The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-03-27
News from Ireland
Antrim.


The management committee of the
Belfast and District Lunatic Asylum
has reelected William Mccormick
chairman, and Councillor w. Macart
ney vice chairman.
The late DIR. S. Killen, Carrickfergus
left personal estate valued at G3,457
Armagh.
A special meeting of Armagh county
council was held on the 10Th ult., un
der the craftsmanship of H. B. Arm
strong, j. p. The following report
of the finance committee was adopt
ed: The amounts which we recon
mend should be demanded from the
Urban Council for the service Of the
financial year are: Armagh, e1,262
19s Cd; Ready, ELLA It's 10d; Lurgan
92,962 IS Sd; Portadown, 93,115 les
Sd; Tanderagee. $3.50 As sd.
Rev. D. Mclaughlin, B. D., Phi. D.
Drumminnis church, Hamiltonsbawn
has been nominated Presbyterian
chaplain to the British forces proceed
ing to the front.
At a recent meeting of the Moybo
logue branch of the United Irish
league, held in the A. O. H. hall, Tier.
worker, a resolution was passed in
silence regretting the death of the
Very Rev. P. Clarke, P. p, v. F., Kill.
leshandra, and rendering to his broth.
er, S. Clark, r. D. c., and the other
members of his family heartfelt sym.
pathy in their sad bereavement.
Cork.
Most Rev., DR.. Cohalan, Assistant
Bishop of Cork, presided at the sixty.
third annual meeting Of the Young
Mems Society. The report indicated
striking progress, and was adopted on
the motion of the Lord Mayor, second.
ed by ]. c. Flynn, J. P. A resolution
commencing the society to the support
of the citizens was passed, on the
motion of Very Rev. Father Thomas,
o. s. F. c., seconded by M. Healy,
NJ. P.
The late Mrs. Sarah Lyons, Water.
view, Passage West, left personal es.
tate valued at G20,247.
The Mallow Rural Council, on the
motion Of ]. Madden, seconded by NJ.
O'Brien. have adopted the following
resolution: "That we strongly con-
denim the action of those landlords
who are harassing their tenants by
serving writs for the hanging gale;
that we think the time has come when
the Government should take imme-
date steps for the protection of un-
purchased tenants by putting them on
the same level terms as regards their
yearly payments as their neighbors
who have purchased; that we believe
1t would be very unwise for the Gov.
eminent to lend the forces of the
Crown to execute these DEGREES, as
we have war enough already without
renewing the Land War"
Died: At her residence, Baltimore,
Ellen, wife of Daniel Donovan.-At
her residence, Square Kanturk, Molly,
wife of J. j. Mahony; eldest daughter
of d. D. Mahoney, Strand street.-At
his residence, LOG Dandon road, Will
liam Downey, late of Kilnaglory.-At
Cork District Hospital, Mary Ellen
(Mamie), only daughter of Francis
and Mary Ellen O'Reardon, Under.
cliffe, Blackrock.-At Dunmanway, at
an advanced age, William Young, faith
er of the Rev. Brother Young, Head
master Of the Harding-stree Technical
School Belfest.-At Aghada, Charles
E. Daily, aged 63 years.
Clare.
Killaloe Division, A. o. H., has de-
cided to present Brother E. Richard
son, vice president, with an illumi-
mated address on the occasion of his
marriage.
At Ennis Petty Sessions certifl-
cate from the Carnegie Trust Fund,
together with check, was presented
to Cons Gallagher for rescuing a sap
per named Enright from the River
Fergus, at the risk of his life,
Mrs. Howard, Midtown. Malbay has
been officially informed of the death of
her husband, Sergeant Thomas How.
ard, at the front.
Curlow.
At the Park Gate street, Dublin, re.
Gently. the All-Ireland draughts final
was played between j. j. Bewley, Bel.
fast, and r. P. Byrne. The latter, who
is native of Kilmeany, came off vic.
toriOus.
At the annual general meeting of the
Carlow Workman's Club a resolution
was unanimously passed calling on the
Government to have the prices of food
stuffs and other commodities properly
regulated so as to give relief to the
working people-principally in towns
they being hit the hardest owing tc
the exceptionally high prices of Goa
and provisions Of all kinds. Copies
of this resolution were ordered to be
sent to John Redmond, M. p; NJ
Molloy, M. p, and to the local press
& Dublin.