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Genealogical notes compiled by Veronica Mathew, a great great great grand-niece of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The articles are titled ‘The Irish Mathews’ and ‘The Mathew family and their affection for Landaff’. The notes trace the ancestry of the Mathew family and include remarks re notable persons in the family tree and lore associated with the Mathews.

Testimonials for Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in relation to his claim of 'fama sanctitatis' (a cleric with a reputation for holiness). It appears that the testimonials were compiled in 1937-8. The file includes:
• Statement re a resolution of the Provincial Chapter of August 1927 which decided ‘to take definite steps regarding the introduction of the Cause of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, the Apostle of Temperance’.
• Testimony of John Francis Maguire, biographer of Father Mathew.
• Tribute of the Lord Mayor of Cork, John Francis Maguire, at the unveiling of the statue of Father Mathew in the chief street in Cork.
• Tribute of Mr. Thomas Crosbie, editor and proprietor of the chief newspaper in Cork.
• Tribute of Denny Lane, prominent Catholic public man and author.
• Interview with the late Bishop of Cork, the Most Rev. Thomas Alphonsus O’Callaghan OP. The interview was conducted by Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Irish Capuchin Minister Provincial, in 1913-4. It reads ‘On the occasion when the Bishop made the statement, he said that as I was interested in Father Mathew it was right he should mention a criticism which he heard about him. Some seemed to think that he [Fr. Mathew] was not sufficiently interested in his Order: on occasion his attention was drawn to some matter affecting the interests of his Province or community, and he was supposed to have made the remark that it was not his concern but Father [Louis] O’Connell’s’.
• Testimony of William Smyth O’Brien.
• Testimony of the Catholic Archdeacon of Cork.
• Extracts from the diary of James McKenna, secretary to Fr. Mathew.
• Extracts from the records of hospitals referring to cures attributed to Fr. Mathew.
• Interview with Denis Dennehy, caretaker of St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork, burial-place of Fr. Mathew.
• Sworn statement of Mr. Murphy, 3 Burke’s Avenue, Cork, referring to a cure for her daughter Kathleen, which she attributes to visits to the grave of Fr. Mathew.
• The file also includes a ‘General Statement’ in relation to Fr. Mathew’s reputation as a priest of ‘exceptional holiness and of wonderful zeal and charity’.

• 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.

Inscribed on bowl: ‘Feis an t-Athar Maitiú 1949’. On reverse of the bowl: ‘List of winners, 1980-97’. With detached wooden base.

Inscribed on the bowl: ‘Marian Arts Society Father Mathew Féis Perpetual Challenge Cup’. The bowl is also inscribed with a list of winners from 1962-97.

Inscribed on the bowl: ‘Father James O’Mahony OFM Cap. Perpetual Cup. Feis Maitiú’. The base includes silver shields denoting winners from 1968-1997. Attached sticker indicates that this cup was awarded for a poetry competition.

Inscribed on the bowl: ‘Corn an Athar Mhic Amhlaoib. Buchaillí Fé 12 Bl’ [Boys’ Under 12]. The base includes silver shields denoting winners from 1969-1997.

Inscribed on the bowl: ‘Girls Vocal Solo. U-12’. On reverse of the bowl: List of winners from 1977-1987.

Feis Maitiú Shield with silver shields indicating winners of an unidentified competition from 1981-95.

A trumpet, music sheet and laurel leaf motif is engraved on the bowl. The wooden base has a silver shield indicating that the cup was presented by the Loreto Nelson School of String Playing. With shields indicating the winners of the competition from 1990-97.