A KITCHENER MEMORIAL
IRISHMEN UNITE TO HONOUR HIS MEMORY. Although the late Lord Kitchener never claimed to be an Irishman, except by birth, it is gratifying to know that the people amongst whom be first saw the light and was brought up . are willingly responding to: an appeal made by the Protestant Archdcacoft, , churchwardens, and Sir Arthur Viekers — late Ulster King-at-Arms, and now residing close by the spot on -which I the late Field-Marshal was born—for funds Ito restore the old Protestant church at Kilflynn, County Kerry, In which Uβ lordship worshipped when a boy, as a memorial to the famous War Secretary. More than ,85 per cent of the residents of the district are Roman Catholics, and several of the more .prominent of them have decided to subscribe to the memorial.. At an. Irish meeting held for philanthropic purposes at Eagle Street, Holborn, the Kerry men pre-sent-intimated their intention of subscribing to the memorial. V '~ .
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 240, 7 October 1916, Page 17
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