An active Gaelic Leaguer, who did much for the success of the movement in London, was William Patrick Ryan. He wrote a "Life of Thomas Davis" for "Denvir's Monthly," a sort of revival of my "Irish Library." This book was very favourably received by the press. The "Liverpool Daily Post" gave it more than a column of admirable criticism, evidently from the pen of the editor himself, Sir Edward Russell. In it was the following kindly reference to myself: "Our present pleasing duty is to recognise the labours of Mr. Denvir—efforts in such a cause are always touchingly beautiful—as an inculcator of national sentiment; to illustrate the genuine literary interest and value of the first booklet of his new library; and to wish the library a long and useful, and in every way successful vogue."

Another active man in the language movement in London, whose acquaintance I was glad to renew when I first came to the metropolis, is Doctor Mark Ryan.

It is nearly forty years since we first knew each other in connection with another organisation. He then lived in a North Lancashire town, and was studying medicine, not being at that time a fully qualified doctor. If I remember rightly, our interview had no connexion with the healing art, indeed quite the contrary, for besides qualifying for the medical profession, he was graduating in the same school as Rickard Burke, Arthur Forrester, and Michael Davitt, but, like myself, was more fortunate than Burke and Davitt, inasmuch as he escaped their fate of being sent into penal servitude. Although Mark Ryan was for a long time resident in Lancashire, he there lost nothing, nor has he since, of the fluent Gaelic speech of his native Galway, for I heard him quite recently delivering an eloquent speech in Irish at a gathering of the Gaelic League.

Speaking of Dr. Mark Ryan reminds me of how often I have noticed in my travels through Great Britain, what a number of Irish doctors there are, and also that they are almost invariably patriotic. They are of great service to the cause, for it frequently happens that, in some districts, they are almost the only men of culture, and are not generally slow to take the lead among their humbler fellow-countrymen.

One of the finest Irish scholars in the Gaelic League was Mr. Thomas Flannery. He, too, was a valued contributor to my "Monthly Irish Library," two of the best books in the series, "Dr. John O'Donovan," and "Archbishop MacHale," being from his pen. In fact, he and Timothy MacSweeny I might almost look upon as having been the Gaelic editors of the "Monthly."

I once, when in business in Liverpool, printed a Scottish Gaelic Prayer-Book for Father Campbell, one of the Jesuit priests of that city, for use among the Catholic congregations in the highlands and islands of Scotland. John Rogers, like Timothy MacSweeny, a ripe Irish scholar, called on me while it was in progress, and was delighted to know that such a book was being issued. To Mr. MacSweeny I also sent a copy, and they both could read the Scottish Gaelic easily, showing, of course, how closely the Irish and Scottish Gaels were, with the Manx, united in one branch of the Celtic race, as distinguished from the Bretons and Welsh.

I have always had an intense admiration for the poetry of "Young Ireland." I used to call it Irish literature until I found myself corrected, very properly, by my Gaelic League friends, who maintained that, not being in the Irish tongue, its proper designation was Anglo-Irish literature.

I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of one of the leading young Irelanders, Charles Gavan Duffy, after his return to this country, when he assisted at the inauguration of our London Irish Literary Society, which has been a credit to the Irishmen of the metropolis. Much of the success of the Society is due to Alfred Perceval Graves, author of the well-known song "Father O'Flynn," a faithful picture of a genuine Irish soggarth. Among others of the members of the society who have made their mark in Irish literature is Mr. Richard Barry O'Brien, the President, the author of several valuable works of history and biography.

It was at the opening of our Literary Society that I first met Duffy in the flesh, but I had known and admired him in spirit from my earliest boyhood. I was greatly pleased when he told me he had been much interested in my publications, not only those issued more recently, but those of many years before. I afterwards had a letter from him in reference to my "Irish in Britain," in which he said: "I saw long ago some of the little Irish books you published in Liverpool, and know you for an old and zealous worker in the national seed field."

His son, George Gavan Duffy, is a solicitor, practising in London, and an active worker in the national cause. His wife is a daughter of the late A.M. Sullivan, and is as zealous a Nationalist as was her father, and as patriotic as her husband.

The first book of National poetry I ever read was one compiled by Charles Gavan Duffy—"The Ballad Poetry of Ireland." I should say that this has been one of the most popular books ever issued. There are none of his own songs in this volume. The few he did write are in the "Spirit of the Nation" and other collections. These make us regret he did not write more, for, in the whole range of our poetry, I think there is nothing finer or more soul-stirring than his "Inishowen," "The Irish Rapparees," and "The Men of the North."

It is unfortunate that we have nothing from the pen of Thomas Davis on the subject of the Irish drama and dramatists, for among the most delightful and valuable contributions to the Anglo-Irish literature of the nineteenth century were his "Literary and Historical Essays."

For students, historians, journalists, lecturers, and public speakers, they have been an inexhaustible mine, since they first appeared week by week in the "Nation" during the Repeal and Young Ireland movements. As sources of inspiration they have been of still more practical value to the Irish poet, painter, musician and sculptor.

Though he was apparently in good health up to a few days of his death, which was quite unexpected, Davis, in giving to his country these unsurpassed essays, might have had some idea that his life would not be a long one, and that, if he could not himself accomplish all he had projected, he would at least sketch out a programme for his brother workers in the national field, and for those coming after them.

A glance at the contents of Davis's Essays will show how fully he has covered almost every field in which Irishmen are or ought to be interested. We have Irish History, Antiquities, Monuments, Architecture, Ethnology, Oratory, Resources, Topography, Commerce, Art, Language, Our People of all classes, Music and Poetry dealt with in an attractive as well as in a practical manner. Anyone who has ever gone to these Essays, as I have over and over again, for information, has always found Davis completely master of every subject that he touched. His "Hints to Irish Painters" are illustrations of the value of the advice he gives in connection with his varied themes. Those of the generations since his time who have profited by his teaching know best how valuable would have been his views in connection with the Irish Drama.

Knowing as we do how thorough Davis was in everything he took up, the reason he did not deal with it was, probably, that he had not had the same opportunities of getting information on this as upon the other wonderfully varied subjects in his Essays.

I have in my mind at this moment one Irish dramatist, Edmond O'Rourke, who would have appreciated anything Davis would have written on the subject, and would certainly have profited by it.

O'Rourke, better known by his stage name of Falconer, was an actor as well as a dramatist. He was "leading man" when I first saw him in the stock company of the Adelphi Theatre, Liverpool, and used to play the whole round of Shakespearean characters, his favourite parts being the popular ones of Macbeth, Hamlet, and Richard the Third. He was a dark-complexioned man of average height, somewhat spare in form and features. Though his performances were intellectual creations, we boys used to make somewhat unfavourable comparisons between him and Barry Sullivan, another of our fellow-countrymen. Barry was by no means superior to Falconer in his conception of the various parts, but he greatly surpassed him in voice, physique, and general bearing on the stage, in which respects I think he had no equal in our times.

