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A view of ‘Cove Lane, Cork. The home of Fr. Theobald Mathew’. The plate is captioned.

A view of the statue of Fr. Theobald Mathew, the ‘Apostle of Temperance’, on Sackville Street (later O’Connell Street), Dublin. Tram lines are visible so the image can be dated to sometime after c.1896.

A lantern slide of a colour print showing Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC administering the pledge on the steps of The Custom House in Dublin. The plate is by T. Mason, 5 Dame Street, Dublin.

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 plate showing a sketch of Thomastown Castle in County Tipperary, the birthplace of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The sketch is by Denis Santry (1879-1960).

An original total abstinence pledge card of Thomas Kent dated 12 Apr. 1838. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.

A pledge medal of the Dublin Total Abstinence Association dating to 1840. The front (face) shows the Good Shepherd. The outer-rim inscription reads ‘I have found the sheep that was lost Luke Chap. 15 v. 6’. The obverse has a cruciform text of the pledge and reads: ‘I have voluntarily promised in the presence of the Revd. Dr. Spratt to abstain from all spiritous liquors and intoxicating drinks except used medicinally and then by order of a medical man and the discountenance of all the vices and practices of intemperance and also to attend to my religious duties’. The outer-rim inscription reads ‘The Dublin Total Abstinence Pledge The Very Revd. Dr. Spratt Patron 1840’. The maker of the medal was J. Taylor.

A decorative silver trowel commemorating the laying of the top-stone of the Father Mathew Statue on Sackville (O’Connell) Street, Dublin, on 13 Oct. 1890. The inscription on the trowel reads:
‘The Father Mathew Centenary / Presented to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin on the occasion of the laying of the top stone of the pedestal of statue to the Great Apostle of Temperance Rev. Theobald Mathew. Signed on behalf of the Committee / Charles A. Cameron FRCSI, Archibald J. Nicolls LLB, George Noble Plunkett, Henry Wigham. Hon. Secs., Central Committee, Mansion House, Dublin, 13th Oct. 1890’. The silver is hallmarked.

Date: c.1775-1826
Author: St. Bonaventure (1221-1274)
Publisher: T’Antwerpen: Voor Dirk en Anth. van Zwaamen, boekverkoopers ... te Rotterdam
Full title: 'De kleine geestelyke wyn-persse, of kort begryp van den oorspronk, weerdigheid, mirakelen, conditien, previlegien, vrugten en aflaaten, van 't wyt vermaart Aarts-broederschap van de H. H. Vyf Wonden en lyden Christi: genaamt der Koorde van den H. Vader Franciscus. : met een beklag van Christus en Maria, over d'ondankbaarheid ende vergetinge van 't lyden Christi. : hoe dat men 't zelve eenigsints kan vergelden, hoe aangenaam het aan Godt is, en hoe profytelyk tot alle deugden. : met eenige gebeden en de zeven Previlgien van St. Francisçus'.
BOUND WITH: (Idem). 'Novene des H. Antonius van Padua. Of negen Dingsdaagsche devotie'. Dutch transl. H. de Jonghen. Antw. (= Amst.), idem, n.d. [c. 1775], (60 pp).
AND WITH: Idem. 'De kleine getyden van de Heyligen Vader Franciscus'. Dutch transl. H. de Jonghen. Antw. (= Antw.), idem, n.d. [c. 1775], (60 pp).
AND WITH: 4 other theological works, published by the same.

Ticket for ‘A Grand Dramatic Performance’ given by the Dramatic Club at the Father Mathew Centenary Hall, Church Street. Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC (1835-1894) is noted as President of the Hall.