Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 13 December 1906, Page 27

Irish News

CORK — Centenarians ;;' ' '<$&* -"7 \ . An Irish centenarian x recently passed .away iirHhe^person of Nora Mulcahy, a woman of ' the farming;'---: class, -of/, Sandyhill,3 "six .miles ,from^ Midleton, whose demise occurred' after a very brief illness, at the age .' ■ « .« ears - D eceased, whose remains were interred in Ballynoe Cemetery^ was never married, and enioyed good health and full , "possession of her faculties almost: - to the last, liorn in 1804, and always residing' in a' Gaelic-speaking rural ..district, deceased spoke Irish, "only ' having but very V imperfect English. Deceased was the daughter of a centenarian, "her mother having attained* .the ap of 110 years. There has-, passed away in- the Sohull ;.distnct' JVrary Hurley/ .widow of- a laborer, V at* t , a^,*°? 114 ealis ' Another' centenarian 1 namedJohn 0 Dnscoll, a native of , Drimoleague, died -dur- : " • ing the last week .in October . a tf ;. the age of 102 years..' Looking for Heirs _. " r ' : r< t o-;.;lnquiry appointed -by the -.High - Court of The United States .held a sitting receaitly'in - Cork, extending over a period of ten days, taking cvi- ' dence as- --to -the relatives- -of -a man. named John Sul-' livan, a native of Cork; who died" in Seattle, State" of Washington, five or six- years -ago, leayine im- - mense wealth- estimated at a quartet of a million— He -=' w,as a - lumberman, and' died> unmarried' and " intestate - Three years ago the claim of a sister, Hannah CalTa^ 1 ' ghan who resided in* Barrack street, Cork, was established, but she was so elated at, her y good "luc'.c that she lived; x too ", W€ll,.' V and died:- in-sAx- months. A num- . ber of - otn'er'~mo're^ distant relatives 'have now ■ turned"-'-' up, and their claims are being . investigated by Mr k , M. W. Bolster, Seattle, , an American notary. DERRY— Claims Disallowed " At": the Deny Cityj Revision, -Mr. Lynch,' Revising Barrister, gave Judgment in the case of" the Christian . Brothers, - residing at the Brow of- the Hill, who had been ,objected to by the Unionists. Mr. Lynch decided that they were* not- -entitled' "to ;the franchiser The Brothers objected to had enjoyed the franchise for years. A Sad Occurrence - . . - _ ._ ,

The death- has decurred-fin Drumlane; .County--Lon-donderry, of a young farmer named- Mayberry - under very patjietic circumstances. In the 'bes.t of spirits and apparently in ''good health., lie . wewfc with his sweetheart to bruy furniture for their new home and - in Coleraine was- seized with sudden illness. He was • - taken home »m a state of collapse,- -but never - rallied „ and died on the very day arranged for" his marriage;^." DOWN— Compensation In connection with the recent Orange riots at' Gi- " ford, County Down, a number 'of Catholic householders were at* Banbridge Quarter Sessions awarded-com-"-pen«ation by County Court Judge Orr for damage to their property. 1 ' - 6 ••> A Memorial A beautiful memorial is being erected to the J late'' Monsignor O'Laverty, MiR.I.A., in front of St. ColumbKille's Church, Holywopd, Cqunty , Down. It consists - of a cross on an elevated' base, ' 15ft "high, of Irish' " stone, • chastely - carved and chiselled. DUBLIN— A Critical Time for Education . v His Grace the Archbishop ot Tuam, speaking at the annual dinner of Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, sakl it was true that it was a'-very critical time with education and a time> that demanded the united efforts 'of all " true Catholics in Ireland,, and he believed that under the guidance of -their' pastors' Hhe'yjwould achieve'''success He could n ot agree that they had not' made great progress m lhe matter of education. "Would- any- -*- one tell him that the work accomplished by the University College was not an evidence of progress in -the face, of great, difficulties ? Compare it with the- work " ; done by another instttu/tioii with the"" hoarded -wealth of " . three ;oE ..the -plundered estates '^f Irish chief- - tains, and would^ anyone then 'say that the Catholic ' University had not accomplished great, work ?, And would, anyone say that the work" accomplished at "'St - Cecilia street, with;- j\s limited resources, ha-d not made that institution the greatest school in Ireland ? KERRY-^The Evicted Tenants ;k Free grants • to', the amount of £945 have 'been awarded by the Estates Commissioners to twenty-three evicted tenants 'on the, Warden estate at- Sneem Of

