The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-09-19


taking a picture OF the building was
approached by an old lady who want
ed to sell me a pair Of freshly killed
chickens. but I gave her a shilling
which made her 60 into ecstacies OF
delight, and she was uttering blessings
long after we left the immediate
neighborhood.. >.'e
I'm about another half an hour we
were at Douth Castle. The building
itself is about 500 feet from the road,
Another building closely adjoining,
erected in recent years, is used as a
home for orphan children. and Mrs
McGrath. who is at the head of the
institution, proved herself most
charming hostess: She showed us the
room in which O'Reilly was born and
| conducted us into the schoolroom
where O'Reilly's father taught his son
and the children Of the neighborhood
"Douth Castle is covered with a
beautiful mantle of ivy and holly, and
the picture presented is a most inn
pressive one. In the rear of the church.
yard stands monument over the
place which he wished should be his
grave. The monument did not i'm
press me as a faithful likeness. Me-
| morials of various kinds are placed
there. One of them which struck me
with particular, force. showing the re-
gard which the Irsshmen Of his time
had for O'Reilly ais printer. was the
memorial from the. Drogteda Typo
graphical Union: ITO the Great Irish
Printer
For fully an hour we hovered about
the O'Reilly house. drinking in as best
we could every bit of the beautiful at
mosphere that SURROUNDS It. A beauti-
full field of wheat lay in front just
ripening. and each, one Of us plucked
an ear to serve, as memento Of our
visit Before: leaving we inscribed oar
names on the register of the school,
and when l. gave Mrs. MeGrath a con-
tribution for the orphans, and what l
had done had sbse1 communicated to
the children, they broke into. cheers
and handcaarptng that brought tears
to my eyes.
I'VE returned, to Dublin after fine
drive. through the prettiest country
|'that I. had ever seen. When we ar
rived at the hotel I met MIR. Douglas
Hyde. who was there to open the con
Nention Of the Gaelic league, and he
showed me an order for a thousand
dollars forwarded by Mr.. Matthew
Cummings, national president Of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians. MIR.
Hyde was loud in his praises Of Mr..
Cummings, whom he met while on 4
visit to-: Boston. and Of the organiza.
tion Of which Mr.. Cummings was thu
head.
"The next day we spent sightseein 3
in Dublin. The little urchins who ran
about the streets barefooted reminde.1 J
me of my early days on Hanover
street. They were just such a type
as one sees in the crowded sections
Of our big American cities. They arc
Infinitely. more polite than the aver
age American boy, and when you buy
a paper or a box Of matches you will
get a tip of the cap and smile that
will do your heart good.
Dublin is a city of which no Irish
| man need be ashamed. The public
buildings are fine and noted for their
beauty and spirit, while the streets are
phenomenally wide. In fact, I UNDER
stand that commission was organized
good many years ago. known as the
Wide Streets Commission and
wished that a wide street commission
had been appointed for Boston at abou,
the same period. The Liffey runs
through the city as the Thames does
through London. and the shores Of the
river, as they run into the country,
make a beautiful: scene.
1T was utterly impossible for me to
take in and note all the points Of in
terest of this splendid city. visited
st. GATHERINGS Church. in front of
which Emmet was executed and nea;
which is the house in which Lord Ed
ward FitzGerald was captured. But
short distance away is Kilmainham
goal, where Irish patriots for years
back have been confined. We saw two
churches in the city, relics of the Danes.
both Of them dedicated to Danish
saints.
"The Bank Of Ireland is Of great in
terest because it was the seat Of the
Irish parliament. You can see the
place once occupied by the House OF
Lords with the interior unaltered, now