Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 15 October 1908, Page 27

Irish News

ANTRlM— Distinguished Visitors When Mr. Joseph Devlin, M.P., welcomed the Premier of Queensland and the Right Rev. Dr. Lenihan, Bishop of Auckland, to Belfast (says the Irish Weekly), he did more than discharge a debt of gratitude to two distinguished Australians for^ sympathy and help freely' bestowed during his own mission to the Far South ; he placed Ireland under a "deep obligation to himself and to the visitors alike.' The Right Rev. Dr. Lenihan,. is an Irishman, and his advocacy of the Irish cause is the natural result of his nationality. Mr. Kidston is a Scotsman born; and his lengthened practical experience of the untold advantages ' of self-government in Australia renders his support of Home Rule for Ireland particularly valuable at a moment when the southern continent rivals even Germany in. the attention of Great Britain. His speech at the Linen Hall- Hotel was one of the clearest, bestreasoned, and most emphatic in argument and assertion ever delivered by a non-Irishman on -the question. Such a visitor was heartily welcome in Belfast. ' ARMAGH— Catholic Pilgrimage to Rome His Eminence Cardinal Logue has written, -a letter to Dr. Walsh, President of the Central Council of the Catholic Young Men's Society, Dublin, expressing his ' pleasure at learning that, the Council is organising a pilgrimage to Rome in connection with the Holy Father's Jubilee.' His Eminence is sure a visit to Rome and the Holy Father's blessing will contribute very much to strengthen the Catholic spirit among the members of the * Society and their friends. CLARE— Visit of the Bishop of Ba Ila rat The Right Rev. Dr. Higgins, Bishop of Balfarat, stayed at Thomond House, Lisdoonvarna, for a fortnight during August, taking the waters and enjoying the beautiful scenery and invigorating air of this most salubrious resort. r His~Lordship paid a visit to the Island of Arran, and sawj:he interesting ecclesiastical ruins and graves of the famous Irish saints. On his arrival at Arran he was met by Father Murtagh Fanagher, who escorted the Bishop and his friends over the island, and subsequently entertained them at luncheon in his own hospitable style. Previous to Dr. Higgins 's departure from Thomond House, Mrs. Bolger and the guests organised a farewell concert as a mark of their esteem and respect for him. CORK— Death of a Priest Early on Saturday morning, August 22, the Rev. Michael Aberne, the esteemed parish priest of Castlemartyr, was discovered dead in bed at his residence, apparently having passed peacefully away during the night. It appears that the deceased priest retired to bed at 11 o'clock on Friday night in his usual good health, having been conversing until that hour with Rev. Father Tobin, who was on a visit to him. The deceased, who was 72 years of age, was thirteen years a parish priest. At the meeting of the Midleton Board -of Guardians and the Rural Council sympathetic references were made to his lamented death, and as a mark of sympathy with his relatives and tribute of respect to his memory the board "and council adjourned business. DONEGAL— Archdeacon McFadden The Very Rev. James McFadden, whom the Right Rev. Dr. O'Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe, has appointed Archdeacon of ins diocese (writes a Dublin correspondent), is one of the few living links with the sad past, the past of ruthless evictions and wholesale exterminations. Close on fifty years ago he was curate of the parish of Gar ton, Tvhen the Glenveigh clearances were effected by the late Mr. John Adair, and hundreds of peasants flung on the roadside to perish and die for aught the lord of the ?oil cared. Father McFadden organised a relief committee to save the victims of cruel landlordism from starvation, and provide them with homes in some foreign land ; he threw his whole" energy into the heavy undertaking and succeeded. Australia was the - place of exile selected for them, and Father McFadden -afecom- " •panied his flock as far as Liverpool; where he bid them adieu for" ever. The following pathetic account of their departure fromGarton is given by the late Mr. A. M. Sullivan in Hew IrelandOn the day they were to set out for the railway station en route for. Liverpool a strange scene was witnessed. TKe cavalcade ' was accompanied by a concourse of neighbors and sympathisers. They had to pass within a short distance of the ancient burial ground where " the rude forefathers "of the valley slept They

