The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-06-30
CORK.

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war in South Africa is at an end, on
June 9th, the Cunard hired transport
Auranla left the Deep Water Quay at
Queenstown, with nearly 1000 troops
tor Capetown, for active service at the
front. Considerable interest was mani
tested in the embarkation, as there were
two officers and 40 men of the Royal
Munster Fusiliers, from Tralee, put on
board. About four hundred friends OF
the MINISTERS assembled on the quay,
and as the vessel moved out there were
many pathetic scenes among the wives
and children of the men.
CLARE.
Ex-Chief Justice Sir Peter O'Brien
has taken, on his elevation to the Peer
age, the title of Lord O'Brien, of Kill
fenora, in the county OF Clare. Kilfen-
ora is hamlet in the west of Clare, and
the Chief Justice has some property in
its neighborhood. Kilfenora was for
merly the seat OF an ancient Bishopric,
and numbers among its ecclesiastical re-
mains one of the most perfect and
chastely executed specimens OF the Gel
tic Crosses.
DOWN.
In Downpatrick, on the night OF June
5th, rejoicings on an extensive scale
were held over the fall of Pretoria
About nine o'clock, the bells of Down
Protestant Cathedral were set in mo-
ton, and kept ringing for upwards OF an
hour, and the Down Conservative Flute
Band and two bands from the country
paraded the streets in the vicinity of the
Assembly Hall. An attempt was made
by the bands to march through Irish
street, which leads to the National
quarter, but this was prevented by ba-
ton charge Of the police, in charge Of
District Inspector Davies, in which sew
eral civilians were injured. The bands
were afterwards stopped near the Cath
Ole Church; and at this point Nation
alist named Bernard Dorian was Sc
verely injured, and several civilians
wounded, and one man named Nc
Grath was detained in the County In
Urinary. a number of the police also
received wiunds.
KERRY.
The employees at Ardfert Abbey, num-
bering about forty, with their families,
were on June 5ti1, given holiday to
mark the arrival OF Mr.. Lindsey Talbot
Crosbie and his lady, it being the first
visit OF Mr.. Crosbie as owner OF the
Ardfert Abbey property. The present
Mr.. Crosbie is the second son Of the late
Mr.. VIM. 7. Talbot Crosbie, and sue
ceeds his deceased brother in the owner
ship of the estate. Dinner was served
to the men and boys in the large hall
adjoining the house, which was beauti-
fully decorated with flowers and flower
ing shrubs, and the centre OF the table
was adorned with the cups and other
prizes won by the famous short-horns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Talbot-Crosbie received
and shook hands with each guest as
they came into the room, and spoke a
few words of welcome to each.
KILKENNY.
The following are given among the
names of the Volunteers i'll the 45th I'm
perial Yeomanry Company (the Irish
Hunt Contingency who were among the
500 recently captured near Lindley,
South Africa, by the Boers:-J. A..
Smithwick Birchfeld, Kilkenny; F.
Bradley, Kells Grange; M. H. Thunder,
Ornonde Road, Kilkenny; D. ]. Ross,
Burrin, Carlow. Among the killed was
Sir John E. c. Power, OF Kilfane, who
was Captain in the 5th Battalion, R. l..
Regiment
KILDARE. :,
1t is stated that movement is on foot
to erect new military barrack at Kill
dare. Already the surveyors have been
down, and site has been selected. One
of the owners, it is stated, declined to
give his consent when approached by
the military authorizes on the subject
OF giving the necessary land. 1t is ru-
mored that steps will be taken to pro-
cure it by law
LEITRIM.
A Leitrim man, Mr.. James O'Dowd,
Of Carrick-on-Shannon, took first
prize at the recent Feis Cecil, in Bel
fast, for Country fiddlers." He played
the 'Plan of Boheroe" and the Dear
Irish Boy" The first air was wonder
fully admired and was taken in a gram
aphone.
LIMERICK.
On the morning of June I, an army
pensioner named Thomas Hickey, resid-
ing at Adare, was killed by passing
train OH the Waterford & Limerick rail-
way. Hickey was going over level
crossing, when he was struck by train,
which was cattle special from Rath-
keale fair. The accident occurred at a
portion of the line where there is bend
Those in charge of the train, seeing the
man on the line, attempted to stop the
train, but were unable to pull Up in
time. Hickey was run over by the train
and his body was severed at the legs,
causing instant death.
LONGFORD.
A case which excited considerable in