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Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Two metal dies used to strike Total Abstinence Pledge medals. The dies are large metallic pieces that were used to medal a coin, one per each side. The dies have an inverse version of the image to be struck on the medal. One side shows a profile-view of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The obverse has the cruciform text of pledge. The maker’s stamp on the dies reads ‘G. Cook, 21 Regent Row, Birmingham’.
Temperance Fliers, Pastoral Letters and Mission Cards
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The file includes various fliers, pastoral letters, mission cards and ephemera relating primarily to various temperance associations, and missions and retreats including the Father Mathew Temperance Sodality and the Young Irish Crusaders attached to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin. The file includes:
• Pastoral letters on temperance composed by various Irish Bishops in 1900 including Patrick Joseph O’Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe, Robert Browne, Bishop of Cloyne, Richard Alphonsus Sheehan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, and John Keys O’Doherty, Bishop of Derry.
• Souvenir of the National Temperance Crusade preached by the Franciscan Capuchin Fathers (c.1906).
• Midwinter greeting to the Priests’ Total Abstinence League of America (31 Jan. 1908).
• Flier for Grand Abstinence Demonstration, Armagh (27 June 1909).
• Flier for St. Michael’s Temperance Society, Lower Cecil Street, Limerick (1909).
• Circular from the Most Rev. Thomas O’Dea (1858-1923), Bishop of Galway, to the clergy of the diocese re the Capuchin Temperance Mission. 8 Aug. 1909.
• Indulgences granted to temperance sodalities established by the Franciscan Capuchin Fathers.
• Souvenir of retreat for the Children of Mary attached to the Convent of St. Camillus, St. Patrick’s Kilkenny (8 Dec. 1915).
• The Catholic Bishops on Intemperance.
• Souvenir of the Temperance Crusade held at Kilmacow, County Kilkenny / 6th to 13th July 1913.
• Father Mathew Temperance Association in honour of the Sacred Thirst / Object, Means and Constitution of the Association (Nov. 1913).
• Souvenir of the General Mission for Men and Women held in St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin (25 Jan. 1914).
• Enrolment card for the National Catholic Total Abstinence Congress, Dublin (June 1914). The card also gives details of the proceedings of the congress which closed with an address by Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC, Provincial Minister.
• Ceremonial and instructions for Capuchin Fathers conducting Missions and Retreats. (24 Jan. 1912).
• Flier for Devotions at St. Augustine’s Church Galway on the Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel (26 April 1915).
• Annual retreat of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis (6 Oct. 1918).
• A week-long mission at the Church of Our Immaculate Lady of Refuge, Rathmines, Dublin.
• Temperance Rallying Songs published The Father Mathew Record Office, Church Street, Dublin. Words by Brian O’Higgins and music by Arthur Darley.
• Rules of St. Patrick Total Abstinence Society, Dundalk (May 1909).
• The Amethyst / a temperance lecture by Fr. Matthew Russell SJ. A manuscript note on the final page reads: ‘Recited in the Father Mathew OSFC Centenary Memorial Hall, Church Street, May 21st, 1894 by the Rev. Author before it was printed. Fr. Columbus Maher’.
• The Anti-Saloon League and its work / what position should our Catholic Total Abstinence Societies assume towards it? Speech given by John. T. Shea. Published by the CTU of America, Massachusetts. Aug. 1908.
• Flier for a Lenten mission given by Capuchin Fathers from Cork at the Corpus Christi Votive Basilica, (Corpus Christi Priory), Manchester. Feb. 1921.
• The Father Mathew Man, no. 19 (Nov. 1924). Published in Chicago.
• A Solemn Novena in honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the Church of Saint Simon Stock / 182nd Street, Bronx, New York / Saturday, July 10th to Sunday, July 18th 1926. The sermons were given by Fr. Thomas Dowling OFM Cap.
• A remembrance of the mission preached by the Capuchin Fathers in the Pro-Cathedral, Dublin. 2-30 Mar. 1941.
• Young Irish Crusaders Prayer Book (St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, 1954).
