The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-01-12
SOME WONDERFUL CURES
At Mullingar, ireland, by Rev. Igna-
titus Larkin-They Seem
Miraculous.
REMARKABLE STATEMENTS MADE

By Many of Those Who Game Under His
| Oare-Ordained in Dublin and
but % Years ofAge.
| A correspondent in the Dublin Free
mans Journal of the l1th ult. writes
thus about the alleged miracles recent.
ly performed at Mallingar, county
Westmeath, Ire.: ''On arriving at
Mulllngar this morning I found the
majority of the inhabitants busy in the
hustle of fair day. Everyone from
whorn I made inquiry, however, was
full of eagerpess to tell me of the mira
cle-working powers OF their late yisi-
tor, the Rev. Ignatius Larkin, and in a
few minutes was almost overwhelmed
with the accounts (mostly based on
rumor) Of the cures which had been
affected. The reverend gentleman,
who belongs to the priory, Storington,
Sussex, has, it appears, for the past few
weeks. been on visit to Ireland.
After giving. as he states, a mission in
LetterkennY, he proceeded to various
places in the county Donegal, whence
the first reports OF his miraculous
doings emanated. He subsequently
passed through number Of the other
Ulster towns, the last one visited being
Cavan, where he remained some time,
and which he left with the intention Of
proceed ing TO Galway. On the railway
journey to Mullingar he is stated to
have affected some wonderful cures,
none of which, however, have been
authenticated either by name or cir
cumstance. Not being able to get a
Galway train on his arrival at Mulangar
station, he decided TO remain the town
all night, and the following morning
he found his hotel surrounded by large
numbers, who had been apprised of his
arrival by those who had followed him
from Cavan. He remained in Muilin
gar two days, when he took the train
for Dublin, having as he informed some
Of the townspeople, received q letter
telling him to return at once and give a
mission in the south of England. He
was followed to the train by q large
crowd. some of whom entered the train
in order to ask his assistance during
the journey, A great number of the
cases which were mentioned to me
were cases of persons from distant
country places, and from Cootehill,
Cavan and other towns.
1.-THE local cases, according to rumor,
many found ON investigation, to be
few in number. The first one with
which was brought into personal con-
tact. was that of boy named John
Connor, who eight or nine years ago be-
came diseased in the hip and leg. Since
then he Informed me-and his state
ment is corroborated by many persons
he had to use crutches and was unable
to lean upon his right foot. When l
saw him he had only stick in his
hand, and he beat his right foot against
the ground in order to prove that he
was perfectly cured. Another case
with regard to which I endeavored to
gain full particulars is that of a man
named Alexander Pogue, of Cootehill,
who some years ago it is stated, became
paralyzed in the United States. The
waiter in the Greville Arms hotel in
formed me that he saw this man carried
in to Father Larkin, and in a short
time walk out without assistance. On
going to the house where Pogue
had lodged the proprietor told me
that he had returned home and
corroborated the statement made by
the hotel waiter. I afterwards went to
the house of an old man named Thomas
Hughes, who for some years past has
been walking on crutches, in conse-
quenca of rheumatic pains. He IN
formed me that Father Larkin, after
praving with him and rubbing the
affected parts with holy relic, took
the crutches from him and told him to
walk up and down stairs without hold
ing. He did SO with little difficulty and
from that time has continued to inn
prove. When saw him he was using
only a stick, and number of persons
in the town told me that previously
they had never seen him without the
crutches. The old man says that in the
excitement consequent upon his cure,
he jumped from the curbstone to the
street, a thing he would not have done
for q million of money The mcst re-
markable statement, however, which 1
heard, was that made by Mr.. Peter
Daily, chairman of the town commits
sioners. He told me that while Father
Larkin was in his house. little boy
named Barber, Z years Of age, who had
never been able to walk, was carried in
BY his mother. Father Larkin stretched
the boys lsgs, and after praying over