File 7 - Letter book of the Father Mathew Centenary Committee

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IE CA FM RES/3/1/7

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Letter book of the Father Mathew Centenary Committee

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  • 9 Nov. 1889-30 Sept. 1891 (Creation)

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345 pp; 28 cm x 23 cm; Bound volume; Manuscript

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The volume contains approximately 489 copy letters written by members of the Father Mathew Centenary Committee mostly relating to the raising of subscriptions for the Father Mathew Statue on Sackville (later O’Connell) Street, Dublin. The volume is partially indexed by recipient. Correspondents include the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the editors of the 'Freeman’s Journal', the 'Irish Times' and other national newspapers, various local temperance societies and associations, the Irish National Foresters’ Benefit Society, George Noble Plunkett, Mary Redmond (sculptor), John Redmond MP, various trades councils and societies, the Most Rev. William Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, Alfred Webb MP, and Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne. Most of the letters are carbon copies and some are partially illegible.

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