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Two metal dies used to strike Total Abstinence Pledge medals. The dies are large metallic pieces that were used to medal a coin, one per each side. The dies have an inverse version of the image to be struck on the medal. One side shows a profile-view of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The obverse has the cruciform text of pledge. The maker’s stamp on the dies reads ‘G. Cook, 21 Regent Row, Birmingham’.

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.

This series comprises a collection of local newspapers (mostly published in Kilkenny). Many of the items include articles covering events and ceremonies connected with the Capuchin friars in the city.

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.

'Fáilte / Organ of Aonach na Bealtaine / Grand Temperance Fete / Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin / 1907'.
Publisher: Baile Atha Cliath: Ó Bruain & Árthr
Bound in contemporary soft covers with printed title to front cover.

Ticket for the annual concert of the Colmcille branch of Conrad na Gaelige in Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, Dublin, on 30 April 1920. An address by Fr. Augustine Hayden OSFC was given at the concert.

Souvenir programme for the La Verna Fete held in the Mansion House, Dublin. The fete was held from 29 Sept. to 6 Oct. 1917 and was a fundraiser in aid of the Father Mathew Hall, Church Street. Printed by Independent Newspapers, Dublin. The programme includes photographic prints of:
Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC, founder of the Father Mathew Temperance Association, Church Street.
Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC, founder and first President of Father Mathew Hall, 2 Feb. 1890-11 Sept. 1894.
Fr. Matthew O’Connor OSFC, President, 17 Sept. 1894-2 Dec. 1895
Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC, 9 Dec. 1895-27 June 1904
Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC, 4 July 1904-18 Aug. 1913
Joseph Mooney, Vice-President and Honorary Secretary, Father Mathew Hall
Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OSFC, President ‘since 25 August 1913’

An engraving of St. John’s Abbey, Kilkenny. The print is probably taken from Edward Ledwich’s 'The History of Antiquities of Irishtown and Kilkenny', which contains plates of ‘St. John’s Abbey, Kilkenny’ and the ‘East Window of Dunamase Abbey’, engraved from W. Beauford’s drawings by J. Duff.

Pictorial postcards of the Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, Kilkenny. With covers for the original series of six postcards. The file includes prints of the High Altar in the Church, the interior and exterior of the Church, the Community Choir, the Library, the Refectory, the Sanctuary in the Church, and St. Anthony’s Shrine. There are multiple copies of some of these postcards.