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Lists of retreats and missions given by the Capuchin friars. The lists provide information in respect of the names of the friars giving the mission or retreat, the location (with occasional reference to the parish priest), and the date. The file includes the general Capuchin mission list from Jan.-Dec. 1913.

Lists of retreats and missions given by the Capuchin friars. The lists provide information in respect of the names of the friars giving the mission or retreat, the location (with occasional reference to the parish priest), and the date. Several lists are extant in the file. The file includes general mission lists from 1938-41.

Letters to Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC, and other Capuchin friars, regarding requests for parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Loughrea (Galway), Dundalk (Louth), Tralee (Kerry), Kells (Meath), Eyrecourt (Galway), Broadford (Clare), Blackrock (Dublin), and Ballaghaderreen (Roscommon).

Letters to Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC, Provincial Minister, regarding requests for parish missions and retreats. The file includes letters requesting missions in Kilrush (Clare), Clogher (Tyrone), Bannow (Wexford), Cloghan (King’s County), Aughrim (Wicklow), St. Joseph’s Poor Clares Convent (Cavan), Castlerea (Roscommon), Enniscorthy (Wexford), Kilkee (Clare), and Multyfarnham (Westmeath).

• Copy letters from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to Cornelius Maxwell, Chairman of the United Total Abstinence Societies of Kilkenny, re his attendance at a temperance banquet in Kilkenny. 2 Dec. 1842-10 Dec. 1842. Typescript and manuscript, 7 pp.
• Copy letter of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to the editor of the 'Dublin Monitor' regarding his attitude to William Smith O’Brien. 27 Aug. 1844. Typescript, 1 p.
• Note re a charity sermon preached by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in Tipperary town on 23 Feb. 1845. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Copy letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC dated at Cork, 7 Aug. 1846. Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. notes that the letter was published in the 'Irish Independent' under the title of ‘The Black Famine of 1847 / A Father Mathew Letter’. It reads ‘… I passed from Cork to Dublin, and with an occasional exception, this doomed plant appeared most luxuriant. Returning on 3rd inst. I beheld with sorrow one vast scene of rottenness. In many places the wretched people were seated in the fences of their decaying gardens, wailing bitterly the destruction that has left them foodless’. Manuscript, 2 pp.

Contemporary copy confirmation of the election of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC as Provincial Minister for three years at a chapter held in the Church Street Chapel. The confirmation reads:
‘Rev. James L. O’Riordan was elected first definitor having 12 votes
Rev. Mr. McCarthy of the Convent of Kilkenny 10 votes
Rev. G.J.M. Brennan 10 votes
Rev. Mr. MacLeod 7 votes
… the election of Provincial was then proceeded with … [and] that the ex-Provincial was re-elected there being for him all the votes except two which were given one for Rev. Mr. McLeod [and] the other for Rev. G. Brennan’.

• Flier titled 'Father Mathew’s Advice! / Keep away from the Public House'. Includes various exhortations to ‘Keep away from the Public House’ and ‘Judge Hale on Whiskey Drinking’. The flier concludes with a warning from Fr. Mathew to ‘his beloved Teetotallers not to be duped by persons who sell poisons falsely called “Temperance Cordials” – Whiskey is the principal ingredients in all these Cordials’. [c.1840]. Printed, 1 p.
• 'Rules of the Committee Rooms of the Total Abstinence Society, Cork'. The rules are dated at Cork, 24 Aug. 1839. Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC is named as the President of the Association. Printed, 1 p.
• Copy appeal on behalf of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The appeal was made at a meeting of the ‘friends of temperance’ held in the Lord Mayor’s Office, Paradise Place, Cork, on 18 July 1848. It reads ‘it is essential that he [Fr. Mathew] should be relieved from the pressure of the pecuniary difficulties necessarily incurred in the operations of his great mission, and that therefore exertion should be made to realise the subscriptions hitherto promised …’. The appeal is signed by William Lyons, Lord Mayor of Cork, and Francis A. Walsh, barrister. Printed, 1 p.

• 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.

