Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XX, Issue 17, 12 February 1892, Page 9

Iris h News.

Anttlm*— John Dillon, M.P., accompanied by Michael McCartan, M.P., recently called upon Most Rev Dr McAHster, Bishop of Down and Connor, Chichester Park, Belfast. Mr Dillon was heartily welcomed. After leaving Cbichester Park, Messrs Dillon and McOartan drove to Carmoney cemetery and visited the grave of the late Joseph Gillis Biggar, M.P. Mr Dillon was deeply moved at the remembrance of his old friend and colleague, who had done so much to build up the present Irish movement.

A deputation representing a portion of the tenantry on Lord Magheramorne's estate waited on him **■ Map-herpmorne House, and pointed out a grievance of the tenants who had surrendered their leases and taken a redaction of twelve and a half per cent, without going through the Land Courts, whilst those who had held on had got redactions up to thirty per cent. The deputation also called his attention to the bad harvest, and that they had suffered losses in their cattle. Lord Magheramorne had very little sympathy for the tenan , Pid refused to (rive them eny relief.

Armagh* — Under the auspices of the Lurgsn Female Branch of the Gas-worker Pnd General Labourers' Union a meeting of the operatives of both sexes, particularly those employed in the weaving and veining trades and in other branches of the linen trade, was held in the Town Hall, Union street, for the purpose of hearing an address by Mrs Aveling of London. James McAlerney, of the Weavers' Union, presided, and there was a large attendance. Jn the coarse of her address Mrs Aveling strongly enforced the urgent necessity of organisation among all workers of a local, national, and international basis;

CarlOW*— Carlow November fair was held recently. There was a large quantity of stock, and numerous buyers in attendance, yet the tone of the market waa dull. Following prices ruled :—: — Three-yeai-old bullocks ahd heifers, Ll4 to Ll6 10s per herd ; two-and-a-half-year-olds, Lll to Ll3 10s ; two-year-old, L 7 to L 9 ; and one-year-and-a-half-old, L 4 10a to L 6 10s. Calves fetched fron L 3 to L 4 10a apiece. Beef realised, first qualities, 65s per cwt ; second, 45s to 60a per cwt. Springers, Ll6 to LlB ; and milch cows, Ll3 taLl4.

Clare*— Mr Wright, auctioneer, Ennis, attended the Courthouse, Kilrusb, to sell, by order of tne Bankruptcy Court, a farm of land, in two divisions, one containing nineteen and the other thirtyfour acres, lately held by James Cleary. The holding is within six miles of Kilrusb, held under lease, and subject to £G4 annual rent. The biggest bid was £25, and the auctioneer wes forced to adjourn the sale.

Cork.— Thomas Salter, of Baltimore, lost his schooner, M E C, while on a voyage from Baltimore to Liverpool, with a cargo of cured mackerel, the property of George W. Butler, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S.A. The schooner was in full repair, and not being covered by insurance, the loss to Mr Salter is very serious. Her consignment consisted of 667 barrels of mackerel, the consignees being Messrs Levinssons of Philadelphia. The value of the cargo was £2,000.

Sir Thomas Brady, Fisheriu commissioner, has taken up the case of the fishermen drowned at Kinsale, October 15. The four men were crew of a fishing yawl owned by James Carroll, fish merchant, Kinsale, and were seen about nine o'clock on the night in question. Soon after their light disappeared — forever. The boat was picked up, bottom upwards, and towed to Kinsale next day by a fishing vessel, and the oars and bottom boards were picked up at the Old Head.

Jn Droumdegan families named Hurley and Lynch have been in bad friends for mtny years over a right of passage to a bog, and numerous fightß have been the outcome, Recently the old feud was renewed, and lasted till both sides were obliged to declare a truce and lie down from exhaustion, loss of blood, and fractured bones, inflicted with crowbars, spades, shovels, etc. The police and Drs Livis and O'Callaghan were summoned to the scene of conflict, when the wounded were conveyed to their beds. Such was their state that it was impossible to take the depositions, as neither party could be removed to the presence of the other. Of the seven engaged, five were obliged to lie down for dead and give over the battle,

Derry»— The Churchwardens and Select Vestry of Kilrea parish instituted ejectment proceedings agai&st Rev William Irwin, rector of Kilrea, to recover possession of two fields which they had let to him. The case was beard at the Coleraine Quarter Sessions and dismissed. On the arrival of Rev William Irwin at Kilrea a crowd of oue hundred parishioners, who had assembled at the station, and who were disappointed as the result of the trial, followed the rector, booing, groaning, and making use of insulting expressions towards him, The police bad to protect him.

