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Genealogical notes compiled by Veronica Mathew, a great great great grand-niece of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The articles are titled ‘The Irish Mathews’ and ‘The Mathew family and their affection for Landaff’. The notes trace the ancestry of the Mathew family and include remarks re notable persons in the family tree and lore associated with the Mathews.

Testimonials for Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in relation to his claim of 'fama sanctitatis' (a cleric with a reputation for holiness). It appears that the testimonials were compiled in 1937-8. The file includes:
• Statement re a resolution of the Provincial Chapter of August 1927 which decided ‘to take definite steps regarding the introduction of the Cause of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, the Apostle of Temperance’.
• Testimony of John Francis Maguire, biographer of Father Mathew.
• Tribute of the Lord Mayor of Cork, John Francis Maguire, at the unveiling of the statue of Father Mathew in the chief street in Cork.
• Tribute of Mr. Thomas Crosbie, editor and proprietor of the chief newspaper in Cork.
• Tribute of Denny Lane, prominent Catholic public man and author.
• Interview with the late Bishop of Cork, the Most Rev. Thomas Alphonsus O’Callaghan OP. The interview was conducted by Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Irish Capuchin Minister Provincial, in 1913-4. It reads ‘On the occasion when the Bishop made the statement, he said that as I was interested in Father Mathew it was right he should mention a criticism which he heard about him. Some seemed to think that he [Fr. Mathew] was not sufficiently interested in his Order: on occasion his attention was drawn to some matter affecting the interests of his Province or community, and he was supposed to have made the remark that it was not his concern but Father [Louis] O’Connell’s’.
• Testimony of William Smyth O’Brien.
• Testimony of the Catholic Archdeacon of Cork.
• Extracts from the diary of James McKenna, secretary to Fr. Mathew.
• Extracts from the records of hospitals referring to cures attributed to Fr. Mathew.
• Interview with Denis Dennehy, caretaker of St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork, burial-place of Fr. Mathew.
• Sworn statement of Mr. Murphy, 3 Burke’s Avenue, Cork, referring to a cure for her daughter Kathleen, which she attributes to visits to the grave of Fr. Mathew.
• The file also includes a ‘General Statement’ in relation to Fr. Mathew’s reputation as a priest of ‘exceptional holiness and of wonderful zeal and charity’.

File of newspaper clippings mainly re various anniversaries and commemorations connected with Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and the temperance campaign. The file includes:
• ‘The Church’s Peril / Crusade against the drink evil / Glasgow’s Great Welcome to Father Hays’. [c.1905].
• ‘Temperance Legislation for Ireland / The Very Rev. Father Aloysius Travers OSFC’. [c.1912].
• ‘Father Mathew: Leader and Priest / Oration by Very Rev. Father Aloysius Travers OSFC’, 'Irish Catholic', 18 Oct. 1913.
• ‘Intemperance / Powerful Sermon by Fr. Laurence Dowling OSFC’. [c.1912].
• ‘Temperance Cause in Enniscorthy / A Capuchin Father on local topics’. [c.1912]. Refers to a sermon given by Fr. Laurence Dowling OFM Cap.
• ‘Twelve “Half-Ones” / Drunk by a youth of 17’.
• ‘Our Pioneer Column / Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart / Annual Meeting’, 'Irish Catholic', 14 Dec. 1912.
• ‘The Temperance Cause / Great Mission by Capuchin Fathers / Demonstration at Graigue, County Kilkenny’.
• ‘Father Mathew’s Day’ / Reminiscences of his visit to the United States’.
• ‘Total Abstinence in Scotland / The League of the Cross in Glasgow’, 'Glasgow Observer', 12 Sept. 1891.
• ‘Father Hays and the Apostolate of Temperance / Father Mathew’s work revived’. 26 Jan. 1901.
• ‘For Total Abstinence / The Rev. Thomas F. Burke CSP preaches in St. Joseph’s Cathedral’, 'The Hartford Daily Times', 7 Aug. 1901.
• ‘The Great Catholic Veteran / Right Rev. Monsignor Nugent’s Long Career’, 'The Monitor and New Era', 27 May 1904.
• ‘The Cause of Temperance / Demonstration in Ardmore’. Refers to a total abstinence mission given by Fr. Laurence Dowling OSFC.

