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• 'The song of the river / A tribute to temperance societies / dedicated by permission to the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew by Haydn Corri' (Dublin: Haydn Corri’s Musical Academy, 3 Hamilton Row, Merrion Square). 2 copies. One of the copies has a manuscript annotation on the front cover: ‘With the composer’s best regards’.
• 'The Mathew Quadrilles for the piano forte / composed and respectfully dedicated to the Very Reverend Theobald Mathew / the bright morning star of temperance / by Henry Devlin' (London: T.C. Bates, 6 Ludgate Hill).
• 'Temperance Melodies for the Teetotallers of Ireland by William MacNamara Downes' (Cork: Albion Printing Office, 35 Great George’s Street, 1843). 24 pp.

File of fliers, programmes, posters and promotional ephemera associated with the Cork Temperance Weekend, Oct. 2006. The event was organised to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Fr. Mathew’s death. Includes a copy of 'Pioneer', Vol. LVII, No. 9 (Oct. 2006) promoting the event. With texts of homilies and speeches by Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap. and Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap. at a conference held in Cork on 8 Oct. 2006. The file also includes a flier for a conference titled ‘Fr. Mathew / A balanced lifestyle for contemporary Ireland’ held in Croke Park, Dublin, on 30 Sept. 2006.

Programme for an event at The Brompton Oratory, London, to mark the 150th anniversary of Fr. Mathew’s death. The programme provides an illustrated history of the life of Fr. Mathew and the subsequent commemorations of his temperance campaign. The programme includes photographic prints of:
The Father Mathew Tower, Cork.
The Father Mathew Statue by John Foley, erected on 10 Oct. 1864.
The Father Mathew statue, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, erected in 1876.
The Father Mathew Statue by Mary Redmond, O’Connell Street, Dublin, unveiled in 1893.
The chalice presented by Lady Elizabeth Mathew to her kinsman, Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, now held in Holy Trinity Church, Cork.
Charles Lysaght, barrister and collateral descendant of Fr. Mathew, in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Cork.

• Letter from Patrick Forrestal to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. giving his father’s recollections of Fr. Mathew. He writes ‘My father was born in 1832 in the Parish of Ramsgrange, Wexford. … . He took the pledge from Father Mathew and kept it about 16 years. … It was very remarkable the multitude that gathered around him, the platform was enormous, something like ten thousand. He [Fr. Mathew] walked off the platform to where my father stood and told him you are very young may God bless you and placed his two hands around his head …’. [c.1902]. Manuscript, 6 pp.
• Copy article from the 'Cork Examiner' on Fr. Mathew’s birthplace. 27 Oct. 1931. Typescript, 1 p.
• Note by Fr. Francis Hayes OFM Cap. re two contemporary engravings of Fr. Mathew in the possession of Charlie McCarthy. Fr. Francis notes that they were engraved and designed by John Brown, Patrick Street, Cork, heraldic artist for Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, 1845. Typescript, 1 p.
• Note on the inscription on the Daniel O’Connell memorial window in Holy Trinity (Father Mathew Memorial) Church in Cork. It reads: ‘Sacred in gratitude and affection to the memory of Daniel O’Connell, liberator of his fellow Catholics from the inflictions of the Penal Code and assertion of equal rights of all communities to civil and religious freedom, RIP’. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Cuttings referring to the visit of Fr. Mathew to Kilkenny where he had ‘17,000 adherents to the total abstinence principles’ and a similar visit to Limerick. 'Morning Register', 23 Jan. 1840; 'Saunder’s News-Letter', 23 Mar. 1840. Pasted onto card, 2 pp.
• Copy excerpts from the 'Quarterly Review', December 1840-Mar. 1841, referring (negatively) to the relationship between the Fr. Mathew’s temperance movement and ‘Romanism in Ireland’. Typescript, 1 p.
• Notes by Fr. Paul Neary OSFC re Fr. Mathew taken from 'The Nation'. Manuscript, 10 pp.
• Letter from Deborah Webb to Fr. Silvester Mulligan OSFC enclosing her recollections of a meeting with Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in Rathfarnham, Dublin. 25 Oct. 1913. Manuscript, 5 pp.
• Extracts relating to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in the Life of Catherine MacAuley. Typescript, 1 p.
• Extracts from 'Tuckey’s Cork Remembrances' (Cork, 1838), John D’Alton, 'History of the County of Dublin' (Dublin, 1838), 'The Irish Magazine', and 'Dublin University Magazine' re the Capuchins in Cork and Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. One of the extract reads ‘10 Oct. 1810: The corporation determined to improve this city, by pulling down the houses on the right of Blackamoor Lane, and continuing Sullivan’s Quay to the South Bridge’. Manuscript, 8 pp.
• Extract from An Irishman’s diary by Quidnunc in the 'Irish Times', 9 Aug. 1943, referring to visit to London by Fr. Mathew in Aug. 1843. ‘Led off by prayer and a speech, the temperance pioneer received pledges from 3,000 abstainers during one day, of which number about one-half were Irish’. Typescript, 1 p.

