The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-01-29
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NEWS FROM IRELAND


Michael Malone, are again going for
| ward for reelection. There is. some
rumor of a new candidate appearing
on the scene but nothing definite is yet
known.
Kerry.
At a recent convention held in Lis
towel for the purpose of selecting =
! Nationalist candidate for the Parlia-
mentary representation of North Kerr
ry, Mr.. F1avin, the sitting member, was
| unanimously selected.
Kilkenny.
The death occurred on Dec. 21st, at
his residence, Clashrea Place, of Mr..
Patrick Rowe, late of Dungooley, Moon
coin. The deceased, who was only
! nineteen years Of age, was a general
favorite with all who knew him, and
his death was learned with regret by
his many friends in this city and the
| surrounding districts.
Limerick.
| The anniversary Of the death Of
Father Casey, the great patriot pas
tor Of Abbeyfeale, was solemnly COM
memOrated on January 8. An immense
crowd assembled in Chapel street, and,
with torchlight procession, organized
by T. J. Keane, TIC, accompanied the
local brass band through the principal
streets, the band playing the Dead
March" A large photo of Father
Casey was reverently borne in the pro-
cession.
Lsitrim.
A posse of over 200 police were
drafted into the district surrounding
Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim, on January l
to prevent the re-occupation of an
evicted farm in the townland of Cor
oneorg, on the borders of Cavan and
Leitrim. A meeting was to have been
held, but the police interfered. This
ed the action of the consta bulary
Several people were hurt in the con-
fict which ensued. The people to the
| number of two thousand held a meet
ing at point some distance away
later on. Not for years has there been
such an exciting incident in the coun-
ty.
|. Meath.
In opening the County Meath Grim
| inal Quarter Sessions at Trim on jan
uary I, Judge Curran congratulated the
grand jury on the state of the county.
| Mayo.
| Mr.. William Doris, J.P., was unani-
mously selected as Nationalist candi-
date for West Mayo at the Divisional
Convention at Westport. .
Reseommon.
At public meeting of the tenants
of the Bagot Estate at Ballygar. Co.
Roscommon, January 2, a series of
resolutions was adopted on the mo-
ton Of the Very Rev. DR.. Kielty, Sec
onded by MIR. Philip O'Donnell, solicit
tor, with view to an amicable set
Element of the dispte arising out /. of
the sale of Aughrane Castle and 800
acres of land to the Department..
Sligo.
| His Lordship the Right Rev. DR..
Clancy, Bishop of Elphin, Is at pres
ent in Rome. to make his usual Wis
it lad limina Apostolorum." During
his Lordship's absence the business
Of the diocese will be carried on by
the Wears General. Mgr. Kelly, DID,.
Athlone, and Mgr. Mclaughlin, PIP,
Roscommon; and by the Very Rev.
Canon Cummins. DID, CT, Sligo, to
whom all letters intended for the
Bishop should be addressed.
Queens County.
At the meeting of the Queens County
Council held on January 3, P. A. Nee
han, drew attention to the treatment
of Catholic veterinary surgeons by the
Department. and resolution was
adopted calling on the Department to
remove the disabilities that Catholics
were suffering from.
i Tyrone.
Through the evertions of the Right
Through the exertions of the Right
and the Rev. Michael Walsh, PIP,
Ballinderreen. Kilcolgan. the trouble
on the Tyrone. estate is at last prac-
tically at an end. The Tyrone farm
has acquired an unenviable notoriety
In the agrarain agitation. There are
close upon two hundred holdings in
the, vicinity of tho Tyrone estate, and
In about 20 per cent of them the rent
ranges from Ell to es-the "acre-
age" of the farms being in many
cases little more than one acre, and
in no case larger than twenty. The
land allotted to the tenants Is full OF
rock, and held in Rundale Under
the settlement which has just been
arrived at, 400 acres Of grass land on
o.