New-York tribune., 1908-06-08
FAREWELL TO ERIN
lord Kenmare Sells Killarney and
Leares Ireland.
-. lans hy the Rrentwood company.,

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af Isle and to sell. under the terms OF the Land
elAO n ,reir Irish property. including Killarney
- - .ns the Lakes Of Killarney. which the fam
"a ,he earl has owned since the reign of King
I! viii he learned with much regret. Lady
..rs IN particu!ar. sister Of Lord Revelstoke
heIH .,rgo Cecil and Everard Barring seemed
sn1 go or so ago to centre her chief interest in
" = .be promotion Of Irish industries. and has
-, -,roh time trouble and money in developing
sFe' - in founding others notably a most sue
- furniture factory in Kerry, where beauti-
60 artistic articles were designed and executed
u -s - and LADY Kennare have, after many
- come to the conclusion that their efforts in
;ra1f ~ their neighbors and tenants are not ap-
,.-ed and their difficulty in collecting the rents
= heir lands and the consequent loss OF revenue
Io To, .,.,- have suffered have caused them TO de-
W. -ersc.antl.- 10 dispose Of all their holdings
: iceland 10 give up their beautiful place on the
-, n Killarney. and 10 make from henceforth
heir horne in England
--n.x sre distinctly loss 10 Erin. where they
-. the hest wears Of their existence, hav-
,.,-s cared more for life at Killarney House
- - London. Moreover. they are people Of the
- cbivalrous sense Of honor; for at the time
= -ns collapse Of the house OF Barring. some nfteen
- sro Or 50. Lord Kenn1are. who had not then
Esas =, his fathers earldom and estates, and
=. rs known as Viscount Castlerosse, came for
- voluntarily and surrendered 10 the hquidators
= he firm the entire amount Of the large doWry
-, ris wife the Hon Elizabeth Barring, had
= m
- Ravels-oke. AS every one knows. the hquioa-
= -,ol. = number Of years eventually resulting
= -. nzv1ent in full of all the obligations OF the
So ~ means Of the assets. so that Lord ana
- Ee117are ultimately received their money
=, ,-licr does not however, in any way dinlin-
Oe0A ,-sri- Of the heavy sacrifice which they
g. lime reducing themselves 10 absolute
liz. liz for -he sake Of the honor Of the house OF
Barring. ,--...,, ,,oo. ~
King on
-s.... al,es Of Killarney. and being the repro
- IN red brick Of old Elizabethan man
Although tho house IS modern. yet the gar
80 are old and the g4nd yeW hedge surrouho-
az the old bowling green Is the nnest III I'eiaiN
- c-.s- Britain. having often been vaunted ny
U U - oF the Seventeenth and eighteenth cen
- The Brownies. Of whom Lord henInare Is
=. head hailed originally from HerttorGshlre' ana
;. she reign of King Henry VIII had thelr seat
= To--e-idEe. in that comfy, and at Croft IN
9 9 ,-,-i-e br,t in 1883 Queen Elizabeth appointed
= z-.ls-+7-a Browne surveyor Of escheated lands
: iceland Five years later he purchased from
-,orsid Earl OF GlenCare. lands and manors IN
ne co11nties Of Kerry and OF CORK ana sUOse
cre,rlv obtained from James l. who was very
fond of him. q grant OF all the estates OF A%oI0
cs,csre On the latter dying without issue Inc
-snr which hears the date Of 1622, expressly supu
is-ss that il includes the lakes Of Killarney Win
,u The islands in the same. and the nsheTleS oL
,s said skes and the soil and the bottom theTeol-
r. tine all those great landed possessions OF
-. Brownies were confscated. owing 10 their 10y
srr 70 James II and 10 the Stuart-that is 10 say,
me Jacohfte-cause, ana II was not until the emu
q he eighteenth century that the lands were re-
s-n-e5 and the peerages which they now hoId'
-,,,s,v -Ae Ia rldon7 and the Barony Of kenrnare
sr5 he Viscouuty Of Castlerosse, were confirmed
u hen by King George III
One Of the features Of Killarney House is the
hearty Of the door handles, The majority Of which
s~ famed Of richly chased and wonderfully enarn-
.Bs seventeenth and eighteenth century watch
osss while the great dining room Is tapestrleu
Fzh old Spanish embossed leather IN iac'' lAe
late Lord Kennare seriously crippled his resources
IT rebuilding Killarney House, one OF the heaNie7
expenses connection Herewith being the private
chapel Of the now widowed Lady henrnare, q con
vert 10 The Roman Catholic Church She hao oe
ferrr1ined that this chapel should be perfect oI
its kind and Of exquisite proportions. and with us
altar OF transnareur ONYX SIS walls inlaid with
Italian rlosacs its silver candiesticks ercTusIeu
with coral, and its rare cid vestments IL was Ger
rainly a gem OF ecclesiastical art The DoWaseI
Lady Kennare. who is a daughter Of The late Rev
Lord Charles Thyme, has forsaken Ireland since
the death Of her husband, and now has place at
Seven Oaks, il Kent. and house in London
AMBASSADOR BRYCEs NEW SECRETARY.
The Hon Patrick Ramsay. who has just been
appointed second secretary OF the British Embassy
g- Washington is the second brother Of the pres
ent Earl of DaIhousie and likewise the second heir
70 the family honors and large estates, Lord Dal-
house having only one little boy, now four years
o. age The late Earl and Countess Of Dalhousle
were well known on this side Of the Atlantic, and
il was Immediately on landing Havre, on their
return from . prolonged stay in New YORK IN
lGS- that they died very suddenly at d motel al
HAVE within only a few hours Of each other, as
10 give rise 10 rUmors Of suicide which proved
without foundation Their death was a very sad
one as they left family OF five young children,
TIE youngest twins of only TWO years DID,
white The eldest. the present peer. was but nine.
The children were brought UP under the care ana
guardianship OF their uncle and aunt the Hon
Charles and Mrs Ramsay. the latter being an
American woman. q daughter Of William r Gar
I.sou. q New York The present earl is married 10
daughter Of Lord Ancaster. and has therefore an
American sister-in-iaw in the person OF Lady
Tiloughby c Eresby, wife Of the heir to the earl
dom q Lancaster and q daughter Of the late
William L Breese Of New York Patrick Ramsay
Of the diplomatic service is the second brother the
third is a lieutenant of the royal navy ana the
fourth 2 subaltern q the Scots Guards.
The Earl Of DaIhousie Is not a descendant Of the
celebrated Marquis Of Dalhousie, who received his
nsreuisste for his splendid services as Governor
General q India That Lord Dalhousle dled Win
out male issue whereupon his marqulsate became
extinct. While his Scotch barony, created IN ltlS
and hls S.1tch earIdorn dating from 1888, passed
to his cousin. Fox Ramsay, as eleventh Earl OF
Dshouse. He. too, died without issue ana was
succeeded by q cousin Admiral George Ramsay
grandfather Of the present earl The RamsaEs
have been settled in the Lothians since the tweftn
century. ard have played a notable role IN scot
tsh history ever since the days of King Robert
Bruce William De Ramsay being one OF the sigma
torres u Bruce's famous letter Of l@lo 10 the rope
asserting Scotand's independence
Lord Dalbousies ancestral home Is brechlh
Castle, grand old Forfarshre stronghold percheo
On precipltous rock not Tar from the ancient
town Of Brechin, OF its features belhs us
curious round tower Ike the ancient round towers
q Ireland II is there is preserved the famous
isAsInsn known throughout Scotland as the CoaIs-