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I ,’[Bstorday, June 28th 1913].
The lrlsh washer:
7
on Sunday last the annual l-ilnrirnage
olr place lo the grave ol Woltc Tl-nu in
nodenstown cburc yer . The Pilgrimage,
w ic was conducted underlhe auspices
of the “'ollc Tone Memorial Cunlnlittre
' or, b
conditions were jdtal, the heat
. somewhat mellowed by the rlouds.
ll.3o some 2,ooo people travelled irom
Dublin to the village of Srlllins, whrre
they were met y cuniingenls irons
Athlorle, Ttlllamole. Clara, and Kildzlle,
and n procession w s at nce lormed,
- hrcdedby the O'Tnatllail pipers.
dillerent rhodies taking part ‘u the
nlobstlation included All Fianna Eireann,
sluagbs bein resent roln Dublin and
Athloue, the National Guard, the Athlnne
Pipers, the Freedom club and lngliiu-
idlie na h'Eireaon, with other local conv
‘ugen s
being
A!
. n ere were upwards or .oo
penpletaltiug part ' the march, the
one military hearing or the whole evoking
considerable comment. -
.urriv at Bcdenstown Micheal
0'colgan, one or the new generation or
' Irish 11' playeda dirge over the
' grave, alter which
. Mr. Thomas clarlre, President or the
' Wolle Tone Memorial Oommittee.who
,sixteen years imprisonment, received a
great reception w e
d ressing his iellow-country-
r men. conntrywonlen, and the Fianna, he
said those boys wo '
say in the rntme
Nationality of the
‘ Tone inughtlor and lalroure
. , . land a nation, owing allegiance to no
- , power outside , That
1. ' was wolle Tone’: programme in
shell. The rising generation were swing-
‘ hack to the oldoghtg and they rank
em a man who e name was
is throughout the length and
V ' breadth of the land. and not only that
but wherever l rshmen of the National
l Fart were living, a an w o was
zdoing splendid worlr on the National
en oil ngs- r.
‘ ad great pleasure in introducing Mr.
Pearse (applause).
-. rs . H. Pearse, coming torward
amidst applause, said-we have come to
the holiest place in Ireland. It is holler
sscred spot where
- Patrick sleeps in Down. Patrick brought
us lite, but this man died or us; and
‘though many have died belnre him and
' e him, though many have testified
in death to the truth of Ireland's claim
r was the greatest of rrishmen; and ii i
am righ in is am rig in saying
we’ stand in the holiest place in Ireland.
- For what spot ofa nation’ '
‘ bolier than that in which her greatest
; dead liesburicd? 1 reel it ditscult to
I ' pe is
iaith, sharing his
a I ve en to try and and expres=ion
for your thoughts as well as my ‘,
on will understand me even if
expression is found be is
ave come here to-
day,‘ you on y to him-
our this noble o payout
homage to the noble spirit of Tone, and
to renew our adhesion to the ailh of
' by Irish-
lshrspealring men
ll ar.
by Seaghan 0‘Neill in defiance
at the E ‘
with a price on his head. it
clearly and dennitely and accurately by
wnlle Tone (applause). I have called
’ him the greatest of our He was
in rain . great above the great men
or his day and or later days, and he was
' ‘ i ' as In that
Oh 1 knowledge is a wondrous power,
And stronger than the mind:
And thrones shall [all andpdespots bow
Before the might of mind;
’ i
TI poet and the orator,
Tli. heart of man cansway, ,
Anti would to the kind heavens -
' hat wol e Tone were here to-day,
“'0”: Tone hid the vision ol prophets.
