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Correspondence, tender documents, bills of account and minutes of meetings regarding the extensive renovation work on the Church of St. Francis and adjoining Friary in Kilkenny. Principal correspondents included Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., guardian, C. Harvey Jacob Harvey & Associates, architects, 29 The Mall, Waterford, P.M. Cantwell Ltd., building contractors, 11 Upper Patrick Street, Kilkenny, Liam Tyrrell, painting contractor, 4 Pius XII Terrace, Circular Road, Kilkenny and Donal McDonald, stone, and marble craftsman, Maddoxtown, County Kilkenny. The main building work entailed a re-design of the sanctuary area of the Church to bring it into line with current liturgical practice, the erection of a porch at the back of the Church and the remedying of dampness and mould growth in the main body of the Church building. The work included the installation of a new central heating system and an insulated lining in all walls and roofs, the painting of all exterior walls and the replacing of windows and storm glazing. The total cost of the renovation work was £118,917.

Register of expenditure on sacristy items for laundry including altar cloths, towels, amices, vestments and linen.

• Cutting of an article by Fr. Nessan titled ‘Political difficulties of Fr. Mathew’s Association’, 'Irish Press', 10 Apr. 1970.
• An article by Fr. Nessan titled ‘Dublin Castle and the Temperance Movement’. An annotation affirms that this was published in the 'Evening Echo' in 1982. Typescript, 5 pp.
• An article by Fr. Nessan titled ‘Political difficulties of Fr. Theobald Mathew’. This article was published in the 'Irish Press', 10 Apr. 1979. Typescript, 4 pp.
• An article by Fr. Nessan titled ‘Temperance and toleration / Father Mathew’s formula for national unity’. The article was published in 'The Pioneer' (Apr. 1985), pp 26-8. Typescript, 5 pp.
• Photocopy of an article on the ‘Great Temperance Rally at Cork’, 'The Father Mathew Record', Mar. 1926, pp 71-5. Copy print, 5 pp.
• Newspaper cutting of a letter from Peter Scott titled ‘Fr. Mathew and the North’. The author responds to a recently-published article by Fr. Nessan.
• An article by Fr. Nessan on the Total Abstinence Society founded in Cork on 10 Apr. 1838. The article was submitted to the 'Cork Examiner' in Apr. 1988 but was unpublished. Typescript, 3 pp.
• Copy extracts from the State Paper Office referring to the legality of holding meetings of Temperance Societies. 13-14 Mar. 1840. Typescript, 1 p.
• Outline for a lecture by Fr. Nessan on the Cork Total Abstinence Society founded by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. An annotation suggests that the lecture was given at a Pioneer Seminar in Cork on 24 Sept. 1988. Typescript, 9 pp.
• Copies of reviews by Fr. Nessan and Pat O’Keeffe of 'Father Mathew and the Irish Temperance Movement, 1838-1849' by Colm Kerrigan (Cork, 1992). Typescript and cutting, 4 pp.
• Extracts from the Income and Expenditure Account Book of the Cork Temperance Society, 1 Jan. 1848-31 Dec. 1848. Typescript, 2 pp.

Letters to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. mostly seeking research assistance on the life of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The file includes letters from Edmond J. O’Neill, Anthony Lorraine, Fr. Ignatius McCormick OFM Cap., Dr. Kevin O’Brien, Colm Kerrigan, Robert Thompson, Donal O’Cahill, Fr. Benignus-Jan Sosnowski OFM Cap., Michael Foy, John Comerford, John F. Quinn, Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap., and Fr. Gregorio Smutko OFM Cap.

Correspondence, copy wills, executors’ accounts and other legal documents relating to bequests for masses and other legacies (for support of the foreign missions) left to the Capuchin community in Kilkenny.

Monthly receipt and expenditure book for the Capuchin community, Church Street. The pages are pre-paginated. Receipt entries relate primarily to income derived from masses, street collections and from shrines. Expenditure entries refer to specific cheque payments and items listed in cash expenditure and day books. Gilt title to spine reads ‘Ledger’.

• Programme for an International Seminar organised by the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association (PTAA) to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of Fr. Mathew’s temperance crusade. The seminar was held in the Hotel Metropole, Cork, from 23-5 September 1988. With a copy of the 29th Annual Report of The Father Mathew Union PTAA (1987-8), itineraries, posters and newspaper clippings from the 'Cork Examiner' and the 'Southern Star', 24 Sept. 1988, covering the event. Printed, typescript and clipping, 37 pp.
• Inventory of photographs relating to Fr. Mathew loaned by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. to the Cork Public Museum in Aug. 1988. Includes images of Fr. Mathew’s grave, the statue on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork, Fr. Mathew’s house on Cove Street, and Blackamoor lane, the site of a former Capuchin Chapel. Manuscript and typescript, 8 pp.
• Copy flier for an exhibition on Father Mathew and the temperance movement, 1838-1988’, held in the Cork Museum, Fitzgerald Park, from 18 Sept.-28 Oct. 1988. Copy print, 1 p.
• Cutting of an article on the Fr. Mathew commemoration in Cobh, County Cork, on 10 Apr. 1988. 'Cork Examiner', Apr. 1988.
• Letters to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. re a Father Mathew commemoration hosted by the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association / Father Mathew Union in Golden, County Tipperary in April 1988. Fr. Nessan gave a lecture on Fr. Mathew and the temperance movement at the commemoration. 17 Mar 1988-21 Mar. 1988. Manuscript and typescript, 4 pp.
• Cutting of an article, ‘A pioneering priest who kept his pledge’, 'Cork Examiner', 8 Apr. 1988.
• Cutting of an article by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. on Fr. Theobald Mathew published in 'The Fold / Diocesan Magazine of Cork and Ross' (Apr. 1988), pp 3-4.
• Notes for a homily by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Cork Total Abstinence Society by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The homily was given in St. Patrick’s Church, Kilfeacle, County Tipperary, on 10 Apr. 1988. Typescript, 7 pp.
• A letter from Denis Holland, Munster Pioneer Council, to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. regarding a loan of items and relics of Fr. Mathew for exhibition purposes in County Tipperary. 14 June 1988. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Cutting of an article by Mary Hassett titled ‘Golden reclaims Fr. Mathew’, 'Tipperary Star', 16 Apr. 1988.
• Cutting of an article from 'The Nationalist', 16 Apr. 1988. The article refers to commemorative events at the Father Mathew Statue in Thomastown Cross and at St. Patrick’s Church, Kilfeacle, County Tipperary.

Date(s): 1902-1969; 1984-1988
Publisher: Dublin: Frank Byrne / Browne & Nolan Ltd; Drogheda: Independent Co. Ltd.; Wexford: John English & Co.
Language: English
Portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC on front covers; Ink stamp: ‘Father Mathew Memorial Hall, Church Street’ on some copies.
There are multiple copies of some of the reports but the run is not complete. The reports from 1957-67 are missing as are the reports from 1970-83.

Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet
Floor plan drawn up for alterations to Father Mathew Hall, Church Street, for fire safety purposes. The plan comprises basement, ground, first and second floor plans. Plan ref. number: F48 – 388. Drawn by J.A. Kealy for Michael N. Slattery, Fire Safety Officer, Julianstown, County Meath.

Results book for the Father Mathew Feis. The entries are recorded under the headings of competition number, competitor number, ranking or place, name of the competitor and school or home address.