The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-23


WHAT ~eeasr, then, that We find psaple
va: never crnshed, and which nevse bent even
under she eerese persscutioA And invasion.
Tie seiHs q ireiand." says Tsn Nsors, snay
What wondNs I ssy, that this warifks popula-
tion, With its learned and high minded nobili-
IT, when they found that vain WA the talk Of
tie, turned their faccs TO other banda, andi
sought elssw where the distinction apA military /
glory whish shs s,, nationality and thsis re-
Ard 90 ve find .thaf n eAsly a. EHxSheAk53 II
20 oaiigrate :. selAisss.- The armies q Ffsnos
s Sp.n tns. sss
secure sss11 as sss @sEsd oess es
Amongst many other risings, Ireland afose
almost a. nation in the year 1641. The Con-
federation of Kilkenny was formed. The Ca I
tho.ics of ireland, unwilling to beer The yoke,
persecution OF Elizabeth and her successors,
nobility e Ireland, The o,Nsills. tAs oDop-
the Sss GI a. and Bsssss II oonnsasbsG
in word, all the Irish chieft and Nobility
care together and formed whS wan alled the
S ssss.ns o% sfssssy sss
war was continued. Advertisement ~ 6ad&t-
tained to tho highestsrank An the. smies 81
spa ss ssss Of f's sss
Grand position in Spain at the bead 81 the
Spanish army, then the finest AID hrayestAnd
is aiIpei 1 need hardly Tell tell you snas
| was the immo rtal Owen Roe ONeil>A gs8l
| lied the Irish forces. He met en- many D Wd2a
fought field the armies ofEpela .pdthsc
they tn y could not ssrixs Eli s. III Is,
| there is one IrishniHn Ap0E k1io6S = d a -
be written: Hers 1is4 man \. /
| battlefield without scattering his enemies like
chaff before the winds of heaven" He met al
Benbutb, on the banks Of the Blackwat er, the
weii disciplined army, and nearly destroyed
ssas sh as 3si es s formed Lis G
his artillery, gave the word to Advance, and
straight TO the very heart Of the English army
pierced this indomitable column of Irish At
s.ill On they went, notil they saiesd he brow
, oil che power Of England able to stop them !;
and when they gained TIE brow Of shs M aha
whole country, and he saw nothing but the
enemy flying on every side a. from an angel
!; Of God. At another battle at the Carlingfordd
but he exterminated them. He scarcely left
them men enough to go home to their fastness
blanc he'd lips, the story Of their defeat. Croui
well landed Id Ireland. O'Neill, at the head
| of his army, advanced from the north to
measure swords with the Round Head from
) England. All! we'll they knew the metal the
man was made Of They sent traitor into
: his camp, who put poison into the lrishnan's
wine, and in the death Of O'Neiil the great
:, confederacy of Ireland was broken. And so,
with divided councils, scarcely knowing whom
9 to obey, one thing followed another until on
the 12th of May, 1852, eleven years after the
I Yield. The cause was lost, and the nobility Of
ireland aud the rank and lille OF the irish
9 army, rather than remain at home, serfs and
slaves under the iron heel of Crom we'll, went
l to France, to Spain, and to Austria, and left
n their mark upon the history of every country
8 On or the s7th of October, 1851, Limerick fell.
] Forty wears later and Ireland is in arms again.
j This time an English king is at her head,
9 King James II. wish to God he had been Q
) drawer man, AMI he would not have deserved
. the name Of Shamvs a hocha. He was too fond
. of taking out his handkerchief and putting 1t
to his eyes and Gry.hg out tS TO q snare nv
9 English subjects ~ When the Irish ORA
i goons we're sweeping down on the English
narsha lel on the slopes OF the boyne' tnes
Q int the river, and thus have changed the his
s tory of Ireland aud taken from the far ana a
bsaatiful Boyne the nane Of reproaon tna N.rs IL
It and cried out stop them, don't let them ,n,
It make so desperate a charge" Any man that
y knows the history OF his country Knows tha!,
l. ! ktblons, they did not lose their honor, bnt
:, thew crowned lost cause with Immortal
s. cIory At length the campaign drew to
The year 1891 asy years ,na hs sfsss
1t citv is once moro surrounded y it'll powerful
10 English army, whilst within its walls we're Is
NJ ten thousand irishmen, with Patrick sarsheld
n Earl of Lncap, at their head. A breach wa.
Of made in the WALLS. Three times the Who'll:
ii atrenpth of the English army was hurled
against the decenceless walls of Limerick :s;
- TSrae times within that breach arese the WIG
~ shout of the Irish soldier, and three tunes TN
~ head of the column of Orange William wa
80 swept away from the breaches OF Limerick
y. In the third of these assaults appeared comoa
,e tauts Who are not generally seen either on th'
~ battlefield OF the hustiDgs of Ireland IN
X irish women are not wI,St you would cal
"a vomeu's rights. The women of Ireland do no
Ill 90 in much for womeus associations and the!
no 40 not 20 IN dtnlt for FREQ love; but they wen
=" in for the English. in the last assault. d
a, brave dark-eyed daughters of Southern Ire
no no land tue mothers and virgins OF Limerick ap
~ nsared. shoulder to- shoulder, with thei
n nt brothers aud their fathers in the breach the
os stood, and whilst the men defended Irela ID
20 nationality in that terrible honr, cue wo me
~, of Ireland raised q ssrong hand In defence
~ nur,tv and TrefAud'B wOmdnh00G