Hesaw thi gs as tey‘wer a ii.
things as they would be.
tllilllrer n d I dimmer oi the memo-
rable dreams, and deer or the memorable
owe more to this dead man
ban we shall’ ever or to
repay bylmsklng prlgnmnges to his grave
or by building the statelrest monument
in the streets or is clry. I-Ie advocated
lrish Nationality, and that is part or '
uchirvrmrnt. H: did more than that-
he nrnird his generation in d '
-(loud applause)-and to him we owe
it that there ' such lilting as Irish
Nationalism. To his teaching we owe
ans son was e a urning ame-a
me so ure. so ardent, so generous,
that all who came into communion with
it would receive a new baptism. a new
regeneration, and I new cleansing: and
today standing round this graveside, we
may in som way come in contact with
and get the spirit or possessing
ourselves or something of its ardour, or
it u its generosity, or i
gaiety and its gladness. If we soul
that, it would be a thing tor us and
a good thing for our country, because we
could carry away with us a new use tram
this place ol death. and there would be
a new resurrection or patriotic grace in
our souls. Think of Tone. think of his
boyhood, n his young manhood in
Dublin and Kildare, thinlr or his adven-
urous spirit‘ and plans. think of
his glorious failure at B
the a
and his lolty contempt for what he
he volunteered in the Cat ollr: move-
n ink of this heretic attempting
.to male lrecmen or Catholic helots,
and how among them
w to love the old historic Irish
then there came to him
nmity, and that Catholic, Protestant,
and Dissenter mus ' e 0 ac '
lreedom tor all (prolonged applause).
From that conception sprang armed the
United I 'shme.u '
ceaseless journeying through Ireland un.
t' nvernmcnt realised that this ‘was
most dangerous man in Ireland, t is
marl who preaches peace among brother
Irishman. But. ' does not suit’ the
Government preach ace be.
lween Catholic and Protestant, so Tone
ii into cm'le,haviug tirst pledged him-
self never to cease fr l1.I li ht unl:il“Irc-'
land was free, pledged himself on the
Cave Hill Above Be ast. to
erica, o om America to France
went the great exile of Ireland, greater
even than Fitzmaurice. ‘ was
no complaint that Wolfe Tone to loin
and senates, but wise counsel that he
gave them, until a French line: was
I P
waves with Wolfe Tone on boar . Yo
now the sequel-how the craven who
commanded it would not laud because
’ commanding a car not ‘come
u . You know how his soul was ton:
in‘ i patience when e saw his be.
loved Ireland, The lleet set sail. That
opportunity was lost which, we must
bzlieve, would have (reed
and ' is the supreme tribute to this
great man that tart’ cruel isap-
pointment the unweai-ied and undauated
ambassador worked until another fleet
in Dutch deer, set out equipped for Ire.
lnnd, but did not reach Ireland. A! last
one hlms comes with only cor-
poral’: gu , little more than ii
eorpor 's guard, and then meeting ’
with
his ship
: vessel
yed by a iriend,
and condeume
an English vessel, lights until
is but u shattered h Th
strikes. Toneis bells
and is dragged to Dublin
to a traitor’: ea is. Then the last '
5 no i.nNe ate, and Tone, he's dead.
the greatest man 471 our They
ve him, an ere he aw ts ju ,
today to pay him our homage, and to
en w o r vow Irish Nationalists
(applause). very hard is the path or
roes. I is th ' igh but sorrowful
destiny to turn their backs on the easy
paths, and the pleasant paths, and to
turn their races to the hard paths. And
he loved so much. Tone loved so muc
I have never heard of a man so richly
dowerecl as h . e was never a man
so much love in his warm hum n heartm
such gaiety. H was as irresponsible as
a rcllocl boy, with laughter in his eye:
and singingin his heart. I would rather
a I have
of. I have never hear
no gally and so
doing a mighty
I have not )3 aid or read of
0 bad so much love as this
urban a
stud that he had. He
ubou
E
happened to be the iriend or Tone. what
aprivilegerliat war to ave lorn lriend
a man ol-such immense love and im-
bursts oi pa‘ ouate love lor his children.
"Oh, ‘my little babies," e er aims,
is it was irorn such love as this that
Tone went into ' lr wis st‘ rig
such love as this in his iaithlul heart that
he went, a weary ambassador, lrom city
to city and [ram camp to camp. It was
with the memory or such lo it
v h
sngersoi little children plucking pat the
they have to him
their eyes to the lair things or love and
to stifle in their hearts the sweet music ,
o the low voice of woman and the love
of little children, and to [allow only that
ar val .. oice that calls them to
the battlehcld or to the harder death at
I: ,und T e ii yed at call,
and trom his grave to-day he calls to us
ew. cnll o to-day, nd his‘
a
voice resouuds throughout Ireland iron
the grave ; and we come to the grav
today to answer his voice, and
this pledge, and before we make it let us
as o w t we have to do.
