Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 4 January 1912, Page 35

Irish News

ANTRlM—Tenants Purchase their Holdings The -tenants on Lord Herbert Vane Tempest's estate, comprising twelve to wrilands in the districts'of Cloughmills, Duriloy, and Glenravel, Co. Antrim, have completed arrangements to purchase at a . price affording them 4s in the £ reduction on their present : .rents':' % CORK'— Exquisite Taste and Skill "Acknowledging the Court train -of Irish needlepoint lace which the ladies of Belfast arid neighborhood have presented as a coronation gift, the Queen says she is charmed with the train,_and greatly admires the exquisite taste' and skill which have been displayed by the ; Sisters of the Youghal Convent in the execution of the work.' : \ , - DERRY—Degrees and Domestic Duties Distributing the prizes to successful students at Magherafelt Technical School/Mr. .T. W. Russell, M.P., expressed the view that half the girls who were now taking degrees in Arts would do better to take degrees, in Domestic Science. He would rather see a girl able to boil a potato well than play a piano badly. What good were such degrees as he had indicated to girls who were going to be the wives of farmers? DUBLINA Munificent Donation His Grace Most Rev. Dr. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, has given a donation of £IOOO to the fund for the erection of St. Patrick's Church at Ringsend, Dublin. Tribute to Lord Iveagh ■t. Speaking at the opening of the academic year at University College, his Grace the'Archbishop of Dublin referred to the generous gift of land which the college had received from its good neighbor, Lord Iveagh. That gift,-valuable as it was in itself, though he understood that the extent of the land was small; could not but be regarded by them as handsome, owing to the circumstances and the spirit in which it was made. That, gift would enable a building to be put up suitable to the work of the college, and in every sense acceptable from the architectural point of view. When Lord Inveagh was approached regarding -thY"purchase of the land, he at once expressed his readiness to meet the v views of the college representatives in every, way, with the one exception that he insisted on making a gift of the land. The land, however, was tied up by settlements. Lord ? Iveagh was, therefore," not the owner, but was the life tenant, and could not part with it without paying in settlement the full value of it. That Lord Iveagh did with great generosity. Lord Iveagh expressed the-wish that it should be understood that he was giving the land as a tribute to the memory of two Catholic priests whom he had very well known— James Healy and the Right Rev. Monsignor Molloy, who had been Rector of the Catholic University College. He .(the Chancellor) trusted that they would see placed in some suitable position in the new building a tablet or some other -permanent reference to the generosity of the man who had done so much for them, and also a record of the spirit in which the land was given in memory of those two priests. u '-" KERRY—lrish Trees for the White House There are to be some Irish trees t on ; the .White "House grounds, Washington, from the estate of the Knight of' Kerry on the island of Valencia. They are the gift to Mrs. Taft of Cincinnati friends who have been visiting Ireland, and they are the ; cuttings from : three of the largest and oldest flowering trees in the world. One "of them is from the fuchsia '■- tree, long past a century old, and two and a-half*feet around; another is from an oleander which 200 years ago was transplanted from an island in the lonian Sea, and \- the third is from an acacia tree, which towers over oaks and sycamores and is a mass of pink feathery, blossoms in July. f; All the cuttings have. been rooted; and it is believed' they will thrive in the soil of the White House grounds, where trees are specially cared for, ;A -

