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NZ Tablet.3 Aug. 1877

On Monday, July 23 1877, at the residence of Mr. Thomas Fitzgibbon, Arrow Junction, by the Rev. Father Mackay, John Cosgrove to Margaret Murphy, oldest daughter of Michael Murphy, Esq., Shanagolden, County Limerick, Ireland.

 

NZ Tablet 8 July 1881

A correspondent to the Dublin Freeman says I am glad to be able to inform the public that Lord Monteagle has given within the last few days unmistakable proof of the sincerity of his views and I think it due him to have the following fact made public. He has given an abatement of 20 per cent, to all his tenants on his county Limerick estate, in the parishes of Foynes, Shanagolden, Loughill, and Ballyhahill. This abatement reduces the rents in the majority of cases to, and in several cases, under Griffith's valuations. Speaking for myself and Mr. M'Namara, of Loughill, this reduction leaves Lord Monteagle very little profit, as he pays a high head rent for the land we hold. The tenant farmers of Ireland have reason to be thankful to Lord Monteagle for the very able way in which he has advocated land reform. This recent act of kindness to his tenants makes him stand out prominent from his class as a remarkable exception to the great majority of landlords and noblemen. Would that every landlord that I know acted similarly if so, I would not have had an attorney's letter by this morning's post for the rent due 29th September last. It may be right to remark that Lord Monteagle, though a nobleman of considerable property, is by no means wealthy.

 

Thames Advertiser 6 April 1883

Lord Monteagle is having a serious quarrel’ with' the tenants’ on his estate near Shanagolden, County of Limerick. The tenants decline to pay rent in future, unless, considering the' hard times, a reasonable’ abatement be made, Lord Monteagle stubbornly, refused all reduction, and wholesale evictions is the order.

 

Thames Advertiser 6 April 1883

 

In Dublin, the Lord Mayor, O'Connor, was hissed’ and. groaned at, at the railway station in that city on March the 8th.1883. He was, there to receive the American Delagation with: the remains of the Rev. Dr. Cahill 10,000 persons took part in the procession, and an additional 20,000 occupied the quays.'

 

 

 

THE IRISH FARM LABOURERS. NZ Tablet 9 Sept. 1881

 

On July 1 1881, a deputation of Irish agricultural labourers waited upon Mr. Forster at the Irish offices, Great Queen Street, Westminster, to urge upon him the necessity of taking steps to ameliorate the condition of the Irish labourers. The deputation, which was introduced by W. H. O'Sullivan, M. P., included Father Kennedy, of Kilmeady, Co Limerick and Messrs. Johnson, Hession, Upton, Peter OLeary and Mr. T. Campbell, Secretary of (The League of the Cross. There were also present Mitchell Henrv, M. P. Major Nolan, M. P. Col. Colthurst. M. P. Dwyer Gray, M. P. A. M. Sullivan, M. P. Jacob Bright, M. P. Theobald Fry, M. P. The O'Gorman Mahon, M. P. Mr. Molloy, M. P. Mr. Mc Farlane. M. P. Count Moore, M. P. Mr. Errington, M. P. Villiars Stuart, M. P. Mr. Givan M. P. Sir Eardley Wilmot, M. P. Thomas Burt, M.P. O'Connor Power, M. P. and Dr. Kinnear, M. P. Mr. W. H. O'Sullivan, in introducing the deputation, said he felt it to be a pleasure in introducing to the Irish Secretary a body representing the Irish agricultural labourers. No one who knew anything about Ireland could fail to take a deep interest in the condition of the Irish agricultural labourers, and the number of members of the House of Commons present would show how the matter was regarded by the Irish representatives (hear, hear). Father Kennedy, Shanagolden, Limerick, said there were two great wants of the Irish labourer the first was the want of decent houses and the second the want of remunerative wages. As a priest he was constantly in the homes of the poor, and he often found that there was only one apartment for a whole family. He suggested that some means should be taken to provide better homes for the labourers, and also to provide them with more constant employment Mr. Enright, a farm labourer, said he was compelled to go three miles to his work each day in all weathers, and after he reached there, he was employed digging drains, he had frequently to stand in water all day. His earnings, taking the average all the year round, was 9d. or lOd. a day, and out of that he had to pay 18s a year rent. He lived, with his wife and five children, in one apartment, and they had only one bed, as he had never been able to afford a second bed. His eldest child was a girl of 13, and he had two boys one 7 and one 5 years old. He seldom had more than two meals a day for himself and family, and sometimes not that. His breakfast was stir about, and so was his supper. His father had been an agricultural labourer, and he had always worked for farmers. He had lived in the same house for thirteen years, and had always repaired it at his own cost. Even if he had a second bed there was no room in his cottage for it. He was 33 years of age. Mr Upton, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, said he was a carpenter, and knew of many poor families paying an exorbitant rent for their cottages, where men were only earning Is. 6d. a day. These men were frequently out of work in the winter, and, as they were able-bodied, they could not get out-door relief, and many of them sent their children out to beg to keep them from starvation. Many men had to do that whose fathers had been decent farmers some years ago, and it was hard that they had had to go begging to China and Japan (hear, hear). Mr, Hession, a farmer, said there were clauses in the leases of many farms to prevent the farmers building labourers' cottages under a penalty of £100. (Mr. Johnson: I know of a case in which a farmer built one, and the landlord came in and pulled it down.) There was a clause to that effect in his own lease. He held two farms of 233 Irish acres. Mr. Forster, interpreting what he believed to be the sentiments of the Government promised that when they came to deal with the question which, however, would not be before the Land Bill was disposed of the Government would not fail to confer upon the agricultural labourers of Ireland those benefits they proposed to confer upon the same class in England. With regard to the more immediate object, there was no real difference about the facts of the case, for all admitted that the state of the Irish agricultural labourer was one urgently needing reform. The question was, how were they to deal with it So far as the present session was concerned it would, as they knew, be entirely occupied, so far as all practical purposes were concerned, with the passing of the Land Bill, in which so large a portion of the Irish people were concerned. He was, therefore, satisfied that no action could be taken in this matter before the rising of Parliament, but he would undertake to say the Land Bill, if it would not improve the state of the Irish agricultural labourers, would certainly not injure them (hear, hear). To his mind the real root of their grievances was the lack of industrial employments. If they could but hit upon some plan for improving the labour market, they would do much to better the position of the labouring classes of Ireland. The deputation then thanked Mr. Forster and withdrew.

 

 

NZ Herald 29 April 1920

Any Person knowing of the whereabouts or any particulars of the last place of abode, marriage, death or next of kin of BRIDGET NAUGHTON, sister of Patrick Naughton, late of Egerton, in the State of Victoria, Australia, Farmer, deceased intestate, and daughter of James and Mary Naughton. late of Deelish Shanagolden, in the County of Limerick. Ireland, both deceased., are requested to communicate immediately with the Farmers and Citizens Trustees' Company. Bendigo. Limited, of Charing Cross, Bendigo. in the State of Victoria, Australia, Administrator of the estate of the said Patrick Naughton, deceased. The said Bridget Naughton left Ireland for Australia about the year 1870. and is believed to have died in Australia or New Zealand about twenty-five years ago. The above inquiries are made in connection with a proposed application to the Supreme Court of Victoria relative to the unclaimed share of the said Bridget Naughton in the estate of the said Patrick Naughton. deceased. Dated this 27th day of March. 1920. Miles O Neill of Gillies Street, Rochester, Victoria.

 

NZ Tablet 12 Jan. 1905

KERRY— Departure of a Priest The Rev. John H. Casey, 0.P., Holy Cross, one of the most) popular clergymen in the whole Kerry diocese, has been transferred to Trinidad, West Indies.

 

LIMERICK:

NZ Tablet 11 Feb. 1887

From one end of the County to the other the question of rent is being warmly debated. In numerous cases landlords have offered abatements, which have been accepted, and the rents paid, but in many other cases settlements have not been arrived at. The Earl of Dunraven has expressed his willingness to allow reductions varying from 15 to 30 per cent, but the tenants require 30, and if their demand be not acceded to they will pay nothing. The abatement offered on the O'Grady estate is 15 per. cent, on judicial and 25 on non-judicial rents. This the tenants do not consider sufficient, and they have lodged with a confidential trustee the amount which in each case they think they ought to pay. Several branches of the National League have promised to assist in every way in their power the resistance offered by the tenants of Mrs, Morgan at Shanagolden to the payment of the full rent, that lady having refused any reduction and served writs in every case. At the meeting of the Herbertstown branch of the National League the Chairman (R. v. M. Ryan, C.C.) said there was no use in the half fight if driven to it let them be prepared to sell off their stock and clear the land. He believed, however, that in many cases the landlords would give fair reductions, At the Kilcoleman branch it was stated that an intimation

had been conveyed to the tenants on the Marchioness de la Rolla's property, which comprises nearly the whole of the parish, that they can now purchase their farms.

 

LIMERICK— The Last of a Noble Line In a letter to the parish priest of .Shanagolden, relative to the death of Sir Stephen de Vere, the Most Key. Dr. O'Dwyer says he and his brother Aubrey and the late Lord Dunraven and Lord Emly were able by the nobility of their characters and the complete dignity of their lives, to bear a striking testimony in favour of the Church, in which their intellects and profoundly religious spirits found peace and rest.

 

A Generous Act At the meeting of the Rathkeale Board of Guardians it was reported that Major-General Lloyd and Mrs Lloyd, of Beechmount, had sent through Dr. Hayes a statue of the Madonna in majolica from Florence for the Workhouse Maternity Ward. The Board unanimously thanked the donors, who are Protestants.

 

The Dairying Industry Sir 'Thomas H. Cleeve was one of the pioneers of the creamery movement in Ireland. The firm of which he is now the principal owns no less man 42 creameries in different parts of Munster, and in addition they have condensed milk factories in Limerick, Tipperary, Mallow, Carrick-on-Suir, Kanturk, Clonmel, Bruree, and Manister They employ upwards of 3000 hands altogether, and they deal with the enormous quantity of 600,000 gallons of milk per week, or 32,000,000 gallons per year. The Limerick premises alone occupy between five and six acres of ground. The butter manufactured by the firm finds its way into every part of the country, and the business is increasing year after year. Five years ago Messrs. Cleeve Bros, entered on the manufacture of caramels, and two years ago they added the manufacture of chocolate and cocoa. They already employ between 300 and 100 hands in these departments, and their enterprise holds promise of very considerable development.

 

Bacon-curing There are four great firms engaged in the bacon curing and kindred industries in Limerick, Messrs. W. J, Shaw and Sons, Messrs. James O'Mara and Sons, Messrs. J. Matterson and Sons, Ltd., and Messrs. Henry Denny and Sons, Ltd. Each of the firms owns huge premises equipped with modern appliances for the preparation and curing of bacon, for the manufacture of sausages and puddings, and for the carrying on of their other industries. They employ in their Limerick branches alone almost a thousand hands, and their trade penetrates not alone throughout Ireland, but throughout Great Britain, and reaches America, the British Colonies, France, and other Continental countries. Messrs.. Shaw and Sons kill over 100,000 pigs per annum, Messrs. O'Mara and Sons 40,000, Messrs. Denny and Sons 270,000, and Messrs. Matterson and Sons 100,000.

 

 

 

 

 

NZ Tablet 9th Sept. 1881

The Northern Echo of the Bth July, a paper published in Darlington, reports the following case At Ripon police court, Willing Dunn, chimney sweeper, was summoned for employing his t>w. Thomas, aged twelve, who had passed no standard of proficiency of the Elementary Education Act. A woman appeared, who said, in answer to the Bench, that she was lawfully married to the defendant. Mr. Morton But I have been told you were married to another man. The woman— Yes, I was but he sold me to Dunn foi 255., and I have it to show in black and white, with a receipt stamp on it, as I did not want people to say I was living in adultery. Mr. Wbifcham (the clerk) But people cannot sell their wives in this country. Case adjourned foe week.

 

 

 

1889 NZ Tablet

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DEATHS.

Dalton.— April 28, at the residence of his father-in-law (Philip Guthrie, 42, Bayview; Avenue, North Strand, Dublin), Timithoy Dalton; youngest son of the late Timithoy Dalton, Athea, County Limerick, Ireland. Deeply and deservedly regretted by his sorrowing; wife and relatives.

STOFFEL— On January 23,1907 at Rawhitiroa Road, Eltham, Mary beloved wife of Philip Stoffel and daughter"of Denns and"Johanna Mullane,' of Athea, Co Limerick, Ireland, and niece of the Rev. Thos. Mullane, 'in her 35th year, R.l. P.

 

It was stated in the House of Commons that a gentleman at Athea, Limerick, attributed an extraordinary increase in his potato crop to the action of electricity introduced through lightning conductors and distributed through the crop by means of wires. Mr Plunkett said that as the parish priest at Athea and the county surveyor of Limerick were satisfied as to the effect and cause of this remarkable phenomenon, he would have inquiries made on behalf of the Board of. Agriculture. from Bay of Plenty Times 28 Sept. 1900

 

NZ Tablet 8 Sept. 1893

Death has just removed Miss Goold one of the most esteemed of the ladies in the County of Limerick. Her aim was ever to promote industrial work among her tenants in Athea and Dromcologher, In Limerick she aided the lace factory established by Hon Mrs Vere O'Brien, and materially assisted the admirable undertaking of Lady Aberdeen in the Irish Village at the World's Fair, Chicago. Miss Goold was aunt of Lord Dunraven, daughter of the late Archdeacon Goold, and grand -daughter of the eminent lawyer, Mr Serjeant Goold, contemporary at the bar of the illustrious O'Connell. In the city of Limerick she had troops of friends beyond the circle in which she moved who will not forget her kindly, courteous, accomplished manner, her generous disposition, her gracious liberality, her warmth of heart that sympathised with her country's sufferings. She did all she possibly could to assist the people, and was thoroughly Irish in heart and sentiment. She was a constant visitor to the churches and convents of the city of Limerick,

 

 

 

 

 

Brother Ryan Tipperary funeral

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Memories

 

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O Shea Limerick

 

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The Green Sash - A History of the Inner-Sydney Schools of the Patrician Brothers

Brother Rodan taught me English; so as an extra curriculum item he introduced elocution, the art of voice

production, gesture, pronunciation and delivery.

