Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 14, 2 January 1891, Page 9

Irish News.

Antrim.— Felix O'Neill, president, occiipied the chair at recent Moneyglass ami Cargin League meeting, which was the largest ever assembled, Ihe chairman, in a few well-chosen remarks, thanked the members for the position in which they placed him, and in which £c would try to give sitisfaction to all parties. Patrick Devli > Bannside said the land question was the bottom question, before which all others were insignificant. Land is necessary for all from the sovereign to the pauper. Our necessities are our title deeds to our pat portion of the common inheritance. His remarks were well received.

Armagh.— A meeting was recently held to establish in Lurean a branch of the National Union of the gis-workers and labourers of Great Britain and Ireland. W. Livingston was present and addressed the meeting. A considerable number of members were enrolled. The merchants of Lurgan were last week attacked and annoyed by an unknown individual of gentlemanly appearance, whose conduct raised doubt about his sanity. In one case he entered a shop and demanded some articles not in stooc, thereupon he made a lunge at tbe merchant with a heavy walking-stick, clearing the shop of all persons. In another in^ance he accosted a gentleman in the street, and, flourishing tbe etick in a threatening manner, declared that he was the d-vil from hell and meant to be obeyed, and vowing repeatedly tint he was a supporter of law and order, and meant to see the law obeyed. He may have been a broken down landlord

Clare.— Kilkee, the Brighton of Ireland, was the sceae of a popular demonstration participated in by people from Clare and adjoining counties. This was the celebrating of the inauguration of the Bouth Clare railway works, and the turning of the first sod by Mm. Reeves of Besborough, the amiable wife of R. W. C. Reevei, who did so much to promote the line. The railway commences at Cappa pier, Kilrush, and goes on to Miltown Malbay, joining the West Clare railway at the latter town, a distance of twenty.fi »c mi eg It will have a branch line from a junction at Moyaeta, three miles from kilrunh, to Kilkee. Tbe estimated cost is £120,000 The clergy of the district and Mr. Murphy, M. P.. wore present. Cork.— Wm. Halliscy, mason, and Michael Walsh, farmer, were attack, d by an emergencyman roar Killavullen. The supporter ot ' law and order " fired several revolver shots at them but happily missed. rt J

A bust of Rev. Francis Mahony (Father Prout) was unveiled last week in the Crawford Mun cipal Schools of Science an! Art, Nelsons Place, Cork, by the Mayor, in presence of a large number of ladies and gentlemen, and members of the MaLony family. Tne bust, which is life-size, is the work of liich^rd Barter, a Coik man

Donegal.- The ince<-s*nt and heavy rains of the last few weeks have ..one in pa culable injury to U c cr ips. The River Lennon burst its embrtukraent, submerging the crops from Cbiircmll to >amertnn. Hundreds of acr. s of ciop-land lay under water for days. Such potatoes as paitially escaped the blight and rot are not expected to be worth digging. In several plac-s the water was five teet deep. Stephen Morrison, Trabonbeg, lost au acre nt stocked oats. To prevent a recurrence of these annual lo*s-s by flooding** a meeting will be held in Kilmacranrn to ask the Government for a loan to widen, deepen, and embank the river. A large and representative meeting of the peoole of Inver parish was held at Frosses. Father Gallagher presided. " The meeting was convened with the view of obtaining d, finite and reliable inf »rm - tion relative to the extent of the bl ght ot the potato crop, and take such steps as might be d.-emed necw-sary in view of the threaten, d distress. The sad tale the farmers had to tell was substantially the same. " The potatoes are gone," was the doleful plaint an every lip Resolutions calling the attention of the Government to the condition of the people and requesting that works be piovided to enable them to live through the distress were adopted.

Dovn.- There was a large show of flax at last market. Two thousan 1 stones were offered for sale and a fair attendance of buyers from Belfast arid other centres. There were brink sales, and nearly all was disposed of at from five shillings to eight shillings per stone •las. Fulton of Milhsle Mills, Donaghadee, who had 800 stones, obtained the highest price.

A meeting of Barameeb League branch was held recently, John M'Lean, president, in the cb-ir. Rev. F. O'H»re moved, and Edward *cg h n seconded a vote of thanks to Mr. I'arreH, solicitor, on gib attendance at the Revision Sessions in Rathinland ; to Porter McCann for the able manner in which he worked up the register, and to Michael Murphy and Patrick McLindon who gave evidence. Just two weeks ago a number of workmen employed by the Belfast and Down hail way 'empany arrived in Downpatrick and commenced the work of pegging off the new line of la.iway twux Downpatrick to Ardplas*. T «e total length of the new line will be about eight miles, and will be constructed by the employee ot the County Down Railway, under the direction of Mr. Culverpell, the company s engineer.

