The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-10-12

fore il grew across its watery barrier
! il the River Lee which rises in a LITTLE
! lake to the north. From a tiny islanC
| in the lake came the pious hermit, st
! Fin Barre, who established monas
/ terry on the island at the mouth OF
the river in the seventh century, and
from this start the present city ha:
grown. Both the Catholic and Protest
ant cathedrals Of Cork are dedicated Il
| this early Irish saint
AT the head of one of the finest
harhors in Ireland landlocked cove
whose waters are as placid as those OF
lake--Cork has been subject since its
establishment to attacks by sea mar
auders. Invading Danes burned the city
in s2l and again in 1912, and after the
second destruction founded on the site
Danish trading post, The Irish, again
in control of the city, submitted to the
English in ll72. who for many years
maintained a preearious foothold.
The Irish eventually regained Cork
not by force of arms but by 'infltra-
ton for before a great while the one
time English post was the most Irish
city in ireland, its government entirely
in the hands of the people of Erin.
"A tragedy overlook Cork the year
Columbus discovered America, and was
visited most heavily on its lord mayor,
During that year the city received and
assisted Perkin Warbeck, pretender to
the English throne. The mayor lost
his head and the city its charter.
"Cork's wonderful harbor has given
il a maritime Importance since early
DAYS Recognition of this fact is seen
in the title of admiral of the port be-
slowed on the lord mayor of Cork by
Edward ", and held by the lords may
or to the present day In a triennial
ceremony the lords mayor evidence
their right to the title of admiral by
casting a dart over the harbor
Queenstown, at the head Of the out
er harbor, and practically part Of
Cork. is the port Of call aud departure
for trans Atlantic liners This fact has
made Cork city Of sadness to many,
for perhaps a million or more men and
women, in largest part mere boys and
girls forced by economic pressure to
emigrate, have their hidden good bye
with set faces and streaming eyes to
the land they love so well
when Ireland suffered from what
was perhaps the most pathetic of its
the famine of ls47. Cork
became the center of its sorrows. Thou
o. >, - miserable. emaciated creatures
made their way from all over Ireland,
TO 90 a massage 20 America
Hundreds died of hunger alone along
the roads leading to the city and in it,
very streets.
While there are practically no
points Of great interest in Cork. close
BY is one Of the best known and most |
frequently visited spots in all Ireland. I.
II is the ruined tower Of Barney cas-
tie. stronghold Of Cormsc Mccarthy. 4
who. legend has il. instructed BY an 1
old bag he has rescued to kiss one Of (
the stones on the tower-the famous /
Blarney stone = became irresistibly /
ION the picturesque, wooded shores
VI the spacious and beautiful hsrbor of 4
Cork are many pleasant resorts and 4.
ine country places One Of the latter. 4
Tivol, the home of Sir Walter Raleigh.
is on the estate given To him by
queen Elizabeth. Edmund Spenser was
he recipient Of many acres at the
.sme period In Kilcolman castle. near
Cork, he wrote The Farie Queene'"