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Extracts from the 'Dublin Review' periodical relating to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and the temperance movement in Ireland. The extracts date from 1840 and include reviews of the 'First Annual Report of the Irish Temperance Union (25 Feb. 1840) and the 'Speech of John Hackney Esq. on Temperance delivered on Dec. 29th, 1837, at the Rotunda' (Dublin 1840). The notebook also contains extracts from the 'Limerick Chronicle', 17-20 Aug. 1842 referring to a speech by Fr. Mathew at Ennistymon in County Clare. The extracts were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap.

• Flier for the centenary celebration of the inauguration of the temperance apostolate of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. 10 Apr. 1938. The flier refers to a solemn mass of thanksgiving celebrated by the Most Rev. Dr. Paschal Robinson OFM, Apostolic Nuncio, and to a centenary meeting at the Mansion House, Dublin, where An Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, presided. 4 copies. Printed. 1 p.
• Letter from Thomas Powell, President of the Aberdare & District Temperance Council, to the Capuchin friars passing on his congratulations on the occasion of the centenary of the establishment of the temperance movement by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. 5 Apr. 1938. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Letters from the Catholic Total Abstinence Union, Boston, to the Capuchin friars regarding events to mark anniversaries associated with Fr. Mathew’s temperance Campaign. 30 Sept. 1933-30 Mar. 1938. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Letter from Fr. J. Flinn SJ to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. regarding a request to have a Capuchin father give an address at the annual general meeting of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart in Dublin to mark the centenary of the inauguration of Fr. Mathew’s temperance campaign. 11 Aug. 1938. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Souvenir programme for the Father Mathew Centenary Celebrations at Thomastown Castle, County Tipperary, on 19 June 1938. Printed, 2 pp. 2 copies.
• Telegram from the Most Rev. Vigilius a Valstagna OFM Cap., Minister General, to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Minster, on the occasion of the centenary of inauguration of the temperance campaign by Fr. Mathew. 7 Apr. 1938. Typescript, 1 p.
• Telegram from Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, conveying an Apostolic Benediction on the occasion of the centenary of inauguration of the temperance campaign by Fr. Mathew. 7 Apr. 1938. Typescript, 1 p.

• Souvenir programme for the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association Father Mathew Centenary Celebrations in Cork on Sunday, 24 June 1956. Printed, 25 pp.
• Souvenir programme for centenary celebrations for the death of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The events took place in City Hall in Cork on 9 Dec. 1956 and included an address by the Most Rev. David Mathew, Titular Bishop of Apamea. Printed, 3 pp. 2 copies.
• Newspaper clippings relating to the centenary of Fr. Mathew’s death. The file includes:
Fr. Hilary McDonagh OFM Cap., ‘The mighty moral miracle wrought by Father Theobald Mathew’, 6 Dec. 1956.
‘Cork Centenary Celebrations’.
Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., ‘The secret of Father Theobald Mathew – Capuchin / What his Franciscianism meant to him’, 'Evening Echo', 7 Dec. 1956.
‘Fr. Mathew: One of the great men of history’, 'Cork Examiner', 10 Dec. 1956.
‘Ireland’s Great Tribute to the Apostle of Temperance’, 'Cork Examiner', 25 June 1956. A pictorial supplement.
’60,000 Pioneers pay tribute to Fr. Mathew’, Cork Examiner, 25 June 1956. Clippings, 12 pp.
• Letter from Rev. Patrick J. Hamell, Honorary Secretary of the Father Mathew Union, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., re preparations for the celebration of the Father Mathew Centenary. 15 Sept. 1956. Typescript, 2 pp.
• Offprint of an article by Fr. Matthew Flynn OFM Cap., ‘Theobald Mathew OFM Cap. / A Centenary Tribute’, published in the 'Irish Ecclesiastical Record' (1956). Printed, 13 pp.

The sub-series contains files relating to the commemoration in 1988 of the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of the temperance campaign by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.

The sub-series contains files relating to the organisation of events in 1990 to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.

• Copy promotional poster for the ‘Father Mathew Schools’ Song Contest’ to mark the bicentenary of the birth of the temperance campaigner in 1990. 3 copies. With a cassette tape recording of the winning entry in the temperance song competition which was organised by Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap.
• Cutting of an article by John Dunne titled ‘The Apostle of Temperance / a born crusader’, 'Cork Examiner', 14 Apr. 1990. The article includes a print of ‘Fr. Mathew receives a pledge breaker’, a painting by Joseph Haverty (1794-1854) held in the National Museum of Ireland.
• Cutting of an article titled ‘Father Mathew / the Apostle of Temperance’, 'Irish Catholic', 19 Apr. 1990. The article includes an image of the Fr. Mathew statue in Cobh, County Cork.
• Cutting of article titled ‘Fr. Mathew’s house should be “a national monument”’, 'Cork Examiner', 11 May 1990. The article refers to a campaign to place the ruins of Thomastown Castle, County Tipperary, on a register of national monuments.

