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• An article by D. Holland titled ‘Father Mathew / The Great Temperance Apostle described by an able writer who knew him intimately’. The preface states that article appeared in the 'Irish Catholic', 19 Aug. 1905. Typescript, 10 pp.
• A copy article by Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), the historian and politician, on Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The article appeared in the 'Catholic Times', 17 Oct. 1890. Typescript, 2 pp.
• Copy speech of J.F. Maguire MP, Lord Mayor, at the unveiling of the Statue of Father Mathew on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork, on 10 Oct. 1864. The speech is taken from the 'Cork Examiner', 10 Oct. 1864. Typescript, 4 pp.
• An article by Jeremiah Dowling titled ‘Father Mathew’, 'The New Ireland Review', Vol. X, (Nov. 1898), pp 140-8. Printed.
• Cutting of an article by Rev. M. Gallagher titled ‘Father Mathew’ published in 'The Irish Rosary' [c.1900]. Printed, 5 pp.
• Cutting of an article titled ‘Monument to the Memory of Father Mathew / Grand Moral Demonstration – Father Conaty’s Oration’. The article refers to the erection of a statue of Fr. Mathew in Salem, Massachusetts. The article includes an engraving of the statue. The Salem chapter of the Father Mathew Catholic Total Abstinence Society was organized in 1875 and purchased its headquarters, the Tucker estate, in 1896. A statue of Father Mathew was erected in 1887 in Salem in his honor. In 1916, the statue was moved from Central and Charter Street to its present location, the corner of Derby and Hawthorne Boulevard (also known as Bertram Park). Printed, 7 pp.
• An article by Davida Franklin, Loreto College, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, titled ‘Father Theobald Mathew’. Typescript, 4 pp.
• Notes re the appointment of Provincial Ministers, Definitors, and Guardians of Irish Capuchins houses from 1836-57. The notes include numerous references to the appointment of Fr. Mathew as superior. In 1849 it was noted that Fr. Mathew was departing for the United States and appointed Fr. Francis Murphy OSFC as Vicar Provincial. In 1854, Fr. Mathew made an assignment of the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Cork, to Fr. Louis Reardon OSFC, Fr. Vincent McLeod OSFC and Fr. Bonaventure Buckley OSFC. Typescript, 4 pp.
• Copy inventory of items loaned to the Cork Public Museum, Fitzgerald Park, Cork, by the Capuchins for purposes of an exhibition on the life of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The items included Fr. Mathew’s missal, a tea pot, dinner plate and a cup decorated with temperance symbols, a trumpet used in Fr. Mathew’s band, temperance medals and pledge certificates, a cross made from a portion of Fr. Mathew’s confessional, and portions of wood from Fr. Mathew’s piano. 22 Feb. 1945. Typescript, 3 pp.
• Booklet for a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving in honour and commemoration of the foundation of the first Mercy Convent on Rutland Street, Cork, on 6 July 1837. Reference is made to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC assisting the Sisters in establishing a community in the city. July 1987. Typescript, 10 pp.

Extracts from the 'Dublin Review' periodical relating to Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC and the temperance movement in Ireland. The extracts date from 1840 and include reviews of the 'First Annual Report of the Irish Temperance Union (25 Feb. 1840) and the 'Speech of John Hackney Esq. on Temperance delivered on Dec. 29th, 1837, at the Rotunda' (Dublin 1840). The notebook also contains extracts from the 'Limerick Chronicle', 17-20 Aug. 1842 referring to a speech by Fr. Mathew at Ennistymon in County Clare. The extracts were compiled by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap.

Certified copies of the will and probate of James Montgomery Blair, late of Hereford, and latterly of 122 Rue de la Citidelle, Calais. He leaves his all his property to Jeremiah Easter, Belle Vue, Margate, and appoints him as his sole executor. The will was attested, and probate was granted to Jeremiah Easter in the Prerogative Court of Ireland on 14 May 1839. Copies made 24 Mar. 1916.