But the Brothers didn’t teach elocution; they brought in a man who was an elocutionist, and for a fee of three

pence per week my parents allowed Brother Rodan to enroll me, with other members of my Class, in the

weekly elocution instruction.

Well, the instructor put us through the vowels ‘A, E, I, O, U’ and pronunciation, and then he had us reciting

“The house that Jack built”.

After a few months, with the Brothers’ permission and when he felt we were good enough, he entered us in a

voice-speaking contest between certain Catholic Schools to be held at the Conservatorium in Sydney.

On the night the whole Class gathered at the tram stop and travelled by tram into town.

My Mum & Dad came and some other boys’ parents joined the tram which was well crowded.

Mount Carmel went on stage and gave of our best. But we didn’t win; Christian Brothers’ Waverley won.

We were disappointed, but accepted the judges’ decision like good sports. The main point was that the good

Patrician Brothers were encouraging the sons of poor working men at Waterloo and Zetland to get up there and

mix it with the best of them in the art of speech.

Later on I felt that my journey into elocution perhaps led me into a debate with my father over the pronunciation

of the English language when I was very young.

Dad was an Irishman from County Limerick with a brogue to match. Whenever he used the word ‘Melbourne’,

he always put prominence on the stress or pitch with special emphasis on the last syllable, ‘bourne’.

One day when I was young and foolish, just after Dad head used the word ‘Melbourne’, I said, “Dad it’s not

‘Mel-bourne’, it’s ‘Mel-bin’. “What rubbish”, he said. “It’s spelt ‘bourne’ not ‘bin’, you must pronounce it as

it’s spelt. You are like the English cockneys where I was in East London, you can’t speak English properly.” I

left it at that, never to bring it up again.

My wife, Mary O’Shea, NEE Clements, died last year, 2002. Mary was the sister of Father Bill Clements

(RIP), one-time curate at St. James’, Forest Lodge; his boss I think during his time there was Mons. Bartlett.

Mary was a fond part of Father Bill’s life. I ask all the people who knew Father Clements at St. James’ and

yourself to remember his sister, Mary, at prayer time.

To you and your associates I send my thanks for the splendid work you do in making the contents of “The

Green Sash” so interesting.

Your reporting on the coming and going of the Patrician Brothers over past years to and from Ireland and

Australia is great. I enjoyed Brother Malachy’s letter, also Brother John Gallagher’s. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Patrick O’Shea

 

 

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The Green Sash - A History of the Inner-Sydney Schools of the Patrician Brothers

County Kerry

Brother De Sales Gilbert

Lixnow

[[Brother De Sales was destined for Holy Cross College, Ryde, but when he arrived in

Sydney in 1947 he found himself at Granville. He spent twelve years at Granville the last

seven as Principal. In 1960 he was appointed Principal at Blacktown. In 1963 with the

novitiate being moved from Wahroonga to the recently purchased property at Narellan he

was appointed novice master. He returned to Blacktown in 1969 and then to Granville in

1972. He retired from teaching in 1980. In 1996 he was back in Blacktown and remained

there until his death in 2001. De Sales will always be remembered as a man of passion

who loved the company of his Brothers and friends and loved being outdoors in his

garden.]] born 25 -9-1917.

 

 

 

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The Green Sash - A History of the Inner-Sydney Schools of the Patrician Brothers

1931

Daly

Celsus

SS Moreton Bay 28 Feb. 1931 to

from writings

Grimes

Canice

Gen. Chapter. Brothers Celsus Daly,

of Bro.

Ryan

Bernard

Bernard Ryan retained in Ireland.

Paul O’Connor

1932 R#

Bergin

Rodan T.

arrived 10 May 1932

d.1990 Ireland

V

Slattery

Stanislaus S.G.

visitation

d.1943 Ireland

1935 Ry

Cody

Charles

arrived 27 Feb. 1935, with whom?

L.1944

W

Hume

Patrick

[Australian]

L.1944

W

Lourey

Gabriel

[Australian]

L.1939

W

Murphy

Louis

[Australian]

L.1943

W

O’Connor

Paul J.

[Australian]

d.1993 Fairfield

1936 V

Slattery

Stanislaus S.G.

second visitation

1937

O’Connell

Austin

{left for General Chapter,

Phelan

Norbert

{all returned to

Hannigan

Aloysius

{province.

1938 W

Budin

Vincent

[Australian]

L.1945

R

Duffy

Nicholas

L.1946

R

Feeney

Alphonsus S.

d.1947 Ryde

W

Histon

Gerard

[Australian]

W McGovern

Xavier

[Australian]

L.1953

1939 W

Thompson

John K.

[Australian]

d.1991 Ryde

W

Johnson

Peter

[Australian]

d.1968 Blacktown

V

Downes

Finbar J. S.G.

visitation [brother of Bro. Fidelis]

d.1949 Ireland

The letter(s) immediately following the year indicate(s) novitiate or first appointed Community

.

Key: A Albury, Ar Armidale, B Bathurst, D Dubbo, G Goulburn, O Orange, R Redfern,

Ry Ryde, W Wahroonga. Wg Wagga V Visitation, * teaching at Forest Lodge,

# teaching at Mount Carmel, ++ first novice at Croagh Patrick, d. Died, L

left Order.

The number immediately following the surname is the reel number of the State Records of New South Wales

from which the shipping information was obtained. The number shown on the extreme right hand side is the

reel number relating to the period and is used for research purposes only.

The arrivals believed to have been in 1886, Brothers Dominic Bourke, Louis Carroll and Ligouri Higgins have

not been identified in that year, Reels 465-476 [1885-1886] have been checked without success.

The three Brothers were first appointed to Goulburn which strongly indicates that their fares were met by the

then Bishop of Goulburn. Believed to have disembarked at Melbourne then by rail to Goulburn.

Similarly those of 1893, Brothers Vincent Brosnan, Jerome McAuley and Joseph McDonell [*ald - variously

spelt] have not been located. Reels 501-524 [1891-94] have been checked. These three Brothers were not

young. Vincent Brosnan 40, Jerome McAuley, 64 and Joseph McDonell, 67 years. It is believed Brother

Vincent Brosnan was transferred to India in 1902 and died at Coonoor on 27 May 1933, aged 80. Brother

Jerome McAuley died at Ryde on 18 June 1914, aged 85. It is believed Brother Joseph McDonell returned to

Ireland in 1899 with Brother Alphonsus Delaney. Brother Joseph died at Galway on 17 December 1905, aged

79. Brother Vincent Brosnan may have been a ‘colonial’. [[Vincent was a Kerry man, not a colonial.]]

 

 

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J H Scullin 1876-1953, Australian Prime Minister in London Nov. 1930, His mother Ann Logan from Derry. his wife Sarah Maria born in Kerry her Father was McNamara of Bodyk and mother Kerry woman, the future Mrs Scullin left Kerry aged 3 years. Prime Minister family of North of Ireland.

James Henty Scullin died on 28 January 1953. Survived by his wife, Sarah Maria McNamara. He was given a state funeral and was buried in Melbourne General cemetery: Archbishop Daniel Mannix presided at a requiem Mass in St Patrick's Cathedral. They had no family, his wife was a dressmaker, they married at Ballarat on 11 Nov. 1907. While prime minister he declined, as an economy measure, to live in the Lodge, and retained a modest home in Richmond. He was over 60 before he bought a house, at Hawthorn. He was a non-smoking and teetotaller.

He persuading Prime minister Lyons to abandon a proposal in September 1932 to reduce the old-age pension from 17s. 6d. to 15s. a week.

Premiers' conference of May-June 1931, agreed to restructure Australia's public finances Australian resident bondholders accepted a 22.5 per cent cut in their interest, and all adjustable government expenditure, including salaries and pensions, was cut by 20 per cent to help balance budgets.

 

 

 

 

 

This is Noelene Hoysted with Jimmy Deenihan at the recent Famine commemoration in Sydney. Vincent Carmody provides us with the story of her Listowel connection.

 

My first introduction to the life and times of Elizabeth Scanlon came as the result of the visit of Noelene Hoysted and her husband to an exhibition of old Listowel memorabilia which I presented at Saint Patrick's Hall in the early 1990's. They were on an Irish tour from Sydney which included Listowel as this was the town that Noelene's great, great grandmother Elizabeth had been transported from in 1838. Noelene was the first of her family to retrace Elizabeth's journey back to our town. Following this visit Elizabeth's story was pierced together by Noelene (mainly) and myself.

 

Elizabeth Scanlon was born in Listowel in 1815. In 1837 she was not married and worked as a laundress in the employ of one James Sheehan, woolen and linen merchant of The Square. Her mother was dead; her father still living and Elizabeth was shown in official records as " the daughter of a very poor man with a family of seven motherless children, whose principal support was the laborious industry and exertions of his daughter, Elizabeth"

 

On an evening in late 1837, Elizabeth was in charge of the house in the the Sheehans absence. On their return they became suspicious of some goods missing and reported the matter to the police.

 

The police searched Scanlon's house, and in a box belonging to Elizabeth they located the missing goods, silk handkerchiefs, new blankets and calico She had the only key. She was subsequently arrested on a charge of larceny.

 

The Kerry Evening Post of Wednesday 24 January 1838 carried a short report from the Listowel Sessions in which Elizabeth Scanlon was sentenced to transportation for a period of seven years for the crime of robbing her master.

 

Elizabeth along with fifteen others who were before the bench were then removed to the County Goal in Tralee. While in custody a petition on her behalf was forwarded to The Marquis of Normandy, Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland in Dublin Castle by Listowel residents, John Woulfe, G. Tanavale, Timothy O Sullivan, John O Sullivan, Martin Connor, Mr Mahony, Mr Monke, Mr Carter and others. This petition testified to her good character, but she was shown no clemency and was moved from Tralee gaol to Dublin gaol from which she was put aboard the ship "Margaret" in August 1838. It sailed from Dublin on the September 1st and arrived in Sydney on January 5th 1839. The trip was made without calling in at any port for fresh provisions. Along the way severe gales were encountered. Illness and scurvy were prevalent. Elizabeth was confined with pneumonia to the ship's 'hospital' for two and a half months and transferred to a Sydney hospital on arrival.

 

A glance at the ships indent reveal the following;

List of 169 female convicts by the ship "Margaret"

Master-Edward Canney.

Surgeon Supt.- George St. Moxey.

Sailed from Dublin on September 1st 1838 via Cape of Good Hope.

Arrived at Sydney on January 5th 1839.

Indent No 66.

Name- Elizabeth Scanlon.

Read or Write- reads only.

Religion- Roman Catholic.

Age- 24 Years.

Status- single.

Children- Nil.

Native Place- County Kerry.

Trade or Calling- Laundress.

Offence- Robbing her Master.

Tried where- January 1838.

Indent No.- No 66.

Sentence- 7 Years.

Former convictions- None.

Height- 5ft.1 1/4 inches.

Complexion- dark pale.

Hair colour- dark.

Eyes- chestnut.

Particular marks, scars or remarks,

The mark of a burn on left side of upper lip, three blue dots on back of right hand, and one on the back of left hand; scar on the back of same.

 

On recovering she was assigned to work for a family in the country, but she never regained full health. In 1841 she married Timothy Kinsella from County Kildare and they had five children, three boys and two girls, one of whom was Noelene Hoysted's great grand mother, Mary Ann Kinsella. Elizabeth, never strong from her period in gaol and illness aboard ship, died in 1850, aged only 35 years.

 

 

Wellington Independent 1872

MARRIAGE.

O'Connor— Martin.— On July 10th, at St. Mary's Cathedral, Wellington, by the Very Rev J. J. P. O'Reilly, V.Gh, M.A.. &o, and afterwards at St. Peter's, by the Yen Archdeacon Stock, Robert, fourth son of the late John O'Connor, Esq, Ballylongford, Kerry, to Lizzie, eldest daughter of John Martin, Eeq, Fountain Hall, Wellington, Now Zealand.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXII, Issue 20, 13 September 1895, Page 15

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Money

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27 Dec.1912 Feilding Star Papers Past NZ

UNCLAIMED MONEY. (THESE HEIRS ARE WANTED , TO CLAIM MONEY AND PROPERTY DURING 1912. Owen Gallivan, or Galvin, who emigrated from Ireland to N.Z.; the next of kin of Andrew and Norah Gallivan, or Galvin, formerly of Co. Kerry; Ritchie Huggins, of Co. Kerry;

 

An entertainment was given in the Hibernian Hall, Milton, on Wednesday, 4th inst, in aid of the Hibernian Flute Band. Though a violent storm arose shortly before the commencement of the concert the attendance was all that could be wished for. Amongst the audience were the Very Rev Father O'Leary and Rev Father Coffey who came purposely from Lawrence to be present at the Irish gathering. The item that rendered the entertainment unique was the playing of the Irish piper, Mr Patrick Galvin, from Roxburgh. In justice to the piper it must be said that he showed immense enthusiasm, and gave promise that, as time goes on, he would become as complete a master of the Irish pipes (which he imported from Ireland only a few months ago) as he is of the Highland pipes, from which he extracts most delightful music. The entertainment commenced with an (exhibition of the skill of the Flute Band which was heartily applauded. An Irish song was by Miss B. lynch which was very well received. Mr John Fahey danced an Irish jig in first class style, and made the floor rattle in a manner suggestive of the merry gatherings in the Old Land, Miss O'Neill sang the Kerry dance with feeling and taste, and in response to a hearty encore gave very piquantly the old favourite Bar&ey O'Hea." A quartet waß well rendered by Misssß O'Neill a d Dunne and Messrs Scott and Handy, their voices blending harmoniously. A hornpipe by Mr T. Moloney was given in good style. Miss Jessie O'Neill played a pianoforte solo, The wearing of the green," in a manner that elicited the warm approbation of the audience. A clarinet solo by Mr M'Clymont, the bandmaster, was rendered in masterly style, the piece selected being The Irish emigrant's farewell." Master M. Scanlon gave indications of musical taste in his rendering of Irish se'ectiona on the pianoforte. An Irish song by Mr P. Keogh brought down the house for the manner in which it was given and the sentiments expressed. Miss Rosa Bradley played very sweetly one from her extensive repertoire of musical pieces. A Bcotch song by Miss K. McLacblan who appeared in the Highland costume whs well rendered and w-;ll received. Mr P. Walsh danced an Irish ju* in thrilling fashion. Mr H Hind gave a love ditty with good effect. A humorous reading by Miss S. Kavanagh was well' received. Master James Scanlan played an Irish selection on the piano very correctly. Miss O'Neill sang Kathleen Mavourneen in good style. The clarinet again figured on the programme in the hands, of Mr McClymont who played one of the melodies. A duet I saw from the beach was given by Misses M, and B. Lynch, and, by way of finale, Mr Patrick Galvin laying aside the pipes, took the floor to the entrancing strains of an inimitable flute player, and made the building ring again with the graceful and well timed steps of the Irish dance. Mr P. Walsh, secretary of the Milton branch of the H.A.C.B.S. made a short speech thanking all for their services and attendance. It is to be hoped this enjoyable evening spent in Milton will often be repeated. The old were carried back to the scenes of their youth, with the innocent gaiety that characterises Irish merry making and the young got a very good specimen of the manner in which mirth and melodies combine to make the Irish reunions take a firm hold on the heart.