MAYO—A Large Estate Sold The Palmer estate, the largest property in Mayo, "with a rental of close on £20,000, has been sold ; to the Congested Districts Board. TIPPERARY—A Venerable Nationalist ■ Very Rev. Canon Power, P.P., Emly, • presided at 5 an important meeting of: the South / Tipperary Executive : of : the United Irish League in the Town Hall, :Cahir, on November 8. In the course of an address he said that when starting out that morning he saw snow on the hills, and he asked himself was it a day for -■ an octogenarian to travel, or should he stay at -: home. He decided not to stay at home. He remembered being - out one memorable night in cold sixty-seven, and he said to himself he would be with his friends in Cahir ; that day too. He congratulated those present on their fine meeting, which showed that they loved freedom, and that'spirit would live on until they had their own again in a native Parliament. - Scholarships Examinations At a meeting of the North Tipperary University committee, and at which the Rev. Benedict Wood, Mount St. Joseph, Roscrea,, presided, the results of the recent examinations for University scholarships were announced. Six : candidates presented , themselves for - the three scholarships, and each of the six qualified. The candidates were:— William C. Kenny, Portroe; Denis J. Kennedy, Borrisoleigh ; M. J. O'Brien, Portroe Thomas J. Power, Hogan's Pass, Nenagh; Michael Connolly, Ballypatrick, Thurles; Miss Annie . O'Kennedy, Bawn, Nenagh. All the candidates obtained honors in from four to two subjects. The Rev. T. Corcoran, S.J., University College, Dublin, in a letter to Mr' Thomas Duggan, Chairman . of the County Council, said that North Tipperary presented the largest number of candidates, and that all of them obtained the minimum qualification of two honors out of five •sub-, jects, and that the Tipperary candidates secured three out of the first five places. It was also gratifying;{that five of the entrants obtained honors in Irish,, and that three were awarded that distinction in mathematics—a number unequalled;by' any other county. " - • " -'-*. An Unfounded Charge ; "The Clonmel Board of Guardians on November 11 adopted a resolution stating that there was no ground whatever;for the charges made by Canon Leslie, Protestant chaplain of the workhouse, with regard to the change of religion of a Protestant patient in the workhouse hospital, and that if there was undue interference it was on the part of the assistant Protestant chaplain. TYRONE— A Prosperous Town •'*■ Aughnacloy, in the Co. Tyrone, finds 1 itself in the t happy position of being able to dispense with its town : rate this year, owing to the prosperous state of its markets and the profits accruing therefrom. • - WATERFORD-Death of a Business Man - The death occurred on November 14, in his seventysecond; year, of Mr. Robert Merry managing -director of the well-known firm of Messrs"R. A. Merry and Co of Dungarvan, New Ross, and Waterford. The deceased gentleman opened business in Dungarvan in 1868, and subsequently founded the Waterford and New Ross houses. His undertakings were- of a most successful character, and .some years-ago the business was turned into a limited liability company. - GENERAL i Unwholesome Literature /'" ' "' ' All ; Irish Catholics (says a Dublin "correspondent) admit that great credit is due to ..Limerick: for having" been .the, first city in Ireland to take practical step! towards putting an end to the sale of the unwholesome - and; immoral publications with . which the country is being flooded.; Other large centres of population are following Limerick's example, and it looks as if the movement' set om foot there .will result in suppressing the unholy traffic. The vigilance ; committee formed in Dublin has drawn up a set of rules for guidance in the action which has been entered on in the- Metropolis 0-R Waterford a meeting was held in .the Cathedral ; sacristy, Right Rev. Mgr. Flynn, P.p., presiding The.

Catholic bodies of the city were all represented. A > committee was appointed to take steps to stop the sale .; of immoral literature and objectionable post cards in * the city At the monthly meeting of the Sacred Heart Sodality,; in SS. Peter and Paul's Church, Clonmel, - the spiritual director spoke of the campaign that had ; : been started in Dublin, Limerick, Waterford, and else- •-.. where against the sale of - immoral; literature. Subse- / quently a meeting ; was; held,' and a vigilance committee was appointed. At a meeting of the Christian- Bro- : thers' /Union: of past> pupils held in the Belvidere Hotel, Dublin, a resolution was passed calling on all pupils of the- Christian Schools in Ireland to use every legitimate means to : stamp out the traffic in publications which '■ had a tendency to poison.- the r ; minds / and corrupt the T morals:: of the young. From many pulpits appeals -have/been made to the: congregations in connection wife the matter. An agitation has -been started which is - bound -to; have an excellent effect in connection:' with ' this question, _ one of vital importance to - the spiritual and temporal welfare of the people. < """ No Cause for Complaint It . has frequently been suggested that fair-minded Protestants living in : almost entirely Catholic districts should come forward and say what they think of the charges' of intolerance; preferred against their Catholic neighbors. It is satisfactory to find that many of them are doing so, and it is hoped that many others will follow their example. Mr. Shean Carter, owner of the largest property in -Erris, says that during ~ the .-.: thirty-five years he has been living :in the locality he [} never/heard of a ? single* case of religious bigotry, or of any insulting remarks in connection with religious matters. On the contrary, the greatest harmony 1 had always prevailed. Mr. James /Butler-Revers says that having 'lived in Clare for many years he can ; honestly say a single case of religious" bigotry has never■ come - under his notice, and he is confident that there has been no such "thing. Mr. Richard Bird,. Fermoy, r says that he has always /lived: oh the best of /terms with his Catholic friends and neighbors, and owes a good deal of-his success as a farmer their kindness and ; co-operation. Mr; Patter, J.P., DC., County Kilkenny, says that in that county, where the Catholic.- -: element is so strong, they have on many of their public boards members of both denominations, and that the / same state of affairs exists in every Catholic county in Ireland. As one who has had practical' experience in Kilkenny of the manner in which public business' is conducted, he can assert, without fear of contradiction, .that if Home Rule were granted to Ireland— and he - hoped it would be in -the hear Protestants would have no cause of complaint, but on the contrary would have their, due share of representation. Mr. Pilkington, a County Clare solicitor, % says he never: met with the smallest inconvenience or discourtesy from his Catholic brethren on account of his religion. Pie has lived all his life amongst them on terms of goodwill and friendship. It is his experience that the county is free from religious intolerance.