Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-08-19
IRELAND.
Record Of the Most Important Of
the Recent Events culIed
From Exchanges.

The death Of Mrs. Julia Duffy at
Newblss is much regretted.
The death of Michael Brennan is
much regretted in Kilkenny.
News of the death Of Patrick
o'Rourke at Kells caused widespread
sorrow.
The Peters pence collection for
this year for the diocese of Meath
amounted to over $4,000.
Wexford is mourning the death Of
Mrs. Frances Jane MADDEN, and New
Ross that of John Tobin.
John McGIth, Nurney House,
Bagnalstown, has been appointed as
a Justice of the Peace for the
county.
Michael NJ. Quinn, son of Michael
Quinn, Cookstown, has been admitted
a solicitor of the High Court OF
Justice.
Two boys, jeremiah Joy and
Thomas O'Connor, Killorglin, lost
their lives while bathing in the
Louve.
f. w. Youell has installed an
electric light plant in Balinamore,
and the fittings are already put up
in most of the houses.
The Mountmellick District Coun-
ell has decided to apply to the l.. G..
B. for a loan of $4,000 for the pur-
pose of providing suitable lighting
scheme for the town.
A bog fire on Lord Ormond's
property, purchased under the Ash
bourne act, at Kyle Park, near Bor-
risokane, caused damage to newly
saved turf amounting to $1,000.
The potato. blight has made its
don, Killylea and lyman districts,
and has caused something in the
nature of a panic amongst the farm
ers.
Accidental drowning was the YER
dict of a Coroner's jury at Tassagh.
Mid-Armagh, in the case of Peter
Maddin, whose body was found in
a stream where the water was only
two feet deep.
His many friends will be pleased
to learn that OweA Wickham, Mullin-
gar, Vice President of the North
Westmeath Executive United Irish
League, has been appointed to the
Magistracy for the district.
The death of the Very Rev. Canon
Flynn, of Killea, is regretted
throughout the diocese of Waterford
and Lismore. Canon Flynn was or
dained in 1865, and in May, 1881,
he was promoted to the united par
lshes of Crook and Killea.
Sincere and widespread regret has
been evoked throughout the Kerry
diocese by the death of Sister Mary
Gertrude Harrington, which occurred
at the Mercy Convent, Tralee. De-
ceased was a daughter of the late
T. R. Harrington, of Castletownbere.
Not for half century has there
been such a scarcity of water in
Newbliss district as at present Open
wells and those supplying pumps
have dried up, and it is only wells
In low-lying districts that are giving
like normal supply.
Widespread regret is felt in
Ballinasloe at the rather sudden
death of DIR. William Rutherford.
The deceased was sixty-seven years
Of age. The remains were inferred
N Creagh cemetery amid every
of sympathy and re-
;pect
The precious stones which were
and carried away from the
ioor of the tabernacle in the new
Catholic church at Claremorris about
hree or four months ago, have been
'eturned by registered letter. The
outrage at the time created the |
greatest indignation.
Congratulations have been extend
ID by his parishioners and numerous |
friends to the venerable Archdeacon |
Roche, of Gin, on the occasion of |
he diamond jubilee of his priest
rood He was ordained on July 20. |
1851, and has been pastor OF Gin |
or twenty years. The Archdeacon
S in his eighty-eighth year.