Temperance Demonstrations in Dublin
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Bound volume containing newspaper clippings covering a large temperance demonstration and parade in Dublin in October 1906. The file includes clippings from 'Sinn Féin', 'The Leader', and the 'Freeman’s Journal'. Some of the articles include illustrations of the parade route and participants. Article titles include ‘Labour and Temperance’, ‘Temperance Day in Dublin / Magnificent Demonstration’, and ‘The Father Mathew Anniversary’. A manuscript insert reciting ‘Father Mathew’s Song’ is included in the volume.
Temperance Campaign Account Book
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Account book with details of receipts from the sale of temperance medals, manuals, certificates and crosses by the Irish Capuchin friars. Reference is made to certificates sold by Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) and Fr. Luke Sheehan OSFC (1873-1937). It is noted that Fr. Luke was a missionary at Steamer Point in Aden in 1903. The latter portion of the volume was subsequently used by Fr. Denis Corkery OFM Cap. (1914-1997) as a notebook for transcribing material (mostly in Irish and French). The dates of these entries are c.1970.
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• 'Bishop Ireland on the Drink Curse'. A pamphlet by the Most Rev. John Ireland DD, Bishop of St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. [c.1900]. Printed, 20 pp.
• Souvenir of a temperance mission in St. Michael’s Parish, Limerick, conducted by the Capuchin Franciscan friars, 16-18 Sept. 1910. Printed, 4 pp.
• Letter from W.A. Johnson, Archbishop’s House, Westminster, conveying the instructions of Cardinal Henry Manning re the giving of the pledge. He adds ‘With the exception of the clergy who may hold the office of president, vice-president and honorary-treasurer of a Branch of the League of the Cross without being total abstainers, we require … that all other officers of the League shall be total abstainers’. 7 Dec. 1885. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• 'Give the Children a Chance!' (Dublin, [c.1910]). A pamphlet published by the United Committee for the prevention of the sale of drink to children. Printed, 24 pp.
• 'The Archbishop of Dublin on drunkenness'. Letter of the Most Rev. Edward McCabe, Archbishop of Dublin. The letter is addressed to Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC and refers to the work of the Total Abstinence Society associated with the temperance hall on Halston Street, Dublin. 22 Feb. 1882. Printed, 1 p.
• 'Temperance Rallying Song'. Printed by J. O’Keeffe, 3 Halston Street, Dublin. [c.1910]. Printed, 1 p.
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• Flier for the Dublin Total Abstinence Society advertising its work and various events. It reads ‘The Dublin Total Abstinence Society was the oldest Society in the City, and the late James Haughton Esq., was the President. … It is a pleasing fact, and worthy of record, that still the friendship exists between the Haughton family and the Society; and the donation of £150, which the Society has received from the four legatees of the late Miss Lizzie Haughton, proves the interest the family still take in the principles which their father advocated for many years in the city’. Reference is made to the three ‘coffee palaces’ and to two large temperance halls (one in Dublin and one in Kingstown). The flier dates to 1885. The reverse of the flier reprints a ‘Great Temperance Procession Poster’ of March 1841. Printed. 2 pp.
• Notebook containing newspaper clippings relating to the League of the Sacred Thirst attached to St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin’. An annotation on the first page reads ‘I began this League of the “Sacred Thirst” in June [1880] in our Church of the Lady of the Angels, Church Street, the men meet on Mondays and the women on Wednesday evenings. Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC’. The clippings date from 10 Sept. 1880 to 23 Sept. 1881 and report meetings of this Temperance Sodality in Church Street and in the temperance hall on Halston Street. Some annotations and comments by Fr. Mitchell are added to the notebook. Clippings, 20 pp.
• Clipping referring to an endowment of $25,000 from the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America for the establishment of the ‘Father Mathew Chair of Psychology’ at the Catholic University of America, Washington. [c.1930]. Clipping, 2 pp.
• Copy flier for The Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin, which ‘aims at promoting sobriety and providing instruction and healthful amusement for boys and men’. c.1935. Printed, 1 p.
