Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7, 20 February 1908, Page 27

Irish News.

ARMAGH— Tenants Purchase their Holdings .The tenants on the Cope estate , have .agreed to purchase their farms. The negotiations' between the land- , lord and tenants a were carried out in a very fritVndly way. This is one of the most important sales which has taken place in South' Armagh, the estate comprising fourteen townlands. CLARE — Heroic Fishermen Revr M. B. Curry, Cooraclare, C o . Clare, ;with characteristic generosity has promised to provide a ■ bdgh altar for Quilty Memorial Church,- "which is • to be erected as a memento of the heroism displayed, by- local fishermen on the occasion of the wreck of a French ship recently during tempestuous weather. CORK— Patronising the Foreigner The Cork Industrial Association „: (says the ' Irish Weekly '•) have decided to request Lord Tweedmouth to receive a deputation in reference to the substitution of Norwegian granite for Irish limestone in .the. specification lor Haulbowline Dockworks. It is intended, if possible, to 'have the original sj ecification in favor of Ir-_ ish limestone carried out. When Lord [Aberdeen travelled South to lay a cornerstone, or. some other function in connection Iwith these Works, he was cordially greeted by people who believed the money of the taxpayers would be spent among the taxpayers.- But the Norwegians who own granite— but who pay no. taxes into the British Exchequer — have nearer and dearer . claims on Lord Tweedmouth than the quarrymen of the . South. These people will not, "be so "exuberant .whenLord Abderd'een next appears amongst them. DONEGAL— A Japanese Visitor -. -■ -. - At a crowded concert given" in Mount Charles, Cou'nr ty Donegal, in aid of a newly-founded band, M. Reiitaro Kayahara, author of Japanese philosophical and politi-" cal works, critic, and an editor of the ~ ' Yorodzu 'Cho- ' ho,' tile leading Tokio morning newspaper, who, ]travel r Jing in the West, and- spending Christmas in Mount Charles with Seumas McManus, discoursed 1 on the subject of ' Ireland and .Japan.' '• DUBLIN— A Postponed Ceremony Lord Castletown was to have been installed as- a Knight of St. Patrick last year, but owing to the loss of the Crown jewels from Dublin Castle the ceremony had to be postponed. The jewels have not been recovered, and' the installation has not yet come off, as the jewels were those .usually worn by the Lord- Lieutenant at such a function. A Priest Passes Away During the closing days of the old year (writes a Dublin correspondent) their passed to their reward many very estimable priests, who, in the ordinary course of events, might have qeen expected to live for yeairs> to come," mimlstering to the spiritual and temporal welfare of the people whom they loved, and who loved and revered them in return. Very Rev. Sylvester Bourse, P.P., who died on Christmas Day at the presbytery, St. Laurence O'Toole's Seville-place, at the age of 57, was exceedingly" popular. Highly educated and of a refined and generous nature; he won -warm friends all through life. His death is a distinct loss to the diccese . of Dublin,- which has been bereft of many hard-workine; priests during the past year. In Donny- , brook, Father Bourke spent most of his religious life.' - There 6s labtored assiduously, never sparing himself when work was to be done. He was director of the Sacred 1 Heart Sodality, adviser to the Sisters \of Charity, and chaplain to the penitents in the Magdalen Asylum. Some three years ago he was> promoted to the pastorship of St. Laurence O'Toole^, a church which he. improved and beautified. -^ , - . -. KERI^Y--Interniediate Education . i!?*.^Wbutinft -the prizes-. to the successful students or St: Brendan's Seminary, Killafney, his Lordship the MostL Rev. ~ Dr." Maintain, Bishop of Kerry, said I:—Last1 :— Last year , I felt -it a v duty to animadvert on the continued progress of sfervatiott to which Intermediate education In Ireland; has. been subjected quite as well as Primary and University education. I then remarked 1 that by this process the, results- had been reduced within the Past lew years byf at least 40 per cent. I regret to say that a like process of starvation is continued this year and, worse still, that i+. has been extended. even to the Exhibitions. In the girls' department, the Exhibitions

have been reduced fully 50 per cent., and in ..the boys' nearly 40 per cent. In this connection, I feel obliged' to • say very .delioerately -that unless ' some improvement is eliected, it will become a qon for the serious consideration of many schools in Ireland, whether at - will be of any advantage to them to continue to work , in "connection with ,the Intermediate system, considering' ( the great burden it imposes on them.; The state of -things, is all the more depiorable when we find that whilst the British Treasury, gives- large grants, year after ' year, tor • the "promotion of Intermediate or Secondary education in ' England; Scotland, and Wales, not a single penny is given by the Treasury for the support "of Intermediate education in Ireland. It is permitted, to live or die on its own resources." I have- made- it my business to examine the E>ducalion.d Estimates of the-Uni-ted! .Kingdom for the current - year, [1907-1908, and the result of my iAvesti^atioii is interesting, hut depressing reading. I find that this year while wealthy Englandg&ts from the Treasury tha lar ft e sum of £691,000 for Secondary education, Ireland does not get one .penny ; . I find that Scotland gets_ from the Treasury £151,00.0 for the same purpose, Ireland not a penny ; the' Principality of Wales, which c eryone 1-nows is comparatively N small,- gets the Jarge sum of £25,400, whilst the. same; British l Treasury dees not gi./e Ireland a single bxass farthing for Setcomldary education. Gentlemen, treatment of this sort is % discreditable- to the predominant ncr, and is, im my opinion, most unjust to the- people of Ireland, and should not be x tolerated, I -notice that. Mr. Birrell; in a recent speerh, makes a general 'pro--mise that_ in the future .something must he done in " "the. interest of- Intermediate education .in this country, 7 but I am convinced that unless those who '".are ihterested : in th B subject are up and doing ; unless they take' strong measures to expose the injustice .'to which wei ,-liaVebeen subjected, the redress will come to us sometime 1 about the Greek Kalsnds. • ■' ' : LIMERICK— A Well Known Priest : , A priest who played a very prominent and very^ Leneficial .part in r^cnt political movements .in Ireland - passed away on Sunday, morning, December 29, -when Faiher Cas^y, pastor of Ab'ueyfeale, died;. Father Casey was in the "sixty-third year ofhis age and the thirty-, ninth of*Ms sacred -minis try. He -was ""beloved by 1 - his'pepijle, and was held in the highest esteem by the-pol-itical leaders of the country.. Born" • aJT Cai&tlaqfuiarter, nsar Mitchelstown, in the Archdiocese ~of iCashel, .63 years ago, - his young' days were, passed under, the shadow of the Galtees. His early studies began at Mtounfcmellary, and were continue! at St. Coleman's College; Fermoy. Ih nee he passed to Carlow College, where fiis early ecclesiastical studies 'matured, and where on ttie 22nd Jvly, 1868, he was ordained priest for the Diocese of Cloyne. His services being lent, to the Limerick Diocese, he began his mission in Banog,u*>. After a few months he was sent to Abbeyfeale on temporary -duty, dari'n^ the illness of ons of the priests, on the 6th of January, 1869, but returned to Banogue shortly after, and thence went to Manister. In 1871 he went to Abbeyfeale, and has since remained amongst the people there. Death of a Priest Rpv. Father Lee, Cropm, passed' qway on Christmas morning at the ParochiarHiouse.-'He had been in failing health since May last, so that his death was not unexpected. Deceased was an. ardtoit Irishman. The Irish language movement had no warmer or more- entJiusiastis supporter. His death is regretted not onlv\in the 'diocese of Limerick, but wherever 'Irish Irelanders have found a home. His obsequies were attended by the Bishop of Limerick and many of the .clergy of^the diocrse, over eighty priests being present. The attendance of 1 ity was extremely large. i SLIGO — An Appointment _ ' ' ; j The most Rev. Dr. Lyster, Bishop of Achonry, assi~t°d by th^ 'Rev. 'James Daly, D.D., and -the Rev. J. G-- lla her, Adm., has metalled the Yen. Archdeacon Loftus, Ballymote, as-. Archd-ac^n of Achonry in succession to the late Archdeacon o'Rorke,-.at this Cathedral, Balbgh^dereen.* TIPPERARY—A Shooting Accident An unfortunate shoot'ng affair is reported from Kils-h-elan, County Tipperary. It appears that a gamekeeper's son named HicVey and some friends named Maher went out shoo+ins:, and durmt the course' of the day one" of the Mahers was accidentally shot dead' by Hick- • ey, who -subsequently pave himself un to the police - ; - TIPPERARY— Death of an Archdeacon After a Reaiuiem Hierh Mass on December 31, the remains of the late Yen. Archdeacon Jones, Fethard, .were

