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Ireland's own Catholic bishops have taken no official stand on the I.R.A. While deploring its anti-British tactics, they, like other Irishmen, publicly approve its ideal of a free, united Ireland. The bishops' position in Eire is so satisfactory, however, that many of them would gladly let well enough alone, despite the plight of the unhappy Catholic minority in Northern Ireland. The most ardent partisans of Irish rebellion are to be found in the U. S., where a great many of the Catholic clergy are of Irish origin. In Manhattan last month, I.R.A. clubs joined other Irish...
...Irishmen hailed the bounding green silks of Tim Hyde with a mighty roar. Merseysiders went wild. An Irish priest shouted encouragement in Gaelic. For Workman was Irish-bred by a Cork pubkeeper, Irish-trained in Kildare by Tim Hyde himself, Irish-owned by Sir Alex, a sometime Meath man from Navan who had put a bet on his jumper for the benefit of Navan's 10,000 citizens. Close behind Workman came 'Captain Briggs's MacMoffat, with Jockey Alder in primrose silks. As they pressed on, Kilstar blundered four jumps from home, and from then...
...there were not already enough Irishmen in Britain to worry the bobbies, 5,000 more crossed over at week's end for the England-Eire rugby match at Twickenham. A bomb was found on the steamer, some 900 Irishmen were questioned...
...Louis is the greatest fisticuffer of all time, predict that no one will beat him in the next two years-some say five, some say ten. Nevertheless, boxing managers are raking the country for a potential "white hope." Most promising youngsters discovered since last summer are a pair of Irishmen, Pat Comiskey and Billy Conn, and a Bohemian named Johnny Paychek (né Pacek). Eighteen-year-old Pat Comiskey of Paterson, N. J. has a powerful right-hand punch, has knocked out eight opponents in a row. Pittsburgh's 6-ft. Billy Conn, 21 and still growing...
...I.R.A. terrorist attacks on British soldiers in Eire and on those Irishmen who sought compromise with Britain became so embarrassing that Premier Eamon de Valera, an I.R.A. fighter before he became reconciled to the policy of compromise, ordered it disarmed, dissolved. But I.R.A. extremists were not to be stopped. Up in the hills of rock-walled County Donegal, in the purple bogs of County Mayo and windswept County Clare they began to drill and equip a new army, reported to be 15,000 strong. If the bombings continue, they are certain to disrupt the policy of friendly understanding which Premier...