The Irish standard., 1909-07-24
Antrim.

protest against the increased over-tax-
4 alton of ireland, speeches were deliver.
ed by Messrs. Briscoe, T. c., and r.
Lindsay Crawford.
Armagh.
A One of the greatest Temperance de-
monstrations held in Ireland for many
years took place on June 81, at
Armagh, when an enormous concourse
of people attended from the neighbor-
ing towns and districts. Addresses
were delivered by his Eminence Car.
inal Logue, Father Cullen, S. j., Father
Aloysius, o. S. F. c., and others.
81 Cork.
s. The Silver Episcopal Jubilee of the
Right Rev. O'Callaghan, Bishop of
Cork, was signalized on June 20 by the
: presentation of an address to the
Bishop at the Cathedral after High
Mass. DR.. O'Callaghan is a distinguish.
cd member of the Dominican Order.
Born in Cork in 1889, he entered the
Dominican Noviciate at Tallagnt in
1859, Father Tom Burke, O. P, the
celebrated pulpit orator, being then
novice master. After a course of
philosophy under the same sifted
teacher, he was sent to San Clemento,
Rome, where he attended the theo-
logical lectures delivered by a Dom
inican at the College of the Minerva,
and was elevated to the priesthood
In 1864. Returning to Ireland s.ftcr
twelve months, he was assigned to
the Convent of Tallaght, where for
six years he was employed in teach
ing.
H.. The Right Rev. DR.. Fogarty, Bishop
> OF Killaloe, laid the foundation stone
o. the new church at Garranboy, near
Killaloe, on Jue q. The need for the
new church had long been felt in the
parish. In the Penal days, Mass was
celebrated in the old edif1ce, which
Is now about to be replaced by q
church suitable to the needs of tho
locality.
& Carlow.
4. The oldest member of the Brigtdine
Order in the person of Mother Vim
cent Murray passed to her reward in
the Convent of the Community at
Goresbridge on June 26. The deccas.
ed was a native of the Co. Kilkenny
and was niece of the late Most Rev.
Dr. Healy, Bishop of Kildare and
Leighlin, who died so far back as
/. 1855. All her religious life was pass.
ed in the Convent, where she made
her novitiate, over which she ruled
as Reverend Mother for very many
years, and where she celebrated the
Golden Jubilee of her Profession.
Donegal.
Rev. Hugh M'Menamin, the parish
priest Of Buncrana, has received from
/ Justin MacCarthy a graceful letter
expressing warm appreciation Of the
improvements he has been effecting
In his parish. Mr.. MacCarthy says r
perusal of the account of what has
been done by Father M'Menamin
brings back to him and to his daugh-
Z ter, Charlotte, the memory of the
dear old times when he was still
) the representative of an Irish consli-
I tuency."
90 Derry.
American tourists motoring through
County Derry on June 26, had rath-
er unpleasant experience. AS they
were slowly approaching the village
of Claudy, nine miles from the City
of Derry, pony and trap was cont
ing in the opposite direction. Just
{ as motor and trap had almost met
\ the pony suddenly took fright and
s dashed in front of the moving car
The occupants were thrown out, and
were promptly helped to Gourley's
Hotel. The trap was damaged consid-
erably, but the pony and the occu-
pants of the vehicle escaped injury.
Dublin.
r. The annual ordinations at All Hal
lows College, Drumcondra, took place
recently. The Right Rev. D. Kelly,
Bishop of Ross, ordained for the
priesthood the following students:
!, Rev. Thomas Power, Melbourne; Rev.
Thomas Minogue, Omaha; Rev.
Thomas Begley, Duluth; Rev. Daniel
I MGowan, Ballarat; Rev. Bartholomew
Meade, Perth; Rev. Martin Jordan,
Brisbane; Rev. William Coen, Sacra-
mento; Rev. Thomas Carney, Leaven-
4 worth; Rev. Thomas Tarpey; Goul-
j burn; Rev. Patrick O'Sullivan, Sac
ramento; Rev. Patrick Cronin. Sacra-
\ mento; Rev. Michael Cullinane, To-
-sronto; Rev. Daniel O'Flanagan, Ora
hamstown; Rev. James Murnane, AL
ton; Rev. James Ryan, Hobart; Rev.
Patrick Moynihan, Omaha; Rev. Fran
scis Gatzemeyer, Adelaide; Rev. Paul
ssWalshe, Meath; Rev. Frederick Fan