The Irish standard., 1888-02-18
the STONE OF DESTINY.
Did Sarelands Most Sacred Relic
Come From the Land
OF Judea?
JOHN BOYLE 0'RlELLY'S OPINION.
Did the Lost Tribes Of Israel Settle in Ire
land? tt Probable That
They Did.

The Fair Journal says: when Mr
John Boyle O'Rcilly, the well-knowr
editor and litorateur, appeared in al
hany few weeks ago as lecturer, al
Union Hall, he was greeted bv an i'm
mense audience, comprising among It's
numbers the highest minds of our city
from. all classes and creeds. In pre-
senting his article in to-night's issue
on the Lila Fail, or Stone of Destiny,
we feel as though we were setting be.
fore our readers literary dish which
will be highly relished. The subject is
new one, to our times at least
There is a tradition common through
out ireland that The Lost Tribes Of Is
rael settled in ireland; and / have al
ways had conviction that the presence
of the Lila FAIL or Stone of Destiny in
Ireland, was connected with some Jew
isb settlement, the history Of which
may vet be found in the thousar DIS Of
precious Gaelic manuscripts now lying
unread and unt.anslated in the mu-
seums and libraries Of Europe.
The Tuatha de- Dadan, who are ira
ditional]y said to have brought the Lila
Fail' to ireland, we're a mysterious
people coming from land unknown
at least no Gaelic record yet translated
tells their previous history. They
landed in Ireland about 1900 years be-
fore Christ, conquered the ancient in
habitants, called FirboIgs, and ruled
Ireland, according 70 the most ancient
records, 1877 years,
The Lila Fail' jStone OF Destiny is
also called The Stone OF Scone, from
she Abbot of Scone. in Scotland, where
it remained for a long time, having
Been lent by the Irish to the Scotch for
the crowning of q king in the fifth CEN
tury. The Lila Fail or false one, is
now fixed in the English coronation
chair in Westminster Abbey, and the
n3onarchs OF England are crowned
thereon--;a fact WHICH sufficiently
proves the sacredness df this very re-
markable stone.
The Lila Fail, as I have said, was
brought to Ireland about 1900 years be-
fore Christ, 10y the Tuat;a. de-Danans.
They were settled principally at Tara
and Teltown, in the Count Y Meath, and
they ruled over the country for about
200 years.
With them the Lila Fail was held
in the highest yeneration and seated on
it their mOnarchs were crowned. by
them it Was regarded as protection
against foreign and domestic foes.
From 1t Ireland was called lnis Fail,
or the Island of Destiny.
The Irish Archaeological Society has
published all ancient book called The
Conquest of Erl, as recorded by Nennl-
u.s.: in which (page 49, is the following
record, relating to the Tuatha-de-D Dan
an, and in which, strangely enough,
they are called the PIebes Decorum, Or
The People Of God
'Afterward, the plebes Decorum, l. Q.
the Tuatha.de Danan, took Ireland; it
was of them the chief men OF science,
as Luctenus, artifex; Credenus, iguus
ibrazier}; Dianus. medicus; also Eadon,
his daughter, nurse Of the poets; Lug,
son OF Elthns, with whom were all arts;
Drgda, the greatest SON of Ealadan, son
of Dealbaith, the king; Ogma, brother
Of the king; it was from him came the
letter Of Erin (the Ogham)'
The grandest figure in the whole his
tory Of Ireland, ancient and modern,
Was mysterious man OF this race,
whose name was Ollamh Fodhia (pro-
nounced Olam Fola). O.lamh means
wise man, or prophet. This man was
the law-giver of ancient Ireland---"the
Moses of Ireland as he has been called
by nearly all Irish historians.
The Tuatha- de- Danans were con-
auered after about 200 years OF rule IN
Ireland, by the Milesians who came
from the land Of Spain. But under
these rulers the Lila FAIL of the Tua-
ha-de- Danans continued to be the
most sacred object in Ireland.
For ages the tradition has fingered
in Ireland that the Lila Fall as
Jacobs Stone.' that it formed part Of
the stone called Jacobs pillar at Bethel,
as mentioned in the Book OF Genesis;
apd the tradition always continues.
The common word is:-
1T. was brought from the land Of
Canaan to Ireland by the Tuatha de
Danans.' Associated with the dream
or vision of Jacob, the supremest pro-
pbecy in the Bible, it is no wonder that
this stone should be regarded with ven
Grafton and guarded with care. It is