Father theobald mathew biography

  • Theobald Mathew was an Irish Catholic priest and teetotalist reformer, popularly known as Father Mathew.
  • Theobald Mathew (10 October 1790 – 8 December 1856) was an Irish Catholic priest and teetotalist reformer, popularly known as Father Mathew.
  • Theobald Mathew was an Irish priest and orator known as the “Apostle of Temperance.” Ordained in 1813, Mathew entered the Capuchin order.

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    This engaging biography of Father Theobald Mathew, the great Irish temperance reformer, provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of early nineteenth-century Ireland. Author John Francis Maguire traces Mathew's life and career, from his childhood in Tipperary to his ordination as a Capuchin friar to his influential work as a temperance advocate. Along the way, Maguire explores the political, social, and cultural contexts that shaped Mathew's thinking, and offers insights into the broader history of Irish nationalism, Catholicism, and reform movements. This is an essential book for anyone interested in Irish history or the history of social reform.

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    Theobald Mathew was born at Thomastown Castle, County Tipperary, on 10 October 1790. The Mathews were an old landed family with both Catholic and Protestant branches. In the 1760s, Francis Mathew, the owner of the Thomastown estate, adopted his orphaned cousin, Theobald’s father, James. On reaching adulthood, James was appointed the agent for the estate. Unlike most of the Mathews, James remained a Catholic throughout his life. His wife, Anne Whyte, was also a Catholic. They had twelve children, the fourth of whom was Theobald. The young Mathew had a privileged childhood, enjoying favoured treatment from his Protestant relation, Lady Elizabeth Mathew, the daughter of Francis – known after 1797 as the Earl of Llandaff. Lady Elizabeth knew and approved of Theobald’s priestly ambitions, and in 1800 she provided the money to pay for his education at St. Canice’s, a Catholic boarding school in Kilkenny. In September 1807, Theobald enrolled at Maynooth Coll

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    Father Mathew

    Irish Catholic priest and teetotalist reformer

    For other people named Theobald Mathew, see Theobald Mathew (disambiguation).

    Theobald Mathew (10 October 1790 – 8 månad 1856) was an IrishCatholic priest 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.[2] Of the family of the Earls Landaff (his father, James, was a first cousin of Thomas Mathew, father of the first earl),[3] he was a kinsman of the clergyman Arnold Mathew.[4][5][6]

    He received his schooling in County Kilkenny, then moved for a short time to Maynooth. From 1808 to 1814 he studied in huvudstaden i irland, where in the latter year he was ordained to the priesthood. Having entered the Capuchin beställning, after a brief period of service at Kilkenny, he joined the uppdrag in Cork.

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