Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 38, 17 September 1903, Page 9

Irish News

DERRY.— Th* King's Visit The King was paying his visit to Derry on the anniversary of the relief -of the city in the siege of 1689. King Edward is the first English Sovereign to visit Derry, but James 11. appeared before its walls during the historic siege. Lough Swilly, on the shores of which the Royal party landed, has many historic associations. It was in Lough Swilly that Queen Elizabeth's deputy kidnapped Red Hugh O'Donnell, who, after long imprisonment in Dublin Castle, escaped to become a formidable foe to England as the ally of Hugh O'Neill. From Lough Swilly O'Neill and other Irish earls made their historic flight never to return. It was in Lough Swilly, too, that Wolfe Tone was captured in 1798, after a severe naval fight, and it was from Buncrana Sir Cahir O'Doherty marched to burn Derry in 1608, an incident' on which the arms of Derry are based. DOWN.— Distressing Accident

An accident of a melancholy character occurred on the Dublin road, near Newry, on July 26. Two women named Mrs. MacGennity and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Rice, were returning to their home in Faughiletra in a cart when the horse took head, and Mrs. MacGennity was found lying dead on the road with her skull fractured and Mrs. Rice had her leg fractured. A Young Hero

Thomas Murphy, aged 14, of Newry, was drowned on July 23, while gallantly saving the lives of two boys named Richard and Robert Burland. The three boys went to bathe, and one of the Burlands got mto difficulties- and sank. Murphy seized him and landed him on the bank. The other boy, who had eveidently become frightened, also went under, and Murphy jumped into the water and saved him also. The poor lad, however, was by this time so exhausted that he could not reach the bank, and was drowned in the presence of the boys whom he had rescued. DUBLIN —The Hospice for the Dying

Among the charitable institutions visited by the '*ueen while in Dublin was the Hospice for the Dying, Harolds Cross. Her Majesty was received by his Grace the Archbishop, the Very Rev. W Delany, S.J., Very Rev. Canon Fricker, P.P., and the clergy of the parish. The nuns and entire nursing staff of the hospital were in attendance. Her Majesty distributed flowers among the patients, to each of whom she addressed words of sympathy. The Gold Ornaments

It will be remembered that shortly after Mr. Justice Farwell delivered judgment in the gold ornaments' case it was announced in Parliament that it was the pleasure of his Majesty the King that these ornaments should be presented to the Royal Irish Academy This intention was carried out towards the end of July, when Sir J. B. Dougherty, Assistant Under-Sccretary to the Lord-Lieutenant, handed the ornaments to Professor C. o . Joly, secretary of the Academy, and Pr. R. MacAlister, assistant secretary, who received them at the Castle on behalf of the Royal Irish Academy, and accompanied by the officer in whose charge they had been sent from London, deposited them in the Royal Irish Academy's section of the National Museum in Kildare street, where they are now on view. Death of a Priest

The death is reported at Dublin of the Rev. Father Anderson, a well-known member of the Augustinian Order and a devoted friend of the Nationalist cause. Few priests have shown themselves more earnest in their devotion to the cause of faith and fatherland. It was only a few Sundays before his demise that he unveiled the monument in Dowth Cemetery, near Drogheda, to the memory of the late John Boyle O'Reilly. His death occasioned sincere and widespread regret in Nationalist and Catholic circles. QALWAY.— TheC ounty Council

At a recent meeting of the Gal way County Council, on the motion of Mr. J. O'Donnell, vice-chairman, Mr. John Joyce, of Oughterard, was co-opted a member in place of Professor Pye, resigned. Mr. J. J. O'Loughlin and Mr. P. O'Hara, who were present, retired in favor of Mr. Joyce, whose co-option was carried unanimously, amid applause. Laying a Foundation Stone His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Healy, Archbishop of Tuam, visited Aran Isles towards the end of July for the purpose of laying the foundation stone of the new church of St. Brigid at Kilronan. On approaching the South Island he was met by large numbers of the islanders, who came to meet the steamer in currachs and

