The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-10-29
IRISH MAIL NEWS.
DEATH OF THE VERY REV. J. FULLY, May
NOOTH COLLEGE.

DEATH OF THE VERY REV. J. FULLY, May
NOoTH COLLEGE.
To-day it becomes our painful duty to
record the death of a venerable priest, who,
from his position and from his g1eat per-
sonal piety, was known and esteemed by
clerical friends throughout the length and
breadth of Ireland. One of the Oldest
amongst the alumni of Maynooth College
q man of ardent yet unostentatous zeal,
simple in the grace of his refined manners,
lavish, while his health and means permit
ted, of his time and of his money, in the
service of the poor aud of the ignorant
Professor Tully passed through life with
out attracting much public notice, but not
without having done much public and pri-
vate good. Very few amongst the priest
of the archdiocese of Tuam who passed
through the fiery odcal of the famine years
will fail to remember some generous con
tTibution which came at that time from his
benevolent hand. Nor was his charity
COL fined to his native diocese. Wherever
want-cOrporal or ssiritual-in ireland,
England CT Scotland was to be relieved
there was his seasoDab!e aid and his noise
less influence felt. AS q spiritual director
his name was known and bis mnistrations
sought by those who needed most II patient
ear and sympathetic heart. Father FULLY,
was native OF Mount Bellew, county
Galway. His early studies were pursued
in the diocesan college, St Jarath's, Tuam.
In 1919 be entered May ncot. College,
where, after a disting uished course, he pass
ed from the Dunb oyne Establishment to the
Chair of Irish, to which he was appointed
IN lS2S. The survivors of those who, dur
ing nearly half a century. passed through
the Irish ctass will, we feel confident, not
be unmiDdful at the altar of their old and
amiable professor Dublin Freeman, Oct 3
TREATMENT OF THE FENIAN PRISONERS.
Sergeant Mccarthy one of the Fepian p1i-
soneTs lncarcerated at Chatham, was visi-
ted recently by two of his relatives, Messrs.
Collins and Ryan, and some interesting de-
tails of the interview have been furnished to
the Freeman. Mccarthy is in had health nd
suffers from heart disease. Extraordinary
restrictions were imposed upon the visitors
while within the prison, but they have been
assured on the best uthority that nothing
can exceed the uniform good conduct, the
dignitied patience, the Christian purity of
life and conversation which gain for poor
Mccarthy the esteem even of the degraded
beings among whom he ia plunged. A good
character is given of O'Brien also, though
he has never been able to chow the martyr.
like fortitude of his companion in pain
For an attempt to pick hole through HE
cell wall--an utterly unavailing effort in
any case, as three other stronger and higher
walls would still have opposed his progress
% Brien was kept in a dark cell for some
six months, in chains. He has been released
AOi OAC tuoA cal lTOu cACTo"o GOT-
ture, and now works in the carpenters
shop. AS to Chambers and O'Meagher
Condor, nothing is known. They are sup
posed to be imprisoned in Portland, and as
they do not possess blood relatives, atleast
within any distance which would permit of
a visit, they are denied all visits whatever,
except under very special circumstances.
BALLINAsLoE FAIR.
At Ballinaslce Fair on Tuesday, over So
600 sheep were sold, being Is, 600 more than
on the first day of the fair last year, and
1000 more than the total number
brought to the fair last year. Only two
cases of scab were discovered by the Go
vernment Inspectors. Good wethers sold
SIS. There was good show of rams,
which sold from to 16 guineas.
Viscount Germantown the only Catholic
who voted against the disestablishEoent of
the Episcopal Church in Ireland, is dead.
He was buried at Stamullen, Co. Meath.