 

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May 3 1895 NZ Tabley

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Irish College Paris NZ Tablet, 24 August 1877.

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NZ Tablet 23 Aug 1878

AN IRISH POET.

(From the Atheneeum.} There is an Irish poet whose remains rest in Lisbon, but whose name is now almost as forgotten as his tomb. Jeremiah Joseph Callanan, who died at the early age of thirty -live, was buried here in 1829. He is known, when remembered at all, by his short poems, among others, the Convict of Clomnel,' 'The White Cockade,' 'The Virgin Mary's Rock,' and particularly by his beautiful line on Gougaune Barra, that lonely and limpid mountain lake, situated at the west end of the county Cork, the parent of the liver Lee There is a green island in lone Gougaune Barra, "Where Allua of song rushes forth as an arrow. Callanan was a student of Maynooth. and afterwards of Trinity, and was for several years a constant contributor Blackwood Magazine. Had he lived longer and possessed the perseverance and habits of work requisite for the composition of an important poem, he might have taken very high ground, for good critics consider that the poems he left display talent of the highest order. Early in 1 829 Callanan came to Lisbon as a tutor in the family of Mr, Hickie, an Irish

merchant of eminence, probably to try the effect of a southern climate in arresting the symptoms of consumption, which had already set in. But he was too far gone, a)d after a few months his health altogether gave way. As he passionately wished to see Ireland again, be embarked for Cork, but growing rapidly worse the captain refused to take him. He returned on shore, and was placed in a private room in the hospital of San Jose, where every care was bestowed upon him, but he died in a few days. I believe he was buried, as was customary then, within the precincts of the ruined church of San Jose, an edifice attached to the hospital, and partly destroyed by the great earthquake, but whose striking and beautiful facade, still standing, arrests the attention of the visitor to the stately college of the Jesuits, converted by the unsparing hand of Ponibal to an asylum for the sick. There is, however, no trace of the grave to be found now, for the place has not been used as a cemetery since the promulgation, many years ago, of the law prohibiting intramural interments. The poet expressed a strong desire to be buried in the county Cork "WT-.ere calm Avon-Buee seeks the kisses of ocean, but he found a nameless grave in Lisbon another of the many instances of the vanity of human wishes."

 

 

MARRIAGES. 22 Dec 1906 NZ Hearad

it KENNELLY— SMITH.—On November 27. at St. Patrick's Cathedral, by the Rev. Father Hoibrook, John Thomas, second son of Thomas Ken nelly, of Pukekohe, to Laura Mary, oldest daughter of Mr. W. G. Smith, of Auckland.

BODY FOUND IN RIVER. NZ Herald 9 May 1913

' MINER'S DEATH BY DROWNING. j [by telegraph.—press association.] Invercargall Wednesday. ■V A miner, Patrick Kennelly, aged 73 years, a single man, was discovered in the Mataura River on Sunday by Constable Henderson, of Lumsden. Kennelly, who lived in a hut about two miles from Athol, had been missing since Friday, and it is f thought he was drowned while attempt to ford the river. The body was removed to Garston, where an inquest was held and a verdict returned to the effect that deceased's, death was caused by drowning while he was 'trying to cross the Mataura River.

 

Otaga Football Club 17 Oct 1900

Luscombe, photo CULLIES FOOTBALL CLUB. Top Row, fr m left: E. Hargreaves, T. N. M'Bride, J. Heffernan, J. Stephens, P. Mali on, T. Heffernan. Middle Row: W. Bruce, O. Keenan, N. Kennelly, P. Sullivan (captain), J. Mahon, T. O'Connor, J. Leonard. Front Row: t. Fitzpatrick, F. Sheehan, A. Bodkin, G-. Smith.

 

NORA OF CAHIRCIVEEN.

On, Nora, dear Nora, you're going to leave us To better your fortune you tempt the rough main, But think, O movourneen, how sadly 'twill grieve us To feel we may never behold thee again. Oh, blame ma not, then, that my hot tears are starting, Already in fancy the sea rolls between, And the light of our home, like a dream, is departing, And may never come back to old Cahirciveen, When the bright summer moon thro' the old oak is shining, And the note of the harp calls the young and the gay When the ewains of the village their love-wreaths are twining, I'll think of my darling, who's far, far away. When the lads to the dance will lead each village maiden, I'll think of the foot that tripped light o'er the green I'll turn from their mirth, for my spirit o'er-laden, Will weep for the beauty of Cahirciveen. Oh, flatter me not with your speedy .returning Few, few that come back from the far happy shore Keep the star of your land in your inmost soul burning, Bat kiss the green hills, for you'll see them no more. Let me fold you once more to my poor heart that's broken God guard you I Remember the d^ys that have been From the far distant land send a sign or a token That you'll never forget us in Cahirciveen. Woe woe to the mother Alas for the daughter, And the dreams that were twined for the bright daya to come A token of love has gone over the water, A wreath of green laurel from poor Norah's tomb. Oa the wild hills of Kerry the mother is weeping, While the lads and the lasses still dance on the green 'Neath the wild western prairie poor Norah is sleeping, Far away from the village of Cahirciveen.

By Michael Scanlon;

22 Aug 1901

TlPPERARY .— Charitable Bequests. The late Mrs Margaret Bourke, a wealthy Catholic lady, who died last October, has by her will left valuable bequests to the Church, to the poor of Clonmel, and to various charitable institutions. To the poor women of Clonmel, she leaves £4,000 and shares in the W.D. and L Railway for the reduction of the building debt of SS. Peter and Paul's, £300, and the building debt of the Friary, £200 to the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Clonmel, £300 for free breakfasts to children attending the Sisters of Charity Schools, £100; to the sick poor visited by the Sisters, £120, and for the maintenance of 17 orphans in their orphanage, £600; to provide free breakfasts for poor children attending SS. Peter and Paul's Christian Schools, C2i)o to Presentation Schools, £100, and to St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Schools, £200, for a similar purpose to the Diocesan Fund for invalided Catholic priests, £300 to the Carrick St. Vincent de Paul Society, £100 and a yearly rental of £17 to the Mercy Convent, Carrick, for the poor and the orphanage, £400 for free breakfasts at the Christian Brothers' and Presentation Schools, £100 each to the Little Sisters of the Poor, Waterford, £200 to the Good Shepherd Convent, Waterford £1OO to the Mater Misericordia Hospital, Dublin, £ 500 , to the Hospice for the dying, Dublin, £500 to the Convent of Refuge, Drumcoudra, £300 to St. Mary's blind Asylum, Dublin, £400; to the Blind Asylum. Dublin, £200.

 

 

"DROWN HALF OF THEM." NZ Tablet 22 July 1881

 

The Nun of Kenmare relates this incident to an English paper. She writes "An Irish landlord who has just been evicting his tenants for not paying the rent, which they could not pay, was expostulated with by a poor man with a very large family. How can I pay rent, sir,' he said, when I cannot feed my eleven children 'Go drown half of them in the boghole,' was the reply. This was no hearsay or imagination ;it is a matter of fact. The name and place was published in the Freeman's Journal a few days ago. And I may add I have heard scarcely less brutal expressions myself. Surely there is only a degree less in humanity in turning men and women adrift on the roadside when, after a famine in which they have been fed by public charity, they cannot pay rent and feed their children. But there are, thank God, humane landlords in Ireland if there were not it would soon be turned into one vast desert, for human life would become almost extinct for want of sustenance, and emigration or the workhouse would complete the destruction of the Irish people. A priest, who has a large parish in the poorest part of South Kerry, told me yesterday that only for the patience of Lord who owns nearly all that district, that nearly every soul in his parish would be in the workhouse. Many of them owe four years' rent, but he added God knows how long he may be before he evicts them.' The late famine was preceded by bad years, and that is a circumstance too often overlooked. These people, honest, hard-working, and truly pious, had been in the habit of going to England every year, and by often working eighteen hours out of the twenty-four, had earned their rent their land could never have paid it and fed them even on the poorest fare. But this work in England has failed our people of late years. I do not know why, probably you, sir, could tell your readers the cause of the fact there is no doubt. This landlord, having both, honesty and common sense, does not evict the people, though naturally they live in constant fear of it, and hundreds have emigrated."

 

 

18 March 1909 NZ Tablet

The appearance the other "day of the Knight of Glin (Mr. Desmond Fitz-John Fitzgerald) as a witness in a prosecution in one of the Dublin police courts will perhaps render it of interest to know that his "title of Knight of Glin is one of two hereditary Irish titles the other is that of the Knight of Kerry which are not to be confounded with 1 ancient Irish chieftaincies claimed by representatives of the Irish Septs at the present time (says the Wexford People). The titles of "Knight of Glin and Knight of Kerry are of a very peculiar character, and, though not regal honours, have been held -as prescriptive rights from medieval times, and at various times have been recognised by the Crown in patents under the Great Seal and other legal documents. John Fitz-Thomas Fitzgerald, Lord of Decies and Desmond, by virtue of his royal seignior as a Count Palatine created three of his sons by his second, marriage hereditary Knights, and thus originated the titles. That of the White Knight, is now extinct; and the two other hereditary Knight ships are now, so far as we are aware, the only titles now extant of this peculiar species of honour. The father of the present Knight of Kerry was made a baronet in 1880, within a month before his .death. Under the ancient Irish law of Tanistry the Irish chieftains were elective, and required formal investiture by their clans, and the title did not descend hereditarily. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries these chieftaincies were surrendered by their then holders to the Crown, and ceased to exist. About the beginning of the nineteenth century some of the representatives of the last holders of tie chieftaincies assumed the titles, and they became recognised by courtesy. They are not, however, officially recognised. There are twelve of these titles now extant, including those of the MacDermot, Prince of Coolavin; the MacGillicuddy of the Reeks, the O'Grady, the O'Conor Don, the O'Donoghue of the Glens, the Fox of Kilcoursie, the O'Morchoe, the O'Kelly, the O'Toole, the O'Maine, the O'Donovan, and the MacDermott Roe.

 

Snippet from Women in Print 4 March 1927 Evening Post NZ Papers.

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Prolonged discussion, says Dawn," the' New, South Wales Labour Cabinet has finally agreed to the following proposals for a Child 3ndowment Bill to be introduced in the State .Parliament:— "That 5s a head be paid for all children "under the age of 14 years of parents in the State whose annual income does not exceed £364 It is estimated that this will cost in the vicinity 0f..£8,000,000, the Government share being about £2,000,000 the remainder will be a charge on industry.

At the Christchurch City Council Chambers on Tuesday a civic reception was tendered to the delegates from all parts of New Zealand who have assembled in Christchureh to attend the Dominion Conference of the National Council of Women, says the 'Sun." Mrs. C. E.Fraser' introduced the delegates to the Mayor, who hoped that their sojourn in Christchurch would be both a profitable and a pleasurable one, and said he had never welcomed a group of visitors he considered of more importance than the National Council delegates. There were many questions dealing with. the whole population that seriously affected women, and their opinions were of great importance. He would like to offer congratulations on the fact that that they had secured the right of women to become Justices of the Peace. He understood that two other great reforms were, to be advocated at the conference —women police and women, jurors. Many men would also agree that these should- be granted. Mrs. Herbert, J.P., also welcomed the delegates, and Mrs. (Councillor) M'Combe. Mrs. John Cook, of Auckland, Dominion president, in response, spoke on the formation of the National Council, which was a federation' of women's societies. The delegates were representatives of 70 organised women societies, and so it represented a clearing-house for wonie-1 difficulties. The whole organisation had a membership of about 35,000,000 women.

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Rickshaws are going out, in Japan— the motor age is coming in. Ten years ago in Japan 118,904 of these two-wheeler, man-power gigs were licensed; to-day fewer than 85,000. In Osaka, the greatest industrial city, the number has been almost cut in half. Horse drawn carts just hold their own; but the motor vehicle is coming with a rush. Ten years ago there were 24 motor trucks in all Japan; to-day there are more than 6000; the number of pleasure cars has leaped from' 681 to 15,000. Inter-city buses have already appeared on Japanese roads. Thus the Orient sweeps into the mechanical age. It was. only fifty years ago that the' first rickshaws appeared, its jog-trot speed destined to drive out the slow walk of the sedan chairs kago, and norimona; now a. running man is already too slow.

The fifth annual t exhibition of women's arts and industries, held recently in New York, showed the work of women of 20 nations in professions and industries, and was assisted by about 1500 women from 19 countries. The exhibits from England, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, "France, Italy, Norway, Iceland, Yugoslavia, Finland, Ukrainian, Spain, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Czech-Slovakia, Persia, and Russia revealed some of the most flourishing fields of feminine enterprise in. these countries. From the United States the work of women in Massachusetts Pennsylvania, Illinois, Rhode. Island, Wisconsin, Now Jersey, Missouri, the district of Columbia and New York. was shown. The value of the exhibition in affording women from far and wide a eh ace to see the work of other women, and to exchange ideas, was emphasised by Mrs. Mary Padon, vice-chairman of the Foreign committee. "Since in numerous countries the activities of women have not yet progressed beyond the handiwork stage," she s id, "a number of these exhibits will be limited to beautiful embroideries, art work, dresses, and other needlework. With our tendency towards over-emphasising machine-made things, America has much to learn from the exquisite handwork of these women. On the other hand, these women from abroad will undoubtedly take back homo with them valuable ideas about broadening the scope of activity among women in other countries.

