The Irish standard., 1905-04-08
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On March 18th, a rather romantic
old-style wedding was celebrated in
the picturesque village of Carnmoney
the bridegroom being John Robinson
aged So, and the bride, Mathilda Moi
felt, aged n. At the outset the pro
cession was formed from the brides
residence, the happy pair being escort
ed to the parish church by a large
body of men mounted on gaily capar
isoned horses. These were followed
by fifty boys, wearing tall hats and
blowing trumpets. The bridal carriage
came next, followed by fully five hun
drel villagers.
ARMAGH.
At Armagh Assizes, on March 18th
Sarah Anne Pearson was convicted
and sentenced to death for the murder
of her mother, Alice Pearson, by adj
ministering a quantity of metallic
mercury to her. Agnes Black was
convicted as an accessory in the
crime, and was sentenced, by Justice
Wright, to penal servitude for the re
mainder of her natural life,-the Judge
expressing the opinion that her guilt
was not less than that of her sister
in-law.
CARLOW.
At the Carlow Assizes, on March
IA hnf0V,n t,rcfian T01,ncar
for $500 was brought by Miss Sarah
McCullam, of Palatine, county Carlow
against James Barber. tallow chandler
and oil merchant, Cross Kelvin street
Dublin, for breach of promise of mar
riage. TIE jury found for the plaintiff
with $50.
CAVAN.
We regret to announce the death OF
Mrs. Finegan, Ricehill, Cavan, (mother
of the late Mr.. r. Finegan, G. c..
Ballyjamesduff), whose death, at al
advanced age took place on March
4th. Hel funeral, on the 9Th, was very
largely attended.
CLARE.
At the weekly meeting of the Ennis
Board of Guardians, on March 18th
Mr.. M. Lynch, Chairman, presiding
the following resolution was proposed
by the Chairman, and was adopted
"In view of the miserable and in
adequate reductions given of late by
the Land Commissioners, the tenant
farmers of this county are losing all
confidence in the fairness of tribunals
manned for the most part by landlord
partisans, whose object seems to be
to initiate the value of land in view OF
purchase. We call on Mr.. Redmond
Mr.. Dillon, and all the members OF
the IRISH Party to earnestly press for
the appointment of men who will re-
store something like confidence in the
fairness of the Land Court tribunals. u
The marriage is announced on Feb
22d, at the Jesuits' Church, Limerick
by Rev. John Garry. P. P, Ruan, uncle
of the bride, of Michael M'Verney
Loughrea, to Mary, eldest daughter OF
Patrick Garry, Shanahea, County
Clare.
CORK.
The gale which burst on the south
Irish coast, on the night of March
18th, and the morning of the 18th, will
live in memory as possibly the worst
ever experienced at Queenstown, and
it is probable that it did incalculable
damage at sea. Unfortunately it
brought sorrow in it's train. The gale
which veered from SW. to Sc. and S..
commenced early in the night, was
accompanied by a rainstorm of ex
ceptional severity, and all through the
night it howled with indescribable
violence, raising dreadful sea at
Queenstown, such a sea in fact as
broke over the lantern of Rochespoint
Lighthouse, and threatened destruc
ton on all sides. The Naval hospital
tender at Ringaslziddy was sunk. The
ship Wray Castle, of Liverpool, laden
with wheat from Portland, Oregon
which was at anchor in the harbor
dragged her anchors and went ashore
at the Eastern Bank, near the Spit
The saddest spectacle of all was
the wreck of a fishing yawl, and the
dead bodies of four lnen, which were
found on the morning of the 18th, on
the beach at Glenmore. The bodies
were identified as those of David
Sheehan, publican, Rathcoursey, aged
about So; Thomas Clue, Rathcoursey
aged about 55; William Mahoney, a
young man of Rathcoursey; and
Michael Fitzgerald, yachtsman, OF
Rathcoursey All four men had left
Rathcoursey the previous evening, it
is supposed to fish somewhere in the
vicinity of Morlogue. Michael Fitz
gerald, who was skipper of the fishing
yawl, was en- experienced fisherman
He has left two sisters who were de-
pendent on him. David Sheehan left
a wife and two young children
daughters, aged about ten or eight
William Mahoney was the sole support
of his aged and widowed mother and
three sisters; the fourth victim
Thomas Collins, was a single man
leaving no immediate relatives to
mourn his loss. The funerals of all