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Timetable and programme of competitions at the Father Mathew Feis in Dublin which was due to be held between 23 April and 30 April 1916. The event was short by the outbreak of fighting in the Church Street area on 24 April.

May I add my special thanks for pleasing me in the hands
of Mr. Jones Mr. Ryan Mr. Tierny and Master O Hanlon
All were so very good and the work did proceed so
tranquilly, thank God. I cannot resist a very deserved
word of praise for our Contractor Mr. Cooney
I would love to have had Rev. Mother General present
but perhaps later she will be able to some and rest a while
in her own Community. I missed too Monsignor Boylan
Are you pleased with the Nursing Home? I hope it does
not fall too for short of what you hoped for when you
expressed the wish for a Private Nursing Home
Enclosed is a telegram which carried a message for
you from my kind found the Rector of the American
College in Rome
I hope to return by way of Lourdes on May 13th where I
shall pray very specially for you, your Grace.. Most will be
offered here for your Sister, Helen on May 12 th. R.I.P
Humbly, I ask your blessing and yours prayers
Most respectfully in our Lady,
Your grateful child,

The volume contains information in respect of ticket sales and cash derived from various lectures and concert performances at Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. The Hall was regularly frequented by those interested in promoting cultural revivalist activities such as storytelling and festivals of native song and dance. The volume records that Pádraig Pearse gave a lecture in the Hall entitled ‘Education in Ancient Ireland’ on 20 Nov. 1905. On 29 Jan. 1906, the Chevalier Sheeran gave a talk on subject of the ‘alleged atrocities in the Congo Free State’. Each entry is signed by a secretary or officer of the Hall Committee. The signatories include J.W. Whitmore and J. Scanlan.

A single ticket of James Joseph O’Kelly for a journey from Le Havre to Dublin (via Southampton and London). 20 February 1871. With a cover addressed to ‘Monsieur O’Kelly, Hotel de Londres, Le Havre, France’. The one-page account note is endorsed ‘7205’.