Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 46, 16 November 1899, Page 9

Irish News.

ANTRlM— Harland and Wolff's Shipbuilding Yard.— The rumour that Messrs. Harland and Wolff, who have been trying, but without success, to get more accommodation for their works from the Belfaßt Harbour Board, are looking for a site for an auxiliary yard outside the northern capital, has caused a flutter among the citizens of that port. We can well imagine (writes the Irish Weekly) what would be the comments of the business men of Belfast if a similar Southern Board were caught pursuing such a stupid policy. But naturally those who cannot be induced to remove the beam from their own eye are always quick to detect the mote in that of their neighbour. The Harbour Commissioners must be purblind at present if they cannot see that by adopting cheese-paring methods with Messrs. Harland and Wolff they would be cutting off their nose to spite their face. It would be a grievous loss to the community if even a portion of the shipbuilding trade were removed elsewhere, and while quite aggreeing that other interests should not be neglected, we would suggest that such a large source of wealth should, if necessary, get preferential treatment. The Cork Harbour Board has written to the great shipbuilding firm, drawing attention to the facilities which they would be prepared to grant for the establishment of branch yards near the city of the Lee. The Cork Harbour engineer {Mr. Price), in writing to Messrs. Harland and Wolff on the subject, points out that at Monkstown there are 240 aoreß of reclaimable land, and an area three times as large as that at present at the disposal of the firm in Belfast. This space could be easily filled in with "dredge stuff or with material from the high ground around. The upper part of the creek would leave 60 acres unreclaimed, and this, he points out, could be utilized as a fresh water pond for supplies to the works and engines. In Monkstown Bay there is a fine run of three-quarters of a mile for the launching of ships, a facility of the greatest value to shipbuilders, not to be found in any port in the kingdom. Speaking on the general facilities of the harbour Mr. Price regards it as the best situated for the supply of coal and iron from Wales. In the vicinity of Monkstown there is ample room for the building of workmen's residences, a district which, he believes, would be very acceptable to the workmen. Men living at Queenstown could reach the works in a few minutes by steamer, while the Cork, Blackrook, and Passage Railway Company's extension railway would make the place accessible to Cork. There is an immense farming district around tbe harbour, which ehould render the farm produce cheap to the men engaged in tbe works ; while the ample building accommodation should place house rent at a moderately low Bum. House rent being low, Mr. Price is of the opinion that the wages of the men could be smaller than obtained in Glasgow without making it harder on the men to live. The Waterford people, too, have invited Messrs. Harland and Wolff to consider the claims of their port. CORK.— Six Fishermen Drowned.— A sad accident, resulting in the drowning of six fishermen occurred at Dunmanus Bay, Skibbereen, on September 21. It appeared that about seven o'clock in the evening six men from the Kilcrohane side of the bay were returning home after casting their nets. It was very wild at the time, a strong west wind blowing, and the sea was very choppy. The boat was under sail, and another boat returning from the fishing ground was not far off at the time. It is not known what occurred to the ill-fated craft, but in all probability she heeled over in a squall, as, it appears, she was carrying a good deal of Bail. When the other boat arrived home, and their companions not turning up the crew became apprehensive, and after a time created an alarm. It was, however, too wild at the time to put to sea. The worßt was, however, feared, and the next that was heard of the illfated boat was when she was washed ashore, bottom upwards. In the bottom of the boat were found the lifeless bodies of two brothers, named M'Carthy, from Letter Lower, near Kilcrohane. Both had their arms looked around one of the seats of the boat, and one of the unfortunate brothers was stripped of his shoes and coat as if he was about to attempt to save himself when he was overwhelmed by the angry waters. The names of the others who perished and whose bodies had not been recovered were McCarthy, Donovan, Spillane, and Charles Coughlan, all of Letter Lower, and young, unmarried men, with the exception, of Coughlan, who leaves a wife and twelve or thirteen children to mourn his untimely end. All are belonging to the small farmer-fisherman class, and were in poor circumstances, being the principal support of families. DERRY-Death of the Pastor of Ballinderry.-The death of the Rev. Hugh M'Cooey, P.P., Ballindeny, County Derry, has removed from the Irish priesthood one of its most conspicuous and devoted members. The popularity and esteem in which the deceased clergyman was held (says the Irish Weekly') were evidenced at all times, and from the day when he first entered the ministry to the time preceding his death he maintained the love and admiration of all who knew him. Not alone was this feeling observable amongst his immediate parishioners, but it extended beyond the confines of his parish, and wherever he went in the discharge of the duties of his sacred calling he never failed to make a a favourable and lasting impression on the people. The poor and needy ever looked up to him and found in him a friend. Father M'Cooey was a native of the parish of Derrynoose, County Armagh, and at an early age entered St. Patrick's College, Armagh, where his superior talents soon brought him to the front, and after passing through a preliminary course there he went to Maynooth. Having finished a brilliant collegiate course in Maynooth, he was promoted to the Dunboyne establishment as a mark of appreciation of his erudition and piety. After spending three years there he waa ordained a priest, and appointed to his first mission in the parish of Donaghmore, County Tyrone. The funeral took place on September 24,

