The Irish standard., 1890-05-03

had been surrounded by an embank-
ment of mud, boulders and whin bushes,
SO that access could not possibly be had
by the ordinary means. An entrance
was. however, effected through thereof.
which is low one, and few moments
afterwards the tenant and his daughter
were
DRAGGED OUT THROUGH A HOLE IN
THE THATCH.
Another dozen families in all were
eyicted to- day. bringing the total num-
Der considerably over 200 families. or
about 1900 human beings.
Writing ON the day following, the
Freeman correspondent said: The eyic~
tion campaign just concluded in Done
cal has been marked by another death,
that Of the daughter Of Michael Cannon
of keeldrum, whose eviction was re
corded in MONDAYS issue. It seems
that the little girl became greatly
alarmed at the approach OF the eviction
party to her fathers house, and, after
the ejectment had been completed, her
fright assumed a dangerous aspect.
The girl became very Ill, and her weak
ness rapidly increased, until within
twent7-four hours she had furnished
another illustration ct the truth of Mr..
Gladstone's declaration that in too
many cases
AN EVICTION MEANS A SENTENCE OF
DEATH.
This is the second death which has
marked the progress OF the recent clear
ances. The eviction has also been since
carried out of three widows whom the
sheriff refused to evict on Saturday. 1t
was effected by the estate bailiffs and
emergencymen, who were protected by
d force of about twenty policemen. The
widows were three old women who
were sub tenants in hOvel at the back
of Divers house. They lived in most
wretched poverty. The mind of one of
the old women has been unhinged for
wears, and she viewed the scene with 9
vacant look that betokened utter want
of realization of the state OF affairs.
The hovel had been occupied by them
fer many years. and the direct tenant
had never charged them any rent what
ever. In fact thoy have been living on
the charity Of the neighbors. The
Youngest of the three is so years of age.
The eviction is uDquestionably one OF
the harshest on record.
THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE.
A correspondent at Belfast tele-
graphed on the same dav as follows:
I am in a position to state positively
that the landlord of the Sweeney estate
in Donegal, who is also agent for the
Stewart estate in Donegal, was urged
by the government to carry out evic-
tions on those estates last week, al
though he previously comp mplained in the
press that he could not obtain the pre-.
lection of the forces. Mr.. Sweeney be-
ing absent at Belfast assiZes was unable
to accede to the request of the govern
ment. Our correspondent adds that he
holds in his possession the message for
warded to Mr.. Sweeney from the au
thorlties in Dublin Castle, who are
anxious that the evlctions should all be
carried out at once.
Mr.. Swift McNeill, M. P, who repre-
sents that portion of Donegal in which
the sad scenes above described were en-
acted writing to the Daily News said:
Your able and energetic correspondent
at Falcarragn will doubtless furnish
your readers with detail, of the evic.
tions which at the present moment are
in full operation. A few weeks ago l
asked Father McFadden to supply me
with some particulars of the condition
of the tenants of the OIphert estate in
the Gweedore districts. who are as [
write being driven from their wretched
homes to the roadside. Father McFad-
den confined himself exclusively to the
cases of twentY-fi five families IN his own
parish, some Of whom are to be evicted
to. day, and from the return which he
gave me, and which now lies before me,
extract the following facts. These
twenty five families consist of no fewer
than 154 persons. Thus in Father Nc.
Fadden's parish alone 2O5 men, women
AMI children will be rendered homeless.
The condition Of these unhappy peO-
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