School: Rahelty, Dúrlas Éile (roll number 4513)

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1. Julia Kavanagh (continued)

   

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   irrespective of its efforts on her own productions. To the "Nation" editor she once penned the following: I am Irish by origin, birth & feeling, tho' not by education, & Ireland, though she is to me distant & unknown, is as dear to me as the faith & religion of my youth. Miss Kavanagh died in 1877, & to the last, remained a true friend of her native land.

   

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2. Father Spencer in Thurles

   

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   Father Spencer in Thurles. Fr Spencer was born in 1799, + was the son of an Earl. He was brought up Anglican, + on converse with Catholics he was amazed to find the, even believing in Providence. Knowing the truth he became attracted to their faith + became a convert, sacrificing a portion of £3000 a year to do so. In 1832 he was ordained priest, + given charge of a mission in West Bromwich. Being an Englishman, he devoted his life to the conversion of that country, convinced if he got as help, the prayers of the Irish_victims of English oppression _ such prayers founded on charity would be irrestible. Accordingly he came to Ireland, + preached on the subject in Thurles Cathedral. There he met an old woman who told him, that

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