• Note re the ordination of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. It affirms that he received minor orders on 12 March 1813 and was appointed a deacon on 3 April 1813. He was ordained to the priesthood on 17 April 1814 in Townsend Street Church, Dublin. Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. notes that this information was extracted from the archives in Archbishop’s House in Dublin. Manuscript and typescript, 4 pp.
• Copybook containing notes on temperance subjects possibly compiled by Fr. Paul Neary OSFC (1857-1939). Includes extracts from Battersby’s Catholic Directory (1847-9) and notes for a talk on the life and temperance mission of Fr. Mathew. Reference is also made to notes for lantern slides used to illustrate the talk. The images include Thomastown Castle (Fr. Mathew’s birthplace), the old Capuchin friary on Blackamoor Lane, Cork, views of Holy Trinity Church, temperance medals, the Father Mathew Statue on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork, portraits and engravings. See also digitised glass plate collection (CA PH-2) where some of these lantern slides are extant. Manuscript, 45 pp.
• List of lantern slides used to illustrate a talk on Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in 1904. Each slide has an accompanying note and explanatory comment. The final page has a transcription of a letter from Fr. Mathew to John O’Connell, eldest son of Daniel O’Connell, offering his condolences on the death of his father (4 June 1847). See also digitised glass plate collection (CA PH-2) where some of these lantern slides are extant. Manuscript and typescript, 10 pp.
• Biographical sketch of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC probably compiled by Fr. Francis Hayes OSFC (1866-1946). Manuscript, 45 pp.
• Clipping an article by Rev. Joseph Corr C.Ss.R. titled ‘Athenry Abbey and Esker Monastery’ published in 'The Redemptorist Record' in March 1939. The article refers to Fr. Mathew preaching at the consecration of the new church at Esker in 1844. Printed, 2 pp.
• Extracts from John Francis Maguire’s 'Father Mathew / A Biography'. Manuscript, 10 pp.
• Notes re contemporary printed sources relating to Fr. Mathew and his temperance campaign. Includes reference to newspapers, manuals, biographies and pamphlets. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Liam Maher, 'Temperance in Ireland' (Dublin: Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, 1959). Printed, 20 pp.
• Letter from Andrew McIntyre, The Diamond, Lifford, County Donegal, to Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap. referring to a visit by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to County Donegal on 15 June 1841. He wrote ‘The Medal Hill in 1841 was not planted. It was bare and rounded on all sides, so that Father Mathew was able to stand at the top with the people around him on all sides. Of course, the great majority of these people were Catholics, but there were many Protestants. I knew one, Alick Moffatt, of Ballymore, who was there that day, and took the Pledge, and kept it for several years. He often talked of the great day. My grandfather, James Collins, took the pledge on that day and kept it until his death on 19th January 1893’. 22 Feb. 1955. Typescript, 2 pp.
• Booklet for a Mass Celebration on Medal Hill (formerly Doe Chapel) near Creeslough in County Donegal to mark Fr. Mathew’s temperance gathering at the same location on 15 June 1841. The commemorative mass was held on 21 August 1988. With (colour) photograph prints of the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at the location and newspaper cuttings from the 'Donegal People’s Press', 26 August 1988 of photographs from the open-air mass. 9 items.

