Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 20 September 1906, Page 27

Irish News

CORK— Tenants Purchase their Holdings / The tenants on the estate of Lord Headley,v near ' Castleisland, County Cork, have purchased their ' hold- ' ings at twenty years on non-judicial rents. • Tenant Reinstated Mr. P. V. Guiry, Inspector to the Estates Com- - missioners, paid a visit to Youghal recently, and- had interviews with some thirty evicted tenants from -the ' townlands of Ardmore, Grallagh, Ballyillinane, and- b.thK er districts. He subsequently proceeded to Ballycrafrtei - near Clashmore, where he reinstated a farmer named Thomas Fleming, who had been evicted from Ms holding on the Stuart Estate 17 or 18 years ago. DUBLIN— A Link with the Past Mr. David itichard Pigqt, ex-Master of the Queen's Bench, died on July 26 in Dundrum, County Dublin, at an advanced age. Deceased was the son "of -the late Chief Baron Pigot,' O'Corarell's most trusted /and intimate friend, and a brother of John Edward Pigot a brilliant member of the Young Ireland party. When" a young 'man, he frequently met the Liberator in his father's house, and conversed with him on the stirring topics of the time. He was also an intimate friend of Thomas Davis. Deceased was a prominent figure in social and literary circles until a few years ago, when the infirmities of old a^e prevented his going. far from Churchtown House, where he passed away. The death of ex-Master Pigot reminds a correspondent that the Judge outlived his brother John by thirty-five years. John Edward Pigot was one of the most distinguished of the Young Ir-elanders, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1845. He it was who set to music "Who Fears to Speak of '98:' in the "Spirit of the Nation," the words of which were by Dr. Ingram, of Trinity College, - Dublin, and whioh bad appeared in the ' Nation ' on April Ist, 1843. He started the idea of an Irish Dictionary, and did much for the Irish archaeology and Irish art. FERMANAGH— Death of a Priest Much sympathy is felt in County Fermanagh for Mr John Maguire, J.P., Irvinestown, on the death of his son Rev. John Maguire, pastor of Modder River, Cape Colony, which took place in the Convent of the Holy Family, Capetown, on July 23, after a long illness. GALW AY— Charitable Bequest Miss Barbara Mary Daly, of Southampton, and Biarritz, who died recently, left estates amounting to about £10,000. XSOO has been bequeathed towards the founding of a convent at Mount Bellew, County Galway, Miss Daly's native place, and the remainder of her estate to various other charities. LONGFORD— EarIy Irish Bronze Sir Thomas Esmonde, M.P., who was chiefly instrumental in establishing the claim of the Dublin National Museum to the Celtic gold ornaments which were dug up by a farm laborer in the north-west of Ireland ten years ago, has just received from the Bishop of Longford an interesting specimen of early Irish bronze work which was recently discovered in that, county. It is a small figure of the Saviour which, it seems certain, was originally part of a processional cross, and dates back to the twelfth century Careful examination of its curious workmanship has shown that there is nothing quite like it either in the Dublin or British Museums. MAYO— Lands for Settlement The Estate Commissioners have .entered into negotiations with Mr. » T ;L.. FitzpatricC'late of Hollyjifount, for the purchase^bf his grass lands for distribution purposes, and have so far been very successful The estate comprises some thousand acres oF untenanted land, probably of the best quality in Mayo. A Pilgrimage hous^ nid . s 919 1 P M P Ie ' young and old, rich and poor, gentle and simple, climbed the rugged sides of CrWh Patrick on Sunday, July 29; and assisted piously at the devotions on the. summit, where St. Patrick fasted and prayed , more than one thousand >ears ago. fl Not a few of the, pilgrims came.-froni Great Britain America, and even from the f colonies. Many who made tne toilsome ascent were women, and, the piety they displayed was most edifymg. Masses were celebrated at -frequent intervals from eight o'clock until mid-day, when Very Rev. Dr. ,Gilmartin preached to the mull ' titude. He said they were- assembled there to honor the memory of Ireland's greatest benefactor, and to

