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Ireland, was commander OF the MIL
itia:" Barney Mckinney a member OF
the assembly, and Terence McSween-
ey a member of the court of Pasquo-
tank county. John Connor was at
torney general in 1880 and was sue
ceeded by David O'Sheal. In 1860,
Thomas Mcclure was appointed
Judge of the admiralty" and six
years later captain general of the
province" The records further dis
close that many minor positions were
filled by men with names as distinct
ly Celtic in those early days OF the
Carolinas. Other Irishmen who were
earl governors Of the Carolinas were
Thomas Burke, 1881, John and Ed
ward Ruteledge, 1776-17SS.
Georgia was not least among the
states to which Ireland made gen
erous contribution. Kennedy OBrien
is recorded as the founder Of the city
OF Augusta; Mitchell. an Irishman,
laid out the town site OF the city of
Atlanta, while Dublin, Georgia, was
so named by Mccormick, a native of
Dublin, Ireland. McDonough was
named for the victor of Lake Cham
plain and the town of Jasper was
named for Sergeant William Jasper,
an Irish soldier.
Twenty-Five counties in Georgia
were named after Irishmen or sons
of Irishmen and we have the towns
or cities Of Limerick, Clare, Ennis.
Killarney, Tyrone, Dublin and Blar-
ney, Cork, Newry, Belfast and Don
egal and As towns called by Irish
family names.
In the United States there are
1000 place names and 25S counties
in the various states of the union
named after cities, counties or Irish
family names.
The first blow struck on water in
the revolution was by the five sons OF
Morris O'Brien, a native of Dublin.
"the Lexington of the seas" fought on
Machias Maine, June IL. 1775, under
the command OF Captain Jeremiah
OBrien, who were victors over the
British.
A small force under General John
Sullivan, seized the guns and ammu-
milton of Fort William and Mary in
September, 1174.
The Irish of Dublin in 1875 sent the
good ship Katheryn, loaded with
clothing and food and other proU-
sions for the destitute people Of Pur-
itan, Massachusetts,. who found them
selves in great distress after the
years of King Phillips wars. These
supplies were distributed under the
supervision Of a commission from 4o
towns in that state. This act OF
kindness on the part OF the Irish was
remembered by the people OF Bos-
ton in 1S4S when they were the first
to respond to the call of the famine
stricken Irish of the l;-st century.
With the contribution the city coun-
ell of Boston addressed a. memorial
to the Irish people calling to their
attention the fact that this was re
payment OF the munificent gift of the
Irish in the seventeenth century.
John sullivan, a native of LINER
ick and whose wifes name was also
sullivan, emigrated about 1928 and
settled in Maine, was school teacher
and gave the balance OF his life nearly
so years to the teaching OF young
American children. II was said OF
him he could write seven languages.
Sullivan's contribution to the cause OF
the revolution and 20 subsequent
American history perhaps was never
equaled in America. He was the
father of nine sons, a governor OF
New Hampshire and one of Massa-
chusetts; also of the first judge ap-
pointed and the attorney general OF
New Hampshire: major general OF
the revolution. four sons who were
also officers in the army. He was
also the grandfather OF a governor of
Maine and a United states senator
and attorney general OF New Hamp-
shire; the great grandfather OF an al
torney general of New Hampshire and
a Judge of it's courts; and a great,
great grandfather of a prominent
A. IL - in
OF the signers OF the Declaration
OF independence, nine: Smith. Tay-
lor, Rutlege anc Thornston, we're ma
tiyes, and Carroll, Lynch, Mexican.
Reed and Paine were descendants OF
Irishmen. Paine was of the family
O'Neill, whose ancestor. Robert
O'Neil, a son OF Teige .O'Neill, one of
the last princes OF Ulster, emigrated
to America in the latter part OF the
seventeenth century and to conceal
his identity from the English, as
sumed the name of Paine.
Irishmen in the first American con-
gress were Pierce Long, Mathew
Thronton, Thomas Fitzsimmons. John
Sullivan, James Daune, Edward
Hand. William Irvine, Charles and
Daniel Carroll, Edward Darlington,
Thomas Burke, John Armstrong.
James McHenry. who also by the way
was the secretary OF General Wash
ington: Pierce Butler, Cornelius Har-
nett, Thomas Lynch, as were Kean,
Reed, Henry and Keeney.
Six Irishmen were trainers OF the
constitution. The following officers
Of the revolution were Irish born:
Generals James Hogan, John Creation.
Richard Butler. Richard Montgomery,
William Irvine, Edward Hand. Will
liam Thompson, William Maxwell and
Andrew Lewis, and Colonels Robert
McGaw, John Kelly, John Dooley,
John Patton, Walter Stewart, John
Shee, John Haslet, Thomas Proctor,
John Fitzgerald Hercules Mooney,
Pierse Long and Stephen Moylan. and
the following were sons of Irishman
generals: James Moore, John Sulh-
van, James and George Clinton, and
Joseph Reed. Several other officers
of high command were sons OF Irish
immigrants.
John Barry, the father of the Amer
lean navy, was a County Wexford
man and rendered yoeman service to
the American cause. John Hart, a
native OF County Cavan. was COVER
nor Of Maryland in 1714: John Nc
Kinley was governor Of Delaware in
1875, and native OF Ireland: George
Bryan. from Dublin. was governor OF
Pennsylvania
It has been estimated by various
authorities that Washington's army
was made up of SO per cent Irishmen
AZ certain Mr.. Joseph Galloway of
Pennsylvania, and former assembly
man of that state and during the rev.
olution a Tory, was called to testify
before a parliamentary commission in
the house of commons during the
months of May, June. July and Au-
gust of the year 1879, to ascertain
facts as pertained 10 the war in
America, and of the questions and
answers the following taken from the
Royal Gazette of New York of date
October 27, 1879, indicate the presence
of numerous Irishmen in the Amer
ican army. What was the encour-