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Show ' I Eatest iris!) flews f I ! i j J ( Leinster. Athy I'rban Council lias applied to : ' , the board of works for a loan of six , thousand pouixis to cany oat a scheme calling for the erection of forty la- borer's cottars and artisans' dwell- l ' i ings, at prices ranging: from 100 to 150 j i pounds each. I f Michael O'Deuipsey, B.A., son of I ' i 1 Thomas J. O'Dtnipsey, solicitor, Ennis- I - corthy, has )a.-vsed his final solicitor's I 1 examination, and was admitted to prac- I : nee as a soncnor. j ' Patrick Redmontl. borough inspector, j who until recentlj was chief of the 1 Kilkenny Fire brigade, has been award- 1 : ' ' cd the new medal hich the king has I been pleased to grant to a .large num- 1 ' . : " ber of members of fire brigades in the United Kingdom. Mr. Redmond was for a long number of years connected 4 with the Dublin Fine brigade. ! Married On November 10, at the I s Pro-Cathedral, Marlborough street, ! ' Dublin (with nuptial mass), by the I . jev. D. Burke, rector. St. Mary's, 1 - Bolton (brother of tte bridegroom). j Dr. Peter Burke, Manchester, youngest j son of the late Donet Burke, Broad-ford. Broad-ford. County Clare, to Margaret Mary, second daughter of Patrick Coman, merchant. Tipperary. I , The people of Trim anl Broadsmill, . I f amongst whom Father Kaane has min- . istered fourteen years. ha.ve presented I him with an illuminated address on the I occasion of his promotion to the adrnin- istratorship of Lobinstown. On No-I No-I vember 9 the presentation was made j ; . on behalf of the subscribers by a com-I com-I , mittee, of which Mr. D. J. Holly, soli-I soli-I :' j i citor, was chairman, and Mns. J. A. I O'Dwvor, honorary secretary. : J ' There is a claim being put forward on behalf of Barcelona as the birth- ! ; : . place of St. Patrick by no less an au- ;! thority than the Very Rev. Dr. O'Brien, vicar-general of Dublin. He has published pub-lished a treatise advancing the theory. If-..- , Connaught. f I ' " The lord chancellor has appointed ; ; James O'Boyle, Tonroe, Killala, to the ; commission of the peace for County I Mavo. XT- x t j - The Monasteraden branch U. I. L., has undertaken the tabk of collecting I funds for the erection of a monument j tn the memory of Joe Corcoran and I ' Bryan Flannery, the men who, in 1SS2, i f at Monasteraden. lost their lives while , , defending their homesteads during the t ! bitterest days of the land war. The committee appeals for public help in t . ' the undertaking. I ' I The sum of money raised by the lay I . admirers of Rev. Dr. Healy, Archbishop It of Tuam, on the occasion of his recent j ' jubilee, is being devoted, in compli ance with his Grace's wish, to providing provid-ing for the cathedral of Tuam a reproduction re-production in silver of the historic ' : Cross of Cong. In the chapel attached to the hospital hospi-tal of S. S. John and Elizabeth. Lon-'.' Lon-'.' ' don (which is served by the Irish Sis- ; ters of Charity), the reception took . ' place recently of Miss Mary Sheridan .'." (Sister Mary Gerard), daughter of the iot rnrw at Kheridan of Westnort. ' and of Pheasant Hill. Castlebar. The "Standard" says: The govern -'; . . ment has decided to grant 135,000 pounds towards the cost of construct-Inp construct-Inp the additional piece of necessary railway from Collooney to Blacksod hay. London v"l, by the construction !- . nf this railway, i linked to Blacksod hay by meai . he railway to the Wen of Eng ' . .Try steamers to the east coast of :re1.M and by an unbroken un-broken railw ' Ireland. Vhe distance from L:tk! n 'o Blacksod bay Bol miles can ih . be covered without with-out change in i -ntc -i hours. Rev. Denis MViiilicuddy, P.P., Kil-1 Kil-1 ' garvan. has been appointed parish priest of Lixnaw. Died, November 8, Thomas Connor, ; Tralee, aged 80 years. Xovember 11, Stephen Cronin, G. S. and "V. R. R. Tralee. Xovember 2, Dennis Lynch, Valencia. A very pretty marriage took place on the -4th cf Xovember, at St. James' " i church, KiHorglin, when Dr. Michael O'Connor, the Square, Listowel, was married to Miss Mollie C. Q'Sullivan, daughter of the late Mrs. Michael J O'Sullivan, and Mrs. D. O'Donovan, the Squire, Killorglin. , The death of Sister Mary Gabriel Ryan, of the Presentation convent, Cashel, took place on Xovember 5. The j , deceased was a native of the County Limerick, and had spent over 30 years ) ' - In religion, edifying all by her gentle- ? . ness and devotion, and by her patient j endurance of acute and prolonged suf- ! i 1 fering. . .. ' At Midleton Quarter session recently, Mathew J. Burke, recorder of Cork, ed- -; dressing the grand jury, said he was ; ; very pleased to state that their district was in a remarkably peaceful and or-' or-' ; derly condition. I Speaking at a synod of the Protest- I ; .