imbibe anew, his, spirit on the spot which tradition and authentic history, had- assocfated with his name. ".Pilgrimages were of human institution.. Ldversof Shakespeare and . Burns . went year after year to Stratford-on- . Avon and to Bonnie Doon. ' just to . see the surroundings, in which _those children of* genius "greyr up. "The men of every country 'were^ honored • tiy shrines, -to .which their countrymen made pilgrimages, and their countrymen did well,-. for_ the good- deeds of heroes were as streaks of light which showed them tlie.pafrh to glory.- ' • .. TIPPERArY— A Visitor from the West Indies Rev. Mother Millwirge Walton is on a visit'-to 'her friends and relations , , in Tipperary, after thirty-three years spent in Trinidad; where she was instrumental in founding convents and, doing much, good work. .' .. Developing a Copper Mine ~ At present an English company "are developing a copper mine situate at Knocfcacopple,- Killeen, quite "close tp_ Keeper Hill, near JStewport, County Tippser- . ary. Ove* forty, men are constantly at work, &nd the ote is carted to Oastleconnell" station, where it is Joaded for transport to , England. 7^ famine ""is on' the farm of a Mrs. Dwyer. Sad Fatality _ While Mr. Mortimer Gleeson, who lived outside the village, was riding a spirited horse through the Silvermines, the animal became restive, and unshipped his jockey, who, falling rather heavily to the ground received serious injuries to the head, which resulted in his death. TYRONE— A Venerable Religious The community of the Loretto Order in Omafih have sustained a great loss by the death of Mother Anas-ta-tia, the sad event having taken place at the convent on July 27, at the age of 76 years. -Mother Anastatia (who was known in the world as Miss McNamara) was a member of an old and highly-respect-ed Clare family. She was one of the founders of the great Loretto Order in Omagh, where she labored in ths service of the Lord for fifty-two years. Peasant Proprietors After eighteen months' negotiations the tenants on the estate of General S. A. Montgomery, which comprises a number of townslands adjacent to Augfonacloy County Tyrone, have signed purchase agreements on the following terms :— First term tenants to eet a reduction of 6s in the £ (21£ years' purchase)/ and f.*f °?1. i term Giants to S et a reduction of 4s in the £1 (24£ years' purchase). WATERFORD— RuraI Libraries Mr Carnegie has written to the Lismore Libraries Committee offering to pay £3000 sterling for the erection of four small branch library buildings for the rural district of Lismore provided a penny rate is ' levied at once so as to have money in hand for books, etc., and the proceeds, not less than £^10 be devoted to the upkeep qf libraries in said buildings bites must also be given free, the cost' of them not toeing a burden on the penny rate. The offer was accepted, and it was decided that the grant be allocated as follows :-£2,-100 for the erection of a central library at Lismore, and £200 for the erection of each Ball d e uff SUbS libralies at Tullow > Cappoquin, and Clerical Changes , The Most Rev. Dr. Sheehan, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, has made the following appointments •— ' Very Rev. J. Canon Power, P.P., vV,I)uSS£™J to b ? XJb. of the diocese; Very Rev. C. J. Canon Fla yin P.P St. Mary's, Clonmel, to be P.P., SS ° Peter" and Paul's, Clonmel, and V.F. ; Very Rev P _ "cVnl Spratt, P.P Cappoquin, to- be P.P. St Mary's Clotmel; Rev P. Dunphy, chaplain, to the Ursuline Convent, and Bishop's Secretary, -to be P.P.- CaPDoauS?- «?*• M. C. Crotty, chapla&,,Mdunt Sion," to b ? & lain to the Ursuline Convent, and Bishop's secretary • Mo V unt E &for r ' C ' a - - MO£ieligb ' *\* W WEXFORD— Honored by tlie Holy Father p,.oS r^ I ? gn f tt i n ot work: accomplished by Mr Grattan Flood for- Church music in Ireland, and esoec - ially for Solesmes Chant, the Holy Father has E sent him, through the Very. Rev. Dr. -O'R&an' m S " tor of the Irish ft College, W) * largf silvS iSdS exquisitely -engraved being one of .those specially Sruck on June 29th by order of the Pope. -- - &l>rucK WICKLOW— Harbor Improvements f ~ The Wicklow. Harbor .Commissioners have on th» recommendation of , Sir Alexander Rendel cF 1 S e Government Engineer, accepted the tender of Mr £