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Britain's first old-age pensioner, Miss Mary. Jones, of Portmadoc, Wales, who was a native of Criccieth, Mr. Lloyd George’s birthplace, died at the age of 97. In 1909, when Mr. Lloyd George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, instituted old age pensions, Miss Jones headed a deputation of pensioners to thank the “Welsh Wizard" personally. Miss Jones was one of the last links with the Wales of 80 years ago, and up to her death wore the old Welsh costume, including tall hat and clogs.

NZ Tablet 27 August 1908

MISSING FRIENDS

REIDY, Martin, native of Listowel, County Kerry left -home many years ago last heard of in Australia heard of recently as being in South Island, New Zealand most anxiously sought. for by his father.

NZ Herald 30 May 1867

MARRIAGE.

SANDES—PEED. On the 28th May 1867, at St. Matthew's Church, by the very Rev. Archdeacon Lloyd, E. Fitzmaurice, second son of Goodman Sandes, Esq., Deputy Superintendent of Stores, of Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, to Catherine Bond, eldest daughter of Richard Peed, Esq., of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. Home papers please copy.

Listowel from Manawatu Herald 11 Jan. 1894

 

An Extraordinary Mistake.

Mr Sexton, M.P., has been asked by the Town Commissioners of Listowel, North Kerry, to bring under the notice of Parliament early in the winter session an extraordinary instance of blundering and miscalculation in connection with an important public work. Some time ago the Town Commissioners decided to improve the water supply of Listowel by tapping the River Feale, some seven miles distant. The scheme was arranged. The engineering inspector of the Local Government Board held an official inquiry, and, on the faith of his report, Parliament sanction was given to the scheme, and the necessary loan for the purpose was obtained from the Board of Works. All the preliminaries having been arranged, proper means of filtration were provided. Piping was laid down from the intake to the town, and through all the streets and lanes, and the supply of taps provided. The people of Listowel rejoiced at the near prospect of an abundant supply of pure water. When, however, all was complete, it was found that the water would not come. Through some extraordinary oversight the river Feale was tapped at a point below the level of the town. It will now cost £3000 additional to extend the pipes to a point higher up the river, which will afford the necessary gravitation The Listowel Town Commissioners, through motives of economy, refused to employ an independent engineer. They are now relying upon their representative in Parliament to induce the Government to complete the works and defray the extra expense. They base their claim on the fact that the scheme was inquired into and sanctioned by the Local Government Board and the Board of Works. Exchange.

 

NZ Tablet 7-12 1899

OBITUARY.

MR, JOHN MULVIHILL, KUMARA

An old and respected resident of Kumara passed away on Saturday week, in the person of Mr. John Mulvihill. The deceased (reports the local Times) was a native of Listowel, Country Kerry. Ireland, and was 67 years of age He arrived in Victoria in 1854, and worked as a miner on the Woolshed, Ovens district, Victoria, and was one of the first pioneers of the Otego goldfield. He arrived in Hokitika early in 1864. The deceased was amongst those who established the Hibernian Society in Kumara. Mr. Mulvihill took an active part in local affairs, and was for a number of years member of the Borough Council and the Hospital Board. The deceased leaves a wife and grown up family a son and daughter to mourn their loss.

 

Evening Post 18 Dec. 1933

DE VALERA AT TRALEE

WIRES CUT

(Received. December 18, 2 p.m.) DUBLIN, December 17.1933, Mr. de Valera, escorted by bands and banner bearers, addressed ten thousand people at Tralee. He pleaded for unity and discipline in Ireland's economic 1 struggle with England. He also, deplored the recent outrages at Kerry, and added that the Ministry was determined to enforce the Government's authority. There must either be ordered democracy or a dictatorship. The Government, he said, had 99 per cent, of the Republicans behind it. Military tribunals were necessary while, the stoning of police and the frightening of witnesses prevented the Courts from functioning. Prior to the meeting the Listowel railway line was damaged, and telephone and telegraph wires were cut.

 

West Coast Times 10 April 1885

ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND.

The programme for the Prince and Princess of Wales visit to Ireland was published on March 8. 1885. The Royal party will reach Dublin on April 8. A levee, ball, and banquet, will take place." Then they go to Kerry, as guests of the Earl of Listowel, remaining until April 29, meantime visiting Cork, Curraghmore, and Killarney. They attend Punchestown races. Belfast, Londonderry and Barrancourfc will then be visited, and on April 25 1885 they cross from Belfast to Scotland by the Shandeur route. The Freemasons will arrange a grand lodge in the Prince's honour. It was proposed to open subscriptions throughout Ireland to meet the expenses of a fitting reception. The Dublin Municipal Council resolved to present an address of welcome, expressing gratification at their coming, thus proving a desire to put an end to the neglect from which Ireland has so long suffered, and giving rise to the .hope that this will be the precursor of frequent Royal visits. The address also expresses a hope that a Royal residence will be provided in Ireland.

 

T HE Aroha News 29 Dec. 1888 NZ Past Papers

KERRY CATTLE.

The Kerry breed of cattle is probably the moat perfect representative of the prehistoric cattle of these islands which we now possess. One of the characteristics of a Kerry cow is the length of face this is alto a feature of Bosr Longhorns, the fossil ox found in these islands. Kerry cattle are as a rule a velvety black in colour there is, however, an orange shade of red, which is also a pure Kerry colour. It is a noteworthy fact that black cattle and Druidical remains seem often to be associated together. In 'Scotland you have the Angus and Aberdeen breeds, both black. In Wales you have the black Welsh cattle, in Cornwall you find black cattle, and in Devonshire you have red Devons, some very dark, and it is probable that black was the original colour. In Brittany again you have the black .and white Brittany cattle, some of them nearly black. This would seem to show that the cattle of the ancient Celts were black. Kerry cattle formerly extended all along the West Coast of Ireland, but from the introduction of Shorthorn blood they have gradually become extinct, except in the south-west of Kerry and Cork. This is greatly to be regretted as the introduction of Shorthorn blood into the mountainous districts of Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, and Galway has only served to destroy the constitution of the hardy mountain breed, and has produced, instead of a superior race, a lot of the most wretched and miserable looking breeds one can well imagine. The peasants of Galway and Mayo now look back, when too late, with regret to the hardy little black cattle. The same danger threatened Kerry, but of late years the people have begun to realise that the half-bred Shorthorns do not thrive on the mountains, and they now use none but Kerry bulls. A trade for Kerry cows has also opened up with England in recent years, and the mountain farmers have found by experience that they can get about 108 a-head more for black heifers than for others. The merit of the Kerry cow lie in the fact that she is particularly hardy, and will yield a good flow of milk of excellent quality on pasture where a cow of the larger breed would perish. When she has finished milking she fattens readily, and puts up beef of a very superior quality. It has also been found, by carefully -conducted experiments, that a Kerry cow gives a larger yield of milk for food consumed than the celebrated Ayrshire breed. I had a herd of Shorthorns from 1878 to 1882. Finding, however, that my land was not good enough to support them I sold them off, and resolved to try what I could do towards improving the native breed. I purchased about 150, and gradually weeded out the inferior milkers, until I obtained a herd of about thirty-five good dairy cows. My object was to produce a cow of about 6cwt., live weight, that would give 500 gallons of milk in the year without extra feeding. I have no reason to be discouraged so far, because five of my cows gave an average of 504 gallons each of milk, which Yielded 12 per cent, of cream, and one of my cows gave 9§lb of butter per week on grass alone. It is however, to the young stock, carefully bred at Kilmorna, to which I look with most hope. I have used bulls selected as being out of good milkers, and the results are already noticeable. Five two-year old heifers bred by me after calving their first calf milked remarkably well, considering their age, and the average percentage of cream on the milk of the five was 15.4 per cent.. This was remarkably good on my land, because it is not good dairy land. One cow I sold that only gave 12 per cent, of cream with me yielded 24 per cent, when put on really good land. A Kerry cow is a particularly beautiful animal, with the erect carriage and elastic step of a deer, a coat of rich velvety black, and a general appearance bespeaking activity, hardiness, and thrift. The head is very fine, and the muzzle thin and tapering, giving the head a great look of breeding and refinement. The neck is slight and clean, and perfectly free from loose skin. The horns, white, tipped with black, are thin, not coarse, rising upwards from the head; they turn back with a gentle sweep. The limbs are particularly slender and deer-like, with very tine bone. In all other respects a good Kerry resembles a good type of milch cow. I feel confident that, with care and attention, the Kerry breed may be so improved as before long to equal the Jersey in the quantity and quality of milk while greatly excelling that breed in the quality of beef produced and hardiness of constitution. We have now succeeded in establishing a register, which will doubtless form the foundation of a Kerry Herdbook. Although the rules for entry in the register were of necessarily very stringent, in order to ensure the quality of animals entered, we have received entries from a good many breeders so that the prospects of my favourite breed of cattle are at present decidedly promising. Pierce Mahony, M.P. Kilmorna, Listowel, in the Agricultural Gazette

PRESS 3 July 1917: Bishop Mangan Death .

OBITUARY.

BISHOP MANGAN. (By 'Cable—Press Association —Copyright;) (Australian and Cable Associations(Received July 2nd, 1917 , 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 1. The death is announced of the Rt. Rev John Mangan, D.D., Roman Catholic Bishop of Kerry since 1904. The Rt. Rev, John Mangan was born in Listowel, Co. Kerry, in 1852. He was educated at Maynooth College, and subsequently served for a few years in the Liverpool Mission. He was formerly a professor at St. Michael's College. Listowel, parish priest of Glengariffe, Sneem. and Kenmare. and prior to his elevation to the Bishopric was Archdeacon of Aghadoe and Vicar- General of Kerry.

DEATH Fr O Connor, NZ Tablet 9 April 1882

THE LATE REV. FATHER O'CONNOR.

(From our Christchurch correspondent.) Very great and widespread regret is felt at the demise of the Rev. Father Daniel O'Connor, who died somewhat unexpectedly at his

late residence at Rangiora at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, 31 March 1882. The rev gentleman, who was parish priest of Rangiora, had not been in a robust health for some time. Yet no serious results of his indisposition were anticipated until he visited Wellington in the early part of the year in order to consult Dr. Cahill, who informed Father O'Connor that his malady was a hopeless consumption. In accordance with the doctor's advice Father O'Connor abandoned his projected visit to Napier and returned home. He became rapidly worse and succumbed to the disease. He was going about on Tuesday last and apparently fairly well. On the night of the same day he retired at eight o'clock but became restless and unable to sleep. Father Tubman, M iss Kellier and the Rev. Mother and the Sisters of St. Joseph were with him to the end. Father O'Connor, who was approaching forty years of age, was born at Listowel. County Kerry. Ireland. he studied at St. John's College in Waterford, and was ordained priest on the l5 of June, I882. Immediately after his ordination he came to Christchurch, under Archbishop Redwood, who appointed him to Greymouth. Thence he came to Port Lyttleton, where he remained several years. For the administration of that parish he received warm praise from Archbishop Redwood. Ten years ago Father O'Connor was appointed parish priest of Rangiora. where he has done most excellent work. He was always most generous in supplementing from his own pocket the funds for the maintenance of the schools, and in every way sought to promote the cause of education. The whole parish is left absolutely free of debt. During his residence in the Rangiora and Kaipoi districts he has endeared himself to all classes of people. His house and all that it contained was open to every one. As an instance of the warm affection of his people for him, some of the ladies of the parish waited upon him a few days before his death in order to present him with a purse of sovereigns wherewith to meet the extra expenses of his illness. This thoughtful action made a deep impression upon the dying priest, and he was most anxious to acknowledge the gift through the newspapers. This he did not live to do.

THE FUNERAL. On Friday last the funeral of the late Father O'Connor took place at Rangiora. On the forenoon of that day the remains, encased in a handsome polished coffin, were conveyed from the presbytery to the church, and a large number of the Rev. Father's parishioners and the townspeople visited the church to take a last look at his features. The sanctuary of the church and the high and side altars were draped in black, and the coffin was placed on a dais in front of the altar railing. At 10. am. a procession, headed by the cross-bearers and acolytes, started from the presbytery to the church. In the procession were the Right Rev. Dr. Grimes. Canon O'Donnell. Fathers Bowers, Chervier, Marnane, Tubman, Malone, Aubrey. Foley. Ginalty, Tracy, Quirk and Melu. On arriving at the church the office for the dead was chanted in the presence of the congregation from all parts of the district. When this part was concluded, a Solemn Requiem Mass was said. Father Cherviers being the chief celebrant, Fr Murnane, deacon father Quirk, sub-deacon Fathers O'Donnell and Malone, Cantors Fr Bowers master of ceremonies and Father Aubrey organist. After the Mass Bishop Grimes delivered an eloquent address from St. John, chapter ii., and the 11th and succeeding verses. He said, referring to the deceased, that it was. not necessary, nor would it be seemly, for him to add much to the obituary notices which had appeared in the public press. He remarked upon the late Father's devotion during his, time of illness aid the extraordinary grace which availed him during his Last moments He referred also in grateful terms to those who had devote I themselves to caring for him during his last illness and also to the kindness of the parishioners only a few days before his death gave a tangible show of their sympathy for him The bishop then nave the last absolution, which concluder the service in the church

The procession was then formed, the children from St. Joseph's School, with draped banners, being in the front. The coffin, was borne from the church by Messrs. M. Lynskey. E. Anderson, T. McGrath and Thomas Power. The interment. at the cemetery in Rangiora took plaice in the presence of a large concourse of people, a great proportion of whom had not found room in the church. The ceremony at the grave was conducted by the Bishop and concluded at one o clock. Numerous wreaths were sent by friends and public organisations. Among others who sent these floral tributes of sympathy (were Mr. and Mrs.Shreland, the Rangiora Athletic Association. Mr and Mrs . M Scott. Miss K. McDonnell Ashburton, Mr. and Mrs B. Flynn, Miss Foley, Mr. and Mrs. T. Ross and family. Misses Lizzie and Annie Lynskey. Miss Burns and Miss Doherty (Christchurch) others oppressing regret at the rev. Fathers death came from all parts of the Colony, including one from Bishop Verdon (Dunedin), Bishop Lenihan (Auckland) .and the Very Rev. Father Devoy (Wellington). The sad news of the death reached Bishop Grimes when on a visit to Mount Cook, and he travelled night and day to be present at the funeral. Among these present were the Mayor of Rangiora (Mr. C. I. Lennings), the Rev. F. P. Fendall, Messrs. H C Bailey, W. Buss, D. R Good, G Cone, J. Sansom. A. Parsons H Flynn, B. Blackett, A. C. Clarkson, T. Roebuck, T. Green, of the Katspoi pah, M. Duncan and Messrs. McNamara, Gaffney, W. Heyward and Barrett, of Christchurch.

