Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 2, 10 January 1907, Page 27

Irish News

ARMAGH— Orange" Bigotry

In the course of a speech delivered after the result of the North Armagh election Mr. Lindsay Crawford referred to "the- J exhibition of Orange bigotry -and- . ignorance which had prevailed' during -the contest andremarked that Ireland's cause was a winning cause.Cb ARE— The Temperance Cause : \, .- ' .J -,

in acknowledging -copies of resolutions passed ' at the Land and Labor Conference at JNenagh- Most Rev.. Dr. Fogarty, Bishop of 'Killaloe, wrote that nothing - could give him' "greater comfort or hope than to observe the prominent place allotted to the sacred cause of temperance amongst the resolutions. -"^,;^- CORK— Good Advice

The Protest^it Bishop of • Cork, speaking at his Diocesan Synod lately, referred to the continued emigration from Ireland - and said that the cause of it was simple enough. It was want of employment. Farms could not be divided indefinitely, and manufactures were few. The remefly w§s to promote home, manufacture by insisting on the suppfy of home-made goods, where the quality and price were equal to those "of imported

goods. Death of a Doctor

The remains of Dr. Michael O'Sullivan, late of 14, Gardiner's Flace, Dublin, were interred on November 22 at Kosscaribery, Uounly Cork. Deceased was connected

with the Mater Misencordiae, Hospital J. or ten. years, during which time he occupied the positions- of resident surgeon, anaesthetist, and. registrar. He also actedj as chief physician to the Children's Hospital, Temple street, lor some years.-"' ... The Queen's College

A public meeting, under the presidency of the Lord

Mayor, was held in Cork on November 17, at which • resolutions were passed urging the reconstruction of the

Cork Queen's College, so as to become a

College or

University satisfactory to all classes in the province. Mr. William O'Brien, M.P., anoounced that Ms wife and himself had made up their minds to bequeath on their demise practticaliy all .they, had in the world as a subscription towards the endowment of a Cork Univerv sity. If the Borough and- - County Councils of the Province of Munster would undertake a very temporary and slight burden it would be possible to provide immediately, say", a sum of £50,000. No Bigotry

The Rev. M. B. Kennedy, presiding ' at the meeting of the North-East Cork Executive of the United Irish - League, at Eerrnoy, referred to conciliation, and said Catholics had~nevcr been bigots, and never needed to have.- eoneiffiatiori preached to them, but, on the contrary, they -had ever been eager, to receive Protestants into their National ranks, and to share, with them every distinction and every honor in their gift. A Memorial

The ceremony of blessing ami laying the foundation stone of a memorial to .the late Jttev.- Father Bernard, O.S.P.C, Cork, was performed recently by the Most Bey. Dr. p'Callagtiah, Bishop v of 'Udrk> The memorial will take the form of an ' addition to the Holy Trinity Church, Cork. DERRY— Evidence of Unbelief

In St. Columb's Church, perry, on Sunday, November 11, 'the Most Rev. Dr.. ' Clancy, Bishop >of Elpbin, preached in aid of a fund which is Jjeing organised tp liquidate the d"e!)t incurred in the erection of spacious parc^iial schools "in the district by Righb Rev. Mgr. M"Fail. Spea>king\of unbelief in England, his_Lordship said a well-known work of materialistic tendency, and based on a denial of Providence, had an issue „-of 80,000 copies. Professedly immoral publications had an annual output ot 30,000,000 volumes. Public libraries, democratic clubs, .railway bookstalls, teemed with the most profane and ribald oflsco'urings of the press. Therefore it was that, from the temple of legislation to the remotest village tap-room, -the air was reeking with, blasphemy, obscenity, and corseness. Many people, said- Dr. Clancy,' advocated the teaching of the fundamental dogptnas of Christianity in schools as a solution of the Education question. But when they inquired whether the mystery of the Incarnation and of the Divinity of Christ and of the efficiency of- Redemption

and of the eternal punishment of sin might be included, in the fundamental dogmas,, they were met by _ their separated brethren witli dissent or "controversy, loud, acrimonious, arid" polemical.' Nor was the/reading of the Bible without "comment, known in England^ as ' Cowper Templeism,' much * superior to undenominational "Christianity. To Catholics both were-^pbjectlonable as forms ol religious education . They requited' the truths of Eternal, -Life inculcated without restriction or limitation as they, .came down to them from the Apostles through the tradiLions.of the Church, and - they" would be satisfied with nothing less. DONEGAL— Drowning Fatality

