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An original total abstinence pledge card of Jonathon Murphy dated 4 Nov. 1839. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Manuscript annotations on the card indicate that the pledge was renewed on 31 Aug. 1860 and 17 Mar. 1864.

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 framed total abstinence pledge card of Timothy Shea dated 21 Sept. 1848. The certificate is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.

An original framed total abstinence pledge card of Patrick Byrne dated 22 Jan. 1849. The certificate is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Bernard Jennings OSFC, Fr. Jarlath Hynes OSFC and other Capuchin friars requesting parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Crossmaglen (Armagh), Carrick-on-Suir (Tipperary), Tullow (Carlow), Foxford (Mayo), Kilkenny, Cookstown (Tyrone), Castledermot (Carlow), Waterford, Belfast and Newport (Mayo).

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, and Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Provincial Minister, requesting parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Burtonport (Donegal), Dungloe (Donegal), Westport (Mayo), Ballygar (Galway), Achill Island, and Athleague (Roscommon).

Letters to Fr. Paul Neary OSFC, Provincial Minster, requesting parish missions (and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Belfast, Clare Island (Mayo), Gowna (Cavan), Rathkeale (Limerick), Carrick-on-Suir (Tipperary), Scotstown (Monaghan), Longford, Fermoy (Cork), Clonmel (Tipperary) and Youghal (Cork).

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC, Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OSFC, and other Capuchin friars, regarding requests parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Cappawhite (Tipperary), Ashbourne (Meath), Cappoquin (Waterford), Belfast, Dunmore East (Waterford), Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire, Dublin), Thurles (Tipperary), Sligo, Greystones (Wicklow), Scarriff (Clare), and Ballybay (Monaghan).

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC, Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OSFC, Fr. Joseph Fenlon OSFC, Fr. Laurence Dowling OSFC and other Capuchin friars, regarding requests for parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Quin (Clare), Tuam (Galway), Scariff (Clare), Belfast, Crossmaglen (Armagh), Scotstown (Monaghan), Schull (Cork), Frenchpark (Roscommon), Bunbeg (Donegal), Wicklow, and Castledermot (Carlow).