The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-11-14
Irish-Americans Propose to Re-
member the Time I've Years
Hence.
Roaming Over the Historic Battle
fields They Will Live in
the Past.
rlonuments Will be Erected ON
All the Principal Scenes OF
the Rebellion.

| Who fears to speak Of ''Ninty~etght?''
! Who bushes at the name
| When towards mock the patriots fata
| Who hangs his head in shar1a?
J He's ali knave-~or half al slays-~.
| Who Sights his country Anus,
! But true men, like you men,
Will fill your glass with us!
| He is q staid, conservative grayhsard
now-the man who wrote those lines. A
| fellow of Trinity college, Dublin, and RI
! Episcopalian Clergyman to boot, the Rev.
| DR.. Ingram almost forgets that he was
once an Irish revoluttonist. arrsiaudins an
| stirring strains the gallant, though un-
! successful. effort to throw off English raia
| in that year Of blood and bravery, 1893,
says the Milwaukee Catholic Citizen.
| Some years ago a modest association
WAS started in that ancient Nortlen oA
| New York city known as Greenwich vii
| lage. 1t was called the Ninety -eight
Club, and its object was to devise some
means Of commemorating the iehe'ton
| The central organiaa tion in New York ea-.
! listed hundreds O. members, while,
| through the country there Was scarcely d
! city or town THAI did not start branches
ard affiliated bodies. weakly tax was
| collected from, every member. concerts
and other entertainments swelled the re-
ceipts, until today the associations Of
Ninety-eignt clubs stands before the
world With over S1,0of} eco 10 it's credit.
! How large will DE the resources when
| 1893 arrives it is hard to say, but tee
| prophecy may be safely vcnIured Chat the
| centenary will bate Banna CHER" "a1d as
most Irishmen know, 'tBannaghar bates
! the divil"
! The celebration will take the form o.
| invasion of the "Ou)d Dart" by Irish
Americans. Not an invasion by force OF
| arms, will, drums beating and bayoIsls
fixed but a peaceful and reverend revi.
iting Df the Green Isle and III particular
of the ss snes haIlowed by rebel battles aaa
rebel blood.
! This means sirnfEy ttis5lssass- IN tile spring
and summer oi 1898 3 vast army poi men
! women, and children~-el con. lEGativG ssi-
| innate places their number ut SEQ :ouia
| is pledged to sail from ti3s country ana
hold grand gathering OF tha race an9lt2
the giens and uplanda Of aoutleasteE@
Ireland.
The preparations for this gathering
~ the Irish people afe being nade ~
over the country under the aus1,icet O.
| the Ninety-eight Club Of New York city
| HIS C1tEU WdS SoitaEil5AS1 LII ie:'1. f5.u
! has always enjoyed . large membership
Of conspicuous Irishmcn Of the matropo
| lis Its present president is John e.
Vreiy, well known il the dry goods. ami
! the treasurer is Edward CTAherty. q
member Of d large retail esra apitshmenk OF
New York. john 3. CtCt24f, recorder of
New York, Is one Of the leading spirits
of the organization. and Others are ex-
commissioner of street cleaning Thomas
S. Brennan, Thonae z. Grady, Patrick J.
Cody, and James J. Stafford. the club
| has branches in every cifT n the eag!.
and middle vest, where saemhers Of the
Irish race exist in any numbars as, tof
instance. in Fremont, Ohio. where the
Rev. Patrick O'Brien OF st. eatric1I's
church is taking q leading part In the
movement.
! An idea OF the invasicn's scope may be-
gathered from The fact thStT three ocean
! liners--the largest that ean be obtained--
! have a1ready been chartered to ferry the
pilgrims to and fro. The steamers are to
| land their passengers at ths; potts otHings-
town and Waterford, according to where
| each family is to DC bi]lctea- This Billet
| ing sJTstem lis one of the features OF the
| trip--a feature, too, which vii! pour many
( thousands Of good American dollars into
| the hands Of the Irish peasantry. For
/
| clubs have been at work selecting inns,
! farmers houses, cottages, etc, in the
counties of Wexford Carlow, Kilkenny,
| Waterford, Kildare and Wicklow (the area
! covered by the rebellion). Tae visitors
will be Qllartered at these places according
| to their means It Is proposed that the So
journ In Ireland shall cover period OF
! SIX weeks. During this time the path CT
the rebellion is TO be traysrsed step Sv
| step. A commit ttea Of 1rishIaen learned ~
| their ccuntry's history has been chosen 10
pilot The pilgrims from battlefield to bat-
! t1efield.
| An Important feature OF the pilgrimage .
| will be, rs heretofore stated the erection
Of monuments on all the principal soenaa
| of the rebellion. A handsome cross ,of I
| black Kilkenny marble VII stand on the !.
! site Of the old gates Of Ross, where the s
| Irish won a decisive battle. Vinegar f7,ll,
/! the ernineflce whose feet are sna]reled by n
| the Slaney and whose stone crowned sun1- n
| nit oyershado the town of Enr .scorthy,:s Il
| where the insurgents were crnsniugl " and 7
| finally defeated, viii be adorned withsa a n
| broken granite shaft. Handsome monI-E;
| lnents will be erected over the srayes OF II
Father John Murray. Beauchamp Bagenal
| Harvey, Dudley Coiclough Esnond Try an,
| and other leaders.
Father John Will be honored with A
| tombstone cut in New York hy one Of his
own kin. Tablets with suitable inscrip-
/ tions will be placed at different points Of @.
| interest so that the yeushia freigad may
read on every roadside some portion Of the Z
history Of the memorable strVggls. s8
| The tbeater OF the ,rebe,lio eestess III
the county OF wexford, bat ext erids
it's borders into the counties OF ss
Carlow Kildare and YTickIo and ,eas 4
to the Dublin mount s.rs. Il I'M .is
tion all the fighting Of fa8 was done .ssi
1t is to snese coun es the gleat
fDf visitors Hl1l tssr1 AZ y
iI TszN Esss4s
HRapsu of lnsst III u
ines he :sy