yawls, and some of the latter being dressed with buntx n f / « mi L < * r greeting awaited his Grace at the Middle Island. On disembarking at Kilronan Pier he was received by the Rev. Father Farragher, P.P., and a large concourse of the people, and was most warmly greeted ■ ather Farragher offered him, on behalf of himself and the islanders, their most respecttul homage and their most cordial welcome. He most respectfully expressed tne hope that henceforward they would have the advocacy of his Grace in forwarding the material interests of the people. He could see that since his last visit to the Islands a very great change had taken place in the material prospects of the people, and while that was in a great measure due to the efforts of the Congested Districts Board he should say that these efforts made by the Board had been in every way seconded by the people. Up to the present, while the loans given by the Board amounted to many thousands of pounds, the bad debts were practically nil. They hoped that with the aid of the advocacy and the wise counsel of his Grace they would be as progressive in the future as they had been in the past. The Archbishop warmly thanked Father Farragher and the people for the kind greeting they had given him, and promised that he would leave nothing undone that he could do to help their parish priest to forward their interests. KERRY.— An Action for Damages In the case of Lyne v. the Great Southern and Western Railway Company, an action in which John Lyne, farmer and cattle dealer, Kilgarvan, County Keriy, sued the defendant company for damages owing to serious injuries caused to him by his foot being crushed in a hydraulic lift at the Cork Station on October 16, in consequence of which it had to be amputated, the judge put 14 questions to the jury, in several of which they disagreed. They found, however, for the plaintiff £300 damages, and that he was forced on the lift by the pressure of the crowd on this occasion, when there was an excursion. Counsel on both sides asked for judgment on the findings, but his Lordship refused to give judgment for the defendants, but gave the plaintiff leave to move for judgment. KILDARE.— The King's Visit to Maynooth An incident in connection with the "Royal visit to Maynooth of a specially interesting nature was the presentation by the Most Roy. Dr. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, of a supeibly bound edition of the Centenary \istory of the College, written by the Most Rev. Dr. llealy, Archbishop of Tuam. The work originally was published tor the College by Messrs. Brown and Nolan, and the edition presented was specially bound for the occasion by the same firm in red morocco, bearing on the outside of the coveis the Royal Arms and the Arms of the College. The original work and now the special Royal edition have been produced in a manner reflecting the highest credit on the eminent Irish publishing firm. The volume is of Irish manufacture throughout. The leather in the binding of the book itself and in the case in which it was enclosed is Irish, and was tanned and dyed in Dublin. The gold leaf with which the cover and book is gilt was beaten in Dublin. The insides of the covers are of Irish pophn. The design and the workmanship, the paper, printing, and binding are all the work of Irish people. TIPPERARY.— Death of a Christian Brother The death is announced of Brother C. Maguire, of the Christian Brothers' Order, stationed at Nenagh, which took place on July 26 in the Mater Hospital, Dublin. He had been ailing for some weeks before, but no one suspected the serious malady from which he was suffering. Towards the beginning of July his illness rapidly developed, and an operation was judged necessary, but he succumbed the fourth day after. The Christian Brothers have lost in him one of their truest, most exemplary, and most successful members. The people of Nenagh, among whom he passed the last twelve years of his devoted life, will deeply lament his loss. TYRONE.— lndustrial Revival In the course of an address to the workers in St. Macartan's Home Industries' Society, Dromore (County Tyrone), Most Rev. Dr. Owens, Bishop of Clogher, expressed the great pleasure it gave him to visit their society, and the deep interest he took in the industrial revival in Ireland generally, but more especially in the old diocese of Clogher. In Monaghan they started classes some years ago which had since given remunerative employment to a large number of the girls of that and the surrounding parishes, and these same classes had furnished one of the teachers of the girls he was addressing. Father Marron started three classes about six years ago in the parish of Brookeborough. They had made great progress, and afforded much-needed employment to numbers of girls. Tha first year the classes earned about £300, and the next year about £1000, and since then they had kept steadily increasing their earnings and their work. Of course they of St. Macartan's

Society enjoyed many advantages. Their membership was large, and they received every encouragement from the leaders of the Irish Industrial Movement. He contrasted the happy conditions under which the girls engaged in the industry worked with the condition of girls in big cities in England, Scotland, and America, where some of the girls who were now engaged in lacemaking might have emigrated were it not for the .pluck and enterprise of Father Maguire and those associated with him in the undertaking. The girls engaged there were free and independent. They were at liberty to take up the work and leave it off at their own convenience. Their occupation was a healthy one, and they were at home with their own people, helping to add to domestic happiness and social independence, and to maintain the nation by the labor of their hands and brains. WEPFORD.— The Dawn of a Brighter Day In opening the Summer Assizes at Wexford Judge Johnson, addressing the Grand Jury, said there were only six cases to go before them—two of larceny and four of assault—none of them being of a serious nature. They did not in any degree reflect upon the tranquility or peace of the country. The country appeared to be settling down everywhere, and in the peaceful pursuit of industrial enterprises the bitter past of Ireland would recur, he trusted, to their memories only as the imperfect recollections of the disordered dream of a troubled and restless night on the approaching dawn of a bright and happy day a GENERAL The Dog Tax A Parliamentary return shows that during the year 1902 432,847 dogs were registered in Ireland, and the amount of dog license duty received was £43,284, 14s. The proportion of this payable to town and county authorities was £17,748 19s. The King's Example In estimating the effect of the Royal visit to Ireland the " Sheffield Daily Telegraph,' whilst holding that allowance must be made for the natural desire of the Irish to show kindness to strangers, wisely points out that the English people may well draw a moral from the King's example. His Majesty's words in his message of condolence on the death of the Pope, in his references to his audience with the Holy Father, and in his public thanks to the people of Dublin were so tactful that the writer in the Sheffield paper wishes he could impart the secret to his Ministers. When George 111. was told that a certain energetic officer must be mad, he said he wished that officer would bite his generals, and on the same principle the ' Sheffield Daily Telegraph,' comparing the King's sureness of touch with the bungling way in which Chief Secretaries have often dealt with Irish affairs, sighs for some method of inoculation. It is to be feared that even if the inoculation took place the effects would only be temporary. The most distinctive feature of the Government's' Irish policy has always been its varying character. "When it has been conciliatory for a while, it then repents and takes an opposite direction. Agricultural Prospects Reports from nearly all parts of the country regarding the present appearance of the crops at the close of July (says the ' Irish People ') would go far to indicate that farmers have strong reason to look forward to a fair average harvest. In the early part of the season growth was in a very backward state, owing to the severe climatic conditions, which were succeeded by such a prolonged period of comparative drought, but since the more genial weather recently experienced set in growth has progressed wonderfully. Grain crops generally seem to be doing well, though in oats there will be disease of a light kind is manifesting its presence in ance, taken all round, is one of excellent promise, though disease of a light kind is mannifesting its presence in several centres. Spraying has been largely availed of by farmers. Root crops have been greatly assisted in their growth by the recent rains, and mangolds and turnips are up to a good standard.