Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-07-04
IRELAND.
Record Of the Most Important Of
the Recent Events Culied
From Exchanges.

The Volunteer movement is in
full blast in Queens county.
The golden jubilee of Mother
Mary Joseph Power was celebrated
at the Presentation Convent, Yong
hal.
The Most Rev. DR.. Cohalan was
solemnly consecrated Assistant
Bishop of Cork in the College
chapel, Maynooth.
The remains of the late Very Rev.
Father Slattery, o. S. F., were laid
to rest in one of the vaults of the
Abbey church, Clonmel.
There are strong companies of the
Irish volunteers under regular in
structions in Down. Saul. Balla,
Killief and Strangford.
John Il. Nesbltt, formerly master
of Castlederg Workhouse, Tyrone,
was knocked down by motor In
Derry City and succumbed to his in
iuries.
The results of the Fermanagh
County Council elections leave the
council the same complexion as the
old one. The Unionists are in a
minority of one.
His former parishioners at Bel
claire waited at Currendulla on the
Rev. w. S. Faulkner and pre-
sented him with an address and
purse of sovereigns.
Messrs. William Irwin and Ter
ence Kelly have been returned as
members for the Drumkeerin cleo
toral division of the Manorhamilton
Rural District Council.
Catherine Curtin, aged eighty,
who lived in cottage at INNER Cas-
tie, near Clonmel, was found. dead
in her bed. The Coroner did not
deem an inquest necessary.
Col NJ. Moore inspected the City
of Limerick Corps of the National
volunteers at the Markets enclosure.
They mustered 500 strong, and pre-
sented a very smart appearance.
At the newly elected Abbeyleix
Board of Guardians James Mcmahon
was elected Chairman. John O'Con-
nell was elected Chairman of the
Mountmellick Board of Guardians.
In wicklow heavy frosts have
killed the buds of hundreds of ash
trees; birch leaves are curling and
burned. Potatoes, cabbage and
turnips have also been badly dam
aged.
Very Rev. Canon Smyth has been
congratulated by the Ballybay Old
Age Pensions Committee on his pro-
motion to Clones. At the same time
regret was expressed at his transfer
from Ballybay.
At a meeting of the Committee of
Management of the Kilkenny County
Infirmary the nursing Sisters of st.
Camillus' Convent were unanimously
appointed to take up the manage
ment of the institution.
The Vesey estate. comprising
1900 acres situated in the town
lands of Ballyhankeen, Curragha-
DOGGY, and Sesfin. Ballindine dis
trict, has been sold to the Congested
Districts Board There are seventy
tenants on the property.
The Most Rev. DR.. O'Callaghan
has appointed the Very Rev. ].
Canon Fleming, of st. Finbarr's
West, Archdeacon of the diocese,
and the Rev. T. Barrett. of Passage,
and the Rev. p. O'Leary, st. Fin
barr's West, to be canons.
The trial of Patrick Ryan and
Patrick Hegarty from the County
Glare. on a charge of having MUIR
dered John Kildea, laborer, in No
vember last. ended in disagree
ment of the jury. The case was
tried by Justice odd and q jury OF
the County of Dublin.
The diocese of Down and Conner
has lost a very sanity and esteemed
priest by the death of Rev. p.
Magee. of Kilcoo. He was a native
of Ballyargan. Kilclief parish, where
he was born in February, 1S4S. Or
dained in 1878. Father Magee held
curacies at Newtownards. Lower
Mourne. Lisburn and st. Mary's and
ST. Peters, Belfast.