Portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC
- IE CA PH/2/93
- Item
- c.1900
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of a portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC (in old age). The portrait shows Fr. Mathew in traditional nineteenth-century clerical attire.
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Portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of a portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC (in old age). The portrait shows Fr. Mathew in traditional nineteenth-century clerical attire.
Father Mathew departs Cork for America
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A plate showing a print of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC departing Cork for his American temperance campaign in 1848. The print is taken from 'The Illustrated London News'. The plate is by T. Mayne & Son, Dublin.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of ‘Cove Lane, Cork. The home of Fr. Theobald Mathew’. The plate is captioned.
Father Theobald Mathew Statue, O'Connell Street, Dublin
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
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.
Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC giving the pledge, The Custom House, Dublin
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
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.
The Grave of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC
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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.
Deathbed Scene of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC
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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.
Unveiling of the Statue of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, O'Connell Street, Dublin
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The official unveiling of the statue of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC on Sackville (later O’Connell) Street on 8 February 1893. The statue was designed by Mary Redmond (1863-1930).
Fr. Theobald Mathew Centenary Celebrations, Cork
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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.
Property Sketch Map and Schedule of Leases for St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Sketch map of St. Joseph’s Cemetery ‘5 acres 2 roods 0 perches, late botanic gardens, representatives of Rev. Fr. Theobald Mathew’, bordered by ‘South Spittal Lands’ and by ‘the back road to the cemetery called on [the] city map “Tory Top Lane”’. The map also shows various numbered denominations of land possibly on the former Botanic Gardens' site. A numbered schedule of deeds and lease (nos. 3-16), possibly relating to the aforementioned site, is extant on the reverse of the sketch map.