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Show Latest Irish News . I 1 THE DAUGHTER. j li s not meself I'm grieving for, it's not I 1hut 1m complaining. I (lie's a pood man. is Michael and I've never felt his frown) But there's sorrow beating on me like i a long day's raining For the little wrinkled face of her left i in Kerrydown. It's just Herself I'm longing for, Ker- Iself and no other Do you mind the morns v:e walked to Mass when all the fields were Jrecn? 'Twas I tliat pined your kerchief, oh, me mother, mother, mother! The wide sens, the cruel seas ami half the world between. ' It'tj the man's part to say ihe word, f the wife's to up and follow 1 J It's a fair land, we've come to, and there's i!eniy here for .".11) It's not the homesick lnntritig that lures me like a swallow. Hut the one voice across the world that draws me to its call. It's just Herself I'm longing for, Her-j ! self and n other Do you mind th tales you told me when the turf wns .blazing bright? ?.le head unoii your shoulder, oh, me mother, mother, mother' The broad seas luMween us and yourself your-self alone tonight! Tin re's oVceiit neigh burs Jill about. I there's coming and there's going; It's kind souls will be about me when I the little one is here: I Hut It's her word that T'ni wanting. S her comfort I'd be knowing, I .".nil her blessing mi t bo two of us to j diive away the fear. ill's just Herself I'm longing for. Herself Her-self and no oilier Do you mind the soft spring morning morn-ing when-you stitched the wedding wed-ding gown 7 The little, caieful stitches, oh, me mother, mother, mother! Mi self beyond the broad seas and I you in Kerrydown! I Tbeodosia Garrison. i:i McCU're's j Magazine. LATEST IRISH NEWS. Antrim. On Wcdnesdav lHth ult.. at the Kil-?j.ian Kil-?j.ian petty sessions, Mr. Alick Fyfc, "argan, Gler.ravel. and Mr. John Loan. .Crossroads. Glenravel. were swrin in justices of the peace for County Coun-ty Antrim. Hoth gentlemen are sterling ster-ling Nationalists. Sister Mary Margaret Ilyrn (if the ('invent of the Good Shepherd. Bally-Jiafeigh, Bally-Jiafeigh, died on Dec. 20 in the twenty-sixth twenty-sixth year of her religious life. Cavan. j Colonel the Right Honorable Kdward lames Saunderson. P.-C. M. P., of easily eas-ily Saunderson, I-ieJturbet. son of the late Colonel Saunderson. M. P.. D. I.,., "astle Saunderson. who died on the -1st 'f October, left property to the value f i.'L'?.OO0. It is many years since we were visited visit-ed with such a heavy fall of snow as ha1; taken place within the last fe-.v days, says the Cavan News of Dee. l!9. The country is covered with a white pall of several inches of snow. If the weather seers are to be relied on. this weather will continue for some .imo. The extreme cold and scarcity of work v hich such weather will entail are sure to ause great suffering and privation ii t among the poor. There is urgent need I for increased assistance for the various I charitable organizations which are no- I My endeavoring to cope with the dis- I tress. A few winters ago a coal fund S ' was started in Cavan. which gave re- I lief to many families, and it might be J v. ell if it were revived. j Cork. Lieutenant Dawkes of th? Royal Engineers, En-gineers, stalional at Fort Camden, at the mouth of Cork Harbor, was discov-eied discov-eied dead in his bed on Christmas . j.iorning under tragic circumstances. His servant knocked at the bedroom I door, and failing to get an answer. forced it open, to find his.master dead. Miss Hannah O'Mahony, Glanworth. National school teacher, was found' bud in bed at fur residence one morning morn-ing recently. She was in delicate health lor soine lime past, but retired to rest io her visual health the previous night. The l;. v. John Walsh, rector nf Kel-sol. Kel-sol. has just died at the uxe of 80 year:. Tin venerable pastor was a fa-i::i;hir fa-i::i;hir figure in clerical circles in t'v-soinh t'v-soinh of Irelaod, and his loss is much (b't.dored. Ordained