The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-03-30

NEWS FROM IRELAND

purpose of fixing a date and making
| the annual point o-point races was
held in the Royal Hotel, Enniskillcn
Mr.. Godfrey Irvine presided. After
some discussion it was agreed that
Friday, the 18th of April, be fixed as
date OF meeting, the event to take
place as heretofore over the. old course
at Dunbar There will be four COM
petitions-thc Fermanagh Hunt Cup,
light weight. wclter and novice. Start
er-Mr. C. H. Mande. Judge-Major
Charles Darcy Irvine.
/ Galway.
| In her 92d year, Sister Mary Joseph
Byrne, of the Convent of Mercy, Gort.
was inferred in the beautiful cemetery
attached to the Convent grounds. She
] is the last of the nuns that came from
Carlow to found this Convent, with
the late Mother Aloysius Doyle, in
1897.
Kings.
| The death occurred at the Eden
derry Union Intirlnary of well-known
resident of the town, named Ned
| Brophy, after a short illness. The de-
! ceased, who had spent many years in
the British army, fought all through
the Indian Mutiny. and, on his dis
charge, was presented with Il first
class "character'-a splendid reward,
truly, for his valor and sufferings! He
received no monetary honorarium for
his services, and was compelled, until
old age overlook him, to work hard
for his livelihood. on the coming into
| force of the Old Age Pensions Act. he
was granted an allowance of IS. Il
week.
Kerry
y meeting of the Kerry County
Board was held at the Hibcrnian hotel,
Tralee, on March 9th, at D. m.. to
| make all arrangements for the two
| challenge contests between North and
South Kerry. These matches promise
to be the most exciting seen in Kerry
for years.
Limerick.
At Il meeting of the Corporation the
Mayor Councillor n. Ryan, presented
Master James Murray with a chcuuc
for IS and silver watch awarded
him by the Carnegie Hero Fund Trus-
tees for his heroisln in rcscuing a lit
tie girl from drowning.
Longford.
Mr.. Justice Dodd at the opening OF
the Longford Asszes in addressing
the Grand Jury said it appeared there
would be five bills sent up for their
consideration. Tho cases did not seem
to him to call for any comment, and
he thought in all not more than four
| persons were to be tried in all the bills.
Louth.
Recently an inquest was held at Lis
doc. Dundalk, OH the body of Patrick
Rice, an extensive corn merchant and
"SH-N'o"h SpOflSHiln, VINO was
| found dead in bed. Peter Rice, son of
| deceased, stated that he last saw his
| father alive at 11:10 on the previous
night, when he did not make any COM
plant Of illness. Deceased usually
locked his bedroom from the inside.
| and when witness went up to get the
key of the shop that morning he was
unable to get any reply to his knock
| lngs He had the door forced open,
and found his father dead in bed.
DIR. OErien deposcd that. in his
opinion, death was due to heart fail
ure
The jury found accordingly.
Mayo.
"A meeting was held in Knock,uorc on
| the Sd inst, immediately after II
o'clock Mass for the purpose of deal
Ing with landlords in the parish who
mad refused to sell the whole of the
grazing lands in their possession, and
| also to form a local branch of tho
United Irish League. There was a
good attendance, and tho proceedings
were marked with the utmost unanim-
| ltH On the proposition of Mr.. Thomas
| Mulhearn, seconded by Mr.. j. linncrty.
d. c., the chair was taken BIZ REV. p
Kevcncy, Adm.
Monaghan
Correspondence from Mcssrs. Kaye,
Parry. and Ross, engineers, Dublin,
and Weaver. Gloucester, was read at
the Clones Urban Council meeting held
recently, relative to the proposal to
construct another sewerage scheme for
Clones. 1t was resolved that applica-
ton be made to the Local Government
Board for loan of a2,5OO for the
purpose of the scheme.
Meath,
AT the meeting of the Dunslaughlin