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Vol. 1, No. 1.
By Irish Nationalists
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- Philadelplia and Other Cities
a
‘he final Preparations for the com:
memoration by! the Clan-na-Gael, of the’
centenary of the, ‘oar tyrdom. bes
Academy
wagy the Brothers
prot
“The meeting will natur rally ‘be much
for, and, is not Cay a possibility, but is
srdne bounds of probability’ in. the
ineiat future.
ugh an able, aswell as @ devoted
man Rober Eramek was not the greatest
figure among irish I leaders of that period,
great talent,
Brotite “thonat AGGS Linnie oe furore
sleer me to the heart:
anniversary of his death
The Clan-na-Gael,
Tuomas Apois EMMét.
“was'a man of more conspicuous ability,
who Tose to eminence at ork
knowledge of the
theory and practice of the law.
’ folie Tone was one of the greatest
organizers the world /has ever secn, ai
his conduct of the delicate and ‘dificult
negotiations with the new-born French
Republic, then assailed by combined
Europe outside and by fierce and san-
guina fe within, p) him
he possessor of diplomatic gifts of the
highest order.. His short experience in
the French army, in which he had to as
ume at sl tice the duties of ad
rps in the field and
h:
whole career shows t
thoughtful man
have achieved on
same kind of distinction as was wo
g
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a
peal of the
tan to help
‘THeoworo Woure Tone.
the first Napoleon on a larger theatre of
hat O'Connor, wehose great. grand.
commands the French army in
Algeria Lord Fitzgerald,
in ‘him the material for the making
Lows will gel er
and all the
Centenary of Emmet’s Martyrdom Commemorated
i
hi hi ich ole
Great Meetings By the ‘Clan-na-Gael in New York, ie sup tothe: movement “of the United “ne
is vernor,
a grat fighter, Napper Tandy, Samuel
McCrac-
ent
, that hiss me rand
iol
a
being the successor
of sthe Fe
Brotherhood, as the latte
United Irishmen, naturally wher
a med French frigate in
. Lough Swilly revealed a courage, cool-
. ness. and \ess of resource most re ,
market man untrained in sea fight. Artnur O'Connor.
who has studied bis ie tionality and the men who are true to it,
je not been cut off in the prime J: is true that all Irishmen, no matter of was Seclined.
of early manhood, Wolfe Tone would what political faith, honor those who in
a more limited field the the past served the country in any ca:
nm by. pacity to the best of their ability, but the torily forbidden him
i ic demonstrations speech. So that
Union would be as absurd as
using the names 0° O'Connell and Grat-/
to obain complete national
or the anniversary of Ba
turn to celebrate the union of Scotland
with England
arch MEETINGS IN GTHER CITIES,
Buffalo Judge OfNeill Ryan
thefaddress on Emmet great
ons|noint to the great-
NEW YORH, SEPTEMBER. 19, 1903.
THE EMMETS AND THEIR EX-
i his broad and thorough grasp o}
e Trish
well known to
"Americans. to need re-
” On his w way home to St. Louis jn,
w ak two days later at Indian- ft affords the most striking
apolis, where a great demonstration is tion of English rule in Ireland and of the
also assure utter futility of the policy which British
In Philadelphia the Clan-na-Gael_ will statesmen ave pursued for seven nine
hold its Emmet “memorial, on, Monday, dred years. ‘The ee eee Seen catty
September hal for Any but a Anglo-Norman an
religious meet had, for Sunday
tvehings. Professor Robe is
The story of the Emmet family forms
one of the
DIED FOR IRELAND'S FREEDOM Aer a ee vere
most instructive and interest-
hibstory laws, they’ ineermarried | qth the
I colonists and n
men. . Go} Pennypacker will people, with a fair mixture of the virt
y Preside and many distinguished Ameri- nde the faults ‘of the races frot
s will occupy seats on the platform. hoth sprung. The Reformation
rental Copyright, 1903 5 mares
. - ROBERT EMotrer,
From a Painting by John Mulyany in Possession of
Dr. Thomas Addis Ermet.
land. Hence the annual, commemoration \
of his birthday by the C1
the presert observance of the ionic Philadel iphia haying recently defeated an came to retard, but not
to effectually
oft to destroy the ational cause in stop this wholesome fusion, which is
er City, is in fine condition and sull going on, in spite of religiou
man spirit, and. will'do itself credit on this cord, kept alive by English ttatecrall: for
zation oecasion, as it does on, all occasions a malign purpose
the honor and the interests of the When Cromwell undertook to send the
Irish, to “hell or Connaught,” he mate
ational cause are at stake.
beginning with .the astern ones, next by the
gaste in, his, “Cromwellian Settlement of
Ireland,” relates that many thou:
their sons were to be found in the Gaelic-
WILL. NOT SPEAK.
