The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-11-21
BRAVE . men who SUFFER-
Cruel Tortures inflicted on Irish
]. men Because Of Their
Y \ Faith.
An Interesting Volume on the SUBJ
ject Written by Rev. Denis
n. Murphy.

Priests and Layrnen Equally suf-
fer for Their Religious
Belief.
The history Of 1reiand's devotion to
theft faith never shone out more bril-
liantly than it does in the pages Of the
late Rev. Denis ,Murphy's book which
has just been published, says the Dublin
Freenlan's Journal. Our Martyrs is a
valuable addition to our knowledge of
The penal days, and it is unnecessary to
add that In every line it bears the i'm
press of the crudition and the careful re-
search of its learned author. 1t is plain
recital OF facts, for as the writer of tbs
preface points out, the duty Of the author
was to collect evidence rather than to
give "a dramatic account OF events which
lend themselves temptingly to literary
treatme :" An elaborate and exhaustive
account qf the penal laws from the days
of Henry VIII. down to the act Of Cath
Gl.c emancipation heightens the appre-
citation of the reader for the period Of
Irish haglology illustrated by the rever-
end author. From his story of that per-
iod. covering ssyenty-eight pages, there
is much that invites quotation, but we
must be content with one or two passages.
$, Chichester's method Of weaving the no
hility and gentry Of Ireland from the
Old faith during E.izabeth's reign is we'll
known. Their children were sent to Eng
Hand for their education. Father Murphy
gives an instance of this from the history
of the Earls Of kildare. q.
5sS Gerald 4iftonuth Fa1e1 of Kildare WAS
but seven weeks old at the time of his
fathers death. His mother was Eliza
beth daughter of Lord ,Deulin. 81 do
not think it fit {w:rote Lord Chichester)
that the mother be permitted to have
hand in his education, his religion con-
s;dered.'' He was given Inward to the
Duke Of Lennox. but he died In his Stu
year He was succeeded by his cousin
George. the sixteenth earl. when only 9
years old. He, TOO, was given in ward
to the earl Of Lennox, and that noble.
man took care to have him educated in
the communion OF the Church, of Eng
land, in which this illustrious family have
ever, since continued, In this way the
heir Of the Geraliines and his descend
nnts were robbed Of the faith of their an
cestors.s Very similar IN substance, adds
the .authsFa is the history of the. falling
away Of the Ornonde family from the
faith
4 Chapter five Of sthe historical review
deals with the Crom wellian period, the
cause of the war of 1871, and the deporta-
fipu OF large numbers Of priests and peo-
Die to the West Indies AS to the trans
Eortation to the West Indies and the
suiferlngs endured there by the unfor-
t,1l1ate people Father Murphy quotes the
following from q contemporary writer:
God alone knows the severity Of the lot
that awaits the Irish, children in that
slavery, We may form some idea OF it
from what happened to some of our ma
ton their last year. The heretics, seeing
that the Irish were prospecting in the ISL
and Of st. kits, seized in one night; and
bound with chains 300 Of; the principal,
men Of them and carried them off to a
desert Island, that they might perish
there Of cold and hunger. This was,
alas! too sadly realized in all except two,
who through despair, cast themselves
into the sea, resolved to risk their lives
nn the waves rather than on the barren
rocks. One Of them soon perished, the
other reached the mainland, bearing the
sad news OF the dreadful fate OF his COM
panionsl -
Father Murphy adds: i.
Ss In answer to an inquiry we have been
told that among the people in st. Kits
and the neighboring islands there are
still many persons bearing Irish names,
most probably OF i Irish descent. Two
statements of interest III this connection
are appended in a note. One is that in
b Inap,of the Barbadoes published in 100
there Isl a map Of a place called Irish
town and tlespther refers to the fact
that Cardinal Afanning's grandmother, by
the father's side, was Mary Ryan, Of st.
kits, probably descendant Of the Irish
exiles. f' III -s
The memoirs Of sour Martyrs" cover
about 300 pages That grand old order,
the Irish franciscan, looms largely on
Father, Murphy's pages, and stand out
prominently as the champions Of the re.i-
zion for which 80 many Of them died with
rut regret. No less Eealously indeed did
pthe members Of the Cistercian the Angus
tiuiar,, the, Dominican. the Jesuit and the
sTripitariany orders give testimony Of the
faith that was iii them. The Limerick
! community Of the latter who had their
phrent homes at Adare, was the first at
SsckeI. In 1889 the prior was put to the
agsprel. and the majority of the monks were
secretI murdered or publicly hanged. To-
day the Catholic parochial church occupies
tha sits Of the convent, of which some parts
are standing. ys9
81 $50 universal was the ruin we are tod,
Nthat. fell upon this religious order that
Hi vestige Of it has disappeared from tae
ybltaabsequent history Of our church
53's!;siA few instances, taken at random, must
9ssIuffice to illustrate the cruelties practiced'
mon those who refused to abjure the
Catholic religion. <#sf
The story Of Daniel O'Duillan, a Fran
eiscau OF the convent OF Youghal. who tsuf-
sferad death in 1869, is taken from Mooney's
serrovinciae Hiberniae Description, His
:tnrturers. We are told, took him to Trinity
Gate tied his hands behind his back, and
hayins fastened heavy stones to his feet,
thrica pulled him up with ropes from the
ground ia the top Of the tower, and left
hin hanging there for some time
Il Ter many insults and tort,lres he wast
hiinas with head down and his feet in. the
VIII at Sa mill. near the monastery II and
lsks aasl iIes hanging there be never uttered an
iiiipat lent word, but, like good Christian
;ince eSsantt..y repeated prayers, now aloud 4
n III d low voice. At length the soldiers
yScereS ordered to shoot at him asst though he
,ssrs ~ target; but vet. that his saff ferihgs
Iin longer and more cruel,.st
al not aim at hiis head or his heart,
iSSi MI much as they p!!e assd taty any other
ne btsd W; Al length some 0lesWtt