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Minute book of the committee and public meetings of the Total Abstinence Sodality. The reverse of the front cover is annotated: ‘Temperance Society of the Sacred Thirst of the Lord Jesus Christ attached to the Church of Our Lady of the Angels, Church Street, founded by the Very Rev. Albert Mitchell OSFC, President, Dublin, June 1880, to which was added The Father Mathew Temperance Hall, Halston Street, opened solemnly Monday, 14th February 1881’. The first page contains the rules of the society as laid down by Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC. The minute book reports the principal decisions and resolutions passed by the committee at their weekly meetings particularly in respect of financial and membership matters and later in relation to the funding for the construction of Father Mathew Memorial Hall on Church Street. The volume includes a copy of the printed 'First Annual Report' of the sodality (see CA HA/1/1/2) and a copy of a letter from Most Rev. Edward McCabe, Archbishop of Dublin, to Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC, 49 North King Street, commending the work of the Halston Street Temperance Society (22 Feb. 1882). On 14 Feb. 1883, a report noted that ‘we have at present on the roll upwards of 1,130 men and 1,000 women and although some have fallen away from our ranks still it is satisfactory to be in the position to state that a large number have remained faithful to their pledge’. Other newspaper clippings pasted into volume include a report of a large meeting of total abstinence societies at St. Finbarr’s Hall, Charlotte Quay, Cork. With a copy of the agreement with J. T. Russell, Sandford Terrace, Ranelagh, for the lease of 3 Halston Street at the yearly rent of £16 for 31 years in trust for the Temperance Society of the Sacred Thirst (31 Jan. 1881). The minutes were routinely signed by the President, Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC, and later by his successor, Fr. Columbus Maher OSFC.

The volume is titled ‘Cash account book of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to the Capuchin Convent, Walkin Street, Kilkenny, under the presidency of the Father Guardian, the Very Rev. Albert Mitchell OFSC’. The volume contains monthly debit and credit cash entries. Most of the income is derived from subscriptions, donations, and collections.

Epitome of deeds and leases relating to properties held by the Capuchins in Cork. The epitome commences with an abstract of a lease by John Lecky to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC on 2 Nov. 1832 (CA HT/2/1/2/10) and concludes with a summary of an assignment by Fr. Cherubim Mazzini OSFC and others to Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC and others of all interest and claims on premises on Charlotte Quay and on Queen Street dated 8 Mar. 1875 (see CA HT/2/1/2/13). The volume also includes transcripts and notes taken from the ‘old account book of the Cork Friary’, covering the personnel, governance and history of the Order in Ireland (specifically in Cork) from 1836 to 1859. The original volume is extant at CA HT/3/1/1.

Register book of the Sacred Thirst Sodality attached to the Total Abstinence Hall, Halston Street, Dublin. The register includes lists of male and female members of the sodality, minutes of meetings, newspaper cuttings and printed leaflets inserted into the volume. Includes:
• Statement re the number of public houses in Dublin and the number of arrests for drunkenness in Aug. 1880.
• Cutting from the 'Catholic Times', 11 Nov. 1881, referring to a meeting of the Sodality presided over by Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC, President.
• ‘Theobald Mathew / Anniversary Commemoration / Lecture by Very Rev. J.T. Murphy / Speech by John Dillon MP, 'Freeman’s Journal', 10 Dec. 1901.
• ‘Archbishop McCabe on Drunkenness’, 'Freeman’s Journal', 14 Feb. 1882.
• 'First Annual Report of the Father Mathew OSFC Total Abstinence Sodality and Hall, Halston Street, Dublin', signed by Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC, President. Feb. 1882. Printed, 2 pp.
• 'The Archbishop of Dublin on drunkenness'. Letter of the Most Rev. Edward McCabe, Archbishop of Dublin. The letter is addressed to Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC and refers to the work of the Total Abstinence Society associated with the temperance hall on Halston Street, Dublin. 22 Feb. 1882. Printed, 1 p.
• Cutting of a letter by Michael Dwyer to the editor of the 'Freeman’s Journal', 23 Feb. 1882. An annotation reads ‘This Mr. Dwyer is the secretary of the Publicans and has had the insolence to attack the statement of his Grace the Archbishop in his letter to me [Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC] of Feb. 22, 1882’. With a cutting of Fr. Mitchell’s reply dated 24 Feb. 1882.
• Cutting of an article titled ‘Total Abstinence – what the doctors say of the use of drink’. The article takes the form of a letter to the editor of the 'Kilkenny Journal' from ‘An advocate of Total Abstinence’.
• ‘The prayers of the members on requesting the following intentions for the conversion of a son of a husband, of a sister and her son, of a father and mother, of a friend a long-time from their duty, of a husband drinking and neglecting his duty …’. Sept. 1880-Jan. 1881.