Galway.— An extraordinary sensation was caused recently by the announcement that a ghost had made ts appearance in Abbeygate street. There is nearly opposite the sacristy door of the pro-cathedral an untenante I house. Homeb. dy died there wnbm the last few weeks. Then the house became unienanted, but was subsequently occupied for a short time. The speedy exit of tne latest occupant, it was said, was caus. dby the ghoht. The ghost appears in white at the windows an J thousande of people gather in the streets to get a peep at the uncanny visitor.

Kerry.— William Cantillon of Ballydonoghue, whose action in taking possession of a farm held by a tenant namtd Dennehj,

caused so much displeasure, has signified to Father Harring on(8t. Michaels Oollrge) his intention of giving u D the place subi ct to whatever conditions Messrs. J. Stack and F. Harnn«-on, M.P'b might think just and equitable. At the Killarney Quarter Sessions a number of tenants on this estate brought action against Lord Kenmare for illegal seizure of their cattle aad hjracd. A decrc3 was granted in each cj3?. Kildare«-A meeting of labourers was held last week in the Market fc-quare, Naas. The attendance was large. J. B. Everett of Newbndee presided. A branch of the Union was established and a good number enrolled. A great meeting of the Kildare and surrounding branches of 'he Lfaguo was held in the fown Hall last week, Rev. John Cullen, kildare, presided. Amongst those present were— Messrs. Clancy, Klbude, and McDonald, M.P.'s, J. Cosgrove, H^fferoan. Hickett, \v. Ciß?ro<re, Fay. etc. Amongst the resolutions passed was tbe following :— That the housing of the labourers in mauy districts of the county is a disgrace to civilisation, and tuat we hope the farmeri will take into account the claims of the labourers to a liberal and generous treatment, LJlJierlek.— The bicentenary of the SiOgo ol Limerick wan recently celebrated :it St. John's Square, close to the monumrnt erected to the memory of Sarpfiold. Amoagst those present were P. O'Brien, M.P, ; Mr. Kinucane, M.P. ; Aldermen Riordan and O'Mara, Town (Jouncellors Donnelly and P. McSweeny, Mr. Keating, Ltwlrr ; J. M. Steward, O'Brien, Dalton, Mr. Lunden, Kilteely. Alderman O Mhra piesided. At regular n.eetingof Rearcrn«B National League E.O'Toolepresiding, the Secretary read a letter from the Central Branch enclosing £3 for Patrick Berkery, one of Captain Herd's Rearcross evicted tenants, and for which the branch returned thanks. There were other matters of importance before the meeting with iegarrf to the assistance Carey , the local grabber was receiving from a few persons in the parishes of Murroe and Newport. Longford.— Daniel Egan, brother to Joseph Egan, president of the Bally nncormack Branch, 1.N.L., was passing dowa a street recently in which some boys were cheering, when Constable Broodle pointed him out to the equad as a disturber. What followed is sickening in its brutality. Before he could defend himself be was felled to the ground with a blow of Broodle's stick, and then dragged to the barracks like a dog. Ulayo.— At the .Mayo Quarter Sessions recently an app-al of the Moy Salmon Fishery Company agiimt a conviction of the jus ice- fining tuem £5 or one month's imprisonment for erecting an illegal bridge acr. ss the " Queen's gap," m the weirs at B^llina. •"mid bridge being a permauent structure. The convictkn of the jnstices was ba-1 in law and was reversed. During the hearing of the case in the Land Court, Cairick-on-Shanuon, last week Mr. Burke, solicitor, tt ongly protested against the action of the Land Commissioners m foicmg the public to have cases iried b.fore two lay gentlemen wi hout the guidance of a legal commissioner. This wan, he baid, comraiy to the t-pir.t and letter of the Act of Parliament, and against the intcres s uf both landlor is and tmantn. Ulonajjhan.— The gen ra j fb j r( recent i v held, was larger than usual, lbe t-huw of stock, huwever, was not good, and the sale in every class except springers dull. Young springing cows ranged I from £16 to £21 ; jeai-olds, Bix-quaiter, and two-year-old heifers and builocks weie fium Uoa to :50s per head cheaper than two months ago. Uleath. — There was a fair supply of stock and an average demand at Navan lair. Thre' -year-old stores brought from £12 to £13 ; two-year-olds, lrom £10to£12 ; yearlings, from £,7 to £8 ; spring >rs, trom £M to £20. Beef, 01 to 71 per pound ; mutton, 7d to 7^ i per pound. At same fair the number of stock was about tbe aveiage, and an appr-ci.ble decrease in prices, farmers in many mstanc s i ot obt-unir g what they piid for the stock &ome months ago. Three.-} ear-old stores brought from £11 to £11' ;tw -year-oHs fr.im £10 to £11 ; >earling», from £0 to £7 ; spuugers, £12 to £18; beet, G i to G\ . ; mutton, 7d to 7^d per pouud. Queen's County.— The land-owners of Queen's County receuuy heid a meeti ig in Maryborough Court-house. There wts not much "gj "' in thu proceedings, as they feel the eni is quickly approaching. RoscomniOU. — Michael King presided at recent meeting of KiliruHtaus branch ot the National League wnen the following resolution was paßsed — lhat wo look with disgust on the cowardly brute, fcuckltd on Irish mothers' breasts, who tor the love of English gold bludgeou their tellow-cjnntrymen «s they did in Fipperary. SlijfO.— The President of the Bligo National League, P. A. McHugu, n >s received an intimation that P. McDonald and Edward L<amy will Bhortiy visit till go and the various branches of the League throughout the (Joumy. T c secietanes have a'ro^dy been communicated with, and suitable prepu-ations are being made to give the h'>nc viable genltmen a heaity welcome. A meeting was ncent'y held in Ballyfrirnon to advocate the construction ot a railway to Sligo, via Ball> (ainoa and Kiverstown. At a special tnciting of the feligj Corporation ihe Mayor, John Connolly put-Ming, a resolution proposed by P. A. McHugh, secon led by M.chael .Miimoe, to pies nt the freedom of the town to .John Dillon in recognition of his services to Ireland wt»s passed unanimously. An influential meeting «as held at Drotnore West last week under the pns dency of Key. Jonn J. Kelly. The object of the meetins: w.s in consider the Mtnation in view of the impending distress. The rev. chairman pointed out to the meeting that as no other parish in Tireiagh had made a move he thought they should take the lead. A time of difficulty and clisireas was approaching, an 1 it behoved them to take counsel for the preservation of themselves and their families from starvation. Several resolutions of great importance were passed

