The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-04-01
IRLSH WOMEN.

According to Moore. who was an autho-
rity on such matters, EDgiishwomeu keep
what he terms dragon of prudery within
call, while in Ireland that animal is cup
pose d to be unknown. Apoet, of course, is
naturally satirical, though the author of
hiB cou otrywomen in which the absence OF
the above mentioned dragon was very re-
marksble Indeed. Still, what We know OF
lrishwomen 1 is very creditable, and their
conduct in the cases where they stood out
Historically, rebounds to the honor of the
Green Island.
In Ireland the sex played prominent parts
from an early period, and distinguished
then selves highly at the g ghts of Limerick
a, Drogheda. Macaulay says that in the
former place they mingled in the combat,
atoOd firmly uDder the hottest fire, and
flung stones anc broken bottles at the
enemy. Their deter mination however, was
| not severely exercised towards the inva-
ders when the latter settled down after a
manper-frishw women married them very
readily. SO close and frequent did these ties
becom that the Legislature found the En
glish soldiery entangied with Irish spouses
TO degree incommens with the
prime business of exterminatipg the abort
ginal Celt, and sumptusry eDactmepts, in
Jaat connection, were passed to mitigate
the Inconvenience. Of course, like all
other statutes of a similar nature, these
"oIo iSuOTCus Auu lItbiS au&tO SoltS CIOp-
ped up every where with native spoDta-
niety which appears indigenous to the
soil.
The mixture of races in Ireland is more
varied than even the remote com binations
which form the modern Engiishman. As
far back the misty tradition of Paddy
extends he sees strangers-Ph8nicans
Danes and other MISUNDERSTANDING on
his acres.
The FirboIgs who, in year which we
will not venture to fix upon settled in
Connaught, are described in the chronicles
as low, swarthy and brigbt-eyed the Con
naught men aud women of to day are FIR
Dol ;.ian in appearance. A Connaught wo-
man is iuvarab'e ur dersized and dark,
figure a little broader than is consistent
with the slim line Of beauty out in car
riage and redued expression, she Is equal to
q Spanish donna.
The wives of G. laddagh fishermen resem-
BILE the B,ulogDe market women in their
bright cosr umt s and boldly short petticoats.
They differ from the women of Wexford,
who are it is said, descended from Penn
| brokshire clan. which somehow found it's
way there. Wexford women are tall and
fair. Red haired women abound in Nun
pter, especially in the south part. The
| notion that persons of this complexion are
Danish in extraction is secuted by recent
| antiquariaps. 1t is much probable that tie
tipge is of Milesian origin it is very gen.
i
and particularly of Tipperary, are amcng
the most beautiful in the world, but they
last barely a decade from their teens.
| Around Carrick- on SUR in Tipperary,
| and in Waterford, the girls who attend the
| chapels on Sundays would present hum
dred exquisite face models to an artist.
| Those two countries have been co to speak i,
Normanized, and again Frenchi6ed by de-
tachments of Hugueuots settling among
them. You find peasants who marx their
names as De la Conr Hayt, or Beausang-
| Hiberuice, B ,nzan-and with features in
dicative of their well-born ancestors. The
women also of those dietricts are exceed
| ingly pretty, and possess more character
| IN expression than is to be seen in the
| wilder and more animal beauty of women
| in other quarters.
In Kerry the real Irish look-arch, vol
uble and moist-the ripe, passionate mouth,
the mobile, symmetrical Embs, and the
| liQuid, sing song voice, are Yet extant.
| Here one may occasionally come across a
beauty such as Thackery saw else where:
See moves, the ground she touches,
Bare her ro nded arm bare her little leg is
| Braided is her hair, soft her look and modest
| slim her little waist, comfort bly, b1dioed"
We have all heard of Kate Kearney, and
those who have visited the lakes are made to
RENE N Der that renowned enslaver through
the medium of a descendant, who at the
| ripe age of fifty, makes a good thing by
initiating the famous sleeps eyes of her
great grandmother, and also by selling
goats milk to thirsty travellers.
Kerry with Limerick rejoices in another
peculiar type of beauty. A number of
Germans were sent to Ireland by William
for the purpose of occupying the waste or
wasted lands and they settled with their
families in Kerry and Limerick, where they
were always known as the g. palatines," a
name of obvious derivation. Since their
first Judgement they have scarcely changed
the spots, and originally of humble rank,
they accepted the condition of small farm
ere, and never exhibited much desire to
better themselves. The women OF their
descendants and of the intermarriages, are
still wonderfully Gretchen" and when
you see an Irish palstine peasant, you are
reminded of how Fatheriands will out even
after many generations. They are hume
rous in the neighborhOod of Tralee.
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