in 1KZ at St. Marie's of ihe Isle by the late Most Key. Dr. Delaney. bishop of Cork, lie h'-ld curacies at Tracton. Carrigaline, j Dumnamvay. and Kinsale, and was ap- ! potuted parish priest of the united na-i i ishes of Clontead iind P.allymatie in March, bST3. Dublin. i Sister M. Benedict Joseuli MeKi'lean :ied on Dee. 25 at Loreto Abbey, Itath-tarnham. Itath-tarnham. in the twenty-first of her re-Jigious re-Jigious life. Mr. James Carlyie. on" of the ablest of Dublin's journalists, and for yearn liter of the Irish Tims. died in Dublin Dub-lin recently. He was a native of Glasgow. Glas-gow. Scotland. Christmas day was cbsorwd in the Pro-Cathedral and the other Catholic churches of Dublin with Ihe customary jolomuity. His grace the archbishop j. resided at the 12 o'clock mass in tlu Pro-Cathelral. and lho lord mayor, th? lady mayoress and several members of the corporation attended in state. There wus a general tail of snow all I ever Ireland on Wednesday. Dec. 26. in ; consequence of which Leopardstown iace meeting and other outdoor sports had to be postponed, putting itself forward in the beginning An application was made on Thursday, Thurs-day, Dec. 20, in the King's Bench oivi- i-ion, Dublin, for an attachment for contempt of court against the Hight ilen; Walter Long, M. P.. for having made a speech on Dee. 7 prejudicing Ihe case of eight traversers who are .-waiting their trial at the approaching Lcinsler assizes, and against the editors edit-ors of the Irish Times and Daily F.x-press F.x-press for having published the .speech. The motion was adjourned until January Jan-uary that all parties might be brought before the court. His grace the archbishop of Dublin has opened a new wing added to the Maternity hospital, Holies street, Dublin. Dub-lin. Over t.O'lO poor nut deserving families were afforded relief by the Sick and Indigent Rormkeepers' society of Dub- s lin dunng the four days preceding the j Feast of the Nativity. With a view to promoting social intercourse in-tercourse and benevolence between Irishmen of all creeds and classes, a I new Irish society, under the name of I "The Companions of St. Patrick," has j jeen founded in Dublin. , ! . : ... L ... i- - Fernmangh. The death occurred recently at New-townbutier New-townbutier of John O'Reilly at the great age of lC8 years. He was a descendant des-cendant of the ancient chiefs of Breff-ne. Breff-ne. who owned extensive estates in Cavan Ca-van before they were confiscated. A useful meeting of the South Fermanagh Fer-managh executive of the U. I. L. was held recently at Enhiskillen. and it was satisfactory to note that the delegates, clerical and lay, were in perfect accord as to the claims of the Irish National party on the approbation and support of the people. The party are the people's peo-ple's selected representatives. They have been delegated as the advance guard of the National army to do work of the most vital importance to the country. Whoever strives to discredit tl-ein in the eyes of the country's watchful enemies is as mean as the s Idier who fires on his own ilagbearer during the progress of the battle. They realize this in South Fermanagh, and the National cause there will 'never lack support from the united priests and people. Galway. We believe, says the Tuam Herald, that with the exception of an occasional occasion-al little property which looks like an island out in the deep sea, the vast' tract of country extending from Newbridge New-bridge on by Mount Bellew, Menlough, Athenry. Gurteen. Kiltulla. Craugh- well, Lotighrea, is now in the hands, ci coming into the hands of the hardy-sons hardy-sons of the soil. Many properties haw recently been bought up by the estates commissioners, and even though the tenants may be slow in coming into occupation, they are nevertheless sure. Corporal Kerrigan of the Connaught Rangers, stationed at Galway for the past three years, was drowned while boating near Renmore on Dec. 23. to the grief of his family