Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-02-21
IRELAND.
Record Of the Most important Of
the Recent Events CuIIed
From Exchanges.

Alderman John links was elected
Mayor of Sligo. There was no oppo-
sition.
DR.. Joseph Casey, of carna, has
been appointed medical officer for
Clifden.
Alderman Joe Magennis was
elected Mayor of Kilkenny by twelve
votes to ten for w. P. Deloughry.
Councillor r. J. McMordie was
reelected Lord Mayor of Belfast
for 1914. This will be his fifth
term.
The Very Rev, Father o'Doherty
was unanimously reelected Presi-
dent of Strabane Cattle Show Com
mittee.
Councillor Loran Sherlock was re-
elected Lord Mayor of Dublin by
fifty votes to nineteen for Alderman
7. Kelly.
Alderman L. w. McLearn was
reelected Mayor OF Derry bf twenty
one votes to fifteen for Alderman
Campbell.
| Alderman Power was re elected
Mayor of Waterford by twentJ-three
votes to ten for Alderman DR..
O'Sullivan.
p. O'Neill, j. p, was elected
Chairman of the Enniscorthy Urban
Council for the fourth time, and
J. Bennett Vice Chairman for the
second time.
At recent meeting of the Shille
Iagh District Council the tender OF
j. McCreedy to build three cottages
at Gurteen, Ballyrahan and Bally'
rashanogue was accepted.
Alderman Henry O'Shea was re
elected Mayor of Cork. AS the All.
for-Ireland members abstained from
attending the meeting of the Cor
poration, there was no contest.
st. Conleith's Club, Newbridge
presented their President, Father
Cullen, with a gold mounted UNI
brella on the occasion of his ap
pointment to the pastorship o
Tinryland.
At a largely attended meeting II
Listowel, J. J. McKenna presiding
large number of recruits joined
the Irish Volunteers, and arrange
ments we're made for a route marcel
to Fenagh.
The death is announced of Rev
P. Hogan, of Killimer and Rockena
one of the most popular clergymeI
in County Clare, fine type of irish
man and a jealous worker on behal
of his people.
Very Rev. Canon E. Timlin, o
Ballina, has been the recipient of
handsome address and presentation
from his parishioers as a mark o
appreciation of his forty years
labors as a priest.
: At the meeting of the Birr Boar,
of Guardians Miss M. Kilmartin, tn
only applicant, was unanimousl
appointed matron in place of he
mother, who has resigned afte
twenty-seven years service.
T. ]. Wheeler, presiding at tn
AthyA Guardians, made sympatheti
reference to the deaths of Jane
Tierney, Athy, and Patrick Boland
: Monasterevan, who had been rat
collector for quarter of century
An aged woman, Margaret Mur
ply. of Castlebridge, in lifting
pail of water out of a barrel acci
dentally toppled over, and with hea
downward in the barrel was discoy
cred half an hour afterward dead
. Alderman p. O'Donovan wa
! unanimously reelected Mayor O
Limerick for second year. Stephe
O'Mara was placed first on the lis
= for the Shrievalty, with Councillor
Lynch and Lawlor second and thirC
The Irish Volunteer movement
!. has evoked much enthusiasm
, Granard, and numbers of recruit
! are still coming in. Several con
: panies are now being drilled, and |
! a short time every man in the dis
trict will be a trained soldier.
, Much regret was felt throughou
! the diocese of Fillmore at the an
nouncement of the death at his res
, idence in Cavan of James FinegaI
father of the Most Rev. ID. FinegaI
/, Bishop of Fillmore. The decease
was highly esteemed by all VIII
knew him.
While engaged at shunting som
wagons at Bagenalstown railwa
station a porter named Peter Care
Ian, a native of Dublin, was acc
, dentally crushed between a movin
truck and the goods store wal
: which caused frightful internal in
, juries. He was at once removed I
local hospital, where he lies q
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