Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-10-21
M'SWINEY'S HOME TOWN
FOUNDED BY MONK

S,s sSSsS>f ~ 'bI MONk
Since the hunger strike OF Terrence
McSwiney began in an English pris-
on. about two months ago, as a pro.
test against his arrest, the city of
Cork. OF which he was lord mayor,
frequently has figured In the press
dispatches. But as interest In IT'S
chief official has outshadowed inter.
est In the city's affairs. the. fact that
Cork has an Bactingalord mayor in his
absence has b& t6serlooked This
acting official @ ld O'Callachain
q young Irishu5 much the same
type as McSwIt Sknself. And the
CITY over whteN III snominally pre-
sues is one tktmost interesting
areiapo. ~ Is set out in
Tue ioiowihg of the National
"eosraphc soezot3&4 Washington:
Sork. third Ireland. bears a
very superhciy{ 69<pnblance to New
iork city IN 44k 49, nucleus Is situ-
ated on an k4d <6pfolded by two
arms or rM 4ere its waters
meet pay.i HHfomparison soon
o'cohes' UHN however, for
q TTWtesa than 10000
sous. has q pV6ic buildings or
thoroughfares irrportance and was
built on IA lh,, Swnaapy site instead "
of on the rocky ribs Of Mother earth
The stream that enfolded Cork be-
fore 1t grew across it's waterv bor-
riers Is the River Lee, which rises In
a little lake TO the north. From n
tiny island I'm that lake came the
pioas hermit, st. Fin Barre, who es-
tabnshed monastery at Cork river
IN the seventh century, and from this
s.artS the present city has grown.
Both the Roman Catholic and Pro-
testant cathedrals of Cork are ded-
lcafed to the early Irish saint.
Az the head OF one of the finest
harpors In Ireland-a landlockod
cove whose waters are as placid as
those or lake--Cork long was sub
teet TO attacks by sea marauders. In
Vading Danes burned the city I'm SCI
and again In 1912. and after the sec
ond destruction founded on the site O
Danish trading post. The Irish.
again In control or the city. submit
tea TO the English in 1l72, who for
many years maintained n precarious
foothold.
The Irish eventually rcgained Cork
not by force of arms but by "infl-
tration. for before great while the
one-time English post was the most
irish city In Ireland. its government
ETtn, =.
tragedy overlook Cork the vear
Columbus discovered America ana
WAS visited most heavily on its lord
MAYOR. During that year the city re-
ceived and assisted Perkin warheck.
pretendrr to the English throne. Tho
mayor lest his head and the city its
charter "
Corks wonderful harhor has given
u maritime Importance since early
Gays. iRecognition OF this fact Is
seen IN the title OF admiral of the
pors bestowed on the lord mayor of
Cork by Edward " and held by the
lords mayor to the present day In
triennfaf ceremony the lord mayor
evidences his right to the title OF ad-
mfral by casting a dart out over the O.
harbor. ~
queenstown. at the head of the
outer harbor. and practically n part
OF 1brk,s Is the port of call and de-
parture for transatlantic liners. This
Iact has made Cork a city OF sadness
TO Y many. for perhaps million or
more men and women. in largest part
mere boys and girls. forced by eco
nomic pressure to emigrate, have
there hidden goodby with set faces
and streaming eyes to the land they
love SO we'll
When ireland suffered what was
perhaps the most pathetic of its trib-
uiatfons, the famine OF 1S47, Cork
decame the center Of it's sorrows.
OF miscrab emaciated
creatures made their way there from
hil over Ireland. hoping to gain pas
sage to" America. Hundreds died of
hunger along the roads leading to the
city and In it's very streets. ~,
Close by Cork is the ruined tower.
of Rlarney castle. stronghold Of Cor
mac Mccarthy. who. legend has 1t,
instructed by an old hag he-had res.
cued to kiss one OF the stones OF the
fower--the famous "Blarhey stone"-
became irresistibly eloquent -
ON the picturesque wooded. shores.
NJ the Cork harbor are many resorts.
and fine country places. One Of the
lattnr. "Tivoli."r tho home Of Sir Wall
ter Raleigh. was given to him by
Queen Elizabeth. and Edward Spen-
Ger was the recipient of Kiicolman
castle. where he wrote "The Fairfe
Queene." .H'.a ....I s