After Falconer went to London he became manager of the Lyceum Theatre, where several of his pieces were performed, including the well-known Irish drama, "Peep o' Day," which had an enormously successful run. With this he also produced a magnificent panorama of Killarney, to illustrate which he wrote the well-known song of "Killarney" which, with the music of Balfe, our Irish composer, at once became very popular, as it ever since has been. Madame Anna Whitty, the distinguished vocalist, who first sang "Killarney," was a daughter of Michael James Whitty, of whom I have spoken elsewhere. In going through my papers I have just come across a letter from O'Rourke, dated from the Princess's Theatre, Manchester, August 19th, 1872, in which he tells me of the great success in Manchester of another play of his, "Eileen Oge." This also he produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, where it had a long and successful run. Edmund O'Rourke was a patriotic Irishman, and in this respect I could never have made the same comparison between the patriotism of the two men, Barry Sullivan and him, as I did between them as actors. Both were patriotic Irishmen. It will be remembered that in an early chapter of this book I have mentioned that Barry Sullivan once offered himself to our committee as an Irish Nationalist candidate for the parliamentary representation of Liverpool.

Dion Boucicault, too, is one, I am sure, who would have profited by anything Thomas Davis might have written on the subject of the drama. I am quite satisfied that though he was severely criticised for the wake scene in his play of "The Shaughraun" at the time it was first produced, the objectionable features in this were more the fault of the actors than of the dramatist; but the subject was an exceedingly risky one, even for a man like Boucicault, and would have been better avoided altogether.

Besides Barry Sullivan and Falconer, other Irish actors I knew were Barry Aylmer, James Foster O'Neill, and Hubert O'Grady. They were impersonators of what were known as "Irish parts," and being genuine Irish Nationalists, as well as actors, did much to elevate the character of such performances. For with them, all the wit and drollery were retained, while they helped, by their example, to banish the buffoonery that used to characterise the "Stage Irishman."

I am reminded by a criticism on one of his pieces in a London daily paper that we can claim, as a fellow-countryman, perhaps the most brilliant writer at the present time for the British stage—George Bernard Shaw. From a conversation I had with him once, I would certainly gather that he was a patriotic Irishman.

I have done something in the way of dramatic production myself, one of the pieces I wrote being at the request of Father Nugent, to assist him in the great temperance movement he had started in Liverpool. He engaged a large hall in Bevington Bush, where every Monday night he gave the total abstinence pledge against intoxicating liquors to large numbers of people. I was then carrying on the "Catholic Times" for him, and he asked me to be the first to take the pledge from him at his public inauguration of the movement. Although, as he was aware, I was already a pledged teetotaler to Father Mathew, I was greatly pleased to agree to assist him all I could in his great work.

He believed in providing a counter-attraction to the public house, and each Monday night, in the Bevington Hall, he provided a concert or some other kind of entertainment; giving, in the interval between the first and second part a stirring address and the temperance pledge. As there was a stage and scenery in the hall, we often had dramatic sketches. The drama I wrote for Father Nugent had a temperance moral. It was called "The Germans of Glenmore." It was played several Monday nights in succession, and was well received.

Some years afterwards I made it into a story, calling it "The Reapers of Kilbride." This appeared over a frequent signature of mine, "Slieve Donard," in the "United Irishman," the organ of the Home Rule Confederation.

Singularly enough, I found that part of it had been changed back again into the first act of a drama by Mr. Hubert O'Grady, the well-known Irish comedian.

That gentleman was giving a performance for the benefit of the newly released political prisoners at one of our Liverpool theatres. Being somewhat late, I was making my way upstairs in company with Michael Davitt, and the play had commenced. I could hear on the stage part of the dialogue, which seemed familiar to me, and, sure enough, when I took my seat and listened to the rest of the act, the dialogue was pretty nearly, word for word, from "The Reapers of Kilbride." The compiler of the play being acted had also drawn upon another drama of mine for his last act, "Rosaleen Dhu, or the Twelve Pins of Bin-a-Bola." The play we were witnessing was very cleverly constructed, for Mr. O'Grady, with his strong dramatic instincts and experience, could tell exactly what would go well, and could use material accordingly. The transformation of the story as it appeared in the "United Irishman" back again into a play would be easily effected, as, leaving out the descriptive part, the dialogue itself, with the necessary stage directions, told the story. This, no doubt, Mr. O'Grady had perceived.

Later still, I carried out a similar transformation with another of my own productions. I have a piece in three acts which, as a play, has never been published or performed. It is called "The Curse of Columbkille." This drama I changed into a story, which has appeared in the series of 6d. novels published by Messrs. Sealy, Bryers and Walker. The most striking character in it is Olaf, a Dane, who believes himself to be a re-incarnation of one of the old Danish sea rovers. A member of the firm, the late Mr. George Bryers, a sterling Irishman, called my attention to the opinion of the professional reader to the firm that it would be advisable to call the story "Olaf the Dane; or the Curse of Columbkille." I accepted the suggestion, and accordingly the book has been published with that title.

I have seen with much interest the movement inaugurated by the Irish Theatre Company in Dublin, and have been present at some of their performances in London. In spite of some false starts and a tendency to imitate certain undesirable foreign influences, the movement should certainly help to foster the Irish drama.



CHAPTER XXIV.

"HOW IS OLD IRELAND AND HOW DOES SHE STAND?"

Summing up these pages, how shall I answer the question asked by Napper Tandy in "The Wearin' of the Green" over a hundred years ago—"How is old Ireland, and how does she stand?"

Let us see what changes, for the better or for the worse, there have been during the period—nearly seventy years—covered by these recollections.

Catholic Emancipation had, five years before I was born, allowed our people to raise their voices, and give their votes through their representatives in an alien Parliament.

I am not one to say that no benefit for Ireland has arisen through legislation at Westminster, but the system that allowed our people to perish of starvation has always been, to my mind, the one great justification for our struggle for self-government by every practicable method. It has been a struggle for sheer existence.

If Ireland had had the making of her own laws when the potato crop failed, not a single human being would have perished from starvation. That I am justified in introducing the terrible Irish Famine and its consequences into these recollections as part of my own experiences I think I have shown in my description of its effects upon our people when passing through Liverpool as emigrants or as settlers in England.

I have always endeavoured to look upon the most hopeful aspects of the Irish question. But with the appalling tragedy of the Famine half way in the last century, with half our people gone and the population still diminishing, one is bound to admit that the nineteenth century was one of the most disastrous in Irish history.

Is it surprising that, during my time, driven desperate at the sight of a perishing people in one of the most fruitful lands on earth, we should have made two attempts at rebellion?

