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An image of a printed certificate of membership for the Young Irish Crusaders’ temperance organisation.

An image of a print showing the deathbed scene of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC in Queenstown, County Cork, on 8 December 1856. The plate is by Mayne, Lord Edward Street, Dublin.

Two plates showing exterior views of Holy Trinity (Father Mathew Memorial) Church in Cork. One of the plates is by Mayne, Lord Edward Street, Dublin.

A lantern slide showing a print of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC giving a blessing to Daniel O’Connell. The plate is by T. Mayne & Son, Dublin. The drawing is by Denis Santry (1879-1960).

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 print titled ‘the historical tree of Ireland’. The print shows Daniel O’Connell addressing Erin and a cleric (most likely Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC) delivering a blessing at the base of a tree. The tree itself is inscribed with notable events in Irish and British history such as 'Cromwell's Usurpation'.

A plate showing a print of a temperance-related demonstration around the statue of Fr. Theobald Mathew on St. Patrick's Street in Cork. The plate is by T. Mayne & Son, Dublin.

An image of Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) standing outside the entrance to the Father Mathew Pavilion at the Cork International Exhibition in 1902.

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 view of a portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC (in old age). The portrait shows Fr. Mathew in traditional nineteenth-century clerical attire.