Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
BATTLE AT CHURCH
Mgr. MoFadden Recalls Tragedy of
twenty-five Years Ago.
SOLDIERS GO TO ARREST PRIEST
Officer is Killed When He Draws
His Sword.
IRISH TENANTS REINSTATED
Nine Families Evicted Twenty Years
Ago Back in Old Homes.
MUCH ADVERTISED WEDDING
Party of Masked Men Abduct Bride
Because Cer9mOny Was Per-
formed During Lent By
Registrar.
Nine Families Evicted Twenty Years
Ago Back in Old Homes.
MUCH ADVERTISED WEDDING

of Rev. Monseigneur Bernard McFadden'
parish priest OF Donegal, recalls one OF
the tragedies Of the plan of Campaign
days about twenty-five years ago. Father
MoFadden, when a young priest. was in
charge Of the parish OF Gweedore in dis
triet which was one OF the worst sufferers
from rack rents and absentee landlordism
He was particularly active in the Plan
Of Campaign" and the castle authorities
determined to arrest him. With charac-
tsristic stupidity they sent a large force
of police and soldiers TO Gweedore one
Sunday morning and while the priest was
sBying mass they surrounded the chapel
when he came out the officer OF constsbu-
lary in charge stepped forward and on the
steps Of the chapel laid his hand on Father
McF'addens shoulder and declared him
under arrest,
There was a movement among the crowd
and the officer lost his head and drew his
sword. Someone in the crowd called out:
He is going to kill our priest" and vol
ley OF stones was thrown. One OF them
struck the officer on the head killing him
Instantly, and several other soldiers and
rulicemen were severely injured The en-
tire party was routed and forced TO leave
Gweedore without having effected the ar
rest OF the priest. A few days later Father
McFadden walked in Llfford. the county
town, and surrendered. He was tried and
sentenced to a term OF imprisonment,
which he served. An incident OF his trial
has become historic. The prosecuting
counsel asked him IL there were any law
in Gweedore. "Yes, I am the law in
Gweedore," was the priests reply. During
his later years Father McFadden had been
an enthusiastic worker for the revival of
the ancient Irish tongue couple OF
years ago he was appointed an honorary
canon OF Westminster cathedral in Lon
don and he preached the Irish sermon
there on st. Patricks day last year, He
was also a dean OF the diocese OF Raphoe.
EvIcted Tenants Reinstated.
Curiously enough, there has just been an
other echo of the plan of Complain" days,
fortunately of a more pleasant character.
Nine OF the famous evlcted tenants Of
Coolroe have just been reinstated on their
holdings in South wexford twenty years
after their eviction. Not all Of the tenants
have been renstated, and not all Of those
who have been reinstated have secured
their old homes, for the sufficient reasons
that some Of the tenants are dead, and
some of the old homes have ceased to
exist. New homes have been prepared for
those who have been reinstated, however,
and all the small holdings have been In
creased by the estates commissioners to
economic Size
one OF the most striking pronouncoments,
showing how tired the Ulster farmers are
becoming of being used at cats paws to
pull England's chestnuts out Of the fire,
has Just been issued by Mr. Lindsay Craw-
ford, grand master of the Independent Or
der Of Orangemen. appealing for united
alIT T-gs IN q xzda
extension OF the principle of sslf-govern-
ment for ireland. He declares that the
time has come for every Ulsterman who de-
sires to see his country free from mis-
government to take his stand with the
national party and he makes the following
striking reference to the unionist campaign
which is about to be begun in England:
The parson in politics and the political
hireling will in a few days he sent across
TO England to degrade themselves and
their country in the eyes of the stranger
For thirty pieces of silver Judas conspireC
against his Master. But, even he, IN his
utter depravity, had remorse of conscience
and flung back the aCCursed luCre And Wenl
Jut and hanged himself To the man
'lerlcal or laN--who accepts the gold of thS
tsccndsncy for the dirty work OF be
'mrching his ccuntrymeu on British plat
orns. | would, in the words OF holy writ
say, Go, thou, and do likewise.
Much Advertised Marriage.
An ireland aud good part Of England
Us talking about the marriage of Robert
Flynn and Anne Farely Of Glangevln
near Carrick-on- shannon and the troubles
which followed IL. The Irish papers re-
ported the facts as they were, and the
English papers in pursuance Of their cam
paign of calumny against Ireland, seized
on the incident as illustrative OF the bar
barous condition of Ireland. The quie
,,F bog i,
vadcd by shoals of special correspondent
from London who do not understand wha
has happened and make effort t,
learn.
The facts are as follows: Robert FLYNN
an eN-soidicr. owns a comfortable lttl
farm and next to il is another tidy hold
ing which win fall in due course of tim
to Mary Durkin. The elders Of Glsngevlh
decided that the proper thing for Flyni
to do was to marry Mary Durkm ant
"join their lands" At first Flynn wa
quite agreeable for Mary is pretty gin
and openly expressed her admiration q
her handsome ncighbor. Moreover sh
was quite willing to marry him, Thing
had gone so far that Father King, IN
parish priest, was approached and told tha
he would have a wedding Al the chspe
soon after Lent
Then FLYNN met Anne Farelly and fe
IN love. He appealed To Father King 4
marry him but the priest, thinking tina
Mary Durkin had been badly treated
tried to persuade him to keep to his origina
bsrsan. and pointed out that mar
rlage in Lent at any rate. was forbidde
by the laws OF the church. Flynn an
Anne however. determined not to wait
so they went to Enniskilen and were mar
ried before the registrar there.
EnfOrcinE Code of Morality.
Now civil marriage in itself is regarde
la ireland as an offense against IN
church, and a marriage IN Lent Is niue
worse so when the happy couple returne
they found that the people OF Glagevli
were determined TO enforce their code q
morality Flynn had invited all hi
friends TO a grest party at his house o
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