The Irish standard., 1915-12-04
HISTORIC ACCOUNT OF
THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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the Catholic Association was formed
in the year 1924. On June 9th, 1928,
the first stone of the Christian Broth
ers' Schools, North Richmond street,
was laid by O'Connell. The work of
that devoted band-the Christian
Brothers-is we'll known in Dublin,
and many of the leading citizens, as
we'll as distinguished members of the
Church, Bar, Army and Navy, have re-
ceived their early training in the
O'Connell Schools. The Roman Cath !
Ollie Relief Bill was passed in 1929,
and in the January of that year, it
is pleasing to read the Protestant citi-
zens of Dublin met at the Rotunda and
drew up petition to be presented to
Parliament for the removal of the dis
abilities that affected their Catholic
fellow-citizens. In the same year the
handsome Jesuit Church of st. Francis
Xavier, in Upper Gardiner street, was
begun. This building is cruciform,
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lars faces the street, surmounted by
an entablature and pediment. The in
terror is richly decorated and contains
a fine organ, which was built for a
musical festival in Westminster Alb
hey. There are four paintings in the
transepts, by Gagliardi, one of the
greatest of modern Italian painters.
Three years later the Church Of st.
! Andrew, Westland row, was begun.
! In 1888 the Dublin and Kingstown
Railway was commenced, and was
opened to the public on December
18th, 1884. Five years afterwards the
Lord Mayor and the Corporation of
Dublin presented petition at the Bar
of the House of Commons against the
Irish Municipal Reform Bill. This was
the last kick Of the old Ascendancy
Party, and the following year the Bill
became law. In 1S41 Daniel O'Connell
was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin by
the Reformed Corporation. This was
the first occasion that a Catholic was
Chief Magistrate since the flight of
James II. This year the population of
Dublin was officially estimated as 232,-
1876 persons. In 1912 the first stone of
the National Bank of Ireland was laid
in College Green, and the building was
opened three years afterwards. The
great Repeal Movement was now in
full swing and the Nation" newspa
per. which was destined to exercise
| such a powerful influence on the for
| tunes of Ireland, was established in
the autumn of 1912 The famous in
| cident of the suppression of the Re-
| peal meeting at Clontarf took place
in October 1884, and a few days later
| proceedings were commenced against
| O'Connell and his associates in the
Court of Queens Bench. The trial
commenced on February 18th, 1874
and a verdict was returned against
tbs patriotic leaders on May Soth.
ffhe following year. O'Connell was
committed to Richmond Prison, where
he remained until September 9th,
when he was liberated on the reversal
of the Judgment. on Appeal to the
House of Lords. O'Connells liberia
ton was made the occasion Of great
public rejoicing, Dublin being illumin-
ated at night. The Irish railways, of
which nearly all have their termini in
Dublin, rapidly increased during this
period and in 1916 the Great Southern
and Western Railway Company open
ell a line to Carlow.
In May, 1S47, the news of O'Con-
aells death in Genoa was received in
Dublin, and on August 5th the remains
Of the great Tribune were inferred in
Glasnevin Cemetery amid every token
of national grief. Dublin witnessed
some stirring scenes in the summer of
1916. On July 18th, the capital was
proclaimed under the Crime and Out
rage Act. and eight days later the Ha-
beas Corpus Suspension Act was put
in force. John Mitchell was tried and
convicted in Green street Courthouse
in May. 1S4S, being forthwith trans
ported to Bermuda Island for fourteen
wears. Many of the '48 leaders were
tried in Dublin during this year, and
Meagher, O'Brien. O'Donohoe and Ter
ence Bellew M 'Manus were confined in
Kilmainllam Prison until July, 1849,
when they were shipped for transpor-
tation to Van Dieman's Land. In 1850
the city was visited by violent thun-
derstorm, when. according to the an.
nails. property to the value of $4,000
was destroyed. The Queens Univer-
sity in Ireland was established by
Royal Charter on August 18th, 1850.
The Midland Great Western Railway
opened line to Galway in August. 1851
An electric telegraph between Dublin
and Holyhead was laid down in June,
1852. The great Industrial Exhibition
in Merton Square, which William Oar
gon had subsidized to the extent of
G26,000, was opened in May. 1853,
and remained opened uptil October
91st. The railway from Dublin to
Bray was opened on July 10th, 1854
and the Catholic University. St. Steph,
ems Green, was opened in November.
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