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Notes by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. on various aspects of Fr. Mathew’s life and ministry. The notes were prepared for Fr. Nessan’s thesis on Father Mathew and were arranged under the following headings:
• Genealogy
• Family of Fr. Theobald Mathew
• Intemperance before 1838 / Chapter IV
• Ireland / Nineteenth Century / Political / Chapter II
• Nineteenth-century Repeal movement
• Fr. Mathew’s pecuniary embarrassments
• Effects of his temperance campaign
• ‘Father Mathew / the Man’
• Work aside from temperance
• Total Abstinence Campaign / Chapter VI
• Temperance / Progress / Difficulties / Testimonies

• An article by Fr. Nessan titled ‘Notes on intemperance in Ireland (1838-1850) / Synopsis’. Typescript, 40 pp.
• Photocopy of an article by Ignatius Murphy, ‘Father Mathew / Apostle of Temperance, in South-West Clare’, 'The Other Clare', Vol. 9 (Apr. 1985), pp 5-12.
• Photocopy of an article by Colm Kerrigan titled ‘Father Mathew in Limerick’, 'North Munster Antiquarian Journal', xxvii (1985), pp 62-9.
• Cutting of an article by Fr. Patrick Hickey titled ‘Faction fighters and temperance men’, 'Cork Examiner', 15 Oct. 1988.
• Cutting of an article by Fr. Nessan titled ‘When Cork sowed the seeds of a temperance revolution’, 'Evening Echo', 9 Apr. 1977. With draft typescript copy of the article. Typescript and cutting, 6 pp.
• Copy cutting from the 'Cork Examiner' of an article titled ‘Origin of the Cork Temperance Association Society by one who took part in the formation’. Fr. Nessan remarks that this interview was published before 1890. Copy cutting, 6 pp.
• Photocopy of an article by Colm Kerrigan, ‘Father Mathew in Ardmore’, 'The Ardmore Journal' (c.1982), pp 22-3.
• Photocopy of an article by Colm Kerrigan, ‘The social impact of the Irish Temperance Movement, 1839-1845’, 'Irish Economic and Social History', XIV (1987), pp 20-38.
• Letter from Professor John Quinn to Fr. Pádraig Ó Cuill OFM Cap. enclosing a copy of his review of Colm Kerrigan’s 'Father Mathew and the Irish Temperance Movement', 1838-1849 (Cork University Press, 1992) in the 'Catholic Historical Review'. The letter is dated 20 Sept. 1993. Typescript, 5 pp.
• Photocopy of an article by Professor John Quinn, ‘“The Nation’s Guest?”: The battle between Catholics and Abolitionists to manage Father Mathew’s American Tour, 1849-1851’, 'United States Catholic Historian', Vo. 22, No. 3, Ireland and America: Religion, Politics and Social Movements (Summer 2004), pp 19-40.
• Photocopy of an extract from article by Ignatius Murphy on the ‘Ennis Temperance Society, 1835-1839’, pp 88-100. Copy printed, 2 pp.
• Notes and articles by Fr. Nessan giving a ‘general and brief account of the Cork Total Abstinence Society from 1838’. Typescript, 42 pp.
• Cutting of an article by Fr. Nessan titled ‘Some forgotten aspects of Father Mathew’s temperance crusade’, 'Evening Echo', 8 Apr. 1982. With draft typescript of the article. Typescript and cuttings, 15 pp.

• Photocopy of an article by Colm Kerrigan, ‘Temperance and the Irish in West Ham’, 'Essex Journal', Spring 1982, pp 20-3.
• Photocopy of an article by Colm Kerrigan, ‘Father Mathew and teetotalism in London, 1843’, 'London Journal', 11, No. 2 (1985), pp 107-114. With a copy of the article transcribed by Fr. Nessan. Typescript, 13 pp.
• Cutting of an article by James A. Whelan titled ‘When Fr. Mathew toured America’, 'Evening Echo', 2 Jan. 1980.

