The Irish standard., 1907-03-16

O'Brien. Terence Bellew MacManus
and Thomas Francis Meagher, tried al
Clonmel. were condemned to death, but
the sentence was commuted and they
were transported to Van Dieman's
Land. Later on as judge. Monaghan
presided at the Special Commission in
1867, for the trial Of the Fenian prison
ers at Cork and Limerick. Some OF
fenced for political offenses, sleep
peacefully together in the hush of the
same mother earth at Glasnevin. OUT
side the tumult of the country's po-
litical voice, ever restless and jarring.
Terence Bellew MacManus effected a
bold and daring escape from Van Die
mans Land, in 1851, with Thomas
Francis Meagher. He settled in San
Francisco, where he tried to establish
himself as a shipping agent-a busi-
ness which he had followed at Liver
pool before the insurrection-but he
failed, and died in poverty, early in
the year 1861. At that time the Fenian
movement--for the establishment by
revolutionary means of an Irish re-
public-was spreading slowly in the
United States and Ireland. The chiefs
OF the conspiracy decided to bring the
body Of the dead rebel across conti-
nent an ocean for interment in the
land of his birth. The funeral along
the whole route, from San Francisco
to Dublin, assumed the character Of a
mighty demonstration in the interest
of the revolutionary movement. and so
great was its success that the con-
spiracy rapidly grew to enormous di-
mensions at home and in the United
States. Fifty thousand men marched
after the hearse through the streets
Of Dublin, on Sunday, the 10th of No
vember. 1861. The grave in which
MacManus was then laid is marked
only by a plain slab upon which have
been scratched a rude representation
Of harp. and the prayer. God save
Ireland" Under the same uninscribed
stone. John O'Mahony. co-partner with
James Stephens in founding the Fe-
nian organization. was buried in 1871
A Tipperary farmer he was one of the
fugitives from Ireland after the Rising
Of 1S48. and settling in New York de-
voted himself to literary pursuits
translating, from the Gaelic, Geoffrey
Keating's History of Ireland"-until
1858, when. returning to his earlier
love Of revolutionary politics. he be-
came head Of the Irish Republican
Brotherhood" better known as the
Fenians, in the United States. while
James Stephens was chief Of the con-
spiracy in Ireland. On the collapse OF
the organization. after the abortive at
tempt at insurrection in Ireland ir
March. 1867. O'Mahony fell into OBJ.
scurity. Like MacManus. he died ir
exile and in poverty. and like Mac
Manus his remains were brought acros:
the Atlantic that he might rest with
companions -in-arms at Glasnevin.
Close by. is the grave of the Feniar
poet, John Keegan Casey. The son Of
peasant, he worked in Dublin as q
clerk, fell under the spell of the Feniar
movement, sang of its political as
pirations in moving verse, was impris.
oned in 1867. and died in 1870, ere
yet he was twenty-four. There is q
striking monument over his grave
erected by the Young ireland Society
in the early eighties. Author Of Tho
Rising of the Moon,'" 1t says: "anc
many soul-stirring ballads and songs
records, "his life was devoted to the
cause of Irish freedom. His last word!
were prayer Of intercession for hi:
country's liberty and his souls saliva
tion.'
There are many memories in Glas
nevin of the Fenian Movement. Ed
ward Duffy is esteemed as one Of IT.
martyrs. He was chief organizer o
the movement for Connaught. The in
scription on the Celtic cross over hi
grave tells the result. Convicted o
his love for Ireland, May 21st, 1867
and sentenced to is years penal servi
tude, he died in Millbank prison, Eng
land, January 18th. 1868, aged Q
years" Love for Ireland" the in
scription continues, "was the passio,
of his life; his brightest day dream
that he might die fighting for her free
DOM" The career of the revolutionary
whatever else may be said Of 1t, /
one Of sacrifice and renunciation.
But the most dramatic events of tn
Fenian movement are commemorate
by memorial to 1.-THE Mancheste
Martyrs" Allan, Larkin and O'Brier
though their remains rest not in Glas
nevin but in Stafford prison, whel
they were executed on November 23t