-" - ant diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, I " ; Dean Bruce said the Catholics had a I ; great religious brotherhood for teach- ? ing, and Protestants could only strive to improve in that matter each year, ! , They could not surpass the teaching of I the Christian brothers. - In fact, he thought that the teaching of the ', Christian Brothers could not be sur- ; passed anywhere. ! A fire broke out on Xovember 9 on : the premises of the Hotel Metropole. ' Cork, originating in the stables and j extending to the sweet factory and an nex of the hotel containing forty bed-j bed-j ' rooms. The premises at the rear of the hotel wer entirely destroyed. and ; though the fire brigade succeeded in ' preventing the flames reaching the -.!'.' main building considerable damage was - done by water. The loss is estimated : " at from 10,000 to 15,000 pounds. I ' J Ulster. : j ' Most Rev. Dr. Boylan, Bishop of j ' Killmore, who had been seriously ill in ; a private hotel in Dublin a couple of - weeks ago, is steadily improving in j health. ; " . Rev. Gerald O. Xolan, professor of ''.' Irish in St. Malachy's college. Belfast, " for the last ten years, has been np- i pointed to the chair of Irish in May- 1 . nooth. -Tohn O. Xolan, Omngh. iias w ith high r distinction taken his B. A. degree. He j won the blue ribbon 1st place in Ire- Isnd (lioyal University). In experi- i ! mental scknr-e and chemistry course I'1 1 took first-class honors, and won a t first-class exhibition of 42 pounds. ! ' . Tis talented young gentleman is a j native of Omagh. and was educated at the Christian schools. ' - Married. October 17, at Glenfin alliolic hurch. by the Rev. J. Burns. 'har!es Molloy, ex-X.T.. to Susanna. fifth daughter of Mr. William Gallagher. Galla-gher. Castletown, Dunkineely. and late instructress. Donegal Technical In- struction department. i The progress being made with the I i ; - construction of ncv: White Star lineio I - at Harland and Wolff's yard at Belfast 3 ; I" said to be very satisfactory. The I work is immense, and is exciting the I ? utmost interest in Belfast. The work I involves great industrial activity. I Boring operations were commenced I : ; ' !n. the Arigna and Iron Mountain dis- I . . :. 'riets of Ieitrim recently, and prepa- 1 ; ; , "ations are activclv being made for the I ;. ; "veiopment of its mineral wealth. i ': which nclude.; areas nf coal, iron, and ' slate. The owners of the mineral rights j i ln district are In co-operation with i I a company to develop the wealth of this region. William Henry Pocelyn, sixth Earl of Roden, is 67. Tnough, says the1 "Evening Standard," he is an Irishman by birth, his family came originally irom England, and fair Heiry Chauncy, in his "Antiquities of Hertfordshire," deduces its descent from Gilbert de Joselyn, who lived in the Conqueror's time, in 1755 Robert Jocelyn,, w ho for ( sixteen years had held the office of j Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, was created Viscount Jocc-lyn. His -son, Robert, was auditor-general of Ireland, and was created Earl of .Roden, of High Roding. County Tippwrary, in 1771. The present peer, who was in the roya! navy at one time, is a bachelor, bach-elor, and spends the greater portion of his time at Tullymore park, near Bry-ansford. Bry-ansford. County Down. PENAL DAYS. Dublin. The death in the Francisco convent. Drumshambo, of Mrs. O'Ha-gan, O'Ha-gan, known in religion as Sister Mary Frances, a daughter of Lord O'Hagan, who was the first Catholic since the revolution to be entrusted with the Great Seal of Ireland, and the widow of Justice O'Hagan, who although a namesake was not related to her before marriage, will render it of interest to iecord that one of the daughters of the lates Lord Russell of Killowen, who was the first Catholic Lord Chief Justice Jus-tice of England, is a Xun, and a daughter daugh-ter of the late Lord Justice Mathew also embraced the religious- life. Two of the daughters of the late Lord Morris Mor-ris ano' Killanin, the first Catholic Chief Justice of Ireland since the Revolution,1 Rev-olution,1 are Carmelite Xuns. and two of the sisters of Lord O'Brien of Kilfen-ora. Kilfen-ora. the present Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, are Xuns. |