Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-22
COMMUNICATIONS.
HEOre Irish History.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 We find that after the building of the Tow CT of Babel, Tenius Pharsa, surnamed the Sage or Learned, came out of Scythia, which was the country of the ancient Gaels. Scythia lies between the Medi terranean Sea and Mount Tarus on the north, and Egypt on the south. Tenlus Pharsa was king of Soythia and the ancestors of the Milesians. Miesius was king of Spain. He sailed with his eight sons to Ireland in order to conquer it. Five of Milesius' sons were drowned ln the Allan tic ocean off the coast of Kerry (IreIand), and one named Colph was drowned in the harbor of Oolph, called after him, but now called Drogheda, near the mouth of the Boyne and the remaining two, Hermon and Heber, di- vided Ireland into four provinces or divisions A jealousy having arisen between ths wives of the two brothers about who should pos sess the most fertile parts of Ireland, they so irrltated the two brothers against each other that they went to war with one another and it ended with the destruction of Heber, after which Hsrmon ruled supreme and built the ancient palace of Tara in honor of his queen, whose name was Tea. This grand old palace was built of oak wood and of lime and gran lte stone. It was 400 feet in length, 15O feet ID height and 100 feet in breadth. It con- tained fourteen large doors, and attached to it were seven large halls. This memorable and superb old palace was the residence of l the brave and hospitable old kings of Ireland for about ,, ,UO0 years It was there the par | lament was convened every third year, l which was composed of all the Irish nobility l ahd the learned men of the nation, who were ] supported gratis by the generous old Irish kings as long as tho session lasted. Ollamh l Fodhla which means the learned) was the | first to establish triennial parliaments in the palace of Tara in 1917 B. c., which was prior I to any national convention in any other coun- | try in the world, that poor old Ireland | fn. ftNnr EIs <Nch ~E | England and of all other countries on the surface of the globe in civilizatio on, as well as | ln the arts and sciences and in morality, in | those days, and of course Ireland is not be- | hind them in these days in morality and civ | lization, as well as in the arts and sciences. From the landing of the Milesians, which | was in the year of the world 35OU. till the | landing of St. Patrick in Ireland, which was in the year 432 A. D., 133 Milesian kings rsigned in Ireland, and it is worthy of re-
 mark that it was the Irish king, O'Connor l the Great, who ruled Ireland when our
 divine Redeemer was born. The palace of
 Tara was abandoned as a royal residence
 after the death of the old Irish king, Der
 mott OCearrbheoil, or Carhaul, in English OCarroll, which occurred in the year 565 A.
 D. The Tuatha de-Dananns ruled Ireland
 during 197 years. The Firbolgs governed it
 during 80 years Iiernmas the most
 famous of the Milesian kings.
 And now MT. Editor after having read
 and known so much about my dear old native
 land and about her illustrious people, it won
 ders not that the blood rushes to my temples
 as have read the records of the demoniae
 deeds which Englishmen have been perpe
 trating on the Irish during centuries of indis
 criminate massacres and slaughters.
 The savage loves his native shore,
 | Though rude the soil and chill the air
 And well may Erin s adore
 | land that nature formed so fair.
 Sarsfield, Dillon, O'Brien, OReilly, Hugl
 Roe O'Donnell, Hugh O'Nell, and the great
 Shane O'Neil fought for the independence
 not for the nationalization of Ireland. AnG
 I am of 8 similar opinion MT. Egan ane
 eighty per cent. of my countrymen at hom,
 and abroad are. and this is the independence
 of Ireland and her own parliament first. ! AURELIUs MACSwYNIE, Hartford.