Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-11
MISFORTUNEs OF CORK
Hundred Persisted In Famine-Lord
Mayor Reloaded In 40.

! The long fast OF the Lord Mayor Of
Cork lends interest to the city over
which he presided and the off1-e which
he held. These are treated briefly in a
bulletin issued by the National Geograph-
zeal Society
Cork. third city OF Ireland" says the
bulletin, bears a very superficial re-
semblance to our own New York In that
Its nucleus is situated on an island en-
folded by two arms Of river where Its
waters meet bay. The comparison be-
comes contrast. however. for Cork is
a city of less than $1,000 souls. has few
public buildings or thoroughfares of inn
portance. and was built on a low.
swampy site instead of on the rocky ribs
of Mother Earth.
THE stream that embodied Cork before
1t grew across its watery barriers Is the
River Lee which rises in a little lake to
the north. From tiny island In the
lake came the p!ous hermit, St. Fin
Barre, who established n monastery on
the island at the mouth of the river in
the seventh century, and from this start
the present city has grown. Both the
Catholic and Protestant cathedrals of
Cork are dedicated to this early Irish
saint.
AT the head Of one Of the finest har-
bors in Ireland-a landlocked cove whose
waters are as placid as those Of a lake
Cork has been subject since its establish
ment to attacks by sea marauders In
vading Danes burned the city in So1 and
again in 1919, and after the second de-
struction founded on the site q Danish
trading post. The Irish, again in con-
troll OF the city, submitted to the Eng
lish In 1l72 who for many years MAIN
tanned precarious foothold.
The Irish eventually regained Cork
not by force OF arms but by Infitration.'
for before 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.
LORD MAYOR BEHEADED IN 1892
"A tragedy overlook Cork the year
Columbus discovered America, and was
visited most heavily on It's Lord Mayor.
During that year the city received and
assisted Perkin warbeck. prstender to
the English throne. Tho mayor lost his
head and the city its charter
"Cork's wonderful harbor has given n
a maritime importance since early days
Recognition Of this fact is seen in the
title of Admiral Of the Port bestowed on
the Lord Mayor OF Cork by Edward "
and held by the Lords Mayor to the pres
end day. In a triennial ceremony the
Lords Mayor evidence their right to the
title OF Admiral by casting a dart out
over the harbor.
queenstown. at the head Of the outer
harbor, and practically a part of Cork,
ID tho port or call and departure for
transatlantic liners. This fact has made
CORK city OF sadness to many, for per-
haps million or more men and women,
lArReAf rt,l.
by economic pressure to emiyrate, have
there hidden goodby with set faces and
streaming eyes to the land they love so
well.
HUNDREDS DIED FROM HUNGER
when Ireland suffered what was per-
haps tho most pathetic OF Its tribula-
lions. the famine Of 1s+7, Cork became
The center of its sorrows. Thousands of
emaciated creatures made
their way there from all over Ireland
hoping to gain passage to America.
Hundreds died Of hunger along the roads
leading to the city and In it's very streets.
While there are practically no points
'f great interest IN Cork. close by is
me or the best known and most FREQUENT
y visited spots In all Ireland. II is the
'uined towers Of Barney Castle, strong
,old OF Cormac Mccarthy, who, legend
,as II, Instructed by an old bag he had
'escued to kiss one OF the stones of the
ower-the famous 'blarney atone'--be-
anne irresistibly eloquent
ION the picturesque. wooded shores of
he spacious and beautiful harbor of {
3ork are many pleasant resorts and fine
country places. One of the latter, Tivoli. II
he homo Of Sir Walter Raleigh, Is on the ,
state given to him by Queen Elisabeth, I
Spencer was the recipient Of | =