 

 

NZ Tablet 25 July 1901

KERRY. Fishing in the Killarney Lakes. This year's salmon and trout fishing in the Killarney Lakes is exceptionally good, a large number of fine fish having been taken. For a good many years sport was very poor, as the Lakes had been fairly fished out. A local committee was formed and public subscriptions raised to restock the Lakes. Rainbow trout were selected, and the Lakes stocked with several hundred thousand fry, in addition to 50,000 salmon fry, all raised at a hatchery erected on the Lake shores. The fruits of this provident venture are now being reaped, and sportsmen are well pleased with the fishing, which is free to all.

Religious Profession. At the Presentation Convent, Listowel, on May 14 1901, Miss Mary Donnelly made her vows and became a professed member of the Order. The young nun is a daughter of Mr. Eugene Donnelly, of Dublin. Her name in religion is Sister Mary Anthony. The ceremonies, which were carried out with great solemnity, were conducted by the Very Rev. T. Canon Davis, P.P., V.F., assisted by the Rev. Father M'Carthy. C.C and Rev. Father Byrne, C.C. A number of the relatives and friends of the Sister were present.

A Curious Discovery. In the early part of June 1901 a curious and unprecedented catch was made on Mr. A. S. Herbert's salmon fishery, at the mouth of the River Flesk, in the Lower Lake, Killarney. A freshly run salmon of 11lb was taken in a net with a lamprey eel of 10 inches in length firmly fixed in. its left side and having its head nearly one inch in the fish, which could only be about two days up from the sea. Great force had to be employed to draw it out, when it appeared very vigorous.

 

NZ Tablet 30 Oct. 1891

Kerry The pretty town of Listowel was ablaze in honour of the liberation and pronouncement of John Dillon and William O'Brien M.P's. The houses, with only a few exceptions, were brilliantly illuminated, and in many windows the pictures of Mrs O'Brien, Dillon, and Gladstone were prominently set forth. Huge bonfires were burning in and around the town from an early hour in the evening The barrels gave forth their brilliant light in the principal thoroughfares, and largo processions marched from street to street with lighted torches. Great enthusiasm prevailed, and the people promenaded the streets cheering for O'Brien and Dillon until an advanced hour in the morning.

NZ Tablet 20 March 1891

Dublin.— Randall MacFinuan MacCarthy More, son of the late Eugene Mac Finnan of , Kenmare, and nephew of the late Most Rev. Dr. McCarthy, Bishop of Kerry, has been appointed receiver General of Stamp Duties for Ireland and Collector of Inland Revenue at the Custom House, Dublin, being not only the highest Revenue position in Ireland, but the most coveted in the United Kingdom. This is the first occasion— with one solitary exception, some 50 years ago— that a Roman Catholic has obtained this appointment

. Kerry. The first sod of the Kenmare and Headford Railway was turned recently at Kenmare by the Venerable Archdeacon O'Sullivan, P.P. Kenmare in the presence of a great gathering of the gentry and people of the district. An influential and largely attended meeting was held lately at Listowel, to urge on the Government the desirability of constructing a line of railway from Listowel to Ballylongford and Tarbert. The Rev. Mr. Burns, rector, presided, and several speakers pointed out the advantages of the proposed line.

 

NZ Tablet 21 Jan 1887

At a special court held at Listowel on Oct.. 25, John Foran, his mother, Margaret Foran, and his sister, Ellen Foran, were charged with assaulting a bailiff whilst seizing the cattle of Denis Foran at Bunaghara. They were also charged with the rescue of Cattle from the bailiffs. The defendants were each sentenced to a month's imprisonment.

 

NZ Tablet 6 Feb. 1902

KERRY. Death of a Religious. The death is reported of Rev Brother George, O I- M.. who passed away in the e.irlv part of December at the Franciscan Convent, Killarney. Brother George, who was a son of Mr. John Buckley, Listowel, was born in 1833, and entered the Order at Killarney 30 years ago, where he remained, except for a few years spent in Manchester, London, and Glasgow.

LIMERICK. Over a century. The announcement of the death of the oldest man in County Limerick, Mr. James Howard, of Ballingarry , at the age of 108 years,' has been received all over the district with feelings of regret. Up to only two years ago he was a constant spectator at the assembly of the County Hunt Club when"

At a meeting of Listowel League, MJ. Gilligan in the chair, the following resolution was passed. That we look with extreme satisfaction upon the dismissal of George Sands of Listowel from the magistracy of County Kerry.

Wairarapa Daily Times 13 June 1898

The mystery concerning the birthplace of Sir H. H. Kitchener has been cleared up. New Zealand can claim him no longer. The London correspondent of Argus says that he was born at a country house, Crotto, near Listowel, County Kerry, in ISSO, where his father a line old soldier, of the Colonel Newcome type, had settled in deference to the advice of The Times, after the famine of 1817, to English gentlemen to farm in Ireland, in order to spread civilisation and scientific agriculture, there. Of course, Sir Herbert Kitchener's father lost all his money at Crotto, but was not shot. The ruin of the Irish gentry has, however, for centuries peopled the British Army. At the defeat of the Dervishes on Good Friday five of the officers killed or wounded, Vandeleur, Gore, Persse, Verner, Shekelton, were ruined Irish landlords.

 

NZ Tablet 14 May 1897

The Shannon Development Scheme. correspondent writing to the Freeman makes an important suggestion in reference to the Shannon development scheme. He points out that the tour of the South-West coast of Ireland is broken at the Shannon for want of a proper connection, which would be supplied by the construction of a pier at Ballybunion. The estimated cost of the pier would be about £6,000, and the writer justly claims that its erection would not only supply the missing link in this most interesting route, but introduce to the outside world the unrivalled beauties of one of the most charming of Irish seaside resorts. From Ballybunion, the writer points out, the now 1 single-rail Lartigue line takes the visitor to Listowel, and then he is within eighty minutes' journey of Killarney. The scheme for the building of the pier has often been mentioned, and now that there is a practical effort being made to develop that portion of the country, it is to be hoped that Ballybunion may receive its share of attention.

 

NZ Tablet 14 May 1897

Kerry. A large portion of deer forest in the Kenmare property in the vicinity of Glenabay was burned recently.

The Listowel and Ballybunion Railway was opened for traffic a few days ago. The line has been constructed on the Lartigue single rail system," all the principles of which are entirely different from those of any railways yet constructed. The line as at present built is a length of about 10 miles. The permanent way is made of steel and consists of the top rail, two side rails for the guide wheel of the carriages connected by angle irons forming a trestle is the shape of a capital, a resting on a sleeper which is in some parts of the line laid on planks six feet long, nine inches wide, and three inches thick. The line was constructed in less than five months and no accident of any kind occurred to those employed on it. During the six weeks 15,000 tons of ballast have been carried over it. The practical working of the line will be watched with much interest, and a number of visitors interested in engineering on the Continent were present at the opening.

NZ Tablet 21 Jan. 1887

A large and enthusiastic open-air demonstration was held in the village of Newtownsandes on Oct. 25, 1887, under the auspices of the I. N. L. Contingents arrived from Listowel, Tarbert, Ballylongford, Ballybunion, Abbeyfeale, and several other places. Two brass bands discoursed national airs. The chair was taken by Rev. D. R. Harrington, President St. Michael's College, Listowel. Among the resolutions passed were the following:—" That we condemn the heartless action of landlords, like Thomas Sandes, Lord Ormathwaite, and others, who have refused all reductions of rent, or have offered abatements which are only a mockery, and who are threatening to evict the unfortunate tenants who are unable to meet their exorbitant demands. That we pledge ourselves to support by every lawful means tenants who may be evicted by grasping and cruel landlords. That the name of Newtownsandes be changed henceforth to that of Newtown- Dillon." (Loud and continued cheering.) Mr. Fitzpatrick, in putting the resolution, said he hoped they would wipe out every trace of what the name of Sandes typifies— that is, the worst form of Irish landlordism. (Cheers.)

 

 

 

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OTAGO WITNESS 27 August 1886

IRISH CROSS-COUNTRY CELEBRITES (The Field.)

Alhambra- Alhambra was a big chestnut horse, the property of one of the greatest sportsmen and most resolute horsemen of all times the justly celebrated "Jack" Dennis, who was for some years master of the Blazers." The feats of prowess performed by the inimitable Jack would fill a volume. He jumped a hunter of his over a sft stone wall at Lismacrory without a tack of headgear on his horse. Alhambra's first great victory was achieved at Loughrea where on September 16. 1835, he won the principal event of the meeting over what was then known as the Clanricarde steeplechase course, from the J^fact of its being got up by Lady Clanricarde. His sporting owner held the ribbon on the chestnut, and beat Parsons Persse on Encore and half-a-dozen others. On October 29 of that year Alhambra, with his master on his back, won the Munster Debenture at Fermouy in two heats, and carrying 12st 71b, his toughest opponents in a big field being Sailor and Valentine, both of whom were at the top of the tree" down south in those days and for a long time after. In September, 1836, Alhambra, under his owner's pilotage, won the big chase at Loughrea, beating Allen M'Donogh on his own horse, Sir William, and a lot of others and for a hunters' flat race i* C tlebar a few da ys afterwards, was second to The Mole. In October of that year— lß36— Alhambra fell in the principal steeplechase at Mallow through cannoning with Clinker, who Was ridden for the event in question by Dicky," Fitzgerald, another fine horseman. He and Dennis raced for an easy place in the third last fence, with the result that they both came croppers, and Monarch won, being followed home by Valentine. The latter beat Alhambra fair and square for the Munster Debenture at Mallow a tew days afterwards, it bein a terrific race between them. Dicky Fitzgerald had the mount on Valentine, and The Dhinousal a soubriquet by which Fitzgerald was universally known— never rode a better race during his i? n fc A? rr u Oai cr and ii 3 was the l«t big event taat Alhambra ever tried conclusions for, but he

won a few small races at Longhrea and Tuam afterwards. Babsinisteb. Barsinister was a compact though small chesnut horse by Tyrant, and was bred by Mr Dennis under whose guidance he ran second to Whalebone, ridden by "The Dhinousal," at Edwardstown, on April 8, 1840, Recherche, Charming Julia, and several others being behind the pair. A fortnight afterwards he beat his Edwardstown conqueror and seven others at Bruff for a good stake, and won a sweepstakes of 5 soys each, SO soys added, at Hoscommon, on June 17 of that year. At Thurles, on October 28 1840, Barsinister ran second to Bannathlath for the chief event of the meeting, and Mr Dennis sold him that afternoon to Mr Tom Quin, of Redmondstown near Clonmel, a young brother j of Mr Billy Quin, of Longhloher. The little chesnut he was hardly 15.3— ran unsuccessfully in Mr Quin's colours for the Grand National at Mallow on March 18 1841, won by Valentine and Bannathlath beat him and a lot of. other cracks at Kilkenny on the sth of October following; while he ran second to Captain Roe for the Carrick-on-Suir Cup on November 11, 1841. The cup w s run for that year over the Ballinagrana course, which was a very stiff one. For the farmers' race at that meeting a curious occurrence took place. The race was endowed by Lord Waterford, and a field of nineteen horses tried conclusions for it, the conditions being two miles, heats and catch weights. The two brothers named Walshe, whose wonderful performance with their stallion in showing of his jumping powers at the fair of Glynn I reverted to in the first of these articles, ran a stallion for the Farmers' Plate, called Tallyho. Neither of the old sportsmen ever got married; but they had a nephew living with them at the time, quite a child in years. They tied the chap to the saddle, and sent him on his perilous journey, full of faith in his jumping powers of Tallyho, who won, after having to run four heats for it. It was an unparalleled thing in the a nals of steeplechasing. The orders given tothe boy were, Keep his head straight, stick the spurs into him and leave them there." Oa May 25, 1842, Barsinister ran second for a steeplechase over the terribly stiff Gammonsfield course, "Minor" Power's Portius being the successful candidate; and won the principal race of the meeting at Tramore in October with Mick Hannigan as his pilot. Barsinister was afterwards turned to stud purposes, and begat a great class of hunters. Fra Diavolo. Fra Diavolo was a horse of the big class, being more than 16.1. in height, and was said to be one of the finest jumpers that ever cleared a Galway wall. The Fra was also the property of Mr John Dennis, and was perhaps the only horse that ever won a steeplechase when blind. The Fra's first appearance in a big race was for the Munster Grand National at Mallow, in March, 1844. That was one of the most sensational chases ever brought to issue in Ireland, but having referred to it at some length in a previous article, I may here remark that Fra Diavolo, with his truly sporting owner on his back, was second to Fanny Ellsler. The Fra won the Kilcornan Cup at the Galway Meeting in March, 1845, and followed up his success at the Clare Hunt a few days later. His sight had been giving way about that time, but still Mr Dennis took him on to Macroon, where the obstacles mainly consisted of stone walls, which the Fra could pop over like an antelope. Four miles was the length of the journey, and there were seven runners, all of which the subject of this notice had in dire distress a long way from home. He bungled over the third fence from home, made a bigger mistake at the last but one, and rolled clean over the last wall but his owner who was doing duty, was into the saddle with a bound, and, going on, won easily. When he got back into the inclosure, it was found that the horse's sight had gone completely during the race and that he was stone blind. Bannathlath. Bannathlath was a big, shelly bay horse by Camelopard, and was the property of Mr Tom Ferguson, of Harkaway renown. He began a distinguished career between the flags most auspiciously at Trim, where in March 1840, he won two races, for which he was ridden by Larry Byrne, who at that time trained for Mr Ferguson. Bannathlath, in the October of that year, won the big chase at Thurles, having Tom Abbot as his pilot. In 1841 the year was begun at Mallow by his running third to Valentine but he did better next day by winning the Ladies' Purse worth a century," a few days afterwards, in the able hands of Mr Colgan, won the Bellinter Cvp worth a couple of centuries at Trim, and, before the end of that year, Colgan had three or four winning mounts on the bay, the most notable of which was the big chase at Kilkenny on October 5, where with 12st 71b on his back, he beat such cracks as The Fawn Valentine, Brunette, Barsinister, Duverney, Captain Roe, Ironsides, and several others. In November of that year he won a couple of races at Newry. After he had won a race at CastlebeUingham in March 1842, he broke down, and knew the silk no more but no better animal ever carried the "all white" banner of Mr Ferguson across a country, and he owned some fair performers between the flags. Rust. Rust was a slashing grey horse by Master Robert, and was, like Bannathlath, the property of Mr Tom Ferguson. Rust was a great horse on the flat, where he distinguished himself for several years as a thorough stayer, winning several long distance races at the Curragh and elsewhere during the middle of the thirties," the Royal Whip, Wellington, and several fourmile Queen's Plates, being amongst the trophies that fell to his prowess. In 1840 Gust won over sticks at Ballybar with Tom Abbot holding the ribbons, and, under his guidance, he won his maiden steeplechase at Thurles that back end;" but what would evidently have been a brilliant career between the flags, was cut short at Cahir, where this splendid-looking grey was killed when running for the first New Melton Stakes, run for over the famed Rooska course. The Cob. The Cob was the property of a sterling sportsman, Mr John Drought, of Banagher. As his name implies, he was on the small side, but he was a regular viultum inparvo, and there was no gamer "little 'un" stripped for the fray during the first two decades of the steeplechase era. The standard could never make him more than 15.1. The Cob's first outing was a successful one, as, I at the Ormond and King's County Meeting over the Lismacrory course, on April 15, 1841, he won the Westenra Cup— a gold cup given by Col. Westenra. The subject of this notice was then only 4 years old; yet in the hands of Mr J Kelly a noted horseman of his time he beat seven others in easy fashion, and he was not stripped again in public that year. He was pulled out in antagonism to Brunette for the Westmeath Urn at Mullingar on March 15 1842; but the.peerless brown beat him easily. Halfa-dozen others were behind them. On April 19, 1843, The Cob won the Westenra Gold Cup, for the Becond year in succession, at Lismacrory,

