Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 23 August 1906, Page 27

Irish News

CORK— Presentation On behalf of the parishioners the Very Rev. Canon Murphy, P.P., V.F., Macroom, was recently presented with an illuminated address exquisitely designed and artistically finished. This action was inspired by the home-coming of the Canon from Palestine, where he spent a well-earned holiday. DOWN— Destructive Fire A destructive fhe broke out in Banbridge on the night of July 3, resulting in the destruction of the extensive bacon-curing establishment of Messrs. Alexander and Bennett, the seed stores of Messrs. Nib^ockj and Co., etc. The damage was estimated at over £25,000 Irish Antiquities The highest price ever paid for a single ancient Irish stone implement was realised at the recent sale of Ihe collection of the late Right -Rev Mgr. O'Laverty, P.P., of Holy wood, County Down. A stone battleaxe of a rare shape was knocked down after spirited competition for the sum of £14. The same price was realised lor a seventeenth century cooking pot of fine design. The whole collection of stone implements found high prices, and had been to a great extent got together when Father O'L-averty was a curate at when the drainage of trie River Barm was in progress. It is giatifying to learn (says the ' Freeman's Journal ') that the collection of Irish books which formed the most treasured portion of the learned owner's library was not broken up, but bequeathed to the Library of St. Malachy's Seminary in Belfast. These included, of course, complete sets of all the Celtic an-d Archaeological Societies' publications, and many letters of the la.le John O'Donovan were included. From the study of these books it may be hoped that from time to time scholars will rise up from amongst the diocesan pupils of St. Malachy's, equipped and inspired to follow in the footsteps of the learned donor. DUBLIN— A Big Undertaking Speaking at the annual meeting of Kynoch Ltd. at Birmingham, Mr. Arthur Chamberlain stated that while their ammunition business with the British Government was growing comparatively unimportant, that with other nations was becoming more and more important. The issue of a furthei £100,000 Debentures for the purchase of the Clondalkin Paper Mills, near Dublin, and the provision of further trading capital was very satisfactoiy. The whole amount was subset ibed as soon as issued. The purchase was, he thought, a fair one. They gave twenty thousand for a mill which they were told had just cost one hundred thousand, but although practically unworked, and although the machinery was for the most part entirely new, the mill had not been very wisely planned, and a considerable amount of machinery would have to be scrapped and a very large sum spent on modern machinery and plant. After that was done they weie assured of sufficient orders to keep them fully employed, and tlu-y anticipated a profit of ten per cent, on the capital. They would have the pleasure of knowing that they were assisting a most distressful country, and were providing for a people who were, in their experience, the most willing and cheerful workers they knew an opportunity of earning their living fey making goods to consume in their own country. University School The completion of fifty years of strenuous struggle and great triumph achieved in the face of what seemed insurmountable difficulties was celebrated by the students, past and present, of the Catholic University School of Medicine, Cecilia street, Dublin, during the closing days of June. When this now widely known institution was founded there were not many Catholic doctors in Ireland, and not a few of those who were there held opinions which to a great extent kept them out of touch with the majority of the people. Things are far different now. Equipped for its mission by the people, although it never received one penny of State aid, Cecilia street school has left its richly endowed rivals— the medical schools of Trinity College and the Royal College o£ Surgeons— far behind in the race for supremacy. In every land on earth its alumni have won esteem and admiration ; by sheer force of ability, combined with excellent education, they have made their way to the very front rartks of the medical profession and overcome the prejudices which frequently beset them. Some are men of world-wide re-

putation— Surgeon McArdle and Dr. M. F. Cox, for inS^rfSniT ll^ ° nI Z" a few - The Dean o£ Faculty, hu hns T J?P her Nixon, has ' J ust bfce & coated a baronet by the King. Sir Arthur Chance, too, has been honored with the position of surgeon to successive ViceOT h^"M °f Ur^ llVe - in - Mer "on Sqiuare, once the stionghold of the minority. LlMERlCK— Retirement of a Military Surgeon Surgeon-General W. H. M'Namara C B a Limerick ?m ' WW 7 i, offici * tin S " Principal Medical' Officer at AMershot, has retired from the Army Medical Staff after close upon forty years of useful work in many important capacities. He served with distinction in the of Tel-el-Kebir, and in the Soudan campaign of 1898 unrTn c - ar f d , With lhe medical a-rrangerntnts for the Bnlish Brigade, being present at the battles of Atbara and Khartoum. For his services he was twice gazetted created a C.8., and awarded the British and Khedive's decorations. *■"<«« An Objection Lord Emly was one of the witnesses heard by the committee of inquiry into the working of the Department of lush Agiiculture and Technical Education which sat at Limerick recently. He said he desired lo enter a protest in the strongest manner possible against the retention by the Government of Sir Horace Plunkett in any official capacity whatsoever in Ireland. It was not advisable that even our meanest officials should light the toich of religious discord, and Sir Horace PJunkett, who was practically a government within a government, recently wrote a book proloundly hurting Catholics in Ireland and all over the world. MAYO— Home Industries Her Excellency the Countess of Aberdeen on July 3 opened a bazaar at Loughglynn which had been organised to defray the debt on the school of agriculture and technical instruction conducted by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary. Her Excellency was welcomed by the Bishop of the diocese, and delivered a speech in answer to an address presented "by the Sisters of the convent and the pupils. The following are some of the objects of the school :— The houses of the people are frequently visited, and lessons in, housewifely, domestic economy, and the care of the farm ami farm offices given on the spot. Experimental plots for the cultivation of many varieties of vegetables are boing managed under the direction of the convent gardener, and the pupils of the school receive instruction on the successive processes and stages of Ihis useful industry. Experimental plots, on a large scale, have been begun in several townlands of the pansh. The feeding of young stock, the management ot incubators, the rearing and fattening of poultry the shipment of eggs, and all kindred industries, are specially attended to. There is a model dairy on the premises where the Sisteis teach the girls attending their -schools the scientific treatment of milk, the use of the separator and churn, the arts of butter-making and cheese-making, and everything necessary for perfect dairy management. Lessons in laundry work in all its forms, and in cookery suitable for the locality are given daily by the Sisteis to successive classes of girls drafted from the .schools of needle industries. A great variety of home industries, intended to fill up vacant hours in the life of an industrious housewife are being learned under the direction of Sisters who are recognised specialists in their several departments. Amongst these are carpet- weaving, embroidery, lacemaking, flower-making, and the like. There are over one hundred and twenty girls, all of whom are over fourteen years of age (pupils not being admitted earlier) on the rolls of the school. MONAGHAN— Death of a Canon The death is announced of the Very jßev. Canon M'Quade, P.P., DerrygonneUy, which occurred at his residence, .Monea, after a long illness. Deceased was born in the parish of Donagh, County Monaghan 84 years ago, and was- the senior priest in the diocese of Clog-her. He had a long and most distinguished and a most useful career in connection with ecclesiastical affairs in the diocese. In his death the Church has lost a worthy son and the people a true and devoted friend. He was looked up to not only as a spiritual but also as a temporal adviser, and in the time of trouble his counsel was often sought by his parishioners. ROSCOMMON— Death of the O'Conor Don - As announced by cable at the time, the Right Hon. Charles Owen O'Conor, commonly known as the O'Conor Don, passed away- at his residence, Clonalis

