File 6 - Notes by Fr. Nessan Shaw for thesis on Father Mathew

14 items; Manuscript and typescript

Notes by Fr. Nessan Shaw OFM Cap. on various aspects of Fr. Mathew’s life and ministry. The notes were prepared for Fr. Nessan’s thesis on Father Mathew and were arranged under the following headings:
• Genealogy
• Family of Fr. Theobald Mathew
• Intemperance before 1838 / Chapter IV
• Ireland / Nineteenth Century / Political / Chapter II
• Nineteenth-century Repeal movement
• Fr. Mathew’s pecuniary embarrassments
• Effects of his temperance campaign
• ‘Father Mathew / the Man’
• Work aside from temperance
• Total Abstinence Campaign / Chapter VI
• Temperance / Progress / Difficulties / Testimonies