Interesting...love all these tidbits abou Troy and the people of her past. Mimit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill & Cathy McGrath" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 1:18 PM Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Snippets from, The Irish World, newspaper > Pat Connors recently posted some items from The Irish World newspaper. > List > members may be interested in the following comments on the October 24, > 1903 > article on the centennial of the martyrdom of Robert Emmet that Pat > posted: > > 1. The obituary for my great grandfather, Timothy O'Connor, published in > the Troy Times on Thursday Afternoon, August 8, 1912, page 5 states that > "Mr. O'Connor was a member of the old Robert Emmet Association. > > 2. Robert Emmet (1778-1803) was an Irish orator and patriot hanged and > beheaded by the English on September 20, 1803. His speech to the court on > the eve of his execution included the following famous lines: > > "Let no man write my epitaph: for as no man who knows my motives dare now > vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and > me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until > other times, and other men, can do justice to my character; when my > country > takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, > let > my epitaph be written" > > 3. On August 18, 1876, the U. S. Whaling Ship, the Catalpa, sailed into > New > York Harbor with six famous Irish prisoners that were rescued from > Australia. The Robert Emmet Association of Troy, New York, fired a > salute. > (From Page 569, The Great Shame - And The Triumph Of The Irish In The > English-Speaking World, by Thomas Keneally. > > 4. On our November 2006 trip to Ireland we asked a Garda officer on > Grafton > Street in Dublin about a good local pub and he suggested the Brazen Head > which is the oldest pub in Ireland. Got their license in 1661 but a pub > has > been on that spot where they are located since 1198. The Garda officer > also > mentioned that Robert Emmet scratched his name in one of the windows > upstairs in the pub. This intrigued me as my great grandfather, Timothy > O'Connor (1836-1912) was a member of the Robert Emmet Association of Troy, > NY. There was no question about where we were having dinner! Had a great > meal at the Brazen Head and did see Emmet's name on the windowpane. > > 5. A number of years ago while I was transcribing the Burden Iron Company > payroll records at the Rensselaer County Historical Society in Troy, the > staff there were discussing a Troy, New York document on the Robert Emmet > Association that was for sale on the internet. They were successful in > their bid to get the document for their collection. > > Regards, > > Bill McGrath > Clifton Park, NY > > Pat Connor's Posting from the Irish World Oct 24, 1903 > TROY. The centenneal of the martyrdome of Robert Emmet was celebrated at > Douchy Hall by all the divisions of the A. O. H. in this city. Adjutant > Philip J Ryan of the Hibernian Rifles called the assemblinge to order, and > Dennis Maloney was made chairman. State President M.J. Slattery, of > Albany, > gave an address upon the life and character of Robert Emmet. The glee > club > of Div. 6, A.O.H. consisting of James H Morrissey, John JO'Brien, Lawrence > T > Behan, Thomas F Murnane, James F Lyman, Kyran J Devery and William T > Ranney, > rendered vocal selections after which James J Barrettof Syracuse, spoke > about the life and death of Robert Emmet. Vocal solos werealso given by > James H Lyman, K J Devery, Thomas F Murnane and J H Morrissisey with D.D. > Crough at the piano. The meeting was brought to a > close by all rising and singing, 'God Save Ireland.' > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website > for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2437/5127 - Release Date: 07/12/12 >

There is a great book about Devoy's plans to free the Freemantle Six. The title is "The voyage of the Catalpa"....I have a copy but it is no doubt available from Amazon or Alibis. Jim Owens