The Irish standard., 1907-01-26
!! NEWS FROM IRELAND
Arm sh.

t.; Armagh.
The lord justices have committed
the sentence Of death on Thomas r.
Mason, who was incarcerated in the
Armagh prison, to penal servitude' for
life.
Antrim.
Thomas II. NJ. Kirk, who was Il
manzle filler at the premises Of the
Clarence factory, D~rham street, Bel
fast, died on Dec. 81, from injuries re-
ceived while at work tho Monday pre-
vious.
John McCaffrey, who fled the coul-
try after an alteration with Patrick
Mcmahon, at Cornacreve, Roslea, on
June. 20, 1898, from the effects Of
which the latter died, gave himself
up to the police on Jan. /. Mcmahon,
who was young man and the only
support Of his mother, owned a farm
adjoining that of McCaffrey's. They
.quarreled over o small piece Of ground
and McCaftrey is said to. have stabbed
him with q pitchforx Mccartney
avoided arrest and left the country in
disguise. His trial took place on Jan.
4, at Lisnaskea, and he was remanded.
Cork.
Mr.. D. D. Sheehan was reelected
for Mid-Cork, there being no other
candidate nominated on Jan. /.
A man named John Regain, died suds
denly at the North Inf1rmary, Cork, on
Jan. 2. $500.
AT BalHnora, on Jan. 2, a woman
named Nora Sullivan died suddenly as
the result of an epileptic At.
. Very Rev. F. Canon Mccarthy, Ban
try, died on Dec. 90, at his residence,
Gortalaggart, Colomane, aged sixty
years. When ordained close on thirty
years ago, he was sent to the Mauri-
thus, on the East African coast, where
he remained In the discharge Of his
sacred ministerial duties until about a
year ago, when he returned on SUPER
annuation to the land Of his nativity
to. spend the remaining years of his
F: life
Carlow,
On Jan. public meeting was held
in. Carlow for the purpose of protest.
. ing against the unsatisfactory condi-
tion Of primary education and the I'M
fair treatment which the National
teachers were receiving. Interesting
speeches were delivered by the Very
Rev. J. Delaney, P. p; Rev. James
1Coyle; r. P; Very Rev. Dean. Fynlay,
Rev. J.. Cullen, P. p; Rev. W. Byrne,
P. p, and others.
Great sorrow was caused not. only
among the community of ST. Brigid' s
Convent. Mountrath. but among the
townspeople generally by the death OF
Sister Mary Bertrand, which took
: place on st. Stephens day.
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Mr.. Hewitt Lawrence, a publican,
who had attained a ripe old age, died
suddenly ON Christmas eve, at his
residence, Church street, Cavan, from
heart disease. He was we'll thought
Of in the community as the large at
tendance at. his funeral on st.
Stephens day to the New Cemetery
testified:
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Miss NJ. Cochran, who for several
years held a representative position
with the establishment of Messrs. Ty-
Ter & Co., Newry, died quite suddenly
on Dec. so, at her residence, Sandy's
street, Newry.
On Dec. 20 q man who was known
by the name Of John was found dead
in the lodginghouse of Mrs. Robin
son, 70 East street, Newtownards. A
coroner's jury found that death was
caused by heart disease.
Dublin. $3.50. ,
James Wren, brusllmaker, died
in the hospital on Christmas eve from
the effects of injuries sustained the
previous day by being knocked down
:. by a car on the North Strand road,
Dublin.
John Fulton, aged 40, hairdresser.
of Upper Tyrone street, Dublin, died
in the hospital on Dec. 81 from the
effects Of a fall down stairs.
: The Very Rev. Charles Cuddihy,
F. p, Enniskerry, died at the Parochial
House, on Dec. 20. Born in Clonmel,
sixty-five years since. his early studies
were pursued in the local schools,
whence he graduated to Waterford
college, where he was ordained when
% years Of age. He became attached
to the Dublin diocese and had since
been laboring there.
Derry.
On Dec. 80, the Right Rev. DR..
o'Doherty. Bishop of Derry, addressed