... n. Preferment came e years’ time, when he was made editor of a Belfast id at this period he made the acquaintance of s and John Blake Dillon, and in conjunction with the Nation, of which the first number appeared on October 15, 1542. The purpose of the ...

... Irishmen the I opportunity to become trained and I _ armed. The movement started in pi the Protestant North, and was tole- rated by the British Government and I _ fostered by the Irish Government of rl Grattan's Parliament on the grounds I that, in times of ...

... this party. Would you mind telling me why I pointed up at the roof, where the arms of the old Knights of the Garters are, and said Ma'am, seventeen of those are the shields of arms of my ancestors. I thought I was as fit to be here as another.' The Queen ...

... immortal ballad, Home, Sweet Home, was sung for the first time on May 8, 1823, in Clari, the Maid of Milan. The Chevalier Grattan Flood, Mus.D., here deals with the origin of the song and its composition. THERE are few English songs that make such an ...