Dossier 4 - Copybooks of Fr. Nessan Shaw. re Father Mathew Research

c.500 pp; Manuscript and typescript

Copybooks containing research compiled by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. for his MA thesis on Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The file includes:
• Copybook containing notes on Fr. Mathew’s genealogy and his early education.
• Copybook containing transcripts of Fr. Mathew’s correspondence relating to famine relief. c.1845-7.
• Copybook containing notes compiled by Fr. Nessan relating to Fr. Mathew’s temperance campaign. c.1838-47.
• Notes relating to famine relief efforts particularly in Cork. The notes appear to be transcribed from newspapers (Cork Examiner) and reports from the Cork Relief Committee.
• Copybook containing government reports (Constabulary reports from the State Paper Office) on Fr. Mathew’s temperance movement.
• Photostat copy of a photographic print of Fr. Mathew’s grave. The caption reads: ‘Large cross marks the grave of Father Mathew in Saint Joseph’s Cemetery which he acquired as part of his work for the Catholic people in Cork’.
• Extracts from American newspapers covering Fr. Mathew’s visit to the country in 1849.
• Extracts from official reports from Dublin Castle on the progress of the temperance campaign in Ireland.
• Extracts illustrative of Fr. Mathew’s opinions on housing, wages, landlordism and other social and political issues.