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• Photostat copy a Memorial to Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, re ‘a loan, not to exceed £4,000, towards finishing a Catholic place of worship’ in Cork. The memorial is dated 19 Aug. 1834. The copy was obtained from the original in the Chief Secretaries’ Office. The reference number is CSORP/1834/3428. Copy print, 3 pp.
• Photostat copy a ‘Memorial of Revd. Theobald Mathew respecting payment of a loan made by the Commission of Public Works for a Chapel at Cork’. The document reads ‘That memorialist expended of his own private resources, in the erection of such building over £4,500, and obtained from benevolent individuals of all persuasions (including the loan of £1,000 hereinafter mentioned about £9,000, all of which was expended on the building which, is in a very advanced state, having been roofed in. The memorial seeks a loan of £4,000 to enable him to complete the building. The memorial is dated 21 Jan. 1840. The copy was obtained from the original in the Chief Secretaries’ Office papers now held in the National Archives of Ireland. The reference number is CSORP/1840/W1044. Copy print, 10 pp.
• Copy documents relating to the ‘Father Mathew Annuity Fund’. The documents refer to the work of a committee established to secure a sum of £7,000 ‘to procure a Life-Annuity of £800 for the Rev. Theobald Mathew, in order to enable him to continue, during his mortal life the great Temperance Movement …’. The file includes lists of subscribers to the fund. 1843-8. Copy print, 12 pp.

• ‘Hymn to Fr. Mathew’ Air: “Tara Hall”. A song honouring the Apostle of Temperance published in the 'Analecta Ordinis Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum', VI (1890), p. 220. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Copy letter from Daniel Horgan, Lord Mayor of Cork, to Fr. Louis of Urbino OSFC re the work of the Father Mathew Centenary Committee. 16 Oct. 1890. Manuscript, 3 pp.
• Extracts from 'The Munster Journal' (1890) referring to planning for the celebration of the Father Mathew Centenary in Cork. Reference is also made to the contract for the completion of the façade of Holy Trinity (Father Mathew) Memorial Church ‘in accordance with the plans prepared by the architect Mr. D.J. Coakley’. It is noted that the contract was obtained by John Sisk, a Cork builder, for the sum of £5,769. The solemn ceremony for the blessing and laying of the corner-stone of the façade of the Church by the Most Rev. Thomas Alphonsus O’Callaghan OP, Bishop of Cork, took place in May 1890. It is also noted that ‘the spire of the Father Mathew Memorial Church, Cork, was completed on the 15th November [1890] and surmounted by a cross which had been previously blessed by Very Rev. Father Paul [Neary], the superior. The work has been suspended for the present for lack of funds. The sum of about £2,500 is still wanting to complete the Church’. The notes were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Manuscript, 4 pp.
• Original memorial to Thomas Sexton MP, Lord Mayor of Dublin, requesting that the ‘centenary of Father Theobald Mathew be celebrated in the Irish metropolis by the erection of a public statue of the Apostle of Temperance’. The memorial has circa forty signatories including John Redmond MP (1856-1918), Timothy Daniel O’Sullivan MP (1827-1914), Tim Healy (1855-1931), and Alfred Webb (1834-1908). [c.1889]. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Public letter from the committee for the Father Mathew Centennial Celebration seeking funds for the completion of Holy Trinity (Father Mathew) Memorial Church in Cork. It reads ‘As the most fitting memorial that we could raise, we have selected to complete the Church which he, himself, commenced, but was forced to abandon owing to the advent of the Great Famine. It will cost us close on £7,000. We have already received about £3,000 chiefly from the citizens of Cork and our exiled countrymen in the United States. We are still about £4,000 short of the required amount’. Printed. 2 pp.
• Extracts from contemporary newspapers reflecting on the centenary celebrations of the birth Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in Oct. 1890. The file includes extracts from:
'Catholic Times', 17 Oct. 1890
'The Weekly Freeman', 18 Oct. 1890
'Daily Herald', 14 Oct. 1890
'Cork Constitution', 18 Oct. 1890.
Typescript, 5 pp.