Tipperary.— At lart Tipperary fair the usual fight took place over Smi h- Barry's tolls. Several rows occurred at the various custom gaps and a number of men were arrested.

A mass-meeting of the liberal electoro of Bradford was held recently to denounce the action of the Irish Executive towards Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien at Tipperary. A company ib being organised to work the Ormonde slate quarries at Carriclc-rin-Buir. The Blates tnat have been turned out trom this place are sail by eminent architects to rank even higher than those that are brought at bo much cost from Wales. A large and representative meeting was held in the William O'Brien Arcade, New Tipperary, for the purpose of endorsing the action of the Irish Parliamentary party at their conference in Dublin with reference to the Tenants' Defence Association. Very Rev. Oanon Canill presided, and amongst the others present were Rev. D»rid Humphries, Rev. P. Bgan of Woolford, Lady Robinson of Northampton, Miss A. Mander of Wolverhampton, Miss Borthwick of London, and Sydney Hallif ax of Manchester.

— The Government has purchased a large tract of land of Kuockmealdown District, near Lismore, for a rifle range. John Henneberry of Mount Bolton waa charged at Portlaw with having unlawfully assaulted the sub-Baerifr" and his bailiffs on the. occasion of the eviction of his father. He pleaded guilty and. was bound to the peace.

Weetmeatll. — Tbe branch is in a healthy condition, and is steadily keeping the National banner afloat in Mnllingar. James Allen presided at recent meeting, at which the attendance was l»rge. Several new members were enrolled, amongst them being Mr. Juhn Cain and Mr. Gaynor.

"Wexford. — The All-Ireland Gaelic championship m%tchea were recently played between Dublin, Kilkenny, Louth and Wexford in Drumcondra Dublin, which the Castlebridge hurlers and footballers carried off.

An immense gathering of the good men and true of Ramsgrange district recently listened to the words of wisdom and national import which fell from the venerable pastor Canon Doyle. Resolutions io support of the Irish party and the tenants cause were adopted. Ihe attendance at last meeting of Lady's Is and Labour League was the largest since its inauguration. Several new members were enrolled. Grent satisfaction was expressed at the appearance of Mr. Davitt's Labour World and hearty wishes for its success. Edward Barnes presided.

Thomas Fitzpatrick, pupil of Ratbgarogae National School has been successful in obtaining three of the annual prizes, irrespective of a certificate or honour given by Vere Foster, for the best imitation of one or more of his series head-line copy-books. Ireland was represented by competitors from twenty-nine counties, and England, Scoiland. and Wales by forty, besides Colonial and foreign schools. Much credit is due to his teacber, Mr. Condon, for the success of his