Donegal.— There was a plentiful supply of stock offered for sale, but only those of good quality were disposed of aDd at low prices. In the pig department general dissatisfaction prevailed, the prices having fallen considerably emce '<«t fr'rday. There was a

fair demand for springers, but the prices offered were «r below the sellers' expectation. Beef rr iged from 42s to 56s per c* * ; springers, L 7 to L4O (a few a little higher) each ; milchers, L 7 to Lll 10s ; three-year-old heifers and bullocks, L 8 to Lll ; two-year-olds, L 6 to LB.

Gal way • — To commemorate his former release from prison, the Galway Town Board erected a tablet to Willi »m O'Brien on the Claddagh Bridge. Recently some maliciously-disposed person made an unsightly hole in the handsome monumental stone. The Town Board will not repair the damage, and so it remains.

The Board of Guardians at last meeting unanimously passed a resolution requesting the Government not to put into effect in Sir Thomas Brady's case the rule which compels civil servants to retire at the age of 65. Sir Thomas is Commissioner of fisheries, and has given entire satisfaction to the Irish fishermen. They, therefore, wish to have him retain the position.

Kerry.— A large Nationalist meeting was recently held at Glenflesk after last Mass, and addressed by Messrs Flynn and Sheehan. The people all through East Kerry are staunch Nationalists. In some localities, however, the landlords have taken advantage of the crisis to refuse to give the customary redactions, while the landgrtbber has v commenced his operations, Father Flaherty presided, and at the conclusion of the speeches 200 persons joined the Federation.

Contrary to expectation, the new proprietor of the Green has decided on excluding the pubUc from the privileges which they enjoyed for many years. The Green, which included the grounds of the old Dominican abbey, is a beautiful park, and wn a favourite resort of the townspeople, who had access to that portion of it known as the " public green "at all times during the day. r lne gates are now closed to the public, and it is the intention of Dr Finnerty, the new owner, to admit in future only such as will pay LI per year; This has caused a general feeling of dissatisfaction.

Kildare.— M Beirne, Kilberry, Athy, was released from Kilkenny Gaol last week, where he had spent a month for, it was alleged, having obstructed bailiffs. Mr Beirne was met at the railway station by a number of friends, who gave him a warm welcome.

Six evictions were carried out recently at Derryoughter, near Monasterevan, on the estate of Frances A. Ryder. Ttere was no resistance offered to the bailiffs. The houses and land of the evicted are of the worst description. The evicted are John Dunne, James Neill, John Tynan, Robert Hall, James Pender, and Patrick Conlon. All found shelter in the homes of neighbours.

Kilkenny. — Last week two children, a boy and a girl, were bitten by a mad dog in the Butts ; and at a place called Conahey, near Castlecomf *, a man and child were injured by another rabid dog. Cases are becoming alarmingly numerous, and will soon reach the County Wexford standard.

A great meeting of the local branch Irish National Federation was held last week, Father Walsh presiding. There were also present — Rev Walter Walsh, Rev James Brennan, Thomas Reidy, William Brown, Simon Derm, Andrew Irish, John Gorman, Laurence Walsh, etc. Proposed by William Brown, seconded by William Donovan and passed unanimously : — That we congratulate the staunch supporters of Mr Flavin at the recent election in Rebel Cork on their splendid victory over the combined efforts of Factionism and Toryism ; tnd we trust that such a crushing defeat will show " the troublesome boys " the folly aud recklessness of contesting aß' at the next gen ral election.

King's County.— ln 1841 the population of King's County was 146,000. From that year to the present tbere has been almost uniform decadence, the decennial rate of decrease v&rying from twenty to twenty-six per cent till the present year, when the population is only 65,000.