halted, turned aside, and proceeded to the grass-grown cemetery. Here in a body ~ * hey: knelt, flung themselves- on the graves of their relatives, which they reverently kissed again and again, and raised for the last time Irish funeral \vail. Thensome of them pulling tufts of grass which they placed in thelt bosoms — they lesumed I heir way on the road to exile.' _ DOWN— A Sudden Death On Sunday, August 23,- Mr. Peter M. . Kelly, Inspector of Police, City of Chicago, ILS.A., died suddenly at the residence of his brother in Ballyvalley, Mayobridge, near Newry, after a few- hours' illness. The deceased gentleman arrived at Ballyvalley on a visit a few days before his death. He had been in poor health for several months previous to leaving for Ireland, and was advised to return to Ireland for a rest and holiday. ' DUBLIN— The Horse Show

The Horse Show_ opened on August 25 under- very unfavorable climatic conditions. " The day was raw and blustery, with r a strong south-wester blowing, and drenching showers fell at intervals. It was an unusual turn of bad luck for a notable fixture, which has hitherto been proverbial fcr its association with smiling skies and bright sunshine. , One of. the earliest visitors to the show was the Lord Lieutenant,- who iwas.caccompanied by Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, the wife of the. ArrTewcan Ambassador. " The number of horses entered this year? -which "totalled 1229, was slightly under that of last year, but- the average was well maintained. " England, Fiance, Germany, Japan, and indeed most of -the Continental countries, had their representatives present. One of the most interesting sections of the show was the Art Industries Exhibition. True, the number of entries showed a slight fal!ing-off, but then the quality of the exhibits was admitted to be far in advance of that of recent years. In tapestry, leather, stained glass, ornamental plaster, etc., the departments of this section were remarkably well equipped. These exhibits were all. very well-displayed in the fine hall erected specially for the purpose in recent years. v The Freedom of the City , A special meeting' of the Municipal Council of Dublin was held on August 24 at the City Hall «to witness the affixing of the name of Hichard Croker to the roll of honorary burgesses, and to present to him the certificate of honorary freedom of the city, conferred by resolution of council of July 1, 1907.'

- Opening a Carnegie Library Mr. "Andrew Carnegie has written . to" the Dublin- Free Libraries Committee accepting their invitation to open' the new library buildings in Charleville Mall, Dublin; during the current month. Death of an Indian Official : '

News has reached Dublin by^cable of the' death' from enteric fever of Mr. Laurence Lee Dunne, Assistant Commissioner, at the Residency, Punjaub, India. The deceased, who was a son of the l?te Mr. Wm. Dunne, Dublin, was educated at the Chris--tmn Brothers' Schools, North Richmond street, and afterwards took his B.A. degree with distinction at the Royal University. A Jewish Home Rule Association ' As a rule (says the Wish Weekly), the Jews settled in this country— certain Jy, the workers amongst thtm— have always been friendly to the Rational .Cause, and the newly-formed- • Judaec Irish Home Rule Association ' in Dublin is a natural outcome of that sympathy. The greatest Jewish writer of Engli&h; Mt. Israel Zaigwill, is an earnest Home Ruler; so" is Mr. Rufus Isaac*. K.C., M.P., the mci=t brilliant member of the English Bar. The Jews have been a hunted and persecuted race for" nearly twenty centuries ; yet, countryless, 'and very Ishmaelites,~ they survived as a race,- if not as a nation. In one land of all the known earth they never were oppressed, ever, when ' religious persecution ' was rife throughout the world "That country wa-t Ireland. - .

KERRY— The Landsdowne Estate—-^ ; A? agreement for the sale of the agricultural .portion of the parish of Kenmare has been signed by Mr. William Rochfort, land _ agent, on behalf of Lord Lansdowne, and the Yen. Archdeacon - ,O'Leary, P.P., V.G., on behalf of the tenants. There are about one hundred and twenty "Holdings comprised in the parish, and a petition- was signed by. five-sixths of the tenants agreeing to accept Lord Lansdowne's terms. . The remaining one-sixth presented a petition also ' accepting the terms, provided that the riparian owners were granted permission to fish for trout in the River Sheen.

