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Account book with details of receipts from the sale of temperance medals, manuals, certificates and crosses by the Irish Capuchin friars. Reference is made to certificates sold by Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) and Fr. Luke Sheehan OSFC (1873-1937). It is noted that Fr. Luke was a missionary at Steamer Point in Aden in 1903. The latter portion of the volume was subsequently used by Fr. Denis Corkery OFM Cap. (1914-1997) as a notebook for transcribing material (mostly in Irish and French). The dates of these entries are c.1970.

Sermons preached by Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) at various temperance missions. The sermons are titled, and most are dated January 1907. One of the sermons is titled: ‘Temperance demonstration, Nov. 11th, 1902'. Others are titled: ‘Temperance Crusade, First Sermon, ‘Intemperance / Second Sermon – Crusade’ and ‘Intemperance / results for children / evil consequences for ourselves’.

Report on the Capuchin Temperance Mission in Ireland compiled by Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) , Provincial Minister, in response to a request from the General Minister of the Order in Rome. The report refers to the progress of the temperance crusade in Ireland and includes information on the number of missions preached and total abstinence pledges taken. The report notes that the Capuchins have ‘administered the Sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion to 1,200 on each Mission. … We have given the pledge to an average of 800 in each Parish and have a record of having administered the Pledge since the beginning of this Crusade to 1,141,191’. (p. 10). It also includes favourable testimonials from the Irish Catholic hierarchy and other prominent figures. The principal headings in the report are as follows:
The Origins and Progress of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association
The Pledge
Pastorals on Temperance from the Bishops of Ireland
Testimony of His Eminence Cardinal Logue / Primate of All Ireland
Bishops’ Opinions
Testimony of the Clergy
Leading articles from the 'Freeman’s Journal' / the principal paper in Ireland
Press References
Testimonies from Judges, Public Officials and Lord Mayors

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).

Memoranda and notes re the Harry Clarke stained glass windows in Holy Trinity Church, Cork. The file includes: a manuscript note by Fr. Martin Hyland OSFC, guardian, re the windows designed for James O’Donovan who donated £700 for their installation; a typescript ‘explanation of the stained glass windows in Holy Trinity by J. Clarke & Sons'; a manuscript note (possibly by Harry Clarke Studios) re a memorial window erected by Cork trade unionists in recognition of Fr. Thomas Dowling in 1918.

Confirmation from Fr. Peter Bowe OSFC, Provincial Minister, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, of the election of Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) as guardian of Holy Trinity Friary.

Letter signed by Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC, guardian, consenting to the ‘erection of one bracket to the chimney of our [Friary] building between Charlotte Quay and South Mall’.