The Late Father O'Hallahan, Kumara

New Zealand Tablet, 26 July 1906, Page 34

The Late Father O'Hallahan, Kumara

We ta':« the following further particulars regarding the funeral of the late Rev. Father O'Hallahan, from an obituary notice sent us by a Kumara correspondent. The deceased was born in Banteer, County Cork, where his aged parents still reside, and one of his brothers, Mr. D. O'Hallahan, is a resident of Kumara. On Friday evening the remains were removed to St. Patrick's Church. At 10 o'clock on Saturday <a solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Leen, Re} v -. Father Creed being deacon, and Rev. Father O'Connor subdeacon. The church, which was draped in black by the Sisters of Mercy, was crowded to 'the doors. The Rev. Fatlvr Leen preached an eloquent sermon appropriate to the solemn occasion. Among those present in the choir were "Very Rev. Dean Carew, and Rev. Fathers Aubry and Taylor. The funeral was very largely attended, despite the extreme inclemency of the weather. The procession left the church at noon to proceed to the Kumara railway station, and from there the remains were taken by train to Greymouth, where a large number of mourners joined in the funeral procession to the cemetery. The Very Rev. Dean Carew, assisted by Rev. Fathers Leen, Creed, Taylor, Avbry, and O'Connor, officiated at the graveside. Among a large number of messages of sympathy received by Mr. Denis O'Hallahan were telegrams from his Grace Archbishop Redwood, the Very Rev. Father Lc Menant des Chesnais, V.G., Christchurch, and fom Mis. Sedclon, with whom and the late Premier the deceased priest was on intimate terms of friendship. Telegrams were also received from all the priests of Canterbury. — R.I. P.