The Irish standard., 1902-12-06
Exposes the Fallacy Of the Way in Which
Census Figures are Used by
Captious Critics.
In the Course of His Address He Refers
Elto Protestant Archbishop
of Former Times.
At meeting recently held at Garris-

At a meeting recently held Mt Garris
town, County Dublin, to raise funds fol
the erection Of new church for the
parish, Archbishop Walsh delivered an
instructive address and said in part:
Curiously enough, this parish would
seem to have always had n ruinous
church of one kind or another about
the place. There is an interesting Ell.
try bearing upon this in very famous
historical document, an account of the
diocese Of Dublin, drawn up as a re,
suit Of a visitation of it by we'll
known Protestant Archbishop Of Dub
lin, Archbishop Bulkcley, in the earl.
part Of the seventeenth century. by
the way, if it is not too much of Il
ligression, ought perhaps to mention
| hat in the curious historical work OF
Fingal to which l have already re,
erred, this Archbishop Bulkclcy is in
reduced to favorable notice as n prc
late that "endeavorcd to restrain the
seditious harangues which, during his
time, were abundantly delivered by the
.Jesuits and frinrs of Dublin" Oaugh.
ter), and also us having died "spent
with grief for the calamities of the
times" Now, what were "the calam.
tiles of the timcs?" A Protestant his
torian, writing of the year 1929, says:
"a most extraordinary occurrence,
even in these lawless times, took place
in the city of Dublin. A fraternity of
Carmelites appeared in the habit of the
Order, and publicly celebrated their
religious rites in Cook street." ZAP.
plause and laughter) I am quot.
ing from the Life of Archbishop Ussh.
er, by Dr. ElringtOn, Rcgius Professor
| of Divinity in the University Of Dub
lin. Now, what l have read you, re-
member, does not mean that the Car
Emelite Fathers performed any religious
ceremony in the public street or in any
public way. AS the writer's of the
time tell us, the Carmclitcs had sim
ply hired a house In. Cook street as Il
residence, in which they fitted up a
chapel, taking care never to appear out.
side their own doors in the habit of
their Order, or in any other dress than
the secular dress of the time. Well,
in this way, they wore their religious
habit and celebrated religious rite
| within the four walls of their own hir.
cd house. And what happened? The
writer continues his narratives:
"rhe Archbishop of Dublin arch
bishop Bulkeley) and the mayor, rous.
ed by this defiance of law and govern
mcnt, led party Of the army to their
place Of worship, and attempted to dis,
pcrse the assembly"
Strange work for an archbishop to
be engaged in! (Applause.) And now
! take the end Of the story for you FROM
Cardinal Moran's elves OF the Arch
bishops of Dublin:
"A troop Of soldiers being drawn out
the archbishop issued forth at their
head, leading them to the devoted Cath.
Ollie sanctuary in Cook street. The al.
tar was at once demolished, as also the
oratory in which stood a statue of st.
| Francis, and this, with Puritan ferO.
city, was hewn in atoms by the sol.
diery. Two Of the religious were,
moreover, seized, and the archbishop,
with his band, were in the act Of lead
| ing them away to prison, when the
pious matrons who had assembled for
their devotions, raised a clamor, and
being assisted by some youths, assail-
ed the archiepiscopal troop with stones
and clubs, rcscuing the prisoners, dis
persing the soldiers. and compelling
the archbishop to save himself by
fight" daughter and applause). This,
then, was the meek archbishop, who is