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• A list of short extracts from H.F. Kearney, ‘Fr. Mathew / Apostle of Modernization’ in A. Cosgrave and D. McCartney (eds), 'Studies in Irish History / Presented to R. Dudley Edwards' (Dublin, 1979), pp 164-75. Typescript, 1 p.
• A timeline of major events in the life of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC compiled by Fr. Nessan. Typescript, 2 pp.
• An article (or draft lecture) on the life of Fr. Theobald Mathew by Fr. Nessan. Typescript, 17 pp.
• An index to Fr. Nessan’s research (and sources) on the life and temperance campaign of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The index has various sub-headings corresponding to different facets of Fr. Theobald’s life including his education, his ministry as a Capuchin friar, his inauguration of the temperance crusade, his work in England and in the United States, and the decline of his movement. Typescript, 14 pp.
• Letter from William Callanan, Secretary, Rebel Cork Benevolent Association, San Francisco, to Fr. Nessan enclosing a photocopy of a page from the minute book of the association referring to donation of $25 towards a fund to ‘assist in the erection of a church in Cork dedicated to the memory of the Rev. Father Mathew of temperance fame’. The entry is dated 11 Aug. 1890. With a newspaper cutting referring to the said donation. 'Cork Examiner', 11 Feb. 1983. Typescript, manuscript, cutting, 4 pp.
• Notes compiled by Fr. Nessan for a homily on Fr. Mathew and temperance at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, on 8 Dec. 1996. Typescript, 1 p.

A thesis titled ‘The Life and Times of Fr. Theobald Mathew’ by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. presented for the Degree of Master of Arts in University College Cork. Additional notes and newspaper cuttings were later pasted into the volume by Fr. Nessan.

• Photocopies of newspaper cuttings and papers re Fr. Mathew taken from Cork City and County Archives. The file includes:
‘Father Mathew’s tour to Lisbon for his health’, 'Cork Examiner', 21 July 1982.
‘Temperance’, Refers to the state of the temperance movement following Fr. Mathew’s death.
‘Anniversary of the birth of the Apostle of Temperance’, 'Cork Examiner', 13 Oct. 1847.
‘Progress of Temperance / Meeting in St. Patrick’s’, 9 Feb. 1849.
‘Tributes to Fr. Mathew’, 'Cork Examiner', 3 Jan. 1852.
Mathew-Annuity Fund. The printed flier relates to a fund to relieve Fr. Mathew of his debts. The flier is taken from the Dowden Papers in the Cork City and County Archives.
An address of the Friends of Temperance held at the Mayor’s Office, Paradise Place, Cork, on Monday, the 18th day of July 1848. (Dowden Papers, Cork City and County Archives).
‘Father Mathew’s Farewell Address to the Americans’.
‘Father Mathew and his biographer, John Francis Maguire’. The article refers to Fr. Mathew’s ‘pecuniary difficulties’. (1864).
• Notes by Fr. Nessan relating to the numbers of pledge-takers in various parts of Ireland during Fr. Mathew’s temperance campaign from 1839-40. Manuscript, 6 pp.
• A letter from Walter McGrath to Fr. Nessan enclosing a copy of 'Africa / St. Patrick’s Missions', May 1982, which includes an article on the history of the trams in Cork and an early photograph of the Father Mathew Statue on St. Patrick’s Street. The letter is dated 24 Apr. 1982. Manuscript and printed, 18 pp.

A handbook for parish missions and retreats compiled by Fr. Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap. for use by Capuchin friars. It is noted that the handbook was ‘the fruit of a seminar on preaching organised in April 1983 by Fr. Michael Duffy OFM Cap., Director of Missions and Retreats’. The text has a forward by Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap., Provincial Minister.

The sub-series contains a large collection of letters written to the Capuchin friars requesting parish missions, tridua, retreats, public sermons and lectures. The letters are mostly from local clerics and parish priests, religious congregations (both male and female), and lay religious sodalities and temperance associations. Some of the letters provide detail on religious practices and observance. Other letters give information on local temperance activities.

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC and other Capuchin friars requesting parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Crossmaglen (Armagh), Carrick-on-Suir (Tipperary), Tullow (Carlow), Foxford (Mayo), Kilkenny, Cookstown (Tyrone), Castledermot (Carlow), Waterford, Belfast and Newport (Mayo).

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, and Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Provincial Minister, requesting parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Burtonport (Donegal), Dungloe (Donegal), Westport (Mayo), Ballygar (Galway), Achill Island, and Athleague (Roscommon).

Letters to Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Provincial Minster, requesting parish missions (and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Belfast, Clare Island (Mayo), Gowna (Cavan), Rathkeale (Limerick), Carrick-on-Suir (Tipperary), Scotstown (Monaghan), Longford, Fermoy (Cork), Clonmel (Tipperary) and Youghal (Cork).

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC, Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OSFC, and other Capuchin friars, regarding requests parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Cappawhite (Tipperary), Ashbourne (Meath), Cappoquin (Waterford), Belfast, Dunmore East (Waterford), Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire, Dublin), Thurles (Tipperary), Sligo, Greystones (Wicklow), Scarriff (Clare), and Ballybay (Monaghan).

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC, Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OSFC, Fr. Joseph Fenlon OSFC, Fr. Laurence Dowling OSFC and other Capuchin friars, regarding requests for parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Quin (Clare), Tuam (Galway), Scariff (Clare), Belfast, Crossmaglen (Armagh), Scotstown (Monaghan), Schull (Cork), Frenchpark (Roscommon), Bunbeg (Donegal), Wicklow, and Castledermot (Carlow).