The Irish standard., 1919-09-27
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county inspector j. r. GelStOn, OF
County Glare, has been appointed City
Commissioner in Belfast, in succession
to T. ]. Smith, ]. P, recently promoted
Deupty Inspector General.
There are $4,000 Catholics in Belfast.
They constitute one.fourth of the pop
ulation of the city. Yet in the newly
elected corporation under the scheme
as mapped out by the corporation ma
jority, the Catholics will have only
one-tenth of the representation.
ARMAGH.
Newry No. 2 County Armagh) r. D.
c., appointed P. O'Callaghan, a rep.
resentative of Camlough in room of his
deceased brother, ]. O'Callaghan.
J. C. McGuigan, principal Of Armagh
Technical Institute, was recently ap-
pointed to "a similar position in. the
Rutland Square Technical School, Dub
lin
While Bathing in a quarry hole at
Eglish, Portadown, Mary Crealy, aged
IL, was drowned.
cAVAN.
George Grove, aged 35, farmer, of
Dreissigagh, Killylea, was drowned In
the Blackwater at Ballymacully.
Peter Paul Galligan, a member of
parliament from the west division of
Cavan, who was court martialed on a
charge of illegal drilling of troops and
the incitation of mobs against police
officers in connection with his activi-
ties as Sim Fein leader, has been
sentenced to years Imprisonment.
Mr. Galligan is brother of the Rev. Eu-
gene Galligan, now on the Australian
Mission. Their mother (WhO was a
Miss Sara O'Reilly) took an active
part in the Carrigallen branch of the
Ladies' Land League in Parnelrs day.
Mrs. Galligan's children were educated
at St. Patrick's College, Cavan.
CLARE.
Fifty pounds from Ennistymon Anti
Conscription fund was divided as fol-
lows: Dali Eireann, $50; Gaelic
League, Dublin G10; Ennistymon
Gaelic League, $40. The last item
is to be expended on a P. H. Pearse
memorial scholarship at Carngaholl
>rCollege during the 1919 session.
News of the murder of one police
man and wounding of another reached
Ennis from an outlying district. The
scene of the occurrence was lllabaWn,
three miles south Of Ennistymon,
where there is police hut. Constable
Murphy and Sergeant Riordan were re-
turning from patrol duty when they
were attacked by three armed men.
Constable Murphy was shot dead and
Sergeant Riordan dangerously wound
ed. 1t is stated that the assailants
took possession Of the police arms
CORK.
At the resumed inquest on Jeremiah
Flynn, Cathedral avenue, Cork, the
Jury found that he lost his life by
drowning whilst engaged in painting
under the movable portion Of Brian
Boru bridge.
The jury at an inquest on Patrick
F. Murphy, 19, of 1872 Bandon road,
Cork, student at the Christian Col
lege found that death was due to
strangulation resulting from suspen-
sion by the neck from rope, the re-
esult of misadventure.
n o1roo Cnl1Tfp.
nay Schools, Newcastle West, has &C.
cepted an appointment on the profes-
sional staff for summer courses at
the College of Science and Glasnevin
Agricultural College.
A fund has been opened for the rem
ovation of the Catholic church at
Ballintotas, Parish of Middleton. Cen
erous subscriptions, amounting to
about $500, have been received, In
cluding a donation of e100 from j.
Dinan, J. p, of Castlemartyr. The
church dates from pre-Emancipation
days.
The Cork town council adjourned
it's meeting as mark of respect to
the memory of Alderman Forde, who
for many years filled prominent
place in the public life of the city.
The Borough insurance committee
also adjourned it's meeting for the
same reason.
Maurice Higgins, 33, Cahiralton
Middleton, has died as the result OF
injuries received by falling on the
roadway as he stepped out of motor
car.
The departure of the, American
steamer Asfbourne from Queenstown
on August 26 was the occasion OF re
markable demonstration by admirers
of the captain Of the vessel, who, II
will be remembered, created sur
prise about month since by flying
the Slim Fein colors from that vessel