IRELAND OLD NEWS
THE TUAM HERALD, TUAM, CO GALWAY
SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1909
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Great Western Railway
The New
Rosslare & Fishguard
Route to and From
England
G.W.R. Turbine Steamer "St. Patrick"
Magnificently appointed turbine steamers
Sea passage 2 ¾ Hours
Tuam dep ---- 4.10 pm
London dep 8.45 am 8.45 pm Cardiff arr 7.0 pm 6.9
am Cardiff dep 11.40 am 11.40 pm
London arr 9.55 am 9.5 pm Tuam arr.
------ 1.53 pm
Full particulars upon application to Mr. E J O'B Croker, or Mr W E Williams, 5
Lower Sackville Street, Dublin; Mr A W Parks, Adelphi Wharf, Waterford; Mr A G
Dodd, 95 Patrick Street, Cork; Mr J A O'Kelly, 123 George Street, Limerick; Mr W
J Francis, Rose Inn Street, Kilkenny; Mr R O'Toole, 10 Commercial Quay, Wexford;
Mr Costello, Rosslare Harbour; or to Mr J Morris, Superintendent of the Line,
Paddington Station, London, W.
James C. INGLIS, General Manager
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PITHY PARS. --- Personal, Parochial Provincial and Particular
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Lord and Lady Clonbrock, the Earl of Westmeath, and Lord Killanin, attended Lord
Lansdowne's reception on the King's Birthday on Thursday.
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At the Blackrock College Sports on Tuesday, a Tuam boy, H St. J. Blake, youngest
son of Mrs Charles Blake, of the Bridge House, won several first class
distinctions. He competed successfully in the high jump, the handball
tournament, and got the silver medal in the lawn tennis competition.
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We understand that Dr G H Pethybridge the eminent and erudite Professor of the
Royal College of Science, Dublin, has just commenced, in Clifden and the West of
Ireland, some important investigations into different diseases that affect the
potato crop.
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We understand some otter hounds are about to visit the classic grounds of
Galway, also the rivers thereof, the object in view being the pursuit of the
wily otter. We are glad of it - that is to say we are glad to hear it.
There is no dearth of otters in Galway. Anyway the visitors will be
welcome, and they have good sport.
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The Mayfly has been well "up" this summer in most of the Irish
districts where the Mayfly or greendrake is used. Sport with the Mayfly
has been specially good in the Oughterard locality where handsome baskets of
large trout have been got. The Galway river shows up well to. Large
quantities of trout have lately been sent from that district and neighbourhood
to the English market, and we are pleased to be able to say that all the fish
were caught by fair angling means and not netted or caught by "ottering."
We learn that in one fortnight 882 lbs of trout fairly caught were sent to
England and that this made up a total of 4 ½ tons for a period extending a
little over four months. This looks healthy indeed and is pleasant
reading. Another large pike was got at Oughterard lately too by a local
angler trolling. It measured forty-five inches from snout to end of tail,
was twenty-four inches in girth and weighed thirty-four pounds. Good luck
Oughterard, go on and prosper Oughterard !
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Two distinguished Mayo men at present hold high rank in Maynooth
College. We refer to Very T P Gilmartin, D D, who is Vice-President
of the College, and Very Rev P Morrisroe, D D, who is Hon Treasurer of the
Union. The former is a native of Castlebar, and the latter of Charlestown.
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At the King's Scholarship Examination held at Tuam during Easter week, Miss M J
Kelly, daughter of Mrs Kelly, Manulla N S, took a high place in the first
division, thereby entitling her to a place, at her choice of two Training
Colleges, for the coming session. This is very creditable indeed, as the
competition was so very keen, and the programme very difficult.
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Rev M Bourke, who has been promoted to the pastoral charges of Turlough parish,
entered upon his new duties, and received a cordial welcome from his
parishioners, amongst whom he had laboured as curate for many years, and on this
account his Grace, the Archbishop did not deem it necessary to have any
Induction ceremony. Arrangements are being made for the presentation to
Father Bourke of an illuminated address, and a substantial gift, but the people,
in their perseverance, decided to show some token of the high regard and esteem
in which they hold him.
