Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1915-03-13
Many Labor Under the Dciusion
That They Are Anglo
Saxons.
II They Read History They WIZ
BE Proud of Their Celtic
origin.
AN AWAKENING NOW IMMINENT
lBy Eaward FitzpatrIck. }


parentage IN Kentucky according 10
the United States Census Of 1910.
Since this census was taken the
first named class Of population has
not Increased, for The Irish are no
longer given 10 migrating to Ken
lucky. They stopped coming to the
Dark and Bloody Ground soon after
1855 on account OF the prescription
OF Knownothings. Prior to and
shortly after the Revolutionary war
Irish came TO Kentucky in great
numbers.
There are great many people in
Kentucky Of Irish origin who do not
know IT, They think they are Scotch
Irish. putting the Scotch before the
Irish always. OF they affect to be-
lieve they are Anglo-Saxons. was
sitting in the convention AT Music
Hall when William Goebel was
nominated for Governor of Ken
lucky. The convention lasted week
and got pretty we'll acquainted
with Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick, Con
gresham from the Tenth district.
One day I asked him.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, are you not OF
Irish origin?"
His reply was: "Damfno. My
daddy was born at sea and my grand
daddy came from some part of Great
Britain. I never took time to find
ont. but | reckon I'm what you call
Scotch-Irish.
The purpose OF this article is to
draw the attention of some OF those
A. hF "a y a 4
ancestry by proclaiming themselves
Scotch-lrish or Anglo-Saxons than
they should be proud Of being Irish
just plain Irish This is not a
eulogy, but an appreciation. Il
would take up too much space to go
into details.
The Gaels came TO ireland ,69s
years before the Christian era. a
lettered people This was more than
500 years before Romulus and his
horde erected mud huts on the River
Tiber. where Rome now stands This
is history. II is written in the
ancient literature OF the country In
the far back past ireland was the
school OF Europe before the Christian
era as well as after H. No other
nation on earth today can produce
such record of civilization and
antiquity Yet the Irish yace, as a
rule. knows nothing OF il. All they
know they get from slanderous his
torians such as Hume. who says the
Irish were stepped in barbarism and
Ignorance from the beginning Even
the Pope was deceived by them and
was induced to turn ireland over TO
the merices OF England.
IL is really criminal on the part
Of the Irish people in this rountry
not 10 learn more about their
ancient sires IN order 20 refute the
lies which have been printed and
circulated in America As Ireland is
soon 10 come into her own. or rather
10 regain possession OF its own. its
history viii be written from a
truthful standpoint We had hoped
that ireland would see home rule in
It's land on this st patrick's day.
bnt a cruel war has deferred it. let
MS hope, only for short time say
to next St Patrick's day After that
the rightful dominion OF the Irish is
moral supremacy OF the world
leadership or the forces that make
for the progress of civilization.
Then will the Irish reap the fruit of
labor expended by Irish missionaries
twelve, thirteen and fourteen CEN
turtles ago But more OF this some
other time.
II is fitting in this newspaper and
in this brief article TO draw atten-
tion particularly to the Irish pioneers
nnd .nilstorc 80 Iyart,.ot... .....,~ -
whose descendants now live In this
good old town of Louisville, not
knowing that they are entitled to
celebrate 81 Patrick's day. The
historian Ramsey wrote in 1888
For the last seventy or eighty
years no nation has contributed so
much 10 the population of America
as ireland.
Think of il. This was written 1926
years ago aud then the Irish had
been coming here for nearly three
quarters OF q century. according to
Ramsey who was the SOL OF an Irisk
Protestant No wonder the de-
dants OF the early irish dOn't
know where their ancestors came
from. IL is so fur back Possibly
the first settlers OF Kentucky were
Protestants. bun Daniel Boone is re-
puted TO have come from Catholic
family OF that name in Maryland
Protestant or Catholic. Daniel boone
was good old soul and may he rest
in peace. He would have been shut
out had Iiieracy bill gone throu
Congress Ia his day. for he could
hardly write his name without put