Date: [Place of publication not identified]; [publisher not identified], [189-?] Author: Murray Alexander Mathew Language: English Ink stamp on title page reads: ‘Capuchin Franciscan Fathers, Church Street'. Includes the ancestry of Arnold Harris Mathew and Appendix: 'The ancestors and relatives of the 1st Earl of Landaff’s mother, Mary Matthews ... by the Rev. Murray A. Matthew … and ancestry of Fr. Theobald Mathew'.
Framed letter of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, Cork, to Ms [recipient not given] referring to the shortage of food in the city. The letter reads ‘It would afford me pleasure to forward a supply of food but I deeply regret to say that my stock of Indian meal is exhausted. I soon disposed of the three hundred barrels I had for the relief of the destitute. Almost the entire support of the poor strangers who crowd our city is thrown upon me. Eighteen hundred weight of Indian meal is daily cooked in my boilers. Next week, I must have double the quantity as the other public kitchens will be closed’.
Letter of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to Mr. Martin referring to the latter’s emigration to the United States. The letter reads ‘Gratification at the prospect of you securing an honourable independence for yourself and your dear young family in the great and glorious Republic. Your education, talents, application to business and virtuous religious habits would ensure prosperity to you everywhere, except in our own impoverished, afflicted country. Here all classes are on the very verge of ruin, and in adopting the resolution of emigrating you are acting prudently’.
A wooden crucifix used by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The underside of the base has a manuscript annotation: ‘Father Mathew’s Cross, used in his sick calls &c and in cholera cases, 1831-2’.
Author: Rev. Michael Kelly Publisher: Dublin: Browne & Nolan, Nassau Street Language: English Full title: 'The Catholic Temperance Movement / the surest way to its success / Reprinted from the "Irish Ecclesiastical Record"'.
Author: Mrs John Francis Maguire Publisher: Cork: Guy and Co., 70 Patrick Street /Dublin: James Duffy, 15 Wellington Quay Language: English Full title: 'Father Mathew and his times / The contrast of the present with the past'. The Irish Capuchin Archives holds the 1902 and 1903 editions of this work.
A special supplement to the 'Cork Examiner' (11 Oct. 1890) marking the centenary of the birth of Theobald Mathew OSFC. The supplement includes a biographical sketch of the temperance campaigner, a description of the inauguration ceremony at Holy Trinity (Father Mathew Memorial) Church, a report of a speech by the Very Rev. A. Keane OP, a lecture by F.W. Allman, and descriptions of various concerts and other commemorative events held in Cork to mark the anniversary
