IRISH NEWS

New Zealand Tablet, 15 May 1919, Page 31

IRISH NEWS

GENERAL. , A Bill which has been introduced into the English Parliament to admit women ,to . practise as solicitors and barristers does not apply to Ireland. ■, The Earl of Ro e who died from wounds received during the war, has left his 4 famous telescope at Birr arid his other scientific instruments to his ; successor in the title. The 1919 Oireachtas (Irish Literary Convention) will be held in Cork next August. It will be a considerable advance on anything yet attempted, at this great national festival. f 4 ' ..," 4 '. V’ 4 4 4,44 , In many parts of Ireland Sinn Fein courts of arbitration are now established to deal with legal work. All kinds of actions, from small debt cases to high court, actions, are dealt with. Already some big cases have been amicably settled. . ° The special cox-respondent of the Daily Ecu's’ (London), writing from Dublin, says the most interesting movement in Irish politics is the steady set of the Southern Unionists towards Home Rule because they believe the Union spells poverty. Dublin Coiste Ccanntar has adopted a resolution viewing with alarm the introduction of foreign dances' at the so-called Ceili organised by Irish-Ireland clubs and societies, and drawing attention to the fewness of songs in Irish at these functions. Thomas Murphy, The Foythe, Wexford, who during the war saved 50 lives, has just died at sea. He had been awarded Lloyds silver medal, and received monetary rewards from the Ministry of Shipping and the Canadian-Pacific Ocean Services. A warning against the indiscriminate reading of current pernicious literature, which comes chiefly from England, is delivered by several of the Irish bishops in tlieir Lenten Pastorals. They recommend the publications of the Catholic Truth Society. he remains of the late Right Rev. Mgr. Shanahan, Ihornaby-oxx-Tees, arrived in Limerick and were met at the railway station by the Most Rev. Dr. HalHixa.li arid diocesan clergy. The chief mourners included Father Shanahan, P.P., Dr. Shanahan (brother), Sir Vincent Nash, the Mayor (Mr. O’Mara), and a large concourse of citizens. The body was interred in Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery. Much regret is felt at the death of Miss Mary Fitzpatrick, elder daughter of the late Thomas Fitzpatrick, the well-known Dublin cartoonist and proprietor of the Leijmedcuun. Her death was caused by double pneumonia following influenza; Miss Fitzpatrick was a very clever artist. She assisted her father with the Leipreacaun, and after his death, with the help of her sister carried on the paper for some time, but she was best known for her beautiful designs for illuminated addresses. DR. THOMAS ADDIS EMMET. The American papers announce the death on March 1 of Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, one of the most pro) minent laymen of Irish descent in the United States. Dr. Emmet was the grandson of Thomas Addis Emmet and the grand-nephew of Robert Emmet. His father, Dr John Patten Emmet, was Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica in the University of Virginia, and it was at Charlotteville that Dr. Emmet was born 91 years ago. Dr. Patten Emmet died when the 'boy ' was only 14 years of age, leaving his family “little more ; than his good name,” and from that time he had to i( depend on his own exertions. He graduated in medicme at the Jefferson Medical College, 4 Philadelphia, in 1850, and immediately began'the practice of his profession at New York. He soon attained great eminence as a surgeon and his book oh Principles and ’Prac- I tice became a standard work as soon 'as 1 published. 1 * Dr. Polt, r the great Chicago surgeon, says: “As we pass in review the events of our department of surgery which have transpired during the past 40 years ’ .

- T - . . ... •* ————— , : - - _? ' , ' r .» we see that the name of. Emmet is associated more prominently with the great achievements of that period than that of any of his contemporaries.” Dr. Emmet was connected s with all the great New York hospitals in one capacity ior another, ; and was a s member of ? all K the great'.i American e.- medical* societies. ~ b.,8 ,>;scvihooW , ■ln 1869 he joined the Catholic Church, and 1 was a r xo;t devoted Catholic up to the hour of his death. ' ; He got -. L many honors from the Church, including the Laetere Medal of the . University of Notre Dame (Ind- ,andm i the Insignia of Knightly Commander of the i Order of hd St. Gregory' the Great from Pope Pius -Kv.i-r ni ,aoi:bori • Dr. Emmet i had that great love for Ireland which ? characterised all his family. He was one of Parnell’s mj principal; American supporters/ : Afterwards, for eight Wl years, he was President of the, Irish ' National Federation. On what proved his death bed he was appointed ?, Vice-President of the Friends of ■: Irish > Freedom, the it a American auxiliary; of Sinn Fein. He. wrote several books relating to Ireland, amongst which are Ireland Under English Rule and' The Emmet Family. He also i wrote an autobiography, Incidents of My Life; The funeral took place on Tuesday, March A, the • anniversary of the birth of Robert Emmet. h Solemn ” Requiem High Mass was celebrated at St. Stephen’s • Church, New York, the Archbishop.i(Most Rev. Dr. P. J. Hayes) presiding,?and the body was afterwards : interred in the family b vault; in the;■ convent of the Sisters of Divine Compassion, White Plains. - . MRS. DE VALERA: VISIT TO GREYSTONES. Mrs. E. De Valera, interviewed at Greystones by a special correspondent of the Evening Standard with regard to her husband’s escape, said she only knew what she saw in the papers, and she was glad he had ' 1 escaped, emphasising the word “escaped,” which : was sweeter to her than liberated. - mb. The De Valeras have only recently settled in Grey- ■ • stones, which is almost entirely a Unionist village. A ' plantation county ’ we call ft,” said ; Mrs; De 5 Valera, with a laugh. “Cromwellian, you know.” We talked of the women’s part in the Sinn 4 Fein movement. “Many work as hard as the men,” she , - said. “I, too, was very active once. Now my part ' lies in my home. I have several children.” - I could hear their prattle and laughter in an adjoining room. Mrs. De Valera rose and' ushered the child away. She spoke to the little one in Irish. ’ Did she lie awake thinking and wondering of 4 the perils of her husband? It seemed so incongruous to see her sitting in the sunlight, the Imppy buoyancy 1 of her heart reflected in her' merry eyes. - "'■■■ • Ah, she replied, “that is all in the woman’s part. I have served my apprenticeship.” mr; I heard not one word of bitterness from her, nob a note of indignation. There was no fiery outburst-, • such as I had expected. y r *- She is a stranger here iii •. Grey stories, without'' friends. Unionists almost to a family, nobody calls. I had expressed to a Sinn Feiner my surprise that De Valera should thus choose residence amongst the aliens.” “Why,” was the humorous response, “it’s just because of the Irish in him, of course. Sure, I he - wouldn’t do what an Englishman would. You don’t understand us at all.”' 'v ' ««OhJr.;errh\?; vUsoB • , I rose to leave this lonely lady of the great ideal that she best serves her country who serves the home, - and noticed fastened upon the very centre 'of the draw-ing-room door the figure of Christ, with 1 these words, “ will bless the houses in which the image of My Heart * | shall be , exposed and 4 honored.” ■ • !' ,As we both paused before this Presence her demeanor became one of devotion, and wishful ‘as I am to get at the inner meaning of the Sinn 1 Fein move- ; i ment, I was emboldened to take the liberty of inquir- v ing as. to this. 4 V'Sboiv/ohk “Is He,” ; said I, “your husband’s Header ?”(h“I 1 I placed that there,” she said quietly and , bowing her -’ i - head, ‘/out of devotion to the Sacred Heart, : and I : believe my husband has been spared 4 as the result o of J our .prayers for him.”' 'xovyoq -ji'/ij.' .boho-faxa-k 1 J Ji" i ’■ *,1,2 ■ fl .r r.r - -■