Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1907 — The Emerald Isle. [ARTICLE]

The Emerald Isle.

Ireland is called tbe Emerald Isle because of tbe richness of Its verdure, the term being first used by Dr. William Drennnn, the author of ‘’Gleudalloch" and other poems, published In tbe latter part of the eighteenth century. It'a a brave nran who will marry a twin.