The Irish standard., 1904-12-24
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FROM IRELAND

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bellaSt OH November ~. ana address,
ed a great meeting in the Ulster han,
ut which Mr.. Joseph Devlin. NJ F., pre-.
sided. The resolutions endorsed the
policy of the Irish National Directory.
The speech of Mr.. Redmond dealt in
detail With the position of the Irish
university question. and Mr.. Dillon dis
cussed the devolution proposals of
Lord Dunraven. stating that he well
coined any admission. such as that
was, that the present government Of
Ireland was intolerable
CLARE.
The bishop of Killaloe has sent a
subscription of E1O towards the fuel
fund which is being organized i'll En-
mis- to relieve the distress among the
poor of the town.
On November 2S, public meeting
was held in the town hall. Ennis, to
take steps towards alternating the dis
tress at. present existing among the
poor of the town through the severity
Of the weather. Mr.. +. ]. I.inmane, ].
F., chairman of the urban council. &C.
cupied the chair, and committees We're
appointed to deal with the emergency.
CORK.
In Skihbereen. on November %, a
national monument erected by the To-
cal Young Ireland society, to comment
crate Irish patriots, was unveiled by
jeremiah O'Donovan (Rossa). The
town was thronged With people from
all parts of Cork, and flags, emblems,
and decorations We're displayed from
windows and hOusetops. Various ma.
tional societies of the county We're rep
resented, each contingent being accom-
panied by its band. O'Donovan Ros'
sa), in the course Of his speech, de-
clared his answering adherence to the
principles of the past. Men of action,
he said, We're wanted, not men of
words, if the unconauered heirs of the
murdered and plundered owners Of Ire
land were to attain their Inheritance.
On November 20, NIallow and dis
trict bore an animated appearance all
through tile morning OH account of the
eviction Of Mrs. Kelly, sister of Geof-
frey Plowman, the Protestant chair
man of the local branch Of the U. 1.
league, which was expected to take
place that morning. At the last mo-
ment, however, a settlement was ar
rived at, and the eviction was dropped.
At the conclusion, MI. Plowman ad-
dressed the crowd and thanked them
for the spirit they had displayed. He
thanked in particular Father Ahern
and Father Shinnicl, who, he said,
though being ministers of different
creed from his, had stood by him as
his own co-religionists had not done.
Mr.. Eugene Cream, M. P, and Mr.. ],
J. Fitzgerald, M. G. c., also addressed
the meeting. The crowd then, headed
by band, marched cheering to NAL
low.
DONEGAL.
Enormous catches of behring's were
taken round the north and west coasts
on November %. The Buncranna
herring drifters made their first de-
cent catches of herring, upwards of
thirty tons of fish being dispatched
fresh, principally to the Scotch mar
l-o+e hnci1oc hot 6n,1oh% II, Inv
kippering establishments at Burton
port. The next day witnessed further
extensive catches of the fish, which
were of immense size and first-class
quality.
DUBLIN.
Under date of November &c, the
trustees of the Irish Parliamentary
fund acknowledge the receipt of two
thousand pounds from Mr.. Il. B. Fitz-
patrick, treasurer, Boston, Mass, be-
ing the fifth and sixth remittances Of
one thausand pounds each for the same
fund from America and the third thou
sand forwarded within one week.
This, the treasurer states, he was ell
abled to send, Through the splendid
remittance of twelve thousand dollars
from the good people Of Philadelphia
and the generous contribution of tlir
teen thousand and eleven dollars and
SO cents from the patriotic sympathiz-
ers Of the home rule movement in
Toronto, Canada;" and he adds: "With
the disposition of cooperation so man.
ifest, it is reasonable to believe that
the amount pledged at the recent con-
vention will be realized within a COM
paratively short space Of time"
GALWAY.
Mr. John Dillon, NJ p, writing to
the clerk of the Tuam Union, in re-
ply to resolution fol warded to him by
that body, on the causes Of the failure
Of the land act, says the sole boy
cotters of the act are Mr.. Wyndham
and the government, who refused to
accept the amendments of the national
convention, pressed by the Irish party;
and the Connaught and other western
landlords who have blocked the opera
ton of the act by demanding exorbi-
tant prices, refusing to part with the
grass ranches, refusing to allow their
estates to be declared congested, and
making the most cruel and unscrupu