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Title: The Cross and the Shamrock
Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic
Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations,
Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St.
Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For
The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic
Male And Female Servants Of The United States.

Author: Hugh Quigley

Release Date: October 28, 2005 [EBook #16958]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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THE

CROSS AND THE SHAMROCK,

OR,

HOW TO DEFEND THE FAITH.

AN

IRISH-AMERICAN CATHOLIC TALE

OF REAL LIFE,

DESCRIPTIVE OF THE

TEMPTATIONS, SUFFERINGS, TRIALS, AND TRIUMPHS

OF THE

CHILDREN OF ST. PATRICK

IN THE

GREAT REPUBLIC OF WASHINGTON.

A BOOK

FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OF

THE CATHOLIC MALE AND FEMALE SERVANTS OF THE
UNITED STATES.

WRITTEN BY

A MISSIONARY PRIEST.

[Transcriber's Note: a pseudonym for Hugh Quigley.]

BOSTON:

PATRICK DONAHOE,

3 FRANKLIN STREET.

1853.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by

PATRICK DONAHOE,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of
Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

DEDICATION.

To the faithful Irish-American Catholic citizens
of the whole Union, and especially to the working
portion of them, on account of their piety,
their liberality, their patriotism, and their steady
loyalty to the virtues symbolized by the "Cross
and the Shamrock,"--on account of their attachment
to the land of St. Patrick, and to the
religion of her patriot princes and martyrs,--this
work, written for their encouragement and instruction,
is respectfully inscribed by

Their humble servant,
And devoted friend