New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-20
IN TIPFERARY.
WITH SOME NOTES ON LIMERICK.
. CURIOUS sTRIKE-AN INDUSTRIOUS C1TY-THE
STORY OF wATER-wHEEL.

TippeTary is particularly interesting az Ihis 'iine
because the directors Of the Irish campaign nave
made it the seat Of war. The owner OF most
of the town had been counted a good landlord
but he had offended the leaders by contributing
largely TO the relief of the Ponsonby helr III MS
struggles with his tenantry The movement at
Tipperary was ordered by way oil countcrnarch.
lis inception is popularity credited 10 OBrieh' ana
some Of the more conservative of the party openly
speak against it as hasty step bringing great
suffering and loss on the people with no CORE
snondinp good result 70 the cause. The plan is
70 yacate all the houses in the centre of
town Of about 900 inhabitants because they be-
long 10 the obnoxious landlord, and to build
new CITY on lands of gentleman favorable TO the
national cause The buildings and Improvements
on the old premises were made at the expense
of the tenant and to leave them causes the renter
20 make a total loss Their willingness to do tins
on the orders of the political leaders shows no"
earnest they are in the campaign
There is great hustle in the new town. Inc
buildings are not SO good as in the DID, Inc
streets of the former city bear the marks OF some
great public calamity House after house, ana
store after store are closed and hoycotted' only
those buildings are open which the tenants hlre
Of middlcmen. who pay the landlord only grouhu
rent. Relieving squads of police are cohuhuai'y
marching through the streets, and REMIND one Vi
the last German war, when the German soldiers
carrisoned some of the French towns. l am told
that there are over 200 police here.
In the surrounding country the farmers are
manifcstly much more prosperous than IN the
counties Of Cork and Kerry / visited one small
farm where the products were milk and potatoes
For his best land the tenant paid rent OF S0I %
ner acre. besides poor-rate and county taxes
II. - ~ - "A
Quart. He formerly paid S35 rcr acre, but fifteen
shlincs was deducted by the land court
priest told me that his parishioners had lost con-
fdence in these courts from the fact that VheS
had found them composed altogether of the land
lord class, appointed by the Government and that
they. the courts, had shown disposition to make
as little concession to the tenant as possible.
He said that If something like our American
method Of arbitration were adopted, in which each
Marty appointed one referee, and these two Sc
lected third. the whole land difficulty in Ireland
would soon be settled. The trouble is that
Justice 10 the tenants would bankrupt the larger
part Of the landlords.
One object in going to Tipperary was TO WISH
the celebrated Rock of Cashel fourteen miles dis-
tant on which stands at great elevation the ruin
of the combined cathedral and castle OF Connac
Mccarthy. This was the capital of Munster, ana
its kings were also bishops, and were crowned al
the cross which still stands in the courtyard.
Connac had the rare repute of being both SANITY
bisbop and q doughty warrior He fell in battle
with the men of LeinSter. The whole pile OF
buildings has great interest for the student oil
history. The peculiar Celtic knot appears fire.
quently in its decoration. Between the nave and
chance is a ,Ine triumpha arch, Characteristic OF
early Irish church architecture Even In eccle-
siastical art the national love Of wit shows itself
Near the altar in the cathedral is figure oil
Michael the Archangel. weighing the souls OF
men. and Just below him is the Devil giving the
scales a little tip in bis own favor. Around the
rock. and in the old town, are ruins Of prOry
of the Dominicans, the great preaching order OF
the middle ages, and another of monastery OF
the Franciscans. the Methodists of that Time
Ono repeatedly wonders at the number OF these
religious houses which we're formerly fourshlnS
in Ireland. Every few miles one comes upon
their remains Thu Irish must have been from
the beginning greatly devoted TO their church
Nevertheless those Institutions must have been a
severe tax on the resources OF the country lot
though endowed BY the great lords. the endo"-
Tnent must ultimately have been dawn from the
toll Of the Irish pedsantry. Some OF these Hlsh
abbots, too. lived in great state, and Kept TWO
and three bishops as subalterns to perform
episcopal functions | imagine that the lou Vi
the tenantrv was even harder then than now but
an oppression suffered in the name Of religion Is
easier TO bear than one that is secular; ana the
ideal of life was low Perhaps Cromwell dld not
do a very bad thing for Ireland when he blew the
roofs off these houses and dispersed the monks.
The most CALLING thing TO the Irish was the TACT
that the new nobility were alien IN race ana re-
ligion and it is this feeling Of difference whlch
I,a
aggravates the existing troubles in Southern Ire
land. The common people have spoken 10 me OF
Cromwell score Of times in the last few weeks
as a great ogre, and when angry with each other
the worst thing that they can say is " The curse
of Cromwell be on you" But Cromwell must
not be judged by the present but by his own
time Ireland was then the seat of intrigues
most threatening to the very existence of England
as a Protestant kingdom and in self-defence he
was Obliged TO strike crushing blow at the arts
tOcratc and Catholic power there.
AS we drove up to the great Abbey Of the Holy
Cross whose abbot had been earl and the head
of the Cstercians in Ireland, were greeted by
the usual crowd Of beggar children. These were
boys and the claim which they made upon our
charity was very novel, but very suitable 10 the
descendants of the renowned combatants Of Don
nybrook Fair a penny for the group, sir, and
We'll blacken each other eyes for you, sir?" AS
there seemed to be fighting enough in Ireland at
present, refrained from accepting even this
tempting offer. AS we came into Lin
ericS we felt that the conditions were unlike any
that we had yet seen. There Is an air Of pros
perity about the place, noticeable in its modern
looking shops and pleasant English houses The
eager manners of the people indicate that they
are busily engaged Up TO this time we had been
painfully impressed with the careless negligence
-. q.
her Incompatible Irish stories. If tried 10 open
window, one cord was broken, so that it must
be propped up. In every carriage some part Of
harness or rigging is sure to be tied nm instead Of
being properly repaired. If you want a water
proof lap-robe, it is 70 have a hole in IL Just
where it should cover the knees In Kerry we
saw two men turning small over-shot water
wheel by Selling the hanges with their
hands. Water enonnh 10 drive tie ruhanl