Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1915-03-13
on high.

on high,
That | should come so far to die,
And leave my friends where | was
bred
To lay my bones with strangers
dead,
But have hopes when ] arise
To dwell with Thee in yonder skies. 3"
Stranger still that other Irishmen,
Ike Hugh Cargill, should come far
Their West. TO the Dark and Bloody
Ground. where Indians lurked in
the impenetrable forests while they
blazed the way for civilization. They
laid their bones with strangers
dead" far from the home where they
were bred in dear old ireland, yet
many there are OF their descendants
now living in Kentucky who claim
TO be ScotGh-Irish. Scotch for
sooth Hoot mon, We ought to be-
proud Of being Irish.
Kentucky produced some famous
poets beside Theodore OHara. Dr..
John NJ Harvey. Gen w. o. Butler,
W. d. Gallagher, Noble Butler and
William NJ Harvey, all OF Irish de-
scent
Among the first Presbyterian min
listers of the State were James Nc
Cready, William McGill. Samuel Nc
Adoo, Henry Delaney. A. NJ. Bryan,
William MCGEE and John Dunieavy.
In our own time was Of Stuart Rob
inson and DR.. Pratt. The latter de-
livered a sermon one day in Louis
VILE church claiming that ST. Pat
rick was Presbyterian. but history
does not bear him out in this conten-
ton. The early settlers of Irish de-
Scent were principally Presbyterians
from the North of Ireland. who or
iginally came from Virginia. The
Catholics came from Maryland to
Nelson county All kinds of Irish
made up the early pioneers, but they
were all patriots and no doubt they
all observed St Patrck's day, There
was nothing narrow or bigoted about
them
To mention the Kentucky soldiers
of Irish descent would fill book.
Sufficit 20 name one Gen. John
Adair received the thanks OF the
Kentucky Legislature for gailantry
and ehivalrous conduct at the battle
Of New Orleans He was Governor
in 1920, in Congress in 1S14-i16. and
in the United States Senate in
1866. Men of Irish blood have
figured in the craftsmanship OF the
nation ever since the Liberty Bell
was rung al Philadelphia in l7T6.
The bureau of statistics of the
United States Treasury Department
has estimated that Of the total num-
her of immigrants from the British
Isles for 100 years 1870 to 1870.
the Irish formed over 70 per cent.
and the English 10 per cent Yet
we are dubbed nation OF Anglo
Saxons and England is called Our
Mother Country"
When Robert Emmet's epitaph
shall have been written. when Ire
land has home rule. then probably
the Irish in America will wake up
and inquire why Il Is that England
is called the mother country when
ireland ia entitled 10 that designa-
fion.
The American Irish Historical So
ciety is endeavoring>to have all men
and women OF the Irish race inter
ested in Irish progress on this great
continent. where they have wrought
and struggled, on a basis OF equality
and freedom never before offered 10
them. Is grand and surprising
record for the most part. aud Il
should be known. the story told OF
Irish achievement In every State and
Territory. and more especially IN
Kentucky Men OF Irish blood OF all
shades of political and religious be-
lief are engaged in the work under
taken by the society. James Thomp-
son is the Vice President for Ken
ucky. II is Mr. Thompson's inten-
ton soon to organize chapter for
this State. Al present besides Mr..
Thompson there are the following
members Judge Matthew ODoherty,
Charles Huntley Gibson y. J. Han
Ion. w. L. Mapother, P ". Callahan,
Emmett Slattery. James Ross Todd.
Thomas NJ Gilmore and Edward
Fitzpatrick
Possibly Vice Presiden Thompson
will organize the chapter on 81, Pat
rick's day.
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