Play scripts and poem texts submitted by participants in the Father Mathew Feis. The plays are 'Cats of Egypt' by T.B. Morris (‘under 17 groups’) and 'The Tangled Web' by Austin Walsh (Immaculate Conception Club, Clondalkin, County Dublin). The file also includes works by Barbara Bingley, Joseph Chiari, William Allingham, and Herbert Gedger.
A collection of records mostly relating to the Temperance Sodality of the Sacred Thirst attached to St. Mary of the Angels, Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin.
Statement of monies received by members of the Father Mathew Temperance Hall Committee. The statement includes entries for monies received per Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC from street collections, the sale of various cards and other sources.
Costs of Little, Ó hUadhaigh & Proud, solicitors, 12 Dawson Street, Dublin, to the trustees of Father Mathew Hall, for legal costs incurred in obtaining a valuation of the Hall property and in applying for a renewal of the dance hall licence for the St. Brigid’s Hall extension. Totals costs: £9 15s 6d.
Resolution of the Father Mathew Hall Committee admonishing a Mr. Nicolls who ‘has violated the custom of this committee by publishing what purports to be the details of our private deliberations’. The resolution also defends the rights of Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC as President of the Sacred Thirst Sodality and avers that Mr. Nicolls ‘was the only member who ever introduced politics here’.
An image of cast members of a pantomime production of 'Cinderella' distributing fruit to the audience following a performance in Father Mathew Hall on Church Street in Dublin in about 1955.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch Plan of proposed central heating system to be installed in Father Mathew Hall and in St. Brigid’s Hall, Church Street. The plan shows the arrangement for heating installations on the ground floor (including the auditorium, orchestra, stage and badminton room) and in the basement. Plan by Hadens, engineering company Ltd., 189 Pearse Street, Dublin.
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.