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Show a Dtest Trisft news - ; April 11, at a meeting of the Irish literary society, soci-ety, Dublin, before a crowded audience, a lecture was delivered by Mr. Stephen Gwynne on "Thomas Moore." Dr. Singcnson presided. f Dr. Michael A. Donnelly, F. R. C. S., died at his residence. 0 St. Stephen's green, Dublin, April 12. The event, was deeply regretted. During the past twenty-five years he had been interne 'and visiting physician to the West MorelandLock hospital. He was also a member of tho board of examiners in classics of the Royal College of Surgeons. The first annual dinner of the Catholic university univer-sity school union took place in the Dolphin hotel, Dublin. April 13, when eighty members were present. pres-ent. A most enjoyable evening was spent. The ceremony of profession was held in the convent, con-vent, of Our Lady of Charity of Refuge, Gloueester street, Dublin, on April 13. Yery Rev. M. MeEntee, Adm.. pro-Cathedral, officiated. The choir novice who liad the happiness of making her holy vows is Sister Alary of St. John the Evangelist (Walsh), and the two young ladies who received the veil were Miss Jane Magdalen Duffy (who took in religion the name of Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart), daughter of Mr. Xieholas Duffy, Castletownu Geo-ghegan, Geo-ghegan, county Wcstmeath: and Miss Mary Margaret Mar-garet Walsh (who took in religion the name of Sister Sis-ter Mary of the Immaculate Heart), second daughter daugh-ter of Mr. Thomas Walsh, Ballyvoreen House, Murroc ,' County Limerick. The names taken by the sisters were most appropriate, as the congregation of 0"r Lady of Charity is consecrated to the Sacred Sa-cred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. On April 0'. at the Convent of Mercy, Carysfort i park,.Blackrock, Dublin, Miss Lizzie Doyle (in religion re-ligion Sister Mary Faula), daughter of the late' John Doyle, Xaas, was professed. The ceremony was performed by Most Rev. Dr. Walsh, archbishop of Dublin, assisted by the Rev. Father Pcttit and the Rev. Father -Morrissey and Rev. Father Shana-han, Shana-han, chaplains. : Mr. Michael Mulligan, Graigucnamanagh, County Coun-ty Kilkenny, died on Good Friday. His funeral to Graigucnamanagh cemetery on Easter Sunday was a large and representative one. Rt. Rev. Dr. Brownrigg, bishop of Ossorv, on iiprn i iaia mo nrsr, stone oi me new cnureli ot the Sacred Heart. For the erection of this church j late Sir Henry Winston Baron left $15,000. ' Rev. B. Scanlan. late pastor, of Castle Connell, County Limerick, who died May 15, 1003, left to the superioress of the Convent of Mercy, Birr, County Kings, $2,000. This is but one of several bequests to religious institutions. The Leinster Leader, in a recent issue among the Birr and Rosccrea notes, had the following: "The emigration season is with us again; the annual an-nual exodus has begun; the same scenes and touching touch-ing farewells are to be witnessed at our railway stations. The people are flying from the land as if it were plague-stricken. We fear the drain will he on a much larger scale this year than heretofore. hereto-fore. It has been a ruinous season for the farmer, and the farmers' sons and daughters are rushing away to 'try their fortunes' beyond the seas. The passage tickets arc Coming home by every mail, and at every sailing the big ships are laden with their human freight. It is a sickening spectacle .this tragedy of a nation. Much has been said and many solemn warnines entered against the exile's fate in the battle of life in the great, big, pittilcss cities of other lands, but. what has been done to keep the people at home!1" The Vincent ian Fathers are conducting a mission mis-sion in St. Mary's church, Drogheda, County Louth. Great numbers are attending the religious exercises exer-cises and much good of a permanent character will result. Mro. Anne Ahem, Ross Quarries, Mountnugent, died April 12, aged 40 years, deeply regretted. She was a native of Edenderry, King's county. The interment took place in Castletown, Meath. Tiliss Mary Lynch, formerly of Lower, Leitrim, Kells. died April 7 at Parliament street, Dublin, deeply regretted. The remains were conveyed by rail for interment in Kills, County Mcath. April 10. at St. Ailbe's Roman Catholic church, Emir, Tipperary, by the Rev. Canon M. Ptiwer, James James Ryan. Gurlavalla, Doon, County Lim-erjck, Lim-erjck, io Annie McXamar3of Errdv. April 12, at Parochial church,' GalbaUy, .. by the Rev. P. W. Rvan, Cashel, cousin of the bride, assisted gj the Very Rev. Canon Ryan. Rev. Michael Hourigau, Galbally, and the Rev. T. F. O'Meara, Tipperary, Joseph English. Tipperary, to Mary Catherine Donovan, Carnally. A most successful concert in aid of the Minis bazar was given in the St. James' schools, Athboy, lately, when several amateurs lent fheir services. The artists' included the Countess of Darnley, who opened the proceedings with a pianoforte solo, supplemented sup-plemented by two songs. Peter 6ray, farmer, was found dead near his home at Rathleague, Maryborough. County Queen's, April 13. He was aged 60 years and not married. Heart failure caused death. 