New Britain herald., 1916-05-24

is the subject of today's war geogra- phy bulletin, issued by the National l Geographic society from it's headquar-
 ters in Washington, which says
 "The revolt in Dublin recalls many stormy episodes in the history of the Irish sea 334 miles northeast of LOn- Irish sea, 334 miles nOrtheat of Lon don and less than seventy miles from HolyrOod, the nearest English port Even it's legendary history, going back to the third century of the Christian
 era, is filled with stories of conflict, one of the earliest being 9 narrative
 of the defeat of the people of the sur rounding province by the inhabitants
 of the town in 291.
 One of the most tragic events or
 Dublin's early history is an echo of
 this hatred of the people of the coun-
 try districts for those of the city. The
 occurrence Is cOmmem orated in Irish chronicles as the Black Monday of 1909. It was during the Easter holi- days of that year, strangely paralieling the time of the present revolt that the Irish of the surrounding mountains rushed down into the valley of the Liffey river, on whose banks Dublin is situated, and, while the inha bitants were celebrating the religious holiday. 500 of their number were killed. The place of the massacre is still known as Bloody Fields,' and for many years, | in order to keep alive the sense of 1 outrage against the hill people, the cit 1 izens on each anniversary of Black 1 Monday would march to the scene of the massacre, bearing banners in- scribed with the legend "A terror to the Native Irish
 "Even in the early days the vigor
 with which the people of Dublin waged their internecine strifes did not lessen the inpetuOs1ty with which
 they entered upon any conflict with @ foreign invader. They tore down their churches to secure stones for their walls when preparing for the defense of their city against Edward
 Bruce in 1915, and when the Irish gov ernor, who had yielded to the enemy, fell into the hands of the defenders, he was brought to Dublin and starved to death.
 "One of the most spectacular out breaks of the sixteenth century was that led by Silken Thomas (Sir Thom- as Fitzgerald) a daring youth noble man, who, upon hearing that his fath-
 CT had been beheaded in the tower of London, raised a large army and marched to the gates of Dublin, where he was admitted by the intimidated citizens. Shortly afterward, however, when he endeavored to leave the city
 he found the gates locked. He made
 his escape, carrying with him some of
 the children of the city, and With
 these hostages he managed to secure
 the release of all his followers. Sub seuuently this rebellion was quelled q nrS wore exocutp6 9f T'V- burn in 1536.
 'It was more than a hundred years
 after the death of Sir Thomas that a conspiracy to seize Dublin castle was
 revealed by owen Connolly on the day before the attempt was to have been
 made. This was during the rebellion of 1641, and it was Connolly's infor-
 nation which saved Dublin for the
 king. Cromwell, James II, and Will
 liam III in turn visited Dublin with armed forces
 Another Fitzgerald loomed up as a, factor in Irish unrest about the tune of tie French Revolution. He was
 Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a leader of the United Irlshmen, who had re- ceived his military training in Amer ica, serving under Lord RawdOn in the Revolutionary war. Lord Edward
 was one of the most picturesque Irish
 leaders of the 18th century and his
 beautiful wife, the famous Pamela, was an equally appealing figure in the
 revolution of 179S, during which Lord
 Edward was captured and thrown in
 to prison where he died of wounds re-
 ceived in the struggle with the officers
 who arrested him while in bed.
 "A greatly-loved Irish patriot ard
 orator, Robert Emmet headed the
 revolution of 1903. Emmet while
 .--...ss +4, m lSa his esca rn aE Etor.