Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 50, 14 December 1905, Page 9

Irish News

ANTRIM- A Prophecy Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P., speaking at Belfast towards the end oi October, said the landlords' special friends tk r ould be out of office in a 'few months. The new Government would be in their place, and he ventured to warn all concerned that a bonus was not compulsory. A cable message received last week informed us that the Balfour Government had at last reigned, and that the Liberal Party had boon asked to form a Ministry. Death of a Well-known Cyclist Mr. Henry J. Shinvmins, the well known cyclist, was killed in a collision with an unknown cyclist in Belfast the other day. CLARE— A Distinguished Scholar Professor John P. Molohan, whose appointment to the Chair of Latin in the Queen's College, Cork, was recently announced, is the 1 eldest son of Mr. P. Molohan, of Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, County Clare. He was educated at the Diocesan College at Ennis, whence he proceeded to the Queen's College, Gal way. After a ■distinguished course he enteicil Trinity College, Dublin, in 1876, where he practically took all the honois possible for an undergrahuate i« classics and Knglish. lie joined the start, of the old Diocc, au College, the Crescent, Lmienck, eaily in IXBO, and met with much success hi furthering the interests of the Senior Grade Intel mediate students, who were new to the system at the time, lie was altervvaids engaged at Mungret College, which he left to found an Intermodule and Ci\il Service Academy in the city of Limerick. For some three ) ears he continued these classes, and passed many pupils into the professions. In 1881 lie was appointed Professor of Classics m St. Edmund's College, Ware, the great Catholic school of the diocese of Westminster, and later was transfened to Downside College, Bath He is an M.A. and gold medallist of Dublin University CORK — Increasing Licenses Writing to the pi ess with reference to the Temperance Crusade, the Most Rev. Di Kelly, Bishop of Ross, complains of the action of magistrates in increasing the number of licenses in districts which aie already provided with too many. DUBLlN— Audience with the Pope On Monday, October l(i, the Holy Father gianted a private audience to Mr Patrick Cahill, of Dublin, optician to his Holiness. Mr. Cahill piesented a very beautiful table baroinetei and a \eiy handsome Held glass, with wlmh the Holy Fathei expressed himself as highly . pleased Ke\ FalhcL Bums, of London, acted as mteipreter, and the Holy Father imparted to both his Apostolic Benediction. Acquitted of a Serious Charge Thomas O'Shea and Thomas Atkinson, who were charged at lsubhn with haung published a seditious circular calling on Irishmen to lefuse to join the army, navy, or police forces, weic found not guilty, and acquitted. The Treasury Criticised At .the Protestant Synod held in Dublin, the Most Rev. Dr Peacocke eiiticised severely the conduct ol the Treasury m connection with the primary education question. He said Ireland was not as liberally treated from tho Imperial hinds as it v. as faiily entitled to. England and Scotland were tieaied lar belter According to the last census returns, Ireland and Scotland had practically the same number of inhabitants In these circumstances i( would seem reasonable thai Ireland should receive as Luge a giant ioi pinnaiy education as Scotland. The education estimates tor the present yeai showed that lieland received £M1,71"> less ' The educational demands of England am! Scotland,' j.aid I)i Peacocke, 'were met with libeiahty out oi the Impeiial funds, and why should this poition of the I'nited Kingdom be dealt with on less libeial terms ' ' The answerto Dr Peacocko's pertinent question (says a Dublin correspondent) is that Ireland's 111-tieatmont m educational as in many other matters is laigely due to his coreligionists, tho ejcal maionly ot whom condone every injustice inflicted on this eountiy by England, and glory in doing so. GALWAY— Three Objects The Bishop of Clonferi, in a letter to a political meeting at Loughrea, put throe objects before the people — the preservation of national unity, the re-popula-tion of the empty grazing lanches, and the protest