The House of Kenmare „ - In the course of his speech-ar-the recenT carnival. in Killarney, the Right Rev. Dr. Mangan said: That we are' holding a fete in the midst of alt these beautiful surroundings is due to thr, kindness of the noble Earl of Kenmare. We -may differ in some things, but there is one principle in which the noble House of Kenmare — and I say it unhesitatingly, and I am pleased .to have* the opportunity of saying it publicly — has set an example tn us all, and that isf-in its unswerving devotion to the ' principles of Catholicity, through all the vicissitudes, and all the changes, of many centuries. They have been as true to their faith a.-, the needle has been to^-the pole, and I ihink I may say that the Catholic traditions of the House of Kerimare are in safe keeping in the hands of the present noble earl. The Holy Father's Jubilee ** Messrs. Johnson, Dublin, have- exhibited a collection of 21 magnificent chalkes made by tho direction of the -Countess of Kenmare as a jubilee present for the Pope from the women of the South of Ireland. The chalices are copies from a beautiful Irish chalice of the fifteenth century. Each is silver gilt throughout. The Countess of Kenmare has also forwarded two chalices from the ladies of Tralee, which are replicas of a chalice dug out of a bog near Tullamore eight or ten years ago, and recognised as an Iri.;h work of the early fourteenth century. KILDARE— The New University

The Most Rev. Dr. Foley, Bishop of Kildare, "in the course of an address delivered during his visitation to Phillipstown, declared there were two conditions indispensable lo the success of the new University Act, as far as rural Lefnster was concerned. The first was the establishment of a residential college in Dublin in which youths _from the • country parts should be lodged and subjected to reasonable discipline for at least two years, and the second was the provision of a generous scheme of scholarships by the County Councils. He would have no hope for the fulfilment of the second condition until the first was complied with. If all went to all, and no amount of pressure succeeded in making the Government do its duty in that respect, let it restore the Royal Hospital to the Catholic people of Ireland, and they would sec to its equipment, maintenance, and management. Unless that condition were satisfied in some way, he ventured to prophesy that the Dublin College, in which they were all so deeply interested, would consist' almost exclusively of medical students and Dublin residents. KlLKENNY— Parliamentary Representation

Mr. Nicholas J. Murphy, M.P. for South Kilkenny, yielding to the generally expressed wishes of his constituents, does no 1 , intend to persist in the resignation of his seat in Parliament He has written to Mr. John Redmond and Captain Donnellan, Chief Whip, intimating his change of view, and stating that he will be prepared to resume his parliamentary duties after the recess. TIPPERARY— A Sad Accident

A sad accident took place on the second day of the DubliiHorse Show. Captafn Gough, of Fethard, County Tipperary, was riding a horse along the drive which runs paiallel with Anglesea road, when he suddenly fell to the ground. Dr. Lane, of Ballickmoyler, County Carlow, happened to be in the vicinity at the time, and hastened to the fallen gentleman's aid. On examining him, he found that he was dead. The sad event occasioned a profound impression on those who were near at th<» time, and the news of it as it subsequently reached the visitors in other parts of the show caused widespread regret The deceased gentleman was about "sixty yeais of'age, and was a second prize winner at the show. WATERFORD— A Tasmanian Visitor

Miss Reidy, a niece of the late Brigadier-General Thomas Francis Meagher, was on a visit to Waterford from Tasmania during August. She was the guest of the Mayor and other leading citizens at a reception at- the Granville Hotel, which is built on the spot where the house in which her distinguished uncle was born originally stood. WICKLOW— A Welcome

Mrs. Power, the recently-married daughter of Mr. John Redmond, M.P., .and her husband, Dr. Power, spent a portion of their honeymoon at Aughvannagh, County Wicklow, where they received a great welcome from the people of the district. They were met at Woodenbridge station by^a band and a torchlight procession, and all the houses in Aughrim were illuminated in honor of the wedding. An address of welcome was presented, and speeches delivered, to which Dr. Power and Mr. Redmond made suitable responses.