In 1848 the means were totally inadequate.

In 1867 the movement looked more hopeful in many respects. The revolutionary organisation had a large number of enrolled members on both sides of the Atlantic. Among them were hundreds in the British army, and many thousands of Irish-American veterans trained in the Civil War, eager to wipe off the score of centuries in a conflict, on something like equal terms, with the olden oppressor of their race.

But the real hope of success lay in the prospect of a war between America and England, which at one time seemed imminent, and justified the action of the Fenian chiefs in their preparations.

It was, however, the very existence of Fenianism which, more than any other cause, prevented war. For none knew better than far-seeing statesmen like Mr. Gladstone (who declared that he was prompted to remedial measures for Ireland by "the intensity of Fenianism") that within a month of the commencement of a war between America and England, Ireland would be lost to the British crown for ever. That is why English statesmen would have grovelled in the dust before America, rather than engage in a conflict with her.

The generous way in which the Irish exiles in America have poured their wealth into the lap of their island mother, and the determination they have shown to shed their blood for her just as freely, should the opportunity only come, are the features which to some extent counterbalance the tragedy of the Famine. For that terrible calamity, by driving our people out in millions, raised a power on the side of Ireland which her oppressors could not touch, a power which is no doubt among the means intended by Providence to hasten our coming day of freedom.

Nevertheless, emigration, the most unanswerable proof of English misgovernment, is a terrible drain on our country's life-blood, and no entirely hopeful view of Ireland's future can be held until this is stopped.

What, however, are the reflections which bring encouragement?

One is that the time cannot be far distant when some statesman of the type of Gladstone will try to avert the danger threatening the British empire through an ever-discontented Ireland, by conceding to her at least the amount of self-government possessed by Canada and Australia.

To this one section of Englishmen will say "Never!" Students of history have many times heard the "Never" of English statesmen, and know how often it has proved futile. Before I was born they were saying "Never" to Catholic Emancipation. Later on they said "Never" to the demand for tenant-right. A few years ago, when fighting the Boers, they said "Never" to the suggestion that the war should be ended on conditions. Even now economic causes and the competition of rival powers are at work in such a way that it is plain that the existence of the British Empire is at stake. England's one chance lies in the possibility of the friendship of the free democratic commonwealths which are at present her colonies—and of Ireland.

The establishing of County Councils in Ireland and Great Britain was an acceptance of the principle of Home Rule. Their successful working has caused the belief in that principle to gain ground. Their administration in Ireland has shown that in no part of the British empire does there exist a greater capacity for self-government. All creeds and classes there have found the material benefit arising from them, for instead of their finances being managed by irresponsible boards, the money of the people is now wisely spent by their elected representatives.

Moreover, if there is one thing that is certain, it is that the future is on our side. In my own time I have seen a most startling change come over the attitude of the working classes of England towards Ireland as they progressed in knowledge and political power themselves. They are the certain rulers of England to-morrow, the men whose democratic ideals are our own, and who have in fact largely been trained by us. Their rise means the fall of the system that has mis-governed Ireland. Thus every day brings nearer the triumph of our ideal, the ideal of freedom, which will probably be worked out in the form of Ireland governing herself and working harmoniously with a democratic self-governing England.

The unquestionable growing desire among the people of Wales and Scotland to manage their own affairs proceeds largely from their having felt the benefits of local self-government in their County Councils. Their prejudice against National self-government for Ireland, and for themselves, too, should they desire it, is rapidly breaking down. In this connection, too, we must never forget what an enormous power we have in the two millions and more of Irishmen and men of Irish extraction in Great Britain, and that, under ordinary circumstances, they hold the balance of power between British parties in about 150 Parliamentary constituencies.

With regard to the Irish land question, we have every reason to be hopeful of the final and complete success of the great movement commenced by the organisation founded by Michael Davitt.

We have had, since the days of Strongbow, many conquests and confiscations and settlements, the main object of each being the acquisition of the land of Ireland. Is it not marvellous, notwithstanding all the attempts to destroy our people, how they have clung to the soil and so absorbed the foreign element that you still so often find the old tribal names in the old tribal lands? Apart from this, we have, in the descendants of the various invaders, what would be a most valuable element in a self-governing Ireland, for whatever be the creed or the race from which men have sprung, it is but natural that all should love alike the land of their birth. As a result of Michael Davitt's labours, that land is to-day more nearly than it has been for centuries the property of the people, and it seems now, humanly speaking, impossible that they should ever be dispossessed of it again.

Then there is the improvement in education. At one time it was banned and hunted along with religion and patriotism. Then it was permitted, with a view of turning it into a lever against the other two elements. Concessions have so far been wrung from the British parliament that there is now a university to which Irish youths can be sent. Here there is a great factor for good, for while, on the one hand, knowledge is power, on the other hand the thirst for knowledge has always been ineradicable in the Irish character. There are also the beginnings of technical training so long badly needed. Under self-government we should have been a couple of generations earlier in the race than we are, but it is not too late.

Lastly, in reckoning up the conditions from which we can take hope and comfort there is this: In the darkest hour we have never lost faith in ourselves and our Cause. To find a parallel for such tenacity in the pages of the history of any land would be difficult.

We come of a race that, through the long, dreary centuries, has never known despair, nor shall we despair now. I am assured that, before long, the drain on our life blood that has gone on for sixty years will stop, and that we shall stand on solid ground at last, ready for an upward spring.

And so, to the young men of Ireland I would say: Be true to yourselves; hold fast to the ideals which your fathers preserved through the centuries, in spite of savage force and unscrupulous statecraft. The times are changing; new impulses are constantly shaping the destinies of the nations; have confidence in God and your country; and who shall dare to say that the future of Ireland may not yet be a glorious recompense for the heroism with which she has borne the sufferings of the past.

THE END.



INDEX.

A.

Alabama Claims, 75.

Allen, Larkin, and O'Brien condemned and executed, 104.

Ambulances, Irish, for Franco-Prussian War, 160, 161.

Amnesty Association and O'Connell Centenary, 183.

Ancient Fenians, 52.

Anderson, Arthur, resembled Corydon, 85.

"Annesley's Mountain, Lord," 31, 47.

Answers to Correspondents, 154.

Antrim, my birthplace, 2.

Archbishops Crolly and Murray support the Bequest Act, 30.

Archdeacon, George, 52.

Architectural Drawing and Surveying, employed at these, 54.

Arms for Rising of 1867. Inadequate supply, 94.

Arrest and rescue of Kelly and Deasy, 95.

Aunt Kitty, my godmother, 2. ——Mary, 38. ——Nancy, 15.

Aylmer, Barry, adopts the stage as profession, 119.

B.

Ballad Poetry of Ireland, 260.

