Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 5, 31 October 1890, Page 9

Irish News.

Alltrilll.— Mecyiu Harland and Wolff launched the steamship Georgian from their shipyard for Mews. F. Leyland and Co , Liverpool. The Georgian is 441 fVet long, 45 fe2t beam, M\ feet deep, and is the largest cargo boat afloat, being capable of carrying nearly 7000 tons dead weight. A public meeting was held in Lisburn Town Hall, Georga H. Clarke, Chairman of the Town Commissioners, presiding, and the following resolution, proposed by J. D. Barbour, seconded by Rev. J. A. Stewart, was adopted unanimously :— That having regard to the noble character and many benevolent acts of the late Sir Richard Wallace, Bart, we hereby resolve to take steps to perpetuate his memory in a suitable manner. The well-known rock, Craig-na Scarf, has now been reached and connected with the mainland by a structure which will form part of the quay. The iron columns, which already number twenty, are made last in holes in tha solid rock three feet in depth and fourteen inches in diameter with concrete. Mr. McGildowney has in course ot construction at the shipbuilding yards of Paul Rogers and Company, Carrickfergue, a steamer for the conveyance of goods to Ballycastle. Armagh, — Reports to hand state that most of the varieties of early potatoes iD Lurgan neighbourhood are seriously affected with the disease. The main crop is so far safe, but it is doubtful if that Btate of things will long continue. Carlow. — A great meeting was held in Ballon in support of an evicted tenant named Keely. Tha Newtownbarry and Tullow bands attended. There were a few dozsn police present. A Government reporter was accommodated on the platform. Mr. Hanlon presided. Mr. Kecly, evicted tenant, who was reccved with cheers, stated he owed a year's rent last September, and had offered to pay down £100 and a rent for the future of £200 a year, but the landlord would not take less than £210 a year, with immediate payment of a year's rent. He, Mr. Keely. would watch the f *rm from which he had been evicted and on which he had spent £2000 (cheers). Cavan. — The potato crop in Belturbet and Ballyconnell districts has suffered much from blight. It is no exaggeration to say that it is almoßt a total failure. Clare. — Daniel MacNamara, relieving officer, Kildvsart Union, re.id a batch of eviction notices to the Board at last meeting at the suit of the Marquis of Conyngham and Mucus Keane against John McMahon, John McNamara, Daniel Maloney, Mary ODea, Patrick Sexton, and John Cleary. Anencounter took place at Cahertnonane, near Kilfenora, between an armed band of moonlighters and police. It appears that the moonlighters attacked the dwelling of a farmer named King O'Neill, into which they fired several times, then escaped. Cork. — Daniel Mahon j y, William Glanville, Jam^s Donovan, William Allen John Allen, John Pyburn, and Andrew Johnson have been released after a month's imprisjnment on a charge of unlawful assembly. Edmond Foley, a Ponsonby campaigner, was sentenced to thrr-e months' imprisonment with hard labour for hivmg retained forcible possession ot a farm at Knockmonalea, irum which he had been evicted in April last. Philip Thomas Soraerville, of Dunbeacon, recently brought into Schull the enormous haul of 11,000 mackerel, which had been captured la Dunmanus Bay. They were bought by D. O'Regan, of Schull, on behalf of Gorge W. Butler, of Boston. John and Patrick Lucey, fath. r and son, were arrested at Moultiahorna, nine miles beyond Macroom. The arrest was effected in the bouse from which they had been evicted a shoit time ago, but of which they re-took possession. They were conveyed io Cork Gaol. At the meeting of the Cork Town Council, the Mayor introduced to the members Dr. J. R. Leech, Protestant Irishman, and native of Cork, at present residing in Port Natal. Dr. Leecn made a short speech, and assured the < ouncil that in Poit Natal the greatest interest was manifested in the s'ruggle at present being waged for Ireland's rights After an absence of seventy-fivp years, Tim Lynch, a native of Castlemartyr, recently landed at Queenstown, and astonished the easy-going people of the town by dancing an Irish jig on the quay, the air of which ho gaily whistlei. Tim is ninety years of age, seventy-five of which he spent in America. Dr. Magher. medical officer, Timoleague, appeared before the ClonakiUy Guardians, and stated th'it he had had in his district two cases of Enehsh cholera, one of a v ty bad type and proved fatal. He traced it beyond all doubt to eating diseased potatoes. This prove l that the potato disease of the present year is not alone dangerous but of such a nature as will often not even be noticed by ordinary people. The cas°s were accompanied by great prostration, vomiting, and oth' r serious symptoms. A laige cornfield at Inclnnlt-amy belonging to John Coleman, vice-president of the Ballyduff Natn nal Lp gue, was the scene of busy harvest operations recently. Horns were blown and the word was sent around that Mr. Coleman'a t-pl^ndul crop of wkre oats should be cut down and save i. Mr Coleman was m Cork, and quite unaware of the kind and practical demonstration of sympathy made in his interest by good n^i^hbours. The parishes of Conna, Kilwortb, Coolagown, and Ballyduff were represented by forty mowers and thirty women and girls. Dublin. — An immense gathering of the trades in Dublin waß held m the Phoenix Park for the purpose of expressing their determination to assist the railway bands and Beamen in their strike.

