Catholic Archives

Dublin Port

IE CA CP/1/1/1/7/4
Part
September 1937

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

An aerial view of Dublin Port in September 1937.

Dublin Port

IE CA CP/1/1/1/1/52
Part
c.1960

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

A view of cargo vessels tied up at Dublin Port in about 1960.

Dublin Quays

IE CA CP/1/1/3/5/7
Part
c.1950

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

A view of the Dublin Quays at dusk. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Evening on the Liffey, Dublin'.

'Dublin Review' Articles

IE CA FM RES/1/11
File
1837-1842

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

Extracts from the 'Dublin Review' periodical relating to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and the temperance movement in Ireland. The extracts date from 1840 and include reviews of the 'First Annual Report of the Irish Temperance Union (25 Feb. 1840) and the 'Speech of John Hackney Esq. on Temperance delivered on Dec. 29th, 1837, at the Rotunda' (Dublin 1840). The notebook also contains extracts from the 'Limerick Chronicle', 17-20 Aug. 1842 referring to a speech by Fr. Mathew at Ennistymon in County Clare. The extracts were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap.

Kavanagh, Stanislaus, 1876-1965, Capuchin priest

Dublin Total Abstinence Association Medal

IE CA FM RES/9/3/10/1
Item
1840

Part of Irish Capuchin Archives

A pledge medal of the Dublin Total Abstinence Association dating to 1840. The front (face) shows the Good Shepherd. The outer-rim inscription reads ‘I have found the sheep that was lost Luke Chap. 15 v. 6’. The obverse has a cruciform text of the pledge and reads: ‘I have voluntarily promised in the presence of the Revd. Dr. Spratt to abstain from all spiritous liquors and intoxicating drinks except used medicinally and then by order of a medical man and the discountenance of all the vices and practices of intemperance and also to attend to my religious duties’. The outer-rim inscription reads ‘The Dublin Total Abstinence Pledge The Very Revd. Dr. Spratt Patron 1840’. The maker of the medal was J. Taylor.

Duck for Luck