Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 08, 8 October 1908, Page 27

Irish News

CLARE— A Pastoral Letter In a Pastoral Letter" which he' has issued, the Most Rev. Dr. Fogarty, Bishop of Killaloe, appeals to every man and woman in his diocese who has the temperance and prosperity of the country at heart to join in breaking up, once and for ever, ' the demoralising custom of distributing drink at harvest gatherings. , _ Gaelic Students The work of the Connacht Irish Training College, Tourmakeady, is now in full swing, and the, attendance of students to date exceeds that of any previous year, -numbering as it docs close on two hundred. roll of students includes some from Vienna, Canada, Oxford, London, Paris, as well as many from some of the Leinst3r counties. CORK— Queenstown as a Port of Call The announcement that the Cunard Company will abandon Queenstown as. a port of call from the first of March next, and that they have made arrangements for their larger steamers to go to Plymouth instead, has naturally created grave anxiety in the South of Ireland. Were the big ,boats to cease visiting. Queenstown the prosperity of the town and of Cork would be seriously jeopardised. There is, too, a rumor that the leviathan - vessels are to be taken away from Liverpool. It is not, iHoV- • ever, probable that the recent reports will prove true. -There is in existence a contract with the Postmaster-General for the carriage of the American mails by tffe Cunard Company via Queenstown to New York, and it will not expire until 1927. The Postmaster-General is not likely to allow Queenstown, \o be taken out of the itinerary of the steamers. If he~did he would, of a certainty, expose himself to a severe attack from the Irish members, the Unionists as well, as the Nationalists. The advantages which would result from a change must be far clearer than they are at present before .the Government, and travellers will give their sanction to alterations such as those with which rumor has been busy. Work for the Lawyers Further litigation is being set on foot against Edward Corcoran, the Cork harness-maker, now living in. Dublin, and the heirs -of the late Hannah Gallagher, a . fruit vendor, also of Cork, who were held by the Supreme Court at Washington some months ago to be entitled to the estate of their cousin John Sullivan, a millionaire, who died suddenly in 1900 in Seattle, Washington. The proceedings are likely to be protracted, as litigation- of the character about to be begun can be continued for an indefinite time under American law. As was reported at' the time, Commissioner N. W. Bolster, of Seattle, about a -year ago held a court over the grave in' St ' Joseph's Cemetery; Cork, in which, as one set of claimants alleged, the parents and sister of the late John Sullivan had I been interred. After the taking of evidence on the spot, all thhuman remains in the grave were brought to the surface and photographed. DONEGAL— A Bounteous Harvest Not within living memory (writes a Letterkenny correspondent under date August 15) have the prospects of a bounteous harvest in Donegal been so pronounced. The corn is cut with heavy bulk and good quality. The potato crop will be very heavy and free from disease'; and. the flax crop is also the best on record for many years. DUBLIN.— FataI Accident As we .were informed by cable at the time, Mr. E H Enms, the newly-appointed.'Assistant Under-Secretary for Ireland' m^ with a fatal acddent on . Augusfc ig .n. n Du J. n J. driving in a jj a onting-car, when the horse stumbled and' fell throwing Mr. Ennis violently on to the roadway. Taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, he died there in about an hour. Mr Ennis, who was a Catholic, was a native of Belfast. GALWAY— The Archbishop of Melbourne His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne on Aiigust '16? opened a ba Z aar at Mount Bejlew in aid of the liquidation of .' c' debt on the recently erected Temperance Hall. Replying to an ' address of welcome, his Grace said he was not surprised that they had laid such stress on the question of- educS a . 1 really under a y not only the religious but all social and^olSca life. Referring to the University Act, he said it would 0^

to young Irish men and women, opportunities ■of -advancement and enlightenment which had been denied since, the penal laws were first put into oper&tibn. ' The vision of a learned, frep, and generous people which presented itself to Cardinal Newman when he contemplated the future of Iceland seems destined to be realised. But in the matter of primary education they expressed a fear lest the attempt recently made in England to secularise the schools, or "more correctly to sectarianism ' them, might be repeated -in Ireland. •He would- add one word of • caution. Ireland was now on her trial. She appealed to the civilised world to aid her in her efforts towards legislative independence, subject,' of course, to the supreme' authority of the Crown. The civilised world" was sympathetic, but .closely observant. Every outrage, 'or imputed outrage, was " magnified and circulated as far as the electric cable reached. It was incumbent, on Irishmen, therefore, to regulate their words and actions so that no impartial observer should judge- that the time for Home Rule > had not as yet arrived. ' Use the powers you possess,' said his Grace, in conclusion, ' in such a way as to justify your demand for larger powers, for your legislative independence. Then' a new • Ireland, a regenerated Ireland, a learned Ireland, a self-governing - Ireland will wisely provide for the present needs, and reyiyjE-the glories of bur past history. ' . \. T A - KERRY— The Kenmare Propei^ We (Freeman's Journal) are" "requested to deny the ' report that Lord Ke'nmare intends to . dispose of 'liis residence and demesne of Killarney. This rumor", which first appeared in 'the English press, has caused him and his family annoyance. Its publication may have' originated from the fact that he is selling to his tenants their farms under the Land Purchase Act, and pending the payment of the purchase money by the Government he is seeking a tenant for the mansion and extensive deer" forest around the Lakes of. Killarney, but only for two years.. LIMERICK— The Gaelic League l Father M. Ryan, parish priest of Knockavilla, who has been elected vice-president of the Gaelic League in succession to Canon. O'Leary, was born in Pallasgreen, County Limerick, in 1844. He is a man of strong convictions and great earnestness, and should prove a tower of strength to the league. During the troubled times of. the "Land League he took an .active part in the agitation, and was twice imprisoned for so doing,, the' last occasion being in 1887, when, he spent Christmas Day in gaol: MAYO— Death of a Priest The death took place at Ballycastle, County Mayo, on August 15 of Rev. John Timlin, in the 83rd~year of his age' and the 55th of his life in the sacred ministry. , • MONAGH AN— Drowning Fatality A very- sad drowning fatality occurred atf-"Annalore, Clones, on August 14, resulting in the death of Miss Florence Manley, daughter of Mrs. Manley, Newbliss, and her little - brother, aged .about eight years. - Miss. Manley was home on a -holiday from Dublin. It appears she took her little brother with -her to a friend's house at Annalore. While sailing' a toy boat on the Finn River the lad fell in, and it appears that his sister jumped in to save him and both were drowned. On their being missed a search was made, and the bodies were found in the river, the child being clasped in his sister's arms. The tragic event evoked the greatest sympathy in the district. ■ - : WATERFORD— The Trappists The Monastery ,of Mount Melleray, of which the Right Rev. Dr.' Maurus O'Phelan was consecrated Abbot "on August- i£, was founded in 1833 By a body of French exiled TrappisT monks.. When they first ' settled "down the land was a barren waste.- Under their devoted labors it was ,in course of time, transformed.^ It is now one of the most fertile and beautiful in Ireland. ' '" ' . The New Abbot of Mount Melleray The. Right Rev. Dr. Maurus O'Phelan (writes the Dublin correspondent 'of the Catholic WeeUy) was consecrated • Abbot of Mount Melleray on August 15. The ceremony was 'performed by Dr. Bishop of Waterford, and was attended by' a very large congregation, including several ecclesiastics. The new Abbot is a native of County Waterford, and was educated at the Melleray Seminary. He was ordained a priest of -ne Order nearly thirty years ago, and for' several "years past Was Prior of the community. .Assisting the new Abbot were the Right Rev. Dr. Beardwood, Lord Abbot of Roscrea, and the Right Rev. Dr. Delaney, retired abbot. The Rev. Thomas Modeler, St. John's, Waterford, acted as master of ceremonies,