A sad accident took- place "between Loughs' Foyle and S willy, on the Donegal coast," early in N oyember, by which, four lives were lost.. 'A • crew vof six .men set out in an open drontheim and brought in the longlines which they had laid down" earlier in the, -night-. They-- then., went out again to visit* their lobster :pots. Suddenly -a gxeat wave swept in from the ■ Atlantic and swamped the boat. Two men were able to "cling on to the .'keel, but four' were ' drdwned, namely, Michael Doherty (owner), James Doherty (his son), Philip Doherty' (.nephew), and a man named Kelly. The deceased leave large families, all- in the very poorest circumstances. - - DOWN — A Priest Passes Away

The remains of Very new J. Lowry, P.P., Up>per Drumgoolan, County Down, were consigned to theirlast resting-place on November 17. Throughout life deceased was a most zealous priest and a sterling Nationalist. He came of an old Ulster family which gave many sons and daughters to ' the Church. »

Charitable Bequests

Mr. Edward Byrne, of Portaferry, • Co.unty Down, w-lio died in August last, and whose will, ' just pub' • lished, shows that he has left almost all l his foTtunc, amounting to over £14,000, to Catholic charities in his 1 native town and in Belfast and Downpatrick, was one of the early pioneers in .the goldnelds of Australia in the 'fifties of the last century. On his voyage out the ship he sailed in touched, strange to say, at Rio Janeiro, the capital of'Biazil, and there "he witnessed . some of the scenes -which led to the establishment of the Empire of. Dam Pedro*- ll was - a very _ roundabout way in which' to go "to 1 " the Australian goldfields, but De Lesseps had not yet made the Suez . Canal. - >■ _

.A Golden Jubilee

Right Rev. Mgr. M'Cartan, P.P., lias just celebrated the golden jubilee of his ordination— • The people of the joint , parishes .of Dromore and (iarvaghy, County Down, presented him with an illuminated address in honor of the event. It -was* intended that a purse of gold, should accompany it, but this Monsignor M'Cartan declined to accept. A Pioneer of the~ Gold! ields

.Mr,. Edward Byrne, merchant, of , Portaferry, who died on the 23r& August last, left personal estate of the value of £14,060. Among other bequests, Mr. Byrne left £20 to the Superioress of Bon: Secours, Falls-road, Belfast'; £50 to the Superioress of the Convent of Mercy, " DownpaUick ; £300 to provide ' for Masses to be said in Ireland ; to the SupeAoress of the Convent of Mercy, Crumlin-road, Bellast, for the Mater lniirmorum Hospital, Belfast ; £1000 to

the Superioress of the" Convent of the Sisters of Nazareth, for the general purpose's, of --charities in connection with the Sisterhood ; £1000 to the Sisters of

Nazafeth, for the benefit oL their Orphanage at Fox Lodge ; £1000 to the treasurer" of St. Patrick's Catholic Orphan School of the diocese of DoAvja-and Connor. The testator directed that all these charitable bequests~ - are for the purposes of . these charities in Ireland only. (1). He left the residue of his estate lo

raise a fund of £3000 (in addition to any lapsed leg- * acies)- for the provision of coal and .other necessaries during the winter for such of the- deserving poor of Portaferry as the parish priest may consider deserv-

ing objects. (Z). £500 to be invested- for Masses at Portaferry for 'the repose of Ms soul and for those of his Mends. (3). £500 for a similar purpose in the parish- of Ballygalget. (4).. The. ultimate residue (about £4000), for the restoration, decoration, and improvement of the Catholic Church at Portaferry., DUBLIN—A Nun Passes Away ■ Mother Mary Conception, foundress of the Presentation Convent, Lucan, County Dublin, died there on November 15. Deceased, who was a daughter of the late Mr. Michael Kennedy, Dublin, was highly esteemed., She spent -forty-four years in the religious life.

