The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-01-26

HaH.-We regret to announce the death o
this gen ntleman. which occurred on Mon
day, the 23rd December, in his Slst year
Mr.. Sullivan occupied leading position
for a heightened period in our city, which
he represented for two and twenty years
in Parliament, his principles being those
of independent opposition-and be was
never known to give wrong vote on Irish
questone. Mr.. Sullivan was also high
sheriff of the county, mayor of the city,
| and, as an extensive merchant and EN-
ployer, he displayed energy and thorough
business capacity, in conjunction with his
brother, the late Richard Sullivan, Esq
Mp, which contributed materially to the
promotion of the trade and prosperity of
the city.-Kilkenny Journal.
On Saturday morning, one of the most
venerable and highly respected priests of
Limerick departed this life in the Domini-
can convent of that city. Father Luke
Conway, who for the past forty six years
ministered in st. Ssviour's Church, was in
his day distinguished as preacher, and
| remarkable for his great zeal in attending
the confessional. His life was as light
shedding the lustre of every Christian vir-
tue that could adorn priest and religious.
He was devoted to the poor, and the higher
and better educated classes sought his gui
dance and instruction as confessor. For
some years past he was in declining health,
and The bore the privation Of the loss of
sight with most exemplary patience. He
was never known to repine or complain.
He was beloved by his brethren and friends,
and aided by them and fortified with the
holy sacraments, he calmly surrendered his
pure soul at four o'clock on Saturday morn
ing in the 74'h year of his age.
With deep sorrow (seys the DundaM
DenocraD we record tue melancholy fact
that the kindly, jealous, generous hearted
aud patriotic PIP, of Carlin g ford, the Rev.
"a m ia NM tal,
gence of his demise will bring sorrow to the
hearts of thousands in the counties of Louth
and Armagh. He was one of the oldest,
most jealous, and most popular priests in
this diocese, where, for the heightened
period of forty-six years, he labored with
unhagging zeal on the mission. Father
Campbell was native of the parish of
Upper Creggan, county Armagh, and from
an early age exhibited an anxiety to de
vote himself to the service of God as min
lister of His Church. In 1882 he received
Holy Orders from the hands of the late
Most Rev. DR.. Kinsella, in the Kilkenny
In the same year he entered on
the mission as &C. of Upper Creggan,
where for twenty Elk years he labored 18th
interchangeable zeal for the spiritual welfare
of the people of that parish, and contribu-
ted by his exertions TO a great extent in |
the erection of three churches and a paro-
chial house in the parish. Whilst he |
salvation of the souls of his people, he took |
an active part in every movement calcula-
ted to promote or protect their personal |
interests. When famine and pestiience |
prevailed to such an alarming extent in |
Ireland 10 the years of AZ, AS, and 40, |
Father Campbeli's exertions to alleviate |
the distress will be long and gratefully re-
membered by the people of Upper Creggan.
During those years when he completed bis |
collections of oats he had the corn ground |
into meal aud distributed anon gst the starv-
ing people, and by thus deprIving himself |
Of large portion of his means ofsupport he |
saved the lives of hundreds in those terri |
BILE times. His untiring exertions to lessen |
the sutferngs caused by the famine, while |
ne cheerfully shared with the people his |
OWN means of su bsistence earned for him |
the affection and everlasting gratitude of |
The parishioners. In 1858 Father Campbell
was appointed by the late Most Rev. DR..
Dixon as administrator of Ballymacnab,
and in 1867 he was promoted to the pastoral
charge OF the parish of Carlingford by the
ate Most Rev. DR.. Kerau. At the time of
his appointment to Carlingford the churches
IN that parish were very much di!apidated
and unfit for the celebration of the Divine
Mysteries. notwithstanding his age,
Father Campbell at once set TO work with
the same zeal and eoergy that character
lsed his early years O / the mission to
remedy that state of thi1gs, and in an ex-
traordlnarlly short space of time he had the
chapel at Omeath repaired, and the old
chapel at Caringford replaced by that
magnificent edfce that will stand as a
permanent memorial of his zeal and labors.
In tie several popular movements in
Louth, Father Campbell took prominent
and active part, aud in the several election
struggles from 50 to "a his great popu-
larlty and his genuine patriotism made
him 30 influential that he was always re-
garded as tower of strength to the tenant
right and national causes.
THE HOME RULERS AND THE LIBERALS.
The dissensions in the Home Rule party
having rendered improbable the future
combined action of it's members in the
the House of Commons upon the principles
upon which it was originally formed, much
speculation is atl9at as to the course which
will be adopted by them. 1t is felt that
the Irish vote, if eolidly and independently
gwen, should be of considerable weight in
tue direction of public affaire, ard that, if
1t cannot at the present time effect the
restoration of an Irlsh Parliament Ia Col
lege Green, there are other measures of a
more lmnedi1te pCactic2! character to Dthe
attainment Of which the efforts Of the pop