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Rev W J M'Evilly (?), who has been translated from Keelogues to Turlough, has
gone to reside in his new house.
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Dr Robert Henry Kirwan, who has been for some time Assistant Medical Officer at
Castlebar District Asylum, has received an important appointment in Leeds
Asylum. Since he was appointed to the position of assistant at the
Castlebar Asylum, on the well-deserved promotion of Dr F C Ellison to the
Resident Medical Superintendentship, he gained the entire confidence of the
Committee, and proved himself to be a conscientious and hard working official,
the keen interest he took in the welfare of the poor insane won for him the
gratitude of those afflicted creatures who will lose in him a kind friend.
We wish Dr Kirwan success in his new sphere. Dr. Kirwan is a Dunmore man,
second son of Thomas Kirwan, Esq, of Merton House, Dunmore, and of Miss ffrench
Mullen, daughter of the late Lawrence Mullen, Esq, of Ardmullen, Tuam.
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Amongst those ordained to priesthood by his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, at
Maynooth on Sunday, was Rev John Heneghan, son of Mr Walter Heneghan, Louisburgh.
We tender Father Heneghan and his respected parents our hearty congratulations.
THE TUAM HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1909
TUAM, CO GALWAY, IRELAND
PITY PARS. --- Personal, Parochial Provincial and Particular
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We are officially informed that a Hospice, under the control of the Catholic
Bishops of Ireland, will be opened and ready for the reception of infirm clergy,
at Moyne Park, Ballyglenin, Co. Galway, on Thursday, the 30th September
next. This institution, beautifully situated in an immense demesne, will
be in charge of the Fathers of the Order of St. Camillus de Lellis, who had to
fly from their noble work in France during the recent persecution of the clergy
in that country.
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On the recommendation of the Right Hon Lord Clonbrock, Lord Lieutenant of the
County of Galway, Sir James O'Donohoe, Knight, has been appointed to the
Commission of the Peace for the Galway Petty Session District.
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Hi Holiness Pope Pius X has been pleased to appoint the Most Rev Dr MacCormack
titular Archbishop of Nisibim (?) in the East. The dignity has been
eminently merited by sincerity of character and lifelong unselfish devotion to
duty.
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The annual excursion still absorbs the minds of the Athenry people, and things
have progressed considerably during the last week. Queenstown and back
will be the days outing, and probably 500 people will leave Athenry and the
surrounding districts on the last Sunday in July.
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Widespread regret was evident in Athenry on hearing of the melancholy death of
Captain Quinlan, brother of the popular medical officer, Dr. Quinlan. Only
last summer Captain Quinlan visited Athenry, spending a few weeks with his
brother at Cahegoyan Park, and during his short visit to Athenry he made a host
of friends.
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Galway Race __(?), which will be held on the 22nd inst, under L.A.R. __(?)
rules, promise to be a splendid success. There are 6 events on the
programme, and crews from Dublin and elsewhere will compete.
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In the National Cyclists Union 24 hours cycle race held at Stadium, Mr Bishop,
using a Rudge-Whitworth Cycle, rode 515 miles, 1,436 yards, beating the previous
record by 37 miles. On the nine that finished in this race, the winner,
third fourth and 6th men rode Rudge-Whitworth Cycles.
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Don't forget the Tuam Races. Tuesday, 13th July, six events, 130 entries,
special trains, cheap fares. Great southern and western railway, Tuam
Races
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On Tuesday, 13th July, a Special Train will leave Limerick for Tuam at 9.20
a.m., returning at 6 p.m. Excursion tickets will be issued from Sligo and
intermediate Stations by 8.45 a.m. train available for return by special train
leaving Tuam at 6.20 p.m. For particulars see posters.
