New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-17


but the great majority of applicants have neither cow
calf horse potatoes meal fuel nothing, IN wori'
TO their expressive phrase but the daylight
and the water and a house ul Of children"
The dwe iugs are often OF the poorest cass-was OF
mud, matched with thin coat Of straw that ahords
slight protection against either wind or rain Let u en-
ter one of the best houses, that OF John F..
II consists Of kitchen and rouuI tn former about ten
sooty wailsi an old pot fer boiling Indian meal and
Dranbles and odds ends OF brushwoOd picked
up through the fields and sci adrylng Tor tueI on me
hearth These are the only objects you see In this
so-caled Kitchen. The chamber IS where the whole
fam ~ consisting OF the father and SIX children Sleep
II thew can Sleep bed which Is nothing but lump
OF haf-rotten straw, without sheet Of any kind and
with small bundle OF black, noisome rags appar-
entity Of only pound TWO In weight for bedc0thes
On noticing this lack OF covering. person who accom-
panied asked the poor children whether they were
in habit when going to bed Of putting on their DAY
clothng-by the way scant and tettered IN the extreme
and learning from them that they were, we coud
not help shverng at the bare thought OF the agony
these little creatures must have endured Curing one e
frosty nights. 1t Is with reluctance make these STARE
ments, and with no desire 10 cast plane on anyone
T. 6RoRKE. D. D.. P. p Archdcacon.
COUNTY MAYO.
This Is the most out-of-the-way county in the
West of Ireland, and its people are among the most
destitute.
BALLYoAsrLE Feb. 25.-This parish has pop
ulation OF about 5000. The soil in the immediate
neighbOrhocd OF the town of Ballycase Is fair the
mountainous parts very inferior. Tbreeourhs OF
the holdings are small averaging from 92 to 26
per annum There are resident landlords and there
fore no employment worth mentioning. The people exc
ont miserable existence even 10 prosperous tines
The parish lies on the bleak sel-coast for 4 distance
OF aDout fifteen miles. midway between Killala ana
Bclmuet and has two small harbOrs for fishing boats
for the improvement Of Inch nothing has been done at
any time by the Government. Fshng has been a COM
pote failure for some months past and tins. with The
total loss potato the ONLY food OF the pe0le
places this district III state OF almost actnai s
Gu OF population of 500 families IN this parish 800
tsmiles are at present IN receipt oI rentI IRON ne
few cases as examples Of The dstrlct Mchae Tow 81
CRuowk block ten in his family believe TINS man
made gruei the gift OF NOR fortunate neighoor
owen MullaIky, MumTeyagn. andholGci. has nlne IN
mItee January % he had no potatoes no meal nor
penny 10 bay food OF any KIND John M'dai'' Pr
self aud wife, very Old were clothed III gags, ana were
,citbou be80ipr or iOod Iais is one Of the most
onrp and GA o,the-way local,ies IN Ireland many
miles from telegraph railways Shipping stations Our
want are therefore unlnoNu 20 strangers. AN
"b"dienf servaut, joins TMIN p p.
swINroRD Fec. 21.-My curc. winch comprises the
united parishes Of KioonduG aud Meeick' contains
population OF 1000 families. or 10000 souls. Of wnom
1.490 are in the town OF Swniord. Tue holdings are
from four acres. and oats aad potatoes ale the
principal crops.
There arc 900 families on tho relief lists Of this
parish getting small pittanee from Mansion House
Committee aud otaei charitable s1ulce nov lney VIZ
only knows. aud tlere are w-gto undeG apprrhensons
that thev VIII not be able 10 their l!te holdings
e.
n'' "O''0 '''-' 'D''' b. DURc,v PIP.
KuMoyEr. BALIAdHADEREINB, Feb. 23.-rhe IRISH are
now stepped u dcbt. and fear IN state OF hopeless
bankruptcy. Certainly II so 81 The rest Of ireland be
as We But lea ne add. these evil days would have
come long since It not for the vass SUNS winch
have come FROM America 20 our shores.
