The Irish standard., 1914-10-17
THE IRISH STANDARD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER ", 1914

subsequently treated by DR.. darcy.
Constable Higgins. after being
dragged for over one hundred yards
along the street. succeeded in stop
ping the Infatuated animal.
Died.-In her thirty-third year.
Mrs. Ellen Quinn. wife Of the late
Mr.. ]. Quinn. Main street, Ballybay;
Samuel Henry, Drumfreehan, in his
10th year.
On Sept. 10 at st. Aiden's Church.
Coulsdon, Surrey, England. by the
Rev. Father Francis Roe. P. p, as
sisted by the Rev. Father Bernard
Walsh, the marriage took place Of
Charles Frederick Wickens. A. R. s.
l.. eldest son of Edward Henry and
Mrs. Wickens. Ewing. Sussex, and
Marie. second daughter Of James and
Mrs. Fafrelly. Tatestown, Navan.
The solemn dedication and open
ing of the new and beautiful Church
of Our Lady of Lourdes at Summer
hill. by the Most Rev. DR.. Gaughlan.
Lord Bishop of the Diocese. took
place on Rosary Sunday (Oct. ~.
An inspection and review of six
hundred Irish Volunteers took place
in the Barrack Square, Navan. on
Sept. 10. A meeting of the volun-
teer delegates at Swords appointed a
deputation to urge upon the Provis-
ional Committee the necessity for es-
tablishing Dublin County Board.
The late Colonel H.. Stuart John
ston of Stirling. Clones. left personal
estate o.. s9.73s. He bequeathed
5000 to his niece. Belinda Pitman;
$1,000 in trust for his son. Thomas
Gerard; $1,000 to his son. H. T.
Stuart johnson Gerard, and the resi-
due. including settled funds over
which he had power of appointment
upon trust for his daughters in equal
shares. 4
Mayo. 49,
Mr.. Darrell Figgie has been ap-
pointed inspecting officer of the Irish
National Volunteers for County Ma
20.
A marriage was solemnized Sept.
9. at Breedogue Church. by the Rev.
j. J. McKeon (uncle of the bride),
assisted by the Rev. John Canon Fo-
ley. P. p. Ballinameen. and the Rev.
B. Kelly. B. D.. G. c., Breedogue. be-
tween John Gaughan, Belmullet. and
Cissie. eldest. daughter of Michael
Neary. "Ardmore." Frenchpark,
County Roscommon.
Queens.
A marriage was solemnized on
Sept. IA, at st. Agatha's Church,
North William street, by the Rev.
Father Moriarity, G. c., between
Richard s.. third son of the late Sam
uel Tarrant, Kanturk, County Cork,
and Annie, youngest daughter of the
late John O'Hanlon, marlborough,
and of Mrs. O'Hanlon, "Ansley,"
Clonliffe road, Dublin.
On Sept. 10, at Rearymore, Clara
Hill, the death occurred of Nano,
/ wife of Louis Culliton, j. P.
ROscOmmOn.
The renovation of Tulsk Chapel is
now nearly complete. A stained glass
window at cost of 1920 and mar
BILE altar costing $3.50 have been
erected.
At a meeting in Castlerea on Sept.
II arrangements were made for the
establishment of County Board of
the Irish Volunteers.
Master Desmond Donegan, aged
twelve years, son of Mr.. John Done
gan. N. T., 'Annaghmore, N. S., Kill
free, Boyle, won at the recent Dioces-
an Examination in Ballaghadereen a
60 scholarship. "'
Sligo.
The sanction of the British Treas
ury for the purchase of Cloonama-
hon House as a sanatorium for the
county has been at length secured.
It is charmingly situated about two
miles south of Collooney. Cloonama-
hon is associated with many interest
ing and historic memories. Early in
the eighteenth century the Bishop of
Achonry, John O'Hart, and his broth
er, were shamefully evicted from
their property there because they re-
fused to take the oath of supremacy.
Cloonamahon was the birthplace of
Thomas O'Connellan, the celebrated
seventeenth century harper, and Tur-
logh O'Carolan, "the last of the
bards," was a frequent visitor at
Cloonamahon in the days of the
O'Harts. -
A licensed house in Mullaghroe,
which is at present undergoing re-
pairs, may be ranked as one of the
oldest in the County Sligo. When
removing the roof it was found that
the slate, which on an average
reached the thickness of quarter of
a n inch uroro coc,,rod IN tho ro flows