The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-09-07

lthat this ;lncompeomising patriot was
! laternRlly descended from sSir William
! Wallace, the hero Of Scotland" and
| Consequently OF Scotch descent; and
| materially he was q 'tDu Barry con-
! sequently Of French descent--the infer
ence being that this big-hearted Irish
man from kiilmaIlock, county limerick,
was a sort Of Scotch -F'renchman acci-
dentally born in Ireland and brought to
this country when very young" as such
announcements generally read now a
days. II it were possible Tor the immortal
dead TO return to life again 7 wonder
what opinion our co1npatriot would have
Of the nincompoops who produced this
miserable siokanipg apology for his
Celtic lite, his Celtic heart, in fact, his
unnistakab!e Celticity If I may coin
the teiIn]. have unEonnded admiration
for the personality and high-souled
patriotism Of the hero Of Scotland, and
would not detract one iota from his
|itsfTe; bat, if memory serves me Alright,
Sir William Wallace died childless, cut
off in his prime by Edwards S traacherous
hirelings So just how he could possibly
have any direct descen dants is mystery
1t is advanced THAI he was, by descent,
a Norman. just as was Robert Bruce,
Frazer and other ilcnored Scottish heroes.
The name ':Du Barry was originally
O Barii, purel! Miiesian clan, located
in and around Cork. and not at all Of
Norman or Trench birth in Erin The
name was assumed by William Fitz-
philip, a Norman adventurer, whose
parentage is not nlentioned,' and who
got grant Of portion of the lands be-
longing TO the Clan O'Barri, and then
assumed the name Barry, which subse-
QHently became De Barry and Du Barri
The name OF Wallace, originally
identified with Connaught, is derived
FROM the O'kel1y Of fly Maine pedigree,
by the historian o Hart; and no doubt,
DR.. Wallace came from this withal much
more ancient and honorable descent
(because truly Celtic, than the putative
nobility which weak minded ignorance
would impose on this good Irishman,
simply because it was supposed to clear
him from the charge Of being a "mere
irishman.'
There is a growing feeling In the
United States that any Irish born citizen,
who, by his ability and uprightness has
justly merited the title distinguished,
must have been Of necessity of French"
Or Norman descent, OF else Of Scotch
Irish" extraction; just as eminent
Ai1ls'4 lCdiso dlG SlOLlneu ny UeluS UtlDDeu
'Anslo-Saxons!" There is no mistak~
Ing the object Of the animus pervading
both 1notiVes--elually untrue and ridic-
ulols. III most instances:- and this
practice is most commonly accepted by
the chiIB en- or descendants OF Irishmen
whose principal glory was in the fact
that they bore a good Old Irish name,
and therefore had no reason whatever to
be ashamed by the fact, if they proved
by their own lives that their children or
their seed had. nothing as g. heritage to
engender shame for their Celtic patro-
nynic. And yet, this anti-Irish feeling
is being largely, If net mainly fostered
by Irish-Americaus in whose veins every
drop of blood is as Celtic as il in the
ordinance of God they happened to be
born in Ireland! The causes for this
effect must be inquired into and it is
proposed to make such inquiry; for it
is a very lamentable state of affairs, in
land which owes SO much to Irish va1or,
wisdom and sanctity. Incidentally some
thing must be said of this French or
Norman descent craze, and the latest
fad-the 'ScotchIrish" potpourri. 1T
is very pertinent and ought to prove i'll
teresting