A volume containing newspaper clippings mainly concerning the commemorations, processions, exhibitions and events connected with the centenary of the birth of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The file includes cuttings re the completion of Holy Trinity (Father Mathew Memorial) Church in Cork, the Fr. Mathew statues in Cork and Dublin, and printed fliers re the commemorations. Includes:
• Clipping of a photograph of the Very Rev. Antoninus Keane OP.
• Clipping of an engraving of the original design for Holy Trinity Church, Cork.
• The exhibition of Father Mathew souvenirs at the Crawford Municipal School of Art in Cork. The collection included portraits, medals, autograph letters, and various artefacts formerly in the possession of Father Mathew. The article reads ‘Very prominent among the collection of souvenirs is a curious banner, described as painted by a religious in the South Presentation Convent in 1838, and presented to Fr. Mathew to be borne in the great temperance processions that year’.
• ‘The Monster Meeting on the Grand Parade / Centennial Oration by Sir John Pope Hennessy’, 'Cork Examiner', 11 Oct. 1890.
• ‘Father Mathew’s House, Cove Street, Cork’.
• ‘The Mathew Statue in Cork’.
• Clipping of a photograph of Fr. Mathew’s grave in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork.
• The Mathew Commemorative Tower, Glanmire, Cork. The article reads ‘It owes its erection to an enthusiastic admirer and personal friend of the Apostle of Temperance, Mr William O’Connor’.
• Clippings of photographs of the Very Rev. Canon Maguire and John Francis Maguire MP.
• Clippings of a portrait of the Most Rev. William Delaney, appointed Bishop of Cork in 1847, and the Most Rev. Thomas Alphonsus O'Callaghan OP, appointed Bishop of Cork in 1886.
• Clipping of a photograph of Fr. Mathew O’Connor OSFC, Charlotte Quay, Cork.
• Clipping of a photograph of Canon Sheehan, Saint Peter and Saint Paul’s Church, Cork.
• Flier for the Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert for the Father Mathew Centenary Celebration at the Opera House, Cork, 9 Oct. 1890.
• Clippings of letters from Denny Lane, Daniel Horgan and other prominent Cork politicians referring to the commemorations.

The subseries contains files relating to the commemoration of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC at the 1902 International Exhibition held in Fitzgerald Park in Cork city.

• Programme for an International Seminar organised by the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association (PTAA) to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of Fr. Mathew’s temperance crusade. The seminar was held in the Hotel Metropole, Cork, from 23-5 September 1988. With a copy of the 29th Annual Report of The Father Mathew Union PTAA (1987-8), itineraries, posters and newspaper clippings from the 'Cork Examiner' and the 'Southern Star', 24 Sept. 1988, covering the event. Printed, typescript and clipping, 37 pp.
• Inventory of photographs relating to Fr. Mathew loaned by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. to the Cork Public Museum in Aug. 1988. Includes images of Fr. Mathew’s grave, the statue on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork, Fr. Mathew’s house on Cove Street, and Blackamoor lane, the site of a former Capuchin Chapel. Manuscript and typescript, 8 pp.
• Copy flier for an exhibition on Father Mathew and the temperance movement, 1838-1988’, held in the Cork Museum, Fitzgerald Park, from 18 Sept.-28 Oct. 1988. Copy print, 1 p.
• Cutting of an article on the Fr. Mathew commemoration in Cobh, County Cork, on 10 Apr. 1988. 'Cork Examiner', Apr. 1988.
• Letters to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. re a Father Mathew commemoration hosted by the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association / Father Mathew Union in Golden, County Tipperary in April 1988. Fr. Nessan gave a lecture on Fr. Mathew and the temperance movement at the commemoration. 17 Mar 1988-21 Mar. 1988. Manuscript and typescript, 4 pp.
• Cutting of an article, ‘A pioneering priest who kept his pledge’, 'Cork Examiner', 8 Apr. 1988.
• Cutting of an article by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. on Fr. Theobald Mathew published in 'The Fold / Diocesan Magazine of Cork and Ross' (Apr. 1988), pp 3-4.
• Notes for a homily by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Cork Total Abstinence Society by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The homily was given in St. Patrick’s Church, Kilfeacle, County Tipperary, on 10 Apr. 1988. Typescript, 7 pp.
• A letter from Denis Holland, Munster Pioneer Council, to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. regarding a loan of items and relics of Fr. Mathew for exhibition purposes in County Tipperary. 14 June 1988. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Cutting of an article by Mary Hassett titled ‘Golden reclaims Fr. Mathew’, 'Tipperary Star', 16 Apr. 1988.
• Cutting of an article from 'The Nationalist', 16 Apr. 1988. The article refers to commemorative events at the Father Mathew Statue in Thomastown Cross and at St. Patrick’s Church, Kilfeacle, County Tipperary.

