Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 40, 5 October 1905, Page 9

Irish News

CORK— Sale of an Estate Foe some time negotiations have been in progress between tenants on the Newmarket estate of the Earl of Cork, and their landlord, with a view to the purchase of their holdings utnder the present Act. Lord Cork owns a vast area of land in the district lying between Newmarket and Abbey feale, a considerable portion of which ia wild and mountainous. Up to the present about 120 tenants have signed agreements to 'buy, the purchase money being in or about £50,000. Those tenants. occupy eleven townlands, comprising upwards of 10,000 acres. The terms of sale are 20 £ years' purchase of the reduced rent, all arrears to be wiped out, the landlord to receive, pending the completion of the sale, 3iper cent, interest on the purchase money, to date from September, 1904. The negotiations on behalf o£ the tenants were conducted by the Rev. M. P. Norris, Adm., Newmarket, and the Rev. Father Roa, Meeiin. Mr. Wm. Barrington, solicitor and agent, represented the landlord ; Mr. D. E. Ferguson, LL.B., solicitor, Kanturk, acting for the tenants. Tenants Purchase their Holdings The tenants on the O'Connor estate, which occupies five townlands in the parish of Kilmurry, have boiught their holdings. The agreement was eftected under the guidance of the Very Rev. Canon O'Mahony, P.P., under whose supervision the negotiations for the sale of the Bandon, Warren, and Nettleville estates were carried out. DONEGAL— A Goldfield Tho interesting fact was learned the other day that a consignment of machinery passed through Derry from Belfast to be delivered at the site of Ihc recent find'of gold in County Donegal. This machinery is being conveyed over the Lough Swilly Railway to Carndonagh, whence it will be taken by roadway to Glentogher, where tho mine is situated. There has been a great deal of theorising of one kind or another lately as to the real value of the discovery. 'Now, however, the patih to a palpable experiment is clear. As far as it is possible to conclude from a merely superficial examination of the site of the Glentogher mine, and the aspect) of its outcrop, combined with the iact that the locality has had a previous history, by no means discouraging in nature as to mining operations, there is a very fair basis for sanguine hopes. It has been claimed that tests conducted there some time ago on a email scale ha\o panned out to "what represents two ounces of g-old 1*) the ton. Should there be anything like continuous proof of this value (given at depth there is no doubt but that the mino is an exceedingly rich one. DUBLIN— The Undersecretary When the last mail left Home Sir Antony MacDonnell,i who was for some weeks a patient at a private hospital, had returned to the Under-Secret ary's Lodge, Phoenix Park. Sir Antony had made a complete recovery, and was the recipient of congratulations from his numerous friends. Death of a Priest The deatH is announced of the Rev. J. P. O'Brien, 0.M.1., which took place at Inchicorc. leather O'Brien who wag a native of Dublin and 57 years of age, was ono of "the most gifted and popular members of the community at Inchicore. He was ordained in 1885, and bis pious zeal found expression in the missions 1 which ho conducted in America, England, and Ireland. The ex-Tammany Leader Glencairn Castle, the future homo of Mr. Richard Croker, is a picturesque place within five minutes' train journey of Dublin, ami doubtless one of the things which havo most strongly commended the locality to the ex-Tammany leader 3s tho fact that the famous Leopardstown racecourse is close at hand The first thing tfhat strikes the observer is the massne- character of th« work. Granite is the material chiefly used, but in order to relieve the monotony of tint ied sandstone and Somerset, stone are a'so employed to a certain extent. A prominent feature of the house is the square tower, fowr or fuc storeys high, surmounted by a huge flagstaff, flying the Stars and Stripes, and with a' walkround the top, from which unrivalled views may bo obtained of Howth and the bay on one side, and of tho park amd monuments on the olher. The grand staircase ia built of the finest Irish marble. The original specification was for oak, but as Mr. Croker has become much interested in tho work of the Irish industrial revival, ho (hJad the specification altered in favor of Irish

