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A clipping of an article by Aodh de Blacam titled ‘Censorship or Anarchy’ published in ‘The Standard’ in November 1941. The file also includes a clipping of an article by Gearoid Mac Eoin titled ‘Censorship: Church and State’ (‘The Standard’, 14 Nov. 1941) and C.B. Murphy, ‘Sex, Censorship and the Church’ (‘The Bell’, Sept. 1941).

Fliers from the Landowners and Encumbrancers’ Association issued by Wentworth Erck, Sherrington, Shankill, County Dublin.

Two plates showing showing studio portraits of Fr. Charles. This is probably Fr. Charles of Mantua OFM Cap. (d. 18 Dec. 1879). The images show Fr. Charles sitting at a writing table. With a print of one of the images (a carte de visite from Callaghan Photographer, 45 South Mall, Cork). With an annotated cover.

Two images showing a large procession to the Capuchin Friary, Rochestown, County Cork. The annotated cover reads ‘Procession. Rochestown. 1905’. The photograph shows the Corpus Christi procession to the Capuchin Friary in Rochestown. This annual celebration held at the friary attracted huge crowds from both the city and county in the first two decades of the twentieth century. People travelled by train, by trap or walked to the friary from Cork city. It was the most popular event of the year at Rochestown until 1926 when the first Cork city procession was held.

Two plates showing an excursion and picnic on Featherbed Mountain in County Dublin. With an annotated cover. Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) is present in the photograph.

A file comprising three glass plates showing various views of Rochestown Capuchin Friary in County Cork.

Illustrated souvenir of the Great Temperance Demonstration held in Longford Town on 3 July 1910. Includes photographs and reports on speeches at the demonstration including an address by Most Rev. Joseph Hoare, Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC and many other public figures.

Author: Fr. Matthew Flynn OFM Cap. (1915-1978)
Publisher: Dublin: Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, 7-8 Lower Abbey Street
Language: English

Face (front): Centre: Man and woman on pedestal on which two children are seated. The adults carry a shield surmounted by a cross, with an angel above. The upper part of the shield has a lamb bearing a banner. The man bears a banner with the words ‘sobriety’. The woman bears a banner with the words ‘Domestic Comfort’. Outer-edge inscription reads: ‘In hoc signo vinces’.
Obverse: Cruciform text of pledge. Outer edge inscription reads: ‘Total Abstinence Society, The Very Rev. T. Mathew, President’. Inner rim inscription reads ‘Founded 10 April 1838’.

One of the medals is engraved on the rim with the inscription ‘P.P. Daly took the Total Abstinence Pledge May 20th 1840’. This medal was found in an envelope with a note by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. The note reads ‘This medal was in the hands of a jeweller in Cork, who had purchased it with the intention of smelting it. Fr. Angelus with permission of the Fr. Provincial bought it for £7 0s 0d the amount the jeweller had paid for it’. With two paper reproductions of the medals.

A collection of Total Abstinence Society medals collected by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. and other Capuchin friars.
• Silver medal of the Metropolitan Total Abstinence Society. The front (face) shows St. Michael with the winds and the inscription ‘Who is like God’. The obverse: Cruciform text of pledge. The outer-rim inscription reads ‘The Metropolitan Total Abstinence Society The Rev. A. O’Connell President. Inner rim reads ’26 Nov. 1839’.
• Pewter medal of the Total Abstinence Society. Fr. Angelus notes that the medal is extremely worn and defaced.
• Silver medal of the Total Abstinence Society of Ireland. Fr. Angelus notes that the maker was Woodhouse of Dublin.
• Silver medal of the Total Abstinence Society of Ireland. Fr. Angelus notes that the maker was Jones of Dublin. A green ribbon is attached to the medal. An annotation on the covering envelope reads ‘Presented to Fr. Angelus by Miss Tobin, 13 Killarney Street, Dublin’.
• Pewter medal of the Cork Total Abstinence Society. An annotation on the covering envelope reads ‘Presented to Fr. Angelus by Mr. Cosgrave’. The medal is very worn and defaced.
• Pewter medal of St. Mary’s Temperance Society, Kilkenny. The medal is very worn and defaced. For more information on St. Mary’s Temperance Society see the 'Journal of the American Temperance Union', Vols. 1-4 (1837) at p. 190. It is noted that St. Mary’s Temperance Society has 1,300 members with 100 to 200 members meeting on the evening of the Sabbath under the spiritual direction of the Rev. J. P. O’Reilly. The medal was probably made by Isaac Parkes (b.c.1791-1870). See: http://www.libraryireland.com/irishartists/isaac-parkes.php
• Pewter medal of the Cork Total Abstinence Society. A note attached to the medal reads ‘Lent by M.A. Rogan, 55 St. Patrick’s Road, Drumcondra’. The medal is very worn and defaced.
• Silver temperance medal. A note in the covering envelope reads ‘Presented by Mr. W. O’Herlihy, 61 Gurranabraher Avenue, Cork, apparently inherited from his grandfather, a married daughter gave it to me. Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap., 13 April 1982’. The medal is very worn and defaced.