The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-08-09
SISTER OF JOHN mitchell AND
WIFE OF JOHN MARTIN,
THE IRISH PATRIOTS,
PASSES AWAY IN
DUBLIN.
LAST LINK TO CONNECT THE
@ PRESENT WITH THE GL LORIOUS
BAND OF THE YOUNG IRE
LANDERS GONE.

Mrs. Henrietta Martin, widow of
John Martin, the young Ireland lead
er, and youngest sister of John
Mitchell, the uncompromising Rebel,
died at Victoria Lodge, Donnybrook,
Dublin, on Friday, July II, and was
buried in Newry, County Down, on
Monday, July IA.
Although it was announced that the
funeral would be private, there was
s.an imposing public demonstration of
respect, which included all creeds
i and classes. The remains were con-
veyed by train to Newry from Dublin
and were met at the railroad station
by large concourse of people. Inter-
nnent took place in the Old Meeting
House Green cemetery. The coffin
WAS borne by four members of the
Newry Urban Council to the hearse
in waiting.
The members Of the Newry Urban
Council VIII. srlieE in the day. bad
/ adjourned their weekly meeting rs 4
mark of respect to the deceased lady's
memory, walked behind the chief
mourners and were followed in pro-
cessicnal order by the members of
the John Mitchell Branch of the Irish
National Foresters, Newry. Various
other Nationalist bodies were repre-
sented in the cortege, which also in
cluded representatives Of all creeds
and classes in Newry.>
Rev. George J. Slipper, who Off
ciated at the graveside, paid an elo-
quent and touching tribute to the
claims to general respect of the fam
lily to which the deceased lady be-
longed. She was. he said, the last
link of family known in Newry, not
only for its religious, social and polit-
ical influence, but also one respected
by all who knew it's members.
The Last Link With 'Forty-Eight.
The death of Mrs. Martin removes
the last link that binds the present
generation to the stirring times of
1848. There are few octogenarians
living here and there who, as very
young men or mere boys, played a
minor part in the latter days of the
| Young Ireland movement, but all the
leaders and their younger brothers
and sisters are dead. John Mitchell
and John Martin represented class
that were very numerous in 1898,
were less numerous, but still an i'm
portant factor in 1S4S, were some
what active in Fenianisn1, but have
now almost wholly disappeared from
the Nationalist movement.
Mrs. John Martin stood to all who
knew her as the last of a glorious gen.
Grafton. She was the sister of John
Mitchell, the widow of John Martin,
she had known Davis, she had dream
ed the dreams of the Young Ireland
ers, and she remained true to their
ideals and brought Whit of heroism
/; wherever she went. She was so full
of life and spirit she was younger than
! most of us. She had such sympathy
! for youth. All that was best in the
young men and young women who
met her came out in her presence.
She could recall the dead to life. It
| was impossible not to catch a little of
her indomitable spirit. Wherever she
! went she at once made friends. and
was a source of attraction. And yet
I, when she won recognition by her per-
/ sonal charm it brought her no pleas
/, ure. She longed for respect as the
!, sister of John Mitchell and the widow
{ Of John Martin. Praise Of her two
J dead heroes was as the breath of life
to her, and it was pleasant to watch
on her expressive face how strongly
she felt any allusion to those she loved
SO strongly in death as in life OF
late years the number of those who
could talk with her Of those old days
had grown sadly small and she clunE