The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-04-11

'of his native land--Gerald Griffin. He
was born in Limerick in eighteen hun
drcd and three and died AS a Christ
ian Brother at the Christian Brothers
schools. n. Cork Monastery, in
eighteen hundred and forty. His grave
erected to all the Brothers buried
there. Grif1n's novels. The Colleg-
ians,'' "Holandtide Tales" 'Tales Of
tho Munster Festivals and Tho In
vasion.' display literary talent OF the
highest order. 1t was on his novel;
The Coltegians.' that Boucicault
years afterwards founded his play Of
Tho Colleen Bawn.' In poetry his
Mary of the Curling Hair" ~ Place
In Thy Memory, Dearest" and "fhe
Bridal of Malahide' take high rank
among the poetry of Ireland.
Cork, set in a lovely valley. prac-
tically surrounded by beautiful and
romantic river, is one of the most
pleasant places in ireland. The name
by Which It's citizens fondly call it. The
Fair City" is justly earned. Even as
far back az; Spcnccr's time he referred
to tho feature OF Cork as
The Pleasant Lee, that like an Island
fayre.
Encloseth Cork in his divided food.
Living snusly ut the base Of high
hill. which shelters II from the harsh
winds Of the north. the breczes blowing
up from the sea arc both refreshing
and invisorating. The city was found
cd toward the end Of the sixth or be-
ginning ,t the seventh century, by
smith to Tiernach McHugh, the chief
tain Of the O'N1alloncys. Hc subse-
quontly became known as st. Finbarr.
Flo left his solitude in the lovely is
land OF (;ougane Barra, in West Cork,
and founded his cathedral in Cork on
the site OF a pagan place of worship,
afterward adding to 1t a. religious house
aud a school, which speedily attained
such fame that students focked to it
from various parts or Europe. until no
less than 700 students were being edu-
founding Of this scholastic establish
mont is ancribed the origin of the ofty
Of Cork. The name itself is derived
from Corroull or Goreazh. a swamp, its
situation on two narshy islands justi-
flying the description.
Tho city throve for nearly 800 years,
and then came the sea rovers, hungry
for spoil. who in $50 burned the city,
killed a number Of the inhabitants,
and even carried off the silver comm
in which st. Fnbarr was buried. They
returned shortly aftcrward and seized
OF tho marshes below the city, fortified
them. and started to- build a city of
their own. They sang their Mass of
the Lances,' which began with the ris-
ing OF the sun, and as the annals Of
tho "Four Masters" state, "wllensoever
they marched they were escorted by
fire." But in time even these rovers
were themselves absorbed. They paid
tribute to the McCarthys and were
married and given in marriage to the
Irish. The sagax OF the nortl, tell of
many hardy Norseman who fell cap
tive tn tine charms Of the Cork maidens
and parish blood mingles with the
Celtic In the veins of many sn inhabi-
tant of the city bv the Lee. The pas
sionate fondness for ths sss Of so many
Cork men indicates this ancestra;
strain.
In Per!iin Warbecks Rebellion Of
1892 trey played prominent part on
Warbeck's side. They dscked him out
| in silk, insisted that he was the son
of the duke Of Clarence ana demanded
that the Lord Deputy should declare
Warbeck king. number OF Cork
merchants, failing in this. sent Ware