and a wide circle of well-wishers. A resolution passed by the Galway county council' condemning the action of the National bank for refusing to accept checks signed in Irish, has been adopted by several popular bodies in the country. Kerry. Though suffering from illness for some months past, the news of the death, on Dec. 20. of Mrs. Mary McDonnell. Mc-Donnell. Bedford house. Listowel." came as a great shock to her many friends. Mrs. McDonnell was the daughter of the late Michael Sheahan of ttie Farm Yard. Abbeydoi ney, and granddaughter granddaugh-ter of the late Mr. Thomas O'Connell, Deerpark. Lixnaw, and of the late Thade Sheahan, Abbeydorney. so that from both sides the deceased lady was descended from about the oldest family of North Kerry. Mrs. McDonnell, too. was a highly cultivated and educated lady. The Very Rev. T. Canon Davis. P. P.. V. F.. Father Dillon and Father Sheahan. attended the funeral and read the services at the interment. Kildare.s I All arrangements for the Tullow plowing match are complete. AH the classes have been very well supported and in the open classes contests will be very keen, as some crack men from Counties Cork, Wexford and Kildarc have entered. The digging competition has secured a very large entry, and it will form an interesting part of the program. pro-gram. Given a fine day, the Tullow plowing match will be a great success. Kilkenny. ' I Denis Drennan, J. P.. died at his late I residence, Comvay hall, Kilkenny, recently re-cently at the age of 73. to the grief of his children and legions of friends. He was the father of the Revs. Jeremiah and Patrick Drennan. King's. The Tullamore Urban council have decided to get the names of the streets in their town painted in Irish characters charac-ters on the corners thereof. Limerick. Mrs. Bridget O'Callaghan. relict ,of the latexMichael O'Callaghan of Bal-linalockin. Bal-linalockin. Ballylanders. and mother of Revs. John O'Callaghan. Glasgow, Scotland, and Michael O'Callaghan of St. Vincent's. St. Paul. Minn., died on Dec. 24. to the sorrow of the entire county. At the Limerick race meeting on St. Stephen's day. Garryeonnell won the Directors' Plate. Agnes the Holiday j Plate. Strop:,' Tea the St. Stephen's Day Plate. Old Tim the Greenpark Plate and Desmond's Gift the Province Plate. The Rev. Father Power, rector of Kiltcely, presided at a meeting of delegates dele-gates from the Land and Labor association asso-ciation held in that parish recently and advised his heaters to take advantage of the laborers' act; they should no't see bullocks fattening on the land while the people had to be content with scraping the roads. Longford. The Rev. Thomas Fi. Quinn. later rector rec-tor o t'thme Church of St. Paul of the Cross, Jersey City. N. J.. died at Clon-ecose Clon-ecose on Dec. 26. aged 53 years. His funeral fu-neral took place from St. Mel's cathedra!, cathe-dra!, Longford, on Dec. 2!. Louth. j On Dec. L'fi a carman named Michael j Mc-Govern was found lying dead in Francis street, Drogheda. from the effects ef-fects of cold and exposure. The pol'ce in finding the body, detected slight pulsation, pul-sation, and did everything possible to restore animation. A branch of the Gaelic league hr-s re-recently re-recently beep, inaugurated in the Island of Bute by the Marchioness of Bute, and some 300 members have been already al-ready enrolled. There was a bid- meet ing held recently in Rothesay, at which the marquis presided, accompanied by his father-in-law, Sir Henry BHiing-ham, BHiing-ham, of Castlebellingham. and his brother and many friends. Various speeches in Gaelic were made, the most noteworthy being by an Edinburgh Presbyterian minister. Rev. Mr. Mc-Clennam. Mc-Clennam. who alluded to his visit to Dublin, and spoke very warmly of the influence for good o" the Gaelic league! in Ireland, and advised his hearers to follow the example of that country. A handsome calendar for 1907 was enclosed en-closed in our Droghela Argus of Dee. 22. Its illustration was a fine photograph of the Tiedagh Ga.