Word: irishman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thomas Power O'Connor is an Irishman, was born on Oct. 5, 1848, and was educated at the College of the Immaculate Conception, Athlone, and at Queen's College, Galway, where he took the degree of M. A. with the highest honors. After leaving college he took to newspaper work and has stuck to it ever since. He started work on Sounders' Newsletter in Dublin, migrated to London and worked on The Telegraph. For a time he was connected with the London branch of The New York Herald. On his own account he founded and was the first editor...
...declared that "up to the end of the Nineteenth Century the country was populated and cultivated principally by Teutons". Without the Swedes and the Germans, we are told, "the adoption of our constitution and union of our states would not have been accomplished". An Irish Society, reporting on "The Irishman as the Builder of the Nation", has disclosed a Celtic ancestor for George Washington; while Jewish-Americans in commemorating the death of General Solomon announced him as the real hero of Gettysburg, "the only man who did not dodge when Lee's guns thundered...
There is one curious side of de Valera's threat: any Irishman should have known that it was manifestly absurd to deprive the nation of their traditional joy on St. Patrick's Day, no matter what might be the political or economic exigencies. Again, when framing the "order," de Valera must have known that he could not possibly enforce it. The cause of this bravado seems somehow lost in its effect...
...enjoy alike his gossip and his serious discussion, "the general look-in on my mind". His charm arises from the fact that the "look-in" although meant for one person, is not confined to thoughts that only two understand and enjoy. Profoundly serious Scot or light hearted, fanciful Irishman, or the American that was the balance between the two, he has something to say that is worth listening to. Whether slamming Hearst or praising Roosevelt or Wilson, philosophizing over politics or religion, setting forth plans of state or dreaming dreams, his mind and his heart is completely open...
...Testament Sabbath from all accounts, save for the crowds in the streets. Furthermore, the response to an appeal from the Irish Bishops for a popular demand for the treaty has elicited little response, apparently because of the cloud of fear which is over the whole land. Even an Irishman, or at least some of them, seem to know when enough is enough...