The Irish standard., 1907-06-22
NEWS FROM lRELAND Z
Armagh.

"A large BULL belonging to H. Kirk,
( OF Derryclone, Lurgan, while being
driven to the slaughterhouse of Walter
Clarke, Church street. Lurgan. broke
loose from his keepers, and created
such a scare in the town that he had
: to be shot.
q Antrim.
Recently on the farm of John Kelly
Owencloughey. about seven miles from
Glenarm, a cnerary urn was unearthed
It measured eighteen inches in depth
= twelve inches in diameter across the
mouth, and fourteen inches at great
est breadth. A portion of the bottom
Is worn away by earth pressure. About
formed the top covering. The greatest
depth was about four feet from the
surface. A quantity of calcined bones
and charred wood was found under
meath the urn: The district has many
primitive remains, consisting of forts,
large standing stone, also on the
farm of Mr. Grant. The sepulchre was
situate in a beautiful corner of the
field overlooking an embankment,
which rises some fifty feet above Glen
arm river.
The Pope has, through the Bishop Of
Killaloe, appointed Very Rev. Chancel-
Tor Seaman, of Birr to the dignity OF
Dean to the Diocese of Killaloe in sue
cession to the late Very Rev. Dean
White.
CORK.
On May 81, the Lord Mayor at the
City Hall, made presentation to Mr..
e. j. O'Riordan, secretary to the Cork
Industrial Development Association as
q mark Of appreciation of the Assoca
ton for the efforts Mr. ORordan has
made to advance the welfare and de-
velopment of Irish industries generally.
The presentation took the form of a
handsome cheque.
In opening a Feis at Middleton on
May rs. Very Rev Archdeacon Hutch.
P. p. referred to the formation of a
branch of the Gaelic League for Pro-
testants in Dublin, and also to the es-
tablishment of Gaelic Society in
Trinity College. AS a Catholic priest
he welcomed right heartily the Protest.
ants of Ireland upon the platform of
the Gaelic League.
On May 90 at setting of the Con-
gested Districts Commission at Swan
linbar, County Cavan. evidence was
given with reference to the proposed
Ulster and Connaught Light Railway
and the development of various indus
tries
70 Carlow
The new hospital at Tullow prom
Uses to be an cdifice which will prove
a great addition to the town.
The Right Rev. DR.. Foley, Bishop of
Kildare and Leighlin, ordained to Dea-
conship on May 25 at Carlow: -Revs
j. Boland, Kildare and Leighlin; D.
Hennessy. Wilcania; w. O'Beirne.
wellington; J. Bradley Baker City;
+: E. Moriarity, Pittsburg; p oConnor.
st. Louis; J. Cronin, Kansas City; II.
Lynch. Brooklyn; e. McCaulcy, Kill
more; ]. Bourke, Los Angeles: j. Far
rell, Goulbournc; A. Smith, Alton; X
Beehan, Wilcania; j. Troy, Devon
port; w. O'Brien, Tuam; p. Costello,
Wilcana.
- Donegal.
=. The annual pilgrimage to st. Pat
eicks Purgatory, Tough Derg, began
on June /. AS usual the exercises
began with a three days retreat There
was a great throns present among
whom We're many priests. Very Rev
+, Canon Smyth, who resides on the ISL
and as Prior from June 1. up to Au-
gust 18th, has charge of the exercises
during the pilgrimage
Derry.
The Irish Unonist Peers. not to be
outdone by their confederates in the
+ Lower House, are taking hand in the
: game OIL SlanderlnS the irish people.
The latest is from Lord Londonderry,
who has called attention to the contin-
y uance of acts of lawlessness co in
various districts in Ireland. and has
"a asked the Government whether, hav-
!. ing regard to such acts, they are still
of opinion that the condition of Ire
land as whole. was very satisfactory,
=. as stated by the Prime Minister in the
House of Commons"
Dublin.
Richard Nolan died on May 80 at
his residence, II Belvidere road Mount
JOY Square, Dublin. Mr.. Nolan, who
was sc years of age. had been for
over 80 years chief machinist of the
"Fredmans Journal" He had also