COUNTY NEWS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 2, 28 February 1907, Page 27

COUNTY NEWS

ANTRIM—A Belfast Editor „.'-. Mr. Campbell, -M.A., 8.L., has been presented by his. numerous friends in Belfast with an illuminated address, a valuable gold watch, a dressing-case, and a 1 ravelling-bag, in appreciation of his editorship of 'the 1 Irish News ' for the past eleven years.

DUBLIN— Death of a l*r]est - Very Rev. Canon Bnannan, P.P., Balbxiggan, who died on January- o, at the .-compara lively early age of nftyj-eiight, after a short - illness, worked a~s<" assdduously as ever in the. discharge. of his sacred duties the holy season of Christmas, but on December 28, he was seized with ' "an illness' from which he never rallied. The swdden death, - a short while ago, of his brother, a well-known merchant of Dublin, was a'seri-^ ous shock to the Canon and affected his health considerably, it is said. The priestly career of the deceased' extended over thirty-five years. Born in Dublin, he entered Holy, Cross College, Clonliffe, at an early age, and was ordained on the last day of the year 1872. For seven years he ministered as curate in Athy, Qoumty Kildare, where he is lovingly remembered. After a few months in St. Andrew's Church, Westland-row, he was transferred to Kingstown, where he spent twenty-two years. In the premier township he won the esteem, of all classes. The poor had always a warm friend in Father Brannan, and the announcement of his death caused" profound grief in Kingstown. In 1902 his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin appointed him parish priest of Balbriggan. LlMEßlCK— Sympathy with the Holy Father - The Bishop of Limerick, Most Rev. . Dr. . .O'Dwyer, I has written a letter to M,r. W, J. Nolan; J.P., stating that he has sent -to the Cardinal Secretary of State, for presentation to the Holy Father, ' the fine, Catholic, and manly resolution '—which the Borough Council of Limerick had passed as its protest against the persecution of the Catholic Church in France, and as an expression of sympathy with his Holiness. A Popular Doctor In Limerick deep regret is felt at the death 1 of/ Dr. T. G. O' Sullivan. For many years his professional s-Mll was freely given to alleviate, the sufferings of the sick poor of the city, by whom he will long be, remembered for his goodness of heart. The cortege was the largest seen in Limerick for years, .and showed the esteem in which he was held by all classes'/ The Work of the Gaelic League At Limerick Quarter Sessions, on January 3, Juhge Adams, in making an order exempting the Gaelic Leaigjue premises from rates, said the society might have its phantasies, but it had conferred enormous advantages on the country. It had raised the character of the people by putting- down the disgraceful practice of intemperance, and the fact deserved golden praise. ROSCOMMON— Very Little Crime At the opening of the Roscommon Winter Quarter Sessions County Court Judge Wakely. congratulated. the Grand Jury on the almost complete absence of crime in the district. The only case to go before them 'was one of ordinary larceny. WEXEORD— A '98 Memorial „ On St. Patrick's Day the. New Ross '98 memorial will be unveiled by the " Rev. Father 'Kavanagh, 0.5. F., the distinguished historian. WICKLOW— Praise for the Catholic Clergy The Rev. Mr. Mathews, a Protestant clergyman, who spoke at a meeting ' held in Wicklow Town Hall on January 4, said he had learned what Dr. Starkie had not 'bjeen able., to learn, namely, that the hold of the Irish clergy upon the people was due to the character, the educational status and achievement, and the intellectuality ' generally of the priests. One of the ■ , sWngest moments of indignation he had experienced in his life was when -he read the words of Dr. Starkie with reference to .them. He had another moment of indignation when the British . Parliament put a stigma upon the Catholic clergy by preventing them from taking.. an active part in the local government of the country. He urged that there should go forth from Catholic Ireland, Protestant Ireland, Liberal . Ireland, National Ireland— from Ireland a nation— to the British Parliament a demand for justice, and for some recollection of promises made to retrieve the past. The rev. gentleman's address was received with great applause. _^_ - • GENERAL A Fontenoy Memorial The Burgomaster and Communal Council of Fontenoy •have granted a site in the centre of their historic " village for the erection of a memorial to the soldiers of the Irish Brigade who fell in the famous battle of Fontenoy. The monument, which when complete will be a beautiful work of art, owes its initiation to the patriotic zeal of Mr. " Barry O'Brien.