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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 27, 26 October 1888, Page 19

On Augnst 1, the day of the blessing of the corner-stone of the O'ConueU Memorial church at O'Uonnell'a birthplace, Cahirciveen, county, Kerry, Ireland, Canon Brosnahan, to whose patriotic efforts the noble memorial is due, announced that he had received towards it aheady over 63,000 dolp., 20,000 dols.. of which had come from .America and nearly the same amount from Australia. Archbishop Croke officiated at the blessing of the comer-atone, and in response to an address presented him by ttie priests and people of the district, made an eloquent and characteristic speech. He was a devoted follower cf O'Oonnell, he said, in his policy of constitutional agitation for the redress of Ire'and's grievances, but was far from questioning the lawfulness, un ier certain circumstances, of having recoursa to physical means for the redress of Ireland's grievances, or subscribing lo the slavish doctrine that no amount of national advancement could be legitimately puichased by the shedding of one drop of human blood. Bishop Higgins, of Kerry, a number of priests and a great concourse of people attended the ceremonies.