ned at any College except
the Catholic University school shall be eligible for the post of
Dispensary Doctor; and when an election takes place (as for instance
that at Kiltimagh in 1905) the question of professional qualification
is not taken into consideration--having been trained at a "godless
college" is a fatal bar to any candidate, however able. In the
Kiltimagh case, the resolution passed shortly after the election by
the local branch of the United Irish League is instructive reading:--

"That we, the members of the Kiltimagh Branch of the United
Irish League, take advantage of this our first meeting since
the important Election of Medical Officer for the Kiltimagh
Dispensary District, to express our appreciation of all the
Guardians for the several divisions in this parish for the
faithful honesty with which they represented us on that
occasion. We feel proud to know that not one of our
representatives voted for a Queen's College man against a
Catholic University man. They voted for a man who is the
stamp of man we want--a sound Catholic, a sound Nationalist, a
Gaelic Leaguer, and a highly qualified medical man. We believe
their action will meet with the approval of the Bishops and
Priests of Ireland."

To one who lives in Ireland it is sad enough to see year by year the
most able and promising of the medical students being driven out
of the country on account of their religion, and forced to look for
openings elsewhere; but to a thoughtful observer it is even worse than
that; it is the beginning of the new Penal Laws.

And when we turn to other matters, where the marvellous efficiency of
the County Councils exists, is hard for an unprejudiced enquirer
to find. The old Grand Juries handed over the roads and bridges in
excellent order; they are certainly not better now, and in many cases
worse. In fact, one English theoretical Radical who paid a brief visit
to Ireland, inhaled so much Hibernian logic during his hurried tour
that he solemnly argued that the badness of the roads proved that the
Councils had been governing too economically; and therefore what was
needed was a central body--that is, an Irish Parliament--to stir up
the local administration! Nationalist writers claim that the rates
are going down; but that merely means that they are not so high now as
they were soon after the Act came into force, not that they are lower
than before 1898. It was exp