Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-01-11
IRELAND.
Record Of the Most Important Of
the Recent Events CuIIed
From Exchanges.

At the Belturbet market two
weeks before Christmas over $4,000
were realized on the sale of turkeys.
The South Tipperary County Coun-
ell has elected p Mulcahy, of Cahir,
a member in room of the late Coun-
cilor McQuish.
The Newry Guardians elected DR..
II. p. McDermott, of County
Armagh, as Medical officer in Dom
aghmore Dispensary district.
The death of the Rev. ]. O'Neill.
President of st. Patrick's Academy
at Dungannon, is much regretted. He
succumbed to an attack of pneu-
monia.
A large detachment Of military
was expected to arrive in the Long
ford barracks in January, but IL is
stated the order has been counter
manded.
John Shiel, ]. p, of Roscommon,
has been fired at by poachers whom
he found shooting at Carnlough,
on the borders of the Counties Of
Roscommon and Galway.
A shocking tragedy occurred at
Askeaton, where Michael O'Shaugh-
messy was burned to death in a
limekiln where he sought shelter
from a downpour of rain.
The death is announced of J. Nc
Ateer, head of the firm Of J. McAteer
g. Son, monumental sculptors, OF
Newry, and father of Rev. r. Nc
Ateer, of Lower Drumgooland.
The Rev. Father O'Sullivan, o. P,
for about twelve months at St.
Savior's, Waterford, has been trans
ferred to st. Mary's, Kilkenny. He
will be replaced in Waterford by
Rev R. B. Duggan, o. P, from Lin
erick.
The people of Kildalkey, County
Meath, have learned with much re-
greet that the Rev. Richard Smith,
who had labored so zealously among
them for the past four years, is
about to leave them to take up
pastoral charge of Bohermeen.
When Secretary O'Hartigan, Of
tho Evicted Tenants Association,
and a large crowd with a band as
sembled recently at Ballyclough,
near Limerick, to hold a meeting In
connection with Mrs. Laffan's farm,
the police interviewed and would al
low no speeches to be delivered.
Recently in Dublin a fire broke
out in the historic house known as
the "Frescati," but it was ex-
tinguished before it had caused any
serious damage. In the old days
it was the town house of Dermott
McMurrow, King of Leinster, and in
later years Lord Edward Fitzgerald
lived there for short period.
The customers in Callan of the
Rev. P. Carrigan presiding, have
decided to form a cooperative so
ciety to purchase the electric light
plant by which the town is lighted.
A committee of nine members of the
Town Commissioners was appointed
to negotiate with the Munster Com
pany.
Great popular rejoicing took
place at Doneraile on the occasion Of
the restoration to health of the Very
Rev. Canon p. A. Sheehan after a
prolonged illness. The whole town
was illuminated, and a torchlight
procession, headed by a fife and
drum band, marched to the Canon's
residence, where selection of music
was played.
Clergy from all parts of the Arch
diocese of Tuam, as we'll as a large
gathering of his friends and parish
toner's, were present at the funeral
of the late Rev. John McEvilly. Of
flee and requiem mass were first
solemnized at Crossboyne parish
church by the Rev. P. Nicholson in
presence of the Most Rev. DR.. Hig-
gins, assisted by the Right Rev.
Monsignor Kilkenny, Claremorris,
and the Very Rev. Canon Dalton,
Ballinrobe.