The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-25
WILLIAM O'bRIEN
JOINS UN|ON|STS
In Establishment of All for
Ireland League"
SOCIETY rs DISTURBED
Over the Marriage of the Duke of Lcin-
ster-Hnrrisons Have Fortune
of S12.J09,000 in
ireland
SOCIETY IS DISTURBED

Dublin, April Especially -William
Brien has practically joined hands with
the Unionists in the establishment of the
/ All-for-Ireland League. which has been
formed IN Cork. At tie meeting which
formally launched the new organization
there We're on the platform Lord Dun
raven and Mr.. O Brien. Lord Castleton
and Mr. r. H. Healy, Colonel Hutchinson
Poe and Mr.. Maurice Healy, many
prominent unionists and most of Mr..
o Briens Independent parliamentary as
soeiates.
The ayowed object of the "All-for-Ire-
land League" is TO extend throughout
Ireland new political spirit and to bring
together men of all parties and religions.
whose chief grounds of difference have
been removed by land purchase, into
common endeavor for Irelands good.
The nationalsts are inclined to greet
the League" with joy. They claim it
lnmasks the O'Brienites and places them
where they belong with the unionists
and against home rule.
The result of this, the followers OF Mr..
Redmond claim. will be To so weaken
Mr.. O'Brien's following that in the next
parliament he will not have half the
following he now has.
1t is understood that the, new organi-
cation will, however have candidates for
practically all the seats now held by
nationalist, whether there is any hope
of carrying them or not. The national
lists recognize the Importance of meeting
this condition and are making strenuous
efforts to fill the party war chest.
Already nearly e3,O00 (S1500O have
been subscribed. and the letters that ac-
company the subscriptions SO far breathe
an enthusiasm that promises great
results. The doubling of many of the
bishops usual annual subscriptions to the
fund Is a most encouraging feature, In
sentiment and substance.
Society is beginning to disturb itself
over the marriage of the Duke of Lem
ster, quite different to the fact that the
young man himself continues perfectly
happy at Kilkea Castle, where. with his
two brothers, his three unmarried aunts.
and his uncle and ex-guardian. Lord
Walter Fitzgerald, he keeps up the ira
ditional hospitality of the Geraldines. His
dukedom only dates from 1865, but this
earledom is the oldest I'm Ireland: and
the long roll of his ancestry shows names
recalling the most stirring romance and
the most devoted patriotism that any
race can boast.
There is Gerald Mor"-the Great Ger
aid; and Gerald Oag''-the Young Ger
aid There is the tenth Earl 'Silken
Thomas and the eleventh. who is
known as the Wizard Earl" 1nere is
the twelfth, Henry of the Battleaxes;'
and the sixteenth. the Fairy Earl
And, in quite modern times. there is Lord
EDWARD Ftzgerald-"Rebel'' or Patriot.
as the case may be-who, with his wife,
Pamela. lived out a romance as full OF
heroic devotion and hopeless pathos as
any one among them all.
At Carton, the chief seat of the Fltz-
geralds. hangs a portrait of one other
scion Of the race famous for her
beauty and goodness as the men of her
house were for their prowess and their
truth. This is Lady Elizabeth, The
Fair Geraldine of Surveys poems.
a fortune of $l2,500000 is lying in the
court of chancery awaiting distribution
among the next of kin of a millionaire
named Harrison, who died IN London,
but was a native of the North Ireland.
1t is stated that the male branch OF
Harrison heirs is extinct, and among the
parties who would benefit on the female
branch OF the family are persons from
the Portadown district named Gracey.
Henry. Liddell and Wilson. Some of
these are supposed to be in America.
Lord and Lady Castleton have returned
to Donraile court. which was let during
the hunting season to Sir John and Lady
Arnott Lord Castleton is one OF the
few Irish noblemen who profess nation