The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-03-13
IRELtND'S MARTYRS.
IN THREE PARTS.

The Catholic Church in Ireland, oppressed
from the days of the Norman invasion, became,
from the time of Henry Will, II living martyr
her sutlerings having no parallel III Europe
from the time of the three centuries oil per
secution under the Roman emperors. lt was
not so much the persecution ana martArao vi
;naiyi,luals go much of II race and nation.
Hence while the Icts Of the ErE homan
Mooty,s. formally drawn up, have long since
been collected by Ruinart. while Chitoier,
Tor England, collected records OF the martyrs
of the faith in his Missionary Priests no one
seemed to think of selecting The records OF ne
lands iaartyr.d priests from the narrowing
talenf I ltu suffering and unconqHsraoly ialthlul
people amid whom they perished
IL has been we'll that this pious task has mt
last been undertaken aud SO well accomplish
ed Mr.. O'Rcillys Memorials OF those 'cho sy-
f.,,d for tho Catholic Faith 10 ireland IN ne Sr-
teeuii. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Is IL
plaiu unvaruished collection OF contemporary
accounts with attempt to make, from the
simple details given, a graphic ana afeetinG
picture Brief, too brief. indeed many OF
these records are bat farther researches, I'M
explored archives, correspondence nof.iItherto
consulted will We trust. ere hong, Gi+e more
extended and edit wins g mi"urlaiS"l T.. 80 ialth-
fu. clcrrymen, these Bishops. priest secular
and regular, of tie Isle OF Saints.
During much ct the period OF iii" = AT lrish
persecution, duIiui. t:'nt inag I'rtN"' between
1910 and l1Ol, il va. Sr1I'"iN l'''Ssi"'' L" ara"
nm and send out %: i.ela,.d. mIncn L. reserve
in it, extended accounts 81 thr mart dom o.
those who died ir, iHc faith. hcs",,:''A or in
ouiry-into their hints OF carly lives s., $ out
the question. :.
The chief source Where we can nov eek in
formation i,s to thee heroic men ar the his
torical writings o. tho Religions Cr'icrs wh
labored in Ireland Among the Erancisea ms
the great aunalist of the Order is Father LUX
wadding Irishman, who has preserves
many valuable accounts relating to ms natiS
country. Colgan, another Arish writer OF IN
same Order, in the preface to the Actd SancI0rn'
Bibernid gives an account of the death OF tw
of his literary associates, Fathers Fleming an
Ward.
Eshed a weli-known work, Hibernia Domimi cdn'
devoted to the history of his Order IN lreian'
The Jesuit, Father Tanner, in his Soc.Gt'
Jesu NilitQns records the lives of many of h
Order who died for the faith in Ireland, and
another work, not cited by our author n
Mortes JHustros, while treating OF distinguish
Irish members, enters into the persecution
the Church in their native land
Then there were special works on the warrior
prosecutions: the Retdtio Pe'secu'0n'S Htoern'
by Father Dominic, Rosario, published
Lisbon in 1856, Bruodin's iropughdcut"m L
thotica Teritdtis, issued at Prague IN 100
Bishop Rothes -1Ratectd Sdcrd Nora Ct nara
RebuS CdthoiicorMm in Hibernia pro rude Ct !
ligione Gcsfis, published at Cologne IN lol
under the assumed name of Philadelphns al
the ProcesSas Mdrtyriais of the same anth'
which appeared two years later; the PTsec4
'Hib1nia, 1919; Morrsou's Threnodid Hi6e'h
Cath6lcd sire P'aHc'us Cnrcrsdlis toh"S CltTt
PopuH Rcgm Hibcrmio, published at lnnsprm
in 1859: and .Carvcs Lyrd, Sulzbach l6G
with other works of more general scope.
Besides these printed works, Mr.. O'Reil
cites several manuscripts preserved III I
Burgundian Library at Brussels, Magma 81
pliciG, written about 1000; an account of t
martyrdom of Bishop Dovany in 1922 M"one.
account of the Franciscan Province IN lrelal
and unpublished letters of Irish Jesuits.
The first blows at the Catholic Church
Ireland was struck nnder Henry Wiz at t
monasteres; then came the intrusion OF ms
as Bishops. who ncknowled gett that monster
head of the Church. and the expulsion of tho
who refused to admit this new power in t
Crown. In the reign of his daughter Eiizaoe
came the doctrine that the sovereign, provid
always, nevertheless, that he be not I
thOiic, is not only head of the Church, but e
powered to make .creeds and n ritual
worship. IN a few TeiGns more came the al
trine that the Calvinists as nation are