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Memorandum by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary, referring to the discovery in the Church Street Archives in 1922 of a collection of papers labelled ‘Correspondence between Dr. Cullen and the Fathers relative to the New Church in North King Street’. Fr. Stanislaus refers to a loose folio sheet titled ‘Notabilia’ relating to the Baron Hale bequest which was the ‘only authentic expression of an obligation for Masses to be found … in the Archives’. (See CA CS/2/3/2). The memorandum affirms that the ‘Notabilia’ document was submitted by Fr. Stanislaus to a definitory meeting in November 1922 which ordered him to investigate the whereabouts of the investment and interest money referred to in the bequest. The memorandum reports Fr. Stanislaus’s findings in relation to the Hale bequest. It notes that in 1893 the legacy, which had been converted to stocks worth £181 11s 5d, was transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of National Debt and was subsequently paid to Jane E. Pratt, lawful sister and next of kin of Fr. Daniel Patrick O’Reilly OSFC, one of the priests in whose name the legacy was invested. Fr. Stanislaus concludes by affirming that ‘interest on the investment was drawn up in 1883 which warrants the assumption that the masses were likewise said up to that time’. With copies of the memorandum and transcription of the ‘Notabilia’ document made by Fr. Stanislaus on 10 Nov. 1921. One of the copies is endorsed by Fr. Stanislaus: ‘submitted to the General Definition, Rome, Decree of Condonation from the Sacred Congregation, dated, Feb. 22, 1927 [and signed by Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap.], appended’. The file also includes a typescript note suggesting that ‘Baron Hale’ may refer to Sir Matthew Hales, Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. Some of the notes by Fr. Stanislaus also refer to the correspondence of Fr. Lawrence Gallerani, Irish Capuchin Commissary General, with Archbishop Paul Cullen, regarding the construction of St. Mary of the Angels.

• Notes by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. re letters written by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to the Rev. Dr. Paul Cullen and the Rev. Dr. Tobias Kirby, Pontifical Irish College, Rome, from 1840-7. See the Correspondence of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC (Irish Capuchin Archives, CA FM-COR). Manuscript, 2 pp.
• A physical description of Fr. Mathew by the Very Rev. M.B. O’Shea, Archdeacon and Pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, Cork, in 1826 taken from John Francis Maguire’s biography of the Apostle of Temperance. Typescript, 1p.
• Copy cutting of an article from the 'Cork Examiner', 11 Oct. 1850, relating to the opening of Holy Trinity (Father Mathew Memorial) Church, Charlotte Quay, Cork. Copy cutting, 3 pp.
• Extracts from Asenath Nicholson, 'Ireland’s Welcome to the Stranger: Or An Excursion Through Ireland, in 1844 & 1845, for the Purpose of Personally Investigating the Condition of the Poor' (1847). The extracts were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. and refer to Fr. Mathew’s role in famine relief. Manuscript and typescript, 5 pp.
• Extracts from Rev. Wallace Clare, 'A Young Irishman’s Diary, 1836-1847, Being Extracts from the Early Journal of John Keegan of Moate. Edited with Preface and Notes' (1928). Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. notes that Rev. Wallace Clare was a grandson of the diarist (John Keegan). The extracts refer to the life and temperance campaign of Fr. Mathew. Typescript, 4 pp.
• Extracts from D. Owen-Madden, 'Revelations of Ireland in the Past Generation' (Dublin: James McGlashan, 21 D’Olier Street, 1848). The extracts were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. and refer to Fr. Mathew. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Extract from John J. O’Shea, 'The Two Kendrick’s' (Philadelphia, 1904). The extract (p. 255) refers to the arrival of Fr. Mathew in Philadelphia on 28 Nov. 1849. Typescript, 1 p.
• Photocopy of an extract titled ‘Apostle of Temperance / The Story of a Crusade’ from 'The Valley Near Slievenamon: A Kickham Anthology: the Poems, Memoirs, Diary, Letters, Essays, Addresses of Charles J. Kickham' (1942), pp 130-3. Copy print, 1 p.
• Copy letter of Fr. Theobald Mathew to J. McHugh re the ‘Washington Branch of the great Temperance Tree that now overshadows nearly the whole earth …’. 28 Mar. 1845. With an annotation by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. indicating that the letter was given to him by Fr. Vivan O’Connell OFM Cap. Typescript, 2 pp.
• Copy extract from a newspaper referring the generosity of Fr. Mathew during the famine. The extract reads ‘The money which was intended to finish the church [Holy Trinity, Cork] was doled out by him to the famine stricken’. An annotation reads ‘No name of paper, nor date given. Letter to the Editor, headed “The Father Mathew Memorial Church” in a News Gleanings book in the Archives’. [c.1889]. Typescript, 1 p.

