Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 11 October 1906, Page 27

Irish News

ARMAGH— A Distinguished Visitor His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Farley,' AroMrishop of New York, arrived at Armagh, 'on August 16 on'* a visit to his Eminence Cardinal Logue. Dr. Farley was received at the railway station toy his Eminence aud "the Most Rev. 'Dr. O'Neill, Bishop of Dromore, and a number of the clergy. The Archbishop was accompanied by his chaplains, Very Rev. Dr.' M'Mack'en and Rev. Father 1 Lewis. CARLOW— The Cathedral . In Carlow Cathedral, on the Feast of the , Assumption, the Most Rev. Dr. Foley, after the- High Mass, speaking from the throne, thanked the several members of the choirs who had accepted his invitation to sing the sacred music of the Mass on ttiat great festival. They were, he- said, assembled in the Cathedral of the diocese, which had 'been, erected by a ' very illustrious ' predecessor— the great J.K.L.— who bad been distinguished not alone as' a Bishop, but as one who had taken a "most prominent part in the public affairs of his time. -He invited them to inspect, the sacred edifice he had erected to the glory of God; and whose statue by a great Irish ' artist, was a: beautiful work of art v CORK— A Priest Passes Away Rev. Jeremiah Russell, P.P., Coaohford, County Cork, died on August 16, after a comparatively brief illness. Deceased, who was pastor of the parish for some sixteen years, was widely esteemed. He was a native of Ag-hada, near Midleton, where his relatives still reside, and for whom much sympathy is felt. The Queen's College The impending retirement from the Chair of Engineering of Professor Jack, Queen's College, Cork, is announced. He will be succeeded toy Mr. Gonnell O'DonneM Alexander, 8.E., Royal University of Ireland and M.Sc. University of Birmingham. Killed by Lightning A severe thunderstorm ■ broke over Kanturk on the morning of: August 22, causing great damage, especially in the Castlemagner district. A woman named Mrs, Barrett, of Subultar, was struck by a flash of lightning and killed, about ten yards distance from her house. The storm was very severe in other parts of Munster. Lightning struck the house of Mr. Timothy Prendeville, of Knockefoohaine, near Castleisland and killed a dog in the kitchen. The -inmates of the house had a very narrow escape. DERRY — Church Improvements On Sunday, August 19, in St. Patrick's Ghuroh, Claudy, County Derry, a sermon was preached by Rev John Doherty, Adm., Carndonagh, in aid of the parochial improvements being undertaken 'by the zealous pastor, Father Philip O'Dcherty. After Mass a collection made realised £600. Father Philip O'Doherty heartily thanked all for their sympathy and support. Death of a Derry Citizen The death is reported of Mr. John Gill, who had been connected with the commercial life of Derry for over half a century. His business, by wise methods and management, prospered greatly. Mr. Gill's death at the age of 81, removes from the Catholic community one of its stauncfcest and most benevolent members. Deceased was by marriage a near relative of Mr. R J. M'Hugh, the well-known Irish war correspondent, who has been at the front in connection with the Spanish-American, -the South African, and the Russo-Japanese campaigns,. LIMERICK— GoIden Jubilee The clergy, secular an-d regular, of the city of Limerick have presented the venerable Dean Shanahan, v.ix-vF.F., of Str ; MuncMn's, with an address and a handsome gold chalice on • the occasion of the golden jubilee of Ms priesthood. The .Bishop- of Limerick was present, and -joined -in the good wishes and congratulations of the . clergy. z • . WESTMEATH— Presentation Rev. Brother LuV-e Q' Gorman, for many years Superior © * St.. Mary's College, Mullingar, and vicepresident of St, St. . Mary's & Temperance 'civb r has r^lr e r re + r, n l ofa watch -and snuffbox by the members of the latter organisation, on the occasion of his departure from the district. The presenta^ J On KX "ESSv/" 1 * *?*£ % *** me^ers by the Rev. +w n£' P resident ./>£, the Temperance Club, and Brother O'Gorman suitably replied. - •

