The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1921-06-09
FIR. O'Mahoney Loyal Citizen

The following extracts from an infor-'
NAL speech made by Rev. Fr. Timothy j.
O'Mahoney, who has been the beloved
pastor of St. Francis church since 1917.
at his recent reception is only brief
forecast of what he will later relate to
his people and the public. 1t also indi-
Gates that he is loyal citizen as well as
adevout churchman:
Rev. Father j. O'Mahoney was given
right royal welcome Tuesday evening up
on his return from six months absence
in Ireland. A reception was planned by
the members of St. Francis Catholic
church, and other guests outside of the
parish were invited. Catholics from
Stockton Springs, Searsport and from
Waterville were present, and rather "
Mahoney can have no doubt as to his
popularity in his own parish and outside.
Father MacPartland, who has been oftici-
ating as priest during his absence, presid-
ed Tuesday night and made the welcom-
ing address to Father O'Mahoney, and
presented to him in behalf of his parish
oners number of gifts.
Father O'Mahoney, in responding, said
that he was very glad to be again IN the
good old land of Liberty, and thanked
everyone for his welcome. He was sui
fering from severe cold contracted on
shipboard. and had only arrived that af-
ternoon, so he said he was not prepared
TO tell much about his trip. He sailed
from New York on November 18th for a
six months vacation, and visited his old
home in Macroom, spending five months
there and the other month on the CONT
nent of Europe. He had been in this
frxy Far al ho{
time his father and mother have died, but
land. He stated that The had witnessed
many horrible sights in Ireland, and had
been hampered greatly himself. At 7
O'Clock at night, he stated. every man,
woman and child was obliged, on the pen
atty of death, to be indoors, and from
then on anything or everything might
machine gun, rifle fire, etc. 81 saw
graves opened" he stated, "and oths1
atrocities committed in the name of the
by my door by the hundreds; and saw in.
discriminate firing on the streets.
| "There is only one land for me now, anC
man is given a chance here, no matter
| " III IO may NC. 4lC may UC pOOl, UuL LIZ
is just as good before the law as the
wealthy man. He may not be talented
but he is just as good under the Unitee
States law, and he is given a chance tt
make good in every way, provided the
! law is observed. | have travelled il
many lands and seen many cities, strange
faces and wonderful sights, but grand as
they have been, my own old home in Bel
fast, Me-, looks good to me, and when
set foot in 'little old New York" thai
looked good to me, too. even went ovel
to Coney Island. | feel more than evel
that America has something good in store
for every man, if he only looking for it
| don't believe there is a land in all Gods
earth that is suffering what Ireland il
suffering, and has suffered at the hand:
of the English. There isn't any brutality
that could be committed upon the human
body that has not been perpetrated upo1
the Irish prisoners. Buildings of vas
proportions have been levelled to thu
ground. Houses have been burned in
discriminatory in the dead of the night
Men have been taken from their bed
and shot before their families during thu
curfew nour, which was supposed to b.
instituted for the protection of the pop
uIation. Ireland is the only white ma
ton today that is not free, and yet tw'
years ago we fought to make the worlt
Free"