• Photocopy of Fr. Matthew Flynn OFM Cap., 'The Eager Heart / A short life of Father Theobald Mathew OFM Cap. / The Apostle of Temperance' (Dublin: Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, 1961), 24 pp.
• Photocopy of an article by Professor W.F.P. Stockley, ‘Theobald Mathew’s Work (1838-1938)’, 'Bonaventura' (Winter 1938), pp 33-49.
• Photocopy of an article by Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap., ‘Father Theobald Mathew (1790-1856)’, 'Bonaventura' (Winter 1940-41), pp 121-9.
• An article on Fr. Theobald Mathew transcribed from 'The Father Mathew Record'. Typescript, 4 pp.

• Notebook with extracts by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. from John Francis Maguire’s 'Father Mathew / A Biography'. The notebook also contains a transcript of letter from Fr. Mathew to Mary Shackleton dated at Cork, 4 Aug. 1841. With extracts from the 'Cork Examiner', 21 Apr. 1848, the 'Southern Reporter', 14 Oct. 1848 and the 'Cork Examiner', 10 Oct. 1864. The latter newspaper extract refers to the unveiling of the Father Mathew Statue in Cork and the speech of John Francis Maguire. [c.1910]. Manuscript, 30 pp.
• Clipping from 'The Standard', 12 October 1929, referring to a bust of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in Father Mathew Hall, Dublin. The bust has the following inscription:
‘Fra. Theobald Mathew, Ord. Cappuccin / J. Hogan fecit, 1834’.
The article explains that the bust was presented by Fr. Francis Mahony ‘to Cardinal Micara, Minister General of the Capuchin Franciscan Order, who was an admirer of the Apostle of Temperance. … It has been ever since preserved in the Convent of the Immaculate Conception, known as the Barberini Convent. … Some months ago, the Father Provincial of the Roman Province very gracefully and generously donated to his confreres this memorial of the illustrious Capuchin Friar’.
With a letter to Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. re the sending of this bust of Fr. Mathew from Rome as a gift of Fr. Ottavio d’Alatri OFM Cap., Provincial Minister of the Capuchin Roman Province. 7 Mar. 1929. Typescript, 1 p.
• Copy letters from Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. to the Rev. Mother, Sisters of Mercy Convent, Cobh, County Cork, seeking information on cures associated with Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, and a Mr. J.R. O’Flanagan who was acquainted with the Apostle of Temperance. 26 May 1930-2 June 1930. Typescript, 2 pp.
• Notes by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. on the American tour of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The sources include John Francis Maguire, Fr. Mathew’s biographer, Thomas Crosbie, proprietor of the 'Cork Examiner' at the inaugural meeting of the Committee for the Centennial Celebrations in 1889, and Denny Lane, a Cork-born poet and contemporary of Fr. Mathew. [c.1930]. Manuscript and typescript, 10 pp.
• Copybook containing notes relating to the Irish Capuchins, Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and his temperance campaign taken from 'Battersby’s Catholic Directory', 1846-7. The notes were transcribed by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Manuscript, 51 pp.

Photocopies and notes compiled by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. on illustrative works pertaining to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The file includes an index and photocopies of articles mostly taken from the pictorial supplements to 'The Capuchin Annual' covering various commemorations of Fr. Mathew.

