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Lists of pledge-takers in the parish of Schull in County Cork. The lists include those who took the pledge under the parish priest, Fr. John O’Connor. The second list identifies those who took the pledge for life or for one year, and the names of the Young Irish Crusaders.

Listing of individuals who took the total abstinence pledge in the parish of Taghmon and Turin (located in County Westmeath and in the diocese of Meath) in 1913. The total is noted as 542. Information is given under the headings of name, residence and period for which the pledge was taken.

List of approximately two and half thousand names and addresses of those who took the total abstinence pledge for life at a mission given by the Capuchin friars at St. Joseph’s Church, Limerick, in Autumn 1910. The date given on the title page is 18 Sept. 1910.

List of individuals who took the total abstinence pledge during a mission in Glenswilly, County Donegal.

File containing records of pledges (taken for life and for one year) taken by individuals residing in Ennis, County Clare. The names of the individuals and their places of residence are given. Some of the lists are compiled in copybooks and are titled: ‘The Young Irish Crusaders, Christian Schools, Ennis’; ‘St Joseph’s School, Convent of Mercy, Ennis’, ‘Ennis Boys’ School’, ‘Boarding School, Pledges for Life’.

Blank pledge cards, affiliation diplomas and (decorative) membership certificates associated with the Father Mathew Temperance Association, Church Street, Dublin.

File includes words of A SONG by Edell Lynch, South Presentation Convent Secondary School, Douglas Street, Cork city; Pageant on the life and work of Nano Nagle Foundress of the Presentation Order Bi- Centenary Commemoration 1775 -1975, 17 -20 April, Our Lady’s Hall, Presentation Convent, Waterford; a Play on the Life and Times of Nano Nagle, by Immaculate Heart Secondary School, Ballyphehane, [Cork], 1 – 13 April; and two copies of PCS ‘There came a light’, 1775 – 1975, Bi-Centenary Pageant, Limerick; two copies of Nano Nagle heroine of Penal Days of Presentation Convent School, Middleton, present A Pageant on the Life and Work of Nano Nagle; two copies of ‘Start 300’ An evening of dance to celebrate the Bi-Centenary of the Presentation Order of Our Blessed Lady and their Foundress Nano Nagle, given by The West Cork Theatre dancers in The Nano Nagle Hall, South Presentation Convent, Cork, 27 December 1975, 2 January 1976- 9 January 1976; two copies of ‘ A play-pageant on the life and times of Nano Nagle, by Sr. Therese Halliden, PBVM, [North Presentation and Farranree Convents, Cork]; Splendour of Light (pageant on the life of Nano Nagle Foundress of the Presentation Sisters); ‘ The Galilean’s Conquest’ An Episode Play, based on the life of Mother Nano Nagle by M.E. Gaffney, O.P. and a pageant “A Light for our steps” by Sisters M. Evangelist O’ Sullivan, presentation Convent, Waterford, Ireland.

File includes plays about the life of Nano Nagle; Launceston Presentation Pupils Centenary Concert 1866 – 1996- Souvenir Programme; Nano Nagle a Play in Three Acts; Nano a play- pageant on the life and times of Nano Nagle; The Galilean’s Conquest An Episodic Play Based on the Life of Nano Nagle by Rev. M. H. Gaffney, O.P. and letter from The Emeldist Editor’s Office, Saint Saviour’s Priory, Dublin, C. 16: Nano- a play -pageant on the life and times of Nano Nagle, written by Donal O’ Connor, N.T., Ringaskiddy, County Cork; Nano Nagle in ‘The courage to Dare’ – a play in three acts – 1975 – 1976; two copies of “Nano Nagle”, a play for Presentation Pupils, written by a Sister of St. Mary’s Convent, Lismore, N.S.W. TO COMMERORATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF OUR SAINTLY FOUNDRESS, Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption, 1968, and ‘Getting to know Nano’, originally complied in the Novitiate, South Presentation Convent, Cork, Spring, 1975.

Play scripts and poem texts submitted by participants in the Father Mathew Feis. The plays are 'Cats of Egypt' by T.B. Morris (‘under 17 groups’) and 'The Tangled Web' by Austin Walsh (Immaculate Conception Club, Clondalkin, County Dublin). The file also includes works by Barbara Bingley, Joseph Chiari, William Allingham, and Herbert Gedger.

Play scripts for 'The Glassyman' by Sigerson Clifford, 'The Travelling Man' by Lady Gregory, 'Riders to the Sea' by John M. Synge and an adaptation of the 'Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allen Poe. The scripts have been annotated for performances in Father Mathew Hall.