Ballymagenaghy, my mother's birthplace, 31. ——rocky soil, 31.

Ballymagenaghy, "Papishes to a man," 31. ——cottage industries, 33, 34. ——large families, 33.

Ballymagrehan, 36.

Ballywalter, my father's birthplace, 2.

Ballinahinch, Battle of, 38, 39.

Banbridge, weaving industries by steam, 34.

Bannon, Oiney, 31.

Barrett, David, examines the Lia Fail, 110.

"Barney Henvey" and the Fairies, 35, 36.

Barry, John, 8, 127. ——calls us together to form Home Rule Confederation of ——Great Britain, 173.

Barry Sullivan, a great Irish actor, 22.

Beers, Lord Roden's agent in Dolly's Brae massacre, 45.

Beecher (Captain Michael O'Rorke), "The Fenian Paymaster," 78, 79.

Belle Vue Prison, Manchester, near the scene of rescue, 101.

Benedictines, 4.

Biggar, Joseph, 180, 181, 193. ——Catholic, becomes a, 181. ——"Obstruction." enters upon, 182. ——Parliament, enters, 179. ——Parnell, combination with, 179.

Birmingham, supplementary Convention, 176. "Black North," The, 15.

Bligh, M.D., Alderman Alexander, 200.

Bligh, M.D., John, 207.

Blockade, running of "United Ireland," 209, 215.

Boer War, The, 271.

"Bog Latin," Mr. Butt gives the origin of it, 195.

Boucicault, Dion, 263.

Bourbaki, our men in Foreign Legion with him struck last blow in —Franco-German War, 161.

Boyle, M.P., Alderman Daniel, 239.

Brady, John, 236.

Breslin, John, 76. ——aids in escape of military Fenians, 140.

Breslin, Michael, "on his keeping," 77, 123.

Breslin, Michael, narrowly escapes arrest, 124.

Brett (sergeant of police) shot in Manchester rescue, 101.

"Brian, Tribe of," 28.

Brian O'Loughlin in '98, 38.

Brotherhood of St. Patrick, the forerunner of Fenianism and —Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, 87.

Bryant, Mrs. Dr. Sophie, 238.

Bryers, George, 266.

"Buckshot Foster," 210.

Burke, Rickard, meets a notable company, 93. ——purchases arms, 105. ——Clerkenwell explosion an attempt to rescue him, 106. ——sent to penal servitude, 106. ——returned to America, 112.

Burke, Thomas, J.P., of Liverpool, 186.

Bushmills, Co. Antrim, my birthplace, 2.

Butt, Isaac, presides at the first Annual Convention of the Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain, and becomes its —first President, 173. ——a contributor to "United Irishman," 181. ——gives no countenance to obstruction, 188. ——1876 Convention votes confidence in him, 188. ——resigns presidency of organisation, and succeeded by Parnell, 192. ——his death, 195.

Byrom Street, Liverpool, my house for a time the headquarters of Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain, 181. ——frequently met Butt, Parnell, Biggar, and other leaders there, 181.

Byrne, Daniel, Richmond Prison warder, 77.

Byrne, Frank, 160, 181.

Byrne, M.P., Garrett, 230.

Byrne, Patrick, 199.

C.

Cahill, Rev. Dr., a great preacher, 59.

Camp in Everton, in view of expected rising in Liverpool, 55.

Campbell, Richard, a humorous Irish singer, 120.

"Camp Fires of the Legion," by James Finigan, 162.

Carlingford Lough, vies with Killarney in beauty, 27.

Carnarvon Borough election, where I first met Lloyd George, 237.

Carraig Mountain, 31

Cassidy, Tom, "a flogger," 67.

Castlewellan, Eiver Magennis its member in King James's Parliament, 29.

Castlewellan, a Nationalist centre for South Down, 47.

"Catalpa" carries off the military Fenians, 140. ——lands them safely in New York, 145.

Catholic Emancipation, 268.

Catholic Hierarchy, Restoration of, 58.

Catholic Institute, 54.

"Catholic Times," I review in it "Life of Robert Emmet," by Michael James Whitty, 21. ——carrying it on single-handed, 153.

Celtic Race, the Catholics of Ulster the most Celtic part of —Ireland, 30. 57.

Chambers, Corporal, 200.

Chester Castle, plot to seize, 81. ——I volunteer for the raid, 82.

Christian Brothers, The, 14, 27.

Churches, increase rapidly in Liverpool, 6.

Clampit, Sam, a good, honest Protestant Fenian, is arrested, 108.

Clan Connell War Song—O'Donnell Aboo, 115.

Clan na nGael, 36.

Clarence Dock, Liverpool, 3. ——where the harvest men landed, 35.

Clarke, Michael, 180.

Clarke, Patrick, 180.

Clarkhill, Co. Down, 47.

Coming over from Ireland, 3.

Commins, Dr. Andrew, his record, 172. ——becomes head of Home Rule Organisation in Great Britain, 171, 172.

Conciliation Hall, Dublin, 16.

Condon, Captain Edward O'Meagher, 93.

Condon, plans rescue of Kelly and Deasy, 96. ——is himself arrested, 102.

Condon, his defiant shout in the dock of "God save Ireland," 104. ——returned to America, and has been since helping the Cause there and here, 106, 107, and 112.

Confederates, Irish, 55.

Connolly, Lawrence, 185.

Connaught, 35.

Convention of 1876 votes confidence in Isaac Butt, 188.

Copperas Hill Chapel, 5. ——Schools, 13.

Cork, "No sin in Cor-r-r-k," 26.

Corydon, the informer, what he was like, 85. ——throws off the mask, 85.

Cottage Industries in Ulster, 33.

Council of Fenian Leaders, 93.

Cousens, a Liverpool detective, 131.

Cranston, Robert, escaped military Fenian, 141.

Crilly, Alfred, a brilliant Irishman, who did good service for the Cause, 150, 171.

Crilly, Daniel, brother of Alfred, 150, 211. ——on staff of "Nation," 151. ——registration agent, 243. ——editor of "United Irishman," 180. ——Member of Parliament, 180.

Crilly, Frederick Lucas, General Secretary of United Irish League —of Great Britain, 150.

Crimean War, The, 65.

Crosbie Street, mostly spoke Connaught Irish, 15.

Crowley, Thade, the Cork pork butcher, 25, 26.

Cumberland, 33.

Curragh of Kildare, I help at the building of camp there, 65.

D.

"Daily News," The, describes the rescue of Kelly and Deasy, and acknowledges the courage and skill of the rescuers, 101.

"Daily Post," Liverpool, 21.

Darragh, Daniel, brings the arms from Birmingham for Manchester Rescue, 96. ——dies in Portland Prison, 126. ——Hogan brings his remains to Ireland, and Condon visits his grave, 127.