assisted by tne Rev. Father Stanislaus, chaplain, Mount Melleray. Father Mockler-read the Papal mandate, after which followed the examination of- the Abbot-elect, the obeisance,, the prostration, the reception of the rule of the Monastery, and the conferring •of the crozier and the ring. Subsequently the newlyinvested Abbot bestowed his blessing on the congregation. During the day the Monastery was visited by large numbers of people; and there were present in the congregation that assisted ' at the ceremony several relatives of the new Abbot. The new Prior of the Monastery is the Rev. Father Eugene Ahem, and' the Sub-Prior Rev. Father John Prendergast. ' Vteit of General Butler " ' . A bazaar was opened at Greystones, County Wicklow, 01 August 15 in aid of the" building fund of the local Catholic Church. -The opening ceremony was performed by - General Butler, who took the opportunity of giving an effective answer to those who are for ever lamenting the waste of public money on church building in Ireland. In introducing the General to the large audience present on that occasion, the parish priest, Father Matthew Flood, said :„ ' General Butler honors us by his presence here to-day,- and- comes' to help us by opening our bazaar. The Irish "people, all the world over, of every creed and class, are proud of Jhim. He is truly a man of parts. Tf ■we view him as a soldier he is conspicuous on the banks of the Red Jliver ; in the far-off , North- Western Provinces ; in Western Africa among the dusky sons of Ashantee, on the banks of the* Nile, and more recently he is most conspicuous in. South Africa. -. As a man of letters, who has not read and admired his l { Great Lone Hand"? Who is not charmed with his biographical sketches? He is also known to have practised betimes, and •with success, the art of Aesculapius, and he is now engaged, in . the intricate and difficult work of an educationist. In his private and domestic life he is also distinguished. Who but he could have won the heart and hand of the fair lady whose reputation is world-wide? GENERAL The Parliamentary Fund The amount subscribed to the Irish Parliamentary and National Fund up to August 15 was This shows a decrease when compared with the total for the corresponding period of last year. A Chimerical Assertion Mr. Stephen Gwynn, M.P., writing to the London Standard, says :•— ' At present the Union is a kind of fetish maintained and observed through fear -of consequences, which you indicate by saying that " given a Colonial Constitution " Ireland would be free to raise and maintain an army and navy of its own. Let us admit that is true, just as the same is true of New Zealand. ■ Is it probable? One may desire the absolute independence of Ireland, just as one may desire the total abolition of armaments ; but the former is as attainable as the latter, or, in truth, depends on the latter. Even without raising the question whether Ireland, if independent of England, could maintain her independence, this much is clear, that separation could never be accomplished with the consent of England, and could therefore ensue only as a result of some vast European convulsion in which the English power would go down. If Ireland be given local autonomy, I am certain that a sense of her own interest will retain her always within the Empire, apart from other forces, and upon that follows acquiescence in the Imperial control of military forces. While England remains the centre of a world-wide political system, Ireland, situated as she is, must inevitably be included in it while the system lasts. } The question of tariffs is wholly on a different plane. Will anyone, in face of the existing facts, deny that separate and competing tariff' systems are impossible within one empire? Will anyone assert that the commercial system and taxation of Australia and New Zealand should be regulated by the present Imperial Parliament? Lastly you assert that Ireland is « two nations." There are two races far less distinct than there are in Canada. There is one nation which through centuries has been struggling towards full existence. The present system emphasises and perpetuates- divisions on the lines of race and creed. The assertion that Home Rule would mean danger to the Empireis chimerical, and there is no reality for the fear that the Protestant minority would be oppressed. The new association, he adds, will do a service if it sets Englishmen thinking and inquiring what Ireland and what the Empire stand to gain by Home Rule. ' —