The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14

stayed two months very many traces of
his visit still remain. For example he
divided the part of Ireland under his
sway into twelve counties-Dublin,
Kildare, Meath, Uriel (nOw Louth),
Carlow, Limerick and Tipperary 1t
will be seen that no part of Ulster or
COnnaught was then in the Pale Many
castles were built by him, including
we believe, the Castle of Trim TADw a
| magnificent ruin, and the Castle of
Limerick, still intact. Tradition has
preserved and enhanced his fame as a
builder. There is not a county in Ire
land that has not a King Johns cas-
tie: some the real work of the king,
| others not.
RICHARD II.
After the lapse of century and a
half another English king, in the per-
son Of Richard Il, landed in Ireland.
He came to try and win back a king
dom almost lost to the English. The Ir-
| ish held all Ulster, Munster and Con-
nauGht, and all Leinster trembled at
the might and puiss2nce' of the heir
of its ancient sovereigns, Art McMuI-
| rough. After various unsuccessful Ell
forts in war and diplomacy Richard re
turned to England, and again came
back to Ireland on June ?, 1899, land
ing at Waterford. He was at the head
of one of the largest armies ever seen
in Europe, for il numbered fully 2O,OUO
men. He commenced campaign
against marlborough, in which the lr
ish chief foiled, wore MIN and defeated
MIN. He went back to England TO lose
both his crown and life. The queen is,
Of course. the lineal descendant of King
Richard H., while in the person of Mr..
MacMuTrough KaVanaugh the lineal
descendant Of the Irish prince lives and
fiourishes. In King Richards train in
1,n,g f,l
who was knighted by the king, and af-
forwards reigned as the famous victor
of Agincourt. King Henry V.
OLIVER CROMWELL.
Cromwell was not a. king, but he was
a sovereign ruler OF England. His Wis
it to Ireland may be disposed of in a
couple of lurid sentences. He landed on
August 15 1919, at Ringsend lie sailed
from Youghal on May 20 in the follow
ing year. He slaughtered the garrisOns
and population of Drogheda and Ross;
he murdered every priest he laid hands
on; he killed hundreds Of women and
children: he burned towns. levelled fair
castles, destroyed churches. ordered the |
people Of ireland to the boys Of Con-
naught under pain of death, and kid
mapped thousands of children for West |
Indian slavery. Englishmen are greatly /
astonished that Cromwell is not popu- /
lar in Ireland.
JAMES II. AND WILLIAM III.
These rival claimants to the throne
We're pleased in the end OF the seven
teenth century to make Ireland the
cockpit in which to decide their quar-
rel. King James landed in Ireland in
the year 1858, King William two years
They met at the Boyne,
where William approved himself
brave end slxillful- commander; and
King James was disgTaced and soon
lied to France. Most inter-
esting relics of King Williams cam
paign are TO be found in the city of
Limerick There, though in other hands,
is the stately cathedral in which Sa1s-
ield and his brave followers heard their
laily mass. There is the gray old tower
rom which the Irish cannoneer6 did
such deadly work. There are a few
of the old walls which the
French officers said could be beaten
Down with roasted apples, but from
before which the graf Dutchman was
lriven pell nell. Lastly, there is the
arge boulder on which was signed the
reaty, broken ere the ink was dry.
WILLIAM ".
Two of the queens unclee were in
William Duke of Clarence /
William IV); the other,
ieorge ~. William ". was the sail !
r prince,'' and it was in this capacity {
e came to Ireland, being the first of I
he House Of Guelph ever to set his $
GOT on Irish shore. When a mildly 6
is vessel touched at Cove, now {
Queenstown, and he STAYED several :
feeke in Cork. lodging at the house of
Quaker gentleman named Penrose, g