• 'Bishop Ireland on the Drink Curse'. A pamphlet by the Most Rev. John Ireland DD, Bishop of St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. [c.1900]. Printed, 20 pp.
• Souvenir of a temperance mission in St. Michael’s Parish, Limerick, conducted by the Capuchin Franciscan friars, 16-18 Sept. 1910. Printed, 4 pp.
• Letter from W.A. Johnson, Archbishop’s House, Westminster, conveying the instructions of Cardinal Henry Manning re the giving of the pledge. He adds ‘With the exception of the clergy who may hold the office of president, vice-president and honorary-treasurer of a Branch of the League of the Cross without being total abstainers, we require … that all other officers of the League shall be total abstainers’. 7 Dec. 1885. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• 'Give the Children a Chance!' (Dublin, [c.1910]). A pamphlet published by the United Committee for the prevention of the sale of drink to children. Printed, 24 pp.
• 'The Archbishop of Dublin on drunkenness'. Letter of the Most Rev. Edward McCabe, Archbishop of Dublin. The letter is addressed to Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC and refers to the work of the Total Abstinence Society associated with the temperance hall on Halston Street, Dublin. 22 Feb. 1882. Printed, 1 p.
• 'Temperance Rallying Song'. Printed by J. O’Keeffe, 3 Halston Street, Dublin. [c.1910]. Printed, 1 p.

The volume contains lists of brothers of the Third Order of St Francis attached to the Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, Kilkenny. The title is signed: Fr. Albert Mitchell OSFC, Director, 28 Sept. 1873’. An annotation on the end of title page reads: ‘Many of these names inscribed in this book have been transferred from the members [primer] book which was not properly kept’. A later annotation reads: ‘N.B. The names in this book to page vi inclusive have been transferred further on, as the book was not properly kept and many new members of the order had been omitted. The new list begins at p. viii. Thus:-
Page viii and following contain the names of the brothers living on 1 January 1904.
Page xi. The brothers living who have been isolated.
Page xiv. The deceased brothers, as on 1 Jan. 1904.
John O’Connell, Sion Villa, Kilkenny, 7 March 1904’.
Entries are initially listed under ‘Number, name, address, when professed, by whom professed and remarks’. Some of the remarks include comments relating to the date of death of the member, references to emigration and expulsion from the Third Order. Page viii is titled: ‘List of brothers of the Third Order of St. Francis attached to the Capuchin Friary, Walkin Street, Kilkenny, 1 Jan. 1904’. This portion of the list may have been started by the aforementioned John O’Connell. An annotation on the final page reads: ‘S.G. Dunne, R.T. Burke transferred to new register, 4 May 1939, J. Clifford’.

History of the Capuchin Friary, Father Mathew Quay, Cork, possibly compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. The notes are described as incomplete, requiring ‘supplementation and possibly correction’. The first section deals briefly with the history of the Capuchins in Cork from 1620 to 1832. At page six Fr. Angelus traces the efforts made by the Capuchins to build a friary adjacent to Holy Trinity Church. This history is divided into distinct sections:
I. 1855: Very. Rev. Vincent McLeod OSFC, guardian.
II. 1866: Very. Rev. Edward Tommins OSFC, guardian. Includes an article from the Cork Examiner (24 Sept. 1866) referring to the laying of the foundation stone of a new friary. This project was later abandoned.
III. 18[ ]: Very Rev. Father Cherubin [Mazzini] OSFC, guardian.
IV. 1877: Very Rev. Father Thomas Sheehy OSFC, guardian.
V. 1878: Very Rev. Father Albert Mitchell OSFC, Custos-Provincial.
VI. 1879-1884: Very Rev. Father Simeon Gaudillot OSFC, Commissary General; Very Rev. Seraphim Van Damme of Bruges, Provincial Minister. (Includes an account from the Cork Examiner (10 June 1884) re the opening of the new Capuchin Friary.
Addenda: Historical notes re the Irish Capuchin Custody, the ‘dismemberment of the Irish Province’, the transfer of the Cork and Rochestown Friaries to the English Capuchin Province, and the re-creation in 1885 of the Irish Capuchin Province.
The final page consists of an incomplete obituary list of Cork Capuchins. The file includes copy typescript extracts from the volume.