Let us be cle one
sought: t'l do and what Tone lelt undone,
Tone had said it for us-" To abolish the
oonnection with on land, the never rail-
' urce or all our political evils, and
side
e
3‘2.,‘5l’s‘.l3ll5l' .019 -,l!!d3P9!1.dt,I1$e sot ,my.;
conn ry
abolish th
and to
Catholic, Protestant, and Disserite
mon name of Irishman.
applause.) These were ms." In
that gospel we find the whole philosophy
at lrish Nationality, the philosophy ol
the Gaelic League and or an the later
prophets; and that
accep new here at the grave of Tone.
and at this graveside let us not pledge
ourselves unless we mean to follow in the
were my o
ioctst pso Tone, never to rest, by ay
or by night, until ‘ ’
accomplished, until Ireland be tree
not in (lespondency, hut in.
great joy, as he ught, prizing it:
all things to be to sight tor ireednru,
hoping tor victory in our day,
brothers, if it should be granted to us in
e
t at w leit uuaocomplished.
If that should be our destiny. it
not: our destiny to light on still, sacrinc.
ing still, nowing as we must know thnr
I cause ' this cannot alwa s be
defeated, and that men like Tone do not
die in vain (loud applause), And so we
pledge ourselves, promising to light on,
holding before us the example and con-
ception of Wolle Tone, accounting our-
elva as long as that
[oul thing against which he bore testi-
mony with his blood.
I
or read of one who had the same heroic
. l.l remember those out-T
e
to lllak '
quays, and when we hen
WEXFDRD NOTES.
The noclrers, the backbone or the
, Lulmur lilnvenlent in Wtxiord, have won
l nnotht-1 victor . v
' Some time a o the Committee of the
Irish Transport Vtlorkers’ Union made on
l order that nll e , 'n the
v ooiilynrdr on the quay should be made to
join the Union.
due notice that if these men were not
prepared to join that their ships would
be held up
i
be all acceded to the Union’:
demand but llyrue, Fircnch, and Kin
at Union vrry promptly
storzlpcd All work It each of their three
or s .
Y .
Byrne gave in the day on which the
work was stopped. Kinsella held out for
three days, and Flrerlch in his wisdom
e 3 held out lor nearly a week, to the detri-
ment of his trade
course we don't blame the men
clients for holding out against the Union,
cause we could expect nothing else,
butwecantteewya udbe
Io blind us to shelter himself behind an
employer to debt against an organisa-
tion that is trying to lilt his standard
of living for him against is wi
Now the men employed in these yards
are not millionaires bran enns,-Iud
‘ when they are aulliciently long in the
1 Union it is the intention of that y to
negotiate wit eir employers lor an
increase in their wa es.
-And in the face of these ladl.
said ve, we don‘ see why
should light the employer's battle
as we
they
[or
ml.
The dockers who were directly impli.
cated in the dispute behaved lilre the
have always been since the
Trade Unionism on Wexiord
r of BllcrLel1.
DIED
advent or
r DUNNB wanting to know
. they t
u yet 'werwon1d Tlk61o' Riel theurro
their tight or the last week.
:7 other body of w ' '
were as well organi ed as e
then we cnull say that all the men in
werlorrl had got sense
The Irish Transport Union is stronger,
and has more power now in Wexlord
than ever it had.
it is strength, known only too
; n
4 well by the employers.
l on Sunday last we had the mielortnne
to witness n scandalous state or chair:
in “exiord-the l-mployces o nessrs.
Pierce and Co. loading machinery at the
south Station. These are the people
is n were preaching religion during the
loclr-out, and whnw re denoundng Lar-'
This thing was done
but lor a show us lor advertisin pur-
poses and the men who were engaged at
the worlr deserve a good tbrashingto
lrbw t em.elves to be carried away to
the extent of brenlrlng the Sabbath
s r Our friend Billy Doyle is in a bit 0! 3
stew just now, too. e t no
' ntters. We have no sympathy for him.
as when he had them he run them out
or the town to entisly his spiteful con-
science, "or has he such a thing" 7
T ‘rrllllllniilllllrs.
