. Memoirs of Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher, comprising the leading events of his career chronologically arranged, with selections from his speeches, lectures and miscellaneous writings, including personal reminiscences . Doheny arrived at my house. After talking overthe sad mistake of the day before, we rode out to see its effect upon thepeople. In a ride of some twenty miles round the skirts of the Sliabh-na-mon hills, we found the people still busy preparing. Scarcely a house didwe see that there was not a pike displayed: everywhere men were fittingthem on handles, or sharpening them ou the do
. Memoirs of Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher, comprising the leading events of his career chronologically arranged, with selections from his speeches, lectures and miscellaneous writings, including personal reminiscences . Doheny arrived at my house. After talking overthe sad mistake of the day before, we rode out to see its effect upon thepeople. In a ride of some twenty miles round the skirts of the Sliabh-na-mon hills, we found the people still busy preparing. Scarcely a house didwe see that there was not a pike displayed: everywhere men were fittingthem on handles, or sharpening them ou the door flags. •Crowds flocked around us wherever we stopped, asking for news ofOBrien and his movements —of which we could tell them nothing. All wecould say was, that, disappointed in Carrick, he went to raise the flag else-where. We told them to hold themselves in readiness, as we were in ex-pectation of being called on to join him at once. This satisfied them. The work of preparation again went on, and theforges were again set to work. We remarked, that of all the men we metthat morning, but one man spoke against the rising, and he was soonsilenced. On our return we met Meagher at my house. He told us OBrien. JOHN OMAhONTS PERSONAL NARRATIVE. 273 was in Cashel, that he was himself going to Waterford to bring up hisclub—some one thousand strong. A club, — if I understand rightly, — pledgedto follow him at a moments notice. I was to protect it in passing the Suir,with what forces I could collect. Doheny and I saw him across the Suir, and into a cab in the woods ofCoolnamuck. Doheny left me shortly after, and I rode into Carrick to seeeither Father Byrne or Dr. ORyan. I saw the latter gentleman, but couldnot see the former. From him I learned that himself, Byrne, and all thelocal leaders were against the movement, as premature. — That Byrne wouldhave nothing to do with it. — That it should be put off at least a fortnight,until the harvest ripened. — That OBrien must
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