People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, 16 March 1916, Page 41

People We Hear About

' The following Irishmen or -men of Irish descent were the recipients of New Year Honors: •••■. Sir Francis E. Kearney, who has been selected for knightly, distinction, is a well-known solicitor in Limerick who has taken an active part in recruiting work in the South of Ireland. Sir Thomas George Shaughnessy, K.C.Y.0., who has been raised to the Peerage, is President, of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., and is President and Director of a number of other railway companies, all of which are directly or indirectly connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway. . He is of Irish parentage. Lord Mayor O’Shea, who is one of the new knights, was born near Kanturk, and having, spent some years 'in the United States, returned to Ireland, established a large bakery business in Cork, and after some , years was elected to the Corporation. He was High Sheriff, and was first elected Lord Mayor on January 14, 1911* an office he has held, with a short interval, until the present time. He , has identified himself with National politics, is a supporter of the Irish Party, and seconded the resolution adopting the Horae Rule Bill at the National Convention held in Dublin'." : > Sir Patrick Shortall, who has received the honor of knighthood, is a gentleman of . very‘high standing in the commercial life of Dublin. He is - one of the most important of the city : building contractors, and has carried out some very, extensive works. He has been for several years a mpst useful and • active member of the Corporation, and is greatly esteemed by all sections of the Municipal Council. . He was appointed High Sheriff in January last, and his conduct of > the Parliamentary elections which have been held during his term of office Has been characterised by the greatest impartiality. , , • . •- The Right Hon. Ignatius O’Brien, unon whom a Baronetcy has been, conferred, has ' been '‘Lord Chancellor‘of Ireland ; since 1913. He is a native of Cork, where he was born in 1857. He was educated at the Catholic University, and began. life as a journalist, .serving on the Cork and Dublin. Press. He was. admitted to the Bar in 1881, and soon established an extensive and lucrative practice. He was called to the Inner Bar in 1899, became a Bencher of King’s Inns in 1907, Second Serjeant-at-Law in 1910, and Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1911. After, a year he succeeded to the Attorney-Generalship and ■ was created a Privy Councillor of Ireland. In 1913, on the death of Lord Chancellor Redmond Barry, he was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He. has taken an active part in recruiting work during the past year. Alderman McCabe; one of the new knights, was Lord Mayor of Manchester during the eventful years 1914 and 1915. He has lived in Manchester practically all his life, though he was born at Stockport. In November, 1889, he entered the City Council as a representative of St., Michael’s "Ward. In April, 1902, he became an alderman. While giving useful service in various departments, Sir Daniel McCabe’s most notable work (before he became Lord Mayor) was seen in the administration of the markets department/ But it was as Lord Mayor during the past two years years of unexampled strain—that his qualities were most signally displayed. His mixture of wit and wisdom, humor and common sense, and his zeal in the public service, have won for him the amplest marks of esteem from all sections of the community. Only the other day he was presented with ■ a cheque for a thousand guineas in recognition of his service. He was the first member of the Catholic Church to be appointed Mayor, or Lord Mayor of Manchester. Sir Daniel McCabe is , a magistrate for the city, a PoorLaw Guardian, a Deputy Lieutenant for the county, 1 d a Knight of the Papal Order of St. Sylvester,

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