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Show ink i south iblii mouse Veteran of Civil War in A111 erica One of the Participants. ' BY THOMAS EMMETT. Special Cable to The Tribune. DUBLIN, Aug. G. Romance is not confined con-fined to any particular walk or station In life. This was made evident by Marshall Mar-shall Balloy, an Inmate of the South Dublin workhouse, who was a -soldier In th Civil war In the United States. Bailey la 70 years of age. In the '50s he went to the United States. When the rebellion rebel-lion broke out, ho joined the ranks of the Unionists and fought through the war. After tho war was over ho went west, but did not prosper. When old age overlook over-look him ho returned to his old home, but found all his old friends dead or scattered to parts unknown. Ho was penniless and without near relatives and there was nothing- to do but seek public charity. Consecniently ho became an Inmate In-mate of the South Dublin workhouse. This was live years ago. About four months ago the old soldier learned that $1750 pension money was duo him from iho United States government. Bailey either did not know or had forgotten that the governriionL under whose Hag he fought paid pensions to ox-soldiers. Negotiations Ne-gotiations were at once opened and the money was recently paid to him. Married Woman He Loved. In the meanwhile, during tho weary years that Bailey waited for 'death in the workhouse, there was u middle-aged wo-mun wo-mun named Mary Calahan. who comforted comfort-ed him and cheered him In his moments of melancholy. Bailey came to love her and she, moved by his piteous misery, came to reciprocate this affrclion. When Bailey left the workhouse MrS. Calahan did not suppose she would ever sco him again She wept and begged him to visit .Vr once In a while. The next day he returned with the proper credentials for the woman's release. They were married at the St. .lames Street "Roman Catholic church a short time afterward. Bailey Insisted that another Inmate act as best man and that a woman Inmate be tho I Pope Grants Singular Privilege. His holiness, the pope, has granted singular sin-gular privileges In connection with this year's pilgrimage 10 Croagh Patrick The sacred congregation of rites has granted for the little church on Ireland's holy mountain a votive mass In honor of Irc-Innd's Irc-Innd's apostle. A votive mass in honor of a particular saint is not uncommon on a week day, but a votive mass on a Sun-dav Sun-dav has been the exclusive privilege of Saints Peter and Paul. The three altars In the little church on tho mountain top have also been privileged. It Is not tho 1 ' custom to gnuil more than one privileged altar to any church, but the pope himself ; f 5 did It In this cose. One of the preachers 1 IK- for this year's pilgrimage is a distinguished distin-guished member of tho Augustlnian order I in Rome. On the eve of his departure from tho Eternal City he was admitted to' an audience with tho pope, who desired de-sired him to Impart his special blessing W. to the pilgrims on the summit of Ire-1 Ire-1 land's holy mountain. ; ; Oldest Woman in Ireland, : " Tho oldest living person in Ireland is ' ' a woman named Mrs. Cranlley of Clon-'Mb. Clon-'Mb. brln. Monastcrvane, who claims to have 1. reached tho age of 121 years. Still hale and "nearly, she Is the mother of live-daughters live-daughters and three sons, the youngest being over 70 years of age. Both the kins and queen have a very great liking for Ireland, and thero was a time when they almost took a country seat there. Certain dlfllcultles then Intervened, In-tervened, and It was decided that it was not desirable that tho heir-apparent should reside In Ireland, since, bad he done so. the lord-lieutenant would have been placed In a distinctly awkward position. |