Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 43, 27 October 1904, Page 9

Irish News

CLARE;— The New Bishop} The consecration of the Most Rev. Dr. Michael Fogarty, late \ ice-President of Maynooth College, as Bishop of killatoe, took pllace at the Cathedral, knnis, c/n Sunday, September d. The Aithbi<-hip of' Cashcl olllciatcU,, and twelve other Catholic Bishops wprc T»resent, besides neaily 200 clergymen. r liie liisii'op of kildaro. preached the sermon, and paid a high tribute to the qualities of tihe new Bishop, to whom several addresses from the priests of the diocese and public bodies were subsequently presented. llns Lordship, in reply, expressed the belief that the sure way wasi b'leing prepared for t,he realisation of Ireland's supreme need, tho recovery of National self-government. He also touched upon the university education question. 'I'he Most Roy. Dr. Fogarty is a native oi the diocese over which he is to rule. Born at Kilcoma'n, County Tipperary, in October, 185 a, he was. sent at an early age to the Christian Brothers' Schools, from whence he passed into the Diocesa«n College, Ennis. lie Ivad as fellow-students the Most Rev. Dr. ODea, Bishop of Clonfext, and the Very Rev. Dr. I-logan, and the three distinguished students subsequently worked together on tho staff at Maynioolh. Dr. Fogarty graduated for Philosophy on his entrance to Maynoottti, amd at the end of his college course he was elected Student of the Duwboyne establishment, and for two years held the position of Lecturer in Theology. From the Duhboync ho proceeded, on the invitation of the late Bishop of Kildare, to Carlow College as Professor of Philosophy and Canon Law. At the Coneursus in Maytnoo-th for a vacant Chair of Dogmatic Theology, the trustees appointed Dr. Fogarty, and later on, when Dr. ODea was named Vice-President of May'nootth, he was requested to take- charge of the Senior Class of Moral Theology. Last year, o<n the appointment of Dr. ODea to the Bishopric of Clonfert, Dr. Fogarty succeeded to the position of Vice'-Presj'dctnt, of Maynooth College. CORK. — An Important Discovery In the wator of the thermal springs at Mallow, Coajity Cork, once celebrated as a Spa, traces of the existence of radio-activity have been discovered by Mr. Thomas Farringtori, MA , a leading Iri^h analyst. It is the first discovery of radium in Ireland. DERRY.— Heath of a Prominent Catholic The death occurred recently oi Mr. James Campbell, of Derry, after a lenguiened illness. One of his sons is the Rev. A. Campbell, now at Mai in, County Donegal, and a brother of deceased, the late Rev. Patrick Campbell, was for a length of time at the Waterside, and was a professor in the Irish College, Paris, where hd died home yea~s ago. Another brother of deceased, tho late Rev. Andrew CamjpbeJl, CM , was als 0 professor in the Irish College, Pans, and there is still living a third brother, Rev. Gecrge Campbell, m St Patrick's College at Drumeoridra. A Centenarian The death has occurred at G-rey steel, Lolndo-nddry, of Mrs. M'Clelland, at tlhe ago of 104 years. Bon n m 1790, her life bridged three cenUines. She was a young woman of twenty when George 111. died ; she therefonc lived in the reigns of five sovereigns-. Mi,s. M'Clell'aud waM the only daughter of a family remarkable for longevity. Her mother, Mrs. Leah Caldwell, who took a keen noto of political aflairs, and well remembered Hip Irish rebellion of '98, died as recently as I H7B, at the age of 08. Three of heT brothers were over eighty at their decease, while a surviving brother, a well known tenant farmer in tho North of Ireland, has already passed tjhat age. The deceased lady had torn a widow for hfty-two years. With the exception of a slight deafness, she was in full and complete enjoyment of her faculties to X-h'c) last. So good was her Right that sue could easily read, write, or sew, and could clearly discern the large liners as tftey entered Mo'ville— a port some ten miles distant, across Lough Foyle— from her residence. DONEGAL.— Dedication of a Church r l<lie< new Catholic church of Kilcar, County Donegal, was dedeated to Divine worship on Sunday, September 4, by the Most Rev. Dr. O'Donnell, Bishop- of Raphoe. High Mas<s was celebrated by Canon MacFadden, of the Olentics, the preacher being Father Murray, CSS R. Dr. O'Donnell also addressed the congregation, congratulating it en the termination of an important work. It is just twelve months since the building was begunDOWN.— Drowning Fatality On Sunday afternoon, September 4, a boat containing four men capsized in Lou/gh Neagjh, and two of the

