The Irish standard., 1907-10-26
! NEWS FROM IRELAND F.;
Armagh.

"A great 4NdllOHdl O0luOISlIdllVA sSNA
place in Armagh on Sept. %. Jos.
aDevlin, NJ. p, w. McKillop, NJ. r.. and
=. j. Mooney, M. p, spoke. The meet
ing was called in furtherance Of the
policy outlined by the National Di-
rectory, and as one Of the series be-
ing held all over Ireland. The ar
rangements for the meeting were un-
7dertaken by an organizing committee
consisting of the members Of the Ar
magh Branch of the United Irish
League and of representatives Of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians and Irish
National Foresters.
Antrim.
g William Ewart. of Lisburn, while
visiting the Geological Gardens, Phoe.
nix Park, Dublin. Sept. 26. put mis-
right hand to the bars of the lions
cage. One of the animals clawed him
ION the fingers. The injuries were Of
a trivial nature.
William Downey, for over 50 years
an esteemed resident of Belfast, a gen.
erous friend Of the deserving poor. and
late president of the st. Vincent lie
Paul Society Of Antrim's capital died
on Sept 10.
a.. Cavan.
y The eighth annual show. under the
auspices of the County Cavan Agri-
cultural Society, was held OH the
grounds of the society on Sept IS.
The weather was favorable, and the
enclosure was thronged during the
afternoon. There was a slight de-
crease in the entries for home indus.
tries and fruit. while the number in
all other classes was we'll maintained
Glare.
ID. Michael McMahon, farmer of Inch
beg, had three-yea old mare out
grazing with four other horses on Sept.
IL. The tail Of the mare was cut off.
J., A few days ago a claim was lodged
with the Co. Council by P. McAuliffe,
Of Colmanstown, Labasheeda. for $50.
for the malicious spiking Of his mead
ows and damage to a moving machine.
Frank McAuliffe, his brother, was fired
at and severely wounded, when return
ing from Ennis last April.
Cork.
On Sept. % the foundation stone Of
q new church in Timoleague was laid
by Bishop Kelly. The ceremony re-
wives interesting memories of Irish
ecclesiastical history Timoleague re-
ceived it's name from ST. Moagga, and
was anciently known as 1.-The cell Of
MolaEga," which, in Irish, gives the
present-day name Of Timoleaguo. The
sons Of st. Francis of Assist built
seminary there in 1910, and tAe beau
tiful ruin stands today on the edge
Of the bay, says The F'reeman's Jour-
nal. And so we'll did those nedia.val
builders do their work, that the door,
way in the nave, the windows ard all
that escaped the despoilers seem likely
to Withstand as many centuries more
as they have already defied.
- Dublin.
Mother Mary Alphonsus Harm. OF
Loreto Abbey. Rathfarnham, died on
Sept. 81 in the ninetieth year of her
age and the sixty-eighth Of her re-
iisious life
I William Bersin. aged 81 years. an
ex-serseant of the Royal Irish Regi-
ment. was drowned in the Liffey river,
Dublin, on the goth ult.
The body of Owen Mccarthy, a we'll
known postnan in the Fairviev- dis
trict, Dublin, was found floating in the
Canal. near Cross Guns Bridge, on
Sept. ~.
III Down,
irish IN name and origin was the
"Avoca," the beautiful brilliant GRIM
son rose that received the soc.ety's
Gold Medal awarded for the best seed
ling rose in the London Autumn Show
Of the Horticultural Society. This rose,
shown by A. Dickson & Co., of New
townards. was admired. says The Trib-
une, by the crowds who gathered round
the stand where it stood alone in it's
glory. Though the new rose had tray
eled across the Irish Sea, the color, a
rich dark red tinged with blue, had
4 suffered little.
Donegal.
Bishop O'Donnell, Of Raphoe, preach
ed on Sept. 20 in st. Eugene's cathe-
dral, Derry. OH the occasion of the
;consecration of Mgr. McHugh as
1 Bishop Of the Diocese in succession ia
the late DR.. oDoherty.
Derry.
Monsisnor Charles McFIugh, D. D.,
Nv. g., was consecrated Bishop Of Derry
IN st. Eusene's Cathedral, Derry, on
Sept. 20, by Cardinal Logue.