Item 8 - Rule book of the Temperance Society of the Sacred Thirst

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IE CA HA/1/1/8

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Rule book of the Temperance Society of the Sacred Thirst

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  • c.1895-1904 (Creation)

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34 pp; Printed

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Irish Capuchin Franciscans
(1615-2023)

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Irish Capuchin Archives

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Rule book of the female branch of the Father Mathew ‘Sacred Thirst’ Temperance Society attached to St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, under the presidency of Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC. The rules note that members are requested to attend the weekly meetings of the Society at the Father Mathew Memorial Hall. It also specifies that ‘in the Hall, during the other evenings of the week, papers, games, and from time to time, concerts, dramatic, and other entertainments are provided for members’ amusement and recreation …’. Various temperance hymns are included in the text. The end cover has a sketch-drawing of Father Mathew Hall, Church Street.

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