Bourke
10 may we
expectation oft o the
be doomed to disappoin
M in has been away from New
York for some ti
severe illness while’ in Egy
Ine:
he returned accepted. the in
speak at Carnegie Hall in ignorance
the real 0
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Henry Joy McCracken.
community, well known to
lecided to. withdraw and “generously
to pay all expenses incurred
thr ough the use of his name. The offer speaking army, which fought | pravely but
ieffectually, against overw! odds
Mr. Coc 's health is “also in such at the Aughrim, ‘Athlone and
mis physician has peremp- Lime
¢ a public Ta. “the” army of the blasphemous Lord
tt under no circumstances Protector, who thanked God for “an-
” after the butcheries of
dition ‘hat
nel]
a pel who w.
De, MacNevin, “Trish or Papist" should be disinherit
he descendants of this Cromwellian
will Mr. Cockran speak at Carnegie Hall soldier were in less than 150 years at the
next Sunday. Senator Towne’s address head of the most formidable insurrection
of St. atthe Acasemy of Music wili_ be the against English tule that had taken place
ion rish Nacionalists in Irel jor inary. generations, an
erat Sunday evening. “(Continued on pre's
In Columbus, Wilmington, yrovidence; no distin n the men of pure
Pawtucket, Paterson, and Celtic blood ‘and those whose progenitors
other cities of the East, appropiate meet~ had come over in the train of Strongbow,
ings will be held, and the Great West, or in some, later colonization. But his’
as usual, will do its full duty. ., own “Ironsides,” in spite of their stern
ep of these demonstrations will Puritanism, largely succumbed to the
be published in the GagLic AMERICAN, same influence. ey were conquered
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF IRISH INDEPENDENCE, IRISH LITERATURES ey
AND THE INTERESTS OF THE IRISH RACE my
Remains of Father Eugene O’Growney to be Buried \
in the Old Land
FROM
LOS ANGELES TO MAYNOOTH 5
Solemn Cathedral Services on the Pacific ]
in Chicago and-New York
GRAND TRIBUTE TO A GREAT
United Irish Societies of
the Farewell Tribute
ESCORTED BY THE
the GakLIC AMERICAN goes to press
’ ge by a committee appointed
at their request. New York received short
. Notice, but the Gaels and the Clan-na-
ogether in special meeting
for that purpose, last Sunday, and by the
Ancient Order fans, whose
County Board met on ‘Tuesday evening.
Lgter the other fganiations came in and
dog tes
sen
Tsllowing is the address issued by the a fit
preliminary committee at a meeting held i in
the Club Room of the Vanderbilt Hotel,
on Friday, Sept. 11:
Reswents or New York
this city on its way
Irish soil, Thursday
Pourings. “Tt remain
equal, if not outrival, these centres of th
Pacific Coast and the ‘Middle West in dem-
onstrating their love and respect for the
memory of one who in the very prime
hianhnod gave up his young life that the
Irish tongue might live.
Ireland has bad many martyrs who free-
of the earth, They strove by force of arms
to achieve this, alas! unaccomplished end.
he fact
awakened soul of the Gael. It is for this
him honor.
been made by th
Rev. Eucene O'Growney.
Seputations from the local Gaelic branches,
ie in state in the re Cathe edral
in charge “of 2 guard of
branet the Gaelic League
Stee ‘the ‘Cathedral being thrown ©}
newest Lorman,
uy,
GAEL °,%
the Empire [City Join in a
ha
IRISH VOLUNTEERS
the public, as Father O'Growney’s name
isa Fons. ehold word amoi
fave been
Jast respectful tr
ay cre the various bodie
will form in proce
all may pay their wy
J. ielding, of Chicago,
an t d Lawrence Iarannicks of Los ‘Angeles,
al.
Father O'Growney's motto when livin
was. or the glory of God
of Erin.” For this he Tabored
sion
and testimony’ to his services “Such lofty
iiotves should inspire all his coun wey
o toner bis. memory and we cal
sting. farewell from the land 6
and sratng to clasp
once more to it <
PC. Be O'Doxovsn:
President Lec heague
Joun J. O'Lea
Secretary “Got Levu
0
Davies, F, Conse
Petes Mc rane
y J.D.
On accour a of ie necessi ty of gping
press early with the first Besue yf
Gariic Amentcan, the full report ta
proceedings in New York must b
ferred until next week,
OVER LAND AND SEA TO E
Father P. C, Yorke’s Eloquent Trin’
to the Great Celtic pies lend
Work of California Geals.
(From the San Francisco veer
mn Saturday, the 12th
Or Sep
the remains of Father Oron
leave California for Irelan
a
=
8
‘8
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Guiet cloisters of Maynooth,
elms many a time he ‘sat in reteat ang
In restoring to the Hainer Country the
nes of Eugene O'Growney, the Irish of
California are Performing a duly of piety
and patriotism.
ious to lie in
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nay becom:
‘and that among. then nia
go out that spirit which led him to devote ‘
his short life
“Do ham, fisire Dé, agus onora
Eian
est Sugtestion of bringing ham;
the touting of Father OGromiee cy
from his former ou and friend,
Lawrence Brannick, of Los Angeles
yas. considered fine that the Cf
League cf Irelan
Fatice OtGrowney, took se
al ‘on:
in "Ameen, "held in