The Irish standard., 1906-08-18
!, NEWS FROM IRELAND
Antrim.

Justice Gibson. in opening the As
sizes at Belfast, said the condition of
the city was satisfactory. and the
July was not attended With any un-
pleasant results.
In the Chancery Division on July
IS. Miss Anne McDermott of 8 Wall
nut street. Belfast, Il legatee under
the will of Richard Dixon. deceased.
late of Cloneycaven, County Meath.
farmer, sued Michael Dixon and John
Dixon. the executors of his will for
administration, and it was stated that
the action was settled upon terms of
paying the plaintiffs legacy by yearly
installments.
Armagh.
y cockfghting contest between
County Armagh and County M"na-
s.,an birds which was to have taken
place on July 81 was stopped by the
police. after an exciting ,lase.
Carlow.
Or. Fitzgerald. Resident Medical
Superintendent Carlow District Asy-
um, has been appointed Medical In
veStigator for the South of Ireland
cMder the Royal Commission on the
Care and Control of the Feeble Mind
ed
Clare.
Mrs G. Millgan FOX of the Irish
Folk Song Society, is at present in
Ireland, which she visits every year
With Il view to increasing her acquain-
t;lnce with native and national music
ON each occasion a different part OF
the country is chosen by her for Il
song-collecting tour. One summer was
spent in South Donegal. another at
E;,llycastle in North Antrim.
\ young man named Joseph Man
ley. Il farmer, aged 90 years commits
ted suicide on July 23 at his resi-
dence. Hillary, killahoe. His body
was found hanging suspended by
rope from the rafters of an clubhouse
Cork.
At MacroOm Pettcy Sessions. Mi
chael Buckley, farmer, Cunrigdangan.
lnchigeela, was fined G12 for having
\. gallons of potheen in his possess
Sion on which duty had not been paid
The death of the Rev. james Brady,
&C. Dunmanway. occurred on July
"A in Cork The deceased gentleman
was ailing for some time Father
Brady. who was native Of the city
TT Cork, was educated in Maynooth,
where he was ordained in 1871. He
afterwards ministcred in klbrittain,
Rallinhassig, and Watergrasshill, and
was chaplain of the Dunmanway I'm
ion for close on 16 years
Mr.. L. MacSweeney, of Fermoy,
who has been chosen to give the
Oireachtas Grafton this year is a Gael
who should be very acceptable to the
people of the four provinces.
Donegal.
Mr.. Robt Bailey. Protestant far
mer in North Derry. had IL bullock
nrs. The outrage is attributed to Or
angemen, Mr.. Bailey being a prom
inent supporter of Mr. r. w. Russell,
and having been the victim of pre-
Ni"us Orange attacks
Ulster, like Munster. will have two
Gaelic Colleges this year In addi-
tion to the Ulster Training College
ut Cloghaneely there is the Irish Col
lege of the Four Masters. the Irish
Language Session in ST Eunan's Col
lege, Letterkenny, which opened on
of the school will extend over ten
hours.
At the opening of the Londonderry
.Assizes on July 10 the Lord Chief
Baron said the county was in Il peace
able state, and was free from amy III
tlir;,tion of crime
Dublin.
While cycling down an incline at
Malahde, on July -. John McGuircIl,
"f Malachy place, Church street, Dub
lin. lost control OF the machine and
was thrown over the handle bars and
killed.
In her seventy-sixth year. after a
brief illness, Mrs. Kate Mancy. of IS
Sandycove avenue. West. died on July
- For upwards of flfty-tve years
she was the principal soprano in many
of the leading city churches. going
from the Jesuit Church. Gardiner
street, and later to the Church of the
Three Patrons, Rathgar, and the Car
melte Church. Clarendon street
Down.
DR.. McNabb, Castlewellan. eldest
son of Mr.. John McNabb. J.P, Clough-
er Hall, Downpatrick. and Mr.. Henry
McGarry, Ballnewport. Downpatrick,
have been appointed to the Commits
sion Of the Peace for County Down.
Both gentlemen are Nationalist.
Galway.
A fire occurred at Loughrca on july
%. which destroyed the premises of
Mr.. Peter Murphy. Dunkelin street
Mr. Murphy carries on an extensive
business in the general grocery. oil and
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