The Irish standard., 1912-01-27
9NEWS FROM lRELAND{

daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lydon, Cor
rib View, Galway. The ceremony
took place at ST. Patricks Church.
Kerry.
j. Crowley of Bluckwatcr Mills,
Baltimore, has been granted Il patent
on a centrifugal fan which he has
invented.
While working on December IS at
the Ardtuly Copper Mines, near Ken
mare, a pulley broke, and man nam
man named Handles seriously injured.
Kildare.
After keen competition Joseph Har-
vcy of Athy, was on December 26
declared purchaser at $50 pounds of
about four Irish acres of land at
Aughnabourna. The land belonged to
! Michael Nolan, U. ID. c.. who has re-
Gently purchased extensive premises
known as the Railway Hotel, Carlow.
The annuity payable to the Irish Land
Commission is pounds Is Cd. The
field is one of the best adjacent to
Athy and was consequently very
much sought after.
Kilkenny.
Through Mr.. Pat O'Brien, Nj. r.. the
Kilkenny Public Library has become
| the poSsessor OF IL valuable set OF inn
portant books aud Government Rec
ids. The books were published at
the expense of the Treasury in 1857,
on the suggestion of the Master of
4 the Rolls. There arc about $50 vol
, umes, originally costing los per vol
umc, containing the original State
papers Of the Privy Council of Eng
land, chronicles of Great Britain and
Ireland during the middle ages; events
which occurred during the reign of
Elizabeth, and the earliest ages of the
taxation of Ireland by England; old
Irish records such as the Seanchus
Nor and the Annals of Ulster There
are original documents in the chron-
icles, and all are very valuable.
~ Leitrim.
The demise of Master Thomas Har-
vey, seventh son of Francis Harvey.
Grisgass, Ballinamore, took place De-
cember 23. The deceased boy SUSTAIN
sent to Il Dublin hospital where he
succumbed after undergoing two OPP
| cratio..S.
Limerick.
John liarty, farmer, BclluSKey.
Groom, aged rs, after being paid his
od-agc pension at Groom Post Office
on Saturday evening, December %,
was walking to his car, which stood
a few yards from the Post Office door,
when he fell dead in the footpa.h out
side the office.
Mr.. j. j. Noonan. County Surveyor,
North Mayo, has received an intna-
ton from the Roads Board OF IL free
grant Of 10000 pounds for the steam
rolling Of forty English miles of road
from Ballina to Belmullet, only a
nominal contribution to be required
from the local rates. The project will
give work to Il great number of local
men.
Waterford.
| A sad fatal accident is reported to
near Harrow Hill, girl named Miss
Annie DAILY, aged 10 years, daughter
OF a respectable farmer, losing her
life. 1t appears that Miss DAILY, &C.
companicd by her father, was driving
home, when portion Of the harness
broke, father and daughter being
thrown on the road. Miss Daily fell
on her face and side, breaking sew
eral ribs. Mr.. DAILY escaped with
some bad bruises. Help was soon
Forthcoming. and they were both taken
were of such Il serious character that
she died.
Wicklow.
/ acknowledgements 6, by Rev. r..
Milton, Rector of st. Andrews, Glei-
chen, James M. Copithorne, eldest. son
of John Copithorne, Jumping Pound,
Calgary, late of Cork, to Eva NJ. cld-
est daughter of John G.. Buckley,
Shamrock Farm. Gleichen, Alberta,
| Canada, late of Ennskcry.
Wexford.
The death has occurred at the Con-
! vent of Mercy, New Ross, OF Sister
Mary Agnes Doyle, member of IL very
respectable family near Boris, County
Carlow. Deceased was in the twenty
fourth year of her profession. and
had been in failing health for some
time.
Louth.
A number of friends and past pu-