A view of the statue of Fr. Theobald Mathew, the ‘Apostle of Temperance’, on Sackville Street (later O’Connell Street), Dublin. Tram lines are visible so the image can be dated to sometime after c.1896.
A lantern slide of a colour print showing Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC administering the pledge on the steps of The Custom House in Dublin. The plate is by T. Mason, 5 Dame Street, Dublin.
A view of the archway leading to the grave of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in St Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork. A solitary woman kneels at the cross above the grave.
A plate showing a sketch of Thomastown Castle in County Tipperary, the birthplace of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The sketch is by Denis Santry (1879-1960).
Four plates showing images of seventeenth century Irish Capuchin manuscripts. The plates are probably images of manuscripts by Fr. Nicholas Archbold OSFC (1589-1650) and/or Fr. Robert O'Connell OSFC (c.1623-1678). The plates are by Mayne, Lord Edward Street, Dublin. The plates are labelled a-d.
Memorandum re the need for temperance reform and the establishment of the Total Abstinence Association and the Catholic Total Abstinence Union. The report was read in the Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin. It is noted that the organisation shall be ‘Catholic and non-political’.
Report of the executive committee of the Catholic Total Abstinence Federation of Ireland, 1923-26. The agenda for the fourth triennial Congress of the Federation, (held on 24-25 June 1926) is also attached.
An address to Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC and Fr. Benignus Brennan OSFC from the members of the Kilcormac Temperance Hall in King’s County (Offaly). The address commends the friars’ temperance mission in the parish.
Report of the Ladies’ Visiting Temperance Society attached to the Capuchin Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Cork. The President of the Association was Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC.