Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9, 5 March 1908, Page 27

Irish News

ARMAGH— A Sign df bad Times For, the first time since the Famine, in Ireland' a soup ■ kitchen haS been opened this winter in Lurgan to supply the distressed poor-; many families being affected by want oi employment, conseiqjue'nt on reduced labor jn the weaving factories. . < The Diocesan Chapter Hi's Eminence Cardinal Logue has made the following appointments to the Chapter in, the Archdiocese- of Armagh :— Rev. Patrick Corr, P.P., Ba-llymacnab, 'has teen appointed' Canon 1 to fill a ..vacancy in the Chapter in tihe Deanery of Armagh ; and Rev. Thomas McWilliams, P.P., Clonoe, has been appointed Canon to fill a vacancy in the Chapter in the Deanery of Dungannon. Both ' priests a^ very hfi'gfluly esteemed throuigihout " the 1 Archdiocese, and have received uiwny congratulations on their appointments. CLARE-.N6 IVork for the Judge His Honor Mr. McDonnell Bodkin, the newly appointed County . Court Jud'gejjfor Clare, on taking his seat at Kilrusb for the- first -time on January 9, was presented with - a pair of white gloves, emblematic of \ the peaceable state of the country. He has since received, a legal document calling on him to show cause why .-"he. is entitled to act as a ' County Court Judge. "The opponents of the appointment maintain that he is' -not qualified to hold the post, not having practised at the bar for years. ' DONEGAL— Death of a Priest One of the most popular priests Jn the North.-* of Ireland, in the person of the Rev. D. Sweeney, Adm., Letterkenny, passed to his eternal reward on January 14. - - „- - - DUBLIN— A Physician Passes Away Dr. Canning, Physici a n to Maynooth College, d'ledcn January 12 at the eaily age of 35, to the grief of numerous friends. WhQe a student at the Mater Hospital, Duilin, and in Cecilia street, deceased' showed marks,! ability which -distinguished 1 his subsequent career. A Classical Association A Classical Association for Ireland was inaugurated recently a t a meeting in the Lecture Theatre, Royal ■Dublin University, after speeches by Mr. Justice* Madden (who presided'), Mr. S. H. Butcher, M.P., the Protestant Bishop of Meatih, Very Rev.. Dr. Delaney, S.J., Sir Francis Cruise, Mr. Justice Ross, and Rev. "Andrew Murphy, Hon. Secretary of the Catholic Headmasters' Association. The Archbishop's Warning His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin has, through the columns of the press, put the Catholics of Dublin on taeir guard against persons dressed in the garb of priests or otherwise collecting for religious purposes, . without having a document signed by him and stamped wuth the diocesan seal. This warning, his G-race says is especially necessary in the case of collectors coming Irom Eastern countries, which have always been a, fruitful soil for the growth of heresies and schisms. To guard charitable Catholic people from being- defrauded, Jus Grace has received a standing direction from -the Cardinal. Prefect of Propaganda that he should not recognise as genuine any documents produced as credenJL*lt ¥l P £v Son t coll - ectin S *or any purpose connected with the Churches of the East unless they are able to r< 2S?i a ?. a V th * oriSa ? on from Pr °Paganda signed by 1 heCardinal Prefect, and with his Eminence's official seal. The Crown Jewels ««£ t -"^ üM . ss fernf em (says th 3 ' Catholic Times ') as if the--i£^w* ?**?* *° malic the myster r of the *&£■" Si? 111 !! cIS a S0 4. ri A of int ermittent- rival to-'t/hc-Druce -case At any rate the reports about them which h^ve gone forth from time to time could scarcely be more puzzling., or^ bewildering. We were told at first that thorough Mimes were being made by the poliS" Then as the interest in' the affair was subsiding the sen- ' 2 ?«? WS ' W f eire » lated **»* *he absf^raStlon of the fifty thousand pounds' worth of iewellerv from th^ n^ gg + r °?^ • ln 1 whi « heh *c precious irticles were supposed to be jea-lously guarded was « practical iol-e and that they .would be restored as stranS as the? had disappeared. Several variations of the Itory brouS us no nearer to the solution of the mystery and Sn th e interest in this Dublin castle problem w as fadSg ,

