Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 25 August 1910, Page 1365

Irish News

CAVANA Generous Gift On June 29 there was opened at Loughduff, Cavan, a new church. Interest centres round the building, inasmuch as the building of it is mainly due to the generosity of Father O’Reilly, of Brooklyn, New York. This priest has already given £ISOO towards the building, and promised a further sum of money for a second church in the district. The only condition he laid down was that the new church should not be built on the site of the old one. The Bishop-Elect of Kilmore * The people of Cavan have resolved to present the Right Rev. Dr. Finnegan with a testimonial on the occasion of his elevation to the ' Bishopric of Kilmore, as a mark of their great joy at the happy event. Revival of Church Building - Very Rev. Dr. Beecher, Professor of Sacred Eloquence, Maynooth College, who preached at the opening of . a new church at Loughduff, paid a tribute to the spirited action of all who contributed to the revival of church building, a revival so remarkable that it not unfrequently called forth the criticism v of adversaries, who asked, in the words of the faithless apostle of old, * Whence this waste ’ as they named it. The reply to that question was to be found in the past, history of their country. Now that the days of persecution were over, now that they were enjoying a certain measure of freedom and prosperity, it was fitting that they should erect churches worthy of the glorious traditions of their faith. He verily believed that when the future historian came to look back upon the history of the Irish Church he would classify the period through which they were passing as _a distinct epoch in the history of the Church, an epoch which would hold its own with two great epochs that had gone before, that of the glorious triumph of the faith, and that of the struggle of their ancestors to retain it. DERRYDeath of a Respected Lady Much regret has been occasioned throughout. County Derry by the death of Mrs. Gormley, Draperstown, one of the most prominent Catholic ladies in the county. The deceased was a sister of Father Henry, S.J., Dublin, and Mr. Denis Henry, K.C. DOWN—lrish Roses At the nineteenth annual Rose Show, held on the slopes of Windsor Castle grounds by permission of the King, the Silver Challenge Cup given by his late Majesty King Edward VII. as awarded to Messrs. Alexander Dickson and Co., Newtownards, Ireland, who won the late Queen Victoria’s trophy for a like exhibit, DUBLIN—The .National University At the distribution of prizes in Holy Cross College, Clonliffe, on June 29, his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, who presided, delivered an important address in reference to the work of the new National University. He dwelt at length on the numerous difficulties that had to be overcome during the first year of the institution’s existence, and spoke of the cumbrousness of the federal system of University education, which has proved a failure elsewhere. In Ireland the constituent colleges of the National University are so widely apart that the expense of the necessary meetings is very heavy. Every meeting of the Senate costs from £6O to £7O; a meeting of the Board of Studies costs between £BO and £9O; and a meeting of the faculties costs between £250 and £3OO, all of which l has to be borne by the University itself. The Queen’s University, Belfast, has not to spend a farthing under these heads, although it receives half the £20,000 annually 'granted to the old Royal University, the other half being given to the new National University, with its three constituent colleges. Notwithstanding difficulties, success has been attained, which makes the future hopeful. His Grace spoke of the foolish and ridiculous comparison which had been drawn between the number in attendance at University College, and the number in attendance at Trinity College. The National University, he said, was not meant, as Trinity College was, to do its work for the youth of Ireland all in one place. It had constituent colleges in Dublin, Cork and Galway, the students in which for the first year numbered 530, 368, and 128 respectively, making a total of 1026. He was fully satisfied with that number for a beginning. The Spread of Temperance It is utterly wrong (writes a Dublin correspondent) to attribute the great slump in the Irish whisky trade to the Budget, as is being done persistently by the Unionist press. That the additional duty has to some small extent brought about a diminution in the sale of intoxicating liquor no one will deny. But to the numerous temperance agencies that have been working for years, in season and out of season, credit is due for the blessed change which has comb about. Spread like a. network over the country, each in its own particular way has helped to achieve the result. A v