C. H. Dent, General Manager, Dublin, July, '09.
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Sinn Fein -- Tuam Branch
A public meeting will be held in the Town Hall, Tuam, on Thursday evening next,
15th inst., at 8 o'clock, p.m., for the purpose of taking steps to organise the
Tuam Branch of the National Council for the coming year. Mr Seaghan
MacDiarmada, Sinn Fein Organiser, will attend and address the meeting.
Nationalists cordially invited.
THE TUAM HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1909
TUAM, CO GALWAY, IRELAND
MARRIED
KELLY and POWER --- July 2nd, 1909, at St. Richard and Hubert Catholic Church,
Haydon, Droitwich, Worcestershire, by Rev. Clement Gortwaltz, (with Nuptial
Mass), assisted by Rev. Jopseph Dospital; Droitwich; Rev. P. Coleman, P. P.,
Ballyforan, and Rev. P. J. Shanagher, P. P., Ahascragh; D. J. Kelly, Dysart, Co
Roscommon, to Frances Lucy, eldest daughter of William Power, T. C. (late H. M.
Customs), dingle Villa, Droitwich.
DIED
SLOYAN --- On Thursday morning, of the effects of measles, James Joseph, aged 10
months, only son of Mr Thomas Sloyan, Bishop street, Tuam. Interment took
place at Claretuam. Deep sympathy is felt for Mr and Mrs Sloyan on the
loss of their dear little boy as evinced by the large and representative funeral
that. [cut off from scan]
PITHY PARS - Personal, Parochial, Provincial and Particular
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We notice in the "Financial Times" to hand that our townsman, James
Blake Concanon, Esq, presided as chairman of the Anglo Argentine Tramway Co.,
held in London last week, and announced to the shareholders a very satisfactory
state of progress in that financially large and well conducted undertaking.
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Mr Eraut of the Galway Grammar School has been appointed a member of the
governing body of University College, Galway. Mr Eraut is an experienced
and successful educationalist. He is son-in-law of our neighbour, Charles
D. O'Rorke, Esq, of Clonberne Park.
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The solemn profession of Miss Agnes Walsh (in religion, Sister Mary Dymphna) has
taken place at the Presentation Convent, Tuam. The ceremony was performed
by the Most Rev Dr Healy, Archbishop of Tuam, assisted by the Most Rev Dr
Higgins, president of St Jarlath's College. Miss Walsh is the daughter of
Mr James Walsh, builder and contractor, Westport.
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Quite recently Mr John Moran, B E, son of Mr James Moran, Ballysteen, Co
Limerick, was appointed County Surveyor, of East Galway. The Rathkeale
Guardians at their meeting last week passed a resolution congratulating Mr Moran
and the Galway Co Council in electing a County Limerick man. The
resolution was moved by Mr John Fitzgibbon, J P, seconded by Mr John Hewson, and
supported in a graceful speech by Mr T B Naughton, Clerk of the Union.
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An Irish class, which is free to visitors and others wishing to avail themselves
of it, has been commenced by the Gaelic Organiser, Mr FitzHenry, in the
Industrial School, Salthill, the Superior of the Christian Brothers' having
kindly placed the class-room at his disposal for the purpose.
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Though hailing from the Black North, twenty-five years' residence amongst the
people of Galway have convinced the Rev Dr Clarke that folks in this part of the
country are good people to live amongst. Dr Clarke likes Galway, and the
people of Galway like Dr Clarke. During his twenty-five years in the city
he has gained for himself the popularity and respect of the citizens.
Besides being minister of the Presbyterian congregation in Galway, he has held
other important offices in the Church, and at recent General Assembly he was
unanimously nominated to the office of Moderator. Last year he was
appointed a member of the Governing Body of the Galway College, as well as a
Commissioner of National Education. He is also a member of the city
Technical Committee, attends its meetings regularly, and takes the keenest
interest in its work.
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Mr. Joseph A Glynn, B A, The Chairman of the Galway County Council, was born in
Gort in 1869, and was educated at Blackrock College, Co Dublin, where he gained
prizes and Exhibitions in the Intermediate Examinations. In December,
1886, he was apprenticed to Mr Henry Concanon, solicitor, Tuam, and during his
apprenticeship he took out his degree of B A in the Royal University as a
private student. He gained the gold medal of the Solicitors' Apprentices
Debating Society for composition, and a special certificate for oratory.