against the farce of maintaining a Protestant University College in Gal way —Protestant from top to bottom — for the alleged benefit of a Province only four per cent, of whose people are Protestant. The three purposes of the Bishop hang together. If national unity is shattered the bullocks will continue to be the monopolisers of the ranches, or the people will get access only at such a price as will effectively prevent them prospering for the next three-quarters of a century. If the bullock continues to be the master ot the agricultural situation in Galway, there will not be muoh material to build a University College out of. Dr. ODea is at one with his people on these points, and his people are happily at one with one another. Loughrea lias suffered too severely in the struggle for the emancipation of the soil to throw the fruits away at the eleventh hour. KERRY— The Kenmare Estate At a meeting in Killarney between Lord Kenmare and representatives of his tenants, his Lordship stated that he could not treat 1 with the tenants under the tcims they proposed. t Demise of a Well-known Lady A respected figure in Tralee circles has passed away in the person of Mrs. Fitzgerald, wife of Mr. John Fit/gerald, a prominent local citizen. Deceased was the mother-in-law of Mr. M. J. Flavin, member for North Kerry, and Sister of the Rev. Charles M'Carthy. A Venerable Resident Passes Away Perhaps not within the memory of the oldest inhabitant (sajs the 'Cork Examiner') was there witnessed such an immense cortege as conveyed the remains of the Idle Mr. Eugene Me Ciilhcuddy, Balhnalane, who died at the patriarchal age of ii.i years, to their final restingplace m Churchtown, the family burial ground, under the shadow of the historic Reeks. The immediate and surrounding districts within a radius of fourteen miles wore fully represented by every class of the community. The town of Killarney was represented by the great majority of the leading merchants, artisans, and laborers, the members of the Rural District and Urban Councils being present with few exceptions. Several telegiarns were received "regretting inability to attend, amongst them being one from Dr. Hugh Brosnan, wiio was unavoidably absent in London. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. J. Murphy, Firies, assisted by the Rev. Father O'Connoll. Amongst those who sent wreaths was his old fnend The M'Gilhcuddy of the Reeks, who was present himself, although in a delicate state of health. LIMERICK— Clerical Changes The Rev Father Giimn, Adm , St. John's, Limenck, has been appointed by his Lordship the Bishop of Lmienck to be pansh pnest ol Adare, in the room of the Idle Dean Flanagan, PP Veiy Rev. Father Murph\ , Piesnlent ol St. Munchin's College, has been made Administrator oi St. John's, and Father O'Leary, who has been for sonic time m the College, becomes President. A Serious Fire Damago to the extent of £1000 was done to hay and other piopeity belonging to Mr. S. F. Dowling, J P., Templenugent, near Limerick, in a fire which occurred there towards the end of October. LONGFORD— Purchasing their Holdings The tenants on the O'Brien estate, in the northern part of the county, have purchased their holdings under these conditions : Twenly years' purchase on first-term i enls, and twenty-one and a half years' purchase on "-ocond-toim lents ROSCOMMON — Death of a Merchant The death of Mr. Martin M'Donnell, which took place on October 20 in Roscommon, is widely regretted. Deceased, who had reached an advanced age, was an extensive meichant, and built up a successful business at Dunmore, Tuain, Miltown, Cloonfad, Ballyhaunis, and Roscommon (>\or 1000 tenants in the latter county and 'the County Clahvay always found him a considerate landloid. For many years, and up to the time of its sale, ho was owner ol the Murphy Bell Foundry, Thomas street, Dublin. The late Mr. M'Donnell was a Justice of the Peace lor Roscommon, and is survived by two sons, Mr. James M'Donnell, chairman Tuam Town Commissioners, and Mr. Farrcll M'Donnell, Dunmore. TIPPERARY— Death of a Priest On October 20, in the Mater Misericoraiae Hospital, Dublin, whore he had gone to undergo an operation, tho \ cry Rev. L. Hayes, D.D., P.P., Bansha, passed away to his eternal reward at tho age of 58. Deceased was ordained in Rome after a brilliant course in the year

