The Irish Society, Dunedin

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 26, 5 July 1923, Page 9

The Irish Society, Dunedin

The president (Mr. A. J. Ryan)' presided over a fair attendance of members at the monthly meeting of the Irish Society in, the Overseas Club Rooms the other evening. The lecturer for the evening was Mr. A. G. Neill, who gave a most interesting address entitled “Leaders of the Irish Bar.” In an entertaining and instructive manner he dealt with the lives and works of such men as John Philpot Curran, Richard O’Connell, and Lord Russell of Killowen, the latter of whom rose from the Bar to be Lord Chief Justice of England. The chairman, in , proposing a vote of thanks to the lecturer, expressed the hope that later Mr. -Neill would oblige the society by giving a lecture on Richard O’Connell. An excellent musical programme was contributed to by the following; —Mrs. Loughran, Misses Dales,' A. Treston, Elsie Bryant, E. Duncan, I. Simons, and Mr. W. Fox; a duet was given by Mrs.Loughran and Miss R. Carter, a violin solo by Miss Winnie Geddcs, and recitations by Miss M. Gallagher and Mr. 'Alan Young. Miss M. Sandys officiated- at the piano.