At the final examination for solicitors' apprentices in October, 1891, he took
third place and a special certificate for distinguished answering. In the
same year he obtained one of the highest distinctions in the Royal University,
the Chancellor's large gold medal for English prose condensation, the subject of
the essay being "Edmund Burke." Mr. Glynn started practice
in Gort in 1892, and was married in 1894. In November, 1895, on the death
of the late Francis J MacCormack, of Tuam, Mr Glynn purchased the latter's house
practice, and went to live in Tuam, where he has since resided. In 1899 he
was elected County Councillor for Headford, which constituency he has since
represented, and in 1902 he was elected Chairman of the County Council. Mr
Glynn has been closely identified with National politics, and was offered the
representation of North Galway on the death of Mr Thomas Higgins, an honour
which he felt compelled to decline owing to his professional work. He
enjoys a large practice at his profession being specially identified with land
sales. Mr Glynn is also a prominent Gaelic Leaguer, and an antiquarian
being one of the county secretaries of the Royal Society of the Galway
Archaeological Society. Mr Glynn has been in great request as a lecturer,
and his papers on Irish historical subjects have had wide circulation. The
Catholic Truth Society published a pamphlet of his, entitled "The Irish
Brigade." Other interesting papers were "A day in an Ancient
Irish Abbey," published in the "Irish Rosary," and "Life in
Ancient Ireland."
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A gun accident occurred in the vicinity of Cortoon, the victim being a married
man name John Carty. While shooting he was crossing a loosely-built wall,
which fell before him. The gun went off and the shot lodged in his hip.
He was conveyed to the Workhouse, where he lies in a serious condition.
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As an instance of the manner is which the Budget proposals will affect licensed
traders, the case of Tuam may be instanced. In Tuam there are at present
about forty-eight licenses paying a duty of about £288 a year. This
figure, if the new licence duty be put on, will be raised to about £480, an
increase of £193, representing a capitalised value at 4 per cent of £4,790.
Mr Joseph L Dunne has been appointed Town Surveyor for Ballinasloe, at the
salary of £ per year, in the room of Mr J Hardiman, resigned, Mr Dunne for the
last few months performed the duties of temporary Surveyor for the East Riding
of Galway.
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MATTERS OF MOMENT
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There are several candidates for seat in Tuam District Council, vacated by Mr
John Patterson, viz., Mr Oliver Ellis, Kinnickinnella; Mr Phillips, Carraculleen;
Mr John O'Connor, Carrapadden, and though last not least, Mr Martin Connelly,
president U I L Branch, Barnaderg, and a well known veteran in the National
cause. Mr Connelly, we understand, is to be put forward by the Nationalist
party of the Board, and it is the general opinion that he will be coopted by a
considerable majority.
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That Tuesday's race meeting has proved a record success financially cannot be
gainsaid considering that the turnstile registered over 4,000 as having passed
--- 1,000 of them to the grand stand enclosure paying 7s 6d each.
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Feis Uibh Maine, held at Mountbellew on Saturday and Sunday last was a great
success. The Very Rev Canon Fallon presided. Eloquent speeches in
Irish were delivered by Dr Henry, Mr Patrick O'Malley, and other speakers of the
vernacular.
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Another Race Meeting, we understand, will be held at Parkmore this year, on 2nd
September.
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The Town Commissioners are advertising for the third time for a contractor to
repair the Town Clerk's office, having received but one tender and that almost
double the estimated cost of the work. All tradesmen in the town masons,
carpenters, slaters, plasterers, glaziers, painters evidently have their hands
full of work. This speaks well for the progress of the town.
Everywhere about there are indications of improvement.
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A man named Keegan, a native of Cloondarone, Tuam, died recently in America,
unmarried and intestate, leaving £4,000 which his brother, Michael Keegan, and
three sisters, at Cloondarone, received a few days ago in equal shares, £1,000
each.
