The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-12-02

Oh, lue TiihlllOi9 Fldlc WIS WOu W MT.
Nj Namaras Myles-na- Coppaleen; the
, Tuam Plate, by Mr.. A. H. Ruthven's
The Cub; the Ladies Plate, by Mr.. w
Halley's First over; the Traders Plate
by Mr.. Nj. j. Purcelrs Woodsdown; the
Directors Plate, by Mr.. w. N. w
Cape's Hard to Find; and the Match
by Lord de Clifford's Clintown.
Kilkenny.
Thomas Harry Meredith Phillips-Con
Of Clare College, Cambridge, only son
OF Harry H. Phillips-Conn of Mount
Ida, County Kilkenny, has been admit
ted to the bar.
On Oct. 80, the Hon. Charles Rus
sell unveiled memorial cross to the
late Dean Dooley in st. Patrick's
Cemetery, Leytonstone England. The
memorial which was erected by a So
ciety of Irish priests in London known
as the "Soggarth society,"" it is the
shape of Celtic cross, and stands nine
feet high, the cross and the kerbing be-
ing of Kilkenny limestone. Resting on a
Yorkshire fag-stone, on the base of the
cross, are inscriptions in Gaelic and
Latin. The sculptor is Mr.. OShea, of
Kilkenny.
| Kerry.
| A general meeting of all the tenants
on the Kenmare estate was held on
November 10, at the Temperance Hall
Killarney, to hear from the parish
priests statement as to their recent
interview with Lord Kenmare, towards
| the sale of the estate to the tenants
The meeting was we'll attended.
On Oct. 20, the house of a farmer
named Hurley, living about mile from
Watervile, was struck by lightning
The end portion of the house, where his
cars We're kept, was set on fire, and six
head of cattle We're killed. A few years
ago, not far from Hurley's house, a
woman was killed, and some out Offices
badly damaged from the same cause.
The storm was of a very violent char
acter, and was accompanied by a
heavy downpour of rain and hailstone
!, Its effect was felt over the Castleisland
Iknocknagoshel, Brosna and other East
Kerry districts.
j Kings County.
Mr.. Robert Drimmie, of Killeen, Birr
land steward and farmer, who died or
July 16, 1905, left personal estate valued
, at e1,S17 IS I'D. By his will he left
, the whole Of his estate to his wife
Mrs. Elizabeth Philips Drimmie, who is
the sole executrix.
On the evening of Nov. 1, at the
prize winners concert at the Tulla.
{ INQUIRE Feis, the Rev. P. S. Dinneen
t M. A., delivered an address, in the
{ course of which he advocated the com.
| pulsory Introduction of Irish into every
, school, primary and secondary, in the
county.
J Kildare.
The Ballybrophy tenants of Sir Kill.
dare Borrowes have purchased theil
holdings, the landlord having frs
agreed to sell the evicted land to tn.
Estates Commissioners, the latter t.
fix the price and reinstate the Kell,
} family who were evicted over twent,
: years ago from the lands, now known
r as The Black Farm"
Limerick.
IL
of assistant medical officer of the Lin
l erick District Asylum, which took plac,
/ on Nov 8, resulted as it did a month
: ago, in tie between DR.. Coffey ant
DR.. Roberts, each receiving eight votes
r The election goes over until the mex
: meeting, when it is hoped selectio,
will be made.
The eviction of William J. OConnor
l Abbeyfeale, on Nov. 10, was sternly re.
: lined inside with corrugated iron sheets
/ The police procured ladder, and {
hole was made in the roof after which
possession was taken Of the premises
2 Rev. E. O'Leary, c. c., died at tn,
pastoral residence, Bruree, Co. Linn
: erick, on Nov. 8, after an illness O.
! some weeks. He was brother to Rev
5 Arthur O'Leary, the newly appointed
president of st. Munchin's College, Lin
, erick.
Louth.
On Oct. 30, Archbishop Flood, o. P.
: of Trinidad, w. l., paid short visit tt
: the Dominican Fathers, at st. Mag.
, dalena's, Drogheda. He left the follow.
, ing day for Armakh and Dundalk, ant
sailed from Southampton on the It'll
+ for Trinidad. Three Irish Dominican
accompanied him.
} Mr.. Peter McCreesh, an old and re
spected citizen of Dundalk, for many
years connected with the butcherinf
: business, died suddenly, at his resi-
dence, Bachelors Walk, on Oct. 81. HI
, was an honest and upright character
and was respected and esteemed by al
who knew him.
Lonsford.
| Nancy Judge, Of Ballinroby, Co
, Longford, died recently after reaching
l the advanced age of 121 years. Up tt
, a few days Of her death, she was able