The Irish standard., 1895-05-11

article was born very close 10 1t; as
child he little expected that the name OF
Kilmainham OF its famous iail-kill OF
rnaim him would become known the
world over; and now the mere mention
Of the old graveyard, or the village
| close by, brings back memories of &c
years ago.
Bully's Acre is situated within the city
| of Dublin, and is inclosed by the walls
of what is known as the "Old Mans
House, place where old soldiers re-
side. or used to. I remember that we
used to cali them 'tthe old fogies," and
the place the .'fogies house, A broad
| carriage drive extended from the Kill
mainham entrance to the other entrance
near the Kingsbridge terminus Of the
Great Southern & Western railway. This
driveway was shaded by stately trees
On the left hand side as you go towards
Dublin is the south boundary wall OF
Bully's Acre; on the Kilmainham side,
the circular. road forms the western
boundary; the northern boundary is
formed by the Great Southern &; West
ern railway; its eastern boundary
can not now remember. This descrip-
tion is written after an absence Of 80
years, when was only child. An
GENTLY it lay far beyond the limits OF
Dublin-the ancient Baile-ath- -cliath
though it is now, as has been already
stated, within the limits. So much for
its location; now for little of its his
tory, what it contains, and what it is
supposed to contain.
That it is a very ancient burial place
no one has any doubt. do not know
the name by which It was known in
..the days that are over" very likely
Mr.. O'Neill Russell, In one Of those
charming Dublin letters, could tell us
this, and great deal more about it.
In all probability it was the graveyard
attached to the Kill or. church which
|afterward gave name to the village close
BY. One Of our historians says on this
subject: ION the introduction Of Chris
tianity, the missionaries, observing the
superstitious attachment Of the people
to the monuments Of the dead of by
gone ages, preached the sublime truths
of the gospel in the fanes Of the Dru-
ids, and raised their churches over. the
graves of royal heroes, gallant knights
and celebrated Druids, which had the
effect Of propitiating the prejndices Of
the people and enlisting their passions
under the banner Of the cross. The
first Christian editices erected in Ire
land were generally denominated, in
consequence, Gil or Coil, in the old Irish,
from the Scythian Kills, or rest Of the
dead" All traces Of the abbey have
.lcng since disappeared; the Protestant
church attached to the "fogies' house,
now occupies the site. Kilmainhanl
was for many centuries the seat of Dam
tish power in Ireland, as it was after
wards the center of English power un-
til the castle of Dublin was built. In
deed, Kilmainham has not ceased to be
an adjunct OF English power even yet.
Strongbow built prison here for the
knights Of st. John in LIZA They were
great church builders and endowers
we're these pious, thieving NOrmans.
They robbed with one hand and offered
gifts to God with the other. They strok-
ed their breasts oh! the craw-thump-
ersvery penitent1y, but woe betides the
hapless Celt who came their way when
their sdevotions were over. It was
verse than tfKi ilmainhaIn Jail to him.
# Let us forget the Norman heebootersg
and 60 back to q period which we Justly
and proudly call Ireland b golden era.
presenter a stirring scene
during all OF the opening daygOf April,
Iii the memorable year lvl4. Brave
Brian has lain close to it for q few days
NTH q patriot army. y The hated .D2pe
occupies IT. now, and also the forEesses
at Dublfn Clontarf s. ireland s Mara
thon. sis i've miles away. and
close to shore, the I)anish fleet iss a461yl
anchored alnorc l1es stf III tfol. i1I1
the il1ng
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