Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 43, 24 October 1901, Page 9

Irish News

ANTRIM.— Fire in a Flax Mill. A seridfa fire, involving destruction of flax, broke out in th" roughing 1 shop of Messrs. Lindsay, Thompson, and Co., Limited, flax spinners anl linen thread maim fat turers, Flax street, Crumlin road, Belfast. Several lines of ho«e were promptly laid on, and tl.e brigade men, after about an hour's work, had the fire under control. Engineer Reville, while en?a?ed in breaking a window, accidentally sustained a severe out on the hand. The d aim _,c was confined to the flax and other contents of the room. A Bigoted Campaign . It is i>ad to lettrn (writes a Dublin correspondent) that the bigoted campaign against Catholics is still carried on in some Delfast factories situated in the more exclusively Orange district*. Is it not deplorable to find in the ZOth century that such an evil spirit should possibly exist in a large city and that the dupes of Orange fanatic should be so d< ad to the dictates of humuiity ? Fortunately, such unchristian exhibitions are only possible in the. north-ea&t corner of Ulster, where Orangeism is rampant. What a howl would be raised if such conduct were attempted elsewhere in Ireland ! But outside the Orange preserves nobody ever finds in a man's religion a caune of persecution. Take the recent Tallow prosecutions as a sample. There the whole Catholic population were up in arms to defend tbe interett of a Protestant against one cf their own creed. Similarly in Nenagh we have United lrinh Leaguers strongly supporting the cause of an evicted Protestant. When will some semblance of tol» ration dawn upon the benighted Orangemen of the uuriii 1 CORK.— The Gasworkers' Strike. At the half-yearly meeting of the Cork Gas Consumers' Company, Father O'Donovan, P.P., Kilmautra, nugget* d that a committee of shareholders should confer with the directors and tne men out on strike and use their best endeavors in righting matters. Only one shareholder, however, supported the rev. gentleman. Death of an Archdeacon. The death is announced of Yen. John Coghlan. archdeacon of Cork and parish priest of Blackrock. Archdeacon Coghlan was for xuany years one of the most prominent clergymen in Cork, nnd wss widely respected and popular. He was born in Bandon in 18.V-. and was ordained in 1862. In 1882 he was appointed parish priest of Blackrock. and four years later attained the dignity of archdeacon of the diocese. Amongst the public Hoards on which he took an active and useful part were the North Infirmary, Mercy Hospital, and tbe Cork District Lunatic Asylum. At the Bequiem Mass, of which the Ritjht Uev. Dr. OCallaghan was celebrant, the sanctuary was filled with clergymen, nearly every pne*t in the city, as well as several from the rural portions of the diocese, being present. The laity present at the funeral service included the Lord Mayor, the City High Sheriff, and nearly every prominent person in the city, as well a* members of the following bodies - Young Men's Society, Blackrock Confraternity, Blaekroik Hurling Club. Lunatic Asylum attendant?, Fire Brigade, etc. The (oiHu v\ai b mo at alternate period* by members of the Blackrock Cunfiaternily and the Lunatic Asylum attendants to the Convene Ce.m-t* ry, where the remains were laid to rest beside th. grave of the late Most Rev. Dr. McCarthy, Bishop of Cork. CLARE.— Death of Colonel Vandeleur. Colonel Vandeleur, who was killed m the Boer attack on a train near Water val, was the son of Mr. Hector S. Vandeleur, of Kilrush. DERRY.— Death of a Priest. Rev John Fanning, curate of Bailinascreen, has died in Derry of heart d ices se at the comparatively early age of 37. He wes born in Derry in 186 1, and received hisea-ly c lucation with the Christian Brother*. He was afterwards one ot the early pupils at ht. Columb's Seminary, irom whince. ufb-r a distinguished course, he passed to Maynooth After a brilliant course ot six years he was ordained by the pre-ent Archbishop of Dublin, L)r. Walsh, in June 1888. His first appointment was to the parish of Bellaghy, and afterwards he was sent to Ballinascreen. DUBLIN.— Death of a Well-known Quaker. Dunng tbe last wtek in August Mr. Josh la Joseph Pirn died suddenly at|his residence, Brenns.nstown House, Cabinteely. He was one of the senior directois of the Bank of Ireland, a director ot the Dublin and Kingstown R.ilway, chairman of the Great Southern and Western Railway Coinpuiy, a»d he also filled other important public portion-. He hud ben in rather delicate health recently, but his death was quite unexpected. Mr. Pirn was one of the most prominent and wealthy members of tbe Society ot Friends. Death of Dublin Men in South Africa. Most of the 74th Company ot Imperial Yeomanry belonged to Dublin, and constquently many Dublin men were amui.gst the killed and wounded at Rooinkopje. Mr. W. D. Jeff ares, corporal, who was killed, is the son of a deceased traveller for Messrs. V\ llhaiu Jameson's Distill' ry, and lived in Zion road, Ratbgar ; Mr. C. Greene, privhte, ki.led, was a son of Mr. R. Greene, manager of Messrs. Elvery's establishment in OConnell street ; Mr. Samuel Spence, killed, was a son of ihe art publisher, Mr. J. I). Spence, of Westmoreland street ; Mr. E. I). Freeman, killed, was a son of Mr. H D. Freeman, of the city ; and Mr. T. Griffin, dangerously wounded, is eon of Mr. C. 11. Griffin, of Fortfield House, Highfield road, Ratbgar. Tbe Dublin section of this company of the yeomanry left the North Wall for South Africa on the 2 1st March last.

