The Irish standard., 1904-03-12
GALWAY.

| N'i"HS loul, l.OuSuic;l.. occurred on
Feb. .. Deceased was IL well-known
sportsman and angler, was popular
With all classes, and, leaving wife
and young family to mourn his loss,
his comparatively early demise has
evoked widespread sympathy. The flu
neral, which was extremely large, took
place on Saturday, and the remains
were inferred in Garrybreda cemetery
HA4.RRY.
..r. Denis O'Connor, Ballyroe, died
ON Feb. s. The sad event was deeply
and widely regretted. Requiem serv-
ices and the funeral We're attended by
great numbers.
In tie Catholic church, Castleisland,
FEB. 6, the marriage took place. with
nuptial mass, of Mr.. John p. O'COn-
nell. Main street, Caherciveen, was
Miss Minnie Lawlor. Main street. Cas-
tleisland. Rev. Father Harrington,
Castleisland otficiated. Mr.. L. O'Con-
nell, Main street, Castleisland, was
best man, and the bridesmaid was Miss
Mary Leane.
KILKENNY.
In the Church of st. Francis Xavier,
Gardiner street, Dublin, Feb. 10, the
marriage took place of Capt. J. ]. Lar
ney and Miss a. NJ. Kenny, of Castle
conner. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. NJ. McGrath, Castlecomer,
assisted by the Rev. Father Conmee,
S. ]. The bridegroom was accompa-
MED by Mr.. L. NIcSwiney and Mr.. e.
L. heane, Kilkenny, the former acting
us best man, while Miss E. M. Kenny
was bridesmaid. The bride was given
away by her cousin, Me- Burke, Don
nybrook, Duhlin.
KINGS.
Mrs. Mary Anne Eustace, William
street, Tullamore, died lately, aged 66
years. The funeral to the ancient
cemetery of Durrow was very numer-
ously attended.
Patrick Flanagan, The berries, near
Edenderry, has been declared by the
supreme court of Pennsylvania to be
the sole next Of kin of Michael Flana.
gan, whose death occurred in Pittsburg
in 1899.
KILDARE.
A scene of unusual kind was wit
messed near Maynooth on Feb. 5 when
number of the r. 1. G. force was i'll
jured. A farmer named Pagan got
into difficulty and a number of baiIns
were ordered to make seizure of his
cattle. On arrival at the farm the
bailiffs found Pagan armed with a re-
volver and subsequently police came
on the scene. Pagan was laboring I'M.
der much excitement. and, using his
revolver, shot Constable Farrell, who
was injured. Pagan was arrested and
conveyed to Carlow Jail. 1t is thought
his mind has become deranged.
LOUTH.
Mr.. Michael Mcdonald, of Corna-
mucllle, Omeath, died Jan. 2S, at the
patriarchal age of 90 years. During
fifty years he had been in the oyster
and fish trade i'll Liverpool. His enter
prise gave stimulus to the oyster i'll
dustry on the Cornamuckla shore.
whence he supplied his five stores il
Lime street and Cases street, Liver
pool.
LEITRIM.
Miss Susan Taylor, daughter of the
late MI. John Taylor, Lake View, Mo-
hill, to Mr.. Donald Couts, Ballater,
Muswell Hill, London, Jan. 10.
LONGFORD.
The death of Mrs. Farrelly, Spring
town, Granard, occurred on Feb. 6.
The deceased lady was held in high
esteem by all who knew her, and her
demise caused widespread regret. She
belonged to an old and highly re-
spected family, being sister to the late
Rev. Father Farrelly, Edgeworths-
town; aunt to the Rev. Charles O'Far-
reilly. administrator, Athlone, and to
the Rev. Father Ledwith. She was
niece to the late Dean Farrell, of Ar
ragh. The funeral to Abbeylara was
one of the largest seen in the district
for many years.
LIMERICK.
Mrs. james O'NIara, of Ardagh, died
recently. The Limerick Leader of
Feb. 10 said: She is the last (save the
popular teacher Of Carrickerry) of one
of the oldest septs in Ardagh, viz, the
Halpin family, who for generations
once owned that Irish stronghold at
the head of that village, commonly
called "Halpin's Fort where the car
dagh Chalice'' was found, and which
bears the highest testimony to Irish
ecclesiastical architecture of the coun-
try. 1t is now in the Irish museum Of
Dublin ranked next to the Harp of
Tara. The chalice presented lately to
Archbishop Farley, Of New York, by
the Ancient Order of Hibernians is a
fac-simile of that chalice Father Hal
pins father, of Minneapolis, uncle to
the subject Of this obituary, was the
first pioneer Of the Catholic faith there.
Hence it was no wonder that the flu
neral of Mrs. O'NIara was honored by
all classes. 1t was the largest yet wit