Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 27 August 1908, Page 27

Irish News

DUBLIN— An Unprecedented Event - Degrees were conferred at Trinity College, .Dublin, on July 7. Amongst, the 7 recipients of. honors were Sir Horace, Pliinkett, - LL.D., and a Benedictine Father, the Right Rev. Cuthbert Butler, Lord Abbot of Downside, Litt. D. ,The_ honoring of a CathoKc priest in this way by Trinity, College is believed to -be quite « unprecedented. Church Progress . -\ -, ■ - His Grace the Archbishop "of "Dublin laid* the foundationstone of a new church at Glencullen on Sunday, July 5, in presence of a large gathering of parishioners and visitors. The latter included the Right Hon.. the Lor.d .Mayor, _Mr. James - Talbot "Power, D.L., Mr.' Richard'.Croker, and many other well- . known residents of Dublin and" its* vicinity. - The site for the" church was generously given by Mr. O'Connell Fitzsimmons, whose grandfather, one hundred years ago, gave the site, for the old edifice which the new building js npw about to replace. GJencullen is one of the most elevated . districts ■in South -Dublin, - and is very picturesquely situated in the vicinity of many historic hills" arid glens. It commands beautiful views of the surrounding country, and even of Dublin Bay, which, it .overlooks.- -Excel- .- lent work was done on Sunday ..towards ■"■Bringing" the building" " fund for the new church up to the required amount, and the esteemed pastor, Very Rev. Father Kelly has good cause to be satisfied with the result. Of the required, for the undertaking, £1300 had already been subscribed by the people of. Glen"— ' cullen themselves, and on Sunday contributions amounting >o £goh - were handed in They included £650 from the Most Rey., Dr. Walsh, £100 from Mr. Richard Croker, ;and £50 from Mr; James Talbot Power, D.L. GALWAY— A distinguished Visitor Upon his arrival in his native parish of Tornacar, Newbridge, County Gal way, on July 2, the Most Rev. Dr. Delany, Archbishop of Hobart, met with a genuine Irish .welcome from all classes. An address from the parishioners was read by Mr. James O'Grady, National teacher. It bade his Grace a hearty welcome home and expressed a hope that there were better times in store for the Irish people. His Grace, in reply, thanked the people for the cordiality of their welcome. Until all parties and creeds were united in Ireland, they could not, he said, expect prosperity. He was agreeably impressed -by the improvements carried out by the Congested Districts Board, and hoped they were only the first fruit -of what the future had in store for them. The Archbishop of Melbourne His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne arrived at Lakeview, Moylough, his Grace's native parish, early in July on a visit' to his nephew, Mr. M. Carr, J.P/ The distinguished prelate before passing through the village was met by "the Very Rev. T. Canon Ronayne, P.P., V.F., Rev. M. Donnellan, Rev. Father Nicholson, and a large assemblage of the parishioners,- who accorded his Grace a most hearty welcome. An imposing display was made by the Moylough school children, carrying flags, every little heaVer being presented to his Grace at the door of his carriage. The village was tastefully decorated, and the roads leading to Lakeview House were crossed at several points with arches bearing suitable inscriptions, such" as :.' Long- live - the illustrious Archbishop of Melbourne ' ; ' Congratulations on Archbishop Cair's silver Episcopal- jubilee '; ' Moylough welcomes one of Ireland's greatest sons.' . And at the entrance to "Lakeview an arch was very neatly erected bearing the appropriate ' inscription, • Cead mile failte.'/ In the evening an immense . bonfire was lit- up on the square- in the centre of the village, and all the windows were illuminated in honor of the occasion, when his Grace returned _to. the. village and -thanked- the Jarge. gathering for their manifestations of kindly feeling. The .small V children flocked around his Grace as he hahdea each andeVervV. one a present- - ' „/»_; KERRY—The Promotion of Temperance 1 At the annual meeting of the Father Mathew Union 'of > Priests, held inKillarney .on July 1, the Most Rev. Dr. Mangan,>' Bxshop of Kerry, presided.- Having deprecated the use of. lan^ guage which would- convey the impression thai their people WV more drunken than the people of other countries, which' was'" not a. fact,- but the very contrary, he suggested lhree : means' tKat V Z L^/ Th Ule pr ° moUon " of - temperance amongst the masses .These were education 1 , legislation, and " moral " suasion. Until recently ..they heard' very little in the schools

of the advantages of temperance," but this was not so now.; Thejre was an inclination to belittle the effects of legislation on temperance,, but much had been done towards the promotion of the cause by judicious legislation, ; Moral^suasion his Lordship regards as "far and away the "most "potent "means oFreducing the consumption of -intoxicating drink, -r-: During the past three-syears he administered the total abstinence pledge to'- 15,000 children inthe diocese, and if that movement continued they were laying thi foundation upon which might beibuilt -a 'splendid superstructure of 'temperance.. - 1 ' - .*" - . •- - .. ;<:.,*■ • ' y z~. '■ > KILKENNY— The Freedom of the City ' - ' The - freedom ~of Kilkenny has been" conferred upon Mr. Thomas O'Loughlin, who" presented the city'! at a cost of with the beautiful church which was dedicated recently. LIMERICK— OnIy One Case The Summer Assizes for the,\G6unty;of Limerick. .was opened _on July 6by the Right Hon. Lord"* Justice FitzGibbon. Addressing the Grand Jury, his Lordship said the quantity of work they would have to do at the present Assizes, in, discharge of their functions in respect of the administration of justice in the "County of Limerick, was " as small as.it could possibly be, having regard to its being any work 'iuV.all.- They -had but .one bill to go before them. " .; " -""_ „ V White Gloves for the Judge „ J... . - ,- ■ v "', * _ Lord .Chief • Baron Palles~* opened the Commission for tho City of Limerick in the Record Court oiv rjuly. 6/ -Addressing the Grand Jury, he said he was happy to^jhfqrm"" their* that there was no criminal business to go before 'them for consideration. Sir" Thomas Cleeve (foreman) said.- as there -was" no criminal business the very pleasing duty devolved upon him of presenting his Lordship .with a pair of. white gloves; . His/ Lordship, in accepting the white gleves, said he was extremely grateful ;o Sir Thomas Cleeve. It was a great pleasure to' him that >n the first occasion on which he had the honor of receiving white gloves in the ancient city of Limerick he should receive them from the hands of a gentleman whom he had the pleasure pf knowing for so many years, and whom, on so many occasions, he had the honor of meeting there as High -Sheriff of -that municipality. He desired to .repeat- his congratulations ,upon - the immunity ' of the city -from "efime, ; -*and "he" might "mention to them that' he understood, tha't 'the" High Sheriff's "office was to a certain' extent a repetition of offering .white glov.es : to judicial authorities. He understood his -friend, the*newly-ap"pointed and respected Chairman of " the County Quarter Sessions,. -Mr.^ Law Smith, ' had the pleas are of receiving white gloves on- the^last day in the city, and. that would bring back the total'S'mmuniiy of the city .from cfi.ne to a period of "six months, Tso. ithat: it gave his- Lordship great pleasure-to be there -amongst -them. He had ,a. very -distinct recollection ,of "thetpU'csure he had on th 2 last occasion" he -was!' there,- and also' ori* We. "occasion. f tKat*pre> ceded~the coronation "of* the" present King, of meetirig^'STr" Thomas Cleeve, and he hoped he would have the pleasure of being there often amongst them. He had now the., pleasure ...of .discharging the Grand Jury. MO NAG HAN— Death of a Public Man In Monaghan, extreme regret was felt at the. death -of.. Mr. _ McCleary, P.L.G., which took- place on July 2. -Deceased -was a brother of Rev. P. A. McCleary, of Garrison. ROSCOMMON— A Centenarian There were laid to rest early in July in Ballintubber thu remains of .a venerable old lady in the person ot.,Miss JaneHurly, . who- had attained the ioist year, of her I- age. The deceased had been in declining health for, some years past, but possessed' "all her faculties almost, to the last, and would rela*;<? , the record ages to which- members oi , her. family had" lived — viz.,, her father, Martin Hurly, of Willsgrove, Ballintubber, having lived to the age of 108 years, and her mother to fo6 years. The isdeccased* was justly proud Vf the "h)ig\f number""of ~pfiest9~wm>Y" horf family gave to the Catholic Church in the eighteenth and early year's of the nineteenth "centuries. . HefC uncle, the Rev. £-P.atricl£ ?Hurly, was P.P.. of Ballintubber -in the latter years IV ofjTthe^ eighteenth and early "years of the- nineteenth centuries. \, The- deceased had also three grand-uncles clergymen, whose c-'i'maini-are interred in the graveyard of Dara, near Roscommon, I-, a'n'd/dn the tombstone at" the .grave in which Hh'e deceased" 'wa t ? .'inferred is". 'the inscription, '.Pray for. the soul_ of. the,. Rev. James *%flur)y, who departed this life jn ,1777,' and who was .another graiid-iincle of" deceased. The 'deceased, who was tfie" last „ member of this historic Catholic family, ..was remarkable for her' 'quiet and upright disposition, and was much esteemed in the district in which- she 'lived " ;