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On an adjacent townland, Killelane, a woman named Mary Fury and her daughter
came in, not long since, for a windfall from Australia, close upon £2,000, left
by her brother who died unmarried and without making a will. The deceased
left Killelane in the early sixties shortly after the clearance of half that
village. If he had remained at "St. Helena" a name given to a
quagmire bordering on the tillage land, on which he and a few others were
allowed to locate themselves, probably he would have died a pauper.
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Land Sub-Commissioners Messrs R H Sheil (chairman), and Edward Mitchell, with
Deputy Registrar, Mr R H P Ringwood, sat in the Courthouse, Tuam on Thursday, to
hear some applications (8) listed from the Tuam Union. Messrs Concanon and
Hosty appeared in the cases.
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A very regrettable accident occurred the race evening at Toft's swinging boats
at the Potato Market. A young man of the town was precipitated to the
ground from one of the boats sustaining thereby a fracture of the knee
necessitating his removal to a Dublin hospital for surgical treatment.
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Michael Walsh and his daughter, residing near the village of Abbey, were
arrested on Sunday last by Sergeant Hanrahan, of Barnaderg, for the larceny of
£14, 15s, the property of one Martin Curley, of same locality, and committed to
Galway gaol on Monday on remand till 20th inst.
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The Tuam Town Clerk has received the following note from a Mount Bellew Bill
Porter: "Send me 2s due to me for putting up bills of the Tuam Races.
I think I am worthy of it. If I have not it before Tuesday I will summons
you at once, so don't cause any trouble." Considering the big
proceeds of the turnstiles on Tuesday the Race C. should be in opulence to
relieve the Town Clerk of this urgent demand.
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At a special Court held on Wednesday before Mr H P Sheil, R M, three tramps were
prosecuted. One, giving his name and address as John O'Connor, of
Limerick, brought up by Sergeant Cain for being drunk and incapable, was fined
1s and costs; and two women, prosecuted by Cons. Conefry for begging in the
public streets, giving their respective names and addresses as Ellen Brannigan,
Monaghan, and Margaret Warde, Ballinasloe, were sentenced to seven days'
imprisonment.
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The St. Jarlath Branch of the St Vincent de Paul Society gratefully acknowledge
the sum of £5 toward their fund from Mr Patrick O'Brien, Merchant, Dublin
Road, Tuam.
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James J. Corbett, the famous Irish-American pugilist: - the only boxer that ever
beat John L. Sullivan - passed through Tuam on Monday en route for Claremorris.
By the way, these two erstwhile champions are connected with Tuam district.
Corbett is nephew of the late Town Clerk, Francis Corbett; and 'John L' is
married to a Corofin woman.
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Toft's Hobbies have a roaring week of it in town. Coppers are shied in
almost continuously, so that the boats should hardly contain them.
Youngsters "beg, borrow, or steal" to have their ride and swing.
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Mr John C. MacDonnell was born on the 12th January, 1850, at Ballygar, Co
Galway, where his father was a merchant farmer. Educated in the first
instance at the local National School, Mr MacDonnell went to Summerhill College
in 1874. Having finished his course there he returned to Ballygar.
Subsequently he went to Dublin to study the law, but he was suddenly recalled
owing to the illness of his late father. He remained at home assisting his
eldest brother at the business. Mr MacDonnell took an active part in
politics at the starting of the Land League, attending meeting every week in
Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath and Longford. When the Land League was
suppressed, and the National League sprang up he acted as secretary of the
latter, and he was one of the most active promoters of the Plan of Campaign.
He took part in several operations under the Plan in Galway and Roscommon with
successful results. The Baggott and Pollock estates, which were bought
over by the Estates Commissioners for distribution, show the good effect the
agitation has brought about. In April, 1888, he married Miss Margaret
Ferguson, of Windfield Lodge, Mountbellew, and niece of the famous Dominican
preacher, Father Tom Burke. Mr MacDonnell was for some years a member of
the Mountbellew Board of Guardians and in 1891 he came to live in Galway.
