The Irish standard., 1891-11-28

8 Milltowns.S Middletons, and Is Mil
fords. and places called Adair.
The list is by no means exhausted
but it is cut off here simply that it ma1
not become tedious. Enough has beeE
given to show that the Irish Nation il
America" is pretty big and substan,
tial fact.
Nearly every state in the Union has
counties called after the famous Irish
| Americans Of revolutionary fame. VIZ
have two counties, eight towns and
seven lesser places called after Jack
Barry, the father Of the American navy,
a county Wexford Irishman; IL coun.
ties, 38 towns and 20 lesser places
called after Charles Carroll of Carroll.
ton; Is counties, 6S towns and Is lesser
places named in honor of Mad An
thony Wayne, the Irish-American hero
of the revolution; in honor Of John
Hancock, the first signer of the DeclaI
alton Of Independence, we havsf.10
counties and 18 towns; in honor Of
Commodore Stewart, 'Old lronsides, y
Parnell's grandfather, we have towns
and places almost ad libltum; in honor
of Commodore McDonough, we have
one county and four towns; in honor Of
General Stark we have three counties
and IL towns. though it is probable
that some of these places were named
in honor of Mollie Stark. who took her
husbands place when he was killed at
his gun, and remained in command Of
that gun until the enc Of the war. She
was created captain for bravery in
action, but was always lovingly referred
to as ''Irish Molly STARK Then we
have Z counties and II towns called
Sullivan, in honor of the lrish-Amer-
can revolutionary patriot Of that name.
AS for Jackson, the places named In
his honor are almost too numerous to
count, Jacksonville, Fla, being proud
monument to his beloved memory; in
honor Of O'Brien, of Machias Bay fame,
we have an O'Brien in Iowa and an
O'Brien in Glynn county, Ga, in honor
of Patrick Henry we have 10 counties
and 18 towns. In fact, nearly every
state in the Union possesses towns OF
countiescalled Med Donough, McCulloch,
Sullivan, Jasper. McCracken, Calhoun,
O'Brien, Emnaet. Meagher, Dougherty.
Murphy, etc
Phil Sheridan had no fewer than
three counties and seventeen towns
named. '.Black Jack'' Logan had nine
counties and no less than sixteen towns
named after HIM. In fact. all the Irish
American heroes of the late war have
counties and towns named to forever
perpetuate their memory; thus we have
Corcoran, Burke, Shields, Kearney,
Cleburne. Cass, Mulligan-and all the
rest of them.
Indeed, the "Irish Nation in Amer
ica" is a big, heavy fact, for we have
here in great profusion towns and
places named after all the principal
Irish surnames, SO multitudinous that
volume less in size than Webster's Un-
abridged would be incapable Of holding
them. These names look just like this:
O'Bannon, O'Quinn, O'Neill, O'Con-
nor, O'Daniel, Patrick, Kelly, Bidde-
ford, Lynch. Malone, Moran, Moore,
Orr, Muldoon, Kennedy, Murphy,
Doyle, Flaherty, Ryan, Mulloy, Null
vaney, Shane, Shannon, Donovan.
Downey, Donohue, Norah, Dunn, Dun
nigan. Brady, Dillon. And if these are
not distinctively Irish. then there is
nothing Irish on earth. A very signifi-
cant fact is this: That the states of
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Virginia,
Nortn Carolina, Nebraska, Missouri
ana Arkansas. each were q shamrock
ever day In the year and if not aggres-
siyelY Irish, it would be interesting to
know what is. But still more emphati-
cally Irish is the fact that Minnesota.
Missouri and Louisiana each has a St.
Patrick all to herself and all the time,
besides st. Patrlcio In Texas. SO that
the soil of America should be kept con-
rinually free from poisonous things.
But, alasl the precaution is 9 failure.
for we have four places called CorYdon,
the most hated combination Of letters
In modern Irish history, name that. IN
the estimation Of every patriotic Irish
man and Irish American, is vile enough
to poison the granite rocks OF Maine,
Iowa, Indiana. Kentucky and Pennsyl-
yania, each carry this foul blot on their
fair bosoms. ana thus seem DESTROYS OF
doing honor to the cowardlY inf0rmer.
Enough is here shown to prove that
the phrases 1.-The Greater Ireland in
America, $ The Irish Nation in Amer.
ica.'' ETC., are BY no means empty
BOASTS.
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