The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-03-31

Pride of Great Britain" some four
score years ago; and here you can read
the inscription on monument erected
to his memory from the subscriptions
OF Irish soldiers.
That was stirring fight, messieurs,
l assure you; they knew not boxing
gloves in those simple, primitive times.
But even i'll those days there was bet
ting on the Curragh; for does not the
poet tell us that Miss Kelly wagered
her estate of three hundred acres on
'bravc Dan," and was not Dan equal
to the emergency when the pride"
was all but victorious?
And now uprosc Miss Kelly
And stepped to Donnclly's side:
20, Dan, brave Dan, keep up your
heart
Whatever may betide;
I've bet on you my whole estate,
And do not beaten be-
"You trust me, ma am; I'm not afraid"
! Said brave Dan Donnelly.
| What English noblcman, before or
since, greater than Gerald, eighth earl
OF that house? He governed the Pale
under five successive English kings,
'and the name OF llym," says Camden,
"awcd his enemies more than his
army" During his dcputyship was
fought the battle OF Knocktow. The
earl's daughter had quarrelcd with her
husband, the earl of Clanrickardc. Fly
ing to her father, lie espouscd her
cause and forthwith, gathered his Eng
isi, troops, with the Lords OF the Pale
and their followers. Here, on the Cur
ragf, Clanrckardc, with vast horde
Of natives, undisciplincd and poorly
armed, awaited their on-coming. He
was defeated, and the slaughter is said
to have exceeded 5000.
What figure in history is "Silkcn
Thomas" carl Of Kildare, you'll, OF
FL, dcfying Henry Will, and laying
waste the entire English Pale! When
the English poured horse and foot into
the land they had more than their
match in Silkcn Thomas Then can
non was brought over, and thus rein
forced we find them surrounding Kill
dare castle and compelling the defend
crs to beg ior mercy. Pardon was
grantcd-and when the defenders had
filed out and surrendered the English
erected gallows and hanged all it
would hold and dispatched the remain.
der. In the vicinity OF the Curragh the
Pardon OF Maynooth" is the Irish
equivalent for the gallows. They took
Sillxen Thomas and five of his uncles to
London, and one fine morning hanged
them at Tyburn, where, VIC are told
they died like goodc and worthie
lmennc." And so passed the house oi
Kildare.
On the Curragll there is a prc-his-
toric hillfort known as the Rath OF Cur
lragl,. 1t is necessary that you visit this
or lose the respect of your ciceronc.
| eyes, sir; the United Irishmcn had
sent this message to General Dundas
That as their brave officers were nc
more and had fallen in battle, they
!would now, as being without general
{surrcndcr their arms to him on condi-
ton Of their being permitted to retire
,unmolcsted to their habitations, and
that he would likewise liberate one OF
their generals named Perkins from the
ljail OF Mas
"Wcll, sir, Dundas sent word to sur
render their arms to Major General
Duff, at the Rath OF Curragh, and so
| they did; and when the arms were
stacked he assembled all the fine young
lads in body to address them. But,
mavronc! that was the sad address.
For he rode to one side and turning to
his ycomcn shouted: Cut them down,
right and left, the rebelly dogs!' and
they left 400 corpses on the Curragh." 4"
These days have passed away and
sheep and oxen now Craze on the pas
turage near the Ratll; but the tale and
many another like it is still told around
the winter fire. The generation OF 1898
is in no ways inferior to the men OF
one hundred years ago. The song which
to the men Of 'o8 was call to arms is
still sung at the hrcsidc and the cross
road, and it requires no very lively
imagination as you listen to the martial
lines OF the Shan Van Voght to read
a prophecy deferred but to be fulfilled
And shall Ireland then be free?
Says the Shan Van Voght;
And shall ireland then be free?
Says the Shan Van Voght;
Yes, Ireland shall be free
From the center to the sea;
And Hurrah for Liberty!
! Says the Shan Van Voght.