The Irish standard., 1905-05-27
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FROM IRELAND
Antrim,

H. Sloan, M p, addressed meeting
OF his constituents in the Exhibition
hall, South Belfast, and made a strong
attack on the Castle Troy Admins,
tra,ion. They (the Orange Tories)
would never rest content, he said, un-
til Dublin Castle was cleared out,
from the Under Secretary down to
the antiquated officials.
Armagh.
AT Portadown on May LIST, Thomas
Cordner was returned for trial on a
charge OF having murdered Patrick
Falcon, by shooting him with re,
volver on Easter Monday. The at
fair originated in a fight the men had
had, previously, in which Cordner had
been beaten Cordner, who is about
40 years OF age, was employed as a
cloth pasSer in Portadown factory.
A claim has been lodged with the
Portadown Urban Council, for $500,
compensation for injuries alleged to
have been inflicted on Constable
Peter Faughtner of Emyvale, County
Monaghan, by a Ready bandsman, on
Easter Monday. The bandsman is in
custody, charged with assault.
Carlow.
On April 30th great Nationalist
demonstration took place in Carlow,
and the meeting was addressed by
Mr.. Hammond, M. P. (the chairman) !;
Mr.. j. ]. Clancy, M. P; Mr.. John
OConnor, M. P; Rev. Father Cullen,
Adm; and others. 1t had been ar
ranged to have the meeting in the
historic Square, where platform was
erected; but the weather proved so
dreadfully inclement that it was de.
termined to take the splendid Town
hall as the meeting place. The Car
low Workman's Club Brass Band and
the Castletown Fife and Drum Band
attended.
Cavan.
The death is announced, on April
2Sth, at his residence, Aughacashel,
Virginia, County Cavan, OF Felix
Smith, deeply regretted by his sor-
rowing family.
Through Vincent Kennedy, Esq, M.
p, Most Rev. Edward McGennis,
Bishop Of Kilgore, was forwarded his
check for rs toward the Irish Par
liamentary Fund; and also the follow
ing subscriptions: Rev. P. Brady,
ADM, IL; Rev. Charles Magee, c. c.,
FL; Rev. DR.. Comey, G. G., IL. In
his letter, the Bishop expresses his
endorsement of the Cavan Brancn or
the United Irish League, and also of
Mr.. Kennedy's regular attendance in
the House of Commons.
Glare.
On May list, Most Rev. DR.. Fogarty,
Bishop of Kilgore, arrived in Kilrush,
on his first episcopal visitation to the
town, and was accorded an enthusias-
tic welcome. His Lordship visited the
schools of the town next day. In re-
ply to addresses from public bodies,
the United Irish League, and other
organizations, the Bishop delivered a
speech in which he touched upon the
traditions of West Glare, the evils of
the Act Of Union, the relations of the
Pope and Ireland, the University
Question and the New Rule, the Land
Act, and the United Irish League.
Cork.
On Sunday, April 3Oth, the Cork
Butter Exchange band paraded
around the County Jail, playing Ma
tional airs, and concluding with God
Save Ireland" in which many of the
crowd Joined. 1t is understood that
this parade of the bands will continue
every Sunday, during the incarcera-
tion of the Watergrasshill defenders,
and the other city bands have prom
ised to follow in the path set by the
Butter Exchange band. Were it not
for the fact that two men had been
under sentence of death in Cork Jail
for the previous few weeks, this pa
triotic action on the part of the bands
would have taken place prior to the
above date.
Two young men named Denis Neill
and John Shanahan, have been miss
ing since April 25, when they left
Bere Island in a small sailing boat,
for Castletown, and have not since
been heard of. 1t is feared that they
were drowned. John Shanahan was
the eldest son of Jeremiah Shanahan,
shopkeeper; and Denis Neill was the
second eldest son of Cornelius Neill,
shopkeeper and baker, all of Castle
town.
Derry.
On Sunday, April Goth, during the
services in the Presbyterian church,
at Ballyarnett, the congregation was
startled by the sudden collapse of one
of the worshippers, Mr.. Walter Laird,
who expired in a few minutes. Mr..
Laird was one of the managers of the
firm of Hodgson & Jack, shirt manu-
facturers of Derry.
Donegal.
In Ballyshamon, on April 1, District
Council nominations were lodged with
the Union Clerk. Contests take place
in every division. The fonowing were