1870. Having taken the degree of Doctor of Divinity, he was appointed Professor of Moral and Dogmatic Theology in fThurles College, where he made his preparatory studies. In 1881 he was appointed President in succession to Canon Scully, and in 1889 he was appointed pastor of Bansha by the Most Rev. Dr. Croke. During the sixteen years that he spent in Bansha he did much for the spiritual and temporal welfare of his people. He practically rebuilt the parish church, he built a parochial residence, and OHt of his own resources built a Town Hall, in which Gaelic concerts and lectures are frequently held. He also did much for the industrial revival, and his loss will be keenly felt by his soiiowing people. WATERFORD— FataI Accident A woman named Mrs. Aylward was knocked down by the motor car of Mr. W. iG. J). Goff, Glenville, at Ferrybank, Waterford, and received serious injuries, which eventually resulted in her death. WESTMEATH— The Parliamentary Fund Among the subscribers to the Irish Parliamentary Fund is Sir Walter Nugent, Bart., Donorc House, County, Westmeath, who has contributed five guineas. WEXFORD— Nuns as Nurses Nine of the Nursing Sisters of St. John of God, Wexford, have successfully passed their examinations m Elementary Anatomy and Physiology, and in Medical, Surgical, and Fever Nursing, having completed a coarse of instruction given by an experienced muse fiom London, who has had many years' experience in training probationers and nurses in public hospitals. A Memorial On October 22 at Ram^grangc, in South Wexford, the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a monument to the memory of the late Canon Thomas Doyle, P P , of that parish, and Chancellor of the diocese of Feins, took place. The ceremony was performed by the Re\ Father Rossiter, M.S S., 'Enmseorthy, in the presence of about a thousand people, chiefly the parishioners of Ramsgrange, over whom Canon Doyle ruled for nearly fifty years. Father Rossiter, in the course of an address, said the late Canon's first mission was m New Ross, which he barely reached when famine, -fever, and death o'erspread the land. To the relief ot the snfleiei Ihe gave all of his mortal possessions but a stiaw pallet, on which he slept in a mean room. lie labored without end, and it was told the preacher only a few days before by an old man in New Ross that one night Father Doyle was called from oS his pallet (tf straw six times. The good priest never complained A--messenger after messenger came he was up and away, his only words being, ' Welcome be the will of Clod ' GENERAL The Evicted Tenants A cable message rccei\cd a few days ago stale*-, thai Mr. Redmond, m a speech at Dungarvan, said lie was confident that one of the hist remits of the advent of the Liberals would be the restoration oi evicted tenants to their holdings. Signs of Progress The following extract from a letter to Repiescnta tive Glynn, from a brother wiio is manager of a bank in the West of Ireland (says the ' Adelaide Southern Cross '), is reassuring as to the unproved condition of Irefand : — ' They ha\e started an anti-treating league in the diocese, which is showing splendid results in aveiy short time., The idea is that none of its niembeis accept or give intoxicating drink where it is sold. The} may drink alone or gi\e hospitality in then own houses. There was not a drunken man to be seen here during a big three-day fair, which speaks tor itself The new idea of breaking up the grass lands and dividing them intio economic holdings is woikmg out splerdidlv Men with 10 acres get holdings from 15 to 30 acres, in some cases as many as ()0 acres are given to families having help and capital enough to work them The matter of capital is a big item, as those ten-aue men were practically laborers with only occasional chances of work. In most cases they are only able to 'stock half and to set the balance, but *here is the incentive to save and stock the entile holding, which is a great improvement on the hopeless feeling of former years. Ten years ago land was an asset one didn't consider it safe to lend money on. Now the banks are vicing with each other to give advances on newly-purchased farms.

The Melbourne ' Aigus ' has just apologised to the Rev. Father Malonc, P P., of Dayfcsford, for publishing a sectarian letter, attacking his conduct and views.