The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-08-27

orial ut st. ATichan's park, Green
street, was performed i'll the presence
of Il large gathering of Irish National
lists. The memorial, which WAS de-
signed by Mr.. George Smyth, Great
Brunswick street, consists of 4 figure
of Erin, six feet high, in Irish lime
stone, With the Wolf Dog and broken
Celtic Cross ut the base. The pedestal
of the statue is of Irish granite, bear
ing medallion portraits of Lord Ed
| ward Fitzgerald and John and Henry
Shcarcs, on the front and side panels
respectively. The back panel has the
following inscription, written by Mich
ael Davitt:-
| "Within this park once stood New
gate prison. associated in dark and
evil days With doing to death of con-
fessors of Irish liberty, who gave their
lives to vindic;lte their country's right
to National independence. This mem
orial is erected to perpetuate their
| memory. to honor their motives. and to
| inculcate IL grateful reverence in Irish
minds for sacrifices they nob!y made
for freedom, and to proclaim Ircland's
fidelity to the principles of the men
whose names are hcrcon inscribed, in
the belief that these will yet redeem
and regelcrlte our fathcrlund from
subsection. December 1908"
\ translation, in Irish, by Mr.. Pat
| rick Nally, is on the front of the monu-
ment. The unwilling was performed
by Mr.. james Collins. secretary of the
committee.
GALWAY
\ dispatch from Balinasloc, dated
August Sd. says:-"Pat Barrett, of
Glantane. has been restored by Mr. ].
w. Hynes, Woodmount, to his farm,
from which he was evicted seventeen
years ago. Barrett. who compelled
MIR. Balfour in coercion times to apollo
%izc to him for language used and
which was not privileged, was cvictcd
| in 1857 from Il farm of twenty acres.
the rent of which WAS I'll. MrsSrs w.
j. and j. w. Ilyncs being then the
landlords. Barrett first got dubbed
by the police, and then WAS imprisoned
for resisting eviction. Since then he
has kept lis eye on his farm. living
by his daily wages. always in hope
of being one day restored to his old
home. On last Saturday Mr.. II. DAY.
idson, solicitor, informed him that he
had nothing to do but 20 down to Mr..
j. w. HyncS. WOolmount and pay
one years rent CID to be reinstated,
which he did. The greater portion of
| the land is in meadow, and Barrett
has advertised fifteen acres of meadow
for sale, so that he is actually getting
Il premium for going back Mr.. Hyncs,
the landlord, is, through Mr.. Davidson.
in negotiation with his tenants for sale
and purchase
The tenants of the M'Donnell estate,
which is situated at Invcrachy, near
Midtown. have signed an agreement
to purchase their holdings from the
landlord. Mr.. Farrell M'Donncll DC,
| Dunn!ol'r. An evicted tenant on the
estate is to be rcinstatcd.
KERRY.
y man NAMED David Gull met with
Il bad accident ut Fcnit on July 30.
He was working on a railway engine
when he fell and got his foot caught
between the engine and the rail. The
injured man was conveyed to the in
Urinary, where DR. Hayes found it
necessary to amputate one of his toes
He is progressing favOrably.
On the evening of July 81, sad
drowning fatality occurred at Bally-
bunion. The victim was a man named
George Mullins, a tailor, and a native
| of Dublin, who had been for Il short
| time past in the employment of Mr..
j. j. Kennedy. tailor. LiStowel The
deceased. who was bathing, was
| washed out to sea before IN effort
s'tiu AZ IIlS ISSCllc. "A DOil
was launched by the Rev. Mr.. Fry and
his son: Mr.. John Calvin, a national
school teacher, and Il lalnrcr named
Conghlin. and had proceeded some dis
tance when. to the CONSERVATION of
| those OH shore. the boat was seen to
| he upset by large wave. and the oc-
cupants thrown into the sea, and it
seemed as if there would be other vic
tins. All. however, succeeded in say.
ing themselves. except Coughlan, who
was brought ashore unconscious but
| afterwards recovered. Up to last ac-
counts the body Of Mullins had not
been recovered
On August . the funeral of Mrs.
Mary O'COnnOr. rclict of the late Mr..
jeremiah O'Connor. took place to the
family burial ground ut O'Brennan.
The death of the deceased was pain
fully sudden. She had attended mass
on the previous Sunday. and imme-
diately on her return home got sud
den weakness and died from failure
Of the hearts action. The deceased
| lady came of i; most respectable fam
ily-the O'Cnllaglans-and was sis
ter of the respected curatc of Caher-
civccn. the Rev. james O'Callaghan.
KILKENNY.
The marriage is announced. on July