The parish 10 which lam attached is some eleven miles
by three with population OF from 1000 10 5000 per-
sons There arc only two Protestant fam,lics the
fff4
is OF very Inferior character II % wet marshy and
unecnerous in the extreme The landlord s Yi5,ouni
Dillon. As rule, his lands ara let reasonably. A.
however the D.lon ola nothing either by word
or example 10 improve the property, II remains stl
almost its primitive savage state.
Tho farms are very small aud poor. The average Of
each would not be above FL value From this you win
see how few acres have OF cultivated land.
In many there eight ten acres attached 70
the farm OF mountain land which has not yet IN any
sense been rescued from its native wilderness. II Is
wonderful how happily fine, strong Intellectual
men and noble, handsome women live on these
little farms They have lived there in innocence,
and appear not to have thought beyond them. True,
they I've always the poorest and coar'e5, fare.
have travelled through most az the countries
Of Europe On foot. have pierced TIE lonecst regions
OF Switzerland and the Tyrol. and can with truth
there is 10 people support fe a food 80 humble
that OF tho IRISH peasant SIN thfF arc as = rnir'
happy IN tnr innocence ana are cLdtacefL,d ~ Lrcat
That Is ali gone now Where there s famine 'herc Is
ony sickness and despair Eut'r with me INTO one ~
these little cottages how damp the floor IL, how fire
less the hearth. ILal heap oil straw iucRcd ~ by thc
dirty atered cloth is the bed aud ngut covering OF,
perhaps the entire family. II you ask whore Is the rest
OF the beds ana bedcl0ihes, they WIZ tel you IN lhH
paWn. You have heard mat Ill-n children are Nlht-
hearted. what do You say OF these poor sckly silent
little huddled m that corner ASH their mother,
who appears 10 endure a double agony why they are
thus silent and she Will whisper INTO your ear the terri
Bile word. famine. famine. famine.
SIR, il would be inpossibie for me 70 indvidua,ize,
s'ate. May God, HIS mercy, open vide 10 Us the
American heart I'm n, under God, Is our hope bet
Ter duy trust. coming and when 10 comes and when
the merry word and Joyous laugh aro again heard be
leva me. though we forget everything else connected
with the dread times OF the year 1880. Nc sual never
never forget America who, by being he true friend n
need" proved herself to be the friend indeed" re
iii"'i'' '''' JoHS cAsoy MAcDEmor. PIP.
Ku1ALA, Fob. 23:-ThIs northwestern district or the
POoraW Union OF Kilaa stretches for some forty miles
along steep irownug rock bound coast tho widest aud
most unsheered In all Ireland The population ia about
10000 In this very parish Of Kiaa for tho last month
hundreds OF families must have starved TO
death but for charity. Before this help came
they lad been dragging ont dying existence
on sea-weed and what shcll isn they could get along
the sea shore. The following unfortunate families
have not particle Of food fuel: William Killeen
eight children Patrick kearuey slx Children Martin
Gally children Paulck Farrell. eight chhden
Patrick Hcffsrm. nine children: Patrick sOmers,
children; Michael McHale Ave chiiaren; McbaeI Car
den, ten children; Michael Barrett TX children; An-
Patrick Rudy. ten children.
i6cre are hundreds Of families similarly crcum-
stanced, ara under Heaven know not what Is to be
come OF them. Very Iuy yours. =. j. NOLAN, l.. p.
COUNTY GALWAY.
County Galway lies sonth Of Mayo and its sea
coast is as bleak and almost as barren as that Of
Mayo
CUnMER-BAIIYGLUSIS, Feb. 25.-Tne Parish Of Cum
rner is nine Irish miles from the Atlantic and contains
43o families TIE holdings scarcely average four irish
acres The rent as a rule, is double the Government
valuation When Iassure you that fully co per cent OF
those families have neither horse il Will be for
yourseIf TO draw an inference Yet with all their prya
tions and sorrows | have not. until lately known
person TO reDel against his lot. Hitherto they have