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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).

Programme card for the centenary celebrations of the inauguration of the temperance campaign by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC at Holy Trinity Church (presided over by the Most Rev. Daniel Colahan, Bishop of Cork) and at City Hall Cork (oration delivered by the Most Rev. Jeremiah Kinane, 1884-1959, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore).

A lantern slide showing a print of a banquet in honour of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The print is captioned 'Temperance banquet in Cork, 1840' and is taken from 'The Illustrated London News', February, 1840.

A view of a large crowd at the centenary celebrations for the birth of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in Cork on 10 October 1890. The location is Holy Trinity Church which was originally commissioned by Fr. Mathew in 1825. The principal speaker at the celebration was Sir John Pope Hennessy (1834-91), a Cork-born MP and British colonial administrator who had previously served as governor of Hong Kong. He is visible in the centre of the crowded platform, standing with arms folded. In his speech, Hennessy referred to the part that Fr. Mathew had played in improving the conditions of the working population of Cork.

An image of a print showing the deathbed scene of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in Queenstown, County Cork, on 8 December 1856. The plate is by Mayne, Lord Edward Street, Dublin.