The Irish standard., 1901-10-26

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nounces that, in few days he will
sell, by public auction, valuable
farm at Tara, ON the instruction of tllle
late Mr.. Patrick McNally. The farm
contains 1855 Irish acres, held under
lease for 900 years, with covenant for
perpetual renewal at the yearly rent
of f240, the government valuation be
ing f245. In addition to its advan
tages as a first-class grazing farm, he
states that the property possesses the
great attraction Of some of the finest
historic associations in Ireland, con-
tanning the ancient banquetng hall of
the Ard Righ' Of Tara, the Croppies'
Grave, the Kings Chair, the old coro-
nation chair of ancient Erin, and the
celebrated Lila Fail,' or stone of DIES.
tiny, which is often enormously stated
to be that under the coronation chair
of the English monarchs at Westmin-
ster." That last statement is clearly
an auctioneer's "fib," as it is an his
toric fact that the Scots borrowed the
lila FAIL in order that the first
Scoto- Irish king might he crowned on
it, in the Abbey Of scone, and that
they kept it there, until King Edward
the First, in his turn, stole it from
them, when; he tried to appropriate it
to himself the crown of Scotland. The
stone, however, has lost its pristine
value and virtue. It no longer groans
when bad monarch, not Of the true
Gaelic race; is being crowned above
its surface. Perhaps it is because so
many Of that kind were inaugurated
in the past, that the. historic stone
grew weary of protesting, and went
tout Of business, The present attempt
to reduce it to the plane Of an auction
GERS chattel is a natural sequence
I-"faoilis :descensus.',: III. -.
+ ." g.: LIMERICK.
In Limerick, ON Sept. 20, while put
ting down a new valve in one of the
mains at the gas works, four men
named McInerney, Kennedy, Bales
and Bank were overcome by an escape
of gas. McInerney's case was by. far
the more serious, and priest and doc
tor We're at once sent for. Compressed
oxygen gas was administered, and
three Of the men soon recovered; so,
also, did McInerney after two hours,
but he was sent to the hospital.
MAYO.
At the Convent of Mercy, Tuam, on
Sept. 80, His Grace Most Rev. DIR.
MacEvilly solemnly protested Miss
Annie O'Donnell Gin religion Sister M.
J. Evangelist), fourth daughter of
Myles O'Donnell, ESQ.,, j. P. Cragga,
Balla. By kind permission of his
grace, Sister NJ. ]. Berchmans, Con.
vent of Mercy, Ballyhaunis, sister OF
the new professed and Sister M. Xavi.
er, Convent of Mercy, Westport (cous.
in), were present. Besides a number
of the priests of the archdiocese, Very
Rev. Denis O'Hara, P. P, Kiltinagh;
Rev. F. Mulligan, P. P, Curry; Rev
w. Henry, G. G., Kiltinagh, and Rev.
P. O'Donmell, G. c., Curry (brother OF
the young LADY,, We're also present.
QUEENS COUNTY.
On the morning of Saturday, Sept
%, sad accident occurred at the
BUSHES colliery, by which young man
was instantly killed. Recently the
proprietors Of the colliery abandoned
a working, which was a loss, and the
plant, buildings, and removable prop
erty have been from time to time dis.
posed of. Patrick Brennan, young
man residing in the district, purchased
Ia brick-walled shed, with a view of
utilizing the materials. On the above
morning he and another young man
named Michael Moran, proceeded to
dismantle the shed and take DOWN the
wall, some 20 feet high. The plan
adopted was by excavating the ground
and removing portion of the founda-
ton; but about 10 o'clock the entire
wall came down with a rush. Bren-
nan was instantly killed, and his COM
rade was severely injured. Brennan
was only q years of age, and was the
sole support of his widowed mother.
WEXFORD.
On Oct. 2 the tenants on the estate
of Elizabeth Won Wilmsdorf, Richard
Foorde, and others, the greater portion
Of which is situate near Johnstown
Castle, Wexford, assembled in the Of
flee of Messrs. M. ]. O'Connor & Co.,
2 George street, Wexford, for the pur-
pose Of meeting Mr.. Jellett, of the
firm Of ,Messrs. Darlington & Son, sol.
icitors, 10 Ely place, Dublin, who are
the solicitors having carriage of sale
of the property. The conference ended
in an agreement being come to, sub.
ject to the approval of Justice Ross
in whose court the estate has been for
some years. Nearly all the tenants
had gone into court to have a fair
rent fixed. The remaining tenants
hold under old leases, some of them
dating back to 1923. 1t was agreed
on both sides that, in the case where
the tenant had been in court, the price
should be 1871 years purchase ON the
rents. In the other few cases, where
the rents We're small, it was agreed