The Convention for King's County was held last week at Tullamore, and was a success. The spacious hall of the Yonng Men's Society was filled by the Nationalist manhood of the country, and there was a large attendance of Catholic clergy. Arthur O'Connor, M.P,, and M. J. Kenny, M.P., were present and spoke.

I*eitrim. — His many friends in the United States and elsewhere will learn with regret of the death of Mr O'Beirne, Ballinamore, who was not alone known as a leading business man in County Leitrim, but as a prominent Nationalist, Owing to his principles he suffered eleven months' imprisonment under Forster's regime , His loss will be much felt in Nationalist circles, and deep sympathy is being expressed for his afflicted family.

Kecently was witnebsed the impressive ceremony of erecting a monument to the memory of the late Patrick Gallagher, National teacher, Drumkeeran. Two years ago this respected and popular old resident was laid to rest in Aghalagy. Mr Gallagher taught in Innigmagrath for over fifty years, and will be remembered as the patriot teacher, who at a great personal sacrifice gave to his countrymen what a hostile government refused them for centuries, a free education, for, as may be rightly supposed, in the famine days of '46 the position of tepcher was not a lucrative one. In the repeal epoch he took a prominent part in promoting a branch in his mmediate locality, and adhered firmly to the movement. This opposition h«

experienced later on, when, on applying for tha site of a school-honae, he was refused the grfit by the amiable landlord of the district, who was of course an anti-Pepealer; The inconvenience thus caused to the teacher may be imagined when we remember that he was forced to pay the rent of hia school-house at a time his salary was not onehalf the proverbial one of Goldsmith's " forty pounds a year." Early in autumn Mr Gallagher's family made r Tangements for the erection of a suitable memorial to the deceased. P. Gallagher, Inland Revenue Officer, Blandlord, Dorsetshire, son of deceased, undertook the management of all the various details in connection with the work, and engaged the services of J. Clarence, builder of Ballisodare. The result has been most satisfactory and a monument has been erected in every way worthy of its object. Ine structure consists of tbrr 2 successive slabii of best limestone, polished surface, surmounted by a cross of the same materials. On the upper slab is the inscription :— 11 Patrick Gallagher, died lit November, '89. Aged 71 years." On the middle slab is the inscription : " An eminent schoolmaster, wide'y known and respected as a a educationist. He taught in Drumkeeran for 60 years, and was repeal Secretary in 1845." On one corner is the inscription : " His loving child, Petsr, went before him, 27th December, 1860. Aged 8 years." Altogether, both as regards design and workmanship, the monument is quite ruique and durable, as it will defy the Atlantic storms for generations.

Limerick.— J. O'Mara made his first appearance last week at the Royal English Opera House, London, in the principal tenor part in "La Bawche," created by Ben Devies. Mr O'Mara's sweet and well- trained voice we 3 heard to the greatest advantage in the tuneful and melodious lyrics assigned to the hero of this charming opera, and was rewfded with the warmest applauße, His elder brother, Alderman S. O'Mara of Limerick, was among the audience. The very unusual scene of a police barrack eviction was witnessed in Buree recently. Miss O'Shanghnessy, the owjer, served notice of eviction and advised the workhouse officials to provide room for the evicted police. A police force from a neighbouring district was present to see the law carried into effect. The police were allowed in as caretakers fcr the present.

At a meeting in favour of the retention of the Limerick nightwatch, h«ld recently in the Mechanic's Institute, a resolution was adopted stating that the meeting was of opinion that the members of the Town Council inclined to support the motion for its abolition had not the sanction of the rate-payers. The night-watch in the City of the Violated Tieaty is an old and popular institution and ought not to be abolished. The men who compose it are more in touch with the citizens than the police will be if they replace them. Urolith.— The trial trip of the new tug boat, Drogheda, built under the directicn of Engineer Donaldson for the Drogheda Harbour Commissioners, was made at Greenock last week in the presence of the Mayor of Drogheda, Alderman Brannigan, aid Martin Butterly, T.C., who went across especially for the purpose, and the Engineer and Board of Trade Surveyor. The vessel is reported a stronglybuilt ship, well appointed, with accommodation for 100 passengers, to carry a crew of five, and able to make ten knots an hour in rough watei.

