The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-24
Cssd Willie Failte.

Most of our readers are familiar Win luis
we'll known expression OF lrisn hosPitanty'
Howino Abundance of the heart in its
90 hundred Thousand welcomes" to the I'm,
known stranRer, as we'll as the Oie-tried
friend. But there may be many VINO ai9
not equally acquainted with ITS origin anu
the tender love-tale connected tne Te,~.
There is an old Irish song, called "Esteen
Room. - or Ellen, the secret treasure OF my
hearth the original of which bears strong
evidence of its antiquity; for one OF the
stauzas, which in English reads, ~ouiu
snend a co,r to entertain thee," may 90 re-
garded ~ . proof tnas ~ was IL oI TrsisrS.
There In an excellent translation by Fur
long, the last stanza of which 10 as Ioiio"s'
"A hundred t s;;sss s ss,sHn'''
Ahundrsd 1 A;Issa : s ssaoG"e''
M VA -. :s, .ss ,s e: Il store
| Eileen Room"
And the following is the story We have
Carol O'Daly, commonly called Mae
Caomh Insi Cneamha, brother to Donogn
More o'Daly man OF %4 4Ss %nst aecow
nlished men of his time, and particularly
stiIjed in poetry and music. He paid his
addresses to Ellen, the daughter of q chief
tain named Kavanagh, q lovely and amiaoie
Young lady, who returned DIS anecenUn.
But, alas the course OF true love ~s SINCE .
her friends disapproved of the connection.
O'Dalv being obliged to leave the country
for acme time, they availed themselves Of
the opportunity which his absence anordea
Of impressiDg on the mind OF Ellen o @ona
}. avav to be married to another; 80 that
after time, they succeeded in prevailing or
her to consent to marry q rival of O'Daly
The day was accordingly liked lot ene nup.
tials; but by the curious destiny whlca oItel
rules such affairs, oDaiy re tn ST. t; ~,
preston of his feelings, he sought WHO
seouestered spot on the sea shore, and, In
spired by love, composed the song
Eileen Room, which remains to this ia
an exquisite memorial OF ms SKI, ano eo !,
gained access among the crowd that throne
Sd tn the wedding; and, as luck or Low
w %ou nj I have it, Ellen herself called upoc
the minstrel to play. 1t was them toueh
ing his harp with all the teneef pasI h
witch the occasion inspired, he Infused D
own feelings into the song he had composed
St, and breathed out all his soul in the soite
strains of pensive melody. In tue mr.
stanza. he intimates, according to the Iris
idiom. that he would walk with her TIL
is, he would be her partner ior me h.. III ~ -
No afford her oil the happiness in his powe
Is After this, he tenderly asks, will she dePa
10 with him" Wilt thou stay, or wilt TN
Sa come with me, Eileen Room Z" With
a'e ouick insight of q woman's heart, she so
o no felt the power of this tender appeal fre
,ot her old lover, and replied in the affirm y!
;c% tive whereupon, in an extacy OF deig
M, nd he burst forth into his "hundred thousa
~, ~. Welcomes To reward his fidelity and
~ section. his fair one contrived to=esca
IT, with him that very night.
Ivy Handel ia said to have declared That
Md wonld rather be the author OF " Eilee'
onr ROOD than of the most exquisite OF
';u. own musical compositions. Yet it has bt
- a nalmed upon the public, under the name
ens HRobin Affair."" as a Scotch melody. Bu
e e asserted that it and Molly Astore,'' VIII
'no ha entitled Gramachree," were. b
tho Scotch. He was in error; but the circI
the stance is q proof of their merit, no less Il
the of his taste. Robin Adair himself was
lid Trishmap. He was ancestor OF Vlsco
: If Molesworth lived at Hollypark, IN
Hera county of Wicklow; and, early in the
,erS centuTy. was a member of the Irish Far
,nce ment.-Thc Lamp.
g us
who AN ASEcporE OF EVERETT. - In