COUNTY NEWS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5, 1 February 1906, Page 9

COUNTY NEWS

DUBLIN— Death of a Talented Lady

* Iv ? a nl lc L , ea S ue circles deep regret is felt at the death of Miss May Curran, 8.A., who passed away at the residence of her parents in Drumcondra. As a,linguist, a musician, and an educationist she occupied a high place in her native city.

How a Unionist Looks at it

How Sir Francis Cruise remains a Unionist, notwithstanding the decided views he holds as to the cause of Irish disaffection, is incomprehensible to ordinary mortals. Here is what the eminent doctor and wellknown litterateur writes to the ' Daily Chronicle ' ; ' The bane of English rule in Ireland seems to lie in unreasonable delay in .conceding reasonable demands Ihus the psychological moment is lost wherein good might be done, gratitude earned, and solid peace se--cured. Under the existing regime all these sire forfeited, and a prize set upon agitation and its dangerous . consequences— the omly means by which any concession is , ever obtained. This is a very sad old story, as I have witnessed. Others of far superior judgment than mine tell the same. The late Sir Robert Hamilton some time Under-Secretary for Ireland, stated once— at my dinner table— that if his country ;( Scotland) were governed on the lines adopted in Ireland it would not take two years to produce a rebellion. Doubtless he said the same elsewhere, and very soon afterwards— as I expected—he was promoted (as far as possible from Ireland) to the Governorship of Tasmania.'

Blackrock College

The bond of affection which exists between the Fathers of the Holy Ghost and their past pupils is proof, if proof were required (writes a Dublin correspondent), of the paternal care, combined with excellent' education, which students receive at Blackrock and Rockwell. The ' old boys ' seldom lose an opportunity of showing their high regard for those to whom they owe much of their success in life. On the evening of November 29 they entertained Very Rev. Father Healy Provincial, the Presidents of Blackrock, Rockwell, St Mary's, Rathmines, and Clareville to dinner in the Dolphin Hotel. Replying to the toast of ' Our Guests,' the Provincial made an important announcement regarding the new University College. Inspired by the traditions handed down to them by Father Reffe, and relying on the just appreciation of their work by the country at large, on the loyalty and support of their past students, off which they were sure, and on the loyalty of their present students, on which they had a right to count, they were determined to spare no efforts or expense in affording to their pupils the fullest advantages of a higher education. By next summer their new University and Civil Service College, a large and commodious building, worthy in every respect to be a noble seat of learning, would be ready. It would afford accommodation to 60 resident students, who would there have the advantages and safeguards of a resident college. They had at present 740 pupils in therr three colleges, and they would not think him over sanguine when he expected that, even if they had to r&ly on these alone, they would send up sufficient students to nil the new University College.

KERRY— A Successful Probationer

I.liss Kathleen O'Connell, of Derrynane Abbey, great-grand-daughter of the Liberator, who is a probationary nurse in Richmond Hospital, Dublin, has won a gold medal for the highest „ aggregate of marks in three competitive examinations in anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, against a number of competitors from ' three hospitals.

KlLKENNY— Presentations

Miss Donegan, 1.5.M., who is resigning the position of organist of St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral, Kilkenny, to act as /conductor of the Irish Ladies' Choral Society in Dublin, has just received two handsome presentations, one a purse of sovereigns from her Kilkenny friends, and another from the members of her choir in. that city.

LIMERICK— A Reminder of '48

A son of William Smith O'Brien, the Irish patriot, whose participation in the Young Ireland Movement endeared him to his countrymen, has been appointed Protestant Dean of Limerick.

MAYO— An Appointment Mr. Malachy F. Kelly, Crown Solicitor for County Jttayo, has been appointed Chief Crown Solicitor for Ireland, in succession to Sir Patrick Coll, who has retired A>n a pension. MEATH— Resignation of the Bishop The resignation of the Most Rev. Dr. Gafiney, Bishop of iMeath, has been officially accepted by the Holy See. Dr. Gaffiney was obliged to resign owing to partial blindness. TIPPERARY— Death of a Canon The death occurred early in December of the Very Uev. James Canon Cantwell, Ballingarry, County Tipperary, after a protracted illness. The deceased, who was aged 65, was appointed curate in Thurles in 18715, and in 1878 succeeded Dean Kinane in the Administratorship. In 1885 he was transferred to the pastoral charge of Ballingarry, in succession to the late Rev. Dx. John Ryan. Canon Cantwell was a powerful factor in the stirring episodes of the Land League days in Tipperary. He was president at the meeting in the Rotunda, Dublin, in 1&81 at which the No Rent Manifesto was issued. So much indeed, did he concern himself in the uplifting of his country that he was marked out by the Government for arrest as a suspect. When the rumor spread throughout the town of Thurles that his arrest was to be made on a certain date, the people of the town gathered in large force in anticipation of the arrest and watched throughout the night to resist any attempt of this kind. No arrest was effected. For weeks afterwards a watch was kept on the movements of the police, and even by night a bugler names Egan kept sentry outside the presbytery. During his connection with the cathedral town Canon Cantwell was loved and revered by the people. TYRONE— Law and Boycotting When the rights of Irish landlords have been in question a wink or ' a humbugging sort of smile ' have been construed as boycotting, but in the same Green Isle it has just been decided by three judges of the Court of Appeal, the Lord Clhancellor, Lord Justice Fitzgibbon, and Lord Justice Holmes, Lord Justice Walker dissenting, that there is practically no such thing as boycotting when a Catholic is deprived of the means of living simply for being a Catholic. The case need but be stated in the barest outline to enable the reader to see the meanness and injustice which formed its salient features. Miss Rose F. Sweeney was engaged by the Rev. W. H. Bailey, Presbyterian minister, as manual instructr&ss in the Carnteel school, County Tyrone. The appointment was sanctioned by the National Board. The school is a mixed one, but most of the children are Presbyterians, and though Miss Sweeney had nothing to do with the teaching of religion, a movement for her dismissal was set on foot. Mr. Coote, a magistrate, took a leading part in it. The minister, acting as a man and a Christian, refused to dismiss the girl. Some twenty children were accordingly withdrawn from the school. Miss/ Sweeney took an action against Mr. Coote for conspiring with others to injure her. Judge Barton gave a decision in her favor, but it has now been reversed by the Irish Court of Appeal. The case will be taken by the plaintiff to the House of Lords. WATERFORD— The Bonmahon Mines The ' Financial News ' states that the capital offered for subscription, in connection with the working of the Bonmahon mines, has been fully subscribed, and adds : * It is refreshing to find that a plain unvarnished proposition has met with acceptance at the hands of the public. It 3ooks> now as if the development of the mineral) resources of Ireland had at long last come within the region of practical politics.'