§35? t'$V*j! >v<r S /**KTN SSTP WW%\'&?^'f' k^y .„ *# $,v0r * 11 THE IRISH STANDARD: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1888. jt^^ij®?•* cassians marched to within about five ,8'irishhistoryin brief. miles of Suicoit, and next morning at £ IContributions to thia department will be sunrise formed in battle array, seeing ^ gladly received and published in THE IRISH which the Danes advanced to meet ADAMS & RING, STANDARD, providing the articles are brief and them in tbe open. A furious battle ji, ^conclusive. If desired, the name of the oon- then commenced, no quarter being < * tributor will be published .1 53V INTOOLLET .ATVEnSTTJE. given on either side ; it raged till mid­ IRELAND'S BATTLEFIELDS. day and resulted in a decisive and ruin­ <sl ous defeat of the Danes, for they were TH Battles of Kilmashogue, Suicoit, driven from the battlefield, whence and Gbnmama. ,lthey fled to thediteht s and the vallies, a* d the solitudes of that great sweet I BY WKSTON ST. JOHN JOYCE. flowery plain." and were pursued till In 795 A. D. the Daues first visited next morning by the victorious Irish ff Ireland. Thuutfti commonly called even as far as tbe fortress of Limcrick, . Danes, they came not only from Den­ a distance of twentv miles. mark proper, but also from Norway, In the dreadful confusion of the re Sweden and in geu^ral from the islands FIRST ANNUAL SALE treat and pursuit the gates of Limerick OF and coasts of the Biltic. Finding that were flung open to both victors and Ireland offered a t'air field for plunder vanquished, the Danes being slaugh­ they aoon came in larger numbers and tered by tbe Irish in the streets and in organized a series of predatory expedi­ the houses, arid thus thisimporta it for­ tions. chiefly directed against the tress reverted to its rightful owners. It . wealthy ecclesiastical establishments. is recorded that the prisoners were col­ White They continued these laids, with few lected on the hillocks of Saingel, now reverses, up to about the year <838, Siugland, ou the south bank of the We do not hesitate to say that this lot of goods is unquestionably the handsomest lot of goods wh'-'n, under Turgesius, they estab Shannon, and part of the city of Lim­ ever shown in this city. Customers will find it greatly to their advantage listed themselves in Dublin, when they erick, where everyone that was fit lot- to call early in the week, and thus secure a good choice. erected a stronghold probably on the war was killed, and everyone that was hill now occupied by the Cast,le and fit for slavery was enslaved. Such was Christ Church Cathedral. the common practice in these barbar­ Once established in Dublin ihey ous times. This great battle, which gradually extended their power, till in took place in the year 968, completely a few years a gre^tc part of the country shattered the power of tbe Danes in rairies! groaned beneath the oppression of Muuster, tbe survivors of whom now these ruthless barbarians. entrenched themselves iu Scattery LAC From about 912 to 016 a constant suc­ Island, in the Shannon. We will offcr for the next three days cession of Danish fleets and expeditions Mahon, now-undisputed monarch of iu this department , the following : We shall offer our entire collection of poured into Waterford, taking posses­ WE SHALL SELL One Shipment of Exclusive Patterns sion of the towu, such as it was then, Munster, followed lip the victory of One lot French woven Corsets, Hand-knit Worsted goods consisting of durinar which time it is supposed by Suicoit by breaking up the isolated set­ 1,500 Yards, worth 8c, for 5c. Just Received. soroe that they built Reginald's Tower, tlements of the Danes through the Regular price, $1.25, sale Toboggans, Hoods, Gai­ 2,000 Yards, worth 10c, for 8c. Consists of many beautiful matched still standing perfect on Iht i|ua.ys. South, and Compelling the wavering 5 patterns in different widths, nrice 99c. ters, Ladies , Gents', They then ravaged ail south-eastern Irish chiefs to give him hostages. But 2,500 Yards, worth 12 i-2c, for iOc. Monster, occupying every harbor and the wily Danes, unable to meet him op­ iu medium aud very fine and Chi'ldrens' 3,000 Yards, worth 20c, for 12 1 2c. One lot Ball's Corsets, regular fortress of importance, and compelling enly, now resolved on other mean to qualities. Mittens the inhabitants to pay tribute. rid themselves of him. After about six price, $1.25, sale price, $1 2,500 Yards, worth 25c, for 18c. -AT— In 916 they defeated the King of years Ivar and his son organized a con­ to close. Leinster at Cerm Fuat, said Co be Con- spiracy for his assassination, in which These goods will have to be seen foy, near