Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-03-02
IRELAND.
Record of the Most Important Of
the Recent Events culIed
From Exchanges.


streets are in Irish and English.
A company has been established at
Claremorris for the purpose OF
lighting the town by electricity.
At recent meeting of the Boyle
Town Commissioners Jasper Tully
was unanimously reelected Chair
man.
BY twenty-seven to 1--WE votes the
Mullingar Rural Council co-opted
toral division.
The death took place recently in
Dublin OF Col. ]. p. Nolan, who rep
resented Galway in Parliament from
1872 to 1906.
The extra police force in Roscom-
mon has been considerably reduced
and the barrack at Rockfield has
been abandoned.
Portion of the Bait estate, near
Rostrevor, comprising four town
lands and part of three others, is to
be sold to the tenants.
At the Boyle Quarter Sessions
Judge Wakely was presented with
white gloves, in token of the crime
lessness OF the district.
DIR. Ignatius p. Kelly was ap-
pointed Medical Officer o. Kiltegan
Dispensary district at the meeting OF
the Baltinglass Guardians.
Dundalk mourns the death of
Mrs. Mary Ann Finn, widow of the
late owen Finn, and James McDon-
aid, the we'll known engineer.
One-third of the personnel of the
New Ross Urban Council bear the
surname of Murphy, and that also is
the name OF the Oldest members.
The Longford Board of Guardians
unanimously appointed Miss Col
reavy, of Gortlettera parish, Mohill,
as schoolmistress of the WOrkhouse
| school.
Recently the licensed premises Of
Patrick Rourke at Clonard, County
Meath, were completely destroyed by
fire. The damage amounted to about
$4,000.
At a public meeting in Ballymena
resolution was passed favoring
preliminary steps for the construc-
ton of light railway from Port
glenone to Glenarm or Camlough.
Two young men named Miller and
| Sullivan have been, at special court
held in Ennis, committed to the
Clare Assizes on bail, on a charge Of
posting threatening notices in the
Corofin district.
BY ten votes in two the Water
ford Board of Guardians have re-
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aged and infirm inmates of the
Workhouse be supplied with a
weekly allowance of tobacco.
The death took place recently of
Patrick M. OMalley at his residence
at Mann. The deceased belonged to
one Of the best known and most re-
spected families in Connemara. In
him the Gaelic League has lost an
ardent supporter.
The Most Rev. DIR. Healy, Arch
bishop of Tuam, has made the fol-
lowing clerical changes: Rev. Father
Joyce, Menlough, to be professor at
st. Jariath's College; Rev. Father
Mangan, who has been on the mis-
sion in Glasgow, to Menlough.
Burns splendidly and gives good
heat, was the testimony given by the
Clerk at a recent meeting of the
Athy Guardians to coal supplied by
the Irish Mining Company at Wolf
! hill. 1t was stated that light rail-
way is about to be built from the
mines to connect with the railway
at Athy.
The heavy and almost continual
rains which have been experienced
for the past couple of months has
resulted in the overlooking OF the
SUR and other rivers. causing much
damage in some places. Farmers
living contiguous TO these rivers
have in some instances been COM
PEELED to remove their cattle off the
fields.