Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-09-21
IRELAND.
Record of the Most Important Of
the Recent Events CulIed
From Exchanges.

The Rev. Thomas Liston, OF
shanagolden, is about to erect new
church.
The Limerick Guardians co-opted
IL. Kelly, an ex-member, to fill the
vacancy in the Dock ward.
, Considerable damage was caused
by fire which broke out in William
McCormicks flax-mill at Ballyna-
hinch.
Widespread regret has been caused
by the death of Mrs. Annie Newman,
wife of John Newman, Clonrollagh,
Longford.
pointed Medical Officer of Belturbet
Dispensary district in place Of DR..
Soraghan, deceased.
The Hfeboat Tea Rooms building
at Black Rock was totally destroyed
by fire, but fortunately the sleeping
occupants escaped without injury.
The death occurred at Ballina-
hinch, County Tipperary, Of the Rev.
John Magrath, who was pastor there
for nearly a quarter of century.
At a public auction at New Ross a
plot of land a little over two Irish
acres, held in fee-simple and free of
all rent whatever, was sold for
100.
The vacancy on the County Lin
: erick Agricultural Committee, caused
by the death of the late Patrick
Harteney, of Shanagolden, has been
filled by the election of John NJ.
lO'Donovan, of Rathkeale.
Richard Geraghty, aged about
forty, farmer and grazier residing
at Kilmessan, brother of the Rev.
J. Geraghty, of Oldcastle, was found
, dead in a shallow drain about twenty
yards distant from his dwelling.
Bernard McKernan was found
drowned in a canal at Feyduff, near
: Middletown, County Armagh. The
deceased, who had been working in
Z. Scotland, was coming home on g
visit to his people at Drumakean.
In the Church Of Our Lady of the
I Holy Rosary at Castelar, the Mos
Rev. DR.. Higgins, Auxiliary Bishop
of Tuam, performed his first ordina'
ton ceremony by raising to the
dignity of priesthood the Rev. ]. G
tltZgerdlu, Oh bdlllnulne.
b A sensational rumor reached Xii.
kenny on Saturday to the effect that
a young man named William Meany
!. had been murdered at Higginstown
n about three miles from the city
Some time later his brother Thomas
was arrested in Kilkenny in connec.
: ton with the matter.
When the news reached Ballina.
e more that DR.. Thomas Reynolds had
been returned as Medical Superin.
tendent under the national health in.
surance act for Leitrim, torchlight
procession with band paraded the
!. town and bon-fires blazed on the
hills around.
d A remarkable discovery of silver
d and lead has been made at Clew
: near Ready, by farmer named Ed
d ward Conlon. While working i'm, Z
n field he turned up a piece of br.. 20
e metal. Tin ANALYTICAL test She
l. the ore contained per cent. of pur
y silver and IS per cent. lead of frs
quality.
Many miles of country along tn
,. watershed of the Barrow have bee
COmpleLSly SuDmeTBbu, anu unOSJ u
lie the hay crop, which was made up Il
lie cocks, has been carried away by tn
l. floods. Potatoes are almost a com
,e plete failure, and in the case o
r Turbary 264 tenants on the FAIRY
g hinch estate are cut off from thei
S. winter fuel supply, the roads to tn
Re bog being unapproachable.
'e BY the death of the Very Rev
lie David P. Mulcahy, of Swords, Their
has passed away one of the mos
!. highly respected priests of the dio
z cese of Dublin. The announcement
l of the sad event. which occurred at
o private hospital in Dublin, will evok
o a feeling OF profound regret.
Q native of Ardpadden, County Water
. ford, he joined the mission in Dublil
% early in life, and for a half centur,
at least his name has been intimatel
associated with the history of tn
diocese.