The Irish standard., 1917-07-21
News from Ireland
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Very Rev. Canon Keveney, P. p,
I Charleston was unanimously re-elect.
ed chairman, and P. Higgins, vice.
chairman of the Mayo asylum commit,
& tee.
M. ]. Harte, Gurteen; is to be pre-.
Z scented with the Military Medal won
by his SON, the late E. Harte, RIGA,
at public parade of troops.
P. Devany, Carrick-on-S Shannon, has
been co-opted a member of the Lett
: rim county council in room of the
: late T. j. M'Dermott. Miss A. Bullet
and r. P. Wallan, J.P., have been
elected chairman and vice-chairman,
respectively, of the Leitrim tuberculo-
sis committee, and the name of Mrs.
J, j. Flood has been added.
MI. Cannon, Knockadalteen, Carrick-
on-Shannon, merchant, has died.
Sir Chas. Petrie, who recently re-
ceived the freedom of Liverpool for
his services in the public administra-
ton of that city, is a member of a
respected Sligo and Ballina family.
The Messrs. Chute, well-known Null
lingar cattle dealers, while going to
Castlerea fair, were knocked down
and dragged a considerable distance
by motor car, receiving injuries
which necessitated medical attention.
The lands of Runnamoat, near Ros-
common, the property of Col. Chiches-
ter, some 1900 acres in extent, have
been compulsorily taken over by the
Department. The landlord recently
brought actions against 11-months ten
ants for filling, since when the lands
. remained untitled.
A meeting of parishioners of Augha-
COVER and Coishlough appointed dele
gates from Sim Fein and A. o. H.
branches to interview Most Rev. DR..
Higgins with regard to the transfer
of Father Murphy, &C., to Connemara
and his lordship's reply not being con-
sidered satisfactory, Father MHuhg,
who replaced FIR. Murphy, found the
doors of Coishlough church closed
against him on Sunday. They were,
however, subsequently opened to en-
able the reverend gentleman to cele-
brate mass, though many of the con-
gregation did not attend in order to
emphasize their protest.
Tie death is announced of Col. ]. "A.
DAILY, d., at Raford, county Galway,
at the age of SO. The son of Andrew
Blake, J.P., d., of Furbough, county
Galway, he was educated at Oscott,
ceeding to the Raford estate of his
maternal great-uncle. Col. DAILY was
High Sheriff of County Galway for the
past fifty years. He was married to a
daughter of the Earl of Westmeath.
Loughrea P. S. Court was adjourned
as a mark of respect to the late
Colonel.
Galway Co. c. has appointed NJ.
Martin, B. E., by 13 votes to for Mr..
Raftery, senior assistant surveyor
during the absence of Geo. Lee, BE.
Justice Gordon changed the venue
from Dublin to Galway of actions
against Fred j. Johnson, shopkeeper
and farmer, of Kinvara, one by Annie
G.. Feeney for alleged assault, and the
other by Peter C. Feeney, contractor,
for alleged assault and SANDER. Mr..
Powell, k.C., and Bernard Rocha lin
structed by James Lynch) for plain
tiffs. Mr.. Sealy INSTRUCTED by Mr..
E. d. Comyn) for defendant.
Justice Gordon granted an interlocu-
tory injunction restraining a number
of Galway men from trespassing on the
lands of Gortnahorna, Clontuskert, Co.
Galway, and from driving off the lands
the cattle and sheep of John Hubert
Bleheau, of Cromagh, Kilconnell.
Counsel said the endorsement on the
writ was for conspiracy. On May 81
about so people replaced plaintiffs cat
tie and sheep with their own on the
land, which he held from the c. D.
Board. F. J. Mccormack for the plain
tiff, Mr.. Webb for the defendants.
81 have been informed by leading
medical man in Dublin that as regards
infantile mortality the percentage of
death in Co. Roscommon is lower than
in any other county in the United
Kingdom" said Mr.. Mapother, d., to
the Roscommon Guardians. cat the
same time," he added, that should
not prevent us from doing our best to
further reduce the number of cases."
Rev. Fathers Hayes and Nolan of
the Redemptorist Order, opened fort.
nights retreat at st. Joseph's Church,
Boyle, on Sunday last after the last
4 mass. The opening of the retreat had
associated with it's procession of the
Blessed Sacrament through the church
and ground followed by exposition.
The annual meeting. for the election
of chairman and vice-chairman of the
Roscommon county council takes place
on Saturday. -,
Ballaghoderreen beat Swinford on
Sunday in the first round of the Mayo