The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
Hebrews Are Settling
in the Irish
EVER FAIR KILLARNEY"
Shall the Famous Lakes
Be Saved From Pri-
vate Ownership.

The Hebrew has gained a firm foot
hold in Ireland, a country that until
comparatively recent times was re-
markable for the fewness of its Jewish
residents. During the past Is years the
sons of Israel have been settling in
large numbers in the cities and towns
of Ireland and at the present time the
Hebrew population of the Emerald isle
is well into the thousands Dublin and
Cork are their principal strongholds.
In both these cities whole streets are
now regular Jewish colonies, the dwell
ers therein getting their livelihood at
their national, or rather racial, avoca-
ton, as dealers in cheap jewelry, ready
: made and second hand clothes, lenders
of money and pedlers of al
most everything under the sun This
influx Of Hebrews into the united king
dom, England and Ireland in particu-
lar, is having rather interesting eff
feet in the larger cities. When they
first came into provincial England, the
city of Manchester was their Mecca.
4. The new arrivals settled together in a
certain street. Within five years af-
forwards not only that street but the
WuOl6 utlS HUI llOOQ w etSs q 4AtAiI ~ -
salem, and the earlier inhabitants had
moved to other sections of the city. Ir
one section of Manchester today, an
imposing granite Catholic church
stands in the centre of what was years
ago the principal parish of the CITY, but
is now so largely Hebrew in popula-
ton that the church is almost without
CONGREGATION, the members having LETT
the neighborhood and become attend
ants at the churches of their faith
which were located in sections OF the
city more convenient to their new
homes.
There is no racial feeling, whatever
about this curious double migration. 1t
n simply the result of a transfer Of
I zeal estate. The newly settled jew
makes the older resident a good offer
for his property. The latter accepts
gets his money and then moves with
his family to another neighborhood.
Unfortunately, the migrants cannot
take their churches with them, ana
these remain, many Of them costly edl-
Gees, lonely monuments OF departed
people. amid the uncOngenial atmos-
hers. speaking from a creed point OF
view. of the newer settlement.
What has taken place in Manchester
is happening now in other cities on both
sides of the channel, but especially IS II
noticeable in Dublin, where one whole
section, Portobello, is occupied almost
exclusively by Jews. The natives Oh
the Irish capital, more particularly
those of the Anglican faith, do not take
too kindly to the new popula-
tion. and not long ago they formed an
organization for the conversion OF the
Dublin Jews. Its title is The Society
for Promoting Christianity among the
Jews From its report, recently issued,
1t is learned that the society succeeded
in converting 2S Israelites last year
This was effected at the trifiing outlay
of s3s, 499 (nearly $192,50O), or more
than e1300 per Jew converted! Talk OF
emptying the ocean with a spoon.
The people of Killarney are making
themselves ridiculous before the world
by their frequent and almost frenzied
appeals for some one with money 10
come along and help them save the
lakes of Killarney by purchase. Not
along ago it was the Duke Of York, a
little later Lord Castleton, now we are
told by cable that Howard Gould is to
be the saving purchaser. which, to say
able. What is the matter with
the people of that part of Kerry being
themselves the saviors of their beau
tiful lake and mountain district? What
is their county council thinking Of
that 1t should stand idly by while al
peals are being made to this million
aire and that to prevent the truly
named Eden of the West" from fall
ing into the rapacious nav of an Eng
lish land syndicate? Has kerry, has
all Munster no interest in this extra
ordinary crisis that has come upon
Killarney through the change Of own
ership in the Muckross estate. inVoiV-
ing as it does the danger Of the plbllc.