Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-12-24
The People Of Ireland Must
Again Have the Land of
Ireland.
Rev. Father Scully's Heart
breaking Story of Per-
ishing People.
THE UNITED IRISH LEAGUE ENDORSED

! On Sunday great demonstration under
the auspices of the Bunninsdden branch
of the United Irish League was held in
Bunninadden, the center of cleared
district in the County Sligo, says the
Dublin Weekly Freeman. The gather
ing was a very large one, and nothing
coald exceed the enthusiasm with which
the people have entered into the new
organization. All sections and parties
were represented, and deputations were
in attendance from the surrounding dis
tricts and towns. Mr.. William O'Brien
and the Mayor of Sligo, P. A. Ntzhugh,,
M. p, were welcomed with ringing
cheers when they appeared.
The Chairman, Rev. d. ]. O'Grady,
who was received with loud cheers, said
he was extremely grateful for the high
honor they had done him in asking him
to preside over that large and enthusiast
tic meeting of Nationalist OF the County
Sligo and County Mayo. The British
Government, under which they had the
misfortune to live, might pass its land
acts and local government acts, or any
other acts it pleased, but there was only
one bill which would ever satisfy the
cravings of the Irish heart, and that was
a bill to give the Irish people light to
make their own laws for their own people
on their own soil. To his mind the
movement of the United Irish League
should meet with the cordial support and
practical sympathy of every right think
ing person.
II was to plant the Irish people on Irish
soil, to get back for the ancient Irish race
the land from which their forefathers
were driven; it was for this grand and
noble object that the United Irish League
was established. To any one who loved
his country and respected his kind it was
humiliating and degrading that the hat
should be sent round year after year and
appeals made to the charitable public i'll
favor of people starving in land OF
plenty. 1t was to drive poverty and dis
content from their midst, and to give the
Irish people a fair chance of living OIL
Irish soil that the United Irish League
had been founded. There was nothing
revolutionary or unjust about the move
ment. 1t was a movement to break up
rich and fertile lands and distribute them
among the smaller tenants, the lands to
he taken on the conditions that due and
ample compensation should be given.
There was nothing contrary to any law,
human or divine.
The United Irish League had estab-
lished platform broad and wide enough
for every genuine Irishman to stand
upou. Its aims and objects appealed
alike 10 all sections of Irish Nationalist.
They had done a noble work in estab-
hshing a branch in that parish. May
that branch prosper and bring forth good
fruit in abundance.
Among the resolutions passed amid
great enthusiasm were the following:
Resolved, That we, the Nationalists
of Sligo and Mayo, believing in Ireland's
inalienable right to self-government,
hereby pledge ourselves to continue the
struggle for freedom until our national
Parliament be once again established in
College Green.
eThat we indorse the principles and
prooramme of the United Irish League
and heartily approve of its aims and OBJ
;ects. which are identical with those Of
the old Land League, and recognizing
the value of fighting organization such
as the United Irish League is, we now
cali ON the people of these counties to fall
into line forthwith and form branches Of
that organization in those districts where
branches do not already exist.
THAT we call upon our Nationalist Par
Iamentary representatives OF all sections
to reunite on common platform anc
present an unbroken front to the com
mon enemy in the British House of Com
mons.
'eThat as the new local government ac'
which will come into operation imme
diately confers immense powers on the
people. and as these powers can bs
utilized with great advantage for the
advancement Of the national cause, W.
pledge ourselves to support no candidate
for the Office Of county or district Soun
cilor who is not sincere believer in thu
doctrine of ireland for the Irish and thu
land for the people"
The Very Rev. Father Scully, who wa
loudly cheered, said that rnagnihcen
demonstration brought back to his nuns
old recollections. They we're assembled
there that day for noble object. Their
might have been different leagues in tn
past, but no one could object to a leagu
that had for it's programme 1.-THE land 70
the people" He might say he was not
Dillonite nor an o Brienite nor any sor
of an s'ite" except an Irishite.
He had come there, for he had sal
story to tell He did not believe Their
WAS priest IN ireland had as sad stor
10 tel as The parish priest Of Kesl