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An original total abstinence pledge card of Master Patrick O’Connor dated 1 Aug. 1844. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, President of the Cork Total Abstinence Society.

An original total abstinence pledge card of Catherine Fitzgerald dated 20 Apr. 1847. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.

An original total abstinence pledge card of Denis Crowley dated 20 Mar. 1848. The certificate is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.

An original certificate of enrollment of Robert Cosgrove in St. Paul’s Temperance Society, Dublin, dated 5 Apr. 1840. With a letter from Ellen Weedon to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. affirming that the pledge card belonged to her grandfather. The letter is dated 18 Apr. 1927.

An original total abstinence pledge card of Charles Doherty dated 7 Nov. 1847. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. With a cover letter (1 Aug. 2001) from Liam O’Connell referring to this item. The letter notes that his ancestor (Charles Doherty) took the pledge in St. Peter’s Pro-Cathedral in Belfast. He also encloses an advertisement from Cantrell & Cochrane, Mineral and Aerated Water Manufacturer, referring to the Apostle of Temperance [c.1900].

An original total abstinence pledge card of Anne Burke dated 19 Mar. 1840. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.

An original total abstinence pledge card of James Keegan dated 3 Mar. 1840. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.