The Republican journal., 1922-01-19
Some Facts About Ireland.

T.. T;mothy j O'MahoBey OF st.
Ne'. e Assist of this city spoke De
large number OF the members oil
|foie naa,sn's Alliance of the Unitarian
the at the attractive home oil Mrs
|chutcn Dinsmore last Thursday after
r. O'Mahoney was born IN Ma
noon. County of Corr, Ireland lie stud
croon' - native country and in Glasgow,
led " ,nd and after coming to this coun-
oco.'Si1 lied at st. John's Seminary IN
try n. is a typical lrishman and
possg' of IL hut is also a loyal American
piouu naturaIized citizen. He has kept in
ano ,ouch with the affairs of Ireland, and
900 81 spent six months at his old
He is today one OF the best oil au
innari,ies on Ireland, now before the woriu
free State, after over $50 years OF
s.rfare at the hands of a powerful ma
u3n ov.r an hour he spoke elo quently
| "a At times excitedly OF the wrongs ms
aaonIe had endured, touching the salient
80 in history from lf72 TO tn present
- nos not primarily rehglous hght' as
II ~ ia even in his little home town Oh
| 4 o0O peope there were pTotestants VINO
| hy nopular vote were elected TO oilces Oh
,rnst II was a fight for economic rights,
Cor their manufactures, for their
churches, schools and even their homes
and safety in them. The English IAN
mace customs and mannerisms were
Zsorced upon his people, after being de-
piyed of all rights that tend to make
and keep country sell supporting. lheh
rnoland would point the finger of scorn
al Ireland and say she could never govern
herself. He said many of the things he
& "A = f.,, ha 1s q
nress of England withheld the many
atrocities so common in Ireland even in
| later years His description Of landing in
| Londonderry and his later visit in Dublin
were void pictures not readily forgotten
' by his audience. He showed a picture OF
one of SIX young men recently driven
| from their homes and finally brutaliy and
cruelty murdered He read letter from
one OF the boys mothers that would bring
tears to tn eyes of any woman. lie mas
al his home here as a souvenir pair OF
trousers worn by one OF them that has 10
bullet holes and 10 bayonet slashes. lie
. said that in 1914 Ireland sent 100, 600
Young men to assist France and Belgium
| and that $4,000 of them lost their lives
there. They were willing 10 give the
whole soul of Ireland for the cause OF
| those countries.
He also took up the Sim Fein question
and spoke at length of the terror caused
| bv the raids OF the Black and Tans, whom
+ he said were EngIand's worst criminals
and liberated from their prisons to tor
Iture and murder innocent men and WON
len. England has seen the handwriting
on the wall and decided to withdraw her
armies from Ireland. The Free State is
not indebted to England for her liberia
ton. That is a God given privilege and
can come only from God He said that
! our country should watch England as she
twill want the lions share i'll the deal j"
He was given a rising vote of thanks
at the suggestion of Mrs. Clement w.
Wescott, who presided for Mrs James c.
| Durham at the business session of the
Alliance.
At the business session Mrs Wescott
announced that all mem beTs, who could,
" oud meet at the home Of Mrs. Ralph l..
Cooper Jan. 10Th to sew for the Girls
Home. Mrs. Elmer A. Sherman report
ed for the committee in recommending
the bylaws sent by Mrs. fhaien, former
| y of this district, and her report was ac-
cepted in full This changes the name of
the society to "The Belfast Branch of
the Alliance" 1t was also announced
that Mrs. Merrill Hamlin of Portland
would speak here Feb 9th under the aus
pices of the Alliance and it was probable
that her subject would deal with the
Washington conferen nee. The next meet
ing will be held Jan. 10th with Mrs. AL