-lic Football club. Monaghan. Widespread regret was occasioned on the 22nd ult. when the news became known of the death of the Very Rev. Thomas Canon Murnhy. rector of Kji-more Kji-more and Drumsnatt. which took place at Monaghan. The news was all the sadder in view of its unexpectedness, as the death was sudden. The deceased de-ceased had been complaining for some time. The cause of death was oplexy Canon Murphy was one of the esteemed and popular parish priests of the diocese dio-cese of Clogher. He had reached the advanced age of 07 years and was an t intimate friend of the bishop, the Right Rev. Dr. Owens, who feels very acutely his loss. He was a never-failing friend of the poor, among whom his sudden demise will at this season of the year be most deeply deplored. Canon Murphy, Mur-phy, yho had been for many years on-r.ected on-r.ected with the ancient and historic parish of Kilmore and Drumsnatt, had inly been recently appointed to the ca-nondhlp. ca-nondhlp. The funeral took place on Dec. 2i at the Catholic church, Cor-caghan. Cor-caghan. Queen's. On the morning of St. Stephen's day Miss Caroline Coates of Eblana cot-' taeres, Dublin road. Maryborough, was burned to death in a fire which also completely destroyed the interior of her home. Sister Mary Betrand Byrne, daughter daugh-ter of Gerald Byrne, Esq.. of Linkards-town, Linkards-town, Carlow. died at the Brigidine convent. Mountrath. on Dec. 2!i, of pneumonia, to the grief of the community, commu-nity, parents and a large circle of sorrowing sor-rowing lrionds. Roscommon. At the Convent Chapel. Loughglynn. recently. Miss Mary Rose Hargadon of Colry, County Sligo. received the habit of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, the ceremony being performed by Rev Rev. Father Peter. O. F. M.. Athlone, assisted by Rev. Canon White and Rev. Father Ciivc. Miss Hargandon. in religion reli-gion Mother Maureen of . the Immaculate Immacu-late Conception, proceeds to the Novitiate Novi-tiate in Brittany. France. Miss Kate Mac Donmiell of Callygar has joined the Irish-American community commu-nity of th Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Rosary at. Sant Enea. Perugia, Italy. She received the holy habit on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Concep-tion, and received the name of Sister Mary Benedict in religion. Sligo. At Connacl't winter assises. Sligo. on Dee. 16. says the- Dublin Freeman, before be-fore Mr. Jusiiee Gibson, nine respectable-looking men were charged with unlawful a.-sembly and riot at the townland of Lissgallon. County Roscommon, Ros-common, on Nov. 7 last. The names of the prisoners were James Man ton, Denis Conroy. John Conroy, John Fee-ly, Fee-ly, John Oar!os, John Dolan. Thomas Havden, Charles Hunt and Cornelius M ullar.y. Tipperary. A resolution was adopted at a joint meeting of the Clonmel No. 1 and the Clonmel No. 2 (Waterford) R. D. C.'s on the 22d ult.. inviting the co-operation of the sanitary councils in Tippe-n Tippe-n ry, Waterford and. Kilkenny in the matter of starting a sanatorium for consumptives. Ordinations were held at St. Patrick's cclhge. Thurles. on the morning of Saturday. Sat-urday. Dec. 22. and Sunday, Dee. 23, by his grace the archbishon of Cashel. The Rev. .lames Hayes acted as master of ceremonies, nnd the Rev. J. J. Ryan, president, end Rev. Michael Ryan, senior dean, assisted his grace at the ceremony. A grand variety concert and cinematograph cinemat-ograph display was given ir the Temperance Tem-perance hall. Roscrea. on the evenings ji Dec. 27 and 28. The entertainment v. as for the benefit of the deserving poor of Roscrea without d.ist hwtion. ami a high-class variety program was' arranged. Mr. Denis Woods elid recently .