Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-17
A FAMOUS COLLEGE.
Tia Great School at MaynOoth Do
seribed
BY .be Rev. Bernard e'ReHly---The Growth
and Work Of a Famous
College.

NsXUCOth, as their alma mater, no ueSeup'
.;an ,bs, could give would bring those
3ssr nails and the lovely peighborhood
Ioms 10 faithful memories and grateful
tSsr,s Ia failure letter j hope to give
,nTrsc. IDEA OF the place, with ITS plendId
arrlitec,ural piles, its literary and scientific
,Tsasures, and an account Of some OF the IL
Insrrious men who have taught there or
,ona from IL to shine IN both hemlsPheres.
AZ present must eOn6ne myself to two
,bings-a brief glance At the memorable
Ii.,oricsl events connected with Nsynoo:h,
sr3 the foremost place the college occupies
N srrerior education, and the struggle 60
N, on 10 obtain for the Catholics of Ire
lapd an equitable share of the sums de-
yo,ed by PsrhameBts, past and present, to
rubhc instruction.
MAMMOTH is situated on 8 level plain.
which careful hubAndry, under wise and
liberal Government, could easily render Is
f,pi,f.l as rbe plain of Lombsrly, for the
Innate of his part OF Ireland IS incomPar-
Ily uilctr In Einter than that Of any part
al northern I,siy, and its soil
Nv intelligent culture could be made as
rrocucuye as shy portion OF the
5Josd lsrds ws.eyed by the 20, the Tcino,
and the AdiEe. A it IS, the traveller be-
t.eeu Da6Ln and Maynoot1 is saddened BY
he perspective Of green fields lying fsHoE
nr converted into pastures, of rare yillsges
..vr,-i in their growth, with many roof
,s., cottage on ,heir outskirts or along the
-osd.iGe teaOtiug where the evictor and
sv,ermirator had been at work. You also
rsss AL chjuEsys rising mp here and there
IN the lsrdscspa, from which neither smoke
nor steam has issued for years; bearing
witness 10 recent attempts to establish home
irdasres sDd manufactures, which Eng'
r.h mou3g9lis's rendered sbortiye. Dis
courseement, had almost said destruction,
GEMS 10 hang like an Apocalyptic plague
over the sad. rendering useless the vital
ssrmrh IF the sun and bhghting every
-srm Of fertility in the tesming soil
4 glance y. the usgnlhceuCe and lowell
ness Of the Duke Of Lelnsters gres. park
a. Carlos AL %. the spacious grounds OF
the college i,self tells most elo1uently what
ere the capacities OF this vast region-ca,
rsciri-s which must lie dormant till Home
Rule cradles The Irish people to develop sill
he sp,erdid resources Of their soil, climate
and position.
TD,s to%u, sadly dwindled in importance
s, Il "a rev, At the beginning Of the six
;.elth century. the great stronghold OF the
,,-r,lainss Of the Pale, the family Of the
Tsri Of Kildsgd, and the centre Of their
7oxer. Here, when in 1884 Henry VIII,
openly broke With the Pope aud proclaimed
Lis own supremacy IN spiritusls, began
ard was decided practically the question
Il he asceudauev OF the State re-
r5io0. Here, on March %, 1885, the royal
,roaye under Sir William SEelington, after
4 siege Of twelve days and through the trea.
son OF the Geraldine commander, captured
The castle Of Msynooth considered lmpreg-
rail- till then. Ta;s crushed the rebellion
olLosd Thomas Fitzgerald and fastened
the death, in the Tower Of London, OF hts
fs,her. the great Earl Of Kildare. It led to
,be surrender of Lord Thomas himself and
10 the trsacheroua apprehension Of his i've
uDclrs. All Of them we're sent to London,
where. twelvsmouth later, they were exc
c1ted as traitors at Tyburu. Many more
5.theirrela,iv,s aud sdhereRts were cut OIL
d. the swJ-i IN Ireland the Buffers, who
lad turue Pro.estants in 1884, thencetor-
lard directing al their energy and IN
a.sucr'o lie running OF the houses OF hI'
.:arp and Desmond.
TIE entrance gste TO NsynOoti College
5 aanasI Gu ~ one side By the lofty
aar- masses Of ivied ruins, the only re,
naming portions OF the pregasble fortress
ati,h Tel, BY treason just $50 years ago;
and on the other by the tower OF the ancient
a,cey CO i-ch Of =! Mary 4, one OF the many
'oulds'i ,us @. tie Princely and munihceni
Geraldia,s,
2aYiny heeu recently studying these an,
nals Of civil and religions strife, found
myself this morning with no little emotion
-assing through the silent streets OF this lit
lie county ,oxn. where the neighborhoOi OF
he uobl. proprietor il sttested BY The
Leinster Arms on a clsanlv looking inn
sud then I paus-A beneath the shadow o
lie gr,a, iyy,buDg ruins, around Whlct
c.vs iLuumerable we're wheeling, films
H. a.r With their cav cav In bat
.-sirg down the power Of tn
frliera'ds both Harry and hi
s'ss the Ba,lers, knew well that they wsrt
.a''sr:rg ioEn The supports OF the ancien
>.,h. Indeed the ruin OF the mighty Anglo
r ! family. and the wars Of determination
y Which it Was Effected. prepared the va!
% he llntarious Of Elizabeth and jaime
ari Crrmwrll Bat it was singular tia
this ver7 spo: should hsve been selected TO
he erection OF a great Catholic school tina
vss 10 b fruitful nursery Of the mission
aries no. only 10 Ireland and every part o
he British empire, bu. also for the Unite,
States And set the ivy-Clad tower Ct 81
Hsry's belongs to the Protestant Episcopa
Church Of he place; and the majesu
s3usre A.ep 70 the Geraldine fortress is q
s.olue2. S..reSs Of the beginning of ths
oosuna.", bloody and bootless endeayor t
Impose On a whole people By shear force
decree mich they detested.
"rr war oEiudeCeudence had at least il
direct 3 nc q little 20 DO with that chang
lnteel ~ sDdin policy which led to a mod
acauol Of The penal laws in the last qua
Ia Of tNs eighteenth century, aud to th
.sEsla; so attachments which eliminated i
ne too t'rg AID endowment Of d seminar
.2' edU s-ing he Catholic youth Of Ireland
81 he Irish Parliament Of 1898, wishing I
i's7eu, the spread in Ireland of the prime
Pes Of The French revolution, and to secur
% csnilda'es Tor the Irish priesthood facil
- Tor being educated az home, sdnitte
NAhollc youth TO the University OF DubGr
concession Of which they did no
A'al laemH Ives, and empowered ther
"io7n . colleges 20 be affiliated to that IN
,-'ii7. The Protestant ascendancy move
raven All earth il opposition. But ID
Saao - DID 40: show themselves Yer
Saeil. Tor f4vors so bitterly denounced ,
LEI s1versariss. At length, in 1875,
sg-Sa. o'.l Vas passed founding the Collsg
AAyUCo,h and granting s, 900 yearly 70
. slD2ofL This very Parliament accom-
s:olsl This tardy and very limited measur
'ehsi with Ihrsetold coercion act, who's
-'!o's continued til Ireland had lost be
,,eEe Legislature. Sui. in 1871 az
- TIE Irish Parliament voted two flrtt
S'sn'S q 10000 each. From $50
10 The imperial Psrkameu. yeArl
90 10 the establishment an sverag
o. l. -