COUNTY NEWS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 39, 24 September 1903, Page 9

COUNTY NEWS

CORK.— A New Zealand Visitor At a meeting held recently at Crosshaven with the object of starting a branch of the Gaelic League, the chair was taken by the Rev. Father Golden, of Kai-

koura, and a native of Macroom. The rev. chairman said he was delighted to see such a large gathering— to see there assembled the young and old, the rich and poor, all classes— from the city and from the neighborhood. He had great confidence that they would not only have a strong branch of the League in the district, but also that they would persevere. They should learn and acquire the language of St. Patrick—the language in which he conveyed the Faith to our forefathers, and made this land the country of saints and scholars ; the language of St. Columba ; the language of St. Brigid, the Mary of Ireland ; the language of Brian Boru and all the great heroes of ancient Ireland. They should all have a pride in their own language ; and if they had not, then they were not worthy sons and daughters of the land. The Irish language, too, had a great bearing on the industries of their country, and since the movement had begun a great improvement had taken place in the land. New industries had been started ; they would, he hoped, be a permanency, and would flourish and do great good. Next to the language, they should learn the Irish music and the Irish dances, which were honest and which were pure. It was, he went on to say, hopeful to see so many present that day, and he hoped before many years had elapsed they would all be able to speak their own language well— to speak it, to read it, to write it.

The Royal Visit On the Royal yacht arriving in Queenstown Harbor their Majesties the King and Queen sailed in the warship Vivid up the Lee to Cork city, and received a very warm welcome on landing. Driving to the Racecourse, the King presented new colors to a couple of Irish regiments, and afterwards paid a visit to the Cork Exhibition, where a number of addresses were presented. In reply to these his Majesty expressed himself highly pleased with his visit, and before leaving he summoned Mr. Horace Plunkett on board the Royal yacht and bestowed on him the Order of Knighthood, making him a Knight of the Royal Victorian Order. The King on leaving Ireland directed the publication of an address to the Irish people expressing his acknowledgments for the kindness and goodwill shown him. His expectations, he said, had been exceeded, and wherever he had gone, in town or country, he had been received with loyalty and affection which had made an enduring impression on his heart. Lord Iveagh, who was formerly Mr. Guinness, of porter fame, intimated a gift of £50,000 to be divided among the Dublin hospitals, Protestant and Catholic alike. The King, through whom this gift is made, expressed his great satisfaction at Lord Iveagh 's beneficence.

DUBLlN.— Profit on Stout The profits of Messrs. Guinness and Co., the wellknown brewers of Dublin, for the year ended June 30, amounted to over one million sterling. After making very liberal allowances for depreciation and incidental expenses, they have declared a dividend of 16 per cent., with a bonus of four per cent.

QALWAY.— The Vfsit of the King and Queen The tour through Connaught was quite an unparalleled experience for the King and Queen. They went visiting in the cottages of the peasantry, and, of course, everywhere received a very courteous welcome. At Recess the Royal party were rather surprised, and evidently much gratified, by the incursion of an unauthorised bodyguard which was immediately christened the Connemara Cavalry, consisting of about 100 farmers and farmers' sons mounted on Connemara ponies and carrying themselves with a good deal of enthusiastic cheering The King visited the marble quarries, and as the party was leaving Recess a poor woman presented a petition to the Queen asking the liberation of her husband, who was in gaol for assault. The petition was granted. Before the party left Galway a bouquet was presented to the Queen by Miss Murphy, whose father was election agent for Colonel Lynch.

KERRY.— Gift to a Church Mr. Daniel O'Callaghan, merchant, Castleisland, has presented the Rev. C. McCarthy, P.P., Killentierna, Castleisland, with a magnificent new altar for the Currow Catholic Church. This beautiful piece of workmanship has been turned out at the Castlerosse Furniture Industries. The entire work is creditable in the highest degree to the artistic taste and skill of the workers in the Castlerosse Industries. Mr. O'Callaghan has on more than one occasion contributed large sums towards the beautifying of the Castleisland church.