Mr Kelly being again in the pigskin. Good jumper though The Cob undoubtedly was, he found the course used at Gammonsfield on May 25..1842, far too severe for him, as in the Hbig chase" there, which was won by The Fawn, he fell twice over. In 1843, The Cob won the Westenra Gold Cup, for the third year in succession, with Mr Kelly again as his pilot, beating Dahlia, Duvernay, and a lot of others. This was a great performance on the part of The Cob, he having won the cup in three successive years, it thereby becoming the property of Mr Drought. His owner was not by any means a racing man, or else he could have had a great many more races out of this game son of Actreon, whom he did not stir for the rest of that year beyond riding him with his own hounds, for Mr Drought was master of the Ormond and King's County hounds at that time. In his third year of victory at Lismacrory, The Cob jumped 32ft over a down fence. He won a race at Banagher in 1844, and that outing terminated his public records. Economy. Economy was a slashing bay horse by Economist, sire of the famous Harkaway, perhaps the best horse of all time. Economist got very few good performers between the flags, and the subject of this notice divides with Lord George the honour of being his best. Economy as the property of Peter Braunick, of Firpark, Santry, won several races on the flat in 1840 and 1841, at Roscommon, Tuam, and other meetings on tho western circuit, and in November of the latter year— lß41 made a most auspicious beginning as a chaser by winning on both day 3at Ballymoe, Charlie Canavan holding the ribbons on both occasions. Economy then changed owners, and, as the property of Mr James Kelly, a noted amateur of his time, and with his owner in the saddle, he won the principal chase at Limerick, worth about £200, on March 29, 1842, the subject of this notice being then but 4 years old, yet he carried his list 2lb over the severe four miles of the Newcastle course in brilliant fashion, beating some of the best chasers of the period. The Fawn and Blueskin being his attendants home, while eight or nine others were nowhere." On the second day of the Ormond and King's County Meeting of that year— April 20 1842, Economy was again to the fore, with five others behind him. He ran for the Munster Grand National at Mallow the following year, but had to cave in to Regulator, who was then at the top of the tree; and Economy's "understandings" having given way soon after, he knew thesilk no more, though, had he trained on, he would undoubtedly have had a distinguished career. Erin. Erin, a chesnut horse of about 15.3, built on very strong and symmetrical lines, was by The Distingue, a horse kept by John Studderfc at Elm hill, county Limerick, and an animal that could boast of excellent parentage, as he was by Waxy Pope out of Flight, by Escape. Erin was bred by John Westropp, of Coolrea, the breeder of Matthew, and he won some races on the flat for him as a three and four-year-old but his greatest triumphs were obtained at the illegitimate game, which was begun by the subject of this notice at Mallow, on March 8, 1843, where, with Kelly as his pilot, he stripped to do battle for the Munster Grand National, for which event he split Regulator and Blueskin, the former only beating Erin then a five-yearol by a length, four other good 'ans" behind them in Blueskin, Economy, The Buck, and Duvernay. Erin improved in this form at Limerick, where, on April 17 following, he took part in and won the big race," beating Regulator, wt o was third to him, Blueskin, Saucepan, and five others. The greatest race Erin ever ran was at Mallow on March 12, 1844, when he took part in the Munster Grand National, for which nine of the best chasers ever stripped tried conclusions. It was one of the most sensational races ever witnessed in Ireland but as I have described it in previous articles, I may dismiss it with a brief allusion here suffice it to say, that Matt Dunne won on Fanny Ellsler, Fra Diavolo was second, Blueskin was third, and Erin fourth. Colgan rode Erin, and he carried the same weight as the three in front of him, namely, 12st 41b. Kelly was on Matthew, who was Mr Westropp's second string. So great an opinion did Mr Westropp and his party— and there were some astute judgos amongst them hold of Erin that they threw down the gage of battle to Brunette with him for the Foxhunters', Stakes at Lismacrory, the weights being Brunette, 12st41b, Erin 12st. The chesnut had the services of his owner, and M'Donogh was on the mare. For the last mile it was a desperate race between three, Col. Westenra's grey filly Dahlia holding out the longest of the other five,-but she gave way a short distance from home, and, after a terrible tussle for supremacy, the peerless daughter of Sir Hercules beat the subject of this notice by half a length. A week later (April 16, 1844) Erin, with Colgan as his pilot, won a good race at Limerick, and another at Galway the following August. He fell in the Munster Grand National the following year 1845, and received injuries that prevented his be ing afterwards trained. Anonymous. Anonymous, a bay horse by Philip the First, was a shelly-looking customer, and yet he was Philip's best son across country. He was the property of Mr George Henry Moore, of Moore Hall, co. Mayo, one of the best sportsmen and finest horsemen of his day, and whose afterwards well-known blue birdseye jacket became familiar to most race-goers. In the latter end of the thirties Mr Moore shared with Mr Val. Maher and Lord Waterford the honour of upholding Irish horsemanship at Melton, and they did uphold it, too, whether they donned silk or scarlet. Anonymous won the first steeplechase he ever started for, which was over the Laraghbrian course, near Maynooth, on April 12 1841 and that was followed up by another winning record at Tuam on August 26 1841, where he won over the walls in a field of ten, and with his truly sporting owner as his pilot. His only other outing for that year was also a successful one, as he won a 200-guinea match against Economy over two miles of the Breaffy course at Castlebar, on October 18 1841. At Balinrobe, on August 3 1842, the subject of this paper won the "leap race" from Lord De Freyne's Clansman and some others; and he was one of the three that enabled their owner to sweep the board for two days in succession a few days after Ballinrobe, the two 'chases falling to the lot of Anonymous. A terrible strong field ran for the New Melton Stakes that year, as nearly all the leading 'chasers in Ireland had a try for that rich stake. However, it was Anonymous's day, as, in the hands of his owner, he won after a desperate race with I Regulator, on whom Colgan had the mount, second and Clinker, with Dickey Fitzgerald on his back, third and Lockwood, on the game Fawn, fourth. It was a splendid race over 6uch a course, but it took all the go out of the subject of this notice, who never started again. He was one of the first chasers Mr Moore ever owned, and he was also his best, but several great flat horses carried the blue birdseye, Wolfdog and Erin-go-bragh amongst others.

DUVEBNAY. Duvernay was a neat bay mare, by Irishman, an animal that got some real tip. toppers, both between the dags and in the hunting field. About the best of his progeny 'barring Valentin was the animal under notice, who, during the greater portion of her career, was the property of Lord Clanricarde, who was doing duty in the pigskin during the second and third decades of the present century, and his riding practice was not confined to his native country, as, when the illegitimate sport was first introduced in regular form at St. Albans, by Tommy Coleman, Lord Clanricarde ran second on a little Irish horse called Nailer for the first St, Albans' steeplechase. Duvernay began well by winning the Newry Cup in October 1840, carrying 12st 81b and Tom Abbott to victory. Fortyone was not a successful year with the subject of this notice, but over the Rooska course at Cahir, in Oct. 1842, she won a good race each day under Burkes pilotage, the Curraghmore Handicap of lOsovs each, lOOsovs added, being one of them. She was the best chaser Lord Clanricarde ever owned, if I except the game Caustic, of which more anon. St. Legbb. St. Leger, a good-looking brown gelding, by Derby, stood about 15.3 in height. Derby, the sire of Sfc. Leger, was imported into Ireland by the late Mr George Murphy, of Breemount, near Laracor, co. Meath. He was one of the finest bred horses that ever crossed the channel either way, being by Tarrare out of Matilda his sire won the St. Leger for Lord Scarborough in 1826, and his dam was successful in the same race the following year. The dam of St. Leger, Annot Lyle, was purchased off Billy Battersby, of Freffans, and bred a lot of good 'uns" for Mr Murphy, besides the subject of this notice. That St. Leger was highly thought of at home, is borne out by the fact that his maiden essay between the flags was for the Kilrue Cup of 1845, which was ran for over a very severe course near Ratoath, on March 30 of that year, and which event brought together all the crack chasers of the time, and, mayhap, they conld hold their own with the chasers of any other era. An even dozen faced the starter, and af ber a desperate race, Brunette won from the subject of this notice, who was only four years old at the time, and was steered for the event in question by Tom Abbott. St Leger's performance was the more meritorious a3 he met with a couple of mishaps in the race, as at the third fence Abbott, with half a dozen others, mistook a flag, and went somewhat out of their way, and when St. Leger had made up lost ground, his curb snapped, and he rushed to the front, and maintained the lead until he had jumped the last fence but one, where Brunette closed with him, and they jumped the last fence, which was a real rasper," head and head, and in the terrible and prolonged struggle in the run home, the old mare just beat him by half a length after a lot of rousing on M'Donough's part; Matthew was third, and' Miss Tisdall was fourth. It was one of the finest races ever seeu over a stiff country, and that they were a class of horses is borne out by the fact that nearly two years afterwards, viz., in the Grand National of 1847, the four first horses in the race under notice also occupied the same berths, though nearly in inverse order. St. Leger's next race was in opposition to Brunette for the Meath Gold Cup at Trim, when the mare beat him but he journeyed on to Newry in November of that year with more success, as, in the hands of Mr Colgan, he won the principal steeplechase there, and from a strong opposition, Proceed, Fireaway (one of Harkaway Ferguson's), and several others being behind him. 1846 was began with a winning record, as on February 11 of that year the subject of this notice won the principal event of the meeting at Lucan, for which event he was steered by Mr Culgan, and had some "clinkers" behind him in Switcher, Hawksworth, Sam Slick, and several others. On April 2 1846, he again threw down the gauntlet to Brunetts, Matthew, and three others for the Kilrue Cup, which was that year converted into a handicap. The finish was again between himself and Mr Preston's peerless mare, who beat him at the finish by three lengths. On October 26, 1846, he essayed to give Sam Slick a stone for a sweepstakes of 10 soy. each, with 100 soy. added, at Lucan, but the big chesnut shook him off at the finish by a couple of lengths. Ten ran, and St. Leger was top weight, 12st 41b being his burden. He was next stripped for the Grand National of 1847, for which event he was ridden by Tom Olliver, who at the time was only just recovering from the effects of a broken leg, and the horse being a terrible puller, he was unable to ride him to his satisfaction, and he could only get second to Matthew. In my notice of the latter I omitted mentioning the fact that St. Leger had run second for the event in question, but it was a palpable error on my part, as my motto has always, and ever will be, "honour to whom honour is due." Several good judges who saw the race averred that if Olliver had been himself at the time it would have been St. Leger's day, and the collateral running of himself and Matthew would fully bear out that theory. After his great race for the Liverpool," Mr George Watts bought the subject of this notice for Lord Strathmore, who was at the time the owner of Switcher, whom he purchased from Lord Howth. Lord Strathmore ran both horses for the big steeplechase at Paris in 1847, and his lordship elected to ride Switcher himself— with whom he declared to win while he gave the mount on St. Leger to Tom Abbott. Switcher was beaten a long way from home, and Abbott, coming up on the outside with St. Leger, won after a great race, ani that was his last. It is rather a curious coincidence that such two clinkers as Brunette and St. Leger should be foaled, so to speak, within a stone's throw of each other. As I remarked before, Mr Murphy had a lot of good ones out of St. Leger's dam, The Oaks and Lamienne, who were own sisters, being both by Birdcatcher, and an own sister to St. Leger, a grey mare called Columbine, all of whom distinguished themselves more or less between the flags. Milo. Of Milo, a bay gelding by Milo, who was by Langar, it may be said that he was a big horse, but this would be far below the mark, as he was a regular giant. Few bigger animals ever carried a silk jacket, as he was fully 17.2 in height, and was a big horse all over, showing a lot of quality, with the finest loins and quarters one could see. He was so huge that he could take any ordinary fence in his stride and yet he was as clever as a cat. Milo was bred by a baker in Celbridge, and changed hands several times at very poor prices, ranging from a tenner," to a pony." At the latter figure the Hon. B. Wodehouse became his owner, and for him he won the Ponsonby Bowl at the Kildare Hunt Meeting, March, 1842, Denny Wynne being his pilot on the occasion and he repeated that performance the following year (1843) by winning the same trophy, Wynne being again in the saddle. That was on March 22 and five days afterwards he took part in his greatest race, and probably the greatest race of all time over a natural country —the Kilrue Cup of 1843. I have referred to this particular race at some length in the article on Brunette, with which I commenced this

series consequently a brief notice of It will suffice here. Here, after one of the most desperate contests on record, Brunette won by a length from Milo, who beat the English crack Peter Simple just as far. Denny Wynne rode Milo and he also had the mount on the bay at the Ormond and King's County Meeting on April 20 following, when he won the Foxhunter Stakes from ten others over the fine plain of Lismacrory. He made nothing of the large doubles there just kicked them and went away and with that winning record he wound-up a short but brilliant career. With Milo I bring the cracks of the two first decades of the steeplechase era to a close. I have omitted a lot of good animals, such a Lady Langford, The Oaks, Clinker, Recherche, La Sylphide, Switcher, Rattrap, and several others. The latter pair performed mostly at the other side o£ the herring pond." Larky Grigg.