A thesis by Treille de Gouallec submitted to University College Cork. The subject of the thesis is the life and temperance campaign of Fr. Theobald Mathew. The volume includes a letter to Fr. Nessan thanking him for the assistance provided in the preparation of the work.

• Letter from Walter McGrath to Fr. Nessan enclosing a photocopy of an article by John F. Quinn, ‘The “Vagabond Friar” / Father Mathew’s difficulties with the Irish Bishops, 1840-1856’, 'Catholic Historical Review', 78 (Oct. 1992), pp 542-56. The letter is dated 19 Dec. 1997. Manuscript and printed, 18 pp.
• Draft of an article by Fr. Nessan on Fr. Theobald Mathew published in the 'Cork Examiner', 10 Oct. 1990. Typescript, 4 pp.
• Draft of a lecture by Fr. Nessan titled ‘Fr. Theobald Mathew and Youth’, for a commemoration of the 155th anniversary of the founding of the Cork Total Abstinence Society in 1993. Typescript, 6 pp.
• Draft lecture by Fr. Nessan titled ‘The Spirituality of Fr. Mathew’. Typescript, 10 pp.
• Notes for talks by Fr. Nessan on various aspects of the life and temperance campaign of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Typescript, 45 pp.
• Photocopy of an article by Fr. Nessan published in the 'Cork Examiner' to mark the 137th anniversary of the inauguration of the temperance campaign. (1975). Copy cutting, 1 p.
• List of sources for the life of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC compiled by Fr. Nessan. The list includes unpublished manuscript sources, contemporary published works, pamphlets, periodicals, and published biographies. Typescript, 4 pp.
• Photocopies and notes by Fr. Nessan re sources pertaining to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC taken from 'Manuscript Sources for the History of Irish Civilisation' (1965) and 'Sources for the History of Irish Civilisation: Articles in Irish Periodicals' (1970) compiled by Richard J. Hayes. Copy print and manuscript, 8 pp.

Notebook of Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. containing notes on the genealogy of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The volume includes a family tree showing the ancestry of Fr. Mathew. The notes are in a Dollard’s Scribbling Diary for 1926. With a transcript of a letter from Basil O’Connell to Fr. T.J. Walsh re the will of George Mathew of Thomastown (1760). The letter is dated 29 Aug. 1951

• Letter to Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. from the Public Record Office of Ireland sending on information in relation to Fr. Mathew’s family history and ancestry. 28 June 1939. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Copy article by the Most Rev. David Mathew titled ‘Father Mathew’s family / The Mathews in Tipperary’, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1956-7), pp 143-52. Copy print, 10 pp.
• An article by Fr. Nessan titled ‘The Mathews of Thomastown’. Typescript, 5 pp.
• Cutting of an article by Padraig Ó Maidin titled ‘“Grand George Mathew” and Thomastown’.
• 'The Father Mathew Record', Vol. 49, No. 1 (Jan. 1957). The publication is a souvenir edition which includes articles covering the Father Mathew centenary celebrations. The cover has a photograph of the Fr. Mathew marble bust by John Hogan.
• Cutting of an article titled ‘Thurles honours Diana’s ancestor’, 'Cork Examiner', 5 Feb. 1990. The article refers to Lady Elizabeth Butler, an ancestor to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and supposedly Diana, Princess of Wales.
• Copy of an article by Fr. Nessan titled ‘A Great Irish Capuchin’, published in 'The Capuchin' magazine. The article refers to the celebrations in 1988 of the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of the temperance campaign by Fr. Mathew. With typescript copy, 5 pp.
• The Mathew family tree compiled by Fr. Nessan. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Letter to Fr. Nessan from Rev. Christy O’Dwyer, President of St. Patrick’s College, Thurles, enclosing a copy of an entry in the Skehan Index of Clergy, re Fr. Theobald Mathew (1834-1872), a nephew of the Apostle of Temperance. 8 Feb. 1994. Typescript, 2 pp.
• Copy cutting of an article advertising the Ursuline Convent School in Thurles. The advertisement notes that prospectuses can be obtained from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. 'Cork Examiner', 22 May 1844.
• Copy extracts from the archives of the Ursuline Convent, Thurles, re the presentation of Fr. Mathew’s sister as a boarding pupil at the school, and to a donation made by him to the Ursuline Sisters. 1815-45. Copy manuscript, 3 pp.
• Copy newspaper cutting of an article by Nicholas Farrell titled ‘Dickensian litigant quits Bar for the pub’. The article refers to the legal travails of Thomas Mathew, a great-grandson of Sir J.C. Mathew who was a descendant of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. (1991). Cutting, 1 p.
• Notes by Fr. Nessan on Elizabeth Poyntz (1587-1673) who became Lady Thurles in 1608 when she married Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles. The notes refer to her genealogical relationship with Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Typescript, 3 pp.

