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THE NEWSLETTER OF THE MUSEUM OF NEWPORT IRISH HISTORYPublished by the Museum of Newport Irish History P.O. Box 1378 Newport, RI 02840 (401) 848–0661

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SPRING AND SUMMERTIME EVENTS YIELD FUNDS & FRIENDS

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Debbi and Harry Winthrop Bagpiper Joe Mone and Ann Arnold May

Donal and Mary Lehane

Tim May and Robbie O’ConnellDonna McCarthy and Deanna Conheeny Casey3KRWRV�E\�-HQ�&DUWHU

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MAJOR SPONSORS

High ChieftainAncient Order of Hibernians,

Division #1, Newport!e Arnold FamilyVincent J. Arnold

IHOP Middletown:In Memory of Vincent Arnold

Carolann Doherty Brown Family

Gaelic LordDeanna Conheeny Casey:

In Memory of Boo & Jean Conheeny and Vince Arnold !e Slein Family:

In Memory of Vincent Arnold

AngelLady Ancient Order of Hibernians, Newport

Behan Brothers General ContractorsChristopher J. Behan, Attorney at Law

Brownstone, Inc. Corrigan Financial, Inc.

Donna McCarthy In Memory of Buddy & Lorraine McCarthy

O’Neill-Hayes Funeral Home Shamrock Farms Inn

Woods CPA, Ltd.

Event Venue SponsorSalve Regina University –

Ochre Court

Audio-Visual SponsorFlint Audio-Video

OTHER BUSINESS& INDIVIDUAL

EVENT SPONSORSLa Forge Casino Restaurant

Northeast Collaborative ArchitectsViking Tours of Newport

Patricia (Montagnino) BlanchardMarilyn Bunnewith

William and Joan CashmanMaria Carroll

Ann “Claire” ClanceyRosemary Danforth:

In Memory of Vince ArnoldIn Memory of Julia Maney Conley

!e Fastnet PubJohn M. Fay:

In Memory of Me Me WalshFifth Ward Liquors/Seth Margolis

Maggi Gallagher: In Memory of Michael GallagherPatrick G. Kirby - Dublin, Ireland

Mary Jean McKenna:In Memory of Robert J. McKenna

Eleanor C. McGinnDr. Scott Molloy

Newport Harbor Corporation Paul and Carolyn O’MalleyHarold & JoAnn Rosemont

Patricia Phelan:In Memory of John F. Phelan

Paul Shea Paula Shea:

In Memory of Vincent ArnoldWilliam F. Shea

Elizabeth SullivanMaeve Sheehan & Steve Berlucchi:

In Memory of Vince ArnoldPauline C. Walsh

Paula Weafer:In Memory of Vincent J. Murray

Sydney O. Williams

SILENT AUCTIONDONORS

15 Point Road RestaurantAnn ArnoldAnonymous

Atlantic GrillBankNewport

Bailey T’s Resortwear!e Ball & Claw

!e Ballydesmond Company, LLCIrishFireLogs.com

Bird’s Eye View HelicoptersBrick Alley Pub

!e Claddagh ConnectionDeanna Conheeny CaseyCat Studio, Petaluma, CA

Coastal Extreme Brewing Co.Corner Café

Cory Farms Past & PresentsCourtyard by Marriott, Middletown

Custom House Co"ee

Dave DewhurstEstate of Vincent J. Arnold

Executive Gift ShoppeFort Adams Trust

Doris Foss Friendly Harbor Gifts & Antiques

Green Valley Country ClubGreenvale Vineyards

Holly GrosvenorHotel Viking

Hyatt Place Boston/BraintreeInternational Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum

Island BooksIsland Moving Company

Island Wine & SpiritsJason & Company

La Forge Casino RestaurantLou Lou’s Décor

Je" LuizDonna McCarthy

Midtown Oyster Bar Patrick Murphy

Narragansett Brewing CompanyNarragansett Flags

Newport Bay Club & HotelNewport County Chamber of Commerce

!e Newport Gulls!e Newport Music FestivalNewport National Golf Club

Newport Restoration FoundationNewport Yachting Center/

Newport Waterfront EventsNorman Bird Sanctuary

Oldport Marine Services/Amazing Grace Harbor Tours

Papers!e Platinum House

Denise L. Roberts at Morgan StanleyRose Island Lighthouse Foundation

Sailing Excursions, Inc. /Schooner Adirondack IISea Star Collection

Set the Stage with Flowers, Anne Huot!e White House Kinsale, !e Frawley Family

as of 6/2/14

The Gathering on Bellevue�WK�$QQXDO�%HQHƐW�IRU

Museum of Newport Irish History Interpretive CenterSaturday, May 10, 2014

Ochre Court, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island

Many !anks to our Attendees and to the Following Generous Donors:

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i FATHER MATHEW’S NEWPORT FOLLOWERS j Father Theobald Mathew began a phenomenally successful temperance campaign in Ireland in 1838, administering a pledge to abstain from alcohol to roughly five million people over the course of ten years. In 1849 he set off on an American tour that would bring him to more than three hundred cities and towns across the country. While he never reached Newport, he spent three days in Providence and appeared in Pawtucket and Woonsocket as well.1 In 1851, he returned to Ireland having given the total abstinence pledge to 600,000. After Fr. Mathew’s death in 1856, the temperance movement faded for a time but revived in the 1870s as organizations were established throughout the United States in his memory. Newport’s Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society was established in 1876 by Michael Butler, a prosperous gardener and landscaper who had emigrated from Ireland as a child. While the society met in a variety of places in its early years, Father Mathew Hall was established in 1906 at 398 Thames Street—(the present site of the Admiral Fitzroy Inn.) This three story brick building included meeting rooms for the teetotalers and a gym and bowling alley for young men to use. For years the society fielded basketball teams that competed in Newport’s City League. With the advent of Prohibition in 1919, temperance groups began to fade. While total abstinence societies favored voluntary abstinence and were not necessarily in favor of Prohibition, they were nonetheless popularly associated with the Prohibitionists. In 1926 when the society held its golden anniversary celebration, one of the speakers lamented the impact “a certain amendment” was having on their cause and stressed that intemperance “is not ended by a law.”2 In 1942 the society sold Father Mathew Hall to the Carpenters and Joiners Union, which needed a bigger place for its meetings. The union allowed the temperance society to continue holding its monthly meetings in the Hall. The teetotalers’ membership declined throughout the decade, however, and in 1951, Benjamin Carter, the longtime president, announced that it “was no more.”3

The Carpenters Union held its meetings at the Hall until the late 1970s. In 1981 a suspicious fire badly damaged the building and led to its demolition.4 In 1986 the Mercy Sisters’ former convent was moved from Spring Street to this site and converted into a bed and breakfast, the Admiral Fitzroy Inn.

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John F. Quinn is Professor of History at Salve Regina University. He would like to thank Patrick Murphy, the City Historian, for his assistance with this article.

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