Mr. O'Neill, of 39 Great Brunswick street, Dublin, is engaged in preparing a design of the national memorial to be erected at Mitcteletown to the memory of John Mandeville and the threa victims, Lonergan, Shinnick, and Casey, of the police outrage of September 9, 1887. Fermanagh,— ■RVrmintgh farmers' show, held at Enniskillen, was the beat for many years past Great credit is due to Edward Archdal honorary secretary for this result. Galway.- At the recent meeting of the lUllinasloe Board of Guardians a man named Burke, living at Cioatuekert, 105 years of age, and his wife Bridget, 80 yeara, applied for outdoor relief, which was granted. The Woodford tenants nre threatened with another eviction camvjaign. The landl >rd's representatives applied for fifty warrants of possess on. Extensive clearances oa this notoriorn "estate are of aanual recurrence sinc^ the famous op-ning of the struggle in 1886. Kerry. — There have been numbers of cattle seizures for rent on the Kenmare estate, principally in th<j Kile iramin districts. The cattle are retained on the evicted farms on the property near the town. L«eitrim.— At the meeting of ths Carrick-on-Shannon Board of Guardians, John Fox presiding:, the question of the impending distress was under discussion. John Flood moved, and Edward Murray seconded, the following resolution —Resolved— That in view of the failure of the pjtito crop from the blight and frost, we, the Carrick-on-Shannon Board of Guardians, call upon the landlords of this union to make adequate reduction in their rents to meet the distress, so as to enable the tenant farmeis to at once take steps to protect themselves during tbo winter, and not allow their families to suffer starvation . Limerick.— The branches of the Irish Democratic Labour Federation in Counties Cork, Kerry, and Limerick held a monster meeting in Bruff ; not less than 5,000 persons were present. John Caulfield presided. The practice of farmers assisting each other instead of hiring labourers was condemned. There was a great attendance at the recent meeting of the Limerick National League. Alderman 8. O'ftUra presided, and introduced the Messrp. lovers, father and son, natives of Limerick, residing at Melbourne, and at present visiting their native land. They were received very warmly, and both addressed the assembly. Mrs. Elizabeth Cowhey, of Croagh, who was evicted in May, 1889, has been reinstated. During Mrs. Cowhey'B forced retirement fnm her home and farm her interests were c ireful ly guarded by the Croflgh Branch of the Irish National League, to whom she returns her best thanks, The land held by Mrs. Cowbey forms part of the estate of White Minors. Longford.— The eviction of Edward O'Connor by Thomas O'Connor, of Curracreehan, has been amicably arranged by Rev. James O'Farrell. Peter Chne presided at recent meeting of the Legan Workin men's Association. A resolution was passed binding tne msmberse charge farmers who use i machinery a doub'.e rate: of wages for $ r . vice, one-third to be. given to the association fund. J. P. Firrcll, County President, recently presented the members of the Rathchne (John Martin) Gaelic team with championship medals. The ceremony was an interesting en ;, and srreat numbers l f the people woie in attendance. Mr. Farreil and Francis McGuinness, County Treasurer, were met ootside Lanesboroueh by the team in full dress, headed by the Rathchue Fife-and-Drum Band. Two persons epsak Irish only, and but 640 speak Irish and Eoglish out of a population of (51,009 persons, in the County. Louth— Two splendid composite catriages for the Dublin Loop line have been constructed by the Great Notheru Railway Works, Dundalk. They are finished in a manner most creditabl j to the workmen employed in thia great local industry. Theic was a full meeting of the Oliver Plunkett Total Abstinence Society recently, tne president, P. J. Kelly presiding. John Rourke, of Great George's stivet, was elected Vice-Presideut by acclamation. Tne Society is in a flourishing condition. A night school will be got up during the winter, and eiuging, dancing, and musical clashes go on with a zest usual to such an entertaining study. The propprty m 68 Fair street has been insured for £200. Five years ago the Society started with a few borrowed chairs and tables in s, room in West streft. Mayo — A large number of pilgrims recently visited the hill of Knockroe to perform the Stations at the holy well which crowns the summit of that far-famed well. All thiough the day and night the pilgrims performed their religious exercises with great fervour and de*otion. Monaghatl. — The cold-blooded brutality of Gibbings, Shirley, and their hangere-on ot the Estate Office, Cmickmaoross, can match anything m Ireland. They recently visitei Farn->y on an eviction t xpedition, and, entering the house of a man namei Fot, threw his furniture on the road, th< j n began to pull down the