Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 3 August 1911, Page 1475

Irish News

ANTRlM—Dedication of a Church A new church was solemnly dedicated at Ballyclare. County Antrim, on Sunday, June 11, by the Right Rev. Dr. Tohill, Bishop of Down and Connor. The church has long been required in the locality, and it has been erected in a very beautiful position. His Lordship, in the course of his address, said that in returning thanks to those who assisted them, he included those who were not of the Catholic faith. The site of the church had been given by Mr. Hill, solicitor, in a most generous and liberal spirit. He congratulated the people on having the beautiful church to be used by them and their children. Rev. Father McMinn, P.P., returned thanks for generous subscriptions, and also for three fine altars which had been given by Miss McMullan. ARMAGHA New Parochial Church His Eminence Cardinal Logue, on June 11 last, laid the foundation stone of a new parochial church at Upper Killeavy, in presence of a large gathering of the clergy and laity of the archdiocese of Armagh. The new building will occupy a commanding site on the crown of the hill of Dromolane, overlooking the town of Newry. It is to be in the Romanesque style, and promises to be one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture in Ireland. CORK—Death of a Canon The death took place recently, at the parochial house, of the Very Rev. Canon Lynch, P.P., Blarney, after a protracted illness. The deceased clergyman had reached a ripe age, and- during his long ministry endeared himself to the people in the various parishes in which his calling placed him. A sincere Nationalist all his life, he never spared himself in any effort to alleviate the sufferings of his people. He ministered at Midleton, Queenstown, and Lisgoold, from where he was transferred, about twenty years ago, to the parish of Blarney, being at the same time appointed a Canon of the Church. The “ All-for-Ireland ” League Sir Timothy O’Brien, Bart., who was vice-presi-dent of the ‘ All-for-Ireland ’ League, has addressed a letter to the secretary of that body, in which he says he regrets.,to be compelled to withdraw his name as one of the vice-presidents of the League, owing to matters he did not quite approve of in connection with the Parliamentary elections, and now, in greater degree, in the County Council elections. He had hoped that a better understanding would by this time have been effected with Mr. Redmond, and he did not yet despair of such taking place, so much depended on this as to whether they got a good or indifferent Home Rule Bill. He asks: ‘ Can’t the small differences that divide Mr. O’Brien and Mr. Redmond be adjusted? Surely it is not too late.’ DONEGAL—Going in the Right Direction Mr. Audley Brown, returning thanks at Donegal Board of Guardians for his co-option, said there was a good deal of talk outside as to the Board being intolerant, but he denied that it was, and pointed to an increase of salary given to the Protestant chaplain, and a similar increase given to Dr. Dickson, of Pettigo, and to the treatment that he himself had received. He never asked one of them to give him a vote. Two Nationalists offered to give up their seats to him. They were going in the right direction, just, he added, as the country was. - DUBLIN—Death of a Jesuit In many parts of Ireland, but especially in Dublin, and more especially still in the populous district surrounding St. Francis Xavier’s Church, Upper Gardiner street, in which he administered with great zeal, the death of Rev. John Norton, S.J., which took place on June 9, is greatly regretted. Father Naughton was born in Limerick seventy-six years ago, and after a distinguished course in Maynootb was ordained and .