Darragh, Thomas, escaped military Fenian, 141.

Davis, Thomas, as registration agent, 242. ——his "Literary and Historical Essays," 261.

Davitt, Martin, father of Michael, 240.

Davitt, Michael, takes up Forrester's work of supplying arms, 132. ——is arrested and convicted on Corydon's testimony, 136. ——returns from penal servitude, 199. ——formation of the Land League, 205. ——his "Fall of Feudalism," 197. ——tries to get Parnell to join advanced movement, 202.

"Dear Old Ireland," T.D. Sullivan's Song, 38.

Denvir's "Monthly" and "Irish Library," 257.

De Courcy, 27, 29.

Denvir, Bishop, Bible, 30. ——see Father O'Laverty, 30. ——I met him with my father, 3.

Denvir, General Denver's daughter enquires after him, 41.

Denver City, the Capital of Colorado, named after General James —William Denver, descended from Patrick Denvir, a '98 Insurgent, 40.

Desmond, Captain, one of the rescuers of the military Fenians, 140.

Devoy, John, he aided the escape of James Stephens, 76, and of the —military Fenians, 140.

Dillon, John, M.P., 205.

Distinguished Irishmen I have met, 10.

Disestablishment of the Irish Church prompted by Gladstone's recognition —of "the intensity of Fenianism," 147.

Disruption of the Irish Party, 252.

Doctors and other professional men excellent helpers in the National Cause, 177, 258.

Dock labourers' love of learning, 19.

Dolly's Brae Fight, 44. ——massacre, 45.

Donnelly, Edward, foreman printer of "United Ireland," brings me the —stereos, 210.

Doran, Arthur, an Irish newsagent, becomes bail for Forrester, 135.

Dowling, chief constable of Liverpool, dismissed, 60.

Down, County, 2, 29, 47. ——cottage industries, 33.

Drumgoolan, my uncle's parish, 28.

Dublin Castle wires warning of Manchester Rescue—too late, 97.

Duffy, Michael Francis, 166.

Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan, loses heart for a time, 62.

Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan, his old hopes revive, 62.

Dundas, General, routed by the Kilcullen pikemen in '98.

Dundrum Bay, 32.

E.

Egan, Patrick, 184. ——sustains "United Ireland" against attempted suppression, 215. ——his life story, 219. ——always a practical patriot, 221. ——attitude towards Parliament, 221. ——President of Irish National League of America, 224. ——American ambassador to Chili, 224. ——President Harrison's tribute, 224.

Elizabethan days, 5.

"Emerald Minstrels," The, 115, 116, 117. ——inspired by "Spirit of the Nation," 118.

"Erin's Hope," with Irish-American officers, arms, and ammunition, —reaches Sligo Bay, 94. ——returns to America, 95.

"Erin's Sons in England," racy song by T.D. Sullivan, 152.

F.

Fahy, Francis, poet. 137

Falconer (Edmond O'Rourke), a famous Irish actor and dramatist, —author of "Peep o' Day," "Killarney," etc., 52, 263.

Famine, The great Irish, 6. ——heroism of the clergy, 53. ——the greatest disaster in Irish history, 269.

"Felon Repeal Club" in Newcastle-on-Tyne, 56.

Fenian Brotherhood, The, 52, 73. ——the two wings, 123. ——Conference in Paris, Michael Breslin attends, 123. ——gathering, which Parnell attends at my invitation, 203.

"Fenian Paymaster" (Captain O'Rorke), known as "Beecher," 78.

Fenian leaders in England take counsel, 93.

Fenianism.—What did it do for Ireland? 146.

Ferguson, John, assists at foundation of Home Rule Confederation of —Great Britain, 176. ——indicates Parnell as future leader, 192. ——director of "United Irishman," 180.

Finigan, James Lysaght, his adventurous career, 124. ——in the Franco-German War, 160.

Finn MacCool and the ancient Fenians, 52.

Flannery, Thomas, an able Irish scholar, 164, 258.

Flood, John, and the Chester raid, 82.

"Flowering," girls employed at, 34.

"Flowing Tide," 233.

Foley, Patrick James, 254.

Ford, Patrick, Michael Davitt's tribute to him, 198. ——I welcome the "Irish World" in the "Catholic Times," 198.

Forrester, Arthur, he brings me revolvers, 131. ——I am visited by detectives, 131. ——they can make out no case against him, and he is released, 135.

Forrester, Arthur, he joins the French Foreign Legion, 134, 160, 162.

Forrester, Mrs. Ellen, comes with Michael Davitt, 133. ——like others of her family, she wrote poetry, 134.

Fox, Frank, one of our poets, 181.

"Fount of patriotism," 11.

Franco-Prussian War, 160.

Freemantle, rescue from of the military Fenians, 139.

"Frolics of Phil Foley," a sketch by John F. McArdle, 121.

G.

Gaelic characters, the, 11.

Gaelic League Revival, 256.

Gaelic Prayer Book (Scotch), printed by me for Father Campbell, S.J., for use in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 259.

Garton, Patrick De Lacy, Stephens escapes in his hooker, 78. ——he helps the blockade-running of "United Ireland." "Georgette," ——passenger steamer, pursues the military Fenians, 143. ——fires a round shot across the bows of the "Catalpa," in which they ——are escaping, 143.

Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield, a distinguished Irish-American composer —and musician, 114.

Gilmore, Mary Sarsfield, his daughter, an able contributor to —"Irish World," 114.

Gladstone, William Ewart, introduces Home Rule Bill, 231. ——"Flowing Tide," 233. ——returned to power through aid of Irish vote, 232.

"God Save Ireland," Condon gives us a rallying cry and a —National Anthem, 104.

"Gormans of Glenmore," The, 265.

Goss, Bishop, a typical Englishman of the best kind. Blunt-hitting-out-from-the-shoulder style of speaking, 156.

Grattan's Parliament, 41.

Graves, Alfred Perceval, 138, 259.

Gunboats in river Mersey in view of expected rising in Liverpool, 55.

H.

"Hail to the Chief" (from the "Lady of the Lake"), 118. ——played as salute to Parnell, 117.

Halpin, General, a scientific soldier, 90. ——in command at the rising, 90. ——gives us lecture on fortifications and earthworks, 91. ——arrested at Queenstown, 91.

"Hamlet" played by Falconer, 262.

Hand, John, one of our poets, 181.

Hanlons, Hughey and Ned, 51.

Harrington, Martin, escaped military Fenian, 141.

Harvestmen from Connaught and Donegal, a hardy lot, 35.

Haslingden, the home of Davitt, 84.

Hassett, Thomas Henry, escaped military Fenian, 141.

Healy, T.M., when I first met him, 196. ——becomes Parnell's secretary, 197.

Heinrick, Hugh, editor of "United Irishman," 180.