File of newspaper clippings mainly re various anniversaries and commemorations connected with Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and the temperance campaign. The file includes:
• ‘Priest and Soldier / One man’s fight / defeat of national enemy’. 'The Connacht Tribune', 10 Aug. 1935.
• Dr. D.P. Fitzgerald, ‘The Father Mathew Tower / Mount Patrick Cork’, 'Cork Examiner', 8 Dec. 1928.
• “Senex”, ‘A patriot convert of Fr. Mathew / originator of disestablishment in the south’, 'Cork Weekly Examiner', 13 Mar. 1937. The article refers to the life of W.J. O’Neill Daunt (1807-1894). Includes photographic print of the former Capuchin Chapel, Blackamoor Lane, Cork.
• Sean Piondar, ‘The talk of Ireland’, 'Sunday Graphic and Sunday News', 20 Oct. 1935. The article gives reasons for retaining the Father Mathew statue on O’Connell Street, Dublin.
• ‘Cork Poetess / Late Miss Helena Callanan’, 'Cork Weekly Examiner', 13 Mar. 1937. Refers to Helena Callanan, ‘the blind poetess of Cork city’, whose remains were laid to rest in ‘St. Joseph’s Cemetery, not far from the grave of our great Apostle of Temperance, to whose memory she paid more than one graceful tribute’.
• ‘Father Mathew in Graigue / reprinted from the “Kilkenny Journal” of 1842’, 'Kilkenny Journal', 14 July 1923.
• ‘Mathew House, Lehenagh, near Cork, where for some time Rev. Fr. Theobald Mathew, the great temperance reformer, resided’. 'Evening Echo'.
• T. O’G. ‘Father Mathew’s birthplace’, 'The Leader / a review of current affairs, politics, literature, art and industry', 20 July 1929.

File of newspaper clippings covering commemorations marking the centenary of the inauguration of Fr. Mathew’s temperance campaign. The file includes:
• ‘Kilkenny honours Father Mathew / Great Temperance Rally’, 'Kilkenny Journal', 16 July 1938.
• ‘The Apostle of Temperance / Centenary of Fr. Mathew’s Temperance Campaign’, 'Irish Independent', 8 Apr. 1938.
• ‘Father Mathew Centenary / Ceremonies in Dublin / The Taoiseach [Éamon de Valera] presides at Bishop’s tribute to work of great Capuchin crusader’. 'Irish Press', 11 Apr. 1938.
• ‘Cork and the Apostle of Temperance / Pioneer work of the great Capuchin in the south’, 'Cork Examiner', 2 July 1938.
• ‘Mathew centenary / two bishops attend Cork ceremonies / Most Rev. Dr. Kinane on the temperance crusade’, 'Cork Examiner', 4 July 1938.
• ‘Father Mathew Bridge, Dublin’, 'The Standard', 21 Oct. 1938.

• Cutting of an article by Sylvester O’Sullivan titled ‘Now a gaunt ruin – the early grandeur of Fr. Mathew Tower’, Evening Echo, 19 Mar. 1975. The article refers to the history and the then current condition of the Father Mathew Memorial Tower near Glanmire in Cork. Cutting, 1 p.
• Cutting of an article by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. titled ‘An anniversary tribute / the power of Fr. Theobald Mathew’, Evening Echo, 10 Apr. 1975.
• Cutting of an article by ‘C.J.F.’ titled ‘The saga of the “Mathew Tower” / Monument High Over Lee is a vandalised ruin – Can it be saved?’, 'Evening Echo', 10 Aug. 1978. Cutting, 1 p.
• Newspaper cutting of an article by Anthony Blinco titled ‘Now and then’ referring to the Father Mathew statue in Cork. 'Evening Echo', 10 Mar. 1980.
• Cutting of an article by Edward Garner titled ‘Fr. Mathew and the travel empire of Thomas Cook’, 'Evening Echo', 17 July 1982. With a letter from Edward Garner to Fr. Nessan confirming that the 'Dictionary of National Biography' was his principal source for the article. 25 Aug. 1982. Manuscript and cutting, 3 pp.
• Cutting of an article by James A. Whelan titled ‘Priceless relics at great Manchester Mass’, referring to Fr. Theobald Mathew preaching at St. Patrick’s Church in Manchester in 1843. 'Evening Echo', 1 June 1982.
• Newspaper cutting of an article by M. O’Neill titled ‘125 years a-watching’, marking the anniversary of the unveiling of the Father Mathew statue in Cork. 'Cork Examiner', 7 Oct. 1989.
• Cutting of an article titled ‘Fury at statue vandals’, 'The Nationalist', 4 Oct. 1997, referring to the destruction of the Fr. Mathew statue at Thomastown Cross, County Tipperary. The article reads ‘Only the plinth remains of the monument which attracts hundreds of tourists to the area every year. The Fr. Mathew figure was smashed into three pieces’. It was reported that local county councillor, Michael Fitzgerald, has insisted that the statue should be restored.
• Cutting of an article relating to Fr. John Spratt, a Carmelite priest and his role in the Hibernian Temperance Society in Dublin. 'Irish Times', 17 Aug. 1991.
• Copy cutting of an article titled ‘The Irish 100’, 'Irish Sunday Mirror', 11 Mar. 2001, listing the ‘top 100’ most influential Irish men and women in history. Fr. Mathew is listed at No. 82. Copy cutting, 2 pp.
• Cutting of an article by Ellen Hanna titled ‘The Dublin sculptor of Fr. Mathew’, 'Ireland’s Own', 30 Sept. 2005. The article refers to the life and sculptural works of Mary Redmond, Cutting, 2 pp.
• Cutting of an article by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. titled ‘Legacy of Fr. Mathew lives on’, 'Cork Examiner', 11 Apr. 1994. Cutting, 2 pp. 2 copies.
• Newspaper cutting of an article titled ‘Father Mathew tower on sale with house’, 'Cork Examiner', 1 Oct. 1994.