Extracts from the 'Dublin Review' periodical relating to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and the temperance movement in Ireland. The extracts date from 1840 and include reviews of the 'First Annual Report of the Irish Temperance Union (25 Feb. 1840) and the 'Speech of John Hackney Esq. on Temperance delivered on Dec. 29th, 1837, at the Rotunda' (Dublin 1840). The notebook also contains extracts from the 'Limerick Chronicle', 17-20 Aug. 1842 referring to a speech by Fr. Mathew at Ennistymon in County Clare. The extracts were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap.

Notebook with references and extracts by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. to McKenna’s unpublished history of Fr. Mathew’s temperance movement. The notes are arranged under various headings including:
His piety
His humility
His priestly character
His mode of life
Regarded as a saint
Working cures
Results of his work
His trials in his temperance work
Rules of his society
Manuscript, 41 pp.
• Note by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. re the travels of Fr. Mathew and James McKenna, his principal secretary, from May 1844 to Nov. 1845. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Notes from McKenna’s 'The History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland'. Typescript, 28 pp.
• Notebook containing an index to and summary of James McKenna’s unpublished ‘History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland’. The notes contain references to speeches of Fr. Mathew on temperance and brief summaries of the content of McKenna’s text. Manuscript, 69 pp.

• Notes compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. on Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC from 1841-5. The notes include transcribed copies of letters from Daniel O’Connell to Fr. Mathew (26 Oct. 1844) and from Fr. Mathew to Mr. Buckingham (20 Oct. 1844). The principal source was probably James McKenna’s ‘History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland’. Manuscript, 16 pp.
• Extract from McKenna’s ‘History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland’ re Fr. Mathew’s temperance campaign in Liverpool and his attitude towards distillers. ‘I have no personal hostility to distillers or brewers or vendors of strong drink’. Typescript, 2 pp.
• Extracts from John Francis Maguire’s 'Father Mathew / A Biography' and ‘History of the Temperance Reformation by James McKenna, chief travelling secretary to the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew’ confirming that Fr. Mathew first arrived in Cork in about 1814. The extracts are by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Typescript, 1 p.

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.

Notebook of Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. containing notes on the genealogy of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The volume includes a family tree showing the ancestry of Fr. Mathew. The notes are in a Dollard’s Scribbling Diary for 1926. With a transcript of a letter from Basil O’Connell to Fr. T.J. Walsh re the will of George Mathew of Thomastown (1760). The letter is dated 29 Aug. 1951

• Notes re Fr. Theobald Mathew’s family. It is stated that John Francis Maguire in his 'Father Mathew / A Biography' affirms that Fr. Mathew’s parents had twelve children, 9 boys and 3 girls. The notes were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Typescript, 1 p.
• Excerpts from ‘The life of Fr. Theobald Mathew’ by Dr. P. Rogers, The Father Mathew Record, 31, no. 4 (Apr. 1938). The notes refer to the genealogy of Fr. Mathew and were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Manuscript, 3 pp.
• Copy letter of Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. to Rev. M.J. O’Dwyer, The Presbytery, Anacarty, County Tipperary, seeking information re a memorial tombstone for Fr. Mathew’s mother (Anne Whyte, a daughter of George Whyte of Cappawhyte). 5 Nov. 1938. Typescript, 1 p.
• Copy letter of Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. to ‘Cyril’ re Fr. Mathew’s genealogy. He writes: ‘I have no information regarding the date of death of either the father or mother of Father Mathew. There was in the Public Record Office, Four Courts, Dublin, prior to the destruction of the records, a collection of Wills from the Probate Court of the Diocese of Cashel & Emly. Only the catalogue of these Wills now exists, and this catalogue mentions a will of James Mathew of Rathcloheen dated 1810’. 8 July 1953. Typescript, 2 pp.
• Information about Thomastown Castle and Father Mathew given to Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. by William Pike. It is noted that Pike was born in Thomastown in 1846 and he worked there until 1885. The Pike family were intimately connected with the Mathews and his grand-aunt, Hannah McGrath, was Father Mather’s foster mother. The notes refer to the history of the Mathews at Thomastown, to the ultimate fate of estate and house following its sale in 1875, and to local traditions associated with the temperance campaigner. Some of the notes are dated 16 July 1930. Typescript, 19 pp.
• ‘Particulars from the Thomastown Registers’ re the genealogy of the Mathews family. The notes were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Extract from John Francis Maguire’s 'Father Mathew / A Biography' re Mathew family genealogy. Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. also makes reference to Fr. David Mathew’s (Fr. Theobald’s grand-nephew) account of family history. Typescript, 1 p.
• Notes by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. on the genealogy of the Mathew family. Manuscript, 3 pp.
• Letter from Willie Doyle, Bank Place, Tipperary, to Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. asking for his impressions of the Father Mathew Statue at Thomastown Cross in County Tipperary. He also encloses notes re Mathew family genealogy and transcripts of monuments for James White (d. 1763), Paul Mathew (d. 1835) and his brother Thomas Mathew (d. 1838) found in the graveyard of Donohill Church, County Tipperary. 10 July 1930. Manuscript, 6 pp.