The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-06-08

lans. The title of Henry II. was found
cd only upon Il bull obtained clandes.
timely from Pope Adrian w., an Eng
lishman by birth. The cause Of this
bull was false statement which Hen
ry had given the pope" etc. The
more shame for the pope to give away
a nation without verifying the state
ment or giving the Irish people a
chance to be heard.
MacGhocghegan's surmise that Ger
aid Barry might have forged the bull
Of Barry's connection with King Hen
ry Us Father Moriarty appears to be-
Adrian's bull, IL forged at all, must
have been forged twenty years before
Barry was known to Henry. But what
avails the surmises or assertions of
those who would clear Adrian of the
guilt of handing over a whole nation
to the tender mercies OF tyrant like
Henry. All Irish historians, all for
eign historians who mention the SUBJ
ject, admit these bulls to be genuine,
and nil the facts and circumstances
surrounding them go to prove their
authenticity and genuneness.
O'Halloran, who gives these bulls in
Latin and English, says: 1--WE have
every reason to think them genuine.
They were published in the lifetime Of
Alexander by Cambrensls, who in most
cases man devoid Of truth, yet would
not presume, on the present occasion,
to publish bull rs Alexander's If he
was not authorized to do so, and the
authenticity of this confirms the other.
Add to this that the effects they pro-
duced on the present assembly, and
through their influence on the nation.
is proof not to be controverted, Of
their reality"
Keating, at page 63G, Mahony's
translation, says: "The pope then
made the grant of Ireland to the Sec
ond Henry, king of Saxon land" He
adds the conditions, and then goes on:
"The king, after receiving this grant,
deputed John, bishop Of Salisbury, to
Ireland with the authority which the
pope had bestowed upon him. The
bishop soon landed ut Port Largi
(Waterford). The clergy thronged
thither from all quarters Of the land.
John read to them the charter by
which the pope had granted Ireland
to Henry. Then, when the clergy had
considered the conditions, they all u.s.
sented thereto, and gave their written
signatures to that same John as testi-
mony thereof"
Cardinal Belarmine says: "Pope
Adrian the Fourth, an Englishman by
his nation, wise and pious man,
granted the kingdom of Ireland to
Henricus the Second, king Of the Angli,
upon the express condition that he
should implant virtue, ETC., in that
island"
And so the great Moriarty's bare as
sertions must be taken against all
these authorities upon the matter Of
Adrian's bull. Cardinal Baronius.
especially deputed to write the church
annals, mentions the bull Of Pope
Adrian and Of Pope Alexander as
genuine documents; but what is his
authority to Moriarty and his guess
ers?
John O'Neil, king of Ulster in 1916,
about 40 years after the bull of Pope
Alexander was published, wrote a
, strong remonstrance to Pope John
XX1I., In which he refers to these
bulls, and after pointing out that DUR
Ing $500 years no power had ever con-
quered the Irish nation, "that they
wanted neither force nor courage to.
repel the invaders, but that which
they dared to do against force, they
could not do against the simple decree
Of one Of your predecessors" He then
goes on to show how the bulls Of
Adrian and Alexander restrained the
Irish clergy and crippled the hands Of
the laity. This letter is partially
translated by MacGoeghegan and CIV
en- in full by Fordun. Pope John was
so affected by the recital of the tyran-
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