The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-12-27
be satisaed without returning to ireland, whore

be satisfied without returning to Ireland where
me sackened anu died IN 1878 rhe tlrst Fran
which should be recorded, was Brother Daniel
ODui11ian, who first also underwent that inge-
NOUS variety of cruelties for which Ireland be-
came 80 renowned a field. Heavy stones were
fastened to his feet, while he was hoisted to the
top of a gate tower. He was then hung head
doWnwards, and made target for the soldiers
they were ordered to torture and wound, but to
prelong life. One ruffian, more mercifnl than
the rest, shot him through the heart, and Bro
Their Daniel went to his reward, and, perhaps
obtained the same crown for long array Of his
brethren, for the Irish Franciscans martyred
seem like the stars of heaven for multitude.
The first bishop mnrtyred was the last of Mayo,
Ut. OHcly, also Franciscan, and, like so many
Irish of that day, a student of Alcala. Scarcely
had he Landed dismissed from Rome with the
blessing OF Gregory Kill, when be was arrest
was at once condemned to sentence more bar
barous than any yet known. The Bishop and
Father ORorke We're racked, had their arms
and legs smashed with hammers and sharp
irons thrust under their nails Their bodies
We're then hung on a tree for fourteen days, and
used as Il target by the soldiers. AS the Bishop
was being led away, he summoned Sir William
Drury 20 appear shortly before the tribunal of
God, aud he died in great agony fortnight
afterwards. This incident had, however, no
effect on the Government, and under Sir John
Perrlan, one of Elizabeth's godsons, the horri-
bic details of hanging with the head down
wards, twisting knotted> cord around the
head, and the skull broke, smashing the arm
and the bones with hammers, and burning the
ends of the feet until they We're chaIred, fesem-
blcd those Of pagan Rome. Whoever therefore,
IS minded to study the ancient martyrologies
to awaken ZEAL and kindle a noble emulation
to be ready to do and to bear the like, should
also be familiar with the more recent memori-
ais OF those whose names should be among Ills
household words.
Several of the longer biographies contain pas
sagcs rich in interest, and should be enlarged
Tor our lending libraries, and in some there is
Pathos more tender than in the finest works of
fiction. Very touching is one record of few
lines, of twenty-five old men, unnamed, burnt |
to death together by the soldiers in Munster in |
1857. Such things turn our eyes with fresher.l
Joy to that great approaching festival on which |
we contemplate the turbam nlagnGm, guam dina |
'nerars Hemo poterGt er omnibus gentibus, and be-
hold the crowns shining upon those who have
overcome. |
1t is q little to be regretted that Mr.. o. eilly
lid not create some thread of connection IN his
'ecords by dividing the subject into reigns,
giving with each sovereign the included time,
md list of the bishops, monks, and lay peo-
Die who suffered. As it is, it is somewhat be-
vildering to range through the various biogra-
,hies overlapping one another, and it is diff
'ult to carry on the chronology of English
events occurring at the same time, while a few
words of connection would have added to the
interest as well as the value of the work. How
'ver, these are triting defects in n book which
10 one can lay down without feeling his heart
,indled and his mind elevated in beho4ding the
leeds of his fathers.-Londom Tablet.