Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 52, 29 December 1904, Page 9

Irish News

CORK— The President of Queen's College

Professor Windle, the new President of Queen's College, Cork, had an enthusiastic recaption from the students. Mrs. Windle, who accompanied him, was als 0 heartily receijveti. Replying to an address, he said he would identify himself not only with the college, but also with the city, as far as possible. DUBLlN.— Diocesan Appointment?

The Ardhbishop of Dublin has made the following appointments in the Diocesan Chapter :—Very Rev. T. O'Dwnnell, V.G., P.P., to the Chancellorship, and Very Rev. J. Baxter, P.P., Very Rev. M. Scally,- P P., amd Very Re-v. J. Dunne, President Holy Cross College, Clonlifte, tp prebends. Death of a Nun

On November 4 at Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham, the interment took place of Mother M. Brigid O'Curry, last surviving daughter of Eugene O'Curry, the great Gaelic scholar and antiqu-arian. The deceased religious spent nearly, her whiole life in Loreto. In her childhood sfae had the privilege of knowing the foundress of the Institute of tine B. V. Mary in Ireland, and t)o the last revered and cherished Rev. Mother Teresa Ball's memory. Motlher M. BrigM filled many offices in her Order. She lo'vdd the poor, and devoted her early years in religious life in the National school attached to the Abbey. Then she taught) in Kilkenny, Loreto, and Ratlhmines. She was Superior in Wexford and Balbriggan. Her remaining years were spent at fhe Alma Water, Loreto Abbey, where many -will miss her genial welcome. LIMERICK.— LocaI Cement

Al a recent meeting of the Limerick Harbor Board a report was road by the Engineer, submitting the results of tests made for the Department of Agriculture by a firm in L,pndon and also by himself on the sample of cement manufactured from maierials procured near Limerick. The tests showed that cement 'of the be^t quality ' can be made from those miaterials — ' an extremely finely-ground cement, free from exipansio.n, and considerably above the average strength.' Both ' tests for tcjnsile strength were most satisfactory. The report was adopted and the hope expressed that tihe matter would now be taken up by capitalist's. The Freedom of the City

Mr. William O'Brien, M P., has written to tihe Maypr of Limerick postponing the signing} of the roll of honorary citizens of Limerifck to some fmtiure ocoasijbn when the loader of the Irisjh Party and himself may be able to receive the honor together. Death of an Antiquarian

Tihe dciatJh took place recently of Mr. George J>ame.s Hewfion, M.A., of H'olyrood, Adare, County Limerick. The deceased gentleman, who was in his 78th year, was an eminent 'authority on Irish antiquities, and e/S'pefciaily with all toiiat co/ncertied the castles, abbeys, anjd histlorical sites in the Coimty of Limerick. An Enthusiastic Reception.

At Limerick on November 5 Mr. John Redmjond, M.P., and Mr. William O'Bridn, M.P., aptpeiared on the same platform and met with a reception tihe warmt>"i of whicth showed how dearly t/he people value unity in the rainks of tihe Irusfii Parliamentary Party. Mr. Redmiond said that Mr. O'Brien's return to public life was conclusive pnoof that unity cduld be maintained witjh repaud to Home Rule. Mr. O'Brion also sp,'oke im a bopef'ul ytra'n. They were again face Ho face with' a liive sni unittSd organisation, and all the ridiculous bogeys ajrtd halluciinat ions about splits and dissensions were blown sky-high. A Successful Pupil

T<he^ following item from the ' Munster News ' of Oci/ober 15 gafos not a little piquancy from the fact ■fohat twornty^Uhree years ago there was no Catih'olic sicShool at Knodkadea : ' The list of awards i)n connecti/qn with Vere Foster National Competition i/n writing f-ott 1 iaO4 (the 31th ajinual Competition) (has been ipsllidd, fUomi whicjh it ajipears that some 6000 competitors ff,om all iparts 'of the British EnYpire had submitted copies of the well Known headlines. It is satisfactory to note that the alpecial prize for the best cCpy submitted from Uny tpart of tihe Emipire has been won by an Irish boy — Tthiomas Davetfn (a)ged 14 yoars)— of the Knocikadea Boys' National Schools, Ballylajn'decs, Limerick.'

