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

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).

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.

A clipping of a report on a meeting of the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland at which the country’s right to the paintings in the Hugh Lane Bequest was asserted. The article was published in the ‘Irish Independent’ (31 March 1949).

A clipping of an article referring to the commission given to Evie Hone to design a stained-glass window in the College Chapel in Eton. The article was published in the ‘Irish Times’ (6 December 1949).

A clipping of photographs from the opening of the Munster Fine Art Club Exhibition in Cork. Includes an image of Seamus Murphy with his limestone sculpture of the head of Saint Patrick (now held in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth). The exhibition was opened by Professor Denis Gwynn. The article was published in ‘Irish Tatler & Sketch’ (November 1949).