LOUTH — An Interesting Ceremony . • £ n "^resting ceremony took place on August 15 l ™ DJD J r Pe heda m ' connection wit/h the railing in of the Magdalen Tower, the last remaining vestige of the historic Dominican Abbey, founded in 1224 by Luke Netterville, 'Archbishop of Armagh, and confiscated by Henry VIII. in 1540. Owing ,to the, - exertions of Father Co-leman, 0,P., an t ornamental railing has been erected around the tower, and on the day mentioned it was formally handed over to the Mayor and,' Corporation. A large gathering attended on the occasion and addresses were/ delivered by Father Colenian ' Mr iNolan, M.P., and, the Lord .Mayor of ' Dublin, each of whomlampressed upon those present the duty of preserving the historic monuments; of the country • ♦MONAGHAN— A Transformation Replying to addresses presented to ' him from various elected 'bodies at Monagfoau, the Most Rev Dr Farley, Archbishop of New York, said it was the aspiration -of every - good -Irishman 1 ;to see the country ' oi has <barth -governing itself.^ A transformation - was certainly coming over Ireland. slt was like the scenethat presented itself to him on an early spring morning. He often thought over the changes that -had taken place in polatacal matters since last he visited Ireland The country was long shrouded in • darkness, but hope did not leave the people., That day everyone' felt that Home Rule— lreland for Irishmen— was an assured ■ certainty, r WATERFORD— Death of an ex-M. P. Sir Joseph- Neale' M'Ken-na, ex-M.P., died on August 15 at an advanced age in Ardogena, County Waterfowl Deceased, was for many .years a' prominent figure in the financial and political world. He was Chairman- of the National Bank i-n 1865, when he de*cided on entering Parliament. He contested the Borough of Youghal against the celebrated Isaac Butt and won the seat. When Youghal was merged into the Division of East Cork .in 1885, Sir Joseph was elected for South Mpnaghan-. Owing to old ago .he retired from public life many years ago. He had the reputation of being a thoroughly sound financier, and he always called attention to the grievance which Ireland lay 'under in the line of over taxation, and 'in that opinion was subsequently borne out. by the finding of the Royal Commission. During Ms last illness he received the last rites of the Ohiurch.from'-the Rev , P. F. Walsh P.P., Ardmore, who lives within a short distance of Ardogena, and who had faeen in regular attendance on him for some time past.

GENERAL Orange Rowdyism , /":."- The Catholics of many districts in. the North of Ireland, while celebrating Lady Day in a peaceable and dignified way, were attacked by Orangemen, and savagely beaten. The police were utterly unable ,to cope with the disturbers of the peace, and the latter took full advantage of the fact. Emigration , D x ri I ng the seven monl "'hs of 1906, 23,372 emigrants \ 6 oL e^' dd W aS a ™ st 20 372 in the same period in i? 'n^ Field M.P., -air 'the last meeting of the Dublin Industrial Development Association The figures were those supplied -by the. Registrar-General One hundred and ten persons per day left Ireland during the seven months, representing a loss to the country for every able-bodied person of £120. Trinity College Mr. Swift MacNeill, in a letter on the Irish Uni-versity-question, contends, from the fact alone of the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College beinei*3ip " e \ ec^. vs . ?? r . the appointment of the Regius Professor of DmMlym the University of Dublin, that the ' assertion chat Protestant a-nd Catholic students can -be educated Avithin the walls of Trinity College on equal terms,, despite the Protestant atmosphere of the place •is absurd.: ■ , The Government's Proposals The secret of the Irish , proposals , of the Government has been remarkably : well kept (says the • Irish Weekly'), but m circles supposed to be well-informed there is a widespread belief that it will take the form % of a transference of the work of all the Government Boards in Ireland to elected bodies. These -bodies will it is said, consist of four provincial councils, with a central council in Dublin This forecast is probably little .better tharf conjectural but it finds favor, as has been said, with people 'who profess -to know. The advice 'don't prophesy unless you know applies, however, with exceptional force to the intentions of the .Government, for the only certain matter is that proposals of some kind will be submitted to Parliament next year, ' -