Notebook with references and extracts by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. to McKenna’s unpublished history of Fr. Mathew’s temperance movement. The notes are arranged under various headings including:
His piety
His humility
His priestly character
His mode of life
Regarded as a saint
Working cures
Results of his work
His trials in his temperance work
Rules of his society
Manuscript, 41 pp.
• Note by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. re the travels of Fr. Mathew and James McKenna, his principal secretary, from May 1844 to Nov. 1845. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Notes from McKenna’s 'The History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland'. Typescript, 28 pp.
• Notebook containing an index to and summary of James McKenna’s unpublished ‘History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland’. The notes contain references to speeches of Fr. Mathew on temperance and brief summaries of the content of McKenna’s text. Manuscript, 69 pp.

• Notes compiled by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. on Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC from 1841-5. The notes include transcribed copies of letters from Daniel O’Connell to Fr. Mathew (26 Oct. 1844) and from Fr. Mathew to Mr. Buckingham (20 Oct. 1844). The principal source was probably James McKenna’s ‘History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland’. Manuscript, 16 pp.
• Extract from McKenna’s ‘History of the temperance reformation in Ireland, England and Scotland’ re Fr. Mathew’s temperance campaign in Liverpool and his attitude towards distillers. ‘I have no personal hostility to distillers or brewers or vendors of strong drink’. Typescript, 2 pp.
• Extracts from John Francis Maguire’s 'Father Mathew / A Biography' and ‘History of the Temperance Reformation by James McKenna, chief travelling secretary to the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew’ confirming that Fr. Mathew first arrived in Cork in about 1814. The extracts are by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Typescript, 1 p.

• Letter from M. Hendrick to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re a temperance certificate belonging to his late father dated 12 Apr. 1840. He writes ‘This pledge was taken when Fr. Mathew was visiting North Wexford that year in Gorey chapel yard outside the old chapel (now St. Michael’s Cemetery)’. 14 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 3 pp.
• Letter from Margaret Cave to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re an old print of Fr. Mathew. 19 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Letter from [J. Glennon?] to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re a letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to David Leahy Arthur from November 1846 which she would like to offer (for sale) to the Capuchins. 17 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Letter from Bridget McInerney to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re a temperance medal dated 10 April 1838. The letter is dated 19 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Letter from Mrs Richard Burke to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re some temperance medals and certificates in her possession. She affirms that Fr. Mathew visited Loughrea, County Galway, in March 1840. [Oct. 1915]. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Letter from P. McKenna to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re James McKenna, Fr. Theobald Mathew’s principal private secretary. 18 Apr. 1923. Manuscript, 4 pp.
• Notes by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Father Mathew’s birth. The notes outline the life and temperance campaign of Fr. Mathew. Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 4 pp.
• Letter to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. from Sister Mary de Sales O’Leary, Presentation Convent, Gerald Griffin Street, Cork, affirming that she was the last child Fr. Mathew gave a blessing to before his death. She wrote ‘I was sent down to him with my brother, then an ecclesiastical student. Fr. Mathew was lodging in a house on the Beach, and died very soon after’. 15 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 4 pp.
• Letter from Christine O’Dowd, Drumcondra Park, Dublin, to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap., referring to some letters in the handwriting of Fr. Mathew in her possession. 23 May [1915?]. Manuscript, 1 p.
• An article by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. titled ‘Father Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance / His Work in Wexford’. Typescript, 6 pp.
• Note by Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. transcribing an article from 'The Nation', 23 Aug 1845, describing a monument to the memory of Francis and Thomas Mathew, brothers of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• An article by Fr. Angelus Healy titled ‘The Life and Work of Father Mathew’. Typescript, 20 pp

