A plate showing a sketch of Thomastown Castle in County Tipperary, the birthplace of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The sketch is by Denis Santry (1879-1960).
An image of Capuchin friars and other individuals on top of a belt-driven thresher feeding sheaves of corn into the thresher drum. The image was taken on the farm adjoining Ard Mhuire Friary.
Ticket for the annual concert of the Colmcille branch of Conrad na Gaelige in Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin, on 30 April 1920. An address by Fr. Augustine Hayden OSFC was given at the concert.
Ticket for ‘A Grand Dramatic Performance’ given by the Dramatic Club at the Father Mathew Centenary Hall, Church Street. Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC (1835-1894) is noted as President of the Hall.
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’.
Roll of unused terracotta-colour ‘pass out’ tickets commencing at number 644 (torn). With an unused cash receipt book with denominations in pounds, shillings and pence.
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.
Schedule for the Father Mather Feis, Church Street. The timetable outlines the various competitions and the list of plays and groups participating in the National Drama Festival of Ireland. The premier award was the Capuchin Periodicals Cup, presented by Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. (‘won in 1953 by The Walkinstown Players’). The F.J. McCormack Cup and Gold Medal, designed by Richard King, was awarded for best character acting.
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.
