The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-22
IRISH FACTION FIGHTS.
FORTY YEARS FEuD REasRpIxG THE AGE
OF AN IRISH BULL-AN INNOVATION IN THE
METHOD OF WARFARE.

FORTY YEARS FEUD REGARDING THE AGE
OF AN IRISH BuLL--AN 1NNovArIoN IN THE
METHOD OF WARFARE.
~ u DUBLIN. July 10, 1873
ripperaYy, with the neghboriug dissric. Of Limerick
county, Is the classic land OF Irsn faction 1ght For
the lass threequarters of century all sorts OF in
huences-spiritusI political, educstons. penal--have
been At work to exercise the fell spirit. The late
Catholic Archbishop OF Cashsl de Lcahy) labored
hard At this holy task and 1t hoped success
fully. But quite lately there have been some savage
encounters. which show that the evil sill lives Nor
does It ssem that time has improved the moue OF
fighting. Formerly the sbislsh was tho legitimate
weapon, which might under Of circu instances
DO supplemented with y stone But nova
days any weapon Is pressed into the ser
vice-scyth rsaping hooks and pnchforks
curious point In connection with this faction light.
ing 10 that, while IL 10 always set down peculiarly
Irish pastme. It's homo par ercelencs- Tppcraryis
the least Irish county in the island 30 ar NJ race
pure Celtic blood concerned les fertile nclds found
favor two centuries anu hall ago ia tho eyes OF
Cromweis veterans, VINO setlen down there by thou.
SANDS. From those Puritan ancestors, however, have
sprung descendants who have givsnths English gov.
ernment moro trouoie than the people OF any osber
again Of the sons OF the conquerors becoming more
Irish than the irish themselves.
Work FOR AssIxxs.
Half the business oil the Assizs Tor ripperary county
IL always connected WIN the results of ngns
and the current Assizes are no exception rncy began
yesterday, ana tue very first case tried before The
Presiding Judge was Tor the killing man BY crack
Ing ms skull with The Traditional black tnora stick
The AFFAIR occurred IN the town of Nenagh, and so
strong ~ the iesag oil terror stgsndsred By those
fsuds that several persons doors In the face
.. tue ay,ns man, refusing TO san. nm. Las. sun
tween tue Msddens and the Cartyt, members vi the
mo- orous factions The "rhree ysir olds'' anu the
'Four-year-olds week previous there had
been q skirmish In winch tho Cartys had the
werst Of IT. Daring the week suudry acts Of
agreed TO meet at GortavsIla, a place famous
for another nxht some years ago where one of the
Madden parry WAS killed oa,righI Over two hundred
persons Engaged IN The fray, armed with Whatever
weapons they could procure. Guns there were none
The Arms act" settled that and the vgiIanl
searches OF the constabuary for contraDand arms
The conflict was conducted both sides Tor several
hours with The greatest vsor and determination
USING KNIFK
The family OF the Cartys, iron whom their side
borrows It's name are tail athletic powerfully built
men They forced tueir adversariss into a house by
the roadside. Honor forbade them 10 pursue the
pushed in,o She house, and so, after snort breath
ing tIms ths beaten men we're able TO GU, and
times. Al last John Madden had his stomach
ripped open with q kniic-ln occurrence ifupossi-
ei on The road lila brother Pptnp received several
slabs IN the head. and knife wasbroke between
o, ns rios, one o. which was cut through. On the
other sue William Carly an oid man, had bis arm
fractured, his jaw broken ana his scalp Is chaos OF
wounds HIS son Thomas has Two fractures OF the
sku and multitude OF other wounda These wore
the ohisis Tho rank aud ne suffered proper tionay
Inc constabulary. who with prasewortby impair
tulmy had remained away from the scene while the
nght vas IN active progress arrived Just when
hausied oomoatants were retiring 10 different direc-
tops-, e, those OF them who we're no, wounded
TO crawl away rns constaoIes took possession OF AL
the wounded. brother OF old Carly Is actually un-
oergoing sentence OF penal servitude Tor fifteen
years Tor the granddaughter OF the Madden PARTISAN
Killed ia the former battle OF Gor,avslla.
ALL ABOUT AN IRISH BULL
rernaps seine one will innoceuily Imagine that
these fights spring IRON political antagonsm that
the parties are somewhat akin to orsngomen and
cssnoncs NothinE OF the KIND. The origin OF this
ieuu oewcen the Maddens aud tho Carly dates nearly
iorty years back. when contest arose Uetweeu tho
interesting reprssen OF thu respective families
OF hat Jay whether certain tali OF local ren0wn
wss tnree or our years Old. Hence the gwen
70 the respective factons, who maintained the
quaI1el WIN pcrtinacious isrocity In the inverse
ratio oil the importance OF ia cause.