The Irish standard., 1909-03-20
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NEWS FROM IRELAND
Antrim.


II pevlin, NJ. p, addressed a great mee--
Arei1tg Of Nationalist at Dundee. a res
u olution was adopted expressing con-
Rsf .ience in the Irish Party. Mr.. Dcv-
AAlsn said in the course of his address
y that the Old Age Pensions Act was
u Framed on lines in which, for the first
4 time in her history Ireland had not
III 4 been financially robbed. He also de-
fully watching that mighty revolution
II sunder which dual owne. ship in land
n was disappearing.
Armagh.
4 The Archdiocese of Armagh and the
4 Catholic Church in Ireland have suf-
4 Tered a loss that can hardly be esti-
II rated in the death of the sanity pas
4 tor of Crossmaglen, Very Rev. Canon
Il McGeeney, p. P, V. r.. which occurr-
Tel in st. Vincents Hospital, Dublin,
\ sStn Feb. 90 He had been in failing
4 stl.ealth for sometime, and went to
\ Dublin TO special treatment. He was
\ eS years of age. Following his ordin-
II sation in 1871 he was appointed to the
A parish of Ready being afterwards pro-
Hssraoted to Armagh. In 1857, under the
L hfTrimacy of DR.. NIcGettigan, he was
4 appointed to the important parish of
4 Crossmaglen-a parish of large area
H and population with three churches
4 end no less than IL schools.
4 Glare.
Il Very Rev. Edmund Power Vicar
\ General of Galway, and Parish Priest
Il ct Tourclea, died at Lisdoonvarna, a
few days ago at the age of IS years.
/ He was born in County Waterford,
Il and on his ordination was sent to Kill
1sloe Diocese, one Of his first curacies
being in Loveton parish, in which Lis
cconvarna is situated. He was sooE
made parish priest, and had ever SINCE
labored in the parish.
w. Cork.
y At a meeting Of the Cork Corpt ra
Dean Shinkwin. informing the Council!
that he had received letter from,
\ Mgr. O'Riordan, of the Irish College in
Il Eome, stating that the Holy Father
twas very pleased with the Jubilee adj
I dress forwarded by the Corporation,
end that all official acknowledgment
lS5would be sent i'll due course from the
Iesoffice of the Cardinal Secretary ct
State.
@ Michael Lynch, the well known
builder and contractor of the City of
Cork, died at the North lnfirmary
y Hospital, OF Feb. is, from injuries re-
|tGreived few days previous Willie re-
turning from Blackjack.
Carlow.
{sst We regret TO announce the death of
E Mrs. John Cogley. Mortarstawn.
(which occurred very suddenly at her
residence on Feb. 81. The esteem in
which the deceased was held was eX-
cmplified by the large attendance at
her funeral to Tnryland on Feb 90.
|aShes leaves q husband and two Sous to
.r,ourn her loss.
Dublin.
-s AT meeting Of the Corporation the
fright Hon. William Coffey was in
ssktalled as Lord Mayor. Mr.. Michael
SDoyle received the High Sherff's
X achain, and Mr. w. J. 1.eahy was APP
pointed President of tho Court OF
conscience.
sa His Grace, Archbishop Carr of Aus
+ tralia, who was taken seriously i'll on
mis- return to Ireland following his
visit to Rome. is now convalescing at
The, Hannah Hotel Dublin. IL is
probable a coadjutor will be appointed
Ito assist him in the administration of
IL his large and important diocese. Tho
name Of Right Rev. DR.. O'Dea. Bishop
of Clonfert, has been mentioned
Isss On the afternoon Of FEB. %, the
srsCountess of Aberdeen visited tho In.
dustrial Schools under the care OF the
Sisters Of Charity, Merton. Among
those present were the Right Rev. DIR.
s Donnelly, Bishop of Canea, and the
assKight Rev. Monsignor O'Donnell.
There was a large assenlblagc of Ia
Espdies and gentlemen. After her Excel
sIency and the other visitors inspected
tho schools a meeting was held in the
III large class room.
Esassy Donegal.
||ssss Rats gnawing matches in the gro
Esseery and spirit establishment of John
|sS Ewing. at Ballyare, four miles from
on Feb. Fl, set fire to the
II place. The premises being entirely
|snr5ofed with flax and straw, and the
5s,h!ghly inflan,mable nature of the
stock rendering it impossible to even
rfartially arrest the fire, the buildings
|ssWere soon mass of blackened ruins.
III One Of those engaged in rendering as
hi NJ stance HAD his 1er broken Tho fire