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Show DEATH OF COUNT MOORE. A Tiperary telegram states that Count Moore died on Tuesday morning at his residence, Moores-fort, Moores-fort, Tipperary. from kidney disease. Count Moore was born in 1849 and represented Clonmel in parliament parlia-ment from 1874 to 1886. He entered parliament at the early age of 25 he was but 54 at the time of his death having been elected in 1874 for the Borough of Clonmel, which he continued to represent until 1885,wheii Pamell made his party strongly representative repre-sentative of more than three-fourths of the coun- try, Tt was in 1879 he was raised by Pope Leo XIII to tho dignities of count of the Holy Roman empire and commander of the Order of St. Gregory, and it was to works of Catholic endeavor his best energies were given, for the foundation 'of the now celebrated cele-brated Cistercian abbey of Mount St. Joseph at Roscrea is largely due to his generosity and zeal. From. an Industrial as well as a religious poifit of view, this monastery has exercised, and is exercising, exercis-ing, an abiding influence upon a -wide area in the Midland counties, to all of whom the abbey is well known. The late Count Moore also devoted lymself with earnestness to Iho amelioration of the condition condi-tion of the Catholics of the navy. Three years ago he. passed from the parliamentary stage, having sat as a Nationalist for Londonderry for 1S99 and 3900, and since then his attention was turned to some extent, also towards the Irish literary revival. i |
