E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Stone of the Broken Treaty.
Limerick. About a century and a half ago England made a solemn compact with Ireland. Ireland promised fealty, and England promised to guarantee to the Irish people civil and religious equality. When the crisis was over England handed Ireland over to a faction that has ever since bred strife and disunion. (Address of the Corporation of Limerick to Mr. Bright, 1868.)
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“The ‘stone of the broken treaty’ is there, and from early in the morning till late at night groups gather round it, and foster the tradition of their national wrongs.”—The Times.
