New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-02
COUNTY KERRY.
The Rev. James Carmody, Catholic curate, wr
Tohrnaru 19l from Cnrrens. Farrenfnrei

February 49, FROM Currens. Farrenfore
About two hundred ana my o. tho most needy FAINT
per fortnight. and though ihs Is the very smallest
{udre suffering the extreme OF want to these
s"ss Vcry MANY farmers are without the means OF
doing anything for the coming year. nave just
tcEcis for meal farmers who were. two years Of
the most respectable IN our parish
The Rev Maurice OFlaherty, Catholic curate,
writes February 15l from Ferriter, Dingei
Beg the League. for Gods sake. for the sake OF a
sorey tried aud p0yerty-strckeu people. 10 increase
their grant. - Lave ministeIed as Catholic
pretty well and earlessly assert tha IN none OF them
j. there such ami ct poyer,y %i9e.preaa want desutn,
Dnnquin ton Baszett Islaudsl, Dunurln, Marhin.
Kecma keGaT and HI quane. There II population OF
about 200 souls, and amount OF wOrd-paintng at
nv command will be able TO convey 70 yOu the
5ipoVerisned and wretched state which these poor
creatures living along tho coast steeped.
I know a fact that many-ver mAny-hmOng them
have been uying ps ooce and SON, times twice
day for the last three weeks aware that several
ESPECIALLY heads OF amies-haye gone to bed fasting in
order 20 spare some hing Tor their starving children
who were cry for food Some Of these creatures
have meal OF sirabout for twenty-ionr hours
fstrlbOut Is Indian meal boiled WIN wafer ana niue
satI In all nearly ali the cases we VISITED ZOO uor
COW. pig sheep: nor eeed potatoes nor credit
nor anyb hing else had they, except the lew stones
of meal they had got rom our Rehei COlDmittee.
Let say word on Dehaf or the inhabitants OF me
Bsskett Glands. Inc poor creatures are II possible
worse of tnan those on the mainland Ho" They are
separated from the mainland by three miles o as dan
gerogs as any on the west coast OF Ireland
the present stormy weather continue to reach the nam
land 10 tell the sad story OF their suhernGs. Eight OF
these poor starving wreiched islanders elected by
Mr. B. a. Huasey some months ago. aud Will have to
leave before March next
DR.. OSuhvan reports February 49, extreme
distress in all the poverty-strcken and furnishing
poor of the remote. and seml-barren mountain
parish of Abbey Feale 800 absolutely destitute
families receive from to Ave stones of meal
Mr. Charles j. OCOnnell writes from Portmagee
February 1G) that the prospect of the people
is becoming every day more gloomy. Hundreds of
poor people are 20 day in want here"
The Rev. Mahony Leyne, Catholic curate, of
Duaqh LlstOwel, writes February 16);
The farmers instead OF giving ployment are looking
out themse and me landlords are Simply doing
n0thiug II estimated that there are 1000 persons
an dire destination III this parish alone.
The Rev. Thomas Nolan parish priest, writes from
Lixnaw, North Kerry February 10), inclosing list
of eiQhty-two persons, mostly women. to whom
through his own eXertions, ne has gwen from one to
two stones of Indian meal. stone is fourteen
mounds avordupois, and costs 28 cents in
Kerry he "Inost humbly begs" for aid for my
poor people"
The Rev. Thomas LAWYER parish priest of the Is
land OF Vaenta Irish station Of the Atlantic cabe'
writes February IA:
have hesitation IN saying that than half OF
the inhabitants OF This island Vaenta Will require re-
lief meal FOR the months II starvation Is 10 he
warded or Tine doclOr ana yset nave tnade mousse
Toulouse valuation OF the 100 families we have Wis
tied 100 without blaket OF any shape or descrip
ton.