marble. Irish workmanship has been employed throiiighout,, and connoisseurs in architecture are enthusiastic over the results achieved. KERRY— FataI Accident A fatal accident occurred on August 12 to a youth', aged 15, son -of Mr. Dundon, Limerick, who lost his Ufa by falling over the high cliffs at Ballyh union. Deceased was 'accompanied by his brother at the time of the fatal occurrence. This was the second fataJity at Ballyhunidtt within ten days. A Distinguished Family Very! Rev. J J. Fitzmaurice, D.D., rector of St« Michael's, Philadelphia, who hcts "been created a Monsignor by tho Holy Father, isi a native of NewtownsaTuteis, County Kerry. He comes of a family which has for 'generations given many devoted priests to the Church. Ordained in 1866, he has spent a most active and fruitful life in the great Republic. His brothers include the Right Rev. John E. Fitzmaurice, D.D., Bishop of Erie ; Rev. Francis B. Fitzmaurice, rector of St, Joachim's, Fran Word, Philadelphia ; and the late Rev. Edmund W. Fitzmaurise, of Hazleton ; and Rev. Edmund J. Fitzmaurice, D.D., Church of the Annunciation, Philadelphia, is a nephew of his. Mr. William Fitzmaurice, Ballydonohue Cottage, Glin, is Monsignor Fitzmaairice's youngest brother. KILDARE— Electro-peat Fuel Tho Belfast t Irish Weekly ' understands that the first planti for tine manufacture ol electro-peat coal has been erected at Xil berry Bog, near Athy, County Kilriare, upon the estate of his Grace the Duko\*f Lemsler,, and will be in operation immediately, when the fuel will bci placed upon the market. The importance of this fact will \m manifest not only to the hundreds of thousands who will welcome a cheap and effective substitute for ordinary coal, hut also to those interested in the utilisation of the peat lands' of Great Britain and Ireland, in which latter country particularly a new era of enterprise anid profit is opened up by the industry. LEITRIM— A New Zealand Visitor The Dublin ' Freeman's Journal ' of August 5 notes the arrival in the Irish metropolis of our old friend, Mr. John. Barrett, of Chnstchurch, who was on his way ta his native place, Carriek-on-Sfrannon, for a short holiday. ' Mr. Barrett (says our contemporary) left Iteland in JSV),'and has paid one visit m 'the meantime, in 1801. At tho antipodes Mr. Barrett has newer forgotten, tho old land. He is enthusiastic about the prosperity and freedom of New Zealand. In recent years, ho testifies, the cause of Home Rule for Ireland has nwwle gicat pi ogress in New Zealand. . . In common with other Irishmen in New Zealand, he has been much interested in Cardinal Moran's schema' Jor joint Australian action in support of the Irish Party. He is certain that New Zealand will do its share and subscribe as liberally as it did in tho old days before the split. Mr. Barrett is icry proud of the New Zealand land system,, under which the squatters are connpulsorily expropriated and the lands divided into farm's of art least fifty acres, and distributed among proper applicants by ballot. The piice gi\en for the land is fixed by aifoitration. In fact, New Zealand is the land par excellence of arbitration, even strikes having been abolished by this means. He recalled that it was John Ballance, a Ncwry main, who initiated the radical land legislation in, New Zealand ' MAYO— Bequests Mrs. Anno Deane, of Ballaghaderecn, County Mayo, left personal estate \alucd at £28,857 3s <Jd, of which £20!) is in England, and pi oh ate of her will, which bears date Maxell 4, 1904, with a codicil of May 31, I'lOf), lias been granted to Mr. John Dillon, M.P. Mrs. Deane, left £3000 m trust for Mr. Dillon for life, with remainder to Ins \\ti<e amd children ; £100 to the Rev. V O'Hara , i:r>o to the Sisters of Charity at Ballaightiderren , £30 to her shop assistant, Sarah Partridge 1 ; £2000 to her niece, Maiy MacCormack ; £100 to Most Rev. Dr. MacC'ounack, Bishop of Galway ; and £100 to Kathenne Dillon,. She bequeathed £1500 to Mrs. Elizabeth Dillon, but, ha\ ing gi\en this sum to her during hor lifetime, this legacy is revoked by the codicil. Sub" iect to certain punisions as to the disposal of shares,, tho testatrix left (ho ultimate residue of her estate to Mr. John Dillon, M.P. QUEEN'S COUNTY— Destructive Fire On the night of August lla fire broke out in Portarlington, which demolished The entire premises of Messrs., Lee, drapers, and all but the residential portion and shop of Mr. J. T. Mathews, one of the largest bakers* in tho Midland Counties. The area affected by the firo covers fully a statute acre. No personal injuries of any]

