Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 21 February 1907, Page 27

Irish News

ARMAGH — Industrial Development The Sisters of Mercy in charge of the convent- of Bessbrook, County -_ Armagh, have taken an important step in th& -promotion,' of Hhe Irish industrial develop- - 1 ment movement by .inaugurating the knitting industry. _ CARLO W— Death of a Nun • Sister Mary ". -Bertram, daughter' of Mr. Gerald , Byrne, J.P., Linkajr'dstown, Carloiw, died at thte Bnigi- '. dine Convent, Mountrath, on St. Stephen's Day, in the ' 30th year of heiv age, to the great regret of a large- , circle of friends. ' - CORK— A Priest Passes Away The- death of Very Rev. F. Canon M'Carthy,.'Bantry, occurred on December 28 at his residence, Gortal- ' aggart, CJolomane, near -Ban try,' at -the age of sixty years. - When ordained, thirty years ago, he was sent to ■ the Mauritius,, where he remained in the discharge of his sacred duties until about a year ago, when- he returned to ~ the land of." his nativity. - . ~ A Philanthropist The~ death of the Baroness Burdett-Ooutts is deeply regretted in the South-west of Ireland. x When the severe weather of 1879 and 1880 left the .South of Ireland fishermen in" a pitiable pli-gjtit, the Baroness came to" their rescue with timely Loans were made for new boats, markets were opened up, a- fishing fleet organised, and — chief item in this» Irish - schemes-Balti-more Fishery School was inaugurated in co-operation with the late Father Davis," P.P., and a number of Southern gentlemen. An Appointment. - The Very Rev. P. Sexton, D.D., Professor of. Moral and Dogmatic Theology, All Hallows'* College, Dublin; ■ has been recalled to his" native diocese of Cork and appointed President of St. Finnnßarr's diocesan seminary. ' ' — DUBLlN— Education Methods Criticised In the Dublin ' Independent ' Mrs. Nora Tynan O'Mahony asks if people are not over-educated no' _ adays. One fault of-- present-flay education * methods, _ she says, is that they. aim. to turn' out everyone, be . his or her talents and qualifications "what they may/ on the same uniform and - commonplace, if " common sense pattern— exactly, it would ' seem* as though we were all intended by Nature to form 'a community of schoolmasters and seho'olmistresses. A Popular Citizen - General regret w,as felt in Dublin at the death of Mr. James _Qarlyle, managing director of the ' Irish Times,' which took "-place on December 28. Deceased, although a Unionist in politics, was popular with all parties. He was of a most charitable disposition, and no deserving cause ever appealed to him in vaim ■ - Death of Brother Moylan The Rev. Brother Moylan, ex-Superior-General of the Christian Brothers, passed away on December 31 at St. Mary's, Marion, Clontarf. Deceased was 'born at Tuam, County Galway, in 1848, and educated at the Christian Schools of his native town. At an early age he joined the Novitiate of the Order of which he- afterwards berame a distinguished , ornament. Thirty-five years of his - religious life were spent in Cork, where his memory will long be treasured. In 1900 he was elected Superior-General of the Institute, a position which he filled- with great credit until 1905, when he retired, owing to ill-health. Deceased was a widelyread and highly cultivated gentleman, an* a great educationist .in the highest sense of the- word. The remains ;were interred in the cemetery of" the Christian Brothers. at St. Mary's, Clontarf. Domestic Architecture - The Belvidere College of N S.t; Francis Xavier in. Great Denmark- street, of F whose wonderful beauty as a specimen of domestic architecture Professor Mahafly.has ' recently written with such enthusiasm, was originally Belvidere House, the Dublin mansion of the Roohforts, Earls' of Belvidere, who are now extinct, and who took their title from one of -"the lakes of the County Westmeath, .in which their estates .were situated. The stair- "• case of Belvidere House, which is regarded as one of the most magnificent in ..Europe, is said to. have cost the sum of '£3000; which would be equaPto about £-9000 at . the present value of money. Belvidere- House, now the house of religion and -training, was in former days . the centre of aristocratic society and "festivity.

A Friend of the Poor The Very Rev. Charles Cuddihy, P.P., Enniskerry, one of the most esteemed priestsi of 'the diocese of Dublin',, died on December .29 ,at -the age. of sixty-five. His • early studies - were made-in Clonmel, of "which he" was a- native. His theological studies were made in'Wateriort College, in which" he was ordained" forty-two years ago. He ministered' as curate at Eadestown, Baldoyle, and Bray in turn.-.* Seventeen years " ago he was— . appointed parish priest of EnmsKerry. How he labored for the; poor throughout his long- career in the sacred „ ministry is well known: in the parishes where he ministered. , Although deceased had been ailing for- sometime, his death came as "a -painful surprise to his friends^, as no later than Christmas Day -he celebrated Mass-, as usual in the parochial church. . ,^: Want of Publicity : Amongst the correspondence read at a recent meet- . . ittg.of.-the Dublin Printers- Employment Committee was \a letter 'from a .well known lrish" author stating that' he had produced' two brooks in Dublin, . and that* his difficulty in .getting all his books done in ' Ireland lay in I/he greater publicity which books published in England obtained. _ In • reply" to; the writer's, suggestion, the secretary was instructed to state that some . Irish authors had stipulated with English publishers" for the execution of works in Ireland. , - ' - KERRY— Starving Education The Mjost Rev. Dr. Mangan,. Bishop of Kerry, speaking at St. Brendan's Seminary, Kijlarney, recently, said it was regrettable to think that while their schools were doing "better- work,'%hey were paid less than- before. For the forty passes r they obtained -at this year's intermediate examinations, ".they would have got £659- 15s in 1903 ; £619 18s in 1904 ; £432 as in "1905 ; while, this year they only got £392 19s 3d, a reduction of fully 40 per cent. One of the causes of this, he believed, was largely due to officialism in the country. Another cause of the reduction in the school grant was the ' shrinkage in the drink bill of the country. It was a curious anomaly that, in proportion as the country became temperate, so was.education starved. They should emphatically protest against the treatment meted out to them. KILDARE— GoIden Jubilee In connection- with .the fiftieth -anniversary of the ordination of the Very Rev. Father Morrin, P.P., Naas, which was celebrated a few months" ago, the Most Rev. Dr. Foley, Bishop of the diocese, has conferred upon Father Morrin the office of Vicar Forane. LIMERICK— A- Christmas Gift • Through the good offices of Father Casey, P»P.,. Abbeyfeale, each evicted tenant on the estate of the~ Knight of Glin received a substantial money grant from - the Central' Branch of th,e . Unjted~ Irish League as a Christmas box. A Much Respected Lady Passes Away Mrs. O'Callaghan, mjpther, of the Rev. John O'Callaghan, Glasgow, and the Rev. M. O'Callaghan, St. Paul, Minnesota,- died at her residence, Ballylanders, County Limerick, on December 24. Deceased was widely respected, and her death is much regretted. LONQFORD T Death of a Priest " - Very Rev. \ Thomas B. Quinn, Pastor of the Church of St. -Paul of the Cross, Jersey City, U.S.A., died at Clonmore, Longford, on St. Stephen's Day, at the age of fifty- three. QUEEN'S COUNTY— SaIe of Estates