• Letter to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. from Madeline Hanly enclosing a photographic print of a portrait of Fr. Mathew belonging to her father John P. Hanly. She explains that it was ‘presented to his grandmother, Mrs Mary Cahill … by Fr. Mathew himself in January 1842’. 28 Oct. 1915. Manuscript and print, 3 pp.
• Letter from Michael Carew to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. referring to a temperance medal belonging to his grandfather. 21 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Letter from William R. Wigham, Irish Association for the Prevention of Intemperance, to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. enclosing information re temperance pledge cards, medals, pictures and other artefacts associated with Fr. Mathew’s campaign. 29 Nov. 1915. Typescript, 3 pp.
• Letter from Julia M. Brennan to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. referring to her great-grandfather’s temperance medal (not extant). She affirms that he took the pledge in Mountrath Parish and never broke it during his life. 3 Feb. 1916. Manuscript, 3 pp.
• Letter from Eugene [McPhelan?], St. Mary’s, Derrytrasna, Lurgan, County Armagh, to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. enclosing a cutting from the 'Scottish Temperance Review' (1848) and a note re Fr. Mathew’s visit to Banbridge in June 1841. The letter is dated 9 Nov. 1915. Manuscript, 5 pp.
• Letter from James Duffy to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re a picture, plate and medal associated with Fr. Mathew’s temperance campaign. 11 Jan. 1916. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Letter from P.J. Sheehan to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. sending a Father Mathew temperance medal (not extant). 25 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 1 p.
• Letters from Mabel M. Maguire to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. affirming that ‘the bust of Father Mathew is still here’. 13 Nov. 1929. With letters from O’Keeffe and Lynch, solicitors, stating that the Maguire family would like to gift the bust to the Capuchin friars of Church Street. 21 Oct. 1943-22 Oct. 1943. The letters also make reference to the gift by Mabel Maguire of some original correspondence of Fr. Mathew. These letters are now listed at CA FM COR/2771-2776. Manuscript and typescript, 5 pp.
• Letter from Margaret Dent, Castledermot, County Kildare, to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re a temperance medal which belonged to her grandfather. 29 Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 2 pp.
• Letters from Bridget O’Sullivan to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re a copy of Rev. W.H. Cologan’s book on the life of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. 6 Nov. 1915-4 Jan. 1916. Encloses a copybook containing a transcription from 'Father Mathew / The Apostle of Temperance / 1790-1856' by Rev. W.H. Cologan. Manuscript, 56 pp.
• Letters from Katherine Kiernan to Fr. Angelus Healy OFM Cap. re a temperance medal belonging to her paternal grandfather. Oct. 1915. Manuscript, 7 pp.
• Letters from Charles Murphy, 3 Prospect Row, Limerick, regarding a temperance certificate and medal belonging to his deceased father dated 4 Nov. 1839. He writes ‘My poor father walked from Limerick to Cork to take the pledge. It was considered a pilgrimage and the proper thing to do …’. He also refers to his father’s role in founding St. Michael’s Temperance Society. 30 Oct. 1915-6 Dec. 1915. Manuscript, 7 pp.

‘History of the Temperance Reformation by James McKenna, chief travelling secretary to the Very Rev. Theobald Mathew’. The volume commences with a piece titled ‘National effects produced by temperance in Ireland; general decrease of crime taken from the assizes; returns, statements and testimony of judges; returns from the police officers; general decrease of disease and sick in hospitals and infirmaries …’. Returns from assizes and police officials are given from various parts of the country from 1839-41. The volume includes a large number of testimonials and addresses from various members of the aristocracy, landed gentry, politicians (including Daniel O’Connell), the clergy and other public figures referring to the beneficial effects of Fr. Mathew’s temperance crusade. With copy testimonials and letters from Lord Morpeth, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Bishop of Norwich and other prominent individuals. The volume also includes articles and reflections on the history and progress of the temperance movement, pledge-taking statistics, and descriptions of Fr. Mathew’s meetings and rallies in cities, towns and villages all over Ireland. ‘A history of the temperance movement and progress in England’ by James McKenna is extant from pp 563-895. Copy testimonials, letters and addresses from England, Scotland, the United States and Canada are transcribed from pp 961-88. A comprehensive index to the volume is included from pp 987-1,005 pp.

Photocopies of Temperance Reports held in the State Paper Office (now the National Archives of Ireland). The reports are part of the Official Papers Collection (OP/1840/131/10). Police and magistrates in the southern counties of Ireland submitted detailed reports on the progress of the temperance crusade in their districts at the beginning of 1840 in reply to a circular (12 March 1840) from the Chief Inspector of the Constabulary in Dublin. These replies (the Temperance Reports) have survived in the original handwriting of the police officers and magistrates. The counties covered in the reports include Waterford, Limerick, Kerry, Tipperary, Wexford, Cork, Clare and Galway. The file also includes a copy of the ‘Rules of Saint Mary’s Temperance and Mortality Society established July 28th, 1839, in Limerick’. The photocopies were acquired by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. in March 1982. The file also includes notes (compiled by Fr. Nessan) taken from evidence found in the Temperance Reports particularly in respect of the locations visited by Fr. Mathew and the numbers pledged.