;• j ; , — — , this sum £645 is for rebuilding- tliedc homes, and £310 i, s . - fo £ -"% pul 'i )( i se . of Joying. slqlbk.. At" a meeting "in , the Courthouse Rev M. .Ho^nTPMZM^xxei. to Ithe ' ,t. lestoration to- their .homes, ol the*etlcsed- 'tenants^'and expressed -their -thanks tovthe Estates Commissioners for the -service rendered in bringing the wretched'conrj ra>ion of., affairs; on-, that -estate^tps,so.-:jiappy/:-a. rclqse. &X Jalented f ralee Lady i^ >, : ." / * Miss Nora O' Sullivan, an lris,h v ,Cathoiic youivg'laiy .who-, is well known-, in educational . circles in Glasgow Si gr i!nS ftte n.« 15 U^. M - A - Ae^:m Glasgow TUife n* 7 "- , *Sfe ..P'^ulliVan;; who Is "a" daughter of^&r. Daniel 0 Sullivan, a leading merchant'' in Tralee, ifethe feouth of IrelaiKl, -exjnimenced her brilliant scholastic SfJfnH m ir ? h^ Lor !H 0 -$ on^ nt ' * barney, and' afterwatfds studied in the Lqi-oUo Convent, Dublin, ■ where-" matriculated foe London BVA^degree-a Stable achievement Miss 1 O'Suliivan continued her studSFat the Notre Dame Convent, DowanhUV,GlasgowEv-'4here .*,,!; a higher -grade She also nf L - uculated m fc,dmbur £ h' before'^ rbceeding, to ' Glasgow -University Mws ■ OlSullivait:^ fee^t bblds 8&W- - porlant scholastic -appointruentMn^ori&i: * X*? , ;t ; LIMERICK—Jubitee of the Cathedral; r .'. --l\ WiJ'fi cere W, ies ofi .Sunday-^ GaSberf2l,' ia^Wnection -.with the jubilee- of St. . JohhS Xatfiedraf 'Efmefick torms. High -Mass was solemnised -at noon /The Mosf v Re^- + D f, O;Dwyer v liishop of Limerick, Tr^side? iS 1 TiSSfßi,^ £**&L*&3&i. Rev. Canol o. Muipiiy D.D., .;F.P., Macroom/ preached the iu'bilee < Sermon, taking fo^.his text the words, ' And thi , day ~? ? as * ff ,f a t mfl ?J oria l to .you, and 'you shall ketp , eveiSsty^e^,^ L ° ld a " Lecture by Dr. O'Riordan T ."."/ .I , t ■ ___ " as absent iiorn in c Kternal City on holidays, delivered an inter esting lecture a.l trie' Limorirf ckthalic-IStSaS Instil tute on October 15). In vivid language he traced some ,s.Urrrng episodes in Ireland's troubled "hiltofy wSh ..g^. ?« a long narrative of disaster, that some . people- would, have it, .was betfei^eft -untold -If there was nothing in -onan. but the material/ notSnT but the hnw 2L 0 ' ne * anfl Wealth ' tllis argument S .hold goad Principle, honor^irtue, justice, truth en'tl i) ai ? • Vh %^ [ y liv -es of men, ani- there was nothing that would- not at times be saciifioed-money ■ T^f ll h' vanu an , d al n the rest ' for Principle or for truth' Ireland had-, -all- through herh c r history; preserved priSe and honor. Truth she had nroserved, and with Srd Jf°tei ma ihe ia ,^ ngS f U W4s ' a ; vpry--WoiESct ie gJ? _^aitei the lapse of some centuries the lan-d r of Ireland ■ ..was going back to its rightful owners. .Judge Adams who presided, said there , were "things in " Irish hisW' it was true, to be. ashamed of, but it waf not Irishmen' that uecd be ashamed of them The .fi?Jt teoSftv 1 ' 1811 bl °r^ ho ? ld > histor? of ' Ue ; locality, -in whicn he Jived.;, h-e should be ianJhl that history in a calm,- wise' manner, aSd Sveiistorrof w P aC6S - roUn^ about hhnV What w^ s «he use of a teaming who was Heliogabalusj- - or--. where waS Cape Matapan. He would be for'tca^ing" the boys , history tod by the Treaty Stone, by the ruins of Uonmacnoise, by Sarslteld's daring Then tea- iw be ignorant of a work such S «' The ColQ- c a xv S ',* W £ lch was ef i ual to lhe best navel written by Sir Walter Scott. ..He Mould leach. them.? J the klor!S n01!n 01 ! t i leir countr y an ' d ««** «ily. In dome , this h^.heheved .he. would be building -up that I?Si? whdeh, they, Ull desired -to -of the^pouUCal -views or ideas thifSny XJ of Slight WATERFORD— A Presentation ■;-~™~~^~r~* r \v'J h f e .m. m « m be i> s-of the Catholic Young Men's Soci'ptv . Waterfprd have presented the Rev. -T. F. FuS' then-spiritual director, with" a. gold chalice: m \f' iS nunated address, as /a token, of their aSectiSn &il es~ teem on his attaining the' silver fubilee\f S^ dhlina-" WESTMEATH— the Christian Brothers -

