Publisher: Dublin: Catholic Total Abstinence Federation of Ireland
Publisher: Dublin: Browne & Nolan Ltd, Nassau Street
Full title: 'Manual of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association in honour of the Sacred Thirst'
Ink and printed stamp reads: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin'. The front cover also has a portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.
Author: Fr. Salvator Maschek OFM Cap.
Publisher: Solothurn [Switzerland]: St.-Antonius-Verl
There is a portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC on the frontispiece.
Author: Patrick Rogers
Publisher: Dublin: Browne and Nolan Ltd. / The Richview Press
Language: English
Ink stamp on inside front cover reads: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Fathers, Church Street’. Foreword by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. (1897-1962).
An original total abstinence pledge card of Jonathon Murphy dated 4 Nov. 1839. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Manuscript annotations on the card indicate that the pledge was renewed on 31 Aug. 1860 and 17 Mar. 1864.
An original certificate of enrollment of Robert Cosgrove in St. Paul’s Temperance Society, Dublin, dated 5 Apr. 1840. With a letter from Ellen Weedon to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. affirming that the pledge card belonged to her grandfather. The letter is dated 18 Apr. 1927.
An original total abstinence pledge card of Charles Doherty dated 7 Nov. 1847. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. With a cover letter (1 Aug. 2001) from Liam O’Connell referring to this item. The letter notes that his ancestor (Charles Doherty) took the pledge in St. Peter’s Pro-Cathedral in Belfast. He also encloses an advertisement from Cantrell & Cochrane, Mineral and Aerated Water Manufacturer, referring to the Apostle of Temperance [c.1900].
An original framed total abstinence pledge card of Timothy Shea dated 21 Sept. 1848. The certificate is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.
An original framed total abstinence pledge card of Patrick Byrne dated 22 Jan. 1849. The certificate is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.
An original total abstinence pledge card of [signature faded] dated 18 Nov. 1852. The certificate is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.