v£ri hf" ' i fe f at . urda y» Ju *c 30. For nearly fifty aftans of his country, and always exercised a benefimouSi nCe h" 11011 f .Public opinion, and doing his share mak? ?K § l S f . ell ?w-"ti2ens so as to fit them to ow h e ,i b ° nOf l . he , , nieans aiul opportunities at 1 f ha [ lds - Descended from an ancient Irish stock-a ace i of kings in their day-the O'Conor Don was born in Dublin on May 7 1838. His father, Denis O'CoW Don , m, likelmnsef, a country gentleman who Hook n his tune a prominent part in public affairs He had b>een a member of Parliament for the County of Roscommon in the early part of the last century and look a part wilb Daniel O'Connell in the agitation for Catholic Emancipation. So far back as 1860 the geno G r VL Jl r , dd f Cca Jr d Was flecle<lf lecle<1 member of Parliament for the County Sligo, and he occupied that position until ihe general election of h-80, when the Pan ell "T^T^ then in its infailc y- b^gan to subvert Iho established order of mallei a political in Ireland He contested the seat for the bounty WexforT In im and failed, because he could not go the leneth that SW a nr 'n " n f , aL th^ Ume AHhJugh h omVh ?nf h^ nol , been in Parliament for the past quaiter of a century, he took an active and a useful part in the public life of the country. He was a SH?n rt nu l < in i\ he counties <> f Roscommon ' an-d S0;,S 0 ;, \\ h h l ?L? L ? n,n ,° r I>ons Nations with his tenantiy 3 c ih(i . ™ ost harmonious character, aad even those who differed from him politically held high opinions regarding his sincerity and patriotism. Mishap in a Church During the celebration of eicht o'clock Mass at Dungan C atholie Church, County Roscommon on Sanday July 1 the ceiling collapsed, injuring, about foiiv people, including some constabulary who were »css r on 1P a !![ n' ent tO lkt ;. of those in dang.M. Some of the congregation weie seriously ijuuied and wifnrl° ?f C ° nVeye V° Cairi^-on-Shannon lnfi'rniaiv, where their wounds were attended to. TYRONE— A Centenarian r ..Jl r - Jo ,l in Donaghcy, a farmer who lhcd neai Carnckmore, County 'lyrone, died the other <lav at the a R e of 100 yeais.- He had five childn-n livin R " u,ii, v grand-childien and six greai-giand-cluldien. WATERFORD— Death of a Dean The Very Rev. Dean M'DonneJl, P.P., VCi. C'lonnifl died on July 1. The deceased Doan, who \vas ag" 7 (i years was a native of Tallow, County Wateiford ] ZZlo T J °H n S Colle fi c > Watorford, to Mavi.noih, wheie he had a distinguished course. Suhheq^ently he occupied a professorial chair in St. John's College after which he labored as a curate in va.ious parisl.es in the diocese of Waterford : and Lismoie Some limi rTnf a !£ was appointed pastor ami " Yicar-Uene-ial of SS Peer and Paul's, C'lojimel, and subsequent \ V Dean of the diocese. He was chairman of uJ commi tee of managemenL of the lunatic asylum and of ihe technical in&iiuction committee. '

GENERAL Irish Industries TTui 11 .' is . s . la < e <» that as a result of Dr. Douglas Hyde s visit to the Uniiod States it is proposer! to invest Amencan capital in the lace and wool inclusI'.Wvi l IlrClanI 1 rClanU > Uis thou e ht th *t a market for Lirneiick lace for vestments can be created in the United States and supported by the clergy of Irish birth or Irish parentage.