The Horse Show. The official statistics of the attendance at the Royal Horee Show give the number of those who passed the turnstiles as 56,694, or I,'MS in excess of la9t year's attendance. The Lord Mayor. A private meeting of Ihe Nationalist rrembere of the Dublin Corporation was held in the <"iry Hall recently for the purpose of selecting a candidate for the Lord Mayoralty f r 1902. Forty-four members of the Corporation attended A Herman Hennepsy proposed the re-election of the Lord Mayor (Mr. Harrington, M.P.). To this Mr. O'Neill propot-ed an amendment that no member be f elected for n «ecorH year of < frW. The L^rrt Mayor protested that the amendment was directed against him alone, and, after considerab'c rtiscu^sion, he left the meeting, follovrd by other members. Mr. Nannetti, MP , proposed Alderman Dowd. The Chairman, however, left the chair, and the meeting broke up without coming to any decision. At a meeting of the Corporation a f«w days later, Mr. Harrington, MP, the present Lord Mayor, was proposed and seconded for a s-e oml term. The Labor party proposed Alderman Dowd. and objected, in the interests of labor, to giving a second year of office to the Loid Mayor. Upon a division Mr. Alderman Dowd's name was rejected by 39 votes to 14. Mr. Harrington waa then declared duly nominated as Lord Mayor for 1902. GALWAY.— An Ancient Canoe. An ancient canoe has just been diecovered in a bog npar Dunmore, County Galway. It i 3 of unusual length, being 50J feet long by 3 feet wife. The boat was scooped from a single tree, and its lines are remarkably well drawn, the whole presenting a very graceful appearance. Small holes are shown along both Bides, to which probably the oars used to be tied, as they are too small to admit of them passing through. The canoe is in an excellent state of preservation, and it is probably a larger and more perfect specimen than any now in the Museum. A Gaelic Gathering. Galway, the ancient and historic 'City of the Tribes,' was the scene of the Connaught Feis, held in the last week of August and conri ucted with great enthusiasm. Mr Edward Martyn and Mr W. B. Yeats, pioneers of the Celtic Renaissance, watched the proceedings, which were thoroughly Irish in character, and included competitions in solo and choral singing, dancing, bagpipe playing, and Irish story-telling. All competitors, even the children, spoke Gaelic with perfect fluency. KILDARE.— Death of a Priest. The death is announced of the Rev. Thomas Farrell, which took place at St. Joseph's Monastery, Clondalkin, on August 25. Deceased had been in delicate health for some time past, so that his death, though at a comparatively early age, was not altogether unexpected. He belonged to an old and respected family of the County Kildare, and after his ordination in Carlow College in 1877 ministered for several years in the parish of Fairview. In 1887 he was appointed to the chaplaincy of St. Joseph's Monastery, to which a boarding school is attached under the direction of the Carmelite Brother-, and hire he remained till the time of his death. LIMERICK.— Death of a City Man in South Africa. Anion^r ib- Iri-^h Y»"iinaniy kill' d ;ii i lie ti^ht at Rooinkopje was Corp jral J. 1). Cu-ack, son of the tx-M.iyor ot Limerick. MEATH.— Death of a Nun Sister Aloysius died at tbe Dominican Convent, Cabra, on August 2'J, to the great giief of the members of the Community. The deceased lady was the eldest duighter of the late Mr Edward Delann, I'ortain, Bat rstown Comity Meutb. TIPPERARY.— Address to Bishop Fennelly. Some time ago the citizens of Cnehel touk steps to present the M> Ft Rev. l)r Fennelly with an illumii.ated address in commemoration of his consecration a« dadjutor Bishop to one of Ireland's illustrious prelates, the Mo«t Rev. Dr. Croke, Archbishop of Cishel. Tlie address has been finuhtd. nrd was on view at the establishment of Mr J Coste>lo. of C ish> 1. Ir, is really a work of art, and rtflects great credit on the artier, Mr Fuzpatrick, O'Urmnell street, Dublin. The citiztns are well pleated with it. At the htad of the address is a faithful photograph of the Coadjutor Bi'hop, while at tbe right and left hand t-ides are vie-vsof Holycross Abbey and the Rook cf Cashel respectively, and at the bottom is a view of viaynooth College, where his Lordship epent some time in his days of study. Election of a Chairman. Mr Thomas Hackett has be in elected chairman of the Thurks Rural Dibtiict Council in the room of the late Mr Thomas Collier, J.P. TYRONE.