... As anticipated, one of "Hayporth o'-
ay’s" urch ‘ ' d‘ c d‘-
ue3c=n-l ”'"'%gf;f,nl’““ ml is in ....l.. .:i::.:..: ziidli i::..'.
r
eocia ion h
their usual weekly mee ing
at eir room ‘
:4 Wmetavern-street, on
Drum and Flute Band 55- .
l it is to be used lor drying the
hr de hose .
’l is is not the liist ocmsion on which
Mo ay. the 23rd inst. Mr. was. pointed to purchase ho t isi the
Pr ident.in the chair. t eoollzlztlon of the writer or n lormer
he iollowing bands were repro- member purchasing a horse trim a
se ed:-The 0'Connell’s, Mr; Hunt; "(mend " which turned out t
r Branch Transport Unio , Mr. "white elephant. now "Sil-ly.'
M'Derm0tt; Na 3 ranch Transport it would b it is competent per-
Union. Mn 0‘Connor. lord Ed ard. Ion were appointed when the council re-
I4 wless; United Corporation, ).lr., uirea orse; it wo save the rate.
Geoghegan ; St. Mary's, Donnybrook, payers in few fa.
St. Patriclr’s, nlaclrrock, Mr. M'( nun; sure gem wajjjng joy the yosecuu
Young Ireland. Blaclcroclr. . Ll>ng;' tron or those people who are selling
Sarslield. Ballsbridse. -Mn Nowlsn. Vnrrry water cdulterated with some
Sandlord, Mr. Pluck, Newtownnlounh white substnnr:e,nnd which is supplied
nnedy. Mr. utton ..‘ Ibe poor people or the district as
rlmportant hnsinem wastransacted. ‘ - mil ’ A
‘The meeting adjourned tin lilondny,
the 30th inst.
" Tnonas Rarrhnrv, Sec.
l KINIRAL
l'WlllEl.l lllllllllrll
warns.
'I ll) Wurkinglnanh Bevorlgu
IWINEI llllll‘l'NEllS' illlljlllin Sam,
The Worklngmalfl Belialt. l
victory-at 5.0. Band, and at Lower
Olnnhrauil Etna‘. 'PIon 26$.
. Great Summer SALE NOW ON,
: V, .(iREAT BARGAINS!
Bld-
REDUCTIONS l
And waiting we will be, as in view of
the coming elections, no "ratepaycr"
is to be embarrassed. Oh, dear no.
' planing to note
' is read by the
cillors, an the hint regarding the rarest
ol weeds at the rere oi the ta has
been humble elfort:
remove some of the e esores in th
t is e
" Worker’
to
. locality have the approval at those in
aye.
rauthority. 0, .
" Frum information received," a cer
Iain“buug" us. come prolicient in
the "Morse code“ as a result or tapping
It the front window by the mem
the "Chambe
anything hinueli es, anything be
can put his ugly paws on; the younger
‘ . the easier.
the rec: Court of Arbitration [P], as
when he buttonrd up his coat Brtrdder
' Hnyporth," the prominent public man
[nlnryah], w acting as conciliatory
turned whit: and made I run for t e
To " I-layporth' in a hurry,
rs“ Join the Crowd of wise shopkeepers land
> l3ELT0ll he
0
s ' THOMAS sr. mo GT.’ BRUNSWICK s'r
‘ SAVE . MONEY leg
A
The Cheapest.wPeOple7ill the Trade,
9I......'..ii....i:O
I) QQ,;.,'..,..'..;a.a.a..a..tvu..+..a.:
',‘ And stand beside our friend the hride..
it ose debts cause him no worry.’ ,
1 Acting on the inlormatiou oi Brudder
"Yallnw." who appears to be the nllicial
imp or the 'llcdge,” a special court was
held during the week to lr " soapy
jack," alias " swnnlier," that be on
various occn-ions accused the "Ring:-'
end Twister" (who, by the way, in is
rejected applicant of the Lodge. nl cznv
using lor the Order without authority.
that th ,
local Coun- nd
Alter a lengthy hearing.he was dis--
charged with a caution and promising to
apologise. . - p
" Scarce-o'-Ilair " has brought his
merry men together in view or the
coming season, and is rehearsing a well.
known play. .
