Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 25, 21 June 1900, Page 9

Irish News.

ANTRIM.— The Mater Infirmorum Hospital, BelfastThere was a very large and distinguished gathering present on the occasion of the formal openin? of the Mater Infirmorum Hospital, Belfast, on the afternoon of Monday, April 23 The oji. mr>g ceremony was performed by the Mayor of Belfast (Alderman R. J. McConnelH. »nd among the speakers were his Eminence Cardinal Logue, the Bishop of Down and Connor, the Marquisof Dufferin and Ava. Mr. G. W. Wolff, M.P., Mrs. Pine, Alderman McCormick, and others. New Church at Lisbum— St. Patrick's New Church, Lisburn, was to be solemnly dedicated to Divine worship on June 10 by the Most Rev. Dr. Henry, Bishop of Down and Connor. CAVAN.— A Fortunate Policeman— a New York policeman, Mr. John Carlin, is reported to ha^e fallen heir to £12,000 left him by his grandmother in County Cavan. Ireland. Carlin is unmarried and lives with a widowed mother who, on account of advanced age, declined to take the journey. The legatee is extremely modest. A reporter asked him what the exact amount of the legacy was. ' It's hard to tell.' he said. ' A friend of mine went across to get a legacy once, and all he brought back were four pairs of home-made socks. I think I'll have more than that, and I'll have my return ticket, too.' CLARE.— A CrimeleSS County— There being no criminal business to be disposed of at the Ennis Quarter Sessions, Judge Carton was presented with white gloves. CORK— Street Preachers Condemned by Protestants. — The disgraceful disturbances created in Cork by the street preachers were referred to at a late meeting of the Town Council by the Mayor, who expressed a desire that something should be done to preserve law and order in the city. His Worship was ably supported by Mr. Julian, a Prote«rant, who f-ail he did not believe that the members of his Church had the slightest sympathy with them, and these gentlemen, though they posed as Protestants, were not in any way connected with the Church of Ireland. He could not believe that these men were really religious men, or they would not stoop to create disturbance Sunday after Sunday. It was most disgraceful, he might say blasphemous, and he hoped steps would be taken to put it down. There was no neces-ity for it. It was not like preaching somewhere in Darkest Africa. In Cork they bad churches for every denomination, and it was altogether unnecessary that such rancorous feeling should be created iv the city. Mr. Townsend, also a Protestant, endorsed what had been baid by Mr Julian. DERRY-— The Completion of the Cathedral.-The response to the appeal made by the Most Rev. Dr. O'Ooherty in the parishes throughout his diocese on behalf of the fund for completing Derry Cathedral has been, as was only ti be expected, a very generous one. Th list of subscriptions published (says the Belfast -Examiner) proves the earnestness with which the different parishes have taken up the idea, vicing with each other in their efforts to make the appeal a success. They recognise that the completion of St. Eugene's Cathedral, in the City of Derry, is not a local concein, but a diocesan one, and one which, as is shown, has commended itself to natives of the diocese far away from its borders. Now that this encouraging bucccss has followed his Lordship's appeal, and that the priests of the diocese have also taxed themselves to pay a sum annually, according to their means, the speedy completion of the work is assured. It is gratifying to know that the historic city will Boon be provided with a completed Cathedral, which will remind us of some of its former ecclesiastical glories. DUBLIN.— The City Coronership-— Dr. Louis Byrne, F.R. C.S , has been elected by the Dublin Corporation as coroner for the City of Dublin by 33 votes to 20 given to Dr. Robert Kenny a brother of the late coroner. How the Phoenix Park got its name— The origin of the name of the Phuenix Park has puzzled many scholars unacquainted with the Irish language. The manor was called in the Irish vernacular Fionn-uipge, pronounced flnnishka, which signifies olear or fair water, and which, articulattd in the brief English manner eiaotly resembled the word Phujnix. ' KILDARE— A gift from Cardinal Moran— On Low Sunday the beautiful marble altar of Leighlin Church, the gift of his Eminence Cardinal Moran, was solemnly consecrated by the Most Rev. Dr. Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. The sermon on the occasion was preached by Mgr. Tynan. LIMERICK -Deputy-Inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary— Mr. Heffernan Considine, a resident magistrate in Kilkenny, who has just been appointed to the post of Deputy Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary, will be remembered by Oxford men of the early seventies as a famous athlete and as stroke of the Lincoln College boat. He is a deputylieutenant of the county of Limerick, and the head of an ancient Irish Catholic family. LOUTH-— Death of a Drogheda Citizen.— A Drogheda correspondent writes that general regret was felt amongst all sections of the citizens of Drogheda when it became known that Mr. Patrick Mangan had passed away at the residence of his father, Mr. John Mangan, T.C , Dublin Gate Mr. Mangan was a well-known athlete, invariably taking first pla^e at the athletic meetings in the metropolis and in the provinces of Leinster and Ulster. He took a leading part in Drogheda and the counties of Louth and Meath in forming branches of the Gaelic Association.

