The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-01-11
!! NEWS FROM lRELAND
Antrim.

sa Antrim.
The Nationalists of Belfast through
the treasurer, Mr.. John Rooney, Ma
s tional Club, Berry ST., on Dec. Sth.
forwarded to Joseph Devin. M. P, a
check for $3.50, as their contribution to-
wards the Irish Parliamentary Party.
The letter accompanying the subscrip-
) ton emphasizes the determination of
the country to sustain and support the
4 Irish Party in parliament.
4. Armagh.
At the recent examination for clerk
ships on the Great Northern Railway.
4 Ave of the successful candidates were
< pupils of the Christian Schools, Ar
magh. There were twenty vacan-
. cies to be competed for, and the COM
petition was open to candidates from
3 all parts of Ireland. Appended are the
names of the pupils presented from.
the schools, with the position on the
published list secured by each: Joseph
Short 10th place; Hugh ]. Hogan. 14th
place: Bernard Valley, 18th place;
Peter Leo O'Reilly, goth place; Matthew
Digby, Gath place.
Carlow.
=. The Countess of Aberdeen opened q
< tuberculosis Exhibition at Carlow on
Dec. 10, on which occasion a local
branch Of the Womens National Health
Association was formed. The Carlow
Board of Guardians presented her Elk
cellency with an address of welcome.
Caven.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed
Mr.. T. P. McKenna, of Mullagh. vir-
:. ginia, to the Commission of the Peace
for the Country. Mr.. McKenna is Vice.
Chairman of the Cavan County Coun-
Gil, a member of the Council of Agri-
Ireland and of the Executive Commit
tee of the General Council of County
Councils.
Clare.
A fashionable marriage Of Irish in
terest will take place at an early date,
when Miss Doreen O'Brien. a sister of
Lord Inchiquin will marry Captain
Richard Coke. "a typical Irish girl"
says the Daily Chronicle, dark eyed
and brown haired like all her beautiful
Irish ancestresses who were queens of
Ireland, Miss O'Brien traces direct
descent to Brian Boroihme, who COM
menced his reign in 1902 and was killed
at the Battle of Clontarf, in 1914. Cap
tain Coke is the third son of the vet-
eran Lord Leicester. The presents are
I very numerous, as was the case when
her sister married Mr.. Marconi.'
Cork.
The parishioners of st. Patrick's par
to erect memorial altar to the late
Dean McSwiney, who was for years
pastor of the perish. sum of s7O
was subscribed at the meeting. over
which Dean Shinkwin presided.
Much regret has been occasioned in
Cork by the death of Mr.. James Ryan,
s Charlotte Quay, who was associated
with the paper manufacturing industry.
and was a member of the Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce.
49,. Derry.
The Community OF the Sisters of
. Mercy, st. Peters Convent, Derry,
!, mourn for the loss of dear and ven-
z cradle member, Mother Mary Angus
I, tine, and throughout Derry Colm-cille
= there is a deep and reverent sympa-
Is thy. She was associated with the
u convent for over half a century. hav-
u ing entered on the novitiate in the
e early years of its foundation.
& The Ardmore Division of the A. o.
\, H. opened their new hall with fine
!: concert and ball on Dec. s.
Down.
The death took place at Hollywood,
Il Dec. S, on his 10Th birthday, of DIR.
| Richard Barnett, one of the best
3 known rifle shots in Ireland. He had
\ somewhat remarkable career. After
practising for several years in the
Z south of France he joined the volun-
s teer movement and held commission
&. in the West Kent regiment. AS cap
+ tain in 1874 he won the Claudeboye
Gauntlet, scoring the highest points at
the LOO yards range.
Dublin.
The Rev. John Brennan Westland
4 row Duhlin died non ~ .ftor :, Cow.
days illness. His death will be a great
loss, especially to the poor of the par
ish by whom he was greatly loved.
He was also an enthusiastic worker in
1.-THE tv:nperiInce cause, and was held
in the highest esteem throughout the
city as Jealous and pious priest.
Fermanash.
8& Mrs. Murray. Enniskillen, has pre-