The Irish standard., 1901-01-05

a visit. On one side of it is a field
where sports of all kinds are held dur
ing the summer months. Patrick street
is the principal business thoroughfare
OF the city and contains some very
fine stores of all kinds. In this street
is erected a monument to Roy. Theo-
bald Mathew, Ireland's great apostle
of temperance. 1t is Il fine bronze
statue and the noble figure is draped
i'll the cloak of the Irish gentleman of
the early part of the century and the
hand of the priest is extended, us was
his wont when blessing the people.
The Father Mathew Memorial church
stands in Charlotte quay and contains
stained glass window in memory of
Daniel O'Connell. With the exception
OF the newly erected memorial to Bisl-
op Delaney, the Mathew statue is the
only public statue in the streets of
Cork. The Young Ireland society of
Cork laid the foundation for Il monu-
ment in the Grand Parade in the sum-
mer of 1898 and is now collecting funds
to erect.a suitable memorial to the
faithful and the few of 179S They
have an easy way of raising the
money. Collectors are scattered
through the city every Sunday With
collection boxes and only one penny
is solicited from each one. 1t is II
penny collection. Quite little sum
of money is now in the treasury and
it is intended to put up a monument
that will be a credit to the city and
the grand and holy cause which it will
commemorate.
Cork is exceptionally well provided
with primary and intermediate schools.
The Presentation Brothers, under the
national board, have charge of one of
the original I4ancasterian schools, and
they have also established we'll
equipped intermediate and university
college. The Christian Brothers, who
as yet receive no government grant,
h<tNC SNllOOlS III lllVIC llltll SuS'
part Of the city, the principal one of
which is Our IAady's Mount more
Familiarity known to it's old pupils as
Peacock Lane school," Cork has also
the Queens College, an excellent school
of medicine, and schools of law, arts
and engineering. In fact. the province
Of Munster has always been remark
able for it's schools. Slamlon church
is an old landmark of Cork. being
built in 1772. The steeple is unique,
inasmucll as the south and west sides
are of white limestone and the north
and east red sandstone. But the Bells
are the chief attraction and the quaint
Inscriptions on them still amusc the
curious. In the stiffness off IL summer
night their sweet chimes sound with
peculiar cadence across the waters
which encircle the old city of the Lee.
Father rrollt made them famous with
his celebrated poem on "'rhe Bells Of
Slanlon" so we'll known to I'LL Cork
people. According to Sir Walter Scott
the history of the county of Cork con-
lains more romance than I'LL Scotland
put together. for there are hundreds of
castles and ruined abbeys. memorials
of mighty past, still scattered within
its broad borders.
a drive of five miles outside the city
brings you within sight of the ccle-
DRAFTED Barney castle. Who has not
heard about the celebrated stone which
has dale of power and Which ev-
cry one must kiss in order to put the
finishing touch on his visit to Blarney
castle. This was built in the fifteenth
century and is 100 feet high. From
the summit of the castle a good view
of the surrounding country may be
had. The village has one tweed fac
tory which gives employment to IL
large number of hands and an excel
lent quality of material is turned out
from it. The scenery around Barney
is very picturesque ana well worth Il
| visit by the tourist.
The city of Cork las now a COM
plete system of electric railway and
short trips can he made out to the
several suburbs for Il one penny fare.
| Tile cars used arc double .drckcd cars
and by going on top yea get a good
| view of the city and besides enjoy the
| fresh country air after you get outside
| the city limits. .Jrk, always true to
| it's national spirit, changed the names
of a number of it's streets III the year
1883 in com1nrnolaton of 1893. In
stead of Nelson place greeting the eye
you see "Emmet place. "Shcares
street" 'NiDety-cight street, etc.
The municipal buildings of science
and art in Emmett place can bear com
parison with those of my town of the
same size in Great Britain or Ireland.
In this building are the sculpture and
picture galleries which are open daily
to visitors. The splendid collection of
casts from the antiques in the vatican
gallery were executed under the super
| intendence of Canovn and sent by
Pope Plus VII as a present to George
| Nv. The ship which carried them by
long sea from Italy put into Cork and
was there detained for harbor dues.
The king, instead of paying, trans