Bound volume of replies sent to William O’Connor in response to his gifts of engravings of the ‘Father Mathew Tower’ in Cork. The engravings were sent to individuals who agreed to act as patrons of the tower. The correspondence runs from 1846-7. The file includes letters from George Howard, Viscount Morpeth, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, Capt. Forbes of the 'Jamestown', Admiral Edward Codrington, Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, and Asenath Nicholson, author of 'The Bible of Ireland' (1852). A dedication on the title page reads ‘I am with high respect Dear Mr. O’Connor, your grateful and affectionate friend, Theobald Mathew, Cork, 26th November 1846’. Some of the covering envelopes are also pasted into the volume.

• Copy flier for Portraits of Father Mathew painted by Dr. Lees. It is noted that the ‘drawing will take place on the 1st of September 1845, at Lister’s Temperance Hotel, West End, Leeds’. Copy print, 1 p.
• Copy invitation to a festival organised by the Shamrock Temperance Hall, Blarney Lane, Cork. It is noted that Fr. Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance, will attend. Copy print, 1 p.
• Photostat copy of entries in the House Account Book of the Presentation Brothers’ South Monastery, Douglas Street, Cork. The entries refer to payments made to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC from 1843-4. Copy print, 2 pp.
• Extracts from Samuel Carter Hall, 'Retrospect of a Long Life / From 1815 to 1883' (London: R. Bentley, 1883), referring to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Printed, pp 497-512.
• Photocopy from 'County and City of Cork Post Office General Directory' (1844-5). The entry refers to the Capuchin friars in Blackamoor Lane, Cork. They are: Very Rev. Theobald Mathew (Provincial Minister), Cove Street; Rev. Denis McLeod, Rev. G. Brennan, Rev. James Reardon, and Rev. J. O’Connell (Guardians). Copy print, 1 p.
• Photocopy of a letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to Fr. William Keane, Parish Priest, Midelton, County Cork, referring to the history of St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Cork city. The letter reads ‘The insults offered to Catholic priests who were grossly outraged in Protestant Church Yards, the large fees demanded from the very poorest for the internment of their Relatives, induced me to open my present large and beautiful burial grounds. … The Cemetery was blessed by the late Archbishop, the Most Rev. Dr. Laffan, assisted by the late Vicar General, Archdeacon Keeffe at the period of the Month’s Mind of the late admirable Bishop Coppinger …’. The letter is dated 22 May 1847. A compliments’ slip indicates that the original was held by Fr. Bertie Troy (1930-2007), Parish Priest of Holy Rosary Church, Midleton, County Cork. Copy manuscript, 5 pp.
• A timeline relating to Fr. Mathew’s ministry as Provincial Superior of the Irish Capuchins from 1822-1852. Typescript, 1 p.
• Photocopies of letters from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to Mother De Pazzi Leahy, Superior, South Presentation Convent, Douglas Street, Cork, to a Mrs Bernard and to a Mrs Cronin. A covering note on the copies by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. states that two of the letters were written by Fr. Mathew whilst he was in New Orleans, Louisiana, and that the originals are held in the Archives of the South Presentation Convent in Cork. The letters date from 24 July 1846-18 Mar. 1851. Copy manuscript, 8 pp.
• Copy extract from a letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to the editor of the 'Cork Constitution' dated 27 Apr. 1843. The letter reads: ‘I do not arrogate to myself the merit of having originated the Temperance Society, on the contrary I have ever given my predecessors in this Sacred Cause the highest degree of approbation …’. Typescript, 4 pp.
• Copy photographic print of a letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to Richard Foley dated 31 May 1854. The prints measure 7 cm x 4.2 cm. Prints, 3 pp.
• Photocopies of documents from the State Paper Collection relating to female emigration to Australia. The documents are notices issued by a committee (among whose 16 members was Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC) offering free passage on a ship to New South Wales, Australia, in May 1836. Copy print, 4 pp.
• Photocopy of a letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew dated 23 July 1845. Fr. Nessan Shaw notes that the original is the possession or Rev. Con O’Donovan CC, Convent Hill, Mitchelstown, County Cork. The letter refers to an ‘inspired sermon’ which was sent to Fr. Mathew and which he intends to circulate to teetotallers. Copy manuscript, 2 pp.
• Extracts by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. taken from 'The Nation' newspaper relating to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. 6 Mar. 1847-4 Sept. 1847. Manuscript, 8 pp.