The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-11-04
Most interesting Sketch of His
Ancestry and Birth.
A BRILLIANT CAREER IN MAYN0OTR
He Has a Firbolgic Face Like
Oliver Goldsmith.

When the Irish hierarchy meets in
national synod next year, their delib-
erations will be presided over by the
cardinal archbishop of Armagh, who, as
was stated some weeks ago, has been
appointed apostolic delegate for that
occasion and event, says contributor
to The Republic, of Boston, Mass. AS
the incumbent OF St. Patrick's see, Car
dinal Logue is not only archbishop of
Armagh, but also primate of All Ire
land, in distinction to Archbishop
Walsh, of Dublin, whose office makes
him primate OF Ireland. These Irish
prinlacies, like that which attaches to
the see of Baltimore, seem to be more
honorary titles than anything else.
When the American bishops assemble
in council, it is usually, if not always,
the province of the archbishop OF Balti-
more to preside at their gathering; but
he does this, not because he is arch
bishop of Baltimore, but because the
Pope names him, by special delega-
ton, the president Of the council. 1t
would seem that the primacy OF All
Ireland which he holds should entitle
Cardinal Logue to preside at the COM
ing Irish llierarchical synod; but it ap-
pears that he required apostolic delega-
tion to be entitled to that dignity.
Cardinal Logue will be in his Goth
year when he sits as president in the
coming synod of his colleagues of the
Irish hierarchy. He was born in 1S4o,
in the parish OF Carrigart, near Letter.
kenny, in the Irish diocese OF Raphoe,
OF which he was bishop for a number
of years before attaining his present
position. Not far from where he was
born stands the humble house in which
his predecessor in the primatial see Of
All Ireland, the late DR.. McGettigan,
first saw the light OF day; and Of his
ancestry writer said in an Irish paper
several years ago: Most Rev. Michael
Logue, archbishop OF Armagh and pri-
mate OF All Ireland, comes from grand
Catholic stock. When James I. accom-
plished the plantation of Ulster, the
Catholics of the province were drawn
from the fertile plains into the fast
nesses of the woods and mountains; and
there, during centuries Of persecution,
they cherished the true faith and the
practices of religion with fervor which
never in the slightest degree abated.
Thus it came to pass that nowhere in
the world can there be found more
thoroughly Catholic spirit or more
intensely loyal devotion to the Holy
See than among the Catholic body in
those Ulster counties. Especially is
this the case in regard to rugged Done
gal, cut off. as It were, to a large extent
from communication with the outer
world. The ancestry OF the prinnate be-
longed to this peculiarly Catholic race,
and from them he inherited in full
measure the pure essence of Catholic
tradition and practice"
Young Loguc soon showed that he
was called to the ministry of the altar,
and as a consequence his education was
carefully looked after and promoted.
He made his classical course in the ex-
cellent schools of his native diocese, and
at the age of II he was ready for May
nooth. He showed such exceptional
abilities at college and seminary that
high places were predicted for him in
the church in after years; and it need
not be pointed out here how fully these
predictions have been fulfilled. The
future cardinal spent nine years at May
nooth, and one of his achievements
there was the winning of place in the
Dunboyne establishment, considered
one of the most coveted honors of the
institution. In 1866 his theological
studies were completed and his ordina-
ton took place. Not long afterwards
he was chosen by the Irish bishops to
fill the chair OF theology in the famous
Irish College at Paris. That appoint
ment was OF itself very marked honor,
and it showed in what high opinion the
Irish prelates held the young graduate
OF Maynoott. Nor did the bishops
Judge wrongly when they selected DR..
Logue for theological professor at
Paris. For he soon showed that he was
just the man for the place, and he en-
deared himself to all who came into
contact with him there by his unaffected
simplicity, his profound learning and