After the County Convention Messrs D ; 'lon, O'Brien, Kilbride, a^d McDermott, M.P.'s, were enterlp i- n»d at a banquet in the ballroom of the Mayoralty House, Drogheda. It was of a sumptuous character, the catering having been entiusted to Mrs Dood. Covtrs were laid for 120 guests. The Mayor occupied tha chair. Ca his right were John Dillon, M.P. ; Rev P. Kelly, Slane ; P. McDermott, M.P. On his left, William O'Brien, M. P. ; Rev John Woods, and Denis Kilbride, M.P. The others prerjnfc included :— Rev John Murtagh, Rsv James Kelly, St Mary's ; Rev F. Boyle, St Peter's ; Rev F. Murtagh, Dundalk ; Rev F. McCulla, Collon, and over a hundred other gentlemen. Grace having been said by Father Woods, the Mayor proposed the first toast of the evening—" Ireland a Nation," with which he coupled the name of John Dillon, M.P. The toast was drunk with enthusiasm.

Sligo.— The County Sligo Gaels' Committee recently met at Ballymote, Father Conlan presiding, and passed the following resolution:—That we, the members of the County Sligo Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association, hereby express our deepest sorrow at the death of P. W. Nally on the eve of his release from prison. We believe no more patriotic or pure-souled Irishman ever paid the penalty of loving his country too well than the brave young Mayoman who perished on Monday last, the victim of accursed laws. We respectfully offer to his afflicted relatives the expression of our most sincere sympathy with them oa the terrible affliction they suffered in tne loss of one they so dearly loved, and so justly honoured by them. Tyrone.- Dungannon Catholic Intermediate School, establish«d through the energy of Right Rev Monsignor Byrne a short time ago, is being well patronised. A very commodious suite of appartmenta were e»cured in the building of the Catholic Society, and two first-class professors, Professor McDonnell and P. B. Gavan, M.A., obtained. There are twenty-five pupils from various districts in the Deanery of Dungannon. At a recent examination several of the boys showed great proficiency in, and aptitude for classical studies.

Waterford,— The remains of the late Richard Power, M.P., were conveyed from London, where the honourable member died, to Tramore for interment. The funeral cortege was a mile ia length, and included the Mayor and Corporation, many societies, several M.P.'e, and numerous persons of all creeds and politics. Father Richard Casey of Waterford we i sentenced to two months' imprisonment under the Coercion Act for alleged rioting during the recent convention held in the city. Father Richard, as every Waterford man knows, would not be guilty of such conduct, but he is, and ever was, a sound Nationalist, and therein lies his crime.

Westmeatll.— ln the diocese of Meath and far beyond there was deep and poigaaot regret for the death of Father Coyne, Delvin. There is not a college contemporary or reader of his brilliant papers in the Irish Ecclesiastical Record on pastoral theology who will not share in that regret. His is not merely a parochial or diocesan loss, for he baa left a void in theological literature which few are qualified to fill. It is no hazard of truth to say that his contributions were read wherever the English language is spoken. The Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney, Meat Rev Doctor Moran, who did not know the individuality designated by the modrst initials " 0.J.M." (Coyne, Joseph, Meath), said Father Coyne's papers were of immense value to the priests of Australia, who often have not library or leisure to acquire such knowledge. Born in 1839, he died in the fullness and vigour of mature intellect. He was educated in Tullamore, the Diocesan Seminary of Navan, and in Maynooth. While yet a boy he was coniributor in prose and verse to the pages of the Nation. The late A. M. Sullivan well knew and admired the boy. His college career was very brilliant. In his last year he obtained the most coveted prize of tbe college —the theological solus of the Dunboyne Establishment.

"Wicklow.— Affairs relating to the estate of the late C. S. Parnell remain unsettled. The death of Mr Kerr, agent for Mr Parnell, which occurred shortly after Mr Parnell's demise, has served to render the condition more complicated, he being the only person who had intimaU knowledge of how matters stood at the time of Mr Parnail's death. Mrs Parnell, and John Parnell, mother and brother of the ex-leader, sailed for Ireland last week to help straighten out matters.