Archiving Irish Diversity Stuff (AIDS)
Love of country, love of the scenes of childhood, love of the soil from which we spring, is strong and enduring ; but love of kind, love of blood and brotherhood, is, if possible, more potent and imperishable. This love at once invokes history and tradition…
The Athenian of to-day, it is said, knows little of, and perhaps cares less for, the Solons and the Socrates, of the great old classic era of his country ; but what modern Irishman, be his lot cast in Connaught or Canada, California or the African Cape, is not willing to lay down his life for the preservation of the memory of Milesius, Ossian, St. Patrick, or Brian Boru? It matters not to him whether the religion of the hero or benefactor of his race be Catholic, Protestant, or Pagan : his deep rooted love, veneration, and sense of gratitude, equally exhibit the same ardour and passion."
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Speech delivered at the dinner of the St. Patrick's Society, Toronto, on the 17th of March, 1860, in response to the sentiment of " The Irish race at home and abroad" - Full Speech Here
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Speech delivered at the dinner of the St. Patrick's Society, Toronto, on the 17th of March, 1860, in response to the sentiment of " The Irish race at home and abroad" - Full Speech Here