thusiastic of the throng. This enthusiasm amongst our young
people is one of the most encouraging and promising signs of the
times, serving as it does to demonstrate the undying spirit of Irish
nationality, and the perpetuation of those principles to which Tone
devoted his time, talents, and eventually made the supreme sacrifice
of his life in having inculcated amongst his people. It is a glorious
legacy, and one that has ever been cherished with veneration for the
men who left it. He died a martyr to the cause he espoused, but his
memory and the cause live. The living blaze he and his co-workers, in
the cause of Irish freedom, kindled has never been completely stamped
out, and it still smoulders, and has occasionally burst into flame
only to be temporarily extinguished in the blood and tears of our
bravest and best who never forgot the teachings of Tone. And now, when
the sky is bright once more, and every circumstance portends the dawn
of a new era, full of hope and promise for the ultimate realisation
of those ideals for which thousands of our race have sacrificed their
lives, the spark of nationality which, even since Tone's death, has
repeatedly leaped into flame, still glows fitfully to remind us that
come what may it remains undying and unquenchable, a beacon to light
us on the path to freedom should disappointment and dashed hopes again
darken the outlook.

INDEX

Abjuration, oath of, 51.
Absentees, 65, 138, 139.
Acton, Lord, 37.
Adrian, Pope, 13.
Agrarian outrages, 152, 196-202, 210-215.
Agriculture, Department of, 161, 163.
Alexander, Pope, 14.
Alfred the Great, 9.
American War of Independence, 63, 72, 73, 83.
Anglican Church in Ireland, 27, 28, 60, 143, 144, 236.
Anne, Queen, 63.
Arkins, P., 210, 211.
Arklow, battle of, 109.
Armagh, Bishop of, 7.
Ashbourne Act, 159.
Ashtown, Lord, 203, 204.
Asquith, Rt. Hon. H.H., 129, 207.
Athenry founded by Normans, 17.

Balfour, Rt. Hon. Arthur J., 156, 160, 164.
Balfour, Rt. Hon. Gerald, 168.
Baltimore, Lord, 38.
Bandon, Lord, 238.
Bannatyne, Mr., 214.
Barcelona, Church at, 243, 244.
Belfast, growth of, 239;
meeting at, 245;
persons employed by Corporation of, 174, 175;
University, 176, 193, 205.
Berkeley, Bishop, 120.
Biggar, J.G., 145.
Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine, Chief Secretary, 160, 167, 173,
174, 197, 198, 200-205, 211, 216, 236.
Bismarck, Prince, 248.
Blake, W.,