" Now, then, soeneshiiter, gather your!
together and we will have some "dra.
LIP
hlary or the curling Knott" is evi-
dently in strict training lor the coming
sports. as she d'd a sprint across the
parlr last Tuesday.
cial circular ii to be sent to the
schools 0! the district inviting the child-
ren to "dainlected bun" light next
h.
hoped that those mothers who
have not allowed their womanhood to be
" disiulected
children do
not attend this show, organised by "poli.
"cal oouptrs."
Nix.
ii. I. N. GOVERNMENT.
General Meeting of the
C club, the special com.
mittee lormed to review the present
em o[ government have dratted the
iollowing circulafior publication and
distribution .- " ‘“
As there have been many misleading
ours and muc misunderstanding as
ti-iour reasons lor taking this step, we
would wish at the outset to put plainly
Following the
. J. Kiclrham
in lreland, but, despite this
of the clubs, which are stn rig
moan ' victory or in
detect. to maintain the prestigeof our
national game, is deplorable when com-
parrd’ with lharol thl.‘ Iew clubs which
are rcllawing alien gamer.
It ‘ o too much to sa that more
y at gates lor caelic
matches through the year than lor any
other game; still what is the situa-
on
The few Rugby Clubs in the country
have almost everyone n ground or their
well nrted and well appointed in
every way Each Sou: Club olauy
note has the same, in addition to paying
its players. In districts os
games are not nourishing, but where
there seems a ‘ elihood or stabllshing
em, thse asoeiations have passed
large sums to subsidise the local organi-
zations. and lo loster the games.
Now, on the other hand the GAA.,
after its 28 years of practical monopoly
of the manhood ol Irel nd far as
athletics are concerned, has not even a
E‘-
lr .
e naturally asks. what is'wrong1‘
We on wer-the system of election at
the executive odious nndr eommitteu is
absolutely at fault.‘
The clubs that, as we have already
mentioned. are ' e striving to
uphold the banner of our national games,
have practlcauy no control in the guid.
nice o! the Assadation
A system which mits men neither
responsible to nor repruenting any club
‘ ear after year in supreme
-control-as is the also in seve in-
tances in our present governing bodies
-isnot democratic enough lor a virile
Association like the GAA. It shows
the tremendous enthusiasm of players
and club members that this system has
e assistance
'6
n
5.
‘<
n
n
n.
s
5
'9.
Y
gbe trusted to look alter the junior. even
if only lor their existence.
It ‘ absurd that a club litlding two
senior and two junior teams au through
the seaso asobly e name voice i
the election ol others as a nnior u
iormally alfiliatodpdeleated in its lirst
match. and hear or no more until the
mg this voting
thereby trarnping on senior
ideas. We do not luggest for A moment
that junior clubs should not have th '
rightlul share in the mana ement of the
Association, but we contend their rightful
share is in managing their to
’ ' us as a separate Committee, having
‘due reprdentations on the Senior (‘nun-
‘oil, and, i cessary, supported finan-
cially by that body.
As‘ regards ntllleti, the hopeless con.
'lusion enistiisgin that branch needs no
2
esent
lamentable position is simply deplorable,
and can directly attributed to the
Iyrtem of election of the governin
bod , which is steadily wi ing out our
long-sustained pre-eminence in theworld.
-of Athletiu.
lliicullls WDllKEllS' srcllnll.
IRISH TRANSPORT AND GENERAL
WORKERS‘ UNION.
