The Irish standard., 1890-11-15
TOWN OF NEW TIPPERARY,,
A Prosperous New Irish City Where
an Eviction Notice is Badge u
of Honor. i. &

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OF Honor. s..
WILLIAM 0'BRIEN ARCADE,
What Has Come Out Of the Struggle
Between His Irish Tenants and s
Smith Barry.
a special correspund lent Of the Louis
willie Courier Journal gives the following
interesting sketch of New Tipperary,
the seat of the land war in Ireland:
On the road which leads from the
market street Of Tipperary to the statisn
a blind beggar whines all day for
pennies. Heaven has spared him the
sight of his peoples aff1'ction," as a
p0etical townsman pats it.. s
Tipperary people have certainly had
their share of affection, Dut there WAS
little visible sign Of it ON the dav /
struck the town. To save waiting
tlree or four hours at Limerick june
tion for train. I walked over, and
throughout the whole three miles was
struck by che livelin8ss Of the road and
especially al the amazing frequencies
OF Irish canaries," by which name the
pig is known in the land of his love.
There were droves of pigs with red
checked lads trotting after them.
There were donkby-csrts filled with
half-grown pigs, and with ragged old
women seated on top. There were
single pigs walking in STATELY majesty
along the road to che stirring music Of
their comrades voices. The Elf was
filed with their clamor, which. growing
louder at every step, became almosE
deafenlng when the town ITSELF was
reached, and the main street. nearly a
mile in length, was found to be lined
on both sides throughout it's entire
length with donkey carts, pigs, pig
buyers aud pig sellers. The pigs were
held np for inspection, kicking and
squealiDg, by red checked lassies. with
brawny arms. Sometimes ore of 5hend
got away, and was pursued with hns
and cry by dozen balf-groWn boVs
until he was fairly cOrDered and brought
back painting,
Such were my first Impressions OF
Tipperary, the most interesting place
in Europe. the only one where a new
town is being billlt all at once, and tine
only one in the world where an old one,
equally we'll situated, lies deserted 10y
its side,
Thanks to the pig industry, the deser.
tlon was not at first apparent. Smith
Barry, the old Tipperary landlord, fast
deserted by his tenants, still claims the
right OF holding markets for pigs, cows
and Lorses-along the main street uf
the old town. and the right will not be
successfully combated while Parlia-
ment is in it's present temper. The
privilege is worth something. Every
pig brought into Tipperary-and there
must be thousands Yearly-pays one
penny or two pence market fee, accord
ing to value. Every sheep, goat OF
lamb pays one penny, every horse FIVE
pence, every OK or COW SIX pence, every
two. year-old four pence, every yearllna
three pence and every standing has q
fixed price of ten pence. The absurdity
of hampering trade by these vexatious
dues is apparent. but the custom is
common enough throughout Great
Britain.
OF course every American knows by
this time that Mr.. Smith Barry is
the hereditary landlord of Tipperary
and that he was the leading spirit In
the landlords defense league. which
was mixed up In, the evict1ons on the
Ponsonby estate away down in Youg
hal. 1t was to punish him for his
of1iciousness in business which did not
concern himself, and partly to pay of
certain old scores Of their own, that his
Tipperary tenants, almost to q man,
stopped paying rent and, with the help
of q few friendly capitalists, began
building q new town to move into
when the inevitable evictions came.
In spite of market-day excitement. it
was evident at glance that the old
town is in very bad way. Many shops
are closed. and Of those that are open
few are doing much business, fewer
pay any rent, and nearly all will be
closed in time. The old town is not
wholly deserted yet, partly because ths
new one is not finished; and partly
because portions Of the old town belong
to Mr.. Stafford O'Brien, q friendly
landlord. who is liked by the tenants.
and has. indeed. furnished the land for
the building Of the new town. His
houses, and he has many, will not be
vacated, Bnd he will have no diff Guilty
IN collecting his rents.
The center Of the new town is the
William O'Brien arcade. or the mart, as
the people call it for short. There is
not any where dner building of the
sort III s town 80 small. !. It ii. DerllaDs