He became a member of the Galway Board of Guardians the following year, and has
remained so ever since. Out of the sixty-eight members now comprising the
Board, only two were members when Mr MacDonnell first became a member. Mr
MacDonnell has been a member of the Galway Board of Guardians since the Local
Government Act came into operation. He is Vice-Chairman of Co. Council;
Chairmane of the Finance and Proposal Committees; Chairman of the County
Hospital Board; Deputy Vice-Chairman of the Ballinasloe Asylum Committee;
vice-Chairman of the Technical Committee and of the Galway Board of Guardians;
representative for Galway on General Council of County Councils; a member of the
Executive Committee of the General Council; and representative for Connacht on
the Standing Committee of Technical Instruction. He was one of the first
to take an active part in connection with the Woollen Factory, in which he is a
considerable shareholder, and no one worked harder than he to make the Technical
Congress a success.
THE TUAM HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1909
TUAM, CO GALWAY, IRELAND
DIED
On 17th July, at 15 Queensborough Terrace, Hyde Park, London, Isabella, younger
daughter of the late General Thorndike, R A, and cousin of Mrs Richard J Kelly,
10 Mountjoy Square, Dublin.
RISHWORTH --- At Ballymote House, Tuam, Hannah, dearly-beloved wife of John
Rishworth. Funeral on Tuesday to St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam, at 4 p.m.
McDONOGH --- On Monday, 19th inst., at hi residence, Cloonmoylan, Kilconly, a
member of an old and respected stock, to the very deep regret of all who knew
him. [Account of funeral I our next]. --- R.I.P.
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PITHY PARS. - Personal, Parochial, Provincial and Particular
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In the Archdiocese of Tuam his Grace has made the following additional clerical
changes: Rev James Heaney, C C Achill, has been transferred to Headford; Rev
Father Egan, of Portsmouth, England, has been appointed C C A cill [Achill ?];
Rev Edward Higgins, C C, Headford, has been transferred to Glennamaddy; Rev
James Kilgarriff C C, Glennamaddy, has been transferred to Aughamore; Rev Father
Brett, C C, Aughamore, has been transferred to Ballinlough.
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A correspondent says - Pleasure has been felt and expressed in and around
Ballinrobe by the transfer to that town of Father Prendergast, C C, one of the
most popular and beloved clergymen in the Archdiocese of Tuam. The rev
gentleman, who comes of a good old Catholic Claremorris family, laboured on the
mission in Glasgow for six years. Recently he got a call to his native
diocese, and was sent to minister in Keelogues, but his many spirited qualities
will now have a larger field for operation in the extensive parish of Ballinrobe.
His advent to the latter town has been hailed with the greatest delight for all
who know him recognize in him the ideal type of the Irish Soggarth.
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The great annual excursion, from Athenry to Queenstown and back for 3s 6d, has
been arranged for Sunday, 1st August. The special fast excursion leaves
Athenry at 8:30 a.m., and will leave Queenstown, on the return journey, at 11
o'clock p.p.
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Last Sunday night two farmers' houses near the village of Lisheenavalla, in the
Athenry district, were visited by a large party of armed men, and several shots
were fired through the doors and windows. Some of the inmates had narrow
escapes. When will these dastardly outrages cease? By the way what
are all the police doing when this can go on under their very noses?
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The population of the County of Galway is close upon 230,000, while that of the
City is reckoned at 13,000. The county comprises within an area of over a
million and a half acres, a number of towns of some importance as centres of
population, as well as the City of Galway, which is the Capital of Connacht.
Having regard to these facts, the condition of things disclosed at the Galway
Summer Assizes should be a matter of no small satisfaction to the people of
Galway. The Grand Jury found true bills in the ten cases presented to
them; but at least six of these cases were of little more importance than the
trivial offences usually heard and decided at the local Petty Sessions Courts.
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At Westport Convent of Mercy Miss Delia Donovan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Donovan,
Tuam, was professed a Sister of the Order of Mercy, taken in religion the name
of Sister Julianna. The ceremony was performed by the Very Rev Canon
Macken, Adm, Tuam, and Very Rev Canon Canton, P P, Athenry. The newly
professed nun has another sister also a nun, in religion, Sister Collect, Achill.