moment were sustained, but all Messrs. Lee's premises, lately improved at a big outlay, and more than half their stock in. trade wore destroyed ; while in the case of, Mr. Mathews, the newly-erected bread-making plant, with a large stack of flour, forage, and the outoffices, aro 'all demolished. ROSCOMMON— A Priest passes away The death is reported of the Right Rev. MgT. Roddy, V.G., pastor of Cloghan. The deceased was well to the front in the early days of the land agitation, more especially in connection with the cases of the Kilronan tenants on the Kingston estate, County Roscommon, of which parish he was at one time parish priefct. It was here, in the interests of over 150 families on, this estate,) tflnati he made himself prormnenc in securing concessions (or the tenants^ and taougiht a bitterly-fought Plan of Campaign struggle to a successful conclusion. JVLoinsijgjnor Roddy wa» "brother to Mr. .Michael Reddy, M.P., the member for Birr Division of King's County. SLldO — Payment in Cash The Martjui's of Sligo, replying to a memorial from the tenants, states that while he is willrnig to sell to them for payment withotit delay in cash, he sees no possibility of money for the purposes of a sale being available soon, and thinks that the propiosod meeting for the discussion of terms of purchase would serve no useful purpose at present. TlPPEßAßY— Preference to the Local Articie At a meeting of the NorthTipperary County Council, Mr, Fogarty proposed and Mr. James Mcagher seconded the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted : 'If Irish manufactured cement and all other materials can be had equal in price and quality to imported articles, we recommend such Irish cement and other materials be given preference to any other material in works under this Council.' A Well-known Man passes away A sterling Irishman has passed away tit Castlemoylej.j near! Cashel, in the person of Mr Muhad Kyan Throughout a long life deceased was identified with the National movement, and .suffered lmpnsonmont foi hi-. principles' in 1881. Two of 'toi'S sons arc pruests in Denver, U.S.A., Fathers William and Philip Rj an The formoij is editor of a Catholic newspaper. A Social Revolution In 'declaring the Clonnicl Feis open, the Bishop «>f Waterford said one would search m \ain m Hie lustoiy of modern times for a social revolution as gie.it as Ihe Gaelic League had accomplished m Inland, mi',l aitnbuted the success of the (Gaelic Leasr.ic to Ihe l.v 1 that it appealed to tho soil Is of 1 h«o Irish people WESTMEATH— The Glencarra Estate Thci 'tenants o>n the (ilencarra estalc of Maior Ilume Kelly ha-vci purchased their holdings, the terms bring 20 years' piurchas** and all arrears due 1m Xt N<>\< m i bor to "be «jd)d-ed to the purclTase money tivethei with the half-year's rent, t'ho sporting lights to be reseive.l to the vendor and his two sons during their lifetime, and interest, at the rate of 3£ p<?r cent, to be paid on tho purchase money from the Ist June, 190,1. WEXFORD— In Irish and English Naonfll plates m Irish and English characters arc to •be erected in the principal streets of Wexford by order of the Corporation.

GENERAL A Barren Result Tho Christmas Day Closing of Public-lionises Act is the only measure which Ireland obtained during the session of Parliament which has just concluded.