Recollections of the 1916 Rising by Nicholas Laffan titled ‘Ireland’s War of Independence / Easter Week 1916’. It is noted that Laffan was a Captain in G Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers. With a cover letter from Laffan to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. stating that this article ‘has not appeared in any paper’. He also states that he is an old member of the Third Order of St. Francis (Merchants’ Quay) having joined in April 1904 (66 years ago)’.
Author: Rev. James Birmingham of Borrisokane Publisher: Dublin: Milliken and Son, Grafton Street Language: English Edition: Second Edition Full title: 'A memoir of the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew / with an account of the rise and progress of temperance in Ireland'. Ink stamp on title page: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Order, Ireland’;
Author: P. McTeague Publisher: London: R. Bentley Language: English Format: Originally published as 'Bentley’s miscellany of stories'. Only vol. 3, ‘Father Mathew, by P. McTeague’ is extant. The title page is missing. Ink stamp on fly-leaf reads: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Order, Ireland’.
Author: John Francis Maguire Publisher: London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green Language: English Edition: Second Edition Physical condition: Bound in contemporary hard covers with gilt title to spine. The volume is in poor condition. The spine cover has completely disintegrated and front cover is partially detached from the text block. Foxing to opening pages. The page-edges are frayed and brittle. Very careful manual handling is required.
Publisher: Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, Upper Sackville Street Language: English Full title: 'The League of the Cross Magazine and Crusade Journal, Catholic Temperance Gazette' Ink stamp reads: ‘Library OFM Cap., Church Street’. The volume contains the following editions: Mar. 1883 (no. 3), Feb. 1885 (no. 14), Apr. 1885 (no. 16), June 1885 (no. 18), Sept. 1885 (no. 21), and Oct. 1885 (no. 22).
Author: Rev. Thomas J. Conaty DD, President of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of the United States Publisher: Liverpool: ‘The Catholic Times’ Printing Works Language: English Full title: 'An Address to the Father Mathew OSFC Total Abstinence League of the Sacred Thirst in connection with Church of Our Lady of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin … delivered in the Father Mathew OSFC, Total Abstinence Hall, Halston Street, Dublin'.
Author: Frank J. Mathew Publisher: London: Cassell & Company Ltd. Language: English Frontispiece (portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC); Ink and printed stamp on inside front cover reads: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’.
Author: Sir John Pope Hennessy (1834-1891) Publisher: Cork: Guy & Co. Ltd., 70 Patrick Street Language: English Full title: 'Temperance and Nationality / The Father Mathew Centennial Oration / Delivered in Cork, 10th October, 1890'.
Author: Fr. James Cullen SJ Publisher: Dublin: Messenger Office, 5 Great Denmark Street Language: English Full title: 'Temperance catechism, and manual of the Total Abstinence League of the Sacred Heart of Jesus'. There are marginal annotations (in pencil) throughout the text.