away when we were informed that a Commission had been appointed ' to. investigate the circumstances of, the loss of the regalia of the Order of St. Patrick undr.to inquire whether Sir Arthur Vicars exercised due vigilance and proper care as the custodian thereof.' We had been fondly cherishing ~thie~ belief that everything that could toe -known about the disappearance of the jewels had been - ascertained, when- the meeting of the Commission dispelled the illusion. And now we learn that; .the .Comimissiom which is to throw light ok the mystery has no power to compel any one to give evidence. • - -As to Sir ~ Arthur Vicar's vigilance, if the statement of his bra. her, Mr Pieroe O'Mahony, be correct, it had already been found wanting, for the Lord-Lieutenant had offered his post— that of (Ulster -Kinigj-of-Arms— to two gentlemen - who declined to acctept 4t. Sir Arthur Vicar's not to take part in the inf^tiiry can, under the"circumstances, be easily understood. -QALWAY— TotaI Abstinence Almost all the- young men of Tuila have formed themselves into a total abstinence society, and a neat little club has- been- -opened, i n which concerts,^etc.,. will--- be .given. This is an example worth following -in alLvthe -villages of Ireland (says the Tuam ' Herald '.) . ■ £ i KERRY— A Venerable Nun . ; . Sincere regret has " teen'Jelt^thWughqu;t Kerry?: atHfre; •'death of Mother Ignatius <o'Conneli, Superioress. ;of.;lne Presentation Convent, Cahirciveen. -Abbeyfe^ ale in 1826, she entered- the religfojis'life in 1852;-' arid was professed in 1854. To such anizeftent -did she iyjin the esteem of the Community that "in" 1864 ; - she : was^ell ected Superioress, a' position which she held until ' jiei death. Under her wise 1 direction the Convent in.TJas'ta^ef island grew and thrived. Schools most modern in the!* equipment were erected at great cost, and most of ' the dsbt incurred has been wiped, out. JShe- was genejroujf in the extreme, and the poor will sadly * miss her.' Two cLsres were the special objects of- her solicitude— young girls anxious to become nuns, and boys who -■ showed a vocation! for the Church. There are" i!n\ great Britain,-- Am- • erica, -Australia, and Africa nuns -and priests- who iywe'a;deep debt of gratitude to, • Mother Ignatius, andr. who will hear of her death with deep sorrow. ' • ' ' " ~ Death of a Religious The death h, a s occurred at the presentation Convent • .Uahircweenr-of -Sister M. Magdalen 1 at the -age of ; fiftyeighb years, thirty-six of which were spent in the convent. She was a native of Sneem, Co. Kerry, and was -a sister of Rev. T. o' Sullivan, Ratbmore, and Rev J O' Sullivan. KILKENNY—A Generous Offer At a~-recent 'meeting of the Kilkenny Corporation a letter was oread from Ellen, Countess of Desart, stating she' understood that the plans for the free library having been agreed upon, it would not be long before the work of building was 'ready to start. It would' give her the greatest pleasure to present the proposed site to the city, and to hand it. over free of any expense to th 3 ratepayers. The generous offer of the Countess was accepted, and a vote of thanks to her -ladyship was passed. • -■ ■: ■ si LIMERICK—CIaim for Compensation At Limerick Quarter Sessions, before Judse Adams Acting-Sergeant Maguire and Constable "John Walsh' S os^ *t l? '\ c o^*^lary, applied under the provisions of the Irish Grand Juty Act, for £500 compensationeaoh for personal injuries sustained,, on .November 9 in •trying to bring to justice John Carroll, who shot two men, name* WMtehead and Reidy, on that date, and !;?^ mm ™ tM suicide. The judge awarded Walsh £275 S .^? gU A r6 n m ' At the iM(l<uest on the remains of « 4? k x Cor °Pe D: s Jury brought in a verdict to the effect that he committed the dead wffilst teniporar.lv inLONGFORD—A Little Bit of Hisjory U-™*' J '4. P J t Farrell » M - p - for Longford, recentiy prosecuted <m the cattle-driving cases, speakin* in Ms own defence at the trial, gave as follows a little of K^lt* 00 * 7 of thß D o u glas Estate in that county !-<I n 1841 - there were between 1200 and' lsoo people livin* on tins estate, where now only a few poor people five Where have these people gone ? To the bogs and the mounW, to the emigrant ship, and many of them have died a! starv a tion. These lanfe are now in the hands of tw, gJra7^ ier \ wh ? are fanning their . bullocks upon of %. ™ TT h ° ([^e no- employment to the descendant? ot the peoole who formerly occupied the farms ' That the Dougla? ° f ' 9ia?ty ™ in IlelaT^ as W ? U as

