Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-29
COLLINS GOES
To- GRAVE WITH
IRISH TRIBUTE
Youthful Army Leader
Honored as Man and
for Position Held.
Body Laid to Rest in
Plot Reserved to All
Falling for State.

Dublin, Aug. 2S.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press.}-Nfichael Collins was
laid at rest Monday in Glasnevin after
a demonstration of national grief such
as has been seldom seen in the long
centuries of Ireland;s troubled history.
Arthur Griffith was buried with all
the honors due a great leader; Collins
went to the grave amid the tears of a
nation that worshipped him personally
as a gallant young patriot in whom
were combined all. those traits which
Irishmen hold dear. While immense
throngs filled the, great cathedral and
lined the route to Glasnevin congrega-
lions gathered in every city, town and
hamlet to mourn his passing.
Military Funeral
II was a military funeral. Fellow
officers Sunday night had borne the
body into the cathedral, just as Col
Inns. a short fortnight ago, helped bear
the body of his colleague, Griffith.
They stood guard all night and were
there Monday morning when the solemn
requiem high mass was celebrated be-
fore a tumult which overflowed the
eGifice into the streets. Richard Null
cahy. the new chieftain to whom all
ireland now looks; General ODuffy.
new chief of staff, and General Nc
Keen, 1.-The blacksmith of Ballinalee'
whose dash and fire have awakened
enