The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-06-09
The Rock is Rugged Hill Towering High
in the Midst of Plain of Great
Extent and loneliness.
The Round Tower There is so Ancient That
Its Origin Belongs to the Folk Lore
Period of the Gael.

from its soil shall spring the noblest
type of man and woman that walks
the earth. Therein lies the mystery
of it all. Out of the cabins and cot
tages where this race is Graded come
the stalwart men and the Juno
shaped women, who, though clothed
and beauty. Whence come the ex-
quisite loveliness of the eye, the soft
ness of the voice, the wonderful pink
and rose of the skin, the grace Of car
riages and the mould of form? Where
in lies the secret of the gentleness and
chastity and gaiety of this people?
Why do they sing and play and laugh
and dance and go through life happy
though tyranny and wrong have left
most of them without full meal for
centuries? Is it the soil from which
they spring or the Omnipotent God
that has preserved this wondrous race?
Its men and women are the finest types
of physical development in all the
world, and yet the intellectual and spir-
itual qualities of the race are worthy
of the mighty people who became the
teachers and apostles of Europe when
the Roman Empire ended in chaos and
night.
Marvellous Ancient Irish Architecture.
Beside the Round Tower of Cashers
lofty rock is King Cormack's Chapel.
1t is an architectural gem, and despite
Times defacing fingers" preserves its
wondrous beauty of form still. 1t was
built long before Peter the Hermit
preached the Crusades or before the
Anglo-Saxon emerged from barbarism.
Centuries later the Bishop Of Cashel
was made King of Munster and he
built a magnificent Cathedral beside
the ancient Round Tower and King
Cormack's Chapel The walls and
windows of the great Cathedral still
stand. They will stand for ever t.
bear undying testimony to the
grandeur and beauty of the concep-
tions and architectural achievements
of ancient Ireland. Over on the crest
of the Mount stands the ruined chan
try. In that, long before Columbus
discovered America, the Choir boys
We're taught the Gregorian chant and
the matchless melodies of Erin. The
followers of Cromwell and of William
of Orange trained their batteries of
artillery on this sacred shrine. To
them the beauties and glories Of
Cashel We're akin to the beauty and
glory of the shrines and palaces of
Rome to the Vandals, and yet in the
shadow Of the Rock and it's sacred
ruins dwell million people who cher
ish all the ideals and live as noble
lives as the builders of this sacred
Shrine and Chapel and chantry in
the morning of European history.
When the Normans landed in Ire
land there were twenty-six great Cis-
tercian Abbeys planted in various
parts of the country. These were all
nurseries of learning and art. Not
one has survived the wrath of Eng
land. Their lands were confiscated,
their shrines ruined and their owners
outlawed. From the vantage point of
Cashel's Rock you see the ruins Of
Holycross. one of those glorious Cis-
| tercian Abbeys. Lord Dunraven now
owns "Sweete Adare," once great
Abbey. Another anglicised Irish
Lord owns Quin Abbey. The Duke of
Devonshire owns Linsmore, which some
| twelve hundred years ago was the
| most renowned seat of learning in
Europe.
have already pointed out that the
people that till the soil WILL in a few
generations, own the land of Ireland.
In other words the Irish will come into
ton most devoutly to be wished for,
and it is inevitable and in evolution.
The anglicised Irish and the parasites
who fattened on Irish slavery will
disappear The Irish people have to
pay tremendous price to compensate
the parasites and the landlords. But
the people that withstood seven CEN
turies of fire and sword will Withstand
this also.
The masses of the English people