interred. The Archlishop cf Cashel presided at the obsequies, wfiich were attended by great numbers of clergy and laity. The chief mourners' were Rev. R. Jones, CM., St. \incents, Sheffield ; and Mr. D. V. Jones, London (brothers 1 ), ar.d Very Rev. Canon Meagher, Templemore -(cousin). WATERFORD— A Free Bridge] On New Year's Eve an event, took place .which will be memorable in the history of the city of Waterford. It was the throwing open of the biridge— the old toll Bridge —the cause of so much/ controversy, cost,, and litigation. At midiight, the' Mayor, Alderman Maurice, Quinlan, declared, amidst a seme of extraordinary popular enthusiasm, that long last, not alone the citizens, but all "\isitors— on foot, or equestrians, or drhing, or 'motoring—were free to ccme and go without the old, and, as it must have been to so many peoi-le, most irritating tax— a relic of tlmost medieval barbarism. The Bridge, it may be interesting to recall, was incorporated under an old Act of George 111., paissed in 1786. The Commissioners aproii.ted vi der that Act for the purpose, of building over the Suir at Wateiford -floated a company cf three hundred debentures of £100 each, of which £90 was paid up. They purchased the existing ancient and proprietary ferry rights for £13, 000, "and the .bridge was Ixuilt by an American engin r er, Samuel Cox, of Boston, U.S.A. It was opened for traffic on the Ist January, 1794, within a*- out ci ht months and a few days of the laying of the foundati n stcne. For the Irst half century many efforts have been made to atolish the tolls, and for the past six years the project was the subject of much li igaiion. E\entmlly the Corporafr'on of Wateiford_ obtained powers of compulsory purchase, compensation beng assessed at nearly £64,000. Before declaring the bridge free for traffic, at midnight the Mayor gave a banquet. Afterwards the Mayor and guests were the first to cross the bridge. WICKLOW— Harbor Improvement After consideratle delay and much negotiation in> the matter of law and land, it is now definitely stated that the improvement wor^s at the Arklow Hartor, for which a grant of £14,000 was made by the late Government, will be started immediately. The Department <"f Agricultire have undertaken the responsibility of spending the money- to the test advantage in the place. The original inientirn to carry ouit which the gr a nt was made was to extend the present pier-head by some hundreds of feet, so that it would act as a breakwater and thus prevent the silting and shoaling which jross on in the water, ar.d completely closes up the bar at times, nampermg the fishing industry and preventing trade, a^ will as creating a serious m nace to life and property The authorities at Dublin Cas'le, acting- on the advice* from some engineers, pooh-poohed this scheme, 'and threatened to withhold the money. It was under these circumstarces that the Department came along, and what their official proposed was to boiild a large dock o f afcout nin- acres in extent. inside ths harbor, deepen the river . and also dredge it; whilst the firm of Kyncch, Ltd ottered also to expend several thousand pounds in improvement work on the north side of the harbor, where ttteir extensive factory is situate. After some parley tins scheme was adopted, though the local authority did not look upon it as a permanent remedy GENERAL St Vincent de Paul Society Last year the St. Vincent de Paul Society expended over £1900 in Ireland. Christmas Day in Ireland In the Catholic churches, with which happily Ireland is well supplied, Christmas Day was kept with the customary solemnity and devotion. Extremely lar-re congregations attended the Masses which were celebrated at frequent intervals from long before the dawn of day until noon, when High Mass was offered up "wherever circumstances rendered it at all possible. The Devolution Scheme The Devolutionists (writrs a* Dublin correspondent) headed by Lord Dunravcn, are pretty much in evidence just now. His Lordship thin 1 , s the rejection of the Irteh Councils Bill was a mistake, and, like Mr. O'Brien [alleges thaJt .the* 'failure of the Act of 1902 and the risk in the price of land), are due to the Irish party and not to the landlords and their friends. His Lordtehio wants a reconstruction of the Irish Parliament • machine ' to suit the views of himself I and 1 others who thin* with him and he refers to the Irish people as heingj blindly led ' and < unable to think for themselves.' There is more in this renewed activity of the Devolutionists than appears on the surface. j