house, but before the work was finished a son of Fix made a promise of settlement, and the evictor's hand was stayed They had previously turned into Fox's garden of oats a batch of seven cattle, found on an evie'ed farm, on their way out. The same pitiless conduct was carried on at the other houses. Everything the tenants had was utterly destroyed. ROSCOmnion. — A committee of the people of Castlerea intend making application to have the power of collecting the tol's and customs transferred into their own bauds from that of the Receivers Xipperary. — The Ballyporeen (suppressed) National League met in front of the police barrack. Four hundred persons were present. A furze fence hid the people Ifromjthe prying eyes of the R.I.C. James Donovan presided. John Godfrey, an evicted tenant of Smith-Barry, died recently. Mr. Godfrey waa the aecond.tenant evicted in Tipperary. He carried

on an extensive business as a licensed trader and undertaker, and had expended s^me thousands of pounds in the erection of two shops in the Main street, now vacant. P. Gill, who was imprisoned for rubbing against a policeman, has been unconditionally released. He was met at the railway station by an enormous crowd of people, who cheered him to tbe echo. After receiving several congratulations a procession was formed and the criminal conveyed to Dobbyn's Hotel, where he was entertained by Mr. Sheehy, M.P., Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Dalton, and other friends. Tyrone.— A party of Orangemen recently entered Stewartstown, armed with sticks and stones, and wrecked upwards of thirty bouses, including the house of the parish priest and the Catholic school-room. How such conduct can be indulged in with impunity passes comprehension. An outrage of a dastardly and most sacrilegious character has been perpetrated at the Melmont Catholic Church, in the parish of Urney, situate! near Strabane. The chalice was stolen and the money in the Alms-box abstracted. The sacristy was thoroughly rummaged. Father Me Cartan and 500 of the Donaghmore parishioners too<£ an excursion. On arriving in Belfast the excursionists wended their way to the steamer Victoria and proceeded to Bangor, where they spent three hours, and again boarded the Victoria for a trip to Lame and back. The boat did not land at Lame, but, after sailing close to the Gobbins and giving a fine view of " The Maidens," turned back to Bangor and thence to Belfast. The Coalisland Temperance Society recently held their annual excursion. The place selec'pd was Lough Neagh, and thither nearly 2 000 persons wended their way and assembled at Washing Bay. The procession *, as headed by the Coalisland Brass Band. Father McShane, whose exertions in the temperance cause have endeared him to the people, was present. The following were the marshals :— James Morrison, James Toner, James McUann, Sec, P. Quinn, John McNally, James Quinn, and Bernard O'Nei.l. A meeting was held in the Lecture room. Donaghmore, recently, John K. Smith in the chair, to propose a vote of thanks to Hon. 8. S. Voder, member of congress for Ohio. Mrs. Connolly, widow of an ex-eoldier of the United States Army, had applied for a pension f^r herself and two children, but was twice refused on technical grounds. Through Mr. Voder's exertions a few days ago Mrs. Connolly received from the United States Treasury tbe pleasing information that her name had been placed on the pension list, and that she would receive the sum of £39 12s. per annum. Rev. J. McCartan, P.P., proposed and Francis Stuart seconded a resolution thanking Mr. Voder for his kind action. To James Brown, J.P., is due the merit of introducing the matter to Mr. Voder. 'Westmeath.- William Power, a member of the Moate National League, was accused of driving cattle for a boycotted person named Parsons. Power stated he was asked to herd Springlawn farm, " but I told him I would not have anything to do with it if I got ten shillings a day. Yea, and he said I would have two policemen to attend upon me — one of them to black mv boots and the other to bring me porter from the ' Cat and Bagpipep.'" "Wexford.— Two carpenters are erecting two police huts on the Coolgreany estate in the townlanda of Askioch and Portchester. The old police barrack in Coolgreany is condemned, and one ot the houses which Planter Reid occupies in the village is to be converted into a police station. "WicklOW.— Sectarian feeling is running high in Arklow just now, consequent on the invasion of street preachers. On a trumped-up-charge of assault James Mooiey, Patrick Neill, John Tracey, Michael Redmond, and William Neill, were sentenced to one month each. After the sentence was pished John l'race/ aotack^d the preachers in the court, and one of the liveliest fights seen in Arklow ensued. Police, fishermen, preachers, and prisoners thumped away at a great ra>c. Father Farrelly eucceelod in quieting the people.