Negotiations for the sale of the Stubfoer estate, situated at and 1 about Castleflemraing, Queen's,; County, to the tenantry, which comprises about 1500 acres, have been completed. The terms of purchase are — First term tenants, 21 and the second -term 24 years. Mrs. Hopkins, Blackall," County Kildare, has. sold her -.estate at Grogan, (Queen's County; to her tenants, an<T has agreed to sell to the Estates Commissioners the untenanted Jand -held by her for the- purpose of subdivision amongst deserving parties ; 22£ are the number of years' ■ purchase 'given by the tenants. ROSCOMMON— Death of a Monsignor The death is announced of the Right Rev. Mgr. Hanly, V.G., Castlerea, who passed away at a - private hospital in Dublin on December 31.- In connection with ■ the many notable .works "which the 'deceased has left be- , hind him' as imperishable memorials of the good he wrought, it is -but netoessary to state that the splendid I. Gothic church in Castlerea owes its existence to him.

TIPPERARY— A Sad Fatality A very sad fatality occurred at Cabir recently , , by winch two sisters .named-^ 'Raleigh, home for a holiday-, with their sister, Mrs. Aherft, 'lost their lives. It ap> pears that a new house was , being built beside Mrs. Ahern's, in Church street, and the gable end, . which- . towered above Mrs. Ahern's, suddenly collapsed during.

the wi'ghfb and toppled N down on v " Mrs. Ahern's house. "■ The roof was smashed ' in, and the debris, falling on ' the bed in which the Misses - Raleigh lay sleeping, drove it through the floor of the bedroom into, the kitchen below. The unfortunate young, women were killed.instantly. Miss Alice Raleigh had been employed it£ Dublin, and Miss Kate . Raleigh in Limerick. The servanthad a narrow escape, one of the falling stones striking her as she lay in an adjoining "room. Mrs. Ahem slept at the other side of the house, and was uninjured, . . WATERFORD— A Mark of Esteem The remains of the late Mr. "James H. M'Grath, editor and proprietor of. the- ' Waterford Citizen,' were interred on December 23 in Ballybricken Cemetery. The very large attendance at ' the funeral showed the esteem in which deceased was held. WEXFORD— Tenant Proprietors Negotiations 1 for the sale of the Coolamain estate, •comprising 1200 acres, to the tenants have been concluded with Mr. Bernard J. O'Flaherty, solicitor for the landlord, Sir J. Talbot Power, by Mr. Ed,ward Jordan, Oylegate, Wexford, who acted for the tenants. Nonjudicial tenants are to get a reduction of 9s in the £, i 7 years' purchase, and judicial tenants a reduction of 6s in the £, 21£ years' purchase, according to the terms of agreement, and all the sporting rights go to the tenants. GENERAL Spread of Temperance Not within living memory (writes a Dublin corres-'-pondent) has such a truly sober holiday season been spent in Ireland as that which has - just closed. The - working classes, freed from daily toil, mostly sbunned the public houses. That ternp v erance, self-respect, and true manliness were the" result was apparent to all. - - Re-elected Chairmen According to a cable-message received last week, Mr. John Redmond has been- re-elected Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party. Mr. John O'Donnell was excluded, and Mr. Sheehan was not readmitted. Agricultural Organisation Colonel Nugent T. Eve-ard, presided over the annual meeting of the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society lie said tine cause of agricultural co-operation h>\. triumphed notwithstanding the forces arrayed against it. lie mentioned that in 1905 eighty-one societies had been formed. This year the progress had been sustained, but not at the same rate of increase, in numbers. The area covered by societies had been largely increased. 'There had been developments in the egg and poultry industry, and it was receiving increased attention. The establishment of a bacon factory at Roscrea would, he thought, . have far-reaching results. Owing to' the joint action of the Irish representatives they might hope to see very- shortly the repeal of those Acts that prohibit the cultivation of the'tobacco. plant in Ireland." It was equally important for them .to consider this in the light of . the employment of their laboring classes, because the employment given oh an acre of" tobacco was probably three times as large 7 as any other crop that was grown, and the enormous' advantage of, that employment being given in the dead season of the year was • one they must not lose sight of. . " ' .