full, list of the various agencies would occupy too much space, but here are a few that have done herculean work —the Capuchin Fathers, the Pioneer Total Abstinence Sotywt i 6 Anti-Treatmg League, St. Patrick’s League of *j lY esb ? be Bishops who give the Confirmation Pledge, and the temperance sodalities attached to many churches. The Cork Free Press, Mr. William O’Brien’s organ, says f+ eX^ 1 ' a t n X n whisky has caused the closing of distillery after distillery. It would be well if Mr. O’Brien prepared a list of the distilleries closed because of the Budget and published it for the information of the public who are unaware of the names and localities in which they existed. Ihe liquidation of Kinihan and 'Go' one of the oldest wholesale whisky firms in Dublin, is credited to Mr. Lloyd 8 I Blldg fJ- 4. Everyone conversant with commercial affairs knows that the business of this firm has been del in !“, g ye rs " , It has paid no dividend to its ordinary shareholders for ten years, and during nine of these the Budget could not have affeted its position. As things go TW?u° Slng i° f + i f S away Distillery and the Dublin cfty Distillery, both of winch wound up eight or nine years ago will probably be attributed to Mr. Lloyd George’s movement * Se " 110 convementl y ignore the temperance LIMERICKAnother Apology The Munster News of July 2 says:—The following apology is published in the current number of the Nineteenth Century and After, and the publishers have undertaken to pay the full costs of the nuns, at Limerick and K 1 +V m Tr gh r n the f c T tl0 ? libel which they had instituted ln the English and Irish Courts:‘His Parochial Majesty.’ With reference to the article by Mr. P. D. Kenny, which appeared under the above heading in the Nineteenth Gentity and After for September, 1909, the nuns carrying on a. boarding school at Kiltimagh, County Mayo,. and the nuns of the Mount St. Vincent Orphanage and Schools at Limerick, have taken a strong exception- to the serious remarks concerning them respectively, which appeared in that article at page 418. The editor desires to say that he had no intention in publishing the article to charge these ladies with any improper conduct, or to reflect upon their good intentions and actions, and much regretting that anything should have appeared in the Review which has caused them pain, he hereby unconditionally , withdraws all charges therein contained, which reflect on the character or conduct of these ladies. w Commenting on the above, the Munster News says: Ve print in another column the ample apology which the Nineteenth Century and After has made to the Sisters of Mercy in Limerick, and to the Sisters of tet. Louis at Kiltimagh, for the very gross libels on them which were published last September in that Review. We trust that this result, which our fellow-citizens will- read with great satisfaction, will be a salutary - lesson to this and other reviews and to their contributors'who deal in attacks on Catholic and Irish institutions.’ - LONGFORD—Great Temperance Demonstration f In Longford on Sunday, July 3, a demonstration of huge proportions was held in furtherance of the cause of temperance. Fully 20,000 people took part in the gathermg, which was one of the largest seen for years in the pro vmces, rivalling in extent even the. Dundalk demonstration held on the previous Sunday. The contingents of which nnri ri composed w * r ® mainly from the diocese of Ardagh Dublin 2000 Aloysius, er 6 , .S^p!c?^ SrKft tiian u < a?: n frequent iu er , va s r in St. Mel’s .Cathedral. At 11 o’clock Pontifical High Mass was celebrated by the Most Rev Dr Hoare. The vast edifice was filled to overflowing The religious ceremonies having concluded, a procession was formed which paraded the chief streets of the town, accompanied by fifteen bands. The scene was most impressive and will long be remembered by : those who were present !n the grounds of St. Mel’s College the procesSista Ses« s we«TeL t eTe°d. Platfornl8 ’ fr ° m "' hich vigorous MAYO —A Friendly Act Mrs. Knox, wife of Colonel Knox, of Creagh Ballin robe, has presented to St., Mary’s Catholic Church’ Ba lS robe, a beautiful and costly silver chalice. Mrs’ Knox though a Protestant, - has at all times extended a warm friendship to the Catholics, between whom and her family the most kindly relations exist. The present gift is “aid to have been inspired by the unbounded sympathy shown to trTct m a r6Ceil bereavement b y the Catholics of the disA District Hospital The nuns of the Convent of St. Louis Kilff m «mi, presmited guineas damages obtained by thlm Horn the Nineteenth Century for libel to the building fund oH district hospital in the town. g unt * ot a TIPPERARYHonoring a Priest . , The people of Roscrea, of every class and creed, have paid a tribute to the services rendered to the town and IS

