The Irish standard., 1906-04-21
! NEWS FROM lRELAND
Antrim.

All amusing breach ol promise WIS
tried at the Antrim AssiZes ON M;ucn
l6 when Randall McMurtry. of Ma
yneragall was sued by Miss Sarah
johnston for 6 800 damages. Both par
ties belonged To the same Presbyterian
rhurch. When defendant first visited
plaintiff he promised that he would
mike her worth CISCO il she would
marry him and subsequently tried to
;,lnul his promise on TN. ground that
the families would not agree The lllr!
awarded Miss Johnston cl3o.
Messrs. Joseph Devlin Nj. T.. for
West Belfast. ;,nd john Il. Donovan,
solicitor arrived in Rome on March
18TH. Amongst the courteSics extended
to the Irish delegates was Il speci;,! in
at the Irish College.
Armagh.
\ splendid meeting. under the CONF
hined auspices of the Ancient Order OF
iIibcrnians and the United Irish League
VAS held ON ST Putricls Day ut Tan
uashmore, near LurSan.
The distinguished Dominican Father
Thomas G.. Hughes, died ut st. Savior's
prory Dublin, on March is to the great
grief of his many admirers throughout
the Kingdom. He was born ut Tan
lrayce. and was 63 years of age.
Cork.
Tue Ei;tckrock hurlcrS were on st.
patrick's night presented with medals
as champions of All Ireland for the
third time in their history. Alderman
Horgan presided over the dinner in
connection with the presentation
The Rev. Mother dc Sales (M;lry
Boucher, daughter Of the late John
,:uuchier. of Fort Henry Limerick. died
at the I.oreto Convent. Frrm"y. on ST
i'alricll'S Day.
MIR. Henry Obrc died ut his late resi-
dcnce. Fort Villa. Queenstown. on
March 90. aged is.
MIR John e. torde WAS elected alder
man recently for the Northeast Ward
cork. in succession I" Sir John Scott
retired.
Cornelius Hnye aged So. carct;lkrr ut
an evictcd farm near Middleton, was
found dead in the residence an the
farm, March ~. sitting hy the fire.
Clare.
testimonial which is receiving Il
ready and well-dcservcd response is at
present being made on behalf of Mr.
flames Halpin. NJ. T.. (Wcst Cltrc)
The supporters include Mr.. William
Redmond. Alderman Joyce. Nj. H.
Limerick: p. j. I-innanc. jack Nc
Namara, Shclbourne. Limerick; john
McInernev, Crltloc. Limerick. and other
wcll-known Nationalist.
The County Gaelic Fcis will b" held
in Ennis on July IA and Is.
Carlow.
ON March is, at Carlow College. the
following gentlemen were raised 10 INC
,,rder of Subdeaconate by the Rt. kew.
I,r. Tuley, Bishop of kildare and Leigh
lin:-Rev. ]. NJ. KeatinS, Rev. Z.
-.
n'Heirnc, Rev. r. Reidy. Rev. j.
O'Reilly. Rev j. X. O'Farrell. The ser
vice was IL most impressive one. Music
MAS rendered most beautifully by the
college choir. wh" have attained much
perfection in the lately revised Gre
.urian chaut.
Cavan.
Constable W. T.. Phipps. Il. |. e., OF
Virginia. recently received II Testimonial
from the Royal Humane Society for
his rescue of Il child VIII" had fallen
,luwn !, we'll at that place on Dec. H.,
1905.
Thomas Markcy. J. T.. AN esteemed
and beloved resident magistrate" ana
The oldest business mum in cootchili.
died on March l6, aged 81.
Down.
Sergeant NJ. McEaughtcu Of New
r;,stle Was recently the recipient OF an
award from the Royal Humane Society
Tor his gallantry in rescuing !, woman
Who in an attempt at suicide. threw
herself into the SCI, at "Maggie's Leap"
on Feb. 15
The Ancient Order OF Hibernians
celebrated St. Patrick's Day by II
. munster gathering at CaStlcwcllan. on
tlournc'S slopes. Between eight ana
len thousand people were present.
They marched in procession from Dun
drum under the narShalShip of Bro.
Peter Mccain. one of the most pr"m-
inent Hihcrnians in ireland.
Donegal.
There was II fine parade OF the
Ancient Order of Hibcrni;,ns of Glcntics
and vicinity on st. Patrick's Day. Over
1000 marched in procession through the
streets Of Glcnties and then proceeded
10 HOllymount where an enthusiastic
.neeting was held. Father Eoyce. of
uollymount presided and delivered q
splendid address.
Joseph McI.oone. j. p. Of Donegal
died at his sons residence. Dublin. ON
March 81.
MIR. John O'Callaghan. Of Glen. killy-
gordon, father OF the Rev Patrick OCa!-
,aghan. of Maghera. died on March IT.
Dublin.
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