— In Memory of a Priest. In Si. C'jlumbKilK s Church, Cirnckn ore, 1 County Tyrore, the Month* Mm ' of Rev. P. t r Fox, a native of the parish, who ditd on ih. "27th of July at Aliwal, South Africa, was celebrated in the jiicMiuc of a large congregation. In the absence of his Eminence Cardinal Logue, Very Rev. Canon Rue p-e-ided. There was a large attei darce of clergymen. Deceased after his ordination labored z alou-ly Ht Money more, Duntfannon, and Cullyhanna. While in the latter place his health bioke down and he decided to seek a more congenial climate. The Riglt Rev. Dr. McSberry received him into h's vic*riate, and, needless to gay, treated him with the greatest kii dness. Notwithstanding all that human skill ana care could do, however, Father Fox passed to his eternal reward on the date mentioned, to the grief of nil who knew him. WEXFORD. — Presentation to Archbishop Kelly. At a mteting held in Enn'scorthy, a local committee was formed to fuithtr the movement to promote a presentation to the

Moat Rev. Dr. Kelly on the occasion of his being appointed Coadjutor to Cardinal Moran. Dr. Kelly was expected to visit Bnnicoorthy at the end of September. WICKLOW.— GoId Mining. Something like a gold fever ia reported from Ballinagore, Woodenbridge. County Wicklow, in consequence of valuable finds in the mining districts. GENERAL. County Councils' Conference. A meeting of the Irish County Councils' General Council was held in Dublin. Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde, Bart., M.P., and Mr. John Sweetman were re-elected chairman and hon. secretary respectively for the ensuing year. A resolution was passed in favor of the introduction of the elective system into the Local Government Board by the election of representatives of the County Councils to sit on the Board and act with the nominated niemb- rs. A Question of Precedence. The Catholics of Ireland (writes a Dublin correspondent) hare no sympathy with the affront put upon the Presbyterians of the country by the Government, acting throuerh the Lord Lieutenant, who has refused the Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly a place in the 'Official Scale of Precedence' in uee at Dublin Castle. The Moderator is the virtual head o' Presbyterianinm in the island, and the distinction he sought would have given him rank with the Bishops of the Catholic and Protesta- t Churches at any State functions or public ceremonies. Following the refusal of the demand ' the Moderator has announced that he will attend no more ceremonials in Dnblin Castle, and turther 'suitable action' is also threatened. The Presbyterians in Ireland have reaaou for grievance. The Intermediate Results. The results of tho Intermediate examinations, juet published (writes a Dublin correspondent), create a greater and more general stir in Ireland than perhaps any other event of the y»ar. For one thing, almost every parish in the country has a local interest iv the examinations, for lo^al candidates appear, if not from local school?, at least from educational centres with which every diocese is provided. The liits of successes are closely scanned, and while the larger school?, which are obviously able to enter a larger number of competitors, should have their successes discounted ac ordingly, this is but seldom done. The top in the top, and the school attaining it wins the kudos highly desirable and dearly prized. This year, a* formerly, pl..ce of honor gof« to the Christian Brothers' Schools, RichrnoT'd ►tr.'et, Duhlin, wuh 2ti |^»h to the r credit Tho Christian Schools. Cork, come next with 20 paws. Of the Collet, Blackrock holds its plane at t*e h-ad with Irt pa^es, clo«elv preKS-d by ('lor.yoweH. the famous Jesuit school in Kildare, at which Thomas Francis Mfa.-b' r w-9 a pupil, whi h ban 15 ro its credit Rookutll comts next with IS. and St. Colun.b's College Derry. follow* with 12 a rpßult which entitles it to the praise warded of be.ng • by far and away the mot-t f-ucce^ful school in Ulster.' St Malachy's College, Belfast, has the modest total of 4 to it* credit, but tbe number entend should b<i borne in mind in any comparison. In the Girls' Section, St Louis' Convent, M>masjhan, t' p* the list with It places. The DomiDi -an Convent, Ecclts street, Dublin, comr« next with 12, and Lrr. to College, Dublin, follows with it. lon to Convent, Letterkenny, also wins a good i lace. This ia the la>-t year of the present sy-tem, which is being changed bec*u-e— a-nong other rea'Ous— it waa held to over-stimula f e competition.