The press and the pledge: Father Theobald Mathew’s 1843 temperance tour of Britain
(2014)
Journal Article
Beckingham, D. (2014). The press and the pledge: Father Theobald Mathew’s 1843 temperance tour of Britain. Historical Geography, 42,
This article examines Father Theobald Mathew’s temperance tour of Britain in 1843. Estimates vary, but by this point some 6 million people in Ireland may have made a personal pledge to abstain from consuming alcohol. This pledge involved more than... Read More about The press and the pledge: Father Theobald Mathew’s 1843 temperance tour of Britain.