The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-27
STORY Of ERIN
|GRAPH ICALLY told.
BY REV. FATHER BYRNES OF
LAFAYETTE AT ST. MARY's
HALL
GRANDEST SCENERY
Says the Speaker When Talking
About the Beauties of Ireland
Good Attendance.

About four hundred people assem-
bled at st. Mary's hall last night to
listen to the lecture on "Ireland' by
the Rev. Father Byrnes of Lafay-
cite, who came here under the aus
pices of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians. .....
The lecturer was introduced by the
Rev. Father Mattingly, who was a
college companion of Rev. Father
Byrnes ~.
Father Byrnes has travelled consid-
erably and is in position to make
contrasts, and in his lecture on
Ireland'' he speaks from personal
Notwithstanding spent six weeks
in the land of his fathers. His first
sight Of Ireland-the mountains OF
the County Wicklow reminded us Of
the words of the poet in telling of a
priest s visit to Ireland after an alb
sence Of forty years:
"Och, Ireland, how good we look,
| Like bride in rich adjoining
And with all the pent up love of my
! heart
bid ye the top o. the mornin' -
| The speaker said the story of Ire
land was told in her ruins. The round
towers, a great many of them built
centuries ago still standing as an ex-
ample Of the master architecture be-
fore the coming of Christ. During
the famine of 1S47, some men in Ire
land charitably inclined had several
round towers built in order to give
work to unemployed men and thest
same towers are today crumbled tc
dust, while those built hundreds OF
years ago are still standing and in q
good state Of preservation. He spoke
Of the scenery of Ireland-her lakes
and rivers, cliffs and hills, the beau
tiful green carpet in evidence every
Iwhere, the heather, hedge, the haw
thorn blossoms and the holly-growins
in profusion everywhere.
In speaking Of the people he said
"Unless you are introduced in Ire
land You will remain a stranger for
ever. The women especially stant
back from a stranger with a modest,
characteristic Of the Irish women
, wherever they are. The young girl
of Ireland are healthy and beautiful
chaste and modest, and they are KEEP
at home as long as possible while tn
pick Of the boys-the large, hand
some, broad shouldered fellows
leave for foreign shores, and tn
'runts' remain at home' He spok
Of the thousands of acres of fine Ian
used onl yfor pasture lands and tn
old houses where the tenants used t
q live have been RACED to the grounc
Father Brynes' description of a
r Irish kitchen was certainly entertain
y, ing He said the furnishings wer
E meagre but comfortable. There wa
=, the plain, comfortable chairs, the Sc
tee, the large open hearth, and til
"chimney' Here hung pans {
bright as they could be made, the Pr
+ tato masher, white and clean and e.
L cry thing of use in perfect orde
cleanliness predominating everywhe1
: Gone piece Of Irish mutton is wort
e sixteen beefsteaks in this country
g said Father Brynes,' and the baco
o there is none so good in the who
IT world. He had the pleasure of stan
lie ing on the ground where Sir Walt
1t Raleigh planted the first potato.
r. Father Byrnes' peroration on tt
II Ireland of the past and the Ireland
D. today was simply grand and his hea
i ers were almost spellbound. He spo1
g. for over two hours