occupants— James Coyle (married) and James Cassiidy (single)— were drowned. Police Constables Kiernan and Smith piuckily swam to the upturned boat and saved one of the party who was clinging to the keel. Orange Rowdies At the Petty Sessions Court hold in Banbriidge early m September, two men, named Hawthorne and Puidy, were eluiged with having assaulted and beaten two Catholic larihc b at Soui\a on the 15th Alugusfc last. The victims ot the attack— Hugh Gourley and AriUur Laveiy— u,ave evidence to the effect that oil the way home Iroin the i\ewry Feis that night they passed a rjrowd close to the canal bridge. No remark was made by anyone. Alter they had passed, however, they were attacked liom behind. Lavery was kmocked down and kicked ; he had given ho provocation, and had only a'rriived from America four weeks before. Gourley was struck three times irom behind with a stick, the third Wow fcllrng him to the ground. lie, too, was kicked and bruised about the body, and was incapacitated fiom work for some time afterwards, having, in addition to other bruises, sustained a seveie wound on the back of the skull which bled proiusely. The police who came to the rc-M'uo told Gourley who his assailants wore. Constable M'llwavhe said he observed the twe* men passing the Piotestant group, which numibered about) foity persons. So\cri or eight of the crowd rushed after the two Catholics, the police followed, and then fdio remainder of the crowd rushed at the two men. Ho observed the two> accused committing the assault, but an arrest at the time would have been injudicious. Constable Durken, the only other policeman in the village at the time, coiroboratcd Sc've^al Orangemen, however, swore that the two accused did not take any parb in the assault, and the case was dismissed on the evidence led. The utmost dissatisfaction prevails in tho district. DUBLIN. — Concursus at 'Maynooth College Tho Concursus foi the Chair of Theology, rendered vacant by the appointment of Dr. FJannix as President of Maynooth College, openrd on August 31. The candidates wc-e Rev. Patrick Maekenna, of the diojceso of Cloghcr, and tho Rev P. Toner, Armagh. Father MacKonna, after a brilliant course in Maynooth, held the appointment of lecturer in English for two years'. Afterw ardsj he was appointed Profeyswor of Dogmatic Theology in, St Kioran's College, Kilkenny, where he has spent more than live yeais. Dr. Toner, having finished his Dunboyne Term, was selected by Dr., Ireland to lecture nn Dogmatic Theology ir St. Paul's, Minnesota, and returned only la>>t June. The Concursois comprised a series of oral and written exercises, and lasted four days'. The votes of the judges will be submitted to the Boaid of Trustees at the forthcoming meeting. KING'S COUNTY.— The Oldest Medical Man Quito recently it was stated that Dr. Woods, wiho has just resigned his position as medical officer of the Birr Union Workhouse, can claim to be the oldest practitioner in Ireland. This statement was doubted, and a claim was set up in the pcivon of Sir John Banks, of Merrion siquare, Dublin. Dr TKomas Woods, of Birr, is undoubtedly the oldest doctor practising in Ireland. From the Medical Register, it appears that '1 horn as Woods became M R C S.E. in 183'K, graduating JM D. of Glasgow University m the following year, and was LR C.S.I, in 1 81,0. On turning to the name of Sir John Banks, that well-known physician did not take his degree (M I), of Dublin Univorjsitn/) utntil 1843. Thus Dr. Wuods> has been over (>'G ycais m the medical profession, whilst Sir John Banks is but 61. WATERFORO.— An Appointment The Rev. Brother Murray, Superior of the Mount S,i,on Christian BrotiieaV Schools 1 at Wa^erfor'd, has tyeon appointed Inspector, and transferred to Dublin. He will be succeeded in Waterford by the Rev. Brother Mullan. Cheap Gas The City of Watertord Gas Company has reduced the price of gas to 4s 3d per 1000, which allows 1 a dividend of £3 7s Sd per annum. The directors' fees have bcon raised from £250 to £35i0, and the secretary's salary from £80 to £100. VVESTMEATH. The, death has occurred rather suddenly of the Rev^ W. Kearney, P.P., of Kinnegad, County Westmcath. GENERAL The Tide of Emigration It would seem that the tide of Irish emigration is gradually slackening. According to the latest returns, there will probably be a reduction for the current year