• Note by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. on the founding in 1819 by Fr. Mathew of ‘an association which was the precursor of the St. Vincent de Paul Society’. The Josephian Society ‘was a body of young men who taught catechism and instructed poor children to read and write’. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Notebook containing entries relating to Fr. Mathew’s temperance crusade extracted from 'Battersby’s Catholic Directory', 1840-7. The entries were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Manuscript, 10 pp.
• Letter from Sr. Mary Aquin, Convent of Mercy, Cobh, County Cork, to Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. re ‘a tradition in the Convent that one Sister saw him [Fr. Mathew] frequently in his last illness and were edified by his holy dispositions’. 4 June 1930. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Letter from Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. to Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. confirming that the Christian Brothers ‘have a quite a lot of matter re Fr. Mathew in their records’. Fr. Bonaventure also refers to his efforts to locate unbound and missing editions of 'The Father Mathew Record'. 9 Feb. 1939. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Note by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. re the numbers who took the Total Abstinence Pledge from 1839-52. The figure for 1839 is given as 63,387. The figure for 1852 is 6,486,851. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Note by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. re references to Fr. Mathew, Apostle of Temperance in 'Bullarium Ordinis FF. Minorum Francisci Capucinorum', Vols X-XII (1841). Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Note by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. on Bishop John England (1786-1842). ‘From the sermon of the Most Rev. Dr. [Francis] McCormack [1833-1909], Bishop of Galway, at the celebration of the centenary of Carlow College, Sunday, Sept. 23, 1888’. MS, 2 pp.

• Copybook containing extracts of Irish Capuchin interest taken from the 'Kilkenny Journal', March 1847-May 1849. Many of the extracts refer to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and his temperance campaign. Other notes refer to famine relief, to Fr. John Murphy OSFC, to Fr. Peter Joseph Mulligan OSFC and to the rebuilding of the Capuchin Church of St. Francis on Walkin Street, Kilkenny. The notes were compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. Manuscript, 44 pp.
• Notebook containing extracts of Irish Capuchin interest taken from the 'Kilkenny Journal', May 1849-Nov. 1849. Most of the entries relate to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and his temperance campaign. The notes were compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap.
Manuscript, 40 pp.
• Notes compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. relating to extracts of Irish Capuchin interest in the 'Kilkenny Journal' from c.1846-52. Most of the entries refer to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, the progress of his temperance campaign, and events associated with the Capuchin Church of St. Francis in Kilkenny. Manuscript, 14 pp.

• Letter from M. Hendrick to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re a temperance certificate belonging to his late father dated 12 Apr. 1840. He writes ‘This pledge was taken when Fr. Mathew was visiting North Wexford that year in Gorey chapel yard outside the old chapel (now St. Michael’s Cemetery)’. 14 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 3 pp.
• Letter from Margaret Cave to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re an old print of Fr. Mathew. 19 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Letter from [J. Glennon?] to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re a letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to David Leahy Arthur from November 1846 which she would like to offer (for sale) to the Capuchins. 17 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Letter from Bridget McInerney to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re a temperance medal dated 10 April 1838. The letter is dated 19 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Letter from Mrs Richard Burke to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re some temperance medals and certificates in her possession. She affirms that Fr. Mathew visited Loughrea, County Galway, in March 1840. [Oct. 1915]. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Letter from P. McKenna to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re James McKenna, Fr. Theobald Mathew’s principal private secretary. 18 Apr. 1923. Manuscript, 4 pp.
• Notes by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Father Mathew’s birth. The notes outline the life and temperance campaign of Fr. Mathew. Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 4 pp.
• Letter to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. from Sister Mary de Sales O’Leary, Presentation Convent, Gerald Griffin Street, Cork, affirming that she was the last child Fr. Mathew gave a blessing to before his death. She wrote ‘I was sent down to him with my brother, then an ecclesiastical student. Fr. Mathew was lodging in a house on the Beach, and died very soon after’. 15 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 4 pp.
• Letter from Christine O’Dowd, Drumcondra Park, Dublin, to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap., referring to some letters in the handwriting of Fr. Mathew in her possession. 23 May [1915?]. Manuscript, 1 p.
• An article by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. titled ‘Father Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance / His Work in Wexford’. Typescript, 6 pp.
• Note by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. transcribing an article from 'The Nation', 23 Aug 1845, describing a monument to the memory of Francis and Thomas Mathew, brothers of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• An article by Fr. Angelus Healy titled ‘The Life and Work of Father Mathew’. Typescript, 20 pp

The sub-series contains research notes, document transcriptions, correspondence and publications on Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC compiled by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. (1915-1997). The Waterford-born Capuchin friar, Brother (later Father) Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. completed a thesis titled ‘The Life and Times of Fr. Theobald Mathew’ for an MA degree in University College Cork in 1939. He retained a life-long interest in the subject and accumulated a large number of documentary sources, publications and notes pertaining to Fr. Mathew and his campaign against intemperance.