The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-06-12

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cattle, goaded OH by some hundreds
Of brave, decided pikemen, which i'm
mediately threw the Enniscorthy in
fantry into the greatest confusion. The
more they fired the more the cattle
and their drivers advanced through
the smoke and balls, until the line was
completely broken and all were forced
to retreat precipitately into the town,
where Capt. Snow and his infantry had
remained on the bridge and secured
thus the passage to this panic stricken
army that boasted in the morning that
they would never return until all the
insurgents We're exterminated. They
now, however, betook themselves to the
houses, from which tremendous firing
was kept UP from the windows and
doors on the insurgents, who bravely
pursued them into the town.
Though exposed to the greatest dan
ger under the terrible fire, and seeing
their comrades fall dead at their sido,
yet they set to work calmly and de-
terminedly to besiege every house
where the enemy took refuge. Such
perseverance and courage finally sue
ceeded. The British troops, seeing
some houses on fire in the suburbs, on
the road to Wexford, and great num-
ber of the people appearing sudden
ly on the top of Vinegar Hill, which.
commands the town completely, they
believed they were going to be attacked
on all sides; and from what they had
already experienced of the intrepidity
Of this gallant little Irish army, they
suddenly sounded a retreat and fled
to Wexford i'll the greatest disorder,
abandoning the town without being
able to put their threats into execu-
tion, to have all the prisoners put to
death that were-confined in the castle.
After the battle of Vinegar Hill
there was but little fighting in Wex-
ford. Separate bands of insurgents
We're making their way either into
| Wicklow or the north. Such Wexford
men as still remained in arms, having
no homes, as all the houses in the
county were destroyed, were endeav-
! oring to join the insurgents in the
other counties. One Of these bodies,
commanded by Father Murphy, pro-
ceeded through the County Of Carlow,
and, having arrived before Cores
bridge, County Kilkenny. they defeat
ed party of Wexford militia, after
which they retired to a ridge of hills
which divides the counties of Carlow
and Kilkenny from Queens County.
Having rested on tho night OF June
% on the Ridge, as those hills are
called, they proceeded next morning to
Castlccomer and commenced a furious
assault on the town. Lack of ammu-
milton prevented success, and they
! marched in a northwest direction into
; Queens county.
Soon after, finding themselves hard
pressed, they retreated into the Car
low mountains. At kilcourney they
were forced to fight, but without any
chances Of success. After this, Father
John took refuge in the village of
Tullow, County Carlow, accompanied
by companion by the name of CAL
lagher, native Of Ferns. AS they
were strangers, they were not long in
the town before they became objects
Of suspicion and were accordingly ar
rested. They were questioned, but the
answers not being satisfactory, Cal
lagher was tied naked to post and
there fogged and questioned alternate.
ly without obtaining from the faithful
man who his master was. After tor
turing poor Gallagher by inhicting on
him more than hundred lashes. he
was taken down, and, erecting tenn
porary gallows, they hung him up; but
at short intervals would let him down,
still demanding of him to inform on
his friend. His great soul continued
to resist, and they finally suffered him
to hang till he was dead.
Then they commenced their opera
| tions on the silent and meek minister
of the gospel, who was compelled 10
witness the sufferings of his faithful
friend, and proceeded to search his
clothes for any documents that might
lead TO a discovery. In his pockets
they found part Of his sacredotal robes
and a small vial. At the sight of
these articles the whole body cried out
with one voice: Burn him alive, for
he is priest!" They first whipped
him, each ruffian taking his turn at
the cato -ninetails, which he bore
with astonishing f1rmness without ut
tering word. They then procured a
pitch barrel, placing it at the door Of
a Mr.. Callaghan, Catholic, saying at
the same time that "a Catholic family