The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-11
UNFORTUNATE erin.
Father sheehy's Instructive
and Interesting Lecture
on Ireland.

The Rev, Father Sheehy, the patriotic
priest, who is on a visit to this country
for the purpose of raising funds to COM
plete his new church in Ireland, was a
happy man last evening. when he gazed
Upon the sea of faces at the Academy of
Music. where he delivered an interesting
lecture on Ireland. Father Sheehy is
well known in this city, and has many
friends here. When he announced his
intention of coming to Jersey City q
committee Of prominent Irish Catholic
citizens. with Judge Kenny as Chairman,
set to work to make Father Sheehy's
lecture a success. That they succeeded
was shown last night. the Academy of
! Music being crowded with friends of the
Irish cause. In the audience there were
a large number of ladies.
The members of the committee occu-
pied seats on the stage. Mr.. M. B.
| Holmes introduced the Rev. Father Dor
min. of St. Bridget's R. c. Church, as
| the Chairman. Ii accepting the honor.
Father Dornin said
UNFORTUNATE IRELAND.
Its too bad that Ireland must look
s to ns fo Of tf hes SEA-. With An ha la5end' Large rge
enough to accommodate the navies
of the world, favored by Providence
WITH a reHdTKaDl6 CllIIlat6, her NdVGyS
teeming with abundance. and in spite of
all these natural advantages, she ap-
| pears from time to time with symDath-
inee a e { SPEAK I0t Of pe these e matters NJ tier ny further p /
! our most esteemed and worthy brother.
Father Sheehy. being here for that pur-
The mention of Father Sheehy brought
| from the audience a burst of applause
| that did not cease until Father Sheehy
bowed in acknowledgment and held up
my subject. a talk about Ireland"
| said he. SIS like r%espinning an old tale:
It. Is e story OF the tate Of the snec past Jon OF
| by, but runs into the present life. # is
our highest inspiration. The story Of
no people p i, Is ; 50 s trus that II t h str1ry,e re psasS
ceased, a people ever baffied. but never
beaten. From an ever present past
i aome 5es opr in fagt 5ooner WITH n f iater. un asd
sooner than later, we viii nave our own
G~overnmsmt; tAepplausso ireland nr .h has
e oeea safT1hce her r0r te sandasies burned mer iah haT
priests hunted down like wolves, and her
language placed under a ban. In this
terrible fd targ Is i aga d fsree sod tempest mpe dr every
| ed with Martyrs blaod. Out of all this
! comes our. Inspiration. Aye! We are
Struggling to-day and winning all along
we look too much in the past. Retire
| HOW THEY THEIR
MORALS.
Several hundred years ago a certain
| bishop discovered that Ireland was in a
| frightfully immoral condition and ap-
oiled to Henry II. for relief. The i'm
portaht work Of reforming immoral Ire,
land was intrusted to a certain Earl of
| Pembroke, who reminds me Of a certain
man who, whGn asked If she was born
in wedlock. said that he was born In
Devonshire. This Earl would evade the
same question with the answer that he
was born in Wales. This is the man
who was to reform our morals. Henry
win. a a daughter known in thess
days as good Queen Bess. On pretense
hi ireland was a nation Of ~idalators,
she seized Munster and gave large slices
on the go-as-you-please. plan to the
Dukes and Earls. James L. operated on
the opposite n and opened Ulster. Il
was forbidden under Queen Anne for
any Irish farfnersfto possess more han
one acre of ground, and this to be a,
least FIVE miles from the walls of the
town. Naturally, this going on many
years, Ireland passed out Of the hands
of its original owners. 1t is the object
of the Land League to give back to the
people that which belonged to them and
to which they were Justly entitled"
Father Shelby spoke at length of the
Home Rule bill now IN Commons, and
said that he believed it would pass both
the Commons and House Of Lords.