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An original total abstinence pledge card of Thomas Kent dated 12 Apr. 1838. The card is signed by Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC.

A pledge medal of the Dublin Total Abstinence Association dating to 1840. The front (face) shows the Good Shepherd. The outer-rim inscription reads ‘I have found the sheep that was lost Luke Chap. 15 v. 6’. The obverse has a cruciform text of the pledge and reads: ‘I have voluntarily promised in the presence of the Revd. Dr. Spratt to abstain from all spiritous liquors and intoxicating drinks except used medicinally and then by order of a medical man and the discountenance of all the vices and practices of intemperance and also to attend to my religious duties’. The outer-rim inscription reads ‘The Dublin Total Abstinence Pledge The Very Revd. Dr. Spratt Patron 1840’. The maker of the medal was J. Taylor.

A decorative silver trowel commemorating the laying of the top-stone of the Father Mathew Statue on Sackville (O’Connell) Street, Dublin, on 13 Oct. 1890. The inscription on the trowel reads:
‘The Father Mathew Centenary / Presented to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin on the occasion of the laying of the top stone of the pedestal of statue to the Great Apostle of Temperance Rev. Theobald Mathew. Signed on behalf of the Committee / Charles A. Cameron FRCSI, Archibald J. Nicolls LLB, George Noble Plunkett, Henry Wigham. Hon. Secs., Central Committee, Mansion House, Dublin, 13th Oct. 1890’. The silver is hallmarked.

An image of a group of Capuchin friars on a excursion to Inistioge in County Kilkenny in about 1907. Identifiable individuals include:
Third row, first on the left: Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap. (1885-1961)
Second row, first on the left: Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971)
Second row, second on the left: Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. (1875-1950)
Second row, first on the right: Fr. Dominic O'Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935)
First row, second on the left: Fr. Cyril O'Sullivan OFM Cap. (1887-1921)
First row, first on the right: Fr. Columbus Murphy OFM Cap. (1881-1962)

An image of a group of Capuchin friars swimming in the lake on the grounds of Rochestown Friary, County Cork. A manuscript annotation on the cover provides a description.

A portrait photograph of Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. (1875-1953) shortly after his ordination. Fr. Angelus was ordained on 23 February 1902. A manuscript annotation on the cover provides this description.

An image of a large group of Capuchin friars. A cover annotation reads: ‘Fr. Edwin and students’. Identifiable individuals include:
Second row, second from the right: Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. (1874-1938)
Second row, third from the right: Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. (1877-1925)
First row, second from the right: Fr. Ignatius Collins OFM Cap. (1885-1961)
Third row, first from the right: Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap. (1886-1971)
Third row, third from the right: Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. (1880-1968)
Third row, fifth from the right: Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. (1883-1935)

Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. with an unidentified diocesan cleric (with biretta). The same cleric is present in CA-PH-1-15. The image probably forms part of a series of photographs of a pilgrimage to Lough Derg which includes CA-PH-1-1 and CA-PH-1-15 and CA-PH-1-60.

Studio photograph of Fr. Laurence Dowling OFM Cap. (1872-1939). With an annotated cover which reads ‘Lantern slide of self'.

A view of an elderly pilgrim praying with rosary beads at a small cross at the Sanctuary of St Patrick on Lough Derg, County Donegal.