4 Mr. John Murray. Clonlost.1 Wcstmeath, died March 23. and Mr. Christopher Dowling. of Rath-owen, Rath-owen, died April 13, aged S9 years, both deeply and widely regretted. . . Miss Jane Margaret Duffy, of Castletown Geo-ghegan, Geo-ghegan, Wastmcath, received the white, veil in the Convent of Our Lady of Charitv, Gloucester street, Dubli n, on April 13. Several members of the family fam-ily attended the impressive ceremony. ! . Sir Henry Harty, Bart., coroner for South County Dublin, held an inquest April 11 on the body of Bridget Boland, found dead in her room, at 50 Mulg'rave s-trCet. Kingstown, on April 0. About $800 were found in her possession, but her relatives are not known.' She was 70 years of age and is supposed to have belonged to Limerick, near Gorey. The deceased was in receipt of an annuity, of $150 provided for her by t In? late Mr.. J. Weldon of Messrs. Maxwell Sc Weldon, solicitors. Xorth Great. George's street, Dublin. She had been in Mr. Weldon's family a great many years. f Mrs. Margaret Hayes of Cornmarkct, Wexford, died April 12, at the great age of S9 years. The funeral fu-neral to Fay the cemetery was attended by a great number of persons. On the night of Easter .Monday the' Tullow branch of the Gaelic league visited Baltinghias to produce the play in which ihey were so successful iii Tullow. The company, whose object, is a most .laudable one that of augmenting the funds of the Father Murphy Memorial got through tho play in a commendable manner. After the play a concert truly Irish was provided, in which vocalism of a high order was exhibited. ' A Ycilidh was held in. the assembly rooms, Rundown. Run-down. Donegal, recently, under the auspices of the local branch of the Gaelic league. The merry makers mak-ers kept the premises alive with their dancing of the "Jinnee Mor," Rinnee Pa da," and "Waves of Tory" and several reels and hornpipes. In the Catholic church, Clogher, Tyrone, by the Rev., J. J. Boyle, pastor, assisted by the Rev. P. McElmeel and Rev. T. C. Connolly, cousin of the bridoj Mr. Joseph Rogers of Fintona was married to Miss Teresa Kennedy, daughter of Mr. Patrick Kennedy merchant, Clogher. 1 A successful concert was given recently in the town hall.Monaghan, under the auspices of St. Mc-Cartan's Mc-Cartan's Temperance brass band. The concert opened with a selection of'St. McCartan's Temperance Temper-ance band, under Mr. Wl (Tucker, Sr. The boys of the Christian schools gave four choruses in fine style. Miss Moya Turley sang "Kathleen Mavour-neen" Mavour-neen" and other sangs. The comic element was represented by Mr. McSherry, Bally.bay. Sonic 'of the most interesting items on the programme were the songs 'and recitations of Miss Olive Berry and J the dancing of Mr. P. McGrath. Right Rev. Dr. Henry, bishop of Down and Connor, Con-nor, last, fortnight visited St. Paul's Convent of Mercy, Crumlin' road, Belfast, and presided over the ceremony of profession of two Sisters of Mercy, Sister Mary Antonia Downey and Sister Mary Evangelist Carr. The following young ladies received re-ceived the holy habit on same occasion: Miss McKay, Mc-Kay, Glenarm (in religion Sister Mary Mechtilde), Miss MsAtcer, Glenarm (in religion Sister Mary Borgia), and Miss Kennedy,- Athlone (in religion Sister .Mary. Raphael). .-. . . At Antrim, in presence of a large audience, the Glenarm Dramatic club' gave a splendid performance per-formance of "Rosalecn Dim," a play written recently re-cently by John Denvir, a Xorth Antrim Irishman, editor of Denvir's Irish Monthly. The increasing growth of'the desire to follow on Gaelic lines in Glenarm since tse inception of the language revival re-vival had a desirable effect in influencing the members mem-bers of the dramatic club, with the result that an Irish play of a high tone and bereft of vulgarism was performed. A meeting of the tenants on the Maguire estate was held in the Downshire Arms hotel, Banbridge, County Down, April 14. Mr. George Crawford, Ballievey House, Banbridge, occupied the chair. The landlord's agent, Mr. Fowler, stated that the offer made by the landlord ivas twenty-six and a quarter years' purchase on second terra rents and twenty-two and a quarter years' purchase on first term rents. The tenants decided to purchase their holdings on these terms. Sporting rights arc the property of the tenants in future.'