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Theobald Mathew

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Irish teetotalist reformer (1790-1856)

Religious FiguresLived 1790 to 1856 · aged 66
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Theobald Mathew was an Irish Catholic priest, member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and teetotalist reformer, popularly known as Father Mathew. He was born at Thomastown, near Golden, County Tipperary, on 10 October 1790, to James Mathew and his wife Anne, daughter of George Whyte, of Cappaghwhyte.

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Father Mathew monument in St. Patrick's Street, CorkFather Mathew monument in St. Patrick's Street, CorkThe Father Mathew monument in its former location on Dublin's O'Connell Street[17]The Father Mathew monument in its former location on Dublin's O'Connell Street[17]Commemoration plaque of Father Mathew Bridge over the River LiffeyCommemoration plaque of Father Mathew Bridge over the River LiffeyTheobald Mathew postage stamp, 1938Theobald Mathew postage stamp, 1938

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Theobald Mathew was an Irish Catholic priest, member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and teetotalist reformer, popularly known as Father Mathew. He was born at Thomastown, near Golden, County Tipperary, on 10 October 1790, to James Mathew and his wife Anne, daughter of George Whyte, of Cappaghwhyte. Of the family of the Earls Landaff, he was a kinsman of the clergyman Arnold Mathew.

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Lived 1790 to 1856 · aged 66
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