The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-14
STRAIGHT FROM SHTLLELAGH
rHE REV. I'm. ROBINSON BRINGS
TWO DOZEN STOUT SAMPLES.

4 mellow Dsag1e. An the Paesas That
were Ever writ Absat the Rwaie vale
&C AVOca. n sslwh nraSeP ssaa and
Nlsui~a Ter the Seed 20 WlcNl~~.
From the barony oG ShiIlelAgh. In the
Swats vale OF Avoca. with twenty-four
fine oaE cudRela. better known A. shil-
lalahs. gathered In that same vale. came
last night by the White Star liner Baltic
from QleenatOwn. the Rev Dr. John
Robinson % the Church of ireland (Epis-
copAn In fulhl q MISSION OF his own.
reinforced by the good wishes Of the
Catholic Archbishop % Dublin and the
Irish Parliamentary leader. John Red
mOnd.
There IL nothing political or religious
In the visit 81 the doctor. He knew -
little about what he will do here that
he had made no arrangements to 30 IN .
hotel and M slept aboard ship last niRht
And hs Was mighty welcome there.
for officers and stewards cay they never
ran across a traveller who could tell more
Irish tales and quote more Irish poets
than DR. Robinson.
DR.. Robinson is past n. but he has q
smile that ~ much younger and the most
delightful brogue (which he says is CON-
mon 10 the vale OF Avoca. spelled by him
IN the old way. OvOcaD that has been
heard here IN many years. He 10 q Trinity
College man and he. wears q fne high
bcavcr that will be most becoming II he |
takes part In the parade NEXT Thursday.
The doctor seemed q bit surprised that
the ship news men who boarded AG Ouaran- |
tine did not know more about the most
m1aan To- 49,.
and he Immediately quoted Tom Moore |
in rhythmical voice that added 70 the !
beauty OF the verse:
There Il nat IN the vile world q valley 20 sweet |
A. the vale In ~ hose boaom tire bright waters !
meet
Then he explained that these waters
were the MYERS Avon and Avoca and then |
Sweet vale OF Ayoca how calm could rest
In thy bosOn Of shade with the friends l
where the s.pEms that We feel in this cold
And our hcarts. ike thy waters. be mingled !
The doctor said when he was asked
what he vas going to do with his twenty
four shillalahs that he might use them |
To knock ont anybody who refused TO |
encourage his mission. Hut he did not /
look when he said II a. II he really meant
TO do any smuggling.
part of Wicklow. where the doctor has !
been rector with a chapel at Shil- !
lelagh FOR the last twenty-five years /
live ~ tremendously a. IL they belonged |
to the same creed. The doctor has four !
SONS. one Of whom ~ a lieutenant in ths, I
British army. Recently the lieutenant. !
who was brought up in the district, visited !
his old home When he returned to his ,
post IN India his fellow countrynen /
gave him gold hilted sword and a scroll /
A Protestant presented the sword and a |
Catholic the scroll with an appropriate /
address. When the doctor left everybody I
turned out TO Sc him on and wish him /
well
All that he knows 10 that he is going
TO get money here TO help start an industry !
IN his section TO give employment to the |
OOO idle men thrown out Of employment 4
some time ago by the closing of the copper
mines. These men are willing to work .
and are sturdy and sober. The doctor
wants TO raise enough capital to start an /
indtistry there, the nature Of which he
will leave to others to decide after he /
collects the money. He got a very good
start just before he left his native ahorea
for his first trip across the Atlantic from L
the Catholic Archbishop Of Dublin. who /
put up $50. He entertained the saloon
passenRers and told them IN % alluring
a way about the fine fellows Of the swnte
v ale that they were hypnotized into max
ing up purse % sieO. And the stewards
who Hooked around his table let him take /
all hrs tips back to the idle folks Of Wick
low.
IL was much more than a century ago
when the copper mines Of Wicklow were
doing q business worth while. The little
church OF the doctor has inherited q COM
munion hagon Of silver made OF ore taken \
with copper from the mines by the men
OF Avoca' IN 1873.
Il shall be hero four months the doctor
said, and l shall collect money from
anybody who wants TO help a worthy
cause. regardless OF creed or political
affiliations. The men 81 the county-Also
the women-are among the hest IN the
world. and hope TO see the county take
the rank ia deserves. The main thing IN
20 get employment for the men Of Wicklow
and the next thing In TO keep them EN-
ployed.-
DR. Robinson In the only Protestant
lnShman on the old aga pension commits
sion He has in press q book entitled
: Facts About ireland"