew Feis, Cork. The printed programmes include timetables and syllabuses of competitions, and souvenir publications. The programmes list the dates and times of the competitions and the names of the various judges and adjudicators. The following programmes are extant: 1927-8; 1932; 1937-8; 1941; 1946; 1961; 1963-4; 1968; 1971-9; 1980-9; 1990-9; 2000-13; 2015.
Newspaper clippings mostly relating to the Feis Maitiú, Cork. Many of the clippings include photographic prints of the opening of the Feis. Includes clippings from the 'Evening Press', 'Evening Echo' and 'Cork Examiner'.
Syllabus for the 1997 Feis Maitiú, Cork. The syllabus includes an appreciation for Br. Paul O’Donovan OFM Cap. who was stepping down as President of the Feis, a position he had held since 1970. The appreciation was written by Claire O’Halloran and includes a photographic print of Br. Paul
Memorandum of agreement between George Lynch, 43 Lower Sackville Street, and Bernard O’Reilly, 32 Smithfield. The memorandum affirms that O’Reilly will become Lynch’s tenant for the dairy yard in Carter’s Lane at the yearly rent of £12. (See CA CS/2/2/8/1).
Draft agreement of John Maher with Jane Revell regarding his tenancy of houses, yards and plots of ground on the south side of North Brunswick Street for the term of 999 years at the yearly rent of £30. Maher refers to the ‘dilapidated state’ of the premises which are ‘likely to be condemned by the Corporation authorities … and also ‘the falling off of the value of property in this neighbourhood caused by the removal of Smithfield Market’. Two drafts.
Draft lease by William George Huband, 39 Upper Mount Street, barrister, to Thomas Davy, 33 South Richmond Street, grocer, and wine merchant, of a plot of ground on south side of Richmond Place, parish of St. Peter, Dublin for 93 years at the yearly rent of £5.
Assignment by Sophia Mary Hay, Sarsfield Street, Dublin, to Fr. Patrick Joseph Columbus Maher OSFC, of the annual profit rent (amounting to £11 10s) payable from a plot of ground on ‘the south side of the Grand Canal leading from Harold’s Cross to Portobello Barracks’ in Dublin. In consideration of the sum of 10s and for the residue of the term of ninety-nine years specified in the original lease from the Grand Canal Company to John Coates dated 9 August 1825.
A Capuchin chapel has stood on Church Street from at least 1720. The present-day Church of St. Mary of the Angels was designed James Joseph McCarthy (1817-1882) in a decorated Gothic style. McCarthy was also responsible for St. Saviour’s Dominican Church on Dominick Street in Dublin (also constructed in the fourteenth-century Gothic style), Mount Argus Church in Dublin, Maynooth College Chapel, and parish churches in Celbridge and Kilcock in County Kildare. The foundation stone for St. Mary of the Angels was laid by the Most Rev. Paul Cullen, Archbishop of Dublin, on 12 June 1868. The sermon for the occasion was preached by the celebrated Dominican preacher, Fr. T.A. Burke OP (1830-1883). The building was constructed under the supervision of the architect and was completed in 1881. The builders were Hammond of Drogheda. Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC (1831-1894) was responsible for the raising of funds for the church’s construction and adornment. Two side-altars, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to St. Francis, were installed in 1876. They were the work of Farrell and Sons of North Gloucester Street Lower (now Seán McDermott Street). Their most famous works in Dublin are the monuments to Archbishop John Troy and Cardinal Cullen in the Pro-Cathedral on Marlborough Street, and the statues of Sir John Grey and William Smith O’Brien on O’Connell Street. This section includes records relating to the construction and maintenance of the Sacred Heart Chapel which was built as an aisle church in 1908-9. This chapel was later enclosed and converted into a large sacristy.