The ordinary weelrly meeting or above
‘Iection'was held at Liberty Hall on
anday . In-le 23rd. which was
largelyr attended, they having more than
doubled their membership within the
last couple or weelrs This
npenvto receive all vice
section is
men, sever
havlng‘bI.-en enrolled at last meeting. -
‘Owing to the great increase in
cl ollicelr on Monday night next at 3
o'clock elnrp, when is full attendance is
request: .g
. r - J. V. GXLLIGAN,
Stcrttary
’r
--
INEHICDRE ITEM),
e members of tllc U.K.S. al.i'l the
Boilermakrrs’ S0<Zlt'lll.“l have served notice
on their employers as on’ let: -ivc to
ll lur advances in
a similar demand
i or the -- xailway sec.
lion" of the Irish Transport and General
Workers’ Trade Union,
lvhile the clouds are gathering fast and
thick the o lc or the district are spew-
ing of not lug lint the Aerirlesclit Mir,
and asking when wil the next one use
cc l.ilra most good tllinrs
of this
s the
-V;
n
talented lrrshrrran,a good Citizen, and
an earnest war or.
The next than on the list is al-o a
member U.K.S., Joseph
Clarke. who seems to have the gt-uius
lor loreseeine dilhculiies, as you alwa
and ‘ ii remedy [or errervtliirig
that arises uuexpcctetllyr lllr Clsir
‘In ialuaisa lltmrl ty
educated, talented worklngrnnu,-mud
wiu umomplnh ood naliollial worn
The list or nrtts s is honrrnrilrly re-
preseuted, by the following‘-Xlr. an
is Kenny, Misses Marv ltlnhriii nod
osey cud y, hit-sxrs Stephen clarle
d I. Kogdn hliss ltlhlihou sllltl in P.
hlllnerney. r P.Kavantgl1 lr
luurta , y
O‘Ncill, and Mr. “Hlllaln Byrne, rot ‘or-
getring ‘ l r ‘r, who irrly
‘(lie 'prrigrariime Conciolfell ‘oi sorivs
(‘I aliolls as vv.-l as 5
tions by the 'l'rnuspurt xxrirlr.-r.‘ ll.
which, by all I-l<‘<Xlun's. wars tirrvrrir, v
enjoye . The at r 'l'l‘ll]x'lIlll. will
take place on sun w c , til tllvrl it
‘ intended to utili e the rrrouri‘s tor
enjoyable sarurday and sunday even.
-igugs all through the con inuance oi the
2 .
To all who aided in in king Suolly's
Aeridheachr a success lrerurn cry grate-
ul thanks Ir
lectively.
to usist on iuture occasions are invited
to communicate with the secretary,
Emmet Hall, lnchieure and the members
or the Hall have‘ specidllv r qtlB<'eil me
to think Mr J Regan lor his valuable
assistance on Sunday >
The crowd made a [ll’ll('ll past Won l-
cock's on Sunday. A Wl)(llL‘i'lll1ClL‘:Sr)EI
and is good er.irriplr.- the liw clans no:
compel worltirlgrrlt-n to deal with HJQIT
ppon is The publrcsu who lijb: us
in janurry we will wag .rr 0 lor tlle
eleven months l()ll4)Wlllg up the Red
signed on at
days last week
week in J y to rirgirii-c the rvrinl. lla-
WED 15 NOT WITH U5 is A(‘ru‘l.xr Iis. The
man w o does not belong to a Trile
Organisation is not alone a roar for turn-
ad! but a menace danger to his
renews Therefore, nll Hand: to lit
0 Organi - orgariisrl
y Imyrm-a wayward rate-
Our cord oi discord wov -
For which our tyrants joined in hate,
ve.
we never joined in in
W. 1'. l’alrTlzlr>cn,
uuciuor,
New Kilmainham Ward.
I . llllblllhnd HM.
Fcl Reliable Pin-ilsizlllsl
LEI(lH'S. of Bishnh Sl.
69036 ‘o5o"6$o3’o”oT-N i
lllihlizl FIRE!
But no danger from stones or
clinlrers by purchasing your COALS
,. rlrolr
ANDREW S. CLARKIN
7 TARA STREET.
Telephone No. 1769. s
Support the Trades Unionist and
BBCIIXGI good lire
‘G006 6906 O69 009
in
lllrolzrillr ANNOUNCEMENT.
i..;.r
KBYGLEI GE! GIGLEI
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174 Nth. Strand Road.
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