Genealogical notes compiled by Veronica Mathew, a great great great grand-niece of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The articles are titled ‘The Irish Mathews’ and ‘The Mathew family and their affection for Landaff’. The notes trace the ancestry of the Mathew family and include remarks re notable persons in the family tree and lore associated with the Mathews.

Testimonials for Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in relation to his claim of 'fama sanctitatis' (a cleric with a reputation for holiness). It appears that the testimonials were compiled in 1937-8. The file includes:
• Statement re a resolution of the Provincial Chapter of August 1927 which decided ‘to take definite steps regarding the introduction of the Cause of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC, the Apostle of Temperance’.
• Testimony of John Francis Maguire, biographer of Father Mathew.
• Tribute of the Lord Mayor of Cork, John Francis Maguire, at the unveiling of the statue of Father Mathew in the chief street in Cork.
• Tribute of Mr. Thomas Crosbie, editor and proprietor of the chief newspaper in Cork.
• Tribute of Denny Lane, prominent Catholic public man and author.
• Interview with the late Bishop of Cork, the Most Rev. Thomas Alphonsus O’Callaghan OP. The interview was conducted by Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Irish Capuchin Minister Provincial, in 1913-4. It reads ‘On the occasion when the Bishop made the statement, he said that as I was interested in Father Mathew it was right he should mention a criticism which he heard about him. Some seemed to think that he [Fr. Mathew] was not sufficiently interested in his Order: on occasion his attention was drawn to some matter affecting the interests of his Province or community, and he was supposed to have made the remark that it was not his concern but Father [Louis] O’Connell’s’.
• Testimony of William Smyth O’Brien.
• Testimony of the Catholic Archdeacon of Cork.
• Extracts from the diary of James McKenna, secretary to Fr. Mathew.
• Extracts from the records of hospitals referring to cures attributed to Fr. Mathew.
• Interview with Denis Dennehy, caretaker of St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork, burial-place of Fr. Mathew.
• Sworn statement of Mr. Murphy, 3 Burke’s Avenue, Cork, referring to a cure for her daughter Kathleen, which she attributes to visits to the grave of Fr. Mathew.
• The file also includes a ‘General Statement’ in relation to Fr. Mathew’s reputation as a priest of ‘exceptional holiness and of wonderful zeal and charity’.

• Flier for a concert celebrating the anniversary of Fr. Mathew’s birth. The concert was held in George’s Hall, South Great George’s Street, Dublin on 10 Oct. 1908. The event included a speech by John Gore titled ‘Father Mathew’s Temperance Work and its Results’. Printed, 2 pp.
• ‘The Amethyst / A Temperance Lecture’, published in 'The Irish Monthly', June 1894. Printed, 2 pp.
• 'Temperance Rallying Songs' published by 'The Father Mathew Record' office, Church Street, Dublin. Words by Brian O’Higgins with music by Arthur Darley. Printed, 4 pp. 18 copies.
• The Old Girl’s Song by Mrs. Armel O’Connor from Mary’s Meadow Press, Ludlow, Shropshire. Printed, 1 p.
• Letter from Cobh Urban District Council to Fr. Justin Hyland OFM Cap., Guardian, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, re the erection of a plaque to honour ‘the memory of Fr. Theobald Mathew, Apostle of Temperance, who died at 18 West Beach, Cobh, on the 8th December 1856’. 12 December 1946. Typescript, 1 p.