 

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Millionaire Newcastle West

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Jan 1887 Landlords Killarney area

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May 1929 Lawlor Kerry

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OBITUARY

MR. D. K. LAWLOR

A very well-known citizen of Wellington, in the person of Mr. D. E. Lawlor died last night after an illness extending over three months.

The late Mr. Lawlor was born in Ardfert, County Kerry, Ireland, 77 years ago. Ho came to this country in IS7I in the City of Dimedin, landing at Port Chalmers. Ho entered into business with his uncle, the late Mr. David Eoche, a very well-known citizen of Invercargill. When the goldmininjr rush sot in in the Lake Wakatipu district Mr. Lawlor was a participator, and he could relate nutuy stirring incidents in connection with this exciting time Later Ik entered into business Don his own account, but a period of bad financial depression forced him to sell out ami take his wife and family to Wellington. This was over forty years ago. 11 o was engaged in business hero for a number of years in Cuba street, and later sold out, and successfully invested in property in tlio city. After bcim* attached to thu Old Ago Pension De° partiuent lor a number of years Mr. Lawlor retired and went for a tour around the world, spending most of his oxlended holidaj in the land of his birtli. Since his return deceased has lead a retired life, but always showed a very active interest in civic and religious matters. For a number of years he was secretary to the To Aro School Committee, and his activity in this respect, especially in patriotic matters, brought him letters from the King of the. Belgians, Mr. Lloyd Georgo, Lord Kitchener, and President Poincare. These letters are now in the possession of the To Aro School Committee. -Mr. Lawlor was a keen collector of Maori curios, and a photograph of a famous Maori stick of his is now held in the Dominion Museum. A gentleman of inherent honesty, an 3 of a genial and sociable disposition, he endeared himself to a large circle of acquaintances.

His widow survives him, and of tho tanuly the following remain:—Mr. T. J. r-awKir, well known in musical circles m SSydney, Mrs. Jrj. J. ricaly (Wellington), Mr.. J. C. I'arkcr (Palmerston -North), and Mr. Pat Lawlof.

The funeral will leave St. Joseph's Church, Buckle street, at 1.45 p.m. tomorrow (Sunday), and Requiem Mass M-ill_ be celebrated at the same church at a.m. on Moudav.

Shows 1907

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O Donoghue Death NZ Tablet 19-3-1903

WESTMEATH.— Death of a Popular Landlord The death occurred at his residence, Ballinahowen Court, Athlone, on Sunday, January 25- 1903 of Mr Charles O'Donoghue, J.P second 'son of the O'Donoghue of the Glens, County Kerry, and formerly member for Tralee. Deceased, who was born in 1860, inherited in 1891 the large Westmeath estates of his uncle, Sir John Ennis In 1892 Mr. O'Donoghue unsuccessfully, contested South Westmeath in the Parnell interest against Mr Donal Sullivan. At the general election of 1900 deceased had the offer of five constituencies, but owing to the state of his health was unable to accept any of them he was a liberal supporter of the Nationalist cause On Tuesday the remains were removed from Ballinahowen Catholic Church, about a mile distant in the morning there was solemn office for the dead, followed by Requiem High Mass, m the Moate church, for the repose of the deceased gentleman's soul It was attended by several clergymen and a large congregation of the laity After Mass the Very Rev Canon Kearney, PP., referred to the deceased gentleman, to whose virtues he paid a warm tribute The chief mourners included The O'Donoghue of the Glens and three other brothers of the deceased Among those who sent messages of sympathy were the Archbishop of Cashel, the Bishop of'Ardagh the Bishop of Meath. Mr. John Redmond, MP Mr William Redmond, M P.

 

Religion and more

Kenmare Nuns 2 August 1900 Tablet

 

DOWN —Death of a Venerable Lady.— Another link in the chain which binds the present to the past has been severed (says the Irish Weekly) by the death of Mrs. Lowry, which took place at her residence, Ballykeel, Hilltown, County Down. Mrs. Lowry was perhaps one of the best known ladies in the County Down, and her superior character and connections earned for her the highest opinions and supreme respect, not alone of her large circle of personal acquaintances, but of those to whom she was known only by repute. Mrs. Lowry was daughter to Mr. James Conalty, a well-known merchant who resided at Decamote, Leitrim, and was born upwards of 90 years ago at that place. At an early age she and her two sisters the late Mrs. Barns, wife to Dr. Barns, Glasgow, and the late Mrs. O'Neill, Kilcoo were sent to the school of Miss Whiiley, then a high-class educational establishment which flourished in Belfast. Here she made the acquaintance of Lord O'Hagan and his sister, Lady O'Hagan, who was afterwards Abbess of the celebrated Convent of Kenmare, County Kerry. The friendship lasted throughout their school days, and was strengthened when the more stern realities of life were encountered after their education had finished. During their lifetime the warm bonds of friendship were never broken, and when the inevitable parting came Mrs. Lowry grief was very great. In 1831 deceased was married to Mr. John Lowry, of Ballykeel, who died half a century ago, leaving behind him a young and helpless family. Mrs. Lowry had the glorious satisfaction of seeing three of her sons called to the priesthood, and four daughters to a conventual’s life. Of her sons only three survive her, the Rev. James Lowry having died seven years ago. The surviving sons are Rev. John Lowry, P.P., Lisburn Rev. A. Lowry, C.C., Mayo bridge and Mr. Edward Lowry, J.P., Ballykeel. Her eldest daughter succeeded Lady O'Hagan as Abbess of Kenmare Convent, and for over 22 years the poor of County Kerry had the benefit of her endeavours and charity. Six years ago this estimable lady was called to her reward. Sister Raphael and Sister Stanislaus are members of the Order of the Poor Clares, Newry, and a fourth daughter, Agnes, died in Armagh Convent during her novitiate. The most convincing proof, if such were wanted, of the estimation in which deceased and her family were

held was afforded at the funeral. From far and near mourners came to pay a last sad tribute to the deceased, and the cortege which followed the remains to Cabra Churchyard was the largest seen in the district for many years

 

Death Of a Franciscan.— Deep regret was felt in Killarney on the announcement of the death of the Very Rev. Father Jarlath Prendergast, Superior of the Franciscan Friary. Born on 17th September, 1840, he early evinced a vocation for the priesthood, and chose the Order of St. Francis. When he had finished his course of studies he was ordained a priest at Liege in 1868, and returned home to Ireland. His superiors located him at Killarney, and since that time, with about an interval of eighteen months apent at Forest Gate, London, he was a familiar figure in and around the district

 

TlPPERARY— Beatification of a Sister of Charity Amongst the Chinese martyrs recently beatified was Miss Alice O'Sullivan, sister of the Rev. D. O'Sullivan, who is one of the Vincentian Fathers. Miss O'Sullivan joined the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, and was with the Sisters in China when an outbreak somewhat like the present disturbance in China she and her companions were cruelly put to death. She received her early education from the Presentation Sisters, Clonmel, where the announcement of her beatification was received with gratification by the Catholic population. The martyrs suffered in China, Tonquin, and Cochin China. Sixty-three of the number were natives the remaining 14 were missionary bishops, priests, and nuns belonging to the Vincentian Fathers, the Foreign Missions, and the Dominican and Franciscan Orders.

 

FISH Shad

Stocking Irish Rivers with American Fish —The White Star Liner Oceanic on May 16 1900, brought to Ireland a novel consignment in the shape of 700,000 eggs of America's famous fish, the shad. The eggs were consigned to MV Moreton Flewen. who purposes to turn them loose in the river Shannon, with the object of ascertaining whether the fish can be acclimatised in Ireland. The general opinion amongst experts is that the experiment will prove successful, and lead to others upon a more extended and systematic scale. The shad is a fish of the herring kind, and is highly prized for food in the United States.

 

16 October 1902 NZ Tablet

The author of Father O'Flynn,' Mr Arthur Perceval Graves, was born in Dublin in 1846, his father being the law Protestant Bishop of Limerick. The young Irishman,' says a writer in a contemporary, was always proud of his nationality, loyal to the traditions of his race, and manly enough to declare his sentiments. Two years after be had graduated, and while he was acting as private secretary to Mr Winterbotham, the Secretary of State for Ireland, Graves composed 'Father O'Flynn while walking across a park to the Home Office. He Bays that a lively tune, to which he had often jogged as a boy, was filling his ears and his mind, and do what he could he could not get rid of it. The tune was The top of Cork road.' Over and over again he sang it mentally, until suddenly the words of Father O'FJynn sprang into being of themselves, and all he had to do when he reached his office was to write them down on paper. Soon after this Charles Santley got hold of the Bong, and it is what it is to-day. Graves has frequently been asked to declare who the original was. But he has recorded that bis verses were meant to give a picture of a type rather than that of an individual. He has said, however, that an old friend of his father the Bishop, a priest, the Rev. Michael Walsh of the parish of Kilchrohan, Kerry, inspired the ballad, and may be called its prototype. This priest was exceedingly charitable, witty, brilliant, a famous storyteller, and the kindest heart in all Kerry. Such is the story of 'Father O'Flynn.' The writer's father was close on 90 at his death.

 

 

20 Jan 1912 Grey River Argus

 

The death is announced of Father John Denis O'Dwyer, of Leeston. He was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1847, and was -educated at Black Rock College and in Paris, being ordained in the latter place in 1871. He spent many years in the diocese of Wellington and the diocese of Auckland. He went to Christchurch in 1906 and did duty at Kumara, Waimate and -latterly at_Leeston. At -the funeral Bishop Grimes stated that the deceased clergy man had been a very devoted priest, and possessed a keen sense of duty. Great zeal and earnestness had always characterised his work everywhere he had been. He started the first Catholic newspaper published in New Zealand, and was its first editor. After a long and honourable career he had come to Leeston to prepare for death.

 

4 April 1901 NZ Tablet

A correspondent of Mr. T. P. O'Connor's weekly writes as follows regarding the present Commander-in-Chief of the forces in South Africa Let me set you right about Lord Kitchener's natal place, regarding which I happen to know a good deal, having myself been born within a couple of miles of it. He was born at Gunsborough Cottage, which was lent to his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Kitchener, by the father of the well-known Irish M. P., Mr. Pierce Mahony, of Kilmorna, Gunsborough is within three miles of Listowel, the capital of North Kerry. He was baptised at the Intle Protestant Church hard by now in ruins, I believe by the late Rev. Robert Sandes, a representative of the family of which the late Mr. George Sandes, of Greenville, Listowel, was a well known member. The Kitcheners subsequently went to live at Crotto House, which Colonel Kitchener afterwards sold to Mr. Thomas Beale Brown, a near relative of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. The true history of the whole vexed question of the connection of the Kitchener family with Kerry was told during the late Soudan campaign in the columns of the Irish Times by Major Kiggell, of Cahara, Glin, County Limerick, whose son, Major Lancelot Kiggell, is now on Lord Kitchener's staff.'

 

 

8 July 1890 NZ Herald

DEATH OF THE VERY REV. DR. McDONALD.

Widespread regret will be felt at the announcement which we make this morning. that the Very Rev. Dr. McDonald, the well-known Roman Catholic missionary amongst the Maories in the North of Auckland, and brother of the Very Rev. Monsignor Walter McDonald, died on Sunday at his residence at Hokiangu. The news of the sad occurrence was conveyed to Auckland in a telegram received by His Lordship Bishop Luck yesterday, from Russell, stating that Dr. McDonald had died on the previous day, after a short illness. Monsignor McDonald also received telegrams during the morning informing him of his brother's death. As may be imagined, the unexpected announcement came to him as a severe blow, especially as the must recent news received previously from Hokianga stated that Dr. McDonald had never been in better health. The rev. gentleman will have the heartfelt sympathy of a very wide circle of friend. The Very Rev. Dr. McDonald was born in 1827 at Nicholastown, Kilkenny, he pursued his collegiate course at All Hallows Dublin, and studied theology from lie was ordained by the Most Rev. Dr. .Murray, Archbishop of Dublin, in tin.-year I8SI, for Auckland, and shortly afterwards set out for this colony, arriving in Auckland on the Utii of March. During the short period which elapsed between his ordination and his departure for New Zealand, Dr. McDonald did duty for his uncle, the Very Rev. Walter McDonald, parish priest of Piltown, Kilkenny, under Bishop Walsh, in the diocese of Ossary. from which diocese Cardinal Moran came. When he arrived in Auckland, the late Dr. Poinpallier was Bishop of the diocese. Those were the early days of the colony, when the missionary's life was one of continual hardship, and Dr. McDonald at once entered upon his arduous duties with a simple and earnest zeal, giving a great part of his attention to the Maori Mission, he was appointed Vicar- General of the Auckland diocese, and after Bishop Pompalier's departure he was Administrator, until the Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr. Gould, the Apostolic Administrator, appointed him to the charge of the Waikato district, where he remained until Archbishop Steins was appointed to the See of Auckland. That prelate gave him the control of the Maori mission in the extensive district to the north of Auckland as Vicar-Apostolic —a mission in which Dr. McDonald had always taken great interest. There he remained ever since, leading a most laborious and self-denying life, and one of unceasing difficulties. He was beloved with a strong affection by his Maori people, to whom he had endeared himself by his simple and generous nature and self-sacrifice. Dr. McDonald was also known as an excellent preacher, and in the early days of his career was selected from 250 students to preach a panegyric on St. Patrick at Glendalough, at the Seven Churches, Wicklow. He was a man of powerful physique and strong frame, and during his student days excelled in athletic feats. It is interesting to note that at one time he studied with Dr. Croke, formerly Bishop of Auckland, and now Archbishop of Cashel, under Dr. Moriarty, President of All Hallows' College, and afterwards bishop of Kerry. The first Sisters of Mercy to come to New Zealand arrived with' Dr. McDonald in Auckland in 1851. The funeral of the rev. gentleman will be held on Friday morning. His remains will be brought to Auckland by the steamer Clansman, and will be taken to St. Patrick s Cathedral, where a solemn Pontifical Mass will be offered at half-past nine. The funeral will then leave for Panmure, where the body is to be interred.

