Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-02
THOUSANDS MOURN
is MAYOR N SN|NEY
IS BURIED At CORK

i CORK, Nov. 1.-(By the Associated
Press. lin the presence Of church
dignitaries, scores of his former
comrade volunteers and thousands of
his countrymen the body of Terence
MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, was
lowered to its resting place in the
Republican plot" in St. Finbarr's|
cemetery, just outside Cork, Sunday
afternoon.
Despite the splendor lent the
scene by the attendance Of the high
churchmen, there was a simplicity
pressive.
Outside the cemetery, hidden by
the enormous crush Of townspeople,
two armored cars, their machine
guns ready, and a half dozen 1orries
filled with soldiers was dAaWn up at
the roadside. importing sinister air
to the otherwise solemn proceedings.
But during the transfer Of the body
from the city hall through Streets
lined with crowds to St. Mary's ca
from the cathedral to the cemetery
there was not an incident of vio-'
lence or disturbance.
Whole Country Paid Tribute
The city of Cork and the whole
countryside paid tribute to the mem
DRY of their newest martyr" The
body was buried beside that Of for
mer Lord Mayor MacCurtain, who
was assassinated. A few yards
away are the graves Of Joseph Muir
ply, adorned with an American flag,
and two other Irish Republican sol
diers. Murphy, like MacSwiney, died
hunger striker.
cupied the throne in presiding over
the solemn requiem mass in st.
Mary's. cathedral. Monsignor) Cal
laghan, bishop Of Cork, was the cele--
brant. The clergy assisting included
Archbishops Clune, of Perth. Aus
tralla. and Barry, Of Hobart, TaSma-
MIA, and Bishop Brown, of Clyne,
O'Sullivan, of Kerry, Muley, of Bal
larat. Australia and Fogarty,. Of Kill
:aloe They coffin, over which was
draped the irish Republican flag,
rested on Ia catafalque covered with
pail and with a skull and cross
bones on either side, such as IS USED
at the obsequies of high church-
men.
The cathedral was filled and thou
sands Of persons were massed in the
adjacent streets. A
Great Tuno&h1 PROCESSION
The transfer Of the casket from
the city hall was without lnGluent,
Two armored cars and five lorrles
of troops kept in the background as
the cortege moved to the church
The two-miYe route of the process
sion from the cathedral to the ceme-
| terry was .solidly Ranked by Lhou-
sands of persons who pareo th .at
heads as the f1ag-draped casket'
horne on the shoulders Of the may
or's brothers and intimate friends,
pN When the services at the cathe-
dral ended and the PROCESSION, IorLi-
ed under the SUPERVISOR s HI fne The the
cathedral bell began tolling: rms
was Immediately echoed by, the bells
of the other churches in the city:
John Peter ~MacSwiney, brother 5ine oo o.
dead lord mayor Ia gote16 o as Gcie1 Mac
sWiney's private chaplain, and Ar
| thur Griffith, vice president OF the
| Irish .Repablic," came Immediately
behind him. One hundred ana
They were followed by acolytes and
| high church dignitaries Then came
| two flower-burdened hearses, a com
pany of volunteers dressed In c1tl-
zens' clothes and twenty-five car
| riageS with women mournerS.
Americans Send Wreaths
Volunteers, each of them carrying
floral pieces, formed an outer COL
umn on each side Of the procession.
! A Gordon of volunteers held back
| the solid lines of bareheaded specta-
| tors who overran the sidewalks. A
number of wreaths sent by Ameri-
| cans were noticeable among floral
| pieces in the hearses.
AS the clergy were filing away
| from the graveside after the body
! had been lowered, six men who were
! admitted within the circle formed
by the volunteers, took positions over
| the grave, fired a revolver salute Of
three volleys and silently withdrew
Mr.. Griffith, in paying tribute to
| MacSwiney's lifework in the serv-
ice of the Irish cause, declared that
Joan of Arc would find n the mar
| tyred lord mayor a worthy comrade
| in heaven" Z
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS
HONOR MAYOR M'SWINEY
WASHINGTON, Nov. Thou
sands of Irish sympathizers in vari-
| Gus American cities paid tribute to
| the memory of Lord Mayor Mac
| Swiney, the hunger striker, who was
! buried at Cork today.
Parades and appropriate services
were conducted here and at Boston,
Philadelphia and other places.
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