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A plate showing an image of a seventeenth-century print of Fr. Francis Nugent OSFC (1569-1635), the founder of the Irish Capuchin Franciscan Province. The plate is by Mayne, Lord Edward Street, Dublin.

An image of a temperance banner from the ‘Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association, Church Street. IRELAND SOBER IS IRELAND FREE!’. The banner was printed by An Clú Cumann, Limited, Gaelic Printers, Great Strand Street, Dublin.

The official unveiling of the statue of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC on Sackville (later O’Connell) Street on 8 February 1893. The statue was designed by Mary Redmond (1863-1930).

A plate showing a portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC (as a younger man). The portrait shows Fr. Mathew in traditional nineteenth-century clerical attire with a temperance medal pinned to his breast.

A view of a temperance demonstration on Sackville (O'Connell) Street in Dublin. A large crowd is assembled in front of a packed platform draped in a large banner reading ‘Ireland Sober Ireland Free’. Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC is seated in the front row on the platform.

A view of a portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC (in old age). The portrait shows Fr. Mathew in traditional nineteenth-century clerical attire.

An interior view of the Father Mathew Pavilion at the Cork International Exhibition in 1902. The image shows what appears to be a model of the Father Mathew Statue on St. Patrick's Street in Cork by John Henry Foley (1818-1874), various vestments, a bust of Father Mathew, and other paraphernalia.

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 photograph of an autograph letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to John O’Connell conveying his sympathies on the death of his father (Daniel O’Connell). The letter is dated 4 June 1847. The plate by Mayne, Lord Edward Street, Dublin.

A view of a large crowd at the centenary celebrations for the birth of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in Cork on 10 October 1890. The location is Holy Trinity Church which was originally commissioned by Fr. Mathew in 1825. The principal speaker at the celebration was Sir John Pope Hennessy (1834-91), a Cork-born MP and British colonial administrator who had previously served as governor of Hong Kong. He is visible in the centre of the crowded platform, standing with arms folded. In his speech, Hennessy referred to the part that Fr. Mathew had played in improving the conditions of the working population of Cork.