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Show 1 ' T 1 Eatest Tfisb news a 1 On tho Sth ult, in the Carmelite 1 church, Delgany, Marie Moore, daugh ter of Thomas Moore of Dublin, re- ct ivod the habit of Mount Carmel, with the name in religion of Sister Agnes ot the Immaculate Conception. 3 Tlohn Kelly of Belfast, coal merchant. a ho died on Sept. IS, left a personal estate es-tate valued at 25.063. and administration administra-tion of his estate has been granted to ' his widow, who is the residuary for life 1 of his estate. Mr. Kelly left the ulti- mate residue of his estate to his chil- dren, subject to his wife's life interest. The death took place on Dec. 13 of Mother M. Aujjustjne Iial-igh. at the Presentation, convent. Limerick City. , The deceased belong to an old Limer- T irk family, and had spent fifty years in the service of religion and education. . The Most Rev. Dr. O'Dwyer presided al the office and high mass, after which the interment took place in the 1 convent cemcterv. 1 ' On December Sth the Feast of the ( Immaculate. Conception, Miss Mary . Josephine Horgan was jereived into tlie older of the Immaculate Concep-tion Concep-tion at the convent of Mary Immaculate, Immacu-late, Hock Kerry. Birkenhead. England. ! She is daughter of the late YV. Horgan, principal teacher of the Kilflyn nation- ! al sihoul. and of Mrs. Margaret Hor- g;i!i. also teacher in the same school. J Her name in religion is Sister M. 1 Thilip. The death of the Rev. Laurence F. Kieran. S. M.. took place on Dec. II at i he hfuse of the Marist fathers, lower Lesson street, Dublin. The deceased 1 was aged .10 years. He was a native of i Castlel.ellingham. His early education : vas received at St. Mary's college, Dundalk, and he afterward studied at the Catholic university and in Lyons. Father Kiernan w?s at his sludies up to some ten days before he died, when he contracted a cold, which developed into pneumonia. The interment took place at Castlebeliingham. The funeral cortege was one of the largest seen in the district for many years. I Calholic students have atrain dis- tinguished themselves by carrying off more than a due proportion of the honors hon-ors awarded by the Royal university of Ireland. Among the candidates on whom the B. A. degree in mental and moral science was conferred were five students of Hie Franciscan Capuchin order from the Friary, Kilkenny. The mines of th" graduates are Brother Cohitnba Murphy. Brother Berchmans Oantillon. Brother Gregory Brennan. Brother Kdward Walsh and Brother Brendan O'Callaghan. In Carlow on Dec. 2-1 the mortal remains re-mains of Sister Mary Gabriel were interred in-terred in the convent cemetery invme- j diatcly after the celebration of the solemn sol-emn office and reuiem hieh mass in the chapel of the community of the Or-rfor Or-rfor f Mercy, at which Most Rev. Dr. Foley, bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. presided in t!.e choir, attended bv Very Rev. Monsigiior Boui ke, P. P., 'v. F.. Bagenalstown. 4 The death is announced on Dec. 27 of Very Rev. John O'Flaherty. retired army chaplain, at his residence. Rede mor.dstown. Colonmel. He had reached the patriarchal age of M years, and had spent most of his career as Catholic chaplain to the forces in Kngland. , v here he was greatly esteemed bv uli ' who knew him. He was living in retirement re-tirement for the past fifteen vears. 1 During the Christmas holidays. Most! J R-ev. Dr. Walsh, archbishop of Dublin f conferred holy orders on six students! iat All Hallows college. Rev. Michael Edge (All Hallows), for the diocese of, Au klhiid. New Zealand; Rev. Martin I Dowling (All Hallows). Hobart, Tas-I mania; and Rev. P. Canavan. O. C. C. ' Carmelite college. Dublin, were or-dai-ied priests, and the Order of Dea-conship Dea-conship was conferred on Re,-. Patrick "Wade. o. C. C. Rev. Felix McCaficrv 1 - ' i'-. and Rev. John Kellv. C. M I Mr. William Soye. O. M. I., was admit- i ted to minor 'i'dcrs. Widespread . regret was created in 1 Keady and district by the announce- 1 men i of the death of Sister Mary Evan- j belista Joseph Lawless, which oc- I curred at St. Clare s Abbey, Keady, on ! L)c'l, 38. The deceased lady, who was I i ''er seventieth year, belonged to I Iui.uiilk. and was professed in Newry. I She was one of the five sisters who. in I founded St. Clair's convent in 1 Needy. ind during the whole ptriod of j Jlfr residence there was held in th highest esteem by all classes in the dis trict. f T'lf rork Examiner of Dec. 16 printed v the following: It is with sincere and heartfelt regret we announce the deaOi of honest .1 hn Ahem. Charleville. who was bur'ed in Ballyshally churchyard. The deceased was highly respected In Ids nutive town, as was testified at his J fuiural. The band of the Young Ire- 5 jam.. vlntli, accoiiipaniea ins remains I to Its la'-ting resting place, wherein rc- I l"'1 tlx? remains' of several of his com rades, who possessed the same undving r-iincinles oi irish nationality as honest J.Hck. May God have mercy on his soul. Captain Ned Feenhan. Magoihan. Cashel. ..'no' of ihe Old Guard, died Nov. 11. At an early age Mi. Feehan I gave proof cf the spirit which ani- I mated him. Wh:-n Kkkham, Mtilc:)b 1 Finnerty and others proclaimed on I Slievenamon in lfi3 that a new sov.1 j had been breathed into Ireland. at:d j lhat she was determined to struggle for her place among the nations of the earth,. Ned Feehan was present. H? was a nia"n trusted to the utmost by the Fenian leaders, and In 1S6T was given omniaiid of a tine circle of the brotherhood. brother-hood. Then he was kno n as Captain New Fer-han. In the elections cf "Ros- I sa." Kickham and Mitdiel. Captain Fehan was in the post of labor, audi in the land campaign he was always found whei'e work was to be done. Tw j ytars aso he got a stroke of paralysis, from which he did not recover. His death removes another of (hose heroes v bo risked all 1r their native land. l:is interment took place in Magorban. attended by a respectable concourse. Franci". Grogan of Altenagh. Carrick-ir.oro. Carrick-ir.oro. di?1 Nov. 22. at the advanced age of 1U6 yearn. During there 106 years he was not sick even one day. He usi d rrlaic having met with men who fought in '!S and tell thrilling stories gleaned fiom them about their persecutions and escapes, of hi? going to see the soldiers marching from Deny tj Belfast and Dublin prior to the battle of Waterloo! of how the yeomen tied up a neighbor with yarn taken off a reel when they took fr im him the price of a cow. Next of the Aghaloo men coming to the rectory rec-tory at Athonrea demanding half rent and no tithe. Often he would tell of O'Connell r using the country with three straws and collecting money to figlit the English government for repeal or the union. When speaking of Donegal Done-gal he nver tired of Traising the people, peo-ple, their grand Irish a language he spoke fluently. He leaves a colony of children, grandchildren and great- I grandchildren behind him. He was always al-ways a pious and devout Catholic. |