Nott, of Bristol, for the- carrying out of the harbor and foreshore protection works at a sum which, with 15 per cent, for contingencies, will be close on £30,000. The free grant given by the Government for these works is £22,000, which,, together with the sum of £5000 subscribed locally by the interested public bodies, makes the sum „ available for the purpose £27,000. , - ■- GENERAL A Distinguished Visitor Mr. W. J. Bryan, who is likely to be Democratic candidate for the American Presidency, paid a" visit to Ireland recently. He was accompanied by his -wife. On arriving- in Dublin he paid a visit to "Boss" Croker, who owns a magnificent residence at Stillorgan. After a motor drive through the Phoenix Park Mr and Mrs Bryan left Dublin for Killamey. A Visit to Paris The Paris correspondent of the 'Times' writes :— A deputation of the promoters of the Irish International Exhibition recently visited Paris, and were received by the Minister of Commerce and other representatives of the French Government, who promised ' to give them every assistance in the object they had in view. Official sanction of this verbal promise has since been received. It is also lioped that the permission of the Minister of War will be obtained for tha band of the Republican Guard to play at the Exhibition. A Connection Severed London's three-century old connection with Ireland in the capacity of landlord and tenant is now all but severed. 'In the reign of James I. a grant of land in the Plantation of Ulster was made to the Corporation of London and " the City Companies with a view to colonisation. Of late years the guilds have been disposing of the estates, and now the Irish Society, which represents the Corporation, has followed suit and sold its property to the tenants a-t what Sir George Faudel-Phillips describes as ' bed-rock prices.' The old Government House has been disposed of, the local staff has been, pensioned off, and in future the business of the Society will be conducted in London alone. Tobacco Culture A correspondent, writing to the « Freeman's Journal, states he has just been over two of the principal places where tobacco is being grown this year viz., the plots in Kilkenny and Wexford counties' Some eight acres arc sown in Kilkenny, and twelve acres in the southern end of the County Wexford lne plots in the latter case are grown close together, and within a short distance of the drying and storing sheds near Tagoat, which were erected last , year. The crops are looking very well— the sunshine and showery weather being just the kind of climate to bring on the young plants. At Wexford the plots are m charge of an expert, who has had some training at Randalstown, where Colonel Everard has over twenty acres in cultivation this year. Altogether, there are just eighty acres under cultivation in Ireland, and in every instance last year there was a profit made out of the i>lots. Potato Blight We are sorry (says the 'Freeman's Journal 1 of August 6) to be informed that the potato blight is showing itself among the fields and -gardens in the counties of Wexford and Waterford. Along the sea coast more especially has the blight shown itself unmistakably in the withered stalks and decaying leaves an^' J n f, ome inst ances, the baneful smell that is g-iven out by the decaying tubers. Where spraying has been resorted to the blight has not shown itself so markedly, and in many instances where a portion only 'of the field has been sprayed, and another part not, the forme l b as escaped, while the latter has not. Potatoes —the ordinary growth— are now selling freely in the market towns at from 5d to 8d the stone weiriit and are of superior quality. Indeed, all the crops 'are t?2 i\^+ sple?d / d ii in We** o **, Waterford," and Kilkenny the light rainfalls merely freshening up the ground and not doing, any serious injury, while the strong and hot sun is fast ripening the barley, oat, and whla-t crops