Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 4, 24 January 1907, Page 27

Irish News

CO£K— The C.V.M.S.

Owing- to *th.c untiring exertions ol Rev. M.- B. Kennedy, C.C., a very fine and commodious hall has come into the . possession of the Catholic Young - Men's Society, Fermoy, County- Oorft. It was blessed and opened by the Most Rev. Dr. Browne, who said that while a sound education in religious and secular - matters was of the greatest - importance to children, there were reasons . hardly less urgent why they should see to the welfare of young men who had arrived at a perilous time of life. His Lordship de- ; tailed many advantages of a Society such as they had- " in Fermoy, and "appealed to the young- men of the •district to join it.

The Bells of Shandon

In the course of a notice of the Protest-ant Arohid'qacoin Ojfr Cork, the Rev.- D. H. Powell, who has just been appointed Dean of Residence in the Queen's College there; a London evening paper states " that he ' has been since 1878 ~ Rector of St. Mary's, Shandon, the church made famous by " Father Prout " in Ms " Bells of Shandon." ' Father Prout's ' Shanfdon Bells, ' as a matter of fact, are in the Church of St. Ann, Shandon, beneath the-rsteeple of whioh ' the re 7 doubtable Oliver - Yorke ' — as Carlyle called him— 'is buried. -A writer- in the ' Daily. News,' commenting on the mistake above noted, remarks as follows : 'Almost hy the side of St. Ann's, Shandon, is. the imposing Catholic Cathedral, and whatever may have been the merits of the bells of St. Ann's in Father Prout's time, the fine peal whioh so many visitors the present day hear and believe to be the famous 'Shandon Bells'" are, as a matter of fact, the bells of,, the Catholic Cathedral, the existing peal the neigbborimg Protestant church being decidedly Mandeville Memorial

A beautiful memorial Irish cross is to be shortly elected over the grave of the late John Mandeville, in the churchyard of Kilbehenny, Mitchelstown. It is an excellent example of Celtic art and stonework. The material is limestone, and it stands upward of , ten feet in height. John Mandeville was a man of splendid physique and unselfish patriotism. He was incarcerated in Tullamore Gaol in 1887 for his efforts as a - leader of his countrymen in the great movement for the abolition of landlordism, the betterment of " the toiler's lot, and the- national regeneration of Ireland. T<he tortures inflicted on him during his imprisonmentshattered his magnificent frame, and .he died a shott time after t'is release. DOWN— A Golden Jubilee

The golden jubilee of the Right Rev. Mgr. M'Oar--ta-n, P.P., V.G?., was celebrated on a recent Sunday in Dromore. Addresses, were presented, and subsequently the members of the societies ■ who presented the addresses were entertained to dinner by the Monsignor. The Stewart Estate

A large and representative public meeting of the tenants of seventeen townlands on the estate of the trustees of Miss Ena D. • T. Stewart was recently held in the Temperance- -Hall, Banbridge, for the purpose of discussing the terms offered ~by the agent for the saleof 1/heir holdings under the Land Purchase Act, -and arriving at a idecisiooi as to what , proposals should be offered by them for purchase. Mr. Alexander Morrow (chairman) presided, It was unanimously decided that the tenants agree to accept 5s in the- £on second term rents,,., and 7s in the £ on first term rents, with _one year's rent) to be forgiven all the tenants, and all arrears to be wiped out. DtJBUN— An Old Charity

The Sisters in charge of St. Joseph's Asylum, Portland-row, Dublin, are proceeding with the erection of a new wing to the institution, in which agod single women of virtuous life are provided with a home in their declining days. Sir. Joseph's Asylum was established in 1836, through the efforts' of "■ Dr. Blake, Bishop of Dromore, and a generous layman, Mr. James Murphy. It is the only Catholic institution of its kind in the. three Kingdoms. -The estimated cost of the' addition will be about £5000. GALWAY— A Banana Crop A bunch of Irish-grown bananas -from Kylemore Gardens, County Gal way, was exhibited at- the Corporation Fruit Market in Dublin recently. They were

grown- by Mr. Mlliam McDonald, and - for some time these home-grown bananas have been- used .for- the table of the Duke of Manchester* - The sweetness!, and flavor are said to surpass -that of the foreign-grown kind. Much interest is' b-eing taken in this 'exj)efiment< in tropical fruit growing'-in Ireland. - MAYO— lmpending Distress -

At a recent meet/ing of the Swinford District Goun- - cil, Mr. M. C. Henry, J.P., presiding, a resolution was adopted on -the motion of Mr.. G. Morrin- C.C., bringing under the notice of the " Government the fact that hundreds of the' small farms in the Union- will be without the means- of • subsistence- before many -months, principally owing to -the almost total failure of the. potato crop. " ■ ' - Mr. O'Donnell, M.P., Censured v

,Claremorris, District, Council has unanimously passed a, resolution declaring- thav Mr.'. John O'Dorinell; M.P. " for. South Mayo,' is neglecting the interests of 'the constituency by his absence from Parliament,, and calling on Mm- to attend regularly in luture. Apart "from his differences- -with other members, ~ the -Council* felt' that .Mr. O'Donnell's absence from Parliament, especially 'during the Town Tenants'. Bill discussion, was -a disadvantage to his constituents. Mr. O'Donnell is a follower -of Mjr. O'Brien, and.- has figured ~ prominently in recent calble messages from Ireland regarding the ' split ' in the Nationalist Party. MEATH— Hidden Treasure

In the Dublin Courts a few weeks ago an extraordinary case came to light of hidden treasure in an old Heath mansion, formerly inhabited -"by Miss .Augusta Magan. In her house,' Killyon, Manor, after her death, valuer^ found money in all shape's in alb sorts of places. Gold coins were found lying about the floors,- in cups, and all sorts of receptacles. "£5-notes were also found in all kinds ,of unlikely corners and crevices, and. jewellery and valuables likewise. The cash and goods thus found reached hundreds of pounds in value. -The lady left estate worth £55,000, and her eccentricities are now nuzzl

the Courts

WATERFORD— A Mining Revival

The directors of the Bonmahon Mines Development Syndicate, recently issued a number of Invitations- to a view of the mines and works at Bonmahon, near Kilmacthomas, County Waterford. WESTMEATH— The Paget Estate

-The tenants on- the Pagefc Estate "at- Bally manus -and Thureshammer, have arrived at the following terms for purchase with the agent, Mr. • J. C. French : — First term, reduction of 8s in the £; 18^ years 1 ' purchase ; second term, 6s in-the-£, 21£ years' purchase. Two evicted tenants are to be reinstated — one, getting a clear receipt, and the other to pay a half year's rent. "