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Matt Talbot

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431: 337:. Talbot was a generous man. Although poor himself, he gave unstintingly to neighbours and fellow workers, to charitable institutions and the Church. He ate very little. After his mother's death in 1915 he lived in a small flat with very little furniture. He slept on a plank bed with a piece of timber for a pillow. He rose at 5 a.m. every day so as to attend Mass before work. At work, whenever he had spare time, he found a quiet place to pray. He spent most of every evening on his knees. On Sundays he attended several Masses. He walked quickly, with his head down, so that he appeared to be hurrying from one Mass to another. 357:, where he was undressed, revealing the extent of his austerities. A chain had been wound around his waist, with more chains around an arm and a leg, and cords around the other arm and leg. The chains found on his body at death were not some extreme penitential regime but a symbol of his devotion to Mary, Mother of God that he wished to give himself to her totally as a slave. Talbot's story quickly filtered through the community, and there were many spectators when his funeral took place at 3095: 3107: 289: 427:. Behan remembers that Talbot’s piety was widely mocked by ordinary working class Dubliners. Behan states that it was only after a concerted campaign by the Catholic Church and middle class business owners (concerned about work absenteeism due to alcoholism) that his legacy as a credible figure within the temperance movement was secured. 267:-carrier, his work-rate was such that he was put first on the line of hodmen to set the pace. Later, in Martin's timber yard, he took on the meanest and hardest jobs. He was respectful to his bosses but not obsequious, and on occasion stood up for a fellow-worker. On 22 September 1911 Talbot joined the builder's labourers branch of the 218:& Docks Board where he worked in the whiskey stores. He frequented pubs in the city with his brothers and friends, spending most or all of his wages and running up debts. When his wages were spent, he borrowed and scrounged for money. He pawned his clothes and boots to get money for alcohol. On one occasion, he stole a 279:
throughout the city, the men of Martin's, including Talbot, came out. At first Talbot refused his strike pay, saying that he had not earned it. Later he accepted it but asked that it be shared out among the other strikers. After his death a rumour was put about that he was a strike-breaker in 1913,
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One evening in 1884 28-year old Talbot, who was penniless and out of credit, waited outside a pub in the hope that somebody would invite him in for a drink. After several friends had passed him without offering to treat him, he went home in disgust and announced to his mother that he was going to
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on 5 May. His father and all but the oldest of his brothers were heavy drinkers. In 1868 Matt left school at the age of twelve and went to work in a wine merchant's store. He very soon began "sampling their wares", and was considered a hopeless alcoholic by age thirteen. He then went to the Port
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From being an indifferent Catholic in his drinking days, Talbot became increasingly devout. He lived a life of prayer, fasting, and service, trying to model himself on the sixth century Irish monks. He was guided for most of his life by Michael Hickey, Professor of Philosophy in
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Having drunk excessively for 16 years, Talbot maintained sobriety for the following forty years of his life. There is evidence that Talbot's first seven years after taking the pledge were especially difficult. He found strength in prayer, began to attend daily
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Never be too hard on the man who can’t give up drink. It’s as hard to give up the drink as it is to raise the dead to life again. But both are possible and even easy for Our Lord. We have only to depend on him. — Matt Talbot
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There is a small plaque in Granby Lane at the site of Matt Talbot's death. Prior to the current plaque on the Eastern side of the lane, a small brass cross was inlaid in a stone wall on the Western side of the lane.
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unveiled a plaque to Talbot at a block of flats known as 'Matt Talbot Court' due to it being on the same site as one of Talbot's residences. President
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communities. Many addiction clinics, youth hostels and statues have been named after him throughout the world. One of Dublin's main bridges is also
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Even when his drinking was at its worst, Talbot was a hard worker. When he joined Pembertons, the building contractors, as a
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where he took the pledge for three months. At the end of the three months, he took the pledge for six months, then for life.
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on Granby Lane in Dublin. Nobody at the scene was able to identify him. His body was taken to
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on 11 June 1925. In 1972 his remains were removed to a tomb in Our Lady of Lourdes Church in
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and others. When he found a part difficult to understand, he asked a priest to clarify it.
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Talbot's pledge certificate from the "Total Abstinence League of Sacred Heart", 4 May 1890
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Matt Talbot, Alcoholic: The Story of a Slave to Alcohol who Became a Comrade of Christ
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Hickey also gave him a light chain, much like a clock chain, to wear as a form of
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Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum
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Though he has not yet been formally recognized as a saint, he has been declared
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As word of Matt Talbot spread, he rapidly became an icon for Ireland's
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Writer's commentary to 'Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading',
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Irish Presidential Acknowledgement of the Matt Talbot Community
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The Custom House and Matt Talbot Memorial Bridge from City Quay
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in 1890 and was a member of several other associations and
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We Knew Matt Talbot: Visits with His Relatives and Friends
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Portrait of Matt Talbot, from the only known photograph.
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LaPointe, Fr. Larry, "Matt Talbot", Connecticut College
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Matt Talbot: His Struggle, His Victory over Alcoholism
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Talbot was born on 2 May 1856 at 13 Aldborough Court,
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and is considered a patron of those struggling with
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