firies

Updated: May 8, 2025

For this crime these daughters were to be excommunicated by the people of Firies, and denied the consolations of religion in their deep sorrow, even in defiance of the order of the Catholic bishop. As the advent of Mr. Gladstone to power in alliance with Mr. Parnell was then imminent, Mr. Sheehan, M.P., wrote a letter to the parish priest of Firies, the Rev. Mr.

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888)

Father O'Connor, P.P., has received the following letter from Mr. Sheehau, M.P., in reference to this matter, under date "'House of Commons, January 26th. "'REV. DEAR SIR, At this important juncture in our history, I am sorry to see reports of the Firies display. Nothing that has taken place yet in the South of Ireland has done so much harm to the National cause. If they persist they will ruin us.

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888)

At the village of Firies a number of people had assembled. They stopped loitering about the place in the forenoon, waiting for a meeting of the National League, which was subsequently held. A threatening notice was discovered posted up on the door of a house formerly used as a forge. It ran as follows:

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888)