when there was a large number of tho clerery of the archdiocese of Armagh present. Hid Eminence Cardinal Logue performed the last solemn ceremonies of the Church. DOWN.— Death Of a Prießt.— Much regret has been felt in the Killeavy district, County Down, at the death of the Rev. Father M'Kl vogue, at a comparatively early age. The funeral was attended by Cardinal Logue and 70 priests of the northern archdiocese. His Eminence presided at the solemn office for the dead. The chief mourners were Messrs John M'Elvogue (father) and John Losue (brother-in-law), and a large number of the laity attended. The interment took place at Galbally, near Dungannon. KERRY.— The MuckroSS Estate-— Sir Thomas Lipton told a New York interviewer that he had offered £50,000 for the Muckross estate for the purpose of presenting it to the Irish people, but that the amount was not considered sufficient by the sellers. The Dublin Evening Telegraph of a recent date states that it is in a position to announce that the Muokross estate, the sale of which has been the subject of so muoh discussion, and in connection with which many conjectures and rumours, all, as is now proved, erroneous, have been put forward as to alleged purchasers, is to be sold by public auction in Dublin in November. The well-known Dublin firm of auctioneers, Messrs. James H. North and Co., of Graf ton street, have been selected to conduct the sale. KILDARE— An Interesting Excursion— The annual excursion of the members of the Kildare Archaeological Society took place recently, the event proving one of the most successful yet held under the auspices of the Society. Of the excursion it may be said the promoters excelled themselves. The ordinary outings of the Kildare Society are always looked forward to with a pleasurable anticipation of an addition to the stock of knowledge combined with social intercourse of a high order. Rarely, if ever, has any outing of the Society had crowded into one day so much of antiquarian and archaeological interest, and never had the Society a larger or more appreciative attendance. From first to last the proceedings were brimful of interest. On assembling at Hazelhatoh the party proceeded to visit the monument of Connolly, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, where the Rev. Charles Graham delivered an address, thence visiting the Celbridge Abbey, where Sir Gerald Dease showed them the house of Vanessa, in which Swift passed many an hour and where in a later day Grattan lived. At ' St. Patrick's Chapel,' Ardross, Lord Walter Fitzgerald read a paper, and at Rathcoffey, the home of Hamilton Rowan, Father Devitt, S.J., told the story of the Wogans and their Castle, and recounted the the thrilling escape of Hamilton Rowan through Clongowes in the days of '98. The portion of the day's excursion in which most interest was centred was a visit to the famous college of the Irish Jesuits, where for eighty-five years they have carried on the great work of higher Catholic education. The splendid old castle, with its circumjacent collegiate buildings and delightful surroundings captured the admiration of those who had vieited Clongowes for the first time. On the invitation of the rector the entire party were entertained at luncheon, after which a suitable vote of tharfks was proposed by the Earl of Mayo and seconded by Mr. Cooke Trench, for the hospitality bestowed and for the literary interest with which the Very Rev. M. Devitt, S.J., a vice-president of the Archaeological Society, had invested the day's proceedings. Subsequently the party adjourned to the imposing study hall of the college where Father Devitt read a learned and researebful paper on the history of the Castle of Clongowes Wood in the olden times. The excursionists then inspected the ruined Franciscan Abbey of Clane and other historic antiquities in the immediate neighbourhood. Afternoon tea was partaken of at Millicent House on the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Cooke Trench, which brought the pleasing and intellectual i unctions of the day to a close. Upwards of a hundred took part in .he excursion. 1 Maynooth College Chapel.— A letter has been pubcished from Cardinal Logue on behalf of the Irish Bishops trbngly commending the appeal for funds to complete the Maynooth College Chapel. The following is part of the letter addressed by his Eminence to the President of Maynooth College : — ' The Irish Bishops, at the time of the celebration of the College Centenary in the year 1895, in a public letter to their flocks, expressed their earnest wish that the tower and spire of our beautiful College Chapel should be completed as a fitting memorial of that great celebration, and at the same time as an enduring testimony of our thanksgiving to God for all that He has done for the Irish Church during the past one hundred years through the instrumentality of the College of Maynooth. Many generous contributions have since been given for the building of the tower, but still the amount so contributed is scarcely enough to pay for the first or lowest section of the tower. At the same time the Bishops have duly authorised you to proceed with the work ; and in accordance with that resolution, we now rejoice to see that the work is actually in progress. But, if the work is to continue, money must be found to pay the builder. We are fully sensible of the generous spirit of self-sacrifice in which you have undertaken to collect money for this purpose, and we rejoice at the success that has hitherto attended your devoted labours. But we feel it our duty to help your efforts so far as we can at present, and we hereby formally sanction your holding, with the consent of the parish priest, a collection in each parish of our respective dioceses. We earnestly exhort both the clergy and the people to help you by their generous contributions to carry out your noble purpose, and we pray God to bless your efforts and to reward all those who will contribute to complete thia national memorial to the glory of God. and the noble work that has been accomplished by the College of Maynooth for the Irish Church and the Irish people during the century now closing.' LIMERICK. — Alleged Cause of Insanity. — At the Limerick Asylum Board attention was drawn to the startling