appointed Professor of Scripture in All Hallows’ College, a position which he filled with much credit for some years. He then returned to his native diocese and became a curate in St. John’s, Limerick, where his erudite yet simple sermons drew very large congregations. In 1864 Father Naughton entered the Society of Jesus, For many years he gave missions through the country with the venerable Father Robert Healy, and endeared himself to all with whom he came in contact. He spent the last thirty-five years'of his life at Gardiner street. Generous Gift to University College At a meeting of the Governing Body of University College, Dublin, held on Monday, June 12, a communication was received from the Right Hon. 'Viscount Iveagh, K.P., in which his Lordship announced that he hoped at an early date to present to' the college two plots of his property adjoining the site of the late Royal University in Earlsfort terrace, which now is the site of University College, for the purpose of facilitating the college in the erection of its new buildings. The two plots, amounting to about half an acre in extent, from their situation, and from the extension thereby given to the area on which the new college will be built, form an addition to the college site of the greatest value. Lord Iveagh desired that this gift should be associated with the names of his valued friends the late Right Rev. Mgr. Gerald Molloy and the late Rev. James Healy, P.P., Little Bray, and that, with the approval of the Governing Body, a record of this association, in the form of a memorial tablet, might be placed in the new college buildings. The Governing Body gratefully accepted the generous offer of the Right Hon. Viscount Iveagh. Clongowes Union Lord Chief Baron Palles, President of the Clongowes Union, presided at the annual meeting of that body held on the second Sunday in June in the college. The day was an ideal one, and the attendance of past pupils was very large. In announcing the winners of the prizes given by the college, his lordship said the first prize was the debate medal, an award that, he believed, was coeval with Clongowes College itself, and unless he was very much mistaken they would be celebrating its centenary festival in about three years’ time. It was extraordinary how talent repeated itself and made itself manifest in collateral members of the same family. The medal for the debate had been won by Mr. Thomas Finlay, a nephew of Rev. Thomas Finlay and Rev. Peter Finlay, both of whom were known to all of them, and to all who took any interest in the Society of Jesus. The improvement prize evidenced in the same way hereditary talent. It had' been obtained by Mr. Paul Healy, who, he, understood, was' a son of his friend, Mr. Timothy Healy, the eminent KingV Counsel, a gentleman who for many years had been one of the leading members of the House of Commons. He warmly congratulated both these prize-winners. KILKENNY—A Valuable Presentation Speaking at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, on Sunday, June 11, the Rev. James Doyle, Adm., made a very interesting announcement. He said that a most valuable presentation had just been made to the Cathedral, the donor being the Countess von Musil Mollenbruck, now residing at Baden, in Austria. Her marriage with the Count took place in the Cathedral some six or seven years ago. She was a native of the diocese of Ossory, her maiden name being Miss Julia Molloy, and resided with her parents at Galmoy, in the .County Kilkenny. She became acquainted with the distinguished foreign nobleman who afterwards became her husband in California. She never forgot her own country or her own home, nor the Church to which she belonged, and of which the Count and herself were faithful and devoted members. The presentation, Father Doyle explained, was made up of a series of most valuable gifts, including a magnificent chalice, ciborium, and monstrance, all of solid silver gilt with gold, and a beautiful oil-painting of the Madonna, a copy of Raphael’s famous masterpiece, which she

purchased in Florence. The painting was enclosed in a massive and beautifully carved gilt frame; a bust of the Saviour sculptured in white marble, standing on a marble pedestal; a richly-woven carpet for the sanctuary, and set of altar linen furnished with beautifully worked lace. On behalf of the people of Ossory, and in particular on behalf of the priests and people of St. Mary's parish, he thanked again the Count and Countess for their splendid presentation. LIMERICK—The Bishop’s Silver Jubilee , The people of Limerick were anxious to celebrate the episcopal silver jubilee of their Bishop, but his Lordship would not allow any public recognition of . the event. Great disappointment has been felt at the Bishop’s decision. The Mayor of the city expressed the views of the citizens at a meeting of the Corporation on June 8. He said twenty-five years ago Dr. O’Dwyer was chosen to step from his post as curate at St. Michael’s to the very high and trying position of the Bishop of that ancient See. How well he had filled the office entrusted to him they all knew. Every work for the advancement of Limerick and Ireland, educational and industrial, including the housing of the workers, every work of charity, mercy, and temperance had his powerful aid. s Not only did he give his wisdom; he gave his money and his deep sympathy and help to the sick in hospital, the dying and their friends; and above all the religious life of the people was his care. They most lovingly congratulated Dr. O’Dwyer on the attainment of his silver jubilee as Bishop of the historic See of Limerick, and earnestly prayed that he might be spared for many years to rule over the diocese which he loved so well. Compensation Act Award Mrs. Anne McCormack was at Limerick Quarter Sessions awarded £250 and costs under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for the loss of her husband, the second whip to the Limerick Foxhounds, who during a run jumped his horse into the river Deel and was drowned. TIPPERARY —A Notable Evidence of Catholic Faith A notable proof of Catholic faith and piety was witnessed at lioscrea on Sunday, June 11, when 7000 pilgrims of the Third Order of Sc. Francis from Cork, Limerick, Ennis, Killarney, Tralee, and Athlone. visited the ‘Ancient City of St. Cronins,’ and attended Mass at the Old Abbey, which was founded in 1490 by Ely O’Carroll, Prince of pifaly, for the Franciscan Order, TYRONE —Sale of an extensive Estate ' The negotiations for the sale of the Caledon estate, which have been going on for a number of years, have resulted in an amicable arrangement being come to between the tenants and the Earl of Caledon, and a sale has been agreed upon. The terms of purchase are as follow: reduction of 4s 8d in the £to secondterm tenants, 6s 9d in the £ to first-term tenants. The number of acres affected by the sale is 32,113, of which 29,236 acres are in County Tyrone, and the remainder in County Armagh. Waterford—A Great Age Mr. John Stack, who carried on business as provision dealer at Johnston, Waterford, up to five years ago, died on June 11 in St. Patrick’s District Hospital at the great age of 108 years.