Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
CORK IS THIRD
CITY Of ireland
Lord Mayors Long Fast Re-
wives Interest in History
of Municipality.

| The long fast Of the lord mayor of
Cork lends interest to the city over
which he presided and the office which
he held. These are treated briefly in
bulletin issued by the National Geo
graphic Society.
! Cork. third city of Ireland" says
the bulletin, bears very superficial
resem blance to our own New York n
that its nucleus is situated on an
island EMBODIED by two arms of river
where its waters meet hay. The
comparison soon becomes 8 contrast,
I however. for Cork is Z city of less
than $4,000 souls, hes few public
buildings or thorough.~rls of impor-
lance. and was built on low, swampy
site instead of on the rocky ribs of
mother earth.
The stream that EMBODIED Cork be-
fore il grew across its weIeIy bar
riers is the River Lee, which r gee il
a little lake to the nor n. From
, tiny island in the lake came the pious
/ hermit, St Fin Barre, who escaDlished
monastery on tine Stand AT the
mouth of the river in the seventh CEN
fury, and from this start the present
: city has grown. Both the Catholic
and Protestant cathedrals OF Cork are
! dedicated to this early Ir.sh saint.
! At Head of Fine Hnrior.
! AT the head of enc of the finest
I harbors in Ireland-a land-locked
cove whose waters ar as placid as
those of a lake--Corh Las been sub
ject since it's establishment to attacks
| by sea. marauders. Invading Danes
/ burned the city in 81 and again in
1912, and after the s-.:cni destruction
! founded on the Sc Danish trading
post. The Irish. az n control C.
the city. submitted % the English in
1l72. who for many yei.rs ma:ntainel
a precarious foothciti.
The Irish eNen.,.~.,y regalned Cork
not by force of arms, but by fnfiltra-
t'on.' for before great while the ons
! time English pos was the moot lrs
city in Ireland. its government ,I-
tirely in the hands of the people G..
Erin.
Lord Mayor Beheaded in I40..
+ "A tragedy overlook Cork the yea
Columbus discovered America. an
was visited most heavily on its loru
mayor. During that year the city re-
; ceived and assisted Perkin Warbeck,
pretender to the English throne. TIL
mayor lost his head and the city its
/ charter.
"Cork's wonderful harbor has given
it 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 present day.
IN a triennial ceremony the lords
mayor evidence their right to the
title of admiral by casting dart out
over the harbor.
Queenstown. at the head of the out
er harbor. and practically a part o.
Cork, is the port of cali and departure
for satlantic liners. This fact
has made Cork city OF sadness -
many. for perhaps million or more
men and women, in largest part mere
boys and girls, forced by economlc
pressure to emig-ate. have there bid
den goodbye with set faces and stream
ing eyes to the land they love SO
well.
Hundreds Perish From Hunger.
When Ireland suffered what was per-
hapS the most pathetic Of its tribula-
tions, the famine of lS4l, Cork became
the center of its sorrows. Thousands
of misera BILE, emaciated creatures made
their way there from ali over Ireland,
Hundreds died Of hunger along the
roads leading to the city and in its 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. it is the ,
ruined tower of Blarney Castle, strong
hold of Cormac Mccarthy, who, legend
has it, instructed by an old bag he had
rescued to kiss one of the stones Of the
tower-the famous 'barney stone'-be-
came irresistibly eloquent.
ION the picturesque wooded shores OF
the spacious and beautiful harbor OF
Cork are many pleasant resorts and flne
country places. One of the latter, Tivoli.
the home of Sir Walter Raleigh. IL on
the estate given to him by Queen Eliza
beth Edmund Spenser was the re-
cipient of many acres at the same pc F.
Rod. In Kilcolman Castle. near Cork,
he wrote The Faerie Queene."