The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-20
NIuxkogee.
HOLD RUINED CASTLE
OF ANCIENT ENEMIES

force the Irish estates OF his family,
put an end TO the war of his house
with the O'Neills by marrying Lady
Mary o'Neiil, daughter of the Earl of
Tyrone. and made his peace with Queen
Notwithstanding to tile latter his
allegiance. She confirmed him in all
his possessions, notably In the estates
which his family had wrested by force
from the McQulllans, house still in
existence, the members of which boast
tof being able to trace back their an
cestry in an unbroken line for 1000
years, when the original McQuillan
emisrated from Babylon to Scotland.
The McQuillan property. which thus
passed to the McDonnells. included the
grand old castle OF Dunluce, formerly
famous stronghold, and to-day one
Old World. 1t stands upon an iso-
lated rock a hundred feet above the
level of the sea, and is connected with
the mainland by bridge barely two
feet vide. Its age is uncertain, though
tradition ascribes its construction to
De Courcey. Earl Of Ulster. and nat
urally it has been the subject of end
less stories and legends.
sorle McDonnell's son was created
The sixth earl died towards the end
of the eighteenth century without male
issue, having previously obtained re-
creation of his peerages. with re-
" HIS uduSutcTS ITlEnORGUl-
turely and to their male issue. At his
demise his eldest daughter became
Countess OF Antrim in her own right,
married Sir Henry Nane Tempest. and,
having no son. but only a daughter
(married to the third Marquis OF Lon
donderry), the earldom of Antrim and
the viscountS of Dunluce passed to the
sixth earl's younger daughter, Lady
Charlotte Mcdonnell. From the latters
union with Lord Mark Kerr. the pres
a n a nj tsft, to- RI n1 a tl,n
second generation.
Like 50 many other British peers, es-
peclaliy those OF Scotland and of Ire
land. Lord Antrim has had to defend
ants. some OF whom have hailed from
Elwood, Ind, who assert that they are
descended from the son Of q former
Earl of Antrim. who ran away from
Ireland years ago and settled. mar
ried and died in New Jersey. There
is no trace, however, of this mythical
runaway son of a Lord Antrim In the
annals of the house OF McDonnell. and,
moreover, the claimants In question
had the misfortune to bear tho sur
which is the patronymic of the Eurls
of Antrim,
Queen Wilhelmine is once moro at
ODDS with the Postmaster-Gener OF
the Netherlands. and as usual, her
dlsapproval of the manner in which
ncr features are represented on the
postage stamps Mynheer Pop, for that
Is the name Of the dignitary in ques-
llon, must have been prepared for the
trouble; FOR the Postmaster-Ienera is
JOB Is no easy one, whenever the sove-
reign happens to be a. queen or en-
press regnant. instead OF, a king or en-
peror. Feminine rulers are never sat-
lsied with the way in which they are
| portrayed on the stamps and coin OF
lnelr realm. When Queen Wilhelmine
was WE'VE years old She already then
expressed her very serious displeasnre
70 20 me ne postmaster-G General of the day
Ipr representing her as too young and
cnlldlSni and now she is angry because
She thinks that the stamps. give her
an appearance ofsSundue age. When
she assumed the reins of government
she was offended because her face was
pictured as too fat and chubby. and
later on. after a few years or mar-
General TO task because the stamps
snoWGd her as wanland thin. She FREE
| quently changes the fashion Of WEAR
ms her hair. and the Postms ster- Gen-
erai mas to keep track OF this In con-
| nection with the stamps The late
d AZ, to satisfy as Wllhelmtne OF
the Netherlands, nevertheless gave a
5000 deal Of worry to her ministers
about her etflgy on the stamps. and
ISABELLA of Spain Is on record as hav-
liz rallied to show her well-known
s SaS nature and sunny temper In mel
uar;ans about this matter with her
lime when she attained her majority
4 y, lsai, until her nbdication, in 1868.
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