Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1901 — The "Shamrock" Countess. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The "Shamrock" Countess.

The beautiful countess of Limerick has well earned the title of “The Shamrock Countess,” for, thanks to her efforts, one of the British war funds has acquired this spring a substantial addition to its funds owing to the sale of the “dear little shamrock” so cleverly organized by the mistress of Dromore castle. The young countess —before her marriage Miss Burke-Irwin, the daughter of one of Ireland’s most popular sportsmen, and herself, both as a girl and since her marriage, one of the straightest riders to hounds in the Emerald isle — early joined the group of those energetic peeresses who do all in their power to improve the lot of their poorer friends and neighbors. The Shamrock League has succeeded beyond the wildest dreams of its promoters, and during the days which preceded March

17 Lady Limerick and her friends worked hard all day tying up tiny nosegays of Ireland’s national green blossom and dispatching it to all cor'*UQrs of the world.

COUNTESS OF LIMERICK.