of some eight or nine thousand emigrants, This result is partly due to the more hopeful conditions held out by the Land P,unh>ase Act and partly to the efforts of the Anti-Etnagration Society, an organisation which is doing its best to s.tay the continuous stream of able-bodied labor which is enriching America «'nd further impoverishing; Ireland. The inducement tto immigration comes from the other side of tine Atlantic. It is stated that from forty to fifty per cent, ot Irish emigrants have Lhpir fares paid at Uhe other side— in other words, sent o\e>r to Ireland by relatives. Mr. Davitt on the Reform Association Mr. Davitt was the principal speaker at a recent meeting in Clmimamoisie. Mr. Davitt, refer r in p, to the Irish Reform Association, said Lflrd Dunravcn'was the siueccssful mfiator of the- price of Irish landlord property, and an astute gentleman who had developed a nL-e talent tor humoring emotional opponents'. ]f ibc JiiMh Ketoim Association was going to try to convert the landlord class to some kind of' pro-Irish sentiment that would lie a good thing. But there was no evidence of that. It would rather appear that Lord Dun- r raven was attempting to induce or seduce Nationalist Ireland from the growing position of strength of tne Notional movement to the gas and water level of his new proposals. The Land Act The Press Association has been officially supplied with a statement, in reference to the working of the Irith Land Act from which it appears that application havo been made to the Estates Commissioners for advances for file sale of estates, exceeding tc'n and a half million pounds, and that the Commissioners have already sanctioned advances amauntmg to more than three millions, and expect before the first of November next to have sanctioned the balance erf two millions available for expenditure during the first year of operation of the Act of 1903. • Home Rule ' The inventor of the popular term of 'Home Rule was the, late Rev Pro lessor Galbraith, one of the Senior Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, who was the rate Mr. Isaac Butt's most 7eaio>us associate m Uhe icvival of the Iri.^h National Movement. It was at a meelang, of the Condition of the old Ifiome Rule Association, in Wieklow street, Dublin, in the summer of 187,0, that Mr. iU-alhraith coined the expression which is now one of the most familiar terms in tiie Englishspeaking world At the Home Rule Co'nfeience in Novcmbci, 1873, Mr Butt, in his great speech m explanation of the Irish demand formulated at that Conference, thus spoke of ' tho magic words Home Rule ' ' ' O\er a tom and disti actrd country— a country agitated by dissension, weakened by distrust— we raised the banner on which we cmbla/oned the magic woids, " Home Rule." We raised it with feeble hand. Tiemblungly, with hesitation, almost stealthily, we unfurled that banner to the brec/e. But wherever the legend wo had embla/.onnd on its folds was seen the heart of the people moved to its words, and tho soul of the nation felt their power and their spell Those wo'ds wero passed Irom man to man along the valley and the hillside. E\eryvvheie men — even those who had been despairing— turned to that baraner witih confidence and hope. 1 The Progress of Home Rule In an article entitled ' The Pi ogress of Home Rule ' the London ' Speaker ' comments on 1 jhe significance of IrisJi landlords forming an Irish Reform Assoeiatun, observing : ' Irish j^olitics are necessarily saturated with suspicion, and it is not unreal loina -Me f° r the Nationalists to behove that an Irish landlord is, like Pope, unable to take tea without a stratagem. But the Nationalists have been wise to welcome this advance, a.r>d the ' Times ' has been wise to condemn it For this means another stage m an important development of forces. In tho eighteenth ccntuiy almost all vnfcriiyvd Irishmen and a small minority of generous Englishmen wanted to sec a National Parliament in Dublin with a responsible Cabinet. Those aslpiraiuons were conquered The Irish Parliament was destroyed, and instead the system of privilege and a.scctvdancy was still further organised a.nd developed. '1 he his-tory of a century has bean a record of the severities by which that system^ has hern protected and the concessions by which the revo'utkms it threatened to excite have been avcrticd. . For Liberals the moral of t>his latest incident is that if their reveises and disappointments and co,iisl ant failures have sometimes taken all the hem t o/ut of their struggle, events have only ccnfirined the truth and the power of their idea?^'