Bestanddeel 5 - Newspaper clippings re Father Mathew Centenary

64 pp; 33.5 cm x 21.5 cm; Bound volume; Newspaper clippings

A volume containing newspaper clippings mainly concerning the commemorations, processions, exhibitions and events connected with the centenary of the birth of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. The file includes cuttings re the completion of Holy Trinity (Father Mathew Memorial) Church in Cork, the Fr. Mathew statues in Cork and Dublin, and printed fliers re the commemorations. Includes:
• Clipping of a photograph of the Very Rev. Antoninus Keane OP.
• Clipping of an engraving of the original design for Holy Trinity Church, Cork.
• The exhibition of Father Mathew souvenirs at the Crawford Municipal School of Art in Cork. The collection included portraits, medals, autograph letters, and various artefacts formerly in the possession of Father Mathew. The article reads ‘Very prominent among the collection of souvenirs is a curious banner, described as painted by a religious in the South Presentation Convent in 1838, and presented to Fr. Mathew to be borne in the great temperance processions that year’.
• ‘The Monster Meeting on the Grand Parade / Centennial Oration by Sir John Pope Hennessy’, 'Cork Examiner', 11 Oct. 1890.
• ‘Father Mathew’s House, Cove Street, Cork’.
• ‘The Mathew Statue in Cork’.
• Clipping of a photograph of Fr. Mathew’s grave in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork.
• The Mathew Commemorative Tower, Glanmire, Cork. The article reads ‘It owes its erection to an enthusiastic admirer and personal friend of the Apostle of Temperance, Mr William O’Connor’.
• Clippings of photographs of the Very Rev. Canon Maguire and John Francis Maguire MP.
• Clippings of a portrait of the Most Rev. William Delaney, appointed Bishop of Cork in 1847, and the Most Rev. Thomas Alphonsus O'Callaghan OP, appointed Bishop of Cork in 1886.
• Clipping of a photograph of Fr. Mathew O’Connor OSFC, Charlotte Quay, Cork.
• Clipping of a photograph of Canon Sheehan, Saint Peter and Saint Paul’s Church, Cork.
• Flier for the Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert for the Father Mathew Centenary Celebration at the Opera House, Cork, 9 Oct. 1890.
• Clippings of letters from Denny Lane, Daniel Horgan and other prominent Cork politicians referring to the commemorations.