Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 23, 8 June 1905, Page 9

Irish News

ANTRIM — A Leading Catholic Passes Away ■ The regret amongst all classes at the news of the death of Mr. Charles McLorinan, J.P. (says the ' Irish Weekly '), was very deep and very genuine. Catholic citizens felt as if a landmark in the Catholic history of Belfast had disappeared, for Mr. McLorinan attended his first public meeting as long ago as 1841, just twelve years after Catholic Emancipation, and he was the last sutvivor of the citizens who gave a banquet to Lord RuSsell of Killowen on his quitting Belfast to practise at the English Bar. In those far-off days, equally as in his latter years, Mr. McLorinan was quick and glad to render what help was in his power to Catholic and Nationalist interests. He was one of the first represenr tiyes d the Catholic people in the City Council, ajid a faithful, upright, and able councillor he proved himself to be. ARMAGH — Another Centenarian On April 17 Mr. John Rainey died at his residence, Ballymore, Tan"dragee. Deceased was one of the oldest, if not the oldest, resident in County Armagh, having been born in Ballycross parish, Mahariley, County Down, on v November 1, 1799, so that at his death he was in his 106 th year. Up to within a few days, of his death' he enjoyed excellent health, had the use of all his faculties, and was able to read the smallest print with ease without the aid of glasses. CORK — A Religious Passes Away Sister Mary Finbar has died of meningitis at the Convent of St. Marie of the Isle, Cork. Deceased was the eldest daughter of Mr. James Lyons, Bantry. Death of a Member of Parliament A cable message received last week reports the death of Mt. J. F. X. O'Brien, member of Parliament for Cork City,, for which he has sat since 1&95. In 1867 he was tried on a charge of high treason, and was sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered. The sentence was, however, commuted to penal setutiude for life, and Mr. O'Brien was subsequently released. DhßßY— Death of a Nun Mother M<ary Xavier, of the Sisters of Mercy, died at St. Peter's Convent, Derry, recently, at a very advanced age. The deceased was the first postulant on the adrent of the Mercy Nuns to Derry. in 1848, celebrating her golden jubilee in 1901. She was a member of an old Catholic Derry family. Her brother is Lord Abbot of the Monastery of Serminito, Italy, and two Sisters are in the Sacred Heart Order. Richard White, the well known lawyer, Philadelphia, is a brother, and so was Dr. Barnwell P. White, a physician of great eminence, who died some time ago. DOWN— Presentation to a Doctor The committee of management of Down district Lunatic Asylum ha\e pard a signal compliment to Dr. M. J. Nolan, the esteemed resident medical superintendent. In recognition of his tried administrative capacity and of his invaluable services in promoting in every department the improvement and reorganisation of the institution, which is now one of the best equipped and best conducted anywhere, Dr. Nolan has been made the recipient of a congratulatory address and a gold watch, and Mrs. Nolan an autograph silver salver. DUBLIN— An Unpleasant Prospect A correspondent, who describes himself as a Unionist, writes to the ' Daily Express ' to say what Irish Unionists are really afraid of is that the Government may go out at any moment, and leave Sir A. MacDonnell to be the willing instrument of a Radical Government. KERRY— The Late Bishop At the conclusion of the anniversary High Mass at Killarney in memory of the late Most Rev. Dr. Coffey, Bishop of Kerry, a meeting of the priests of the diocese was held, at which it was decided to raise a suitable memorial to the memory of the late prelate. Clerical Changes The Very Rev. Canon Molyneux, P.P., Ballynunion, has been transferred to Dingle. The Rev. Stephen Fuller, P.P., Kilcummin, has been created a Canon and appointed to the pastoral charge of Ballybunion. Death of a Priest The Rev. John Lawlor, Ballymacelligott, passed away on April 14 at the presbytery, Cloghers Father Lawlor was a priest for about forty-six years. His first mission was Causeway, and then he was removed to

