The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-10-19

the place once in a half score years.
Indeed, he has not visited it half
dozen times since as Chief Secretary
for Ireland forty years ago he directed
hayonet charge on the citizens of
Dublin for asserting the right of pub
lie meeting in their own city.
The run by railroad from Lisn1ore to
Mallow, about thirty miles, is made
within sight Of the River Blackwater
the entire distance, sometimes almost
within a. stones throw. From the train,
before reaching Fernoy, the traveller
can catch a glimpse of the house in
which the late Mayor Patrick A. COL
Inns, of Boston, was born, a couple Of
miles east of the town of Fermoy, at
Ballinafauna. Eight of ten miles to the
north at the same. point are the re-
markable caves Of Mitchelstown. an
immense natural underground cavity,
which has been the wonder of travel
ers for generations. They are entered
by what is practically a hole in the
side Of a hill, and in extent would COM
pare pretty we'll with the interior Of q
large government building in this coun-
try. They are on the southern side Of
the Galtee Mountain. about four miles
northeast of Mitchelstown.
Mitchelstown is the native place Of
Capt. Edward o'Meagher Condor.
whose rallying cry of God Save Ire
land" has been an inspiration to Irish
men since the day in 1867 he uttered
the words in the dock in Manchester,
when he stood beside Allen, Larkin
and O'Brien and listened to his death
sentence being pronounced. The. for
tunate fact that he was an American
citizen saved his life. In the fifteen
miles run OF the train from Fermoy
to Mallow, the tourist get glimpse
Of Convamore, at Ballyhooly, the seat
of the Earl Of Listowel The mansion
stands ON the brink of the Black
water.
Tho Birthplace Of Thomas Davis.
From the train between a1allow, the
birthplace Of ThaA,as .EAsyis.. the poet
of the '4s movement, and Cork, ana only
!: some fve hundred yards away. the
traveller sees what Is still left :of Castle
Barrett. Its ruins stand as they were
M Eor1
! his; march ito, Cork A little distance
farther on at!the police barracks of
; Ballyknockahe took place one Of the
: few fights between the forces of the
I: FenianA and. the police, in 1861, The
Fenians, led by Capt Mackey and the
late James F. X. OBrien, M. P. who
died two years ago as one of the mem
bers of Parliament for Cork, led the
Fenian forces who burned the barrack
and captured the policemen there.
Taking the third route of which I
have spoken. on the way between
Waterford and Cork, the traveller is
handicapped for lack Of travelling fa-
cilities between Cappoquin and Youg-
hal. There is no railroad available on
the seventeen miles of the trip The
only means of making the journey is
to drive over the road, or take the
river steamer which plies in summer
time between the two towns. Time
permitting. no prettier view is to be
had anywhere than from the deck Of
+, the steamer on the river.
Time. Scared and Historic YoughaI.
At Ballinatray, THE town of the
Strand" nearer tn Youghal than Dro-
! mana, is buried Raymond LIE Gros, who
accompanied Strongbow to Ireland, and
later married Eva, his widow. The old
round tower of st. Decian at Ardmore
in the County Waterford, is visible
from some Of the high lands by the
river, and YoughaI itself is both time
times the Celt, the Dane, the Norman
and Spaniard have clashed, and from
there Sir Walter Raleigh, it's mayor
went forth to found Virginia, to i'm.
port to Ireland the potato and tobacco
plant, and to go forth to the scaffold
Raleigh's old house is still pointed out
to the visitor, as is the tree under
which he is said to have sat and
smoked the weed for the first time in
Ireland. when his servant is reputed
to have supposed him on fire and
threw pail of water on him 80 as to
put the fire out.
st. Mary's Cathedral Is another an
cient landmark of the old town as /.
the old Clock Tower which stand,
where the old south gate OF Youshal
formerly stood. In the troubled period
Of 1898 many brave 1rishmen were
launched into eternity from it's balus-
trade. Father o'Neil, a member o.
the saroe fan,i1v from which in q Later