The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-07-06
n / OF THE GAEL
a Number Of Counties in the Sew.
eral states Of the Union Bear
Irish Names. MI

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gin, Whose Patriotism
and Courage
Have Endeared Them to All True
Sons of Liberty, Brought i,
I Before the Eye.
The great names of Celtic origin IN our
national history, and the number OF places
Whose appellations recall the historic as
sociations connected with them, are re-
ferfed to by the Manchester Emerald IN
che following article on the Footsteps OF
| the Gael'' in, this country: They are all
over the; country, and very few OF our
federalized republics there are that DO not
contain one or more counties bearing the
names Of Irishmen or of their sons
4 In Alabama we find Butler, Montgon-
ery, Coffey, Calhoun, Cleburne, jackson,
Morgan seven in all. The Buffers nave
/ always been eminent here as well as IN
lTraland: and in this case must come from
the South Carolina branch OF the family
one of whom was the first, or sone OF the
Palmetto States first United States Sen
ators Colonel Pierce Butler, native OF
the County Cavan, Ireland, was the an
cestor of General NJ. c. Butler OF the Con-
federate army, who has but just retlred
from the United States Senate. Mont
gomery undoubtedly takes his name from
the hero Of Quebec. who was also from
Innisfail Coffey, in memory OF one y
Gen. Jackson's soldiers, Gen. Corey, VINO
| fought with cold Hickory" at New ol-
1 leans. -"Fg-r- - s.,. >. -. -
Does it ever occur to you why It is that
| this name of Coffey is so cofnm mon among
neople of Gaedic stock? In the olu rec-
| ords its true character can De Del.ei ue-
termined. for there it will De iouna a.
Caughey, and what would oe more na.u-
|ral than for the Englishman to pronounce
ii. as he would were it Saxon wofa, allu I,
therefore call it Coffey? McCaughey allo
OHaughey become In Engnsh l. aress;
Stripped Of the O. and Mack, tohey anu
Eoey or, Hoy. Margaret Hausaey, .ne
lpatron saint Of the New Orleans Mpnans' ),
and whom a grateful city has honofea
with a monument, is representative "
| the name in another form.
calhoun. from the great Nullif1er, ls one
of thes modern forms of Callahan-Colql-
hon in Scot1and. Cleburne is undouDted-
lv in honor Of stPatrick Ronayne Gle
hurne. the stonewall Of the Southwest,
aa this soldier from the Cove of Cork was
called. - =.
Jackson was. named in honor OF the
hero of New Orleans, who was never
ashamed Of his descent from that nooie
irace.". as was Morgan from the great r1ne-
! man from the Continental army, whose
father came from Ireland "
! In Arkansas four of the names given are
!rapeated. viz: Calhoun, Cleburne, JACK
| son and Montgomery, and with 1neln are
those Of Carroll, Conway and Logan.
l"Char]es Carroll of Carrollton," Conway
and Logan. have had sterling represent
atiyes from the very first. john A. 10
gan. one CT the most prominent, was the
son Of Dr. John Logan, who came Iren
| Ireland.
Colorado has honcred the memory OF tne
great volunteer by naming one OF aus
counties after him; Florida has done the
| same bv Calhoun and Jackson; ditto Geor-
| ria which has added Coffey Jackson,
Montgomery and Morgan, and placed
them with the names of Bryan, Burke,
C!inch. .Dcoley, Dougherty, Early, Glynn,
Fart. Houston, Irwin, Jasper, McDuffle
and Murray. Nearly all look Mileslan
enough. q
I Houston was not named in honor OF
| +he founder of the Texan republic, as pne
would naturally infer, but III memory OF
Jobn the son of Patrick Houston. he
| was without exception the foremost man
| in Georgia during the long contest Ior
free dom, and was it's first governor a1ter
the adoption of the Constitution. Jasper
was named in honor of the heroic Irish
| American whose gallantry at the. siege OF
Fort Moultrie is familiar to every reader
OF the revolutionary period.
McDuffie was governor OF South caro-
! lima. and held a position in that state SIM
4 liar to that held by Houston in Georgia.
Murray and Irwin were also active paftl-
sans in the struggle.
| Illinois remembered Calhoun, Carroli'
Jackson, Jasper, Logan, Morgan and Mont
.gomery in naming Its counties, ana non
ored Fulton, Kane, knak. McDonougn ana
! WAYNE in the same manner.
Knox, the great artillerist Of the revolu-
ton, belonged to, the Charitable Irish So
ciety Of Boston, and Mad Anthony Wayne
was one of the Friendly Sons Of st. Pat
rick in nSPhiladelphia. The name Knox,
Knocks, is the Irish for hills.
Indiana honored Carroll, Fulton, Jack
son. Jasper. Knox, Montgomery, Wayne,
anu placed beside them Sullivan, not in
1 memory of the Continental general, but
/ in honor of another Of the family, from
whom were descended Gen. J. G. Sullivan
Iof the Civil War, and his brother, Hon.
/ Algernon S. Sullivan, Of New York.
Iowa selected for some Of her counties
t the names of Butler, Calhoun, Carroll,
JASPER, jackson, Montgomery and Wayne,
| who had been honored in similar man
nerf by many Of her sister states, and
4 added to them those Of Adair, Emmett,
ILyon and OBrien-Emmet and O'Brien,
Ireminders of SO and '48.
l Kansas took up Butler, Coffey, jackson,
Logan. Lyon, Montgomery, and placed
lI1hem with the four names glorious in the
| annals Of the armies. of the Republic, and
4 / Gaelic OF the Gael, every one of. them
Isheridan, Kearney, Riley and Geary, re-
/ calling Appomattox. Chantilly, Mexico
land Gettysburg. Who dare rob Ireland
IIof one Of them? Surely no one could call
1 tflem. Scotch Irish!
Kehtueky. Of tethe Dark and Bloody
,ronnd ,''s selected Mon ntgomery, Morgan,
sAdair Butler Carroll Fulton, Hart. Knox,