MONAGHAN — Carrickmacross Lace S,up porters and 1 avers of lihe Iris l h industrial revival will be please*! tio learn that the Commi>ssioner-Getaeral for Great Britain at tihe Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis,, U.S.A., has advised the Sisters) of St. Liquis, Carriyknua.cro&is, tfliat tine International Jury of Awards at tjhe American Exposition have awarded tihe golld medal to tflie Carridkm,aorioss lace exhibits sent to the World's Fair from their technical sfhool at Carrickmacross. ROSCOMMON.— A Moving Bog A bog thousands of feet wide and ten feet dee>p in Ro^eommjrm has moved a mile towards and is within two miles of the adjoining township. GENERAL. The Royal University Fwioyal warrants have been isisued appointing Right Hosn. Lotid KiUanin, sir Thoraas Thomson, C.8., M.D., ajnd Dr. Bertram C. A. Wiwdle, President of the Qiieem's College, Cork, tlo be members of Senate of Vhe Royal Onnersity. Pilgrimage to Fontenoy An Irish pilgrimage to the field of Fontenoy, Belgium, on the next anniversary of tihe battle, which was fqug|ht on May 11, 1745, is being organise^ in Dublin by, Mr. Jiohn O'Leary and in London by Mr. Harry O'Brien. The Irish Brigade in the service of France played an important part in this decisive contest in the War of the Austrian Succession. Medical Degrees At the quarterly examinations of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Royal Oolloge of Slurgeons of Edinburgh, and Faculty of Physicians of Glasgow, held in Hlditntturgn, tine following Irish candidates were successful :— First Examination, five years' course—Herbert Irvine, Ireland ; Creorge Fitzwilliam Forde, Ballygeiamy ; arid Edward Roland Porter, Belfast. Second Examination, five years' course— Charles Ny'ham, County Cork , Wm. Roberts, Ellis, BalLa ; Leo Murphy, Cbtanty Cork , and Christopher Irvine M'Farlane, County Tyrone. Fhixd Examination, five years' course— Henry Ruddock Morelhead, County Cork ; Daniel Kennedy, Cork; CriisUavus Herbert Powell, Cork ;Oharles Conway Fitzgerald, T^urgan ; John Cl'arke, Ballymetia ; Wm. Church, Mann, County Derry ; John Lawrence Power, Cork ; George Waller Meade, Cork ; and Daniel Thomas Henry Crolly, Alc'hill. Final Examination— The following passqd the examination and were admitted L. and R.C.P.E. L R.f S.E , and L.F.P. and S.G. : James Francis OWLahony, County Cork ; John Michael Moriarty, Irelanid ; Jas. Rine:!and Lawther, County Down ; James Joseph Egjan, Gal way ; William Diok, County Tyrone ; ■and Tnn,otihy Archdeacon, Coimty Oork. The Tide of Emigration Notwithstanding the well-meant efforts of the Anti Emjgrialit)n Society and all tflie appeals that have been mta.de to Irishmen to remain at home, 54,494 emigrants left Ireland during the ten months ending October 31, as qompiarod with 42,995 in the corresponding periioti of last year. Making full allowance for the low tr<ansAUantic rates, tfhis is a terrible drain omi an already depopulated qduttt'ry, and sliows clearly tyhiat the means now taken to check emigration 'have been a failure. This is 'not tto be wondered at. All over the country, go where yoiu will, there are thousands seeking employment a:n]d none tlo be had, and no prospect of obtaining any in the near> future. As Mr. John Dillon, M.P., said recently, wtoat is the use of telling a young man or womajn t}o remaitn. in Ireland under these circumstances ? It is heartrending to see the number of able-bodied men uyauitlering through Dublin in search of work at present, aitd not able tto obtain even a day's employment. Stuffing the Public Service Writing t,o the ' Spectator,' the Very Rev. Dr. Hlogain, Maynjo'otth, said tthat he never assumed that appointments stouLd be made in the public service on exclusively religious lines. But it is abslur'd to suggest that Sir Horace Plunkett couM not get amongst three and a half million Catholics a single man to fill the position of first, second, or even third assistant ih the Natiiomal Library of Irel'amd, c*r that there is not at the Irislh Bar a Catholic capable of acting as County Court J/ii/dige in Kerry, Rosfcommon, Mayo, or Domagal, The fact is that Catholics, who are treated tio sioft words by Mr. Hal flour and Mr. Wynftftam, are being driven out everywhere, ,arid t/he public service in Ireland is becoming every day nvore and more of a monopoly. Dr. I-losafc, Hike m\any otihers, fails t6 see wiiat earthly adis gained by the British people in turnimg against them tjhe angry and resentful feelings of milHoois of lirish Catholics, at home and abroad.-