File of newspaper clippings mainly re various anniversaries and commemorations connected with Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and the temperance campaign. Some of the clippings refer to the unveiling of a Father Mathew statue in his native Thomastown, County Tipperary. The file includes:
• ‘Memoir of Father Mathew by William Howitt’, 'The People’s Journal', 15 Aug. 1846. The copy article refers to Fr. Mathew’s ancestry.
• Clipping of an article titled ‘The Life and Labours of Father Mathew’ from the 'Irish Penny Readings'. The article reports a speech by John Francis Maguire MP at a public meeting held in the Cork City Courthouse in January 1857 to inaugurate a ‘movement for the erection of a monument in Fr. Mathew’s memory’. 121-5 pp.
• ‘Apostle of Temperance in USA’, 'The Standard', 14 Jan 1955.
• ‘Fr. Mathew / One of the Great Men of History, 'Cork Examiner', 15 Nov. 1956.
• ‘Archbishop Mathew’s Tributes to his Illustrious Kinsman’, 'Cork Examiner', 15 Dec. 1956.
• ‘Myles na Gopaleen’ (Brian O’Nolan, 1911-1966), ‘Father Mathew’, 'Irish Times', 18 Dec. 1954 and 13 Jan. 1955. A negative pen-portrait of Fr. Mathew and his temperance campaign.
• Denis Gwynn, ‘Now and then / Father Mathew’s Grave / The Botanic Gardens’, 'Cork Examiner', 15 June 1956.
• ‘Apostle of Temperance Honoured / Kinsman Unveils Memorial at Birthplace / Tipperary Tribute’, 'Irish Independent', 26 June 1939.
• ‘Tipperary Honours the Noble Name of Mathew / Government urged to preserve Thomastown Castle as national monument’, 'The Tipperary Star', 1 July 1939.
• ‘Kilkenny honours Father Mathew / Great Temperance Rally’, 'Kilkenny Journal', 16 July 1938.
• ‘The Memory of Father Mathew / Speeches by Rev. Father Peter Bowe OSFC and the Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, Bishop of Ross’, 'Cork Examiner' [1902].
• ‘Where Fr. Mathew was threatened / Incident at Cootehill’.
• Newspaper cutting re the history of Holy Trinity (Father Mathew Memorial) Church, Cork, and Fr. Mathew’s association with the building. 'West Cork Eagle and County Advertiser', Dec. 1883. The article gives considerable detail about the interior decoration of the building. It reads: ‘There are six confessionals built of pine to correspond with the choir and gallery, and handsomely carved. The Stations of the Cross are in alto relievo, cast in composite material from designs by one of the Italian Friars who were in charge of the Church some years ago They are genuine works of art. The organ, it may not be generally known, is the instrument which was built for the Cork Exhibition of 1852 by Mr. Murphy, and is at present in as good tone as when it peals lifted up the hearts of thousands more than thirty years ago’.
• Special supplement to the 'Cork Examiner' on the Centennial Celebrations, 11 Oct. 1890.

File of newspaper clippings mainly re various anniversaries and commemorations connected with Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and the temperance campaign. The file includes:
• ‘The temperance movement in Whitehouse / Powerful sermon by Very Rev. Father Nicholas [Murphy], Dublin, 'The Irish News and Belfast Morning News', 18 Mar. 1902.
• ‘The temperance movement in Whitehouse / Powerful sermon by Very Rev. Father Nicholas [Murphy], Dublin, 'The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner', 22 Mar. 1902.
• ‘Theobald Mathew / Anniversary Commemoration / Lecture by Very Rev. J.T. Murphy, President, Blackrock College / Speech by Mr. John Dillon MP’, 'Freeman’s Journal', 10 Dec. 1901.
• ‘The temperance crusade / Powerful appeal by Very Rev. Fr. Nicholas [Murphy] OSFC’, 4 Jan. 1902.
• ‘Temperance Cause’, 'Irish Catholic', 21 Oct. 1905.