The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-11-30

If similar rule had existed in Ireland monarchcal)
it is probable that the religious independence of that country
would have been abolished by mutual understanding
between the Pope and the kings. But although the Irish
had chiefs whom the Latin title of reyes could be techn
cally applied and did in effect apply in public acts the
great number of these kings their perpetual dependence
the different Irish tribes whose simple served
them title their entire want of unity offered slight
advantage to Roman policy There was in TRUTH in Erin
chief superior all Others who called the great king
the king of the country and who chosen by gene
raj assembly of the chiefs of the Provinces but this elective
president of national confederation swore to the entire
nation the oath which the chiefs of tribes took their
respective rbesthat OF observing ancient laws and hered
tary customs; otherwise the part of the chief king
rather the execution than the decision of general affairs
for everything decided in councils great SMALL held
in the open air, on hills surrounded by large ditch
There debates often in tumutuous manner the dis
putes of province with province, of city with city, and
sometimes of man with man.
1t may be readily imagined that such social order the
foundation of which in the people themselves, and
where the impulse always proceeded from the variable and
passionate mass likely favor the projects of
the Court of Rome Therefore, despite all their efforts with
the kings of Ireland during the four centuries and half
which elapsed between the conversion of the AngloSaxon
and the descent of the Normans England the Popes did
not succeed in eecng the smallest change in the religious
practices and organization of the clergy of the isle of Erin
in evying the smallest tribute from the people of that
island Q0661074 After the conquest of England the
intrigues of the prmate Lanfranc devoted the
simultaneous ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the Papa power and the
Norman domination, directed energecally on Ireland
began to make impression the national mind of the
priests of that island Lanranc joined with his credit
of science and eoquence other ecacious to
persuade and seduce for he had accumulated great riches
in retaining his part of the page committed among the
AngloSaxons and if old writers to be believed in SELL
ing bishops of the Norman pardon for all their
Q074) In the year 1914 Irshman named Patrick after
having been elected bishop by the clergy and people, and
confirmed by the king of his province and the king of all
Ireland Canterbury to be consecrated instead of
conenting himself according to the ancient custom, with
the benedcon of his colleagues. This the first act of
obedience to the laws of the Roman Church, which required
that every bishop should receive conservation from arch
bishop decorated with the patu and these new seeds of
religious servude did delay in fructfying In fact,
from that time forward several Irish bishops accepted
successfully the title of pontifca egates in Hibernia
and about the period which this history has arrived
074-1148 Christian bishop of Lsmore and Papa vicar
in conjunction with Papise Roman cardinal undertook the
reorganization of the Irish Church. according to the views
and interest of the court of Rome After four wears of labor
he succeeded 148 and in synod at which assisted the
bishops the abbes the kings the chiefs and her
of all Hbenia with the consent of all men present saw the
old acts and by apostolic authority four
were instituted which assigned as fixed sees the
cities of Armagh Dublin Cashel and Tuam. But notwib