The sub-series contains files relating to the commemoration in 2006 of the 150th anniversary of the death of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC

• Promotional cards for Father Theobald Mathew / The Apostle of Temperance. Includes ‘Prayer for Serenity’ and ‘Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi’. [2006]. 12 copies.
• Promotional flier and programme for a play by Séan McCarthy in the Cork Opera House titled 'Fr. Mathew'. The play was directed by John Breen and opened on 15 January 2007. With a newspaper cutting from the 'Life Times', Sept.-Oct. 2006 referring to the production. Printed 5 pp.
• Newspaper cutting of an article by Charles Lysaght titled ‘Temperance Apostle has much to teach us’, 'Irish Times', 8 Dec. 2006.
• Newspaper cutting of an article by Louise O’Flynn titled ‘Relatives gather to honour Fr. Mathew’, 'Evening Echo', 9 June 2006. Refers to a Mass in Holy Trinity Church to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Some of the collateral descendants of Fr. Mathew attended the Mass. The chief celebrant was Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., Guardian.
• Newspaper cutting of article by Pat O’Leary titled ‘The Apostle of Temperance’, 'Irish Catholic', 20 July 2006.
• Promotional poster for ‘Father Mathew / Capuchin Friar 1790-1856 / the apostle of temperance’. Displayed at The Oratory, Blanchardstown, Dublin, in 2006. 2 Copies.
• Cutting of an article by Liz Roche titled ‘Life of Fr. Mathew Celebrated’, 'Tipperary Star', 27 May 2006. The article refers to local celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the death of Fr. Mathew.
• Booklet for the Cork Temperance Weekend, 6-8 Oct. 2006 marking the 150th anniversaries of the death of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, and the birth of the Venerable Matt Talbot. Printed, 33 pp.

• Notes by Séamus Ó Casaide (dated 26 June 1930) referring to extracts from the 'Spirit of the Freeholder' (Cork), 1823-3. The extracts refer to the Society of St. Joseph connected with Fr. Mathew and the South Friary and to the possible donation of an altar for Fr. Mathew’s new church (Holy Trinity) in Cork. One of the extracts reads: ‘The new shop opened by Father Mathew at the “Botany” Garden’s, as they are called, is doing a world of all business. So beloved is this Holy Friar, it would seem as if people die purposely to encrease [sic] his custom – not an hour in the day but you’ll see a corpse walking to its long lane. "Freeholder", 19th March 1831’. Manuscript, 4 pp.
• Letter from Séamus Ó Casaide to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. referring to a copy of the ‘pulpit criticism’ of Fr. Mathew. 23 June 1930. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Copy extracts from 'The Freeholder', re the early life of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC as a preacher in Cork. The extracts date from 23 Dec. 1825-31 Mar. 1828. Typescript, 3 pp.
• An essay by Clodagh Murphy, St. Leo’s Convent of Mercy, Carlow, on the life of Fr. Theobald Mathew. Manuscript, 5 pp.
• Note re the register of ascribed members of the Institute of Charity (Rosminians) which notes the enrolment of Fr. Mathew on 27 June 1846. Manuscript, 1 p.
• 'The Catholic Bulletin', xxi, no. 8 (Aug. 1931). An article by Mrs William O’Brien titled ‘A tragic pair’ refers to a letter from the wife of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Printed, pp 737-832.
• Letter from Henry Smyth to a Mr Kelly referring to the potential to publish a memoir of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Smyth affirms that it first appeared in the 'Church of Ireland Gazette'. 27 Sept. 1909. Manuscript, 3 pp.
• Letter to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. claiming that Fr. Mathew held his first instruction on Drinan Street ‘opposite his own house’ in Cork. The letter is undated and unsigned. Manuscript, 4 pp.

The sub-series contains research notes, correspondence and publications on Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. (1876-1965). Fr. Stanislaus served as Provincial Archivist for the Capuchin Order in Ireland from 1919 to 1958. During this time, he worked assiduously to collect and record any events connected with the history of the Irish Capuchins. In the course of this research he assembled a good deal of material relating to Fr. Mathew and his championing of the temperance cause.