A plate showing a sketch of Thomastown Castle in County Tipperary, the birthplace of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The sketch is by Denis Santry (1879-1960).
A plate showing a portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC (as a younger man). The portrait shows Fr. Mathew in traditional nineteenth-century clerical attire with a temperance medal pinned to his breast.
A plate of a print titled ‘Father Mathew addressing a temperance meeting in London’. The plate by T. Mayne & Son, Dublin. The original print shows Fr. Mathew preaching in London in 1843 taken from 'The Illustrated London News' (August 1843).
A photograph of an autograph letter from Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC to John O’Connell conveying his sympathies on the death of his father (Daniel O’Connell). The letter is dated 4 June 1847. The plate by Mayne, Lord Edward Street, Dublin.
A plate showing a print of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC departing Cork for his American temperance campaign in 1848. The print is taken from 'The Illustrated London News'. The plate is by T. Mayne & Son, Dublin.
A view of the statue of Fr. Theobald Mathew, the ‘Apostle of Temperance’, on Sackville Street (later O’Connell Street), Dublin. Tram lines are visible so the image can be dated to sometime after c.1896.
A lantern slide of a colour print showing Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC administering the pledge on the steps of The Custom House in Dublin. The plate is by T. Mason, 5 Dame Street, Dublin.
A view of the archway leading to the grave of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in St Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork. A solitary woman kneels at the cross above the grave.
