The Irish standard., 1906-10-13
NEWS FROM IRELHND !
Antrim.

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Antrim.
1t ID announced that the govern
ment have issued orders throughout
ireland for the abandonment, on Nov.
list, Of about one hundred coastguard
stations. including Larne, where a few
years ago the Admiralty erected, at
very considerable exrense.i;a large and
full equipped battery. At this sta
ktion six hundred men have been an
nually sent for gunnery training and
practice.
Armagh.
On Sunday, October 14th, the new
Convent of Mercy and Schools at
Bessbrook, will be solemnly opened
nal Logue will preside at the OPEN
ing ceremony, and the dedication ser.
mon will be preached by the Right
Rev. DR.. O'Donnell, Bishop of Rap>
hoe. There are few places where the
services of the good sisters are more
needed than at Bessbrook. Because
Of it's extensive linen industry there
issaa large population of young mill
workers, to whom the care and guild
ance of the sisters will be invaluable.
The Nuns in the past had merely a
farmhouse, the gift of a kind bene>
factor, for thcir convent, the out.
house serving for schoolrooms.
Cork.
The annual distribution of prizes to
the successful students attending the
Kingstown Technical School took place
on Sept. II.
Exciting scenes We're witnessed at
Ballingeary, County Cork, on Sept. 16,
following on an indignation meeting
held in the district in dispossessing
one Of his tenants. A force Of police
with fixed bayon7ts protected the
house from an attack by the crowd.
Purchase negotiations in reference
to the sale Of the town of Brosna have
now been completed; the town tenants
purchasing on the same terms as the
AGRICULTURAL tenants-1S So to 10 SIS
years on first term rents, according
to the amount Of arrears due.
Glare.
Patrick Meany charged with having
wounded farmer named Woulfe at
Cutteen, Quin, on Sept. 16, by firing
revolver shots at him, was renanded
for week.
Mr.. William Redmond, NJ. P, arrived
in Ennis on Sept. is, and visited
number Of friends. subsequently adj
dressing the students of st. Flannan's
College, to wnom,> at his request, the
President, Father Burke, granted a
holiday on the next day. Mr.. Red
mond drove ever from Lisdoonvarna
to Kilshanny where he was warmly
welcomed by Father McGurran and the
congregation after last mass. Later
II the day Liscannor Harbor was Wis
dted.
Dublin.
Mr.. Matthias MCDONNELL Bodkin, K.
c., a leader writer on the F'reemaa's
Journal, has ben appointed to the po-
sition Of Legal Estate Commissioner by
the government.
Recently at the historic Convent of
the Irish Benedictine Nuns at Ypres
lwhere the Irish Flag and the Flags
Of Families were deposited), Miss
Eileen Murphy, daughter of DR.. ]. J.
Murphy. of Harcourt street, received
the white veil.
On Sept. Is, Mrs. Rose Turley,
seaview avenue, Clontarf, died in Jer-
Wis street hospital from injuries re-
ceived in a tram accident that day.
The Italian Consul has taken up the
work at the development of trade re-
lations between Ireland and Italy.
Donegal.
On Sept. 49, Mr.. James Bradshaw,
b. Sc, and Mr.. VIM. Warnock, who,
on behalf of the department Of agri-
culture, made an extensive tour Of in-
spection of farms, farmsteads, cot
tages and gardens in the county, state
that in all the districts there was
great deal Of variation in the way the
homesteads were kept A fair number
were clean and tidy, but in far too
many cases there was a great deal to
be condemned. In the dwellinghouses
the chief improvements requiring to be
carried GU were more light and venti-
lation. :
Derry.
Mr.. E. G. Mclaughlin, Of Coleraine,
has been appointed to the commission
Of the peace for the County Derry.
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