Church Building ,< Notwithstanding the fulminations of some distinguished political economists (writes a Dublin correspondent), the priests and people o* Ireland continue to erect churches to the; glory and -honor of God wherever required throughout the land. -Scarcely a week passes by but a new' church is dedicated in some part of the country, or -an old one which had been renovated and from debt jcdnsecrated to the service of the Almighty. On Sunday next (August 26) at Ballymahon, in 'the diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, the Church of S,t. Matthew, a handsome building, which has just been completed, will foe dedicated in the presence of what' is certain to be a ' very large gathering, assembled from many parts. His* Eminence Cardinal Logue will preside at the ceremonies. The new church is a credit to all concerned. For many miles around, with its graceful spire over one hundred feet high, it can be seen, pointing v out to all whom it may concern that the good people of Ballymahon heed not the economists when the honor and glory of ''God is concerned. The Root of the Mischief , Of all the people of Europe (says the London ' Daily News ') the English and the Irish stand furthest removed the one from the other. Here is the root of all the mischief. A modern traveller in this interesting and fascinating land 'has described 'how everywhere the cities appeared as alien cities ; and Ireland seemed to him more closely to resemble Spain than England. Indeed the spirit and temper of the" Kerry farmer is more widely removed- from that of the Lancashire mill hand than from that of the peasant of Andalusia. A profound gulf— in religion, in estimate of values in life, in individual and national ideal—separates the countries which have troubled each other through so many centuries. To-day we are at length realising that a contented, successful Ireland must mean |a government of Ireland in accordance with Irish ideas. It must mean an administration accepted by the people themselves as national and not as alien. Ireland must develop her civilisation along her own ways. They will not -be English ways. Many of their bedrock ideals will seem to us mere midsummer madness. We cannot conceive why a nation should so desire her own language instead of our language ; why she should cling so persistently to her own creed despite all the efforts we have made to persuade her to abandon it ; why she should hunger after her land though thai land be but barren stoneswhy she should set so little value on the solid comfort which delights us, and exalt things which we think dreams and shadows. But we are learning— slowly, indeed, and only in the school of adversity for we are impatient pupils— that this is her choice and not our choice. We cannot keep Ireland a part of the Empire but on conditions of respecting this freedom, and giving her that power of self-development for which' she has fought so long. Primary Education

The main object of the British authorities (says the Irish Weekly ') would seem to be not the progress of education - in this country, but its starvation, and bow best to 'devise methods of harassing the unfortunate teacher. 'The education vote in Scotland amounts to £1,972,000, for Ireland only £1,393,000 We receive about 6s 5d per head of the- population for' elementary education, as agginst 7s 7d in England and • al u?~£ nd s lOd ln So °tland. There is no doubt it 1S r W* J?. m ' c that the t&a chers should take the advice Pu 4. • i Dlllon and strengthen their organisation, so that it may undertake an effective agitation which is certain to be backed up by all the force the Irish Teachers' Organisation can command. The Fontenoy Memorial

In the course of a letter to Mr. Barry O'Brien enclosing a subscription towards the Fontenoy Memorial Fund, Dr. M'Ardle, the eminent Dublin surgeon, says that he appreciates the danger which might arise if people were to brand as merely political great national and patriotic and historical incidents in our country's story. Trafalgar is not politics in England ; nor did Great Britain rise up in /ler political wrath when Lord Rosebery, an ex-Priml Minister of England, unveiled a memorial to the great Scotoh rebel. Wallacei History and ' nationality stand apart from politics. They represent what is common to the whole people. • c