The Irish standard., 1914-11-14
Twin City Visitor. View Irish Exhibits in ST. Paul. Excel
lent Programs Rendered at K. c. Hall. Represen-
tatives Accorded Cordial Greeting
Everywhere
Address by Miss Nellie OBrien Gaelic Movement. Pro-
grams Included Irish Dancing, Vocal and
instrumental Music.
Partial List of Exhibits Includes Representative Work Of
Irish Arts and Crafts Excellent Exhibit Con-
Quoted This Week in Duluth.


in Ireland to revive the artistic and
industrial life of the people. The ex-
hibition was representative of paint
ing, sculpture and allied arts and
crafts, also of home industries, nation
al costume, literature and music, and
every corner Of Ireland has been req
uisitioned for typical products. There
is also a very interesting loan collec.
ton of objects of antiquarian and his
torical interest, some of them dating
from pref Christian times. OF special
interest are the relics connected with
the Irish Insurrection of 1S4S, of which
William Smith O'Brien was the leader.
Another feature is the collection Of
curios and souvenirs from Celtic coun-
tries other than ireland, from Scotland,
Wales, Brittany and the Isle of Man.
These countries are nearly allied to
Ireland in race, language and customs,
and of late years the ties have been
drawn still closer.
The Exhibition party consists of two
of the leading ladies of the Gaelic
League, Miss Nelly O'Brien and Miss
Eithne Aliaga Kelly, who are assisted
by Miss Teresa Halpin, of Limerick, a
famous dancer, singer and violin play
er. and winner Of over 500 prizes at
Feiseanna in Ireland, who will demon
strate Limerick lace making at the
Exhibition, and by Miss Anna Cassidy
from Kilcar, County Donegal, who
works the hand loom and represents
the important and beautiful industry
of Donegal carpets.
Miss O'Brien is we'll known worker
in the Gaelic League and member Of
the executive of that body. She comes
of the Royal race of the O'Briens of
Thomond, being direct lineal des.
cendant of Brian Boru Ard Ri (Mon-
arch of all 1reland), who defeated the
Danes at the battle of Clontarf in
1914, of which this year is the 900th
anniversary. Miss O'Brien is a grand
daughter of Smith O'Brien, and the
name of her aunt, Charlotte Grace
O'Brien, is we'll known both in Ire
land and America for her labors to i'm
prove the condition of the Irish emf
grants. Her brother. Dermod O'Brien,
is president of the Royal Hibernian
Academy of Painting, Dublin. She has
founded Gaelic college at Carriga-
holt, County Glare.
Miss Kelly is also a leading worker
in the Gaelic League, especially on the
artistic and musical side of the move
ment, and has done q great deal of or.
ganizing for it in Dublin. She comes
of very old Connacht family, and an
ancestor of hers was one of the prin-
cipal supporters of King Brian at Clon-
tart.
The proceeds of the Exhibitions are
devoted to the upkeep Of the staff of
travelling teachers employed by the
Gaelic League in Ireland.
CATALOGUE OF ARTICLES ExHIs.
TIED IN ST. PAUL DURING
THE EXHIBIT.
Antiques Collected In Dublin.
Old Irish Brooch with Cork Arms,
Bog Oak Brooch, Tara Shape, very old,
Bog Oak Brooch, Oval, with Irish Elk,
Pebble Brooches, Paste Oval Shape
Brooch, Large Silver Brooch, Celtic
pattern, Irish Silver Gilt Brooches,
Irish Silver Brooch, Tara Brooches,
Very Old Silver Crucifix, Celtic Cross
and Chain, Georgian Sugar Tongs,
Irish Silver, Old Irish Paste Comb, Old
Celtic Crosses, Match Boxes, old sill
yer, Tea Spoons, old silver, Paper
Knives, old silver, with Dublin Arms,
Shamrock Pins.
Art and Art Industries In ireland.
The fame of the Celtic illuminative
work with its beautiful spiral forms,
its intricate interlacings and its vivid,
though always harmonious coloring,
has gone over Europe. Many exam
pies of Celtic Illuminated manuscripts
are to be found in monasteries and H.
braries on the continent. The finest
of all, however, the Book of Kells, A.
d. $50, is in the Library of Trinity
College, Dublin.
The gold and silver work, whic.l like
the illumination, was probably done
in the monasteries, has never been sur
passed in any country, and the skilful
use of the characteristic Celtic de-
signs for the ornamentation of Chalice,
Cross, Bell, Brooch, Crozier and other
objects for Ecclesiastical and domestic
use, shows how innate was. the love
of decorative art in the Irish mind.
The same skill was also employed in
bookbinding and leather work gener-
ally, notable example of which is the
ornamental cover of the Book of Ar
magh, about 400 A.. D., the earliest
manuscript extant in Ireland. .,.
+" Turning to stone-carving we have
the ancient Crosses of Ireland, such as
those at Monasterboice. Kells, Clon-
macnoise and many other places, and
great deal 81 miscellaneous carving
sof doorways, capitols, tombs and so