. trict by the, Rev.. John Cunningham, now parish priest of Kinmtty, King’s County. Father Cunningham, prior to his transfer on promotion, spent about twelve years as curate in Roscrea, and during that period he won for himself the esteem of all sections. _ As a mark of recognition the inhabitants, r spontaneously joined in the •presentation to him of a beautifully illuminated address and a substantial cheque. The presentation was made on behalf of the people by Mr. Patrick Owens, 8.A., and Father Cunningham, in reply, assured them that he would continue to evince, a deep interest in the future welfare of the local industries, including the bacon factory, which he considered was now established on a sound and satisfactory basis. WATERFORD—White Gloves for the Judge ’ ’ • The Assizes for Waterford City and County were opened on July 5. Addressing the City Grand Jury, Lord Justice Holmes said there was no business to go before them, which was/ so far as the city of Waterford was concerned, a creditable fact. He congratulated them very heartily upon the state of their city, and hoped it would long continue as prosperous arid as free from crime as at present. The City High Sheriff (Councillor Matthew Cassin) then said:—My lord,- I have very great pleasure in presenting you . with this pair of white gloves, as an emblem of the peaceful state of our city. I may say /that this is the second occasion on which I had the honor of presenting white gloves to the Judge of Assize, His Lordship—Mr. High Sheriff, I receive these white gloves with the greatest satisfaction and pleasure. I have been a long time a judge now, and once or twice in my - career I received white gloves, but for many a year I have not been in that position. There were only two minor cases to go before the County Grand Jury, ■and, Lord O’Brien congratulated them on the satisfactory state of the county. WICKLOWA Red-letter Day , 'Sunday, July 3, was a red-letter day at Barniskey, .County Wicklow, a spot situated in. the mountain regions between Arklow and the valley of the Avoca. On that day ,a beautiful marble altar was unveiled in the little church .erected shortly after, the troubles of ’9B. A suitable sermon was delivered by the Rev. P. Newman, 0.M.1., Belmont, Stillorgan. GENERAL A Census Complaint Mr. Boland, M.P. (remarks the Edinburgh Catholic Herald), is entitled to considerable credit for his success in having the age at which illiteracy is to be reckoned in the Irish census raised from five years to eight years. Curious to learn what the British practice was, and how it compared with the Irish standard in this matter, we have been making some inquiries, and are candidly surprised that in. the British census returns no information whatever is taken with regard to illiteracy. And here we have been all these years sitting down under the imputation that Ireland was grossly illiterate as compared to England, whereas apparently there is no accurate means of ascertaining ! Ireland only makes a religious return in the census papers. Whatever your Irishman is, Catholic or Protestant, he is not ashamed of his religion, nor ashamed of telling in the census papers to what Church he belongs. But from your English or Scotch Nonconformist, the bitterest critics of Catholics, wild horses would not draw any statement in the census paper as to what creed such gentry professed. Entertained by the Irish Party In the House of Commons on June 22, Mr. W. J. Bryan, the former Democratic candidate for the American Presidency, and Mrs. Bryan were the guests at dinner of those members of the Irish Party at present in London. Mr. John Redmond presided, and the other members of the party present were Messrs J. P. Boland, P. J. Brady, J. Devlin, J. Dillon, S. Gwynn, M. Keating, H. Law, A. Lynch, T. Lundon, J. G. Swift Mac Neill, J. MacVeagh, J. Nolan, P. O’Brien, John O’Connor, T. P. O’Connor, W. O’Malley, John Roche, T. Scanlan, and P. White. The company also included the Right Rev. Dr. Donnelly, Bishop of Canea; Mrs. John Redmond, Mr. Phelan, ex-Mayor of San Francisco; Mrs. Boland, Mrs. Law, Mrs. O’Malley, Mrs Nolan, Mrs. Scanlan, Mrs. Dumerque, and Alderman Cotton. There were no toasts, but after dinner, Mr. Redmond expressed, the delight which he and his colleagues felt in having an opportunity of entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Bryan. He; believed that the Irish people had the sympathy of the whole;---world, but they owed a special debt of gratitude to America, and in honoring Mr. Bryan they were honoring one of America’s greatest citizens. Mr. Bryan, who was most cordially received, expressed his appreciation of the warmth of the reception accorded to him. Both he and Mrs. Bryan were connected by blood with the Emerald Isle, and he heartily , reciprocated the fraternal sentiments to which Mr. Redmond had given expression.