, .; GENERAL American Sympathy; The American' mission is- still" booming (says the < Freeman V Journal.').:..' v \A.t the;- great Convention of Philadelphia, which was. .attended, by Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M. P., the delegates. pledged- themselves to -' subscribe to tlie Irish ' NationaL-funds in.one. one year a sum. of 50,000 dollars. ,When the collection was called for" it was idund- that -in' twenty-- '.minutes- 78,000 dollars had been subscribed, the,. .dollars -coming in at the rate of £700 a minute. The .Convention, rising to" the occasion " pledged itself, to collects 11)0,000 dollars. This was no vaTn,.4)oastfuLpledg'e," as .our: cablegram from New York on Monday shows. The New York delegates at the Convention -promised from the- Empire dty> a "contribution of 25,000 dollars. ■ Jtb. the great meeting in Carnegie Hall, the first that" the young Irish envoys Mr T. M._ Kettle," M.P., and Mr. Hazelton'/ M. P., 'attended, New iork doubled that amount, amidst a scene of , tremendous enthusiasm. . No doubt there will be the' customary sneers at -the^sending out to our ""kith aiid : "- * kin -the ancient hat, "but oldHhough that liat. may: be, it is clear that- it is- jiLways welcomed-'by^T the 1 peopled of the States, .and it will , soon 'be coiriingihome "' ag^ir? with a- very rich- ; lining;-'' -:: „--- , Policeman and Antiquarian^ The Irish antiquarian and archaeologist who has at- ~- tracted so much attention, in. scientific circles in England as wuil -,as- Ireland? -pioYes' to be a ' village police--- ■ man., .. For .some time .photographs and articles have been appearing in the antiquarian journal's on the dunes forts, sontei-rains, -and .ogham, stones "in the County' Mayo.- They attracted., so much" attention- that a party-, of antiquarians . from -London visited the village of Ballyhaunis and discovered- tlie author to be a police^"" man. on - the^beat. '-'--The'' officer will retire-s hortly fromthe force, and .will^then devote -all his time to research. Ho has kepi" his "secret ''well. " - - - - --•=-.' A Dying Cause „, " Z -^ - Jn' the course of c 4c 4 an->appreciatipn :^ of the~late Col-"' onel Saunderson, Mr. Harold Spender, in the ' Manchester G-.uardian, ' has-, the , following- "striking. - references -to—, the cause of Unionism :^' IL'waJs'a \b'ad cause,' and 'itr ' is now a dying cause." • It is perhaps well that Colonel - Saunderson should -have gone before he Hasted -the full- - bitterness of seeing it dead. For he was the chief sur-' ' viving champion of- tliat combination of 'militant anti- " social landlordism.. and race supremacy which has so long played 'the goverains part in Irish affairs. He was' the leader- of- -that -peculiar faction -tlie ant»i-Irish Irish--.-men. Finally, as he played the -game, "he could never' , quite conceal tlie fact that' he was a soldier of for~ >; tune fighting agains t .- . his own race -ip. the' -English;ranks.' ■' . - a . a . _ ;r Safeguard ing Religious Interests . ' Mr Redmond- (says 'the Dublin 'Freeman's Journal') declared,, in his. .speech ajb. the ' Cpaiisland N meeting on October 14— a- meeting whicli, in its "magnitude and en--thusiasm, has recalled, »Ln the opinion" of those who were present, the memories of the ' monster "meeting:- of* .O'Conpell,-*iir-»1843,- arid of Painell; in- 1880^-that^ rthere were no safeguards-40 which he "would object in" a Home Rule Bill to^iidrrow to satisfy the fears 1 • which a section ofT-t'hei>Prpteslant population of-Ire--land entertains with v reference to their religious interests under a Home-Rule system. Mr. Redmond's declaration is an echo of the sentiment embodied in a ' resolution " drafted by Mr. Isaac Butt, and passed unanimously at the great -Home Rule Conference in the Rotunda, Dublin, in 1873, which laid the foundation of the present Irish 'National ' "movement, stating that while we believe that in an- Irish Parliament the rights and liberties, 0f ,. a1l classes of our countrymen would find their ' best and surest protection, we 'are A willing t,hat there, .should ,be incorporated in the Irish' Federal Constitution articles supplying the amplest guarantees , that no" legislation shall be adopted to estab-:-lish any. religious ascendancy' in Ireland, or "tliat subjects any person- -to "disabilities oir account of . his religious opinions.'. /. v { ; , " -, • -/- ~ •