Irish Lace The ' Art Workers' Quarterly ' for October contains a,Ti article by Mr. M. Jcurdain O'li design in rmodern neetdlepoint laces tAiat should be carefully stiujdied in Irish lace cqnttres, notably at Kenmare, Youghal, and New Ross. Mr. Jourdain illustrates his observations with beafj-tiffilly finished drawings in fiull size specimens of Iri» e h lace in raised and flat neeJdloppitit, point de France, and otiier laces of the nineteentn centfury, and his dotailcld critical notes on the de-signs apid on the measure lof technical skill exhibited in worki/ng them will prove of valUe, even if one be not disposed to agree with him- iln everything. His conclusion seems to be tihat Irish designers show a ten-dency to realistic imitation, they Uhey repnodiuce materialistic forms witlio'it any attempt at conventionalising them, that tlhere is ' a tendency to strive for ready effect to sacrifice tfhe miinjutencys and finish of handwork, " the ornament upon ornament " of the olid Italian rose points which gives t|he qjuality of preciomsness to lace.' The workmanship of Qo'Jivent-m.a'de lace in Ireland he finds technically excelldnt, but the 'designs are not always the most skilfully QontriivcH. ' The dangers of Irish lace,' he adds, ' a,re two : tihe applying of fine threads to the interprctatnon of badly designed and ill-grou/ped fiorms on tfiie ojie hand, and on the other hand of adopting a si:yle of oifnameint w<hu ( h depends upon largeness of Retail and mass I've ness in grouping, and is therefore unsiuited to lace at the present day.' On the other hand, Mr. Alan Qole, of South Kensington, recognised as one of the highest afathoiMieis on lace in the Three Kingdoms, disagrees witlh Mr. Jourdain's criticisms of these designs, wihicih he describes as ' artistic and beajutiful,' praises ooie of the specimens for its ' artistic completeness ' and 1 tihe bc&Mty of its curves and the great ivanety of leases and flowers,' as well as its ' sduHul and delicate workmanship.' Mr. Jourdain himself admits that tihe Irigfh lace iz Superior in design to many aldmired spepime;ns of French , laces. The Education Question

Ne\er £or a moment (writes a Dublin correspondent) have the Arcthbis l ho>ps and Bishops of Ireland allowed the great ed)UGational injustice from which their flocks aiuffer at t}he hands of the British Government tp he forgotten by the public. In and o,ut of season the> r ■have insisted upon the absolute riglit of Irish Catiholirs lo perfect equality with Iris*h Protestants in educational matters. " In pursluance of tnis policy toe reyol'utilons adopted b,y the Irish hierarchy at their October mcbtilnj; in Maymdolh, which ha^e already been published, have bean read from cveiy altar throughout the cdilitry. Tlho result of their continual insistence is that tHie justice of the Catholic demand is now freely admitted by e\ery h be/ml -minded and impartial person. An iksig.nifnqant numjbor of bigots bar the way to redress They consfst of a few Orange fanatk-s and the Trinity College monopolists who have so long thmen oin the fat of ttho land, tio the exclusion of the great majority of the Ipejople. Lord Rossmore, late Grand Master of the Orajnge fraternity, has recently given tihe public his views of these gentlemen, derived from a long and intimate Knowledge of their doings. Insignificant as they are numerically, they have, ably assisiad by the bigots of Trinity, frightened the Prime Minister and his supporters in the Oabinet into perpetuating tihe injustice wjhich they have publicly proclaimed exists to the great detriment of Catholic irishmen. History shows plainly t)hat these fanatics can never be placated or brought to 'a sense of justice where Oatholics are concerned. The first resolution adopted by the Bishops declares^ that ' the rents drawn by Tiinity College out of land in almost every part of Ireland, which as the outcome of confisoation have been reserved during three hiintired years as a pri/e for a State-favored minority, are of right the inheritance of the nation at Large, and should be devotod, however late in the day, to provide In an effective manner, as far as they can go, for the wants of all the people of Ireland in the domayn of higher education.' To iise a homely rtfirase, this ' hits the nail on tihe head' So long as the monqpolists are permittod to retain their ill-gotten gains in peace, and no linger, tihe great majority of Irishmen will he 'detnicid fair (play. When it became known that Trinity College was excluded from the n'urview of the late Rjoyal Commission many regarded the whole business as a siham, and time lilas proved tihat they were right.