-it Drcmline at the advanced age of 86. , Tyrone. What seems to be a "genuine ghost." says the Dublin Freeman, Dec. 22. has visited Newtownstewarl. On Saturday night some persons encountered a strange apparition standing at the Corn' market gate, which was originally the entrance gate to the castle. Certain members of the party summoned up courage enough to ask the ghost what it wanted. The spectre, made no reply, but suddenly disappeared. On Sunday at midnight a great ringing of bells was distinctly heard over the town, and several persons, looking out to discover the cause, saw. to their amazement, a figure dressed in a suit of mail standing stand-ing at the entrance gate to the castle, and a bright light shining all around. On Monday night the apparition was seen attired in the same garb. Westmeath. At a recent meeting of the Killasnett division. A. O. H.. Brother John F?e-ned F?e-ned presiding, the folfcnvinc resolution v hs passed unanimously: "Resolved. 1 at we, the members of the Killasnett 0 vision. A. O. H., in meeting asseni- 1 led, pledge ourselves to support the r vival of Irish Industries and the III ish language, and also the revival of l e old Irish games and mistimes of h u-ling and Gaelic football, and we cab u oon the surrounding divisions to give tluir mutual aJd and support, and we a e surprised to learn that our brothers 0 the Sligo division are giving their s fipport to the anti-Irish game of soc-cl.-r." Waterford. The death took place on the 23rd ull. - Mr. Jameu Magrath, of ihe Water-f Water-f rd Citizen, which he edited for over 1 alf a century. At St. Augustine's. Training college 1'rsuline convent, Waterford, on Dec. 2p, a large number of citizens assembled assem-bled at an "At Home" given by the students. stu-dents. After tea an excellent musical program was gone through, which delighted de-lighted the visitors, who were also loud in their praise of the display of work given. Wexford. The debating'class under the auspii-es of Ihe Wexford branch of the Gaelic league was opened in their hali, Paul Quay, Wexford, on Dec. 23. when a most interesting debate on Sinn Fein versus Parliamentarianism was 'listened 'lis-tened to. As the proceedings were public, pub-lic, large numbers outside the membeis of the Gaelic league crowded the hall, and from start to finish the greatest interest in-terest was manifested in the discourse. It must be said that the atgunients on each sid.'; were set forth with great ability. Rev. J. W. O'Uyrno presided and saw that all the rules of debate were observed. In the division at the close the Sinn Fein policy was earri by a large majority. Mr. William Redmond had on view in the house of commons re -entiy some splendid specimens of l.lsh tobacco leaves, grown and cured by Canon l.uk" Doyle af Tagoat. The texture and ar -ma. of the leaves were dee!f n-.l by some members with a. spee-ial knowledge of tobacco growing to be lvmarkably good. Mr. Stephen Gwypn, M. P.. delivered an interesting lecture before the members mem-bers of the Irish Literaty society Mr. R. B. O'Brien presiding-at Hanover Equare, London, recently, on the "Memoirs "Me-moirs of Myles Byrne." Mr. Gwynn said he had prepared for the press an addition of the memoirs of the famous scidier. Byrne had joined the Wexford Wex-ford rebels in 17HS. when he was only IS years old. Between that date and 1SG1. when he di-'d in France, he saw service with the Irish regiments 'n the Peninsular war and in Prussia and Silesia. Si-lesia. When he retired in 1S31 he held the post of colonel 0f the French army. , and wore the cross of the Legion of j Honor. It was then that he wrote his , "Memoirs." He (Mr. Gwynn) was surei that the "Memoirs" would be a vcrit-1 able mine for novelists. There were very many new views, too. in the book, j They learned that though the English during the rebellion slaughtered hid is- ' criminatcly, ihe Irish, never made reprisals re-prisals on women or children. . General regiet is felt in South Wex-i ford at the death of Rev. J. Wall. Bal-lykelly. Bal-lykelly. which took place on Dec. 23. ! He yas on the mission for over thirty j years and was held in much estcoom by i all classes, esoec-ia'iy by the poor. j |