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• Flier for a concert celebrating the anniversary of Fr. Mathew’s birth. The concert was held in George’s Hall, South Great George’s Street, Dublin on 10 Oct. 1908. The event included a speech by John Gore titled ‘Father Mathew’s Temperance Work and its Results’. Printed, 2 pp.
• ‘The Amethyst / A Temperance Lecture’, published in 'The Irish Monthly', June 1894. Printed, 2 pp.
• 'Temperance Rallying Songs' published by 'The Father Mathew Record' office, Church Street, Dublin. Words by Brian O’Higgins with music by Arthur Darley. Printed, 4 pp. 18 copies.
• The Old Girl’s Song by Mrs. Armel O’Connor from Mary’s Meadow Press, Ludlow, Shropshire. Printed, 1 p.
• Letter from Cobh Urban District Council to Fr. Justin Hyland OFM Cap., Guardian, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, re the erection of a plaque to honour ‘the memory of Fr. Theobald Mathew, Apostle of Temperance, who died at 18 West Beach, Cobh, on the 8th December 1856’. 12 December 1946. Typescript, 1 p.
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• 'The Father Mathew “Sacred Thirst” Sodality and Father Mathew Hall Rules' (Dublin: Published by the General Committee, Father Mathew Hall, 1937). The President was Fr. Micheál Ó Se OFM Cap. and the Vice-President was Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. Printed, 14 pp. 3 copies.
• Publicity material associated with temperance sodalities established by the Capuchin Franciscan friars. Includes:
'Indulgences granted to Temperance Sodalities'.
'Father Theobald Mathew Total Abstinence Association / Explanatory Leaflet'.
'Membership card of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association'.
'What is the Sacred Heart Sodality?'
'Rules of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association'.
c.1915-50. Printed, 38 pp.
• Blank pledge certificates of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association. c.1930-1940. Printed, 2 pp.
• Blank diplomas of affiliation with the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, and Holy Trinity Church, Father Mathew Quay, Cork. c.1930-1940. 3 copies.
• 'The Young Irish Crusaders / A League of Prayer and Good Works, to aid the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association / Object and Rules'. c.1930. Printed, 2 pp.
• 'The Young Irish Crusaders Prayer Book / St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin' (Dublin: Browne & Nolan Ltd., 1954), 128 pp. 3 copies.
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• Note re the numbers of male and female members of the congregation of Neale Church, County Mayo, who took the total abstinence pledge in September 1906. A total of 490 individuals are noted to have taken the pledge. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Cutting from the 'Irish Figaro', 10 Nov. 1900, stating the need for a reduction in the number of new licenses granted to open public houses.
• 'Letter from Mr. Joseph Hutchinson on the Liquor Trade / its respectability and depravity / published in the “Social Mirror”', Mar. 1882. Printed, 3 pp.
• Indulgences granted to temperance sodalities established by the Capuchin Fathers. 7 Apr. 1910-10 May 1910. In Latin. Typescript copy, 1 p.
• Poster advertising a meeting of the Young Pioneers in Cork on 7 Sept. 1984. Printed, 1 p.
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• Rev. Hugh O’Reilly, 'The Temperance Question: Inaugural Address delivered on the occasion of the re-opening of the old Father Mathew Total Abstinence Hall and Reading Room, Rostrevor on the 16th October 1893' (Newry: W. and S. Magowan, Printers, 1893). Printed. 36 pp.
• 'Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart / “Christ’s Standard Bearers” by Rev. R. Nash SJ' (Dublin: Pioneer Central Council, 27 Upper Sherrard Street, 1946). Printed, 12 pp.
• 'Sixty-Second Annual Report of the Irish Association for the Prevention of Intemperance' (Dublin, 1941). Printed, 16 pp.
• Draft constitution and rules for a new temperance organisation outlined by a sub-committee appointed by the Father Mathew Union of Temperance Association Priests. Nov. 1952. The draft is endorsed with a note from J.A. Gleeson to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. affirming that the proposed constitution and rules will be put to the Hierarchy for their consideration. 22 Feb. 1953. Typescript, 7 pp.
• Flier re the Alvernian Society, a social guild of tertiaries and members of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association, founded to promote charitable works. c.1940. Typescript, 1 p.