The Irish standard., 1898-08-27
in THE EMERALD ISLE.
Grand Celebration in Memory of the
Irish Rebels of '0S.
iSnecial to The Irish Standardl

CARLOW, Ire., Aug. 4, 1S9S.-I4eaving
Killarney, from where you last heard
from me, l went to the historic city of
Limerick, where few days were spent
to very good advantage. The city is
located on the Shannon, and is beauti-
fully situated. Probably the most in
teresting thing in Limerick to the tour
list is the historic treaty stone. This
stone is located on the Clare side Of
Thomond bridge. Among the other
things of importance are: King Johns
castle, with its five massive towers; st.
Johns cathedral, church and college of
the Sacred Heart, presided over by the
Jesuit Fathers, and the Catholic Literary
Institute. The principal manufactor-
les of Limerick are -four mills and bak-
cries. After milling the most import
ant business is that of bacon curing,
35O,0OO carcases being cured annually.
The salmon fisheries are also very i'm
portant. The fisheries of the Shannon
are owned principally by the Shannon
Fisheries company. There is scarcely
any rod fishing in the neighborhood of
the city available to strangers. AS
shipping point Limerick occupies fourth
place in Ireland.
Leaving Limerick we went direct to
Dublin, where we spent three very pleas
ant days. From Dublin we went to
Carlow, where it was our good fortune
to participate in the 9S celebration The
demonstration was in commemoration
of the battle of Carlow and the massa-
| ere of 600 of the insurgents of 90. The
demonstration was held at the place
known as "Croppy's Grave" Carlow
Graigne, just outside the city. Here the
600 brave fellows were buried by the
sodiery in one deep hole Up until
very recently nothing marked the sa-
cred spot where lie the brave defenders
| Of home and country, but today no finer
spot in Ireland can greet the eye of the
visitor The work of identifying the
spot was completed at the celebration.
when the Rev. Father Byrne, in the
presence of 5000 people, unveiled
| splendid Celtic cross erected to- conRmem-
| crate the fate of the Carlow insurgents.
The demonstration was grand one, and
the ceremony very impressive. Before
the ceremonies there was grand pro-
cession, in which fully 5000 men, women
and children participated. Side by side,
with the green flag, floated the stars
and stripes. l was Informed by a COM
mltteeman that every American flag that
could be procured in Ireland was in use.
The union jack was conspicuous for it's
absence. The procession marched to
the place of the celebration, and after
the unvefling ceremony several eloquent
addresses were delivered. John Dillon,
NJ. p, made the principal address of the
day, which was we'll received. Mr.. Dill
Ion pointed out the necessity of the
Irish people becoming united He urged
the people to be sober and manly, and
called to their minds many battles that
had been lost after being won, through
the demon Of drink. Hc said that the
strongest weapon In the hands of the
government of England, to be used
against Ireland, was whisky. He re-
called to their minds the so-called lead
ers, who would lead them to the public
house, only to take their money and set
asunder the bonds of unity which pre-
viously had existed. The address was
received with deafening applause, and
proved conclusively that to those pres
ent the cause of Ireland was paramount
to the interests Of any single man or
class of men. These '9S meetings have
a splendid effect on the people of Ire
land, and result in much good. | saw
with my own eyes people who had been
bitter enemies since the split in Ireland
step up and shake hands with each
other. agreeing to bury forever the DIFF
ferences of the past. The people of
Ireland are fast becoming awake to the
fact that they must stand together and
work shoulder to shoulder for their
freedom. The English press tells us that
we are celebrating lost cause, but l
fail to see anywhere in Ireland a. cclc-
bration for the bloodthirsty brutes who
shot down the people, murdered the in
nocent children. and outraged the moth
ers and daughters in '9S. They have all
gone to their abode in hades, leaving
behind for themselves only the curses of
a civilized world.
The people of Ireland may be cele-
brating lost cause, but ten thousand
times rather celebrate defeat than a
victory colored with bloody deeds per-
petrated by the British government. The
Irish people are rs true to their altars
and flresides today as they were one
hundred years ago. A hundred wears
ago Is as yesterday in the history of a
nation. After a hundred years have
passed over the heads of the people of
Ireland, they are assembling TODAY in
the sacred spots Of their nations his
tory to record their convictions that the
national cause is as strong in their
hearts as it was in the hearts Of the men
who fell in '9S. The Irish people renew
their demands over the graves of their
martyred dead, and say that it is based