. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society . d cometo him inspiringly, and the brave record of the freedom-lovingpeasant folks of old Raphoe, the land of the ODonnells. In the seventy-eight years of his life, and most certainly fromthe time when a young Levite in Maynooth College, Ireland, henever ceased to have a great and enduring affection for the landof his nativity. He held inflexibly to the principle of Irelanda Nation, mayhap betimes modified by the exigencies of nationalcircumstances, but always was he true to the ideal of the fullestform of home government for his motherla
. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society . d cometo him inspiringly, and the brave record of the freedom-lovingpeasant folks of old Raphoe, the land of the ODonnells. In the seventy-eight years of his life, and most certainly fromthe time when a young Levite in Maynooth College, Ireland, henever ceased to have a great and enduring affection for the landof his nativity. He held inflexibly to the principle of Irelanda Nation, mayhap betimes modified by the exigencies of nationalcircumstances, but always was he true to the ideal of the fullestform of home government for his motherland. He gave freelyof his time, ability and other resources to every movement de-signed to uplift the Irish race, whether that movement aimed atbetterment through political agitation proper, or through theintellectual activities that included the perpetuation of the lan-guage, music, arts, industries and pastimes of the Gael. Everbroad and tolerant of view, his heart was open and his sympathiesactive for all who dared in any good cause at all to right a. RIGHT REVEREND MONSIGNOR CHARLES McCREADY. Original by Anna Frances Levins. NECROLOGY. 341 wrong or who strove after their own fashion to enroll Ireland inthe sisterhood of the nations. His devotion to all of the idealsinseparably associated with the long and tortuous struggle forIrish liberty, was a splendid feature in a character endowed withmany splendid elements. Monsignor Charles McCready inherited his virtues of patriot-ism and religion naturally. The early years of his life werespent near Gartan, County Donegal, the birthplace of SaintColumba. In the pilgrimages of the Donegal peasantry to DoonWell he had seen the intensely religious piety of Irelands poorin the faith that Saint Patrick had implanted in the heart ofDark Rosaleen. It was there amid scenes and surroundings allof them pregnant with historic significance and religious inspira-tion, that his mind was so fashioned that it was easy for him toaccept the vocation
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