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An aged woman, named Mary Murphy, was at the Ballinsloe [Ballinasloe ?] Petty
Sessions, sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour for altering her
age on her marriage certificate. It appeared from the evidence that she
obtained her marriage certificate, which showed her to be 20 at the time of her
marriage, leaving her at the present date 61 year, but she changed the 20 to 30,
thereby making her age 71.
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Last week a heifer belonging to a man named Conroy, who resides at Carna,
Connemara, was hacked to pieces. The outrage occurred on the Tyronne
estate, near Headford, on which Mr Conroy has some grazing.
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The population of Headford is about six hundred. It is about the quietest
spot in Ireland. Religious divisions or bickerings are unknown. No
maflicking [?] here on "Twelfth," or rooting up of paving stones; yet
the town has to support three times the usual number of policemen. These
men are simply amusing themselves by playing handball at one of the disused
houses, or else trying to catch fish with walking-sticks. Now, this extra
cost (at least £900 yearly) could be more usefully spent in works of a
reproductive character. This sum would start a small woollen industry,
large numbers of sheep being reared in the locality.
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We regretfully have to announce the death of Mrs O'Heney, the wife of Mr John J
O'Heney, of the National Bank, Clifden, which occurred at her residence, the
Quay House, Clifden, on 15th inst. Her remains were conveyed on 16th inst,
by train for interment in the family burial ground at Ballina, Co Mayo.
She was a daughter of the late Mr James O'Connor, of that town, uncle to Mr
George O'Connor, R M, Ennis, Co Clare. Both he and her husband were held
in the highest esteem by the people of Clifden district, as was evinced by the
large cortege which accompanied her remains to the 7:30 a.m. train on 16th inst.
The massive oak coffin , which was richly mounted, was covered with a great
profusion of beautiful wreaths.
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Mr T Kirwan, Clerk of the Petty Sessions District of Dunmore, whose retirement
in consequence of his having reached the Civil Service age limit, was in the
ordinary course to have dated from the end of last month, has been, it is
stated, granted another year's tenure of office as a result of a petition to his
authorities signed a number of magistrates in the district. Mr Kirwan has
already proved himself an exceedingly capable and courteous official, and he
enjoys the esteem and respect of the people of the district, who will be
delighted to learn of this latest favour accorded him by his authorities.
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Daylight Sailings, Dublin (North Wall) to Liverpool; - We understand that the
sailing of the Daylight steamer between Dublin and Liverpool by the City of
Dublin Steam Packet Company will next month be daily instead of on Tuesdays and
Thursdays only, if at present.
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We understand that several cases in which persons were dissallowed pensions in
Dunmore on the grounds of age have been inquired into by the committee, with the
result that according to the census of '81 the parties have been found to be the
age, and have their book returned. There are a large number of candidates
for the position of Clerk to the Du_____ (?) and Miltown Pension Committee,
recently left vacant by the death of Mr J F Sheridan. The names of the
candidates mentioned are Miss Kennedy, daughter of Mr C J Kennedy, C C M
Redington, C Kelly, J J Mooney, W Cassserly, E Blake, and J Sheridan. The
appointment is to take place at the next monthly meeting.
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The police in Galway have been notified that on Saturday night the house of a
farmer named Cormican, who resides in the County Galway, was fired into, but no
personal injury was received, as, fortunately, the inmates were in bed.
The alleged cause of the outrage is said to be in reference to the sale of some
land, for which Cormican is negotiating the purchase.
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The Hospice, under the control of the Catholic Bishops of Ireland, for the
reception of infirm clergy, will be opened at Moyne Park, Ballyqlunin, Co
Galway, on Thursday, the 30th September next. The Institution will be in
charge of the Fathers of the Order of St Camillus de Lellis.
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Submitted by: Jim
British Isles Family History Society - USA, Newsletter Editor
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