The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-20
Galway.


large audience, Rev. Father Joyce,
ADM, delivered a lecture on the ex-|
perience he had gained by his fifteen
months mission to America in aid OIL
the funds Of the Loughrea Cathedral.
AS result Of Father Joyce's efforts.
a movement is being set on foot for
the working Of the quarries Of fine
limestone at Ballinasloe.
Patrick Griffin, a farmer belonging
to Loughrea district, was drowned in
stream near the town, on the morn
ing of Dec. Goth.
Kilkenny.
At the convention held in Kilkenny
on Dec. 9th, Mr.. Joseph Devlin, MP,
was unanimously selected as candidate
for North Kilkenny at the forthcoming
general election. On the same day, at
the convention for Kilkenny City, Mr..
P. O'Brien, MP, the sitting member,
was re-nominated.
Kerry.
The Christmas festival was observed
by the people of the Brosna and Knock
nagoshel districts with the decorum
and ceremony appropriate to the sig
nificance Of the occasion.
The tenants on the estate of Lord
Ventry at Cordial, near Castleisland,
are being processed for rent. at the
Tralee Quarter Sessions. The landlord
recently offered to sell to the tenants
at terms which the tenants considered
exorbitant.
| We regret to announce the death of
Miss Nellie Mary Barrett, daughter Of
Mr.. Thomas Barrett, late Of Russell
street, Tralee, which sad event oc-
Cured on Dec. 10, at the residence of
her cousin, Mrs. H. Healy, Castle
| street.
Louth.
| AT the meeting Of the Dublin Coun-
| ty Council, on Dec. %, Mr.. T. w.
| Hamlet has given notice that he would
move:
THAT this meeting of the Dublin
County Council, having in view the
very great advantages which the i'm
provements contemplated at the en-
trance to the port Of Drogheda would
confer upon those inhabitants of this
| county who are engaged in the deep
sea fishing industry, hereby records its
warm approval of the action of the
Drogheda Development Association II
! it's endeavors to have this important
| work successfully carried out, and we
desire to add our support to that al
ready given by the County Councils Of
Louth and Westmeath and other pub
lie bodies to the application which is
coming before the Chief Secretary for
Ireland for such financial assistance
as will permit of the port of Drog-
| heda being rendered a secure harbor
Of refuge for fishing and other yes.
sells"
Limerick.
A dispatch from Abbeyfeale on Dec.
25th, says: The President of St.
Thomas Ecclesiastical College, st.
Pauls Mimi, U. S., Very Rev. DR..
| Moynihan, is at present on q visit to
his friends in Abbeyfeale. DR.. Moyni-
han was for a considerable number OF
years secretary to Archbishop Ireland,
who appointed him to the presidency
of st. Thomas the leading ecclesiasti-
rni mir tn thn
states.
At a largely attended meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce in Limerick on
Dec. 21st, it was decided to hold an
Industrial exhibition for Munster and
Connaught in that city in the coming
year.
Longford.
In Longford on Dec. 22d. two broth
ers, named Herman, painters. residing
In the town. were brought up on re-
mand, in the courthouse, and returned
for trial to the March assizes, charged
| with having caused the death of an
other painter named Mahoney, on that
day week. by striking him on the head
with a tongs.
leitrim.
In connection with the proposed rail-
way extension between Leitrim and
Roscommon, for which a sum Of e25,-
600 was set aside by the late Chief
Secretary. out Of the Irish Development
Fund, Mr.. James Pagan, Secretary Of
the Elphin Town Tenants Association,
has received a letter from Mr.. Joseph
Tatlow, General Manager of the Mid
land Great Western Railway, in which
he replies: Il beg to inform you that
the matter has been considered by my
board and the directors view favor
ably the question of an extension from
this company's railway at Drumsna or
other suitable point on this system.
and provided the plans are approved
of by them and the line constructed
to their satisfaction, they would be
prepared to work 1t on terms to be
arranged"
Mayo.
On Dec. 21st, the Castelar, Board Of
Guardians had under consideration the
election of relieving officer for the Cas-
tlebar No. 1 District. A deputation