TIPPERAW— Dearth of a Venerable Religious Mother Mary Alphonsus Hplohan, foundress of "the Presentation Convent, Fethard, County, Tipperary, with which she was connected, for fifty years, died after a short illness, in the early days of July. TYRONE— Retiring from Public Life - Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P., who succeeded Sir Horace Plunkett in- the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, has informed his constituents in "Tyrone that he will retire from political life at ihc end of the' present Parliament. An Australian Visitor When the last mail left Home the Rev. Father Treacy, an Irish-Australian priest, was on a visit to Glenchiel, County Tyrone, to sec his venerable parents, who are both over ninet> years of age. WATERFORD— A Golden Jubilee The golden jubilee,- of Sister Mary, of the Little Sisters of the Poor, was celebrated at the Convent of the Order, Manor Hill, Waterford,' on July 4. The Most Rev. Dr. Sheehan officiated at High Mass, after which the venerable jubilarian was the recipient of presents and congratulations. WEXFORD— Archbishop Kelly in Enniscorthy The Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, Coadjutator-Archbishop of Sydney, when on a visit to Enniscorthy, was presented with an address ry the pupils of the Presentation Convent Schools of the town. - GENERAL Land Stock A five-million issue of Irish Land stock at 2% per cent: on July 6 was subscribed sixty times over. Mr. Birrell and the Christian Brothers The success of Mr. Bin ell's speech in the debate on theSupplementary Estimates for Irish education was largely due - (says the Catholic Times) to the confidence it inspired of the display of a more liberal spirit in the future. , The attitude of the Chief So< rotary with regard to the action of the Treasury in apportioning the education grant was not all that, could have been desired It is manifestly indefensible that as to details which could only be properly ascertained and judged of by educationists on tlie spot in Ireland the power of giving a momentous decision should be practically entrusted to Treasury clerks. Upon further consideration, Mr. Birrell will, we feel sure, change his opinion with respect to that point. The duty of deciding how the ,granl should bo applied is as much within the province of the Irish Commissioners of National Education. as is that of saying where the school accommodation is excessive. Mr. Birrell's remarks on the work of the Christian Brothers will be read by Catholics everywhere with genuine pleasure. Everyone^ who had seen their fchools, he said, appreciated their value and the part they played in Irish education. The Christian Brothers were doing a great work. He did not know whether they \ ■wished to come under the authority of the Commissioners, be cause parents preferred their schools paitly because they were able to give instruction in their own way without being interfered, with by public authorities. But if they presented their views to him he would consider them most sympathetically. The Chief Secretary's offer will be carefully considered by the Brother,. It is to Mr. Birrell's credit that he sees it is only fair, since thedenominational principle prevails throughout Ireland that the Brothers should not be deprived of Government grants because they assert it without limitations or disguise. The Franco-British Exhibition The Archbishop of Westminster has arranged that during the continuance of the Franco-British Exhibition Mass will be said each Sunday at the ' Irish Village, for the convenience of those resident there. Father Day, of Westminster Cathedral, has been appointed 4 parish priest 'of the village. Referring to this - village, generally kno\vn as Ballymaclinton, the energy and business capacity of those who 'run' it are "very remarkable. The;* ' have, in fact, succeeded in making it the feature par excellence of the whole Exhibition. / Ballymaclintop 'is the one place that every English and Irish visitor .seeks for first. The promoters deserve warm congratulations from all who have " the "industrial interests of Ireland at heart; 'the more so' as all profits from" the sales in the village and from the 'gate' go to, the aid of Lady Aberdeen's crj;ade against tuberculosis in Ireland. There are several Irish factories in the village, chief amongst them McClintoff's Toilet Soap .Factory, in which a soap is. made for which soothing and hygienic qualities are claimed above thos.* of any other soap, inasmuch as it is manufactured from the ash of plants instead of caustic soda.