increase of lunaoy, and Dr. O'Neill, R.M.S. aerreed that the inordinate drinking of overdrawn tea tended to produce insanity. LOTJTH.— Clerical Change-— The Rev. Father McNeece left Dundalk about the end of September to take up the duties of his sacred ministry in Coalisland, Tyrone. During the time he was in Dundalk Father McNeece endeared himself to all classes by his many good qualities of head and heart. The members of the Catholic Young Men's Society, of whioh Father McNeece was spiritual director, made him a presentation, TYRONE.— A Chapel for Asylum Patients —At a recent meeting of the committee of management of the Omagh Lunatic Asylum it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of Mr. George Mumaghan, M.F., seconded by Mr. Jeremiah Jordan, M.P., that the new church be used exclusively for Catholio purposes. Heretofore, Catholic inmateß have had to attend Catholic services under disabilities and in violation of the canons of the Church. It was pointed out that when the chapel for that institution was first attended by Catholic inmates the toleration for Catholics at that time was not as broad and as liberal as it is at present. The motion was -supported by Mr. E. T. Herdman, D.L. and Mr. H. de F. Montgomery. WATERFoßD.— Presentation to a Christian Brother. •—The ßev. Brother Nugent, who had for many years baen in charge of the Christian Schools, Waterford, has been presented by the Sodality of Mary Immaculate with a portmanteau, rug, dressing «ase, etc., as tokens of regard on the occasion of his removal from Mount Sion. WESTMEATH.— The National Flag in Mullingar— A piece of stupid officialism, on the part of the High Sheriff, is reported from Mullingar. Captain Fulke Greville, who is High Sheriff for Westmeath and Tory member for one of the Bradford divisions, haß been the offender. The members of the Westmeath County Council, of which Captain Greville's father, Lord Greville, D.L., is chairman, decided unanimously to erect a green flag over the county courthouse in Mullingar, which has been transferred to their care by the Local Government Act. The dashing Captain would not hear of it, and when the day arrived on which the flag was to be erected he had a posse of police stationed at the courthouse to prevent the councillors carrying out their avowed intention. A large crowd collected, and there was a desperate tussle between the police and civilians. At one time the minions of the law were successful, and at another the townspeople. The flag was captured and recaptured. It was then waved from the windows of the building amidst great applause. Eventually the police succeeded in retaking it. The people dispersed and held an indignation meeting, at which Captain Greville's arbitrary conduct was condemned. The result is that the Nationalist County Councils all over the country are taking the matter up, and in a short time, thanks to Captain the Hon. Greville, M.P., the green flag will be seen waving over nearly every county courthouse in Ireland. In justice to Lord Greville, father of the victorious Captain, it must be said that he boldly declared his readiness to Bit under an Irish flag. WICKLOW.— An Evicted Tenant Reinstated-— Mr William Bergin has been reinstated in his holding at Rathdrum, County Wicklow, from which he was evicted seven years ago, and the Land Commissioners will advance the money for the purchase of his farm.

GENERAL-

Postulants for the United States.— Nine young ladies, between the ages of 17 and 25 years, left Queenstown recently in the White Star steamer Majestic for New York, en route for San Antonio, Texas, with the object of entering on a religious life there. Four of them belong to Cork and five to Galway. They are in charge of Sister Margaret Mary, of the Sisters of Chanty of the Order of the Holy Ghost. The Order has two houses in Texas, one in San Antonio and the other in Victoria. The nuns of this Order exclusively devote themselves to the religious and secular education of the negro and Aztec children. "The Order has been established only 11 years, and ha& no branch housea in any other part of the United States.