The Irish standard., 1909-04-17

! gent returned via Castlewellan, having
spent an enjoyable holiday.
| Louth.
| At the Drogheda quarter sessions,
| Mr.. Russell, Sub Sheriff, presented
! Judge Kisbey. X. c., with white gloves,
there being no criminal business to be
disposed of.
; Longford.
! On March IA, j. P. Farrell, NJ. p, was
released from kilmainham Prison. 1t
will be remembered he was sentenced
IT, six months Imprisonment on the
, 22nd of December last in default of
! giving bail for publishing inttmidatory
resolutions in his newspaper the Long
/! ford Leader, and also in connection
with Il speech which he delivered at a
place called Clondra. County Longford,
on Dec. 8. Mr.. Farrell spent Christ
| mas Day in Jail. His confinement great
, 1y affected his health and a recent
Their detention would endanger his life.
! His arrival in his native city was, in
accordance to the wishes Of his friends.
not made an occasion of any demon
stration owing to his delicate health,
but the testimonial, which has been
under way since his incarceration, and
will express in more than loud sound
ing timbals the love and endearment of
his associates in the cause for which
he suffered.
Limerick.
| The death Is announced of Rev. Mi
chael Donor, p. P, Shanagolden. Faith
er Donor. who was in his 61st year,
was native Of the county, and was
educated at tie Irish College in Rome
| He was one of the most accomplished
and erudite priests of the Limerick di-
| Geese.
| Mayo.
At the Castelar, quarter sessions Mr..
T. F. Ruttledge, Sub Sheriff, presented
white gloves to County Court Judge
Morphy who, in acknowledging the
gift, said it was a pleasure to say that
since he came to the County, six years
ago. he had very little business to do.
Meath.
! Rev. Mother Mary Cecilia, daughter
of James OReilly Of Trim, died on
| March %, at Loretto Convent, Mullin-
| gar. She had attained the age of So
years, IS of which she had been in re-
| ligion, and practically % of which
were spent in the Mullingar House.
Roseommon.
| Monsignor ORiordan on March Is,
presented to the Pope S776 in Offer
ings from the Archdiocese of Cashel
and the diocese of Elphin, Dromore and
Derry, also a personal offering from
| the Bishops of Killaloe. The Pope ex-
pressed his cordial thanks.
Sligo.
| Mr.. T. D. Leetch, solicitor presided,
and resolutions were adopted demand
ing compulsory Irish in the University
and provision for the study of Irish
literature and history, and congratu-
| lating the Mayo County Council in re-
| fusing to strike a rate for the scholar
ships in the university until Irish was
made an essential subject.
Tipperary.
The National Festival was observed
in Clonmel as general holiday, all the
business houses closing voluntarily.
Enormous congregations attended the
Masses at the various churches where
appropriate sermons We're delivered by
the officiating priests on the Great
Apostle. In Carrick-on SUR, a great
temperance procession was held in the
forenoon after Mass, and in the after
noon on the Deerpark Athletic grounds
Il ten mile fiat foot race, open to pro-
fessionals. took place. Fifteen COM
petitors started. Thomas Hynes. of
Galway. soon became favorite. and
! made the pace from start to finish,
striking the tape for the tenth mile in
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O'F'lynn, Ballinamult. County Water
ford; third. P. Condor. Ballintubber,
County Limerick. The first price was
u championship belt and $40. In the
evening the local Gaelic League gave
an Irish concert.
Westneath.
Nine farmers from Donore. County
Westmeath, recently sentenced to 3
months imprisonment for driving cat
tie ON the Donore ranch of Mr.. Molloy.
Kings County. have just been released
from Tullamore Jail, the occasion be-
ing made one for popular demonstra-
Il ton. Two months of the sentence was
to run. 1t is said that the Estates
Commissioners have acquired the
ranch. - H..
Wicklow.
Sincere regret is felt by a. large, cir