The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-11-19

| De Burghs. or Bourkes. from which the Mar
! uuises OF Clanricardc and tho Earls of Mayo are
| doscerded The Lords OF Connaught also ulti-
| mately becan;e Earls OF Ulster. but the greater
portion OF that proyii,ce was never subdued and
long remained in tho hams OF the grcat ONicl
and O'Donnoll tribes. into which she sovereign
clan had become divided.
The social condition Of tho Norman settlers
underwent in course Of time curious change.
They lived isolated in thor strongholds. inter-
married with the daughters Of tho native
chiefs. to whom in turn they gavo their daugh-
tcrs in wodlock. and foil into the Irish practice
Of fosterage. under which the children Of the
lord were drafted out to nurse with tho family
Of his retainer. They employed the natives
both for domestic and military service and
made alliances with the native tribes in their
1uarrels with their Norman neighbors. The
consequence was that they became gradually
woaned away from Norman or English habits
customs. and manners They let their hair
grow long. and cultivated moustnche; they
adopted tho Irish dross. tho Irish mode OF
riding bareback. oven tho Irish language
and the Irish law. and. by tho mid
die of the fourteenth century were
pronounced more Irish than the Irish
themselves. by tho end OF the fifteenth
oehtuiy INC oh'y paFI Vi tne isMhu over WHICH
tho English government exerted any authority
was small district around Dublin known as
tho English Pale. and tho degenerate Eng
lish." as the descendants of the Norman set
tiers in the othor parts of Ireland were now
called. had become so completely fused with
the Irish population that many Of tho Barons
substituted Irish for their Norman names.
Ihus tho heaus OF Two ornnches OF the house OF
10 D.lit1,. OF Dourke' LOOK tho names Oh MeWli-
liam oachur anu McWllIiam lochtar. Two OF
theircousihs Deeahe Nichuoparu ana McDaVld'
DO Birminghnm OF Athenry called himself Nc
forrls. u Excster became cJordan. ana Nam
gic McCostelo. inc white Knight In Gerald-
moi TOOK tho name OF McdiDbon; tho Baronof
Dunboyne' McPheris; Fitzmanrice OF Lixnaw.
McMorice; while the Condons OF Waterford be-
came McMaloge. and tho Fitzurses OF Louth be-
came McMahoh.
? IL was only with the rise OF the Tudor dy-
nasty that England made serious effort to re-
gain Its hold upon tho sister island. but 1t was
th'rty years before Henry VIII. could even i'm
pose his Will upon the Parliament OF the Pale.
Even the little ne had gained was imperilled by
Ms attempt 10 impose on the irish the re-
formed faith. 1t should DO noted however.
that on the whole. Henry VIII. followed the
plan OF conciliating tho Irish and the so called
|, degenerate English and 1t Is probable enough
that his system would have worked we'll had he
relinquished the hope Of inducing the natives
to abjure Catholicism. Upon his death tho
contrary eounsels prevailed; 1t was believed
that IL would 90 better 10 drive MO irish than
10 lead them. ana little oy nttIe course was
cnteted'unoh Oh DETERMINATION and plantation
which was pursued Tor centuries. and which.
compined with the policy OF forcing novel
FORM OF 1a,th on n reluctant people. has I'M
Du0u tho lrlSn nNtlOn with an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
h"treu Oh Ehghsh government. lie Iirst lnhds
10 90 connsca'eu were the territories OF Leix'
ona'y' fereai an" Ely wnich lay IN the centre
oilre'ahu ana we're Regarded as a Standing men
ace W .ne mho vi communication between Duo-
IN "i'" Nukehhy. Ine ere"'er part oi th's ois-
'r'c' was u'siueu in'o hiiie scouhty ana queens
county ana 'he ihnaoitah.e were ainos' Vot''iy
eMpeneu anu repiacea oy Ehghsh settiers.
inns hrst eNporiiheht IN inc way OF eNtermi-
nation anu p'ahta'on from whieh, oy the way:
uescehoahls vi inc norman coiohists suffered
~ m"ch us the h"'iVe Irish was maue. curl
oue' enough Wy 0"'"o'o so'ere'sn. queen
H"ry. Her eAaihpic was io''owe" ny IHhaoeth
III 1870 VINO granted ha'i me county OIL An
trim anu part Oh inc county Oh monaghan 10
the Earl OF ESSEX. Ihe district 80 allotted was
occupied ny Immigrant ocotS from Ar.ylishire'
o"' .nese were 10 oe eA,ermina'ea ana thelr
i'n" ie"9cu W Thshs' So'.'ors' 1he r'ar'' now
ever M''s op.,se" W "pa"uo'' lbs schetno Oh COL
oii'~'''on' a''er perpo'rn'nE ,r'kh''u' "'roci-
'e' oi' 'ie ''eo'' anu '"e'r ir's "'"e''
y much more scrlous eHort towaru piahea-
ton was maze IN munster ny number OF gen
tlemen from the west OF England. including Sir
Peter Carew ana Sir humphrey Giibort. Their
attempt to eNpe the natives led to the first Dcs-
monu rcbelhon, ana although TINS was stran-
sleu at us pir'h oy Or hehry sidney