The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-24
FERMANAGH.

y FERMANAGH.
The committee of Tyrone and Fer
managh Asylum reelected Mr.. P. Nc
Menimin, ]. p, chairman, and the Earl
of Belmore vice-chairman.
Mr.. Thomas A. Armstrong, general
manager of the Sligo, Leitrim, and
Northern Counties Railway, who re-
sides at Enniskillen, was drowned in
Upper Lough Erne when on a trip
with friends in steam launch. The
body has not been recovered.
GALWAY.
The salary of DR.. O'Malley, Work
house M. o., Glenamaddy, has been
increased by G4O. Miss Weir, ma.
tron, Tuam Workhouse, has resigned
after Is years. service.
Loughrea Town Commissioners ex-
pressed sympathy with the relatives
of the late Mr.. M. Fahy, Main street.
jeremiah OLeary died at Ballinsloe
at an advanced age. Earlier in life he
was connected with the Fenian move.
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members.
KILDARE.
| The late Mr.. F. Wookey, ]. P, LEX
lip, who has died, was proprietor of
the Salmon Leap Mills, Leixlip. He
leaves a widow and two daughters.
| Pat McKeown, aged 16 years, is in
a critical condition in Celbridge Hos
pital as the result of having got i'm
paled on hay rake at Confey, Leixlip
KERRY.
At Listowel, Mr. James Morgan, a
young ex-policeman of Moybella, Bal
lybunion, was, on the completion of a
four months term for drilling, SEN
fenced to another term for similar
offense on different occasion.
Mrs. Cornelius O'Sullivan, who died
recently in Killorglin, was a sister of
Rev. w. S. Behan and a native of Liz
nav. Father Behan is we'll known in
the United States. He visited various
cities here few years ago in the in
terests of St. Johns Church, Tralee.
KILKENNY.
| A farm of 121 acres belonging to
Mr.. R. II. Webb was sold by Messrs.
William Lewis and Son, auctioneers,
Kilkenny, to Mr. P. Nolan, Leighlin-
bridge, for G4,070 and fees, consid-
cred to be record price in the county.
| The premises of Miss Brophy,
news agent, High street, Kilkenny,
were visited by the police and alleged
seditious songs, ETC., removed.
KINGS.
While motorcycling Rev. ]. Houli
! han, G. c., Kinnitty, Birr, collided with
a motor car and dislocated his Shout
der. He is recovering rapidly.
Nurse Nellie Mccormack, Birr, was
more Union Fever Hospital. There
were three other applicants.
| LIMERICK.
Mr.. O'Shaughnessy has been re.
elected chairman of the Limerick Asy-
lum Committee for the ninth time, and
Father ODriscoll vice-chairman.
A crowd gathered in the village OF
Ballyahill, Limerick, on Sunday, July
! ID, after the last Mass, for a Gaelic
League meeting which had been ad-
vertised for some time Rev. Father
Mccarthy, G. c., went among the PEG.
pie and asked them to go home, which
they did. A force of military and pc.
lice, the latter under District-Inspec.
tor O'Callaghan, were present.
LOUTH.
Students in the Christian School Sc.
cured the following prizes at the Louth
Feis: Adult scholarship and gold
medal for senior Irish history, T.
Gormley, Dundalk; Whitworth schol
arship (under 16 years) for best
spoken knowledge of Irish, and with
second for Irish speech and first in
storytelling, J. Raftery, Dundalk; jun
ior scholarship, with second junior
grade competition, T. Farrelly, Dun
dalk.
lONGFORD,
The late Mr.. John Boswell left Ger
tain lands in County Longford in trust
to be let at fair rent. It was found
practically impossible to carry out the
terms of the bequest, and an applica
ton that the lands should be sold and
the proceeds applied to the charity
was made to the Master of the Rolls
i A motor car owner, and four Long
ford Sim Feiners who went to East
Cavan during the election have beer
Summoned by the Crown under the
Petrol Regulations. The cases were
adjourned for three weeks.
LElTRIM.
81 Rev. Mother Abbess Mary Immacu
late of St. Glare (Alice M. Kelly IL
the world) has died at Drumshambt
, Convent of the Franciscan Nuns, IL