Hibernians, Ancient Order of, strong in Liverpool, and stout champions —of country and creed, 16. ——a bodyguard for the priests in penal days, 17. ——their stronghold in northern Irish counties and counties adjoining, 18. ——in America, Rev. Thomas Shahan pays tribute to the Order, 16, 17.

"Hidden Gem," a play by Cardinal Wiseman, 63.

Hierarchy restored, 58.

Highlands of Scotland, the Gaelic spoken there, 187.

Hints from Thomas Davis to Irish painters, students, historians, —lecturers, journalists, public speakers, and others, 261.

Hogan, the Irish sculptor, crowns O'Connell with Repeal cap, 49.

Hogan, Martin Joseph, escaped military Fenian, 141.

Hogan, William, a friend of Captain John M'Cafferty, 87. ——helps Darragh to get the revolvers for Manchester rescue, 96. ——is arrested for this, tried, and acquitted, 124, 125.

Holyhead, wagons and carriages for there to be seized, 81.

Holy Cross Chapel, Liverpool, as it was, 58. ——the chief of police countenances the getting up of a panic there, 60.

Holland, of the submarine, 145.

Home Rule Organisation, formation in Ireland, various sections assist, 148. ——John Barry calls us together to form Home Rule Confederation ——of Great Britain, 173.

Home Rule Organisation, I become its first secretary, 155.

Hyde Road, the scene of the Manchester rescue, 99.

Hymans, Jewish admirers of Thade Crowley, 25.

I.

Igoe's publichouse at the Curragh, 67.

"Inishowen," noble song by Charles Gavan Duffy, 260.

Insurrection in Ireland considered easier to put down than "Obstruction," 190.

Iona Pilgrimage, 233.

Irish-American officers to leave Ireland for England, 79.

Irish Brigade of Liverpool, 92.

"Irish Library," I start it, 35.

"Irish in Britain," The, 78, 102.

Irish National League organiser, Edward M'Convey, 33.

Irish Parliamentary Party, disruption and reunion of, 252.

Irish Race Convention, 254.

"Irish Rapparees," by Gavan Duffy, 260.

Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, 73. 74.

Irish of Great Britain compact and politically important, 2.

"Irish World," The, 198.

Isle of Man, 32, 187.

J.

Jack Langan, an Irish boxer, 4.

"Jigger Loft," where our men work, 7.

Journalism, 21.

Johnson, my classical teacher, 28.

K.

Kehoe, Inspector Lawrence.—Did he shut his eyes in my case? 129.

Kelly, Col. Thomas, his personal appearance, 92. ——directs rescue of James Stephens, 76, 77, 78. ——I meet him in Liverpool, 92, 93. ——his arrest in Manchester with Captain Deasy, 95. ——rescue, 100, 101. ——how he escaped from the country, 105.

Kildare, gallant fight of the men of Kildare in '98, 69.

King Edward VII., plot for his abduction when Prince of Wales, 88.

Kirwan, Captain Martin Walter, in the Franco-Prussian War, 160. ——afterwards general secretary of Irish organisation in Great Britain.

Knox, Edmund Vesey, a Protestant Member of Parliament, who did —good service at Lloyd George's election and elsewhere, 238.

L.

Lambert, Michael, makes key to fit James Stephens' cell, 78.

"Lancashire Free Press," 91.

Land League, The, its formation in April, 1879, with Davitt recognised —as its "Father," 205.

Larkin, Michael, 103, 104.

Lecale, Celtic and Norman admixture since De Courcy's time, 27.

Leitrim Chapel, where I served Mass for my uncle, 32. ——band of fiddles, flutes, and clarionets, 37.

Lia Fail (Stone of Destiny), 109, the stone to be stolen, 110.

Lia Fail, David Barrett, League organiser, tries to test its weight. —Is stopped by its guardians, 111.

Liberator, The (O'Connell), frequently passed through Liverpool, 43.

Lloyd-George, David, Chancellor of the Exchequer, I help —in his first Election, 237.

London Irish Literary Society, 259.

Lost opportunity for Irish tongue, 15.

Lover, Samuel, painter, poet, musician, composer, novelist, —and dramatist, 10. ——his patriotism, 10, 11. ——his wit, 12.

Loyal toasts, 188, 189, 203.

Lumber Street Chapel, 4.

Lynch,. Daniel, translates "God Save Ireland" into Irish, 113.

M.

McAnulty, Bernard, a strong Home Ruler and Fenian sympathiser, 34, 56, 180.

McArdle, John, 15, 16.

McArdle, John F., the most brilliant of the Emerald Minstrels, 118.

McCann, Michael Joseph, author of "O'Donnell Aboo," I make —his acquaintance, 114, 115.

McCafferty, John, had fought for the South in the American Civil War. —His plot to seize Chester Castle, 81. ——his scheme (as Mr. Patterson) to abduct the Prince of Wales, 88.

McCartans, The, 29.

McCarthy, Sergeant, his sudden death, 200.

M'Cormick, Father, of Wigan, men on way to Chester raid go to Confession —to him, 82.

McDonald, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, preached at Iona in Gaelic —on the life of St. Columbkille, 234.

McDonnell, Sergeant James, 206

McGrady, Owen, conference at his house to arrange for reception of —expedition then on the sea, 93.

McGrath, Father Peter, 187.

McGowan, James, my godfather, 2.

McHale, Archbishop, I report his sermon, 155.

McKinley, Peter, 180.

MacMahon, Father, of Suncroft, gives the Curragh men a good character, 70. ——he tells us of St. Brigid's miraculous mantle, 69. ——and of the gallant Kildare men in '98, 69.

McMahon, Heber, 181.

MacManus, Terence Bellew, 49, 52.

McNaghten, Sir Francis, 2.

McSwiney, Father, S.J., and the "Catholic Times," 154.

"Macbeth" played by Falconer, 262.

Magennis, Eiver (see Castlewellan), 29.

Maguire, the marine, wrongly charged at Manchester, 104.

Manchester, first Convention of Home Rule Confederation held there, 173.

Manchester Martyrs, place of rescue confounded with place of execution, 99.

Mangan, Richard, 180.

Mass in Penal times, 5.

Massacre at Dolly's Brae, 45.

Mathew, Father, Apostle of Temperance, what he was like, 13.

Maughan, Peter, recruiting agent for the I.R.B. among —the British soldiery, 72, 86.

Mazzinghi, Count, composer of "Hail to the Chief," 115.

Meany, Stephen Joseph, a journalist, 91. ——in Young Ireland movement, 22. ——starts "Lancashire Free Press," 91. ——imprisoned for Fenianism, 91.

"Men of the North, The," stirring ballad by Charles Gavan Duffy, 260.

Military Fenians, their rescue, chiefly by John Breslin, —going from America, and John Walsh from this side, 139 to 145.

