The Irish standard., 1919-05-24
News from Ireland
FERMANAcH.

FERMANAGH.
The death has taken place at Aires
ford of Mr.. Victor Brooke, second son
of the late Sir Victor Brooke, Brooke
boro', County Fermanagh.
GALWAY.
Tuam r. d. c., passed a vote of
sympathy with the clerk, Mr.. P. J. Nc
Donagh, on the death of his father,
DR.. McDonagh.
At the Convent of Mercy, Strabane,
the profession took place of Miss Rose
Mary Joyse, in religion Sister M.
Magdalen, daughter of Mr.. T. e.
Joyce, ALBERT, Ballyglunin, and grand.
daughter of Mr.. William ]. Waldron.
Aghamors; County Mayo, and niece Of
Rev. John M. Waldron, c. G. Killa-
walla, Westport, and Rev. Paul Wald-
ron.
KERRY.
A destructive fire completely gutted
the dwelling house Of Miss Mary CAL
lagher. Tarbert. only q small portion
of the furniture being saved.
| Owing to shortage Of coal the Gas
supply in Tralee gave out, and at
night the town was in darkness. Can
dies, where obtainable, had to be used
as illuminants in the houses. News
paper Offices and business concerns de-
pendent on gas for their machines had
their business dislocated. The man
agement expects to be able to have .
limited supply on the arrival of q
cargo Of coal on order.
KILDARE.
Sir George Thomas Lambert, c. B.,
who died on November 20 last, left
s200 to the Irish Secretary for Chin
ese Missions at Maynooth College.
At Celbridge Sessions, Mrs. O'Brien,
Maynooth, was fined Cd. and 21s. costs
for an overcharge of one farthing in
respect of the sale of pound loaf
of bread; sd. was charged instead of
4 3-4 l., the amount allowed.
DUBLIN.
Eighteen young men were arrested
by the r. 1. c. in the Rathfarnham
district. It is stated they were en-
gagged in drilling operations, and that
they were members Of the Irish Vol
unteers. They were taken to the
Bridewell Their names have not been
disclosed.
Several hundred copies of the
Handbook for Rebels" were seized
by the police on the premises of
Messrs. Maunsel, publishers, Baggot
street, Dublin. Seizures of this pub
lication and of the Grammar of
Anarchy" were also made in the
shops of other booksellers in the city.
KILKENNY.
Mr.. E. T. Keane, the managing d.
rector of the Sim Fein weekly,
The Kilkenny people, has been spared
the necessity of having, in his own
words, ito kiss. the Red Flag" to
avoid which he announced that he
would close down the paper and its
printing works. He has since re-
ceived letter from the secretary of
the Kilkenny Trades Council and La
Dor League, enclosing copy of the
resolution passed at meeting of that
body informing Mr.. Keane and the
public that after inquiry from those
concerned we are unable to find foun-
dation for the charge that the sale of
the Kilkenny People was in any way
interferred with by Statham's strike
pickets."
In view of this resolution Mr.. Keane
has withdrawn the notices served on
the staff, and the closing down of the
newspaper and printing works will not
take place.
LElTRlM.
Carrick on Shannon Guardians ex.
pressed sympathy with Mr.. B. Murray,
d. c., on the death of his sister, Sister
Dominic of the Marist Order at Tub.
bercurry, where she was nurse in
the infirmary, and with the Marist
Sisters on the death of Sister Schol.
astica, for many years a nurse in the
guardians infirmary.
A man named Shanly in the Sheeul
district of Carrick- on Shannon, who re-
Gently was bereaved by the death from
influenza of his brother, sister-in-law
and nephew, has now suffered through
the death of his only son from the
disease.
LEX,
Rev. Father Bheen, c. c., Mountmel
lick, has been appointed P. P. of Alb
beyleix In room of the late Rev
), James Lalor.
Mr.. Edward Morrissey, merchant
Abbeyleix, brother of the late Rev
Thomas Morrissey. Provincial of the
vincentians, Blackjack, Dublin, has
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