Leixiip, where fifty Irish they were basely joined, through mo­ Al§0 Choice Section of to be appreciated, and we cordially One lot Ball's Corsets, regular Less Than 50c on the $1, chieftains were slam. Encouraged by tives of jealousy, by two powerful Mun­ invite the ladi.s to call and examine and price $1-05, sale price 79c these successes, another great rein­ ster chiefs—Donovan, lord of Hy Car- be convinced. When we say this we mean it, and forcement shortly afterwards arrived in berry, and Molloy, lord ot Desmond, to close. Dublin and encamned in the neighbor­ both of whom now publicly renounced J our prices will speak for themselves. hood. Niall Glunduff, King of Ulster, their allegiance to Mahon. About the One lot Madame Foy's improved, Toboggans that sold at $1.25 and $1,50 hearing of this fresh invasion, mar­ year 976 Mahon was induced ou some Embroidered All Over, At only S7G. pretext or other to visit Donovan at his at only 45c. Ladies, now is the time shalled nis troops and clansmen, and to purchase these goods at less than marched on Dublin to.attack them. house at Bruree, county Limerick, hav­ GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. One lot French Corsets, worth The Danes then retired to the moun­ ing previously received the guarantee $1.75, equally as good a fit­ manufacturers' prices, Caii early, as tains, probably to choose their ground, of the local clergy that he would not be FROM 35c TO 75c PER YARD they will last but a short time, injured Notwithstanding this solemn and on Wednesday, l-5th September, ting CorsBt as the I. C., we Great Bargains in Ladies' and Chil­ guarantee, given at his instance, Don­ WHITE GOODS. ALL NEW. 919, the opposing forces met at Kil­ shall offer for $1-25. dren's Hosiery and Underwear. In or­ mashogue Mountain, above White- ovan sent on Mahon under escort to We have added this Newv Depart meet Molloy, according to a prear der to reduce our stock before our church, about six miles from Dublin, ment to our stock, and in order to in -—MEDICI LACES This is a graud opportunity to pur­ ranged plan, at the place selected for chase your Corsets at reduced prices* Spring importations, we have made where an obstinate and bloody battle troduce it to the public we shall offer was fought, in which the Irish were the murder. Molloy watched the as­ FROM 5c TO $1.50 PER YARD. Every lady should avail herself ol this enormous reductions in this depart sassination from a distance and waited Special inducements for the next three opportunity aud purchase before the disastrously defeated, brave King A GRAND ASSORTMENT. ment. Niall, with t welve tributary Kings and. till he saw the flashing of the sword days. sizes are broken. a great number of Ulster uobles, being in the hands of the murderer and Ma­ numbered among tbe slain. From the hon fall under the blow, upon which he strange site chosen for this battle in mounted his horse and precipitately fled the scene. It should be mentioned the mountains, then covered by prim­ & ADAMS & RING, ADAMS < 5 ADAMS i eval forests, it is not unlikely thai the that the ecclesiastics in guaranteeing Avenue. Irish were entrapped into an ambus­ Mahon's safety acted in perfectly g od 517 Nicollet Avenue, 517 Nicollet Avenue. 517 Nicollet 517 Nicollet Avenue. cade, as they were much le>s skilled in faith throughout, having been deceived such artifices than their adversaries. by Donovan and Molloy. the spots where the dead were buried in indistinguishable and unknown. With­ CHICAGO, Northern Pacific Railroad The remains of a cromlech within the The Danes gained nothing by the promiscuous heaps could be pointed out in it conspicuously stands a gianite grounds of Glensouthwell, on the side murder of Mahon,for his brother Brian, till recently by some of the old inhabi­ pillar or shaft, about five feet high. .. Burlington & of Kilmashogue mountain, in all prob a much more resolute anu dangerous tants. Dim tradition aVers that beneath this rude memorial, in a warrior's gory NMW O VEllLANB HOUTM ability marks the spot where King foe, now succeeded to the throne. He The ancient fortress of Dun lavin, the Northern R. ft. grave, sleeps tbe fierce Harold, son of Niall or some of these ehieftaius was at once commenced a campaign against palace of the Kings of Leinster, stood | From iFrom St. Aoalaff, Frince Royal of the Norsemen DEPARTING 'XKAIKS buried after the battle. them, and Ivar and his son were both one mile due south of the modern town 'Minne'lis Paul. of Erin. Portland, Oregon, and the Pacific Northwest I' A year after this reverse the Irish killed on Scattery Island, witbm a year of Dunlavin, and higher up the hillside No.