Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 5, 2 June 1893, Page 9

Irish News.

Antrim.— Mis Bradly, of the Mullani, Baeharkin, died recently, aged 102. She belonged to Baliyoastle, andbecame a Catholic abuut eighty years ago. She retained her faculties almost unimpaired to the last, and had a most distinct recollection of the stirring times of '98.

Carlow.-Jastice Harrison in opening the Carlow Spring Assizes congra ulated the Grand Jury oa the peaceful condition of ths county,

Clare.— At a Unionist demonstration at Bnnis, recently, Lord lnchiqain declared that the Home Bale Bill would destroy Ireland financially and otherwise. Captain O'Callaghan said the Bill was supported by those who had nothing to lose, and denounced Mr Gladstone as a veoerable fraud, and declared Home Bule, if passed, would produce civil war.

Derry.— The picturesque property, known as Fox Hill, the residence of Sir Thomas Lecky, J.P., has betn formally handed over to the Derry Corporation for hospital purposes.

A few evenings since, under the presidency of the Karl of Albemarle, the Boyal Humane Society's gold medal for distinguished gallantry was bestowed, ont of five Ulster medalists, upon Thomas M'Dennott, of H.M.S. Swallow, a native of Derry, for aaviDg the lives of two men of the same ship, who wera attacked by a large shark off the south-east of Zanzibar last September. Donegal.- Mr Swift MacNeill, M.P. for Donegal, was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He is professor of constitutional and criminal law in King's Inn, Dublin.

Down*— At the late Spring Assizes for the County Down, held at Downpatrick, Judge Madden congratulated the Grand Jury on the peaceful and prosperous condition of the county.

Dublin.— Preparations will shortly be perfected by the Telegraphic Department of the General Post-office for the establishment of telephone communicition between London and Dublin ; and Glasgow and Belfast merchants will also soon be provided with like facilities between these two great commercial centres. Ultimately, a complete circuit will be in operation by which the citizens of Dublin, Relfast, Glasgow and London will all be enabled to have telephonic communication one with another.

The Iruh Timet relates the following very pleasing incident which occurred in Dublin as Cardinal Lo*ue was about to take his recent departure from that city, on his retnrn to Armugh : " Before the train left an incident which attracted much attention, and which was regarded with pleasure by all who witnessed it, was the friendly meeting between the Catholic and Protestant Primates of the same dioceße — Armagh — both proceeding to their owu province— Ulster. When the Cardinal was standing outside the ticket office, hia Grace the Most Bey Dr Koox, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, seeing his Eminence, walked over and ahook him cordially by the hand. The Primate and the Cardinal Prinnte remained in conversation for some minutes, and subsequently tbey travelled in the same train to the North."

The death is announoed of Bichard Alfred O'Brien, a native of Dublin, and a most pious doctor, who has passed away at Moatnghi, near Florence. He was as skilful as be was charitable, ond was always at the service of Catholic missions, of monks, and of hospitals.

The Unita Cattolica speaks highly of him. The late Pio Nono conferred a gold medal upon him for his zealous attention to *he cause of Catholicity in China, and afterwards named him a Chevalier of the Order of St Gregory the Great. For ten years he had resided in the City of Flowers, and on his edifyiog death-bed was ministered to by Father Carey of the Minor Obsurvants from the convent of Ognissanti.

L,eitrim.— The land cases heard and settled in the Oounty Leitnm, during July and August, exhibit the total of old rent due as £1,289 Is sd, and that of new as £1,099 2* 41, a gain iv round numbers of £280 per annum to the tenants.

I^OUth.— Bev Brother Burke, Superior of the Brothers' Schools, Dandalk, has been appointed Superior of the Brothers' School at Gibraltar. In his foreign sphere he will have under his direction a college and thret schools, conduced by nearly a score of Brothers, succeeding a gentleman who has been calltd to fill the position of assistant to the Superior-General.

Queen'B County.— At the Spring Assizes for Queen's Oounty Judge Harrison, who presided in the Criminal Court congratulated the Grand Jury on the peaceful condition of the Oounty. At the close of the Assizes the Grand Jury adopted resolutions condemn*, tory to the present Home Bale scheme.

SlifgO. — The Dominican Fathers are meeting with much encouragement in their appeal for funds with which to restore the old cloisters in Abbey street, Sligo.

Tyrone.— An old man named John Bichardson and his wife died within a few hours of each other at Cookstswn. The man had reached the extraordinary age of 102 years, and his wife was 98.

A manifesto has been issued at Dungannon by one Caledon, Grand Master of the Orangemen of Tyrone, calling upon them to enroll all

members, from sixteen to sixty years of age, for the purpose of active service, if required to defend the Union in the coming struggle. The manifesto being privately sent from the County Grand Secretary to the Lodges, it has caused a great amount of excitement in the County.

Orange rowdies have agaia disturbed the p^ace and quietness of Stewartstown. A few nights ago as the local Na ionalist band was passing through Market Square, the members were booted and assailed by a lot of Orangemen. The police succeeded in arresting two of the loafers named Dunseitb, a tailor, of Stewartstown, and James Hen* derson, of Doorgan, who will be examined at the next Stewartstown Petty Sessions. Danseith has been arrested before on a similar charge.

Westmeath.— Sir W. a. Nugent, Bart., of Donore, has just died at Bournemouth in his 67th year. The deceased was a well* known sportsman, and bis n^nre was a familiar oce on both Irish and English racecourses. In his day he was the owner of gome splendid rac-rs, which made a name for themselves on the Irish turf. He was a magistrate for the County of Westmeatb, and was a most regular attendant at the local sessions. His funeral was very largely at* tended.

The Very Bey Michael Tormey, a distinguished ecclesiastic, died recently, at an advanced age, in Beynella Cottage, Westmeatb, the residence of his brother. Father Tormey was an able writer of both poetry and prose, a learned and effective pulpit orator, and an influential public speaker on tha various political platforms of the diocese of Meath throughout the Tenant League agitation, throughout the Land League agiUtion, and the Home Bule agitation, until hia retirement from public life. As a post he adorned the pages of tha Nation in its palmiest days. Bat three or four of his poems are

generally known—" The Ancient Race," " Past and Present," " Irißh Still," etc. Aa a prose writer, says one of our contemporaries, he is the author of a learned work on tbe " Immaculate Conception," published at tht time of the definition of that religious dogma as an article of Catholic faith. His writings adorned tbe pages of tbe Tablet in its leading columns when that journal was coatrollel by Frederick Lucas. As a pulpit orator his eloquance is appreciatively remembered. Father Tormey, on all important occasions in the diocese of Meatb, took a leading part on behalf of the people. Tbe friend of Lucas, Gavan Duffy, and many other distinguished Irishmen, his death will be mourned where his fame has reached.

"Wexford.— A meeting of tenants on the estate of Lord Templemore, in South Wexford, has been held to consider his refusal to grant a reduction of 25 per cent on the rent now dne. It w« resolved to revive the Plan of Campaign. Trustees were appointed, and a levy of sixpence in the pound adopted for tbe defence of the tenants proceeded against.