- Several hundreds of people assembled at Dono-' gan Mullagh, Fermanagh, recently to build a house for Mr. James Sexton, residing at Rath, and who was evicted from his holding by Mr. Richard Griffith Grif-fith of Cheltenham, England. The housg has been built within view of the old homestead, and is substantial.. The people from the surrounding districts dis-tricts and parishes, as well as representatives from Kilrush, Cree. Miltonmalbay, etc., were present. Mr. Matt Kelly county councilor, attended with his fife and drum band of Cree. He superintended the work until the house was completed. District Inspector Irwin, with a force of policemen, was present. Mr. Sexton is the father of ten children, ranging from 10 to 5 years. Hiss annual rent is 10 anil the value 9 10s. The amount of rent due was two years. Xow the costs have exceeded the original claim. On April S, at the Convent of Mercy. Ennisty-mon, Ennisty-mon, Clare, the profession took place of Miss Mary Ellen Sheehan, in religion Sister Mary Agnes, and Miss Connolly, in religion Sister Mary Columba. Sister Mary Agnes is daughter of the late Mr. James O'Mcehan, of Queen's Square, Fermoy. Cork, and Sister Columba a daughter of Mr. Thomas Connolly, Boherageela House, Meanus. Bruff, Lim-eirck. Lim-eirck. The ceremony was performed by the Most Rev. Dr. McCormack, bishop of Galway and Kil-macduagh, Kil-macduagh, assisted by a number of clergy. On April 15 the sub-sheriff of County Cork, assisted by bailiffs and police from Cork and Queenstown, made seizures of cattle on the holdings of-tenants on the Longfield estate, at Ballinascar-tha. Ballinascar-tha. near Midleton, by the landlord, Colonel Long-field. Long-field. These tenants included Captain Donelan, member of parliament for East Cork, whip of the Irish party, against whom judgment for rent was obtained by Colonel Longfield. The seizures are a sequel of the failure of the tenants' negotiations for purchase, and the refusal of an abatement. . On April 5 Jeremiah Connelly, residing at Longshive, was crossing n fence. -and falling off, , broke his thigh. In that condition ho remained all night, when he was discovered by his friends. He is progressiiiT favorably. : ''''" ' . f Among the . Irish exhibits to the St. Louis, ex- ihibition is one 'from the Silverspring Starch company,' com-pany,' 'Glanniire," Cork. It consists" of sis large cases, containing Silverspring Shamrock and Ivory starch, packed in most, attractive boxes, also blue and starch enamel. Miss Mary Ellen Sheehan, daughter of late Mr. James Sheehan, of the Square, Fermoy, was lately professed a member of the Order of Mercy, in the Convent, Ennistymon, County Clare. Her religious title is Sister Mary Agnes. "On April S a farmer named Patrick Lynch disappeared dis-appeared from his home at Coolnaclchy, near Skib-bereen. Skib-bereen. He got up in the morning about 0 o'clock, fed hiicattle, then left, and has not been seen since. The police dragged the river and searched all round, but no trace of him could be found. lie was about GO years of age and was on the best of terms with his family and neighbors. James Barry of 15 Roche's building, Cork, on j April 15 was engaged in the electric power house ! at Glanniire. and was setting the fly wheel in mo- ! tion. This he did with his foot from an elevation, and it appears that he slipped and his leg becoming entangled in the wheel, he was dragged fonvard and terribly mangled. He died in a short time. The Cork County Eagle stafed lately on authority author-ity that through Mr. Dohcrty, Lord Bandon's agent. 3 ,K)0 acres of his property, situated in Goleen and Schull, have been sold to the tenants on terms satisfactory sat-isfactory to both; also the estate of the Rev. T. M. Hicks at Mount Gabriel, Dcreenatra, and Raheen-! Raheen-! roe, comprising 1,500 acres. This sale on the Ban-don Ban-don property completes a transference of 35,000 acres of Lord Bandon's estates to the tenants. A prominent Midleton, Cork, nationalist, has j passed away in the person of Mr. Williuu Ramsell, whose demise occurred rather suddenly at-the Mill 5 j road, -Midleton, on March Defeated, who was aged about 62 years, was president of the local I branch of the Amalgamated Tailors' sn-iety. Ih; was prominently connected with the Fenian move- I ment of Y7 and was oik- of the few remaining j members of the "Old (iuanl." For a Ions; number of years past he was identified with every national J agitation and always hud the cause of Ireland at. heart. His sudden death has evoked sympathy and I regret. I |