ROSCOMMON— CattIe Driving At a Nationalist demonstration at Hill street., Co. Roscommon, the centre of the cattle-driving agitation in that county, Mr. John Fitzgibbon, chairman of Roscommon County Council, asked the people to suspend for a short time any further drives, as Mr. Birrell was going himself to have a cattle-drive by splitting up the waste lands, putting back the people, and doing in a legal manner what the tenantry were being prosecuted for. Accordingly, -for the present, the people .houldhang up their arms ; but they should keep their ranks unbroken and their rowder dry. Then, if ..the promised legislation was not. what they were led to expect, and if En. l^nd were once more going to break its promises, they could use their powder, and finish the work rea;un by Parnell. Mr. Fitzgibfton concluded by saying th<it the Irish people were only reversing the process of the English garrison, who drove the people off the lands, and the pe a sants were now only; driving the bullocks off. A vigorous agitation would await the Government if the promised measure were not up to expectations. A Centenarian News comes from Castlerea of the death there of Mrs. Mary Flaherty, of Clcrifad, who had 1 attained tne great as;e of 109 years, and up to about six months ago had been able to mo'e about the house. TYRONE— A Model Farm As a result of a deputation, which waited recently on Mr. JT. W. .Russell, M.P., Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture, it has been decided to establish a model farm and agricultural school in county Tyrone. WATERFORD— A Temperance Hall With characteristic generosity, the Most Rev. Dr. ■Shqchan, Bishop of Waterfurd, has subscribed £50 to the Temperance Hall of the city. GENERAL The Beatification of the Irish Martyrs A report from Cardinal Logue (says a Reuter's tele* gram from Rome) has just been received saying that he i&i concluded the Apostolic process which follows Ihe Diocesan process in the cause of the Beatification of Oliver Plu-nkett, Primate of Ireland. The acts 6t the Apostolic process are expected in Rome in February, when they will go before the Congregation of Rites for the final 'stage. At the same time, Most Rev. Dr. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, has completed the work witu left aid to the judicial phase of the cause of Oliver Flunkett. The cause of the Irish Martyrs is not so advanced. Its advocate here is preparing the arguments favorable to the beatification, deducing them from the historical evidence given before the Archbishop of Dublin in the Diocesan Court. The arguments of the advocate will be ready and printed in a few weeks, and submitted to the Promotor Fidei, who will male all possible objections which will have to be answered by the advocute. Both sides -will Toe examined by the Congregation of Rites, which will then order the Apostolic process. Centenarians Seven cases of Irish centenarians were recorded for the past year. Ihc-ir particulars are as follows :— Mr. Henry McKeamey has died at Richill, near Armagh, at the age of 103 years. Mr. Jas. Loughran, of Drumcalajid, Middletown, Co. Armagh, attained hV.s 116 th bitthday. He is believed to be the oldest subject of King Edward in the British Isles. Thomas Kelly, of Lur^anboy, Co. Tyrone, celebrated his 106 th birthday the other day. John Lawton,, a centenarian of Co. Cork, has died, after a brief illness. Mrs. Sullivan died 1 at the age of 101 years, in her native village of Afchea, Co. Limerick. Mrs. Ellen Dunne died at the patriarchal age cf 110 years, in Carrick-ont-Shanaion. t The funeral took place at Tipton of a cpntenaria-n named Elizabeth Driscoll, who was in her 102 nd year. She was. born in Ireland, and lived in . Staffordshire for at least half a century. The Tide of Emigration The hope that the .tide of Irish, Emigration was boinp; effectively lessened is discouraged. The number of emigrants last year was 3f1,082 as compared with - # »5-344-in 1906 and 30,676 in 1905. The .figures of the past thirteen years show, with occasional fluctuations, a s»teady outflow of from 30,000 to 40,000, with an averaee of about 38,000. ...

The now Mayor of Brisbane, Alderman C. P. Buchanqn, is a popular young Australian. He was a pupil of the Christian Brothers.' School, Brisbane, \s hence he passed on to the Sydney University, where he graduated.