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Show m I Catest Irish news I i - - r I . ! Irish. Historian Honored. :' Amongst the closing acts of the Royal University of Ireland was the confer- ; ' , . ring of the degree of Doctor of Laws i ' (honoris causa) on the Irish historian, I Rev. E. A. D' Alton, M. R. I. A., says I the Freeman's Journal of Dublin. I ; ! ' Father D'Alton is a Mayo man. He I ' was born In 1860 at Cavallyane and was I ' : 1 educated ae first at St. Jarlath's, Tuam, I ' fc 1 , and finished his course in Maynooth, I where he had a distinguished career. !IIe has been for some years a member ' ' . . of the governing body of the Queen's , college, Galway, and, in addition to !many scholarly writings, produced val- ' liable treatises on historical subjects, culminating in his great three-volume ""History of Ireland From the Earliest . Times to the Present Day," of which - ' '. two volumes have already appeared and 1 - ' : the third is now in print. 1 A Tiny French Dependency. I The smallest dependency of France is the He d'Hoedie, situated at the east of I ! . ' Belle Isle. Its population is 238. They I do not speak French, if we except the I . parish priest and the schoolmaster, but I ' Oeltic. Fishing is the principal indus-I indus-I t " try, and they are provided with food at J an inn managed by women. The pro- !".,': fits are shared out each year among the inhabitants. : 1 The men live on soup and fish, and ', smoke pipes with lobster small claws 5 . for stems. The women do all the hard work get in the harvest, look out for 1 ; wreckage, and gather seaweed, from I : ( which they extract soda. The town has j i no streets. The houses are of mud, and j some are in granite scattered about the ; island. The islanders have a yearly I . . ' least in the early part of October. The I ' ! island possesses a good water supply. I , The governing body is composed of the I : : ten ancients of the place, under .the di- ' . rection of the parish priest. ! '" Dublin. ' The death occurred recently of Denis ' Maloney of Dublin, well known in Fen- ' ian circles in the sixties. Mr. Maloney . . served a term of imprionment for his 'j principles, previous to which he had ! been in the American navy. He was a I sailor aboard the Kearsarge when that ; vessel sank the confederate privateer, i ! ' the Alabama, off Cherburg. :, Down. I Rev. R. Story, pastor of Bangor, I i ', County down, died recently. He was I born in Drumsough, parish of Drum- . '. maul, in 1S57. and was ordained in 1SS2. I He was pastor of Hannahstown before 1 going to Bangor. i IDundalk. . The death occurred recently of Mrs. ' ; Margaret McArdle, widow of Robert s . 1 McArdle of Dundalk, and mother of the I eminent Dublin surgeon of that name. ; Mrs. McArdle had attained the age of 7S f ; years. The remains were laid to rest In ' a grave near the main altar in the old j . church in Castletown cemetery. The I family tombstone is in itself a history; 1 the earliest burial, that of Patrick Mc- I , Ardle, dating back to 1711, his residence I : '; being given as of Falmore, while his I j' .. daughter. Eleanor Fitzsimmons, was in- i I ' terred there in 1787. ' f I : Kilkenny. I . In the town hall. Kilkenny, on Xov. I 2. the freedom of the city was conferred , Dr. Brownrigg, bishop of Ossory, in I ' connection with the celebration of the 1 , - silver jubilee of his episcopate which I - takes place next month. The mayor, ? (Alderman Michael Potter, J. P.,) pre- ) sided, and a large number of the mem- I , beres of the corporation, clergymen, I and the general public were present. ! Waterford. i , The death occurred recently of Mrs. I ' Fitzgerald of Waterford. She was the J 1 mother of Rev. P. F. Fitzgerald, ad- ministrator of St. John's parish, that 1 place, and Joseph Fitzgerald, local 1 agent for the London Northwestern j railway. |