Tralee,. where he was stationed some years. He was afterwards sent to Fines, then to Ballybunion, whence he was transferred to Dingle. In ISM he was appointed* parish priest of Cloghers and BaMyniacelligott by the Most Rev. Dr. Coffey, in succession to Father O'Leary, who was appointed Archdeacon of Castleisland. In all the parishes in which he labored Father Lawlor was most popular. His kindness to the poor was- ever evident. He had arrived at the ripe age of seventy-one. He was related to two well known Kerry priests— the Rev. Thomas Lawlor, Killorglin, and the Rev P Pierce Ballylongfoxd. ' KING'S COUNTY -An Australian Visitor Amongst the visitors to the House of Commons' on April 14 was Father O'Connor, of Adelaide, who is returning to Ireland for«a holiday after twenty-six years of missionary work in Australia. Father O'Connor i 3 a native of King's County, and was ordained by Cardinal Moran when the latter was Bishop of Ossory. Death of a Convert The Rev. Mother Mary Anastasia Beckett has died at the qonvent of Mercy, Birr, in her 81st year and the 60th of her religious life. She was a .convert, and was received into the Church by the Hon. and Rev. Father Spencer, at St. Mary's, Oscott, of which Cardinal (then Dr.) Wiseman was president,. She was the" last of a band of English ladies who came over in 1830. With the Rev. Mother Eg-an she founded the con■\ents of Nenagh ana Kilrush, and the erection of the Birr Convent during the '47 Famine was* the means of supplying work to many persons who were starving. LONGFORD— Death of a Centenarian Mr. Bryan G-eraghty, Edgeworthtown, died at his residence early in April, having attained the patriarchal years of 105. The deceased, who retained all his faculties to the closing days of his life, was the father of the Rev. B. Geraghty, Aam'., Longford. WATERFORD— A Gaelic Scholar The news of the 'death of Michael O'Fo'ghadha, the teacher in the National School at Ring, famous as an almost exclusively Irish-speaking district in the Decies, County WaterforH, will be learned with profound regret by all Gaelic Leaguers. Mr. Foley was one of the pioneers of ffte Gaelic Movement. From its inception he was a valuable member of the Council for the Preservation of the Irish Language. GENERAL Emigration and the Army Formerly the sth Batt. Royal Munster Fusiliers obtained between 2*oo and 300 recruits annually, but latterly the number has fallen off, and this year only 14 recruits were obtained for the battalion. A Conspiracy Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P.,s.says he is convinced that an organised attempt to "defame Ireland in the matter of agrarian outrages has been brought into existence, Writing to the secretary of the Athenry Town Tenants, he says 1 every petty village quarrel is being magnified into an outrage, ancl the landlord party will stop at nothing to retard the worlung of the Land Act. The Exodus The exodus from Ireland is increasing. During the first ten Says of April 1503 souls embarked at Queenstown for America as against 1326 for the corresponding perioa last year. The total so far for the present year is. 7577 soul's ; for the corresponding period last year 3569 souls. The increase, therefore, is 4008. About 80 per cent, of those leaving are emigrants in the true sense. Extensions of Self-Government Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at Salisbury, accused the Government of administrative incompetence, profligate finance, and constitutional misdemeanors. Their administrative incompetence was proved by their admitted inatylity to dieal with those further extensions of self-government to Ireland whiich were admitted by moderate and thoughtful politicians of both parties to be practical, pruldent, and necessary. At the coming election the voters would have to decide whether they wafuld change the free British Empire which they had known and cherished into a greedy, sordid Jingo profit-sharing domination. No Divorce Laws It is not often that Parliament is called upon nowadays to dissolve a marriage (says Marquis De Fontenoy in the New leork ' Tribune '), and the McConnell case, which has been recently engaging the attention of the House of Lords, has served to recall the fact that Ireland is one of the few countries in Europe the courts of

which do rtot grant divorces, a relic of the times when all Ireland was' Catholic. The 'Irish tribunals, like those of Italy, will grant a judicial separation, but no more, and if an Irishman — that is to say, a citizen who has his legal domicile in Ireland— wishes to get a divorce, the only manner by which he can do so is the costly and lengthy process of having a Bill passed through Parliament dissolving the unionPresident Roosevelt's Appreciation President Roosevelt (says the New York ' Tribune ') paid a glowing tribute to Ireland and Irishmen at the anniveisdiy duiiiei of the Friendly Sons of St. Patr:?k, held at Delmonico's. He spoke of the great geniirals they had given to xVmeiica, and of the governors they had furnished to States, and reierred specially to the victor of New Orleans, old Andrew Jackson, who as President left his impress most deeply upon the nation. ' They are,' said Mr. Roosevelt, ' a masterful race of rugged character— a race the qualities of whose womanhood have become proverbial, while its men have tho elemental, the indispensable \irtues of working hard in time of peace and righting hard in time of war.' The Probable Reason The Orangemen are still dissatisfied (says the 'Catholic Times '). They created alarm in the ranks of 1 the Government's supporters ; they gol Mr. Wyndham to resign ; but they have so far failed to drive the UndciSecretary from his post. Hence the heckling of Mr Long by Mr. Sloan, and the warfare with which the Ulster members have threatened the Ministry. Mr Long has stood firm, for a better reason, we trust, than that gi\e!n by a writer in the 'National Review,' who says the explanation of Sir Antony's retention in hi.s position is that he possesses correspondence disastrous to thd reputations of certain Unionist statesmen, and that therefore the Cabinet, although it has \entuicd to stigmatise his conduct as indefensible, dare not dismiss him. The author of this article entirely ignores the fact that Sir Antony is the only man at Dublin Castle who (an be said to he m touch with the sentiments of the majority of the Irish people, for whose benefit Dublin Castle is supposed to exist. It is pretty safe to predict that the Orange leaders will content themselves with blustering menaces. Were they to upset the Ministry some Orange lawyers would lose big salaries. The University Question The ' Satuiday Review, 1 the Unionist weekly, to whose sympathy with tnc Catholic Unu crsity demand Mr. Dillon has' paid a warm U unite, had some pithy comments recently on Mr. Balfoui's attitude on the subject. 'If anything,' it says, 'could convert an intelligent Unionist to Home Rule, it is Mr Baliour's annual confession of impotence to do anytmng to lemovc the Irish Univeisity grievance, which with similarly recurring regularity he annually demonstrates to be urgent on every ground of justice '?antl national expediency Home Rule Liberals arc entitled to say they propose to give the Irish the power to deal with these mattcts themselves. Unionists cannot Unionist honor requires tnat we should be able to say that Home Rule is not necessary for the removal of a single Irish grievance While the I nivcrsity grievance remains Mr Balfour cannot say that And what is the obstacle 9 Malignant theological premdue oi sheer stupidity How many men of intellect are against cieating a Inncrsity that will meet the needs oi Irish Roman Catholics'' Haidly one, save only the Fellows of Tiiinty, whoso opposiiion may otherwise be accounted for If Air. Balfour would take his life in his hands and try to get a University Bill through, he might faie much better than he thiniws. As for the election, is it not better to be turned out for doing something than for doing nothing ? '