Millbank Prison, M'Cafferty writes from there to William Hogan, 87.

Mogan, John, a capable man at registration and electioneering, 243.

Monroe, General, a Presbyterian leader, hanged at his own door in '98, 41.

Mourne Mountains, 27, 32, 57.

Mulhall, Peter and James, 194.

Mullaghmast, 49.

Mullin, Dr. James, 177, 178.

Murphy, Bessie, 181.

Murphy, Captain, 93, 112.

Murphy, David, supposed to have been shot by connivance of Pigott, 247.

Murphy, Patrick, 239.

Murphy, William, sent to penal servitude for attack on the van —at Manchester, though not there, 102.

Murray, Archbishop, 30.

N.

"Nation" newspaper, readings from it, 15. ——"O'Donnell Aboo" appears in it, 115.

"Nation once again, A," 36.

National Anthem of "God Save Ireland," Condon's defiant shout —in the dock the origin of it, 104.

"Nationalist" The, 256.

Naughton, Miss, 132.

"Ninety-eight" memories, many of the leaders Presbyterians, 41.

"No Popery" mob, A, 4.

"No Popery" mania over "Papal aggression," 58.

Normans in Ireland, The, 27.

"Northern Press and Catholic Times," 72.

Norse settlements, 27.

Nugent, Father, and the Catholic Institute, 63. ——St. Patrick's celebrations, 64. ——proprietor of "Catholic Times," which I conducted for him, 91. ——after a long interval, am pleased to meet him just before —— his death, 159.

O.

Oates, Tom, of Newcastle, 94.

Oath of allegiance, Parnell and my view on this, 112.

"O," the prefix, 33.

O'Brien, Captain Michael, is hanged at Manchester, 104, 112.

O'Brien, John, released prisoner, 200.

O'Brien, James Francis Xavier, introduces me to O'Donovan (Rossa), 73. ——No more gallant figure among the Fenian leaders than J.F.X. O'Brien. ——In all things straight, 89, 90.

O'Brien, M.P., Patrick, 230.

O'Brien, Richard Barry, 259.

O'Brien, William, 212, &c.

"Obstruction," the 1877 Convention endorses the policy, 104.

O'Coigly, Father, Pilgrimage, 235.

O'Connell Centenary, 183, 184.

O'Connell in Liverpool, 48. ——a faithful son of the Church, 48. ——enormous attendance at his meetings, 49. ——Orange attack repelled by McManus and his friends, 49.

O'Connell, John (son of the Liberator, Daniel O'Connell), —a British militia officer at the Curragh; gives good example —to his men by going to Holy Communion, 68. ——he wrote fine verses, 68.

O'Connell, Maurice, wrote "Recruiting Song of the Irish Brigade," 69.

O'Connell Centenary, 183.

O'Connor, M.P., T.P., the only Home Rule Member of Parliament for —Great Britain elected as such, 24, 188, 230.

O'Donovan, Edmund, son of John O'Donovan, 90. ——in French Foreign Legion, 160, 162. ——special correspondent in Russo-Turkish War, 164. ——Merv, 165. ——perishes in the Soudan, 165.

O'Donovan, Jeremiah (Rossa), 73.

O'Donovan, John, the distinguished Irish scholar, 163. ——memoir of him by Thomas Flannery, 164.

O'Donnell, Bishop, 254. "O'Donnell Aboo" as our national anthem? 114, 115. ——no claim, 116.

O'Donnell, F.H., 181, 193.

O'Grady, Hubert, 265.

O'Hagan, Lord, 184.

O'Hanlons, The, the Ulster standard bearers, 51.

O'Kelly, James, in Mexican campaign, 165. ——recruits for the French army until fall of Paris, 166. ——adopts journalism, 167. ——enters Parliament, 167.

"Olaf, the Dane, or the Curse of Columbkille," 266.

Oliver, William John, 180.

O'Laverty, Father, historian of Down and Connor, 29, 30.

O'Loughlin, Brian, 38.

O'Loughlin, Father Bernard, my uncle, 33. ——Father Bernard. Passionist, of Paris 169. ——John, my uncle, 169. ——Michael, Father, my uncle, 28, 33. ——Margaret, my mother, 33.

O'Mahony, Michael, writes "Life of St. Columbkille" for me, 234.

O'Malley, M.P., William, 230.

Opening of a bath by swimming in it, by T.D. Sullivan, when —Lord Mayor of Dublin, 153.

Orangeism, 19, 20, 22, 23.

O'Reilly, John Boyle, his "Life" in our Library, 86. ——helps escape of the military Fenians, 140.

O'Rorke, Captain Michael (Beecher), the Fenian paymaster, 78, 79.

O'Rourke, Edmund (Falconer), actor and dramatist, 52, 263.

O'Shea, Captain, a candidate for Parliament, 228.

O'Sullivan, Eugene, 211. ——Eugene or "Owen," a Welsh registration case, 244.



P.

Packmen from Ulster, Oiney Bannon, Bernard McAnulty, 34.

"Pagan O'Leary," "Beggars and Robbers," 80.

"Papal aggression," 58.

Papal Volunteers, we entertain them, 155.

"Papishes," 19.

Parnell, Charles Stewart, enters Parliament, 179, 181. ——becomes chairman of Irish Parliamentary Party, 192. ——could weigh men's capabilities, 197. ——Davitt cannot induce Parnell to join the advanced organisation, 202. ——Parnell and the I.R.B. men, 203. ——with Dillon, goes to America for relief of Irish distress, 208. ——collapse of the "Times" Forgeries against Parnell, 248. ——disruption in the Party, 252. ——reunion, January 30th, 1900, 255.

"Patriot Parliament of 1689," by Thomas Davis, 29.

Patterson, Mr. (Captain McCafferty), calls on me, 88.

"Peggy Loughlin's wee boy," 32.

Penal days in Liverpool, 4, 5.

Phoenix movement and trials, 73.

Pictures at election times, "the Pope," "Robert Emmet," "King William," 245.

Plantation of Ulster, 31, 39.

Power, John O'Connor, lectures at Davitt's meeting, 199.

"Punch" and "Times" seemed to gloat over probable extinction of —Irish race, 53.

"Punch's" caricature of O'Connell, 54.

Purcell, Edward, helps blockade running of "United Ireland," 213.

Prendiville, John, his steamers used to bring voters from the river, 244.

"Presbyterian Government," was there a call for this at Ballinahinch? 39.

Price, Father John, S.J., 4.

"Protestant Ulster" chiefly an importation, 30.

Q.

"Quare man doesn't know his own mother's name," 33.

R.

Race Convention in Ireland, 254.

Rails to Chester to be taken up, 81.

"Rapparees, The Irish," Charles Gavan Duffy's fine song, 260.