WATERFORD.-Presentation to Mr- J. E. Redmond - Mr. J E. Redmond, M.P., has been presented %sith a loving cup from Wsterford men and women at present residing in New York The cup was accompanied by an address which concluded with the hope that the motto of Waterford would never be sullied by treason to Ireland, and that it might ever retain its proud title of urhi intacta, WEXFORD.-Tenants purchasing their Holdings— The tenants on the Scallan estate, situate at Ballyroe (Aanesie*), in the barony of Ballaghkeene, County Wexford. have entered into an agreement lor buying out their holdings at nineteen years' purchase. Helping the Evicted Tenants —if the rest of Ireland (Bays the/Mfast Examiner) took up the problem in the same earnest and thoroughly practical fashion as Wexrord County, the condition of the evicted tenants would immediately cease to be a social and political impediment. The Wexford men have just sent to his Eminence Cardinal Logue a second instalment of £S(>o towards the Restoration Fund. An example of this sort should put the farmers of the rest of Ireland to shame, or stir them up to a generous emulation. As his Eminence points out in acknowledging the cheque sent by Sir Thomas Esmonde and Mr. Edmund Hore J P there would soon be no evicted tenant* ' putting to shame by their misery and the patience with which they bear it the farmers of Ireland who have benefited by their sacrifices.'

GENERAL.

The CrOBB Of Cong-— The wife of the O'Conor Don has presented to the Queen a most interesting relic— a model in gold of the famous Cross of Cong;. When Turlough O'Conor reigned in Ireland and Henry 11. reigned in England, a golden cross was made and put on the top of an Irish crosier. Some hundreds of years later a single model of the cross was made. This was bequeathed to the wife of the O'Conor Don, M P., on condition that she gave it to a sovereign if the opportunity occurred. The opportunity has come at last. Probable British Visitors.— About 800 of the mayors and town clerks of the boroughs of England, Scotland, and Wales have accepted invitations to visit Ireland this summer. Three tours have been mapped out for them— one to the south, the second to the west, and the third to the north. Another Royal Visit-— The London correspondent of the Glasgow Evening News says : It has been given forth with a show of authority that the Queen has determined to visit Ireland again next year. This, lam able to state, is quite correct. Her Majesty's present intention is to devote six weeks to a holiday in the country. A Job Contemplated— At a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, held at the University College, Dublin, under the presidency of his Eminence Cardinal Logue, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — 'The Standing Committee of the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland have had under consideration a scheme which they have reason to believe is in contemplation for utilising the Queen's Colleges in giving effect to the provisions of the Technical and Agricultural Industries Act. Tbey protect against any attempt, whether made under color of carrying out a system of technical and agricultural education or otherwise, to give new life and extended endowments to institutions which have been too long maintained in opposition to the persistent remonstrances of the Catholics of Ireland.' Parliamentary Voters— According to a Parliamentary return just i^ued, the Parliamentary number of electors in Ireland has been increabed by no less a figure than 4,'j 000. The largest inorease in the electorate is in the St. Stephen's G-een Division of Dublin. An ancient Title- — A writer in an American exchange says :—: — 'In the announcement of the dinner party given by Queen Victoria at the Lodge in Phoenix Park, Dublin. 1 notice among the guesta the names of the O'Conor Don and "Mine." O'Conor. The O'Conor Don is an Irish chieftain of ancient lineage, who is a Privy Councillor to the Queen, besides being her Lord Lieutenant for the County of Roscommon. These Ir.sh chieftains who have the pronoun '• the ' prefixed to their names invariably have their wives addressed as" " madame," which is in this case an official title recognised by the court o f Great Britain. The pronoun " the " prenxed to the name signifies that the bearer thereof is the principal representative of one of the houses that once exercised bovertign sway over the Emerald Isle. There are many people in Ireland who claim the right tc this prefix and who cooly adopt it wtihoutashadowof right thereto. But among' those few whoee title is unquestioned and recognised alike by the English government and by the British Crown are the O'Donoghue ; the MacDermot, whose ancient title Of Prince of Coolavin is kept up to the extent that he is always spoken of in his own country as the " Prince " ; the MacGillicuddy ; the Knight of Kerry, and the O'Brien, whose death has just been reported, and who in England was known as Lord Inchiquin.' A fruitless Appeal-— Mr. Edward Martyn has made another appeal to his landlord brethren (says the lielfaxt Examiner) 'who wi-h to arrest the speedy extinction of their class ' to stand forward and renist the alien Government ' that would view with indifference the ruin of ita most consistent supporters.' Even at the eleventh hour they have a chance of throwing themselves into the battle for rational independence — will they learn wisdom even at this stage ? Mr. Martyn knows there are landlords' associations in every county which are dying of inanitioD, but only require a spark of Nationalism infused into them to galvani-e them into life He suggests to the independent landlords by means of these existing organisations to form an All Ireland National Party which might

be in touch with the people. By such united National action he believes the landlords would obtain far better settlement of their olaims than by ifutile resolutions and petitions to the British Government. There is even yet a place for them in the fighting Nationalist ranks. However great may have been their fatuity, however wretched and anti- Irish their policy in bygone days, they are part and parcel of the nation, and their permanent interests are bound up with the prosperity of the natio >.