 

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27 Nov 1888 News of the Day NZ

Lord Alfred Paget’s Will.—The value d the personal estate of the late General -Lord Alfred Paget, who died at Inverness on the 24th of August last, aged 72 years, has been declared at £107,821 14- Id. By his will, dated January 11th, 1865 with codicil made in 1880, the testator bequeaths £1000, all his furniture and household effects, and all stocks and shares, to his wife. Lady Alfred Paget, absolutely, and the use for her life of his plate and pictures, and the income for life all his residuary estate. The testator bequeaths £400 to an old servant, £100 to the steward of his yacht, £100 to Lord listowel and Mr Frederick Cox, the Banker?, two of the executors of his will, and his gold watch and chain, and a piece date, won. by his yacht Rosalind, to Mr Soger Eykyn, formerly named as an executor. On the death of Lady Alfred Paget £5000 is to be paid from the testators residuary estate to each of his six sons, and £10,000 to each of his seven daughters, and the ultimate residue is to fee divided equally among them.

 

 

 

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31 March 1977 Camberra Times

Obituary

Fr Morgan O'Connor

Father Morgan O'Connor, 62, parish priest of St Peter Chanel, Yarralumla, since 1959, died on Monday from a heart condition.

Born in the county of Kerry, Ireland, he was

educated at St Michael's! College, Listowel, and at Mungret College, Limerick. He studied for the priesthood at All Hallows College, Dublin, and was ordained on June 23, 1940.

Fr O'Connor was assistant priest in the parishes of Yass, Tumut, Moruya, Bcga, Goulburn and Young, and administrator of the parishes of Cobargo, Young, Cootamundra, . Gunning, Queanbeyan and

O'Connor.

His brother is Father John O'Connor, of Holder.

Father O'Connor will be buried at Canberra Cemetery after requiem Mass at St Peter Chanel's Church at 2pm today.

 

 

7 may 1901 Kalgoorlie Western Argus WA

 

MR. MICHAEL J FLAVIN., One of the Irish M.P.'s who recently took a prominent part in the "scene" in the House of Commons, and was suspended under the terms of Mr. Bal four's motion, was Mr. Michael Joseph Flavin. It is said that Mr. Flavin is neither so able nor so eloquent as Mr. Sexton, whose successor he has been as Nationalist representative for North Kerry since 1896. A well-known figure in the House is Mr. Flavin-not on account of his volubility, but because he is persistent, following up one set query to a minister by another. Belonging to what is called the "noisy" section of the Irish members, one cannot be Surprised That he lately made history by his obstreperous behaviour. Born in 1866, he Was educated at a National School and at St. Michael's College, Listowel. In private life he is a merchant of Listowel and Tralee. Amongst those who associated in the. uproar the other night were Mr. Eugene Crean, who took part in a similar boisterous incident on July 27, 1893, the day set apart by Mr., Gladstone for the "Guillotine" Closure on the Committee stage

amendments of the Home Rule Bill. Mr. Crean and Colonel Saunderson were in the forefront of the fray. "Old -hands" have not yet forgotten the occasion, which was quite as thrilling as the combat of a few nights ago.

 

 

13 July 1936 Camberra Times.

POPULAR PRIEST

REV. FATHER DEENIHAN|

Death Announced at Queanbeyan

Gloom was cast over Queanbeyan last night when the death was announced of, the Rev, Father Patrick Deenihan, at St. Gregory's Presbytery, at the age of 42,years..

The late Fr. Deenihan who had become a 'popular figure in the Queanbeyan distinct during the last two years that he had been ' parish priest, 'had been seriously ill for

some weeks.

The death, occurred at seven o'clock, shortly before the commencement of the Benediction ser- vice at St. Gregory's,

Born in Lixnaw Parish of Country Kerry, Ireland, the late Fr. Deenihan Was 'educated at St. Michael's College, Listowel, and was trained for the priesthood at St. Patrick's College, Carlow. He was ordained in 1918, and came to Australia in a troopship in 1919. He has served in the priesthood in the Southern districts of New South' Wales, his first station being Tumut, whence he was sent to Crookwell and Moruya. He was 'the administrator of Gunning parish for 12 months and at 'Cootamundra for four years, after which he was priest at Michelago and for the last two years at Queanbeyan.

Known in the southern districts for his interest in sport, he had been A great athlete in Ireland; having played for Kerry in the all Ireland football competition. In Queanbeyan, he had been prominently identified with many sporting organisations.

" 'During his last illness, the late Fr Deenihan 'has been constantly visited by his brother priests at Canberra.

'The late Father Deenihan will be succeeded as parish priest by the Rev. Father Patrick O'Carroll, who arrived at Queanbeyan on Saturday.

The remains of Father Deenihan will be interred at Queanbeyan. His mother and father are still living in Ireland, but his only relative in Australia is a cousin, who is a priest in the Townsville diocese.

A Requiem Mass will be celebrated by the Bishop of Goulburn (the RC. Rev. Dr. J. Barry) at St. Gregory's Church, Queanbeyan, at 10 a m. on Tuesday prior to the funeral.

 

 

 

9 March 1922 Catholic Press.

The Late Father Woulfe, of Hurstville.

REQUIEM OFFICE AND MASS. On Monday last a large and representative gathering of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Sydney assembled at the parish church, Hurstville, to pay the last tribute of Catholic charity and respect to the late Father Woulfe, who died recently in America on his return journey to Australia.

The parish church was crowded with parishioners and friends of the departed pastor. The Archbishop, who was absent be cause of pressing prior engagements, was represented by Right Rev. Monsignor Moynagh, Vicar-General. The chanters of the Requiem Office were Rev. Father Considine and Rev. Father Bond. The Requiem Mass was sung by Rev. Dr. Sheehy, of Manly College; deacon, Rev. Father O'Driscoll; sub-deacon, Rev. Dr. Tuomey; master of ceremonies, Rev. Father O 'Kelly, of Penshurst. The ceremonies were most solemn and impressive. Father Woulfe was a native of County Kerry, Ireland. He was born in 1877, at Ballybunion, on the banks of the Shannon, and made his classical studies at St. Michael's College, Listowel. In 1896 he graduated to the great missionary seminary of All Hallows, Dublin, and for six years read a most distinguished course there. In 1902 he was ordained to the priesthood, and on coming to Sydney was appointed assistant to Right Rev. Monsignor Byrne, of Concord. In subsequent years he minister ed at Darlinghurst, Pyrmont, Picton, Au burn and Hurstville. In Auburn his services to the church were those of a pioneer. He found the parish as a distinct unit; he built there a large, beautiful church, 'as well a commodious presbytery. In Hurstville one of his last works was the inaugurating of plans for the new Catholic school which is such an ornament to the

parish. In 1920 his health, tried by the worries and hardships incidental to active missionary life in this young country, began to give way. He went on a trip to Ire land in. the hope of recuperating. But on the return journey through America, while visiting an old classmate and relative, Rev. Father Horgan, of California, the end came unexpectedly. A cable to the Archbishop of Sydney 'intimated the sad news to his many friends in the Archdiocese. Father Woulfe was a most 'efficient priest in the various spheres of responsibility committed to his charge during 20 years in Australia and his loss will be keenly felt. In personal character, he was of the most charming disposition, and few priests had a wider circle of friends, both amongst the clergy and the laity. In mental powers he was unusually gifted, and those who knew him during his lifetime were impressed' by his noble spirit of charity. He was an ideal type of the cultured, zealous, broadminded, missionary priest, who ensures the success of Catholicism in Australia. Beloved of God and of men, Father Woulfe has gone down' to an honoured, priestly grave. May God have mercy on his soul, and on the souls of the faithful de parted. Amongst the clergy present at the office were Monsignor O'Horan, Very Rev. Chancellor Phelan, P.P., Rev. Fathers B. McDonnell, P.P., T. Barry, R. Collender, J. Meany, W. Stevens, H. Morris, M. O'Dea, H Conaghan, M. McNamara, J. O'Reilly, J.' Reynolds, M.S.H., L. McCarthy, M.S.H., T. O'Farrell, J. McDonald, H. McGuire (Adm. St. Mary's Cathedral), J.Halpin (Adm., St. Benedict's), J. Cusack (Adm., St. Francis'), T. Kissane, P. Nulty, C. Lynch, T. Lyng, F. McDermott, E. O'Brien, R. O 'Regan' P.P., E. Teehan, D. Galvin, P.

Galvin, E O Brien, T McCarthy, M Farrell, D. Byrne, J. Walsh, D. O 'Sullivan, P. Fogarty, R. Lonergan, M. Hogan, J. Sheridan, E. McMahon, P. Morris, J. Peoples and J. Smith. The arrangements for the solemn functions were made by the Rev. Father E. O'Brien, Acting-Adm. of the parish of Hurstville. -.

 

3 July 1917

Died aged 65 years

Rt. Rev. Dr. John Mangan, Catholic Bishop of Kerry since 1904. The Rev. Dr. Mangan was born at, Listowel, Kerry, in 1852; educated at Maynooth College ; became professor in St. Michael's College, Listowel ; was parish priest 'in various places ; and was Archdeacon of Aghadoe and Vicar-General of Kerry until his appointment as bishop in 1904.

 

31 Oct 1903 Freeman’s Journal

The following further particulars of the death of the Rev. Father Brosnan, announced by the 'Freeman's Journal last week, are taken from the 'Kerry News, of Monday, September 21 1903. It was the dearest wish of the deceased to lay his bones in Irish soil, and quitting Sydney he reached his native parish about four months ago. Since then he had been constantly and devotedly attended to by his relative, Father M. A. Dillon, P.P., until the end came last Wednesday morning. The remains were transferred on Thursday to the parochial church, Duagh, when a large concourse of people attended, testifying to the esteem in which the deceased was held, and the sympathy felt for his bereaved parents and relatives. The office was begun at 10 a.m. on Friday, followed by Requiem High Mass, at which the Rev. M. A. Dillon, P.P., was celebrant ; Rev. P. Brosnan (Castlemaine), deacon : Rev. J. J. Greaney (Catholic University, Washington), sub-deacon : and Rev. J. Buckley (President University School, Tralee), master of ceremonies. The Rev. R. Ambrose and Rev. D. Brosnan acted as chanters, the choir being composed of Rev. P. White, P.P. (Aunnauscaul), Rev. M. Fuller (Killarney), Rev. J. J. O'Driscoll (Sydney), Rev. E. Heffernan (Los Angeles, California). Other clergy

men present were Rev. W. Casey, P.P. (Abbeyfeale), Rev. A. Murphy, P.P. (Brosna), Rev. M. Cronin, S. J. (New Orleans), Rev. J. Daly (Wheeling, W. Virginia), Rev. J. J. O'Sullivan (Brosna), Rev. W. Byrne (Listowel), Rev. J. Breen (President St. Michael's College, Listowel), Rev. M. Flynn (Duagh).

 

 

Catholic Press 1 Feb 1940

Friends of the Salesian Fathers, in Eng land and Ireland rejoiced at the announcement that the Senate of the National University of Ireland, through its Chancellor, Mr. de Valera, has awarded the degree of LL.D. to the Very Rev. Father Aloysius Sutherland, S.C., B.A. (Rector of the Salesian College, Farnborough, England), in recognition of his great work as an educationist. In his native land (Ireland) Father Sutherland was the founder of the Secondary Agricultural College at Pallaskenry and a similar institution at Warrenstown, Meath. For many years he was the Rector of the Salesian College at Battersea, the Mother House of the Salesian Order in England, which enjoys the distinction of having been founded by St. John Bosco himself. Under his guidance Battersea be came a model educational establishment earning the highest encomiums from ecclesiastical and lay authorities alike. Then, succeeding a period as Rector of the Salesian College, Sharpies Park, Bolton, Lanes., he was appointed 'Head' of Farnborough.

 

 

 

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Catholic Press 18 July 1940

Sister St. Daniel, the oldest Little Sister of the Poor' in the world, celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday, May 14, 1940 . Archbishop Downey sang High Mass of Thanksgiving in the chapel of the Little Sisters, St. Augustine's Home, Aigburth road, Liverpool, where the Sister has resided since September, 1908. Born on May 14, 1840, in Brittany, Sister St. Daniel took her first vows in the Mother House of the Little Sisters at La Tour St. Joseph on February 2, 1869, and her final vows on January 15, 1882. In 1896, she went to St. Joseph's Home, Leeds, where she remained 28 years, 12 of them as Good Mother. Then, before being transferred to Liverpool, she was for 12 years assistant Superior at Carlisle. A year ago last Christmas, she was believed to be dying and the Last Sacraments were administered; but she re covered and, though she no longer engages in active work, gets up for 6 o'clock Mass every morning.

 

July 1940

Many priests and other friends in Australia 'regretted to learn of the death on April 4 this year, of Mr. Maurice J. O'Connell, who for 50 years was professor of languages at St. Michael's College, Listowel, County Kerry. He was known as one of Ireland's great contemporary classical scholars. When he visited America in 1931 to see his son, Rev. Father .1. O'Connell, Mr. O'Connell was warmly greeted, and at a welcome by 'Chicago students' was presented with an address in Latin. When he retired from teaching, Mr. O'Connell went to live with his daughter at Grange Park.. Waterford. R.I.P.

 

Freeman’s Journal 28 July 1927

A brother of the Rev. Dr. P. Tuomey of Erskineville, the Rev. Father James F. Tuomey, was ordained on June 5 by the Right Rev. Dr. Hoban, Bishop of Rockford, in the Chicago (U.S.A.) Arch diocese. Father James Tuomey made his preparatory studies in St. Michael's College, Listowel, Ireland, and proceeded to St. Patrick's College, Carlow, completing his course at Kenrick Seminary, Illinois. Another brother, Michael, is now in Kenrick studying for the priest hood, while a sister is a member of the Order of the Holy Cross at Notre Dame, Indiana. Another brother, Timothy, and a sister, Mrs. Brassil, are parishioners of St. Mel's, Chicago. The mother and four members of the family still live in the old homestead in County Kerry.