Readings from the "Nation," 15.

"Reapers of Kilbride," 265, 266.

"Rebel, An Old," 1.

Red-haired woman stops the growth of the Curragh, 69.

Redmond, John, 3, 252.

Redmond, Sylvester, 86.

Refugees of the '67 Rising, 92.

Repeal Hall, 52.

"Repeal Cap," 49.

Rescue of Kelly and Deasy. ——Incidents of the arrest and rescue described in page 95 ——and following pages.

Reunion of the Parliamentary Party, January 30th, 1900, 255.

Revisiting Ireland, 27.

Revolvers for Manchester, 96.

Revolvers from Forrester, 131.

Reynolds, Dr., 52.

Ribbonmen, 23.

Richards, Richard ("Double Dick"), 109.

Richardson, John, 5.

"Richard III." played by Falconer, 262.

Rising of 1848, drilling to oppose it, 55.

Rising of 1867, 89.

Roden, Lord, 32. ——Dolly's Brae massacre, 45.

"Roderick Vich Alpine Dhu," 115.

Rogers, John, a Gaelic scholar, 259.

Roney, Hughey, his house threatened by Orangemen, 15, 20.

"Rory O'More," by Lover, 11. ——a scene from it reenacted, 12.

"Rosaleen Dhu," 266.

Rotunda, Dublin, 155.

Round Towers, Kildare, &c., 70.

Russell, Lord John, his Ecclesiastical Titles Act, 58, 61.

Russell, Charles (Lord Russell of Killowen), willing to become our candidate —for Parliament to induce Liberals to withdraw objectionable man. —This has desired effect, 249. ——we ask him to take the chair for our first Home Rule meeting. ——He advises us to get Dr. Commins, 171.

Russell, Sir Edward, of "Liverpool Daily Post," 21, 257.

Ryan, John (Capn. O'Doherty), calls on me; I join the I.R.B., 74.

Ryan, John (Capn. O'Doherty), ——he describes to me the escape of Stephens, in which he assisted, 77, 78. ——now dead many years, 68, 112.

Ryan, Wm. James, his "Life of John Boyle O'Reilly," 86.

Ryan, William Patrick, 257.

Ryan, Dr. Mark, an Irish scholar, 257.

S.

Sadlier, John, his suicide, 62.

Sadlier-Keogh gang, their betrayal of the cause of the Irish —tenants, 61, 62.

Saintfield, battle, in '98, 38.

Salford Gaol, 99.

Santley, Sir Charles, 5.

Sarsfield Band, 184.

Saturday Evening Concerts, 10.

School Board Election, Liverpool, our votes enough to elect 8 out of —the 15 members, 156.

Schoolmaster, The, 93, 111.

Scone, 110.

Scott, Sir Walter, author of "Hail to the Chief," 115.

Scotland Ward and Division in Liverpool, an Irish stronghold, —both Municipal and Parliamentary, 24, 185.

Seager, John Renwick, 243.

Servant girls, Irish-American, 111.

Sexton, Thomas, 254.

Shahan, Father, on "Hibernianism," 16, 17.

"Shan Van Vocht," on the "Curragh of Kildare," sung by the —"Emerald Minstrels," 71.

Shaw, George Bernard, 264.

"Shemus O'Brien," 121.

Sherlock, Father, a saintly man, presides at our first Birmingham Convention —demonstration, 175, 177.

Slieve Donard, 32, 265.

Slieve na Slat ("Mountain of rods"), 31.

Sloops from Ireland, 3.

Smyth, George, 52.

"Spirit of the Nation," 11.

Stephens, James, his escape from Richmond, 76, 77.

St. Brigid's mantle, Father MacMahon tells the legend of, 69.

"Stage Irishman," discountenanced, 119, 264.

Strongbow, 272.

Saint Columbkille, 233.

St. George's Hall, Liverpool, great gathering addressed by Parnell, 206.

St. Helens meeting, Parnell and Davitt attend, 201.

St. Mary's, Lumber Street, 4.

St. Nicholas's, Liverpool, 4, 6.

St. Patrick's effigy, as if addressing our people from Ireland, 3.

St. Patrick's Day processions, 22, 24, 64. ——celebrations, 64, 65.

Steamers for O'Connell Centenary, 183.

Sullivan Brothers, 150.

Sullivan, A.M. becomes proprietor and editor of the "Nation," 63. ——presides at adjourned initial Convention of Home Rule Confederation ——of Great Britain, 176.

Sullivan, T.D., author of our national anthem, 113. ——he writes, "Erin's Sons in England" for me, 152.

Supernatural, Irish faith in the, 13.

Swift, Miss Kate, 211.

T.

Taaffe, James Vincent, 211.

Tenant Right Agitation, 62.

"Terence's Fireside," 115.

"Thrashers," The, 42.

"Times" Forgeries Commission, 207, 246.

Tollymore Park, seat of Lord Roden, 45.

Tribal names still in tribal lands, 27, 273.

"Tribe of Brian," 28.

Tragedy of the Famine, The, 6.

U.

Ulster Catholics, the most pure-blooded Celts in Ireland, 30.

Ulster, plantation of in King James I.'s time, 39.

"United Ireland," attempted suppression, 210. ——sent out as "dried fish," 212. ——not an issue missed, 215. ——I am prosecuted by Government, 216. ——printed once in Derry, 217. ——re-appeared in old office, 218.

Union of North and South destroyed, 61.

"United Irishman," organ of Home Rule Confederation of —Great Britain, 177, 181, 265.

United Irishmen of 1798, 11, 41.

V.

Vaughan, Cardinal, Bishop of Salford, I get his support for —"Catholic Times," 158.

Vauxhall Ward, Liverpool, 185.

Volunteers of 1782, The, 41.

"Vatican, The Treasures of," 61.



W.

Walsh, John, informs a select gathering how he and a friend from this —side helped to rescue the military Fenians, 143.

Warders from Belle Vue Prison interfere in the Manchester —Rescue—no use, 101.

Ward, Joseph, 121.

Widow Walsh welcomes her lodgers at the Curragh of Kildare, 66.

Whitty, Michael James, Liverpool head Constable, afterwards editor —of the "Daily Post," 20, 21, 22, 91.

Wilson, James, escaped military Fenian, 141.

Wilson, John, a Birmingham gunsmith, 136.

Windle, Dr. Bertram, President of University College, Cork, 177.

Wiseman, Cardinal, "Papal aggression" mania directed against him, 63. ——his fine play of "The Hidden Gem" given by Father Nugent's students ——at the Catholic Institute, Liverpool, 63.

Wolohan, Michael, the "blockade runner" for "United Ireland," 212.

"Woollen Goods" (for "United Ireland"), 213.

Y.

"Young Ireland," 11, 52.

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