The Irish standard., 1910-05-28
'NEWS FROM IRELAND

Drogheda, having been obliged to come
home from Rome at the end Of his
| course, in broken health. In 1879 he
was appointed to the parish of Ter
monfeckin, and from that date his life
and his thoughts were identified with
those Of his people.
leitrim.
The death has occurred at Carrigal-
len, Co. Leitrim, in his S9th year, of
the Rev. James Cooley, second and
last surviving son of the late John
Cooley, of Killegar, in that county.
Mayo.
At the quarterly meeting of the
Castelar, Urban Council, April 80,
| resolution was adopted condemning T.
| M. Healy, M. p, for his recantation of
| Home Rule and for scoffing at the
idea of an Irish Parliament in Dublin.
The resolution also renewed confidence
in the Irish Party and congratulated
VIM. Doris, M. p, on his sterling work
for Mayo and Ireland.
Monaghan.
|. The Monaghan Co. Council has UNI
animously reiterated it's determination
that, unless Irish be made an essen
tial subject for naturalization in the
National University, and unless prop
err provision be made for the teaching
of Irish in all it's Colleges, it will re-
purposes.
Queens.
At the Maryboro Quarter Sessions
on April 80, Judge Fitzgerald, address,
ing the grand jury, told them there
was one trivial case to go before them.
He was sorry to have had to bring
them so far to do SO little. He was of
the opinion that grand juries ought to
be abolished so far as Quarter Sessions
very little to do. The idea that grand
jury is to stand between an accused
man and the Crown to see that the
latter does not act unruly is alto
gether a thing of the past.
Roscommon.
On May the Right Rev. DIR. Clancy,
Bishop of Elphin, visited Roscommon,
and after last Mass in the new Church
of the Sacred Heart, preached an elo-
no, hn 10
bors of the late Monsignor McLough-
lin. He afterwards induced the Very
Rev. Canon Cummins q. D., late Adj
minstrator, Sligo, to be the new par
ish priest of Roscommon.
Sligo.
The Rev. Thomas Raymund Shelly
o. p, who was we'll known and beloved
in several towns in Ireland, passed
| away on May at Holy Cross Priory
Sligo. He was born in the parish Of
Carrickedmond, County Longford, on
the 5th of June, 1886, and was or
dained a priest in 1875 by DR.. Delaney,
Bishop of Cork. For the past five
years he was stationed in Sligo.
Tyrone.
A meeting was held at Dromore on
May l with view to reorganizing
the U. 1. l.. in that district of Mid
Tyrone, and the chairman, NJ. Lynch,
J. P, predicted that the Unionist rep
resentation of the constituency would
not survive the next general election.
Tipperary.
At a meeting in Tipperary, presided
over by Canon Ryan, p. P, it has been
decided to take steps to create a fund
to meet the loss to intermediate pupils
in Irish in exhibitions.
Waterford.
Two Gaelic football matches in the
League championship were played on
April "a. The c. Y. NJ. S. F. c. de-
feated the C. j. Kckhams by 1 goal
S points to / goal 1 point, and Ira
more r. G.. defeated Ballymacaw F. c.
Mr.. Jas. HALEY refereed.
The death Of Mrs. Catherine Barry
occurred at her late residence, Murley
Terrace, on May 4. Deceased was q
native of Portlaw, but lived for the
greater part of her life in America.
She returned to Portlaw couple Of
years ago, and resided with her sister,
Mrs Harvey, of the Waterford Arms
Hotel.
Westmeath.
On May splendidly attended Ma
! tionalist meeting was held in the
| Square, Ferbane, at which delegates
| from the Nationalist and public bod
| les attended from Birr Banagher,
| Shannonbridge, Cloghan. Rahan, Clara,
| Clonmacnoice, etc. Previous to the
meeting an address Of welcome was
presented by his constituents to Mr..
Michael Reddy, M. P.
Wicklow.
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