The Late Mgr. Molloy HBy his will the- late Monsignor Molloy bequeathed certain leasehold property in Kingstown to the Clatho-' lie University School of Medicine and his Philosophical apparatus'; to SO Pairick's "College, Maynooth, his books and literary wonks' and £501) for decorations of the new College Chapel;' £500 to the Cleripal Fund of Dublin Diocese ; £200 to St. Mary's Dominican Convent, Kingstown, for charity ; £100 to the Baggot-streel Convent for a similar purpose ; V* to the Convent of Meicy, Longford ; £100 " -to . the Mate; Hospital ; £100' to St. Vincent's Hospital-; £100 to High Park Convent, Druineondra ; £lUO " \>o the Convent of Mercy, G-loucester-street ; £100 to ,the Sisters ot the Faith*, (xlasnevin ; £100 to the Refuge for Homeless Girls, Buckfield-lane , £500 to the Society of St. "Vincent de Paul, Dublin ; and £100 for Masses for the respose of- his soul. The residue d his propel ty goes to chaA table and educational purposes. . * , Clerical Appointments The following appointments have been • made by his - Grace .the Archbishop : The Very Rev. Canon Gorman, P.P., Dray, to the Vicar Forane of the Deanery of, Bray. The Very Key. J. Staples, P.P., Kathdrum, to be parish priest of Wicklow, and Vicar Forane of. the Deanery of Wicklow. An Appointment Mr. L. Scanla'n, ~8.A., who has been a member- of the teaching staff of Belvedere College for the past, six years, has just received an important appointment in St. Louis' . English College, -Valparaiso. This ,educa•tional establishment, which has 'a high reputation in , Chili, is "under the control of an Irishman, and most of his staff are of the same nationality. Though quite a young man, Mr. Scanlan has had much experience-in other educational institutes in .Ireland and in America. He was one of the most popular members of the. Belvedere College staff, and his departure is much regreive-d not only by his colleagues, but by the pupils and their parents. - s GALWAY— Death of an Heir Mi\ Herbert Michael Grattan^Bellew, eldest son of Sir Henry .and Lady Sophia .Grattan-Bellew and heir to the baronetcy, died on Sunday, November 11, at Bellewstown, County G-alway, at the, age of 20. His death was due indirectly to a .fall while hunting. KERRY— Death of a Priest Much regret is felt in the diocese of Kerry at the death of Rev. P. Courtney, Willorglin, which took place in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, after a short illness. Deceased went to Dublin ' to see a brother who was lying ill, and contracted a cold which ended fatally. KILDARE— Fire in a Church A fire broke out on Sunday, November 11, in the Catholic Church at the Curragh Camp, and considerable damage was done" to the roof.

Proposed Memorial

Rev. P. F. Warren; P.P., Baliytore, County Kildare, presided at. a meeting of his parishioners on November 18, at which i\ was resolved to Jake, steps to perpetuate the memory '-of Fathers Clarke and Carberry, also Archdeacon Brady, deceased pastors of the parish. ROSCOMMON— A Returned Traveller Rev, T. H. Cummins, .D.D.j. P.P., of Taxmonbarry, County Roscommcn, has arrived home after an extended tour through the United States. TIPPERARY— Death of a Priest The death is reported of the Rev. Father . John O'Brien, of Houghton-le-Spring, the sad event taking place at Twyford Abbey, Ealing, Middlesex, where he had been for the pas,t two or three months owing to 111-health. The deceased gentleman, who was 53 years of age, had been ailing for a considerable time. Father O'Brien was born at Tipperary, and was educated at Mount Melleray, County. Wate-forti, "From there he went to Ushaw College, Durham, • where he continued his studies, and was ordained priest on June 11, 1881 • WATERFORD— An Athlete Mr. Maurice Davin, the patriarch of champion athletes, is a rosy-cheeked, blue-eyed youth at 64. A , visi.or who saw him lately at his comfortable home near Carrick-on-Suir, County Waterford, "says that he is still able to throw the 161 b hammer over 118 ft He holds -the record of 131 ft 6im He stands 6ft lin," and has a chest measurement of 48 inches, and a waist measurement of 40 inches. Maurice is the eldest of four athletic brothers. N