• Programme for an International Seminar organised by the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association (PTAA) to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of Fr. Mathew’s temperance crusade. The seminar was held in the Hotel Metropole, Cork, from 23-5 September 1988. With a copy of the 29th Annual Report of The Father Mathew Union PTAA (1987-8), itineraries, posters and newspaper clippings from the 'Cork Examiner' and the 'Southern Star', 24 Sept. 1988, covering the event. Printed, typescript and clipping, 37 pp.
• Inventory of photographs relating to Fr. Mathew loaned by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. to the Cork Public Museum in Aug. 1988. Includes images of Fr. Mathew’s grave, the statue on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork, Fr. Mathew’s house on Cove Street, and Blackamoor lane, the site of a former Capuchin Chapel. Manuscript and typescript, 8 pp.
• Copy flier for an exhibition on Father Mathew and the temperance movement, 1838-1988’, held in the Cork Museum, Fitzgerald Park, from 18 Sept.-28 Oct. 1988. Copy print, 1 p.
• Cutting of an article on the Fr. Mathew commemoration in Cobh, County Cork, on 10 Apr. 1988. 'Cork Examiner', Apr. 1988.
• Letters to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. re a Father Mathew commemoration hosted by the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association / Father Mathew Union in Golden, County Tipperary in April 1988. Fr. Nessan gave a lecture on Fr. Mathew and the temperance movement at the commemoration. 17 Mar 1988-21 Mar. 1988. Manuscript and typescript, 4 pp.
• Cutting of an article, ‘A pioneering priest who kept his pledge’, 'Cork Examiner', 8 Apr. 1988.
• Cutting of an article by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. on Fr. Theobald Mathew published in 'The Fold / Diocesan Magazine of Cork and Ross' (Apr. 1988), pp 3-4.
• Notes for a homily by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Cork Total Abstinence Society by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The homily was given in St. Patrick’s Church, Kilfeacle, County Tipperary, on 10 Apr. 1988. Typescript, 7 pp.
• A letter from Denis Holland, Munster Pioneer Council, to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. regarding a loan of items and relics of Fr. Mathew for exhibition purposes in County Tipperary. 14 June 1988. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Cutting of an article by Mary Hassett titled ‘Golden reclaims Fr. Mathew’, 'Tipperary Star', 16 Apr. 1988.
• Cutting of an article from 'The Nationalist', 16 Apr. 1988. The article refers to commemorative events at the Father Mathew Statue in Thomastown Cross and at St. Patrick’s Church, Kilfeacle, County Tipperary.

• Promotional cards for Father Theobald Mathew / The Apostle of Temperance. Includes ‘Prayer for Serenity’ and ‘Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi’. [2006]. 12 copies.
• Promotional flier and programme for a play by Séan McCarthy in the Cork Opera House titled 'Fr. Mathew'. The play was directed by John Breen and opened on 15 January 2007. With a newspaper cutting from the 'Life Times', Sept.-Oct. 2006 referring to the production. Printed 5 pp.
• Newspaper cutting of an article by Charles Lysaght titled ‘Temperance Apostle has much to teach us’, 'Irish Times', 8 Dec. 2006.
• Newspaper cutting of an article by Louise O’Flynn titled ‘Relatives gather to honour Fr. Mathew’, 'Evening Echo', 9 June 2006. Refers to a Mass in Holy Trinity Church to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Some of the collateral descendants of Fr. Mathew attended the Mass. The chief celebrant was Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., Guardian.
• Newspaper cutting of article by Pat O’Leary titled ‘The Apostle of Temperance’, 'Irish Catholic', 20 July 2006.
• Promotional poster for ‘Father Mathew / Capuchin Friar 1790-1856 / the apostle of temperance’. Displayed at The Oratory, Blanchardstown, Dublin, in 2006. 2 Copies.
• Cutting of an article by Liz Roche titled ‘Life of Fr. Mathew Celebrated’, 'Tipperary Star', 27 May 2006. The article refers to local celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the death of Fr. Mathew.
• Booklet for the Cork Temperance Weekend, 6-8 Oct. 2006 marking the 150th anniversaries of the death of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, and the birth of the Venerable Matt Talbot. Printed, 33 pp.

• 'The Catholic Register' (1857) containing a biographical sketch of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC at pp 248-54. Also contains biographical notes re the Right Rev. Dr. Egan, Bishop of Kerry, the Right Rev. Dr. Murphy, Bishop of Ferns, and the Right Rev. Dr. Murphy, Bishop of Cloyne. Printed, 11 pp.
• Copybooks containing ‘A sermon preached on Sunday, 14th of June 1840 at the Consecration of the new Catholic Church at Maynooth / Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary by the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew’. Copied from 'The Catholic Luminary and Ecclesiastical Repository', Vol. 1, 20 June 1841. 2 copies. Manuscript, 114 pp.
• Copy letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to Mrs Carville regarding the ‘sacred cause’ of temperance. The letter is dated 11 Oct. 1844. Typescript, 1 p.
• Copy letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, Nashville, Tennessee, to Sr. Magdalen, South Presentation Convent, Cork, affirming that ‘the excessive labour attendant on my mission has enfeebled me’. 28 Apr. 1851. Typescript, 1 p.
• Copy letters of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to Mr Dowden and to Miss [Kinaghan?] referring to the harsh sentence handed down to a sailor at a court martial in Cove Harbour and the disposition of Indian Meal for the relief of the destitute in Cork during the famine. 12 June 1847. Typescript, 5 pp.
• 'A Letter to Irish Temperance Societies concerning the present state of Ireland, and its connexion with England by S.C. Hall Esq.' (London, 1843). Published in the 'Dublin University Magazine', No. CXXVII, Vol. XXII (July, 1843), pp 748-52.
• ‘Rev. Theobald Mathew / Born 1790 – Died 1856’. Biographical sketch of the temperance campaigner. Printed, 4 pp.
• Notes from the South Presentation Convent Annals re the death of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC on 8 Dec. 1856. It reads ‘He was Superior and Confessor to this Community for several years and always entertained for the Sisters a sincere respect and esteem’. It is noted that these Annals were written by Mother de Pazzi who knew Fr. Mathew personally. Reference is also made to Mother Aloysius Nagle ‘who was brought by Father Mathew to the South Presentation Convent, and was a relative of his. She celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 1911, and died in 1914’. The notes were compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. in July 1928. Typescript, 2 pp.
• Notes from the Ursuline Annals, Cork, re the death of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC on 8 Dec. 1856. Typescript, 1 p.
• Account from Sr. M. Ignatius Moore, Presentation Convent, Mountmellick, County Laois, re the blessing given to her sister by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in 1841. It is noted that Sr. Ignatius was ‘born in the same year and is still living’. Typescript, 1 p.

Photostats of letters from Henry and Richard Doyle to their father on the occasion of Fr. Mathew’s visit to London in 1843. The letters date to August 1843 and have illustrations showing scenes from Fr. Mathew’s visit. The volume was presented to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. (1870-1957) to mark the centenary of Fr. Mathew’s death on 6 December 1856.