The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-14
THE LATE IRISH OUTRAGES.
WHAT JJMES REDpLTH KNOTS OF THi.
J.lNDLORDS IN kIRRY.
How the Tenants at the Margin. OF ans
d"vr", Lord v"nir, the furi or X epu ,o,c
a.d ur Othcr Mobiles are treated.

a"vn", Lord Vents, tn" Enri 90 iieuu,orc,
a.d ur Othcr Mobiles are treated.
Tac cable tells Us this week that Reports
from ireland Indicate tina, an alarm NJ: revival
o. uutga-ts is In progress. The special scat of
disturbance is Tralcc. whcre armed men bnyo
t.u..uy matrcatcd tho men who were taking
cai..of SIR Edward Dcnny's estate. The caus,
al the uutrd-e was recent eviction OF ten
al, Tor which the catctIkor was held re-
spoa-iyic."
Ard. u-ain. w. are told that "I,tjied Irr'au. I
st-it has fresh evidence that james McDer-
Iuu h. an "mssary in tho pay of Ia. police,
Tho outrage, he has Planned are "A part OF tho
conspiracy directed from Dublin Castle to
tr.u- i -rrciit ON the Irish race. The paper
rrirrraf., the charge that Ed"niurn House. at
Tr,cr WIS blown up with al Internal machine
witch WUs one If three sent to county Kerry by
MrDrrnutt. and which Ito had purchased with
British .Oid'
Kerry is the southwestern county of Ireland.
1t is usually called the Kingdom Ot Kerry" u
nam, gwen 10 IL 10y CUrran uf | remember
rightly. because of its former isolation: its
hills and It's hates. It's rrowoss and its preju-
jices. its pride IL ancestry. and its inaccessi-
b.iIiy Of position having given it a history at
certain periods that was distinct from tn. his
northwestern "oUrty. il Is oven yct less known
than any othnr county In Ireland.
Kerry. like dark Don"ga. has paid for this
ISOLATION y having Suffered moro from the
ayrsh , i Yer s,, h2drrI or suffered much
Munstrr which have been as equal but not
Landlord "Nactions that have been extinct for
centuries IN Ing and-sihce serfdom was nbot-
lsh"d-wor. sun in fore" against the peasantry
OF Kerry at tue time of my first visit there oliy
ahont four wears ago,
Father O'lieiily. sec is not telling the wors.
encsi b. tn" same motive. I do not ioutt that
has restrained n,e from telling the whol. trut N :
b,, tpl Hay in
that tsu;ai tyranny is still !-ven since Tho pas
If6tectad by tn" RnsisG GoVernnsn eFi in r irs
land. 1t is only here and there thar me curtain
c,gn oe raised Let me lit itjust Il little bit in
Kerry y, has 70 rural p2rnla'i9n OF i7iooo who
There ar" 1881 statute acres in Kerry and
81 Landed propr!etors.
Tho largest landlord In Kerry is the Mar
quis OF Landslowno. tho present repre-
sentative OF the British Crown in Canada
who owns "a jI4 acres. He is tho descendant
OF DIR. Petty, II land surveyor in Cromwoll's
time. who. although frcothinker. Kept on
such good terms with tho Puritans that ho
soon became one OF the largest owners OF the
cont'Scated territory. He was the earliest
shadow that l have been ablo to trace in Eng
Hsh history OF that coming power since SO con-
sp!cuous in our Western States-the specuIa-
tive land surveyor. who Is often an Indian
raw r
he may appear.
l made q thorough Investigation OF Lans-
downe's estates at IA time when he was singled
out as model landlord by the London Tory
press. Mr. Charles Russell. the famous Eng
iish barrister, by nv advice. given through Il
mutual friend. soon afterward went over the
same route, and not only con tlrmed my testi-
mony. but stu further. by accumulated owl
dence, demonstrated the ASTOUNDING. greed
rapacity and desrotism of I.ansdowne ana his
r. f!tt boo
tod kealitl.s OF Irish Life" has done 50
mueh' by IFS Munchamsen peryersions OF the
truth. 10 bring oppfobrium on the peaS.tutry.
whom lie ruled with u worse than SibarnI in :
humanlty: on Lansdowne's estates tho peas
Rbtry are worse fed. worse clad. worse housed
and treated with less consideration and re-
S Tardsd IN In prsetics as having fewer human
saveholders of our South before tbs war. l
sems IA ,ruteIsa Over snsd Gr e"tn sys
and walked on foot more than thirty years nxo
through the seaboard and Gulf States.
Lord Ventry is tho next largest landlord in
Kerry. He owns 9l.505 acres. He is even a
harsher landlord than Lansdowne. as Is shown
by his rental rs we'll by my own inquiries
among his tenantry: for, whereas Landowner
rcntal is ES,5i3 Lord yentry's rental is els 2SS
Local tradition says that the founder OF Ven
try's fortunes. the first Ventry. was a fish ped
der. or FISH iolter. as the Irish call them who,
In Cromwell's time. was trudging along with
his donkey load OF fish on b way to SIX ib-
bereen or Cork. when. in a most dismal. bleak
rocky glen. which was 40 n ted out to me by tho
native who told the legend, Fish -jolt-r Ventry
met Puritan soldier. who halted him. and
after telling that he had received great grant
OF land down in Kerry asked. in tone OF dis
gust. II il was all like this around them. V.nt.y
saw chance for n trade. and said the land was
much worse toward the coast.
II give i all to thee" said the disappoint-
en tms.shn an. II YOU TtIi give NE enough to pay
Nentry,pretended to haggle. but ut last agreed
with him 10 Cork. He went. and thus nobis'
house WAS founded. This may 10 an Irish fish
story. only report it as it was told to me by
Gentleman ,sl wno e., believed It 70 be true;
would soon be- An Irish Long Branch If hs
would encourage improvement hy either selling
Their and this charming sIto remains a petty
village. Hs will not even rent land for longcr
qulre any rights under tho law. He keeps deer
and preserves game and will not allow fences;
so that his rack -rent'd tenants are ob iged to
kerp .uarS' by turn, at niGht e Prevent the
2 iittIs settlsment Of Ienily's tenants would
hfsr hi IS p,Gs IN IT,. ,G'9 hnvr!s s,.o, ,o.,
Lord Ventry's tenants this lifelong denOuncer
81 tho Irish. tnus brought face to face with
Their wronss first swore and then w"pt and
Eavc away money. and then sworc and w"pt
h:a'n AZ the humanity that he could not de-
human testimony. He never r"pentrd OF thn.,,
curse words any more than / have ever
The Earl OF Kenmore comes next He owns
10000 acres. and his rental is c2l.OOO. But as
no owns the site Of Killarney. as we'll as the
lakes and fertile district around them, his
arger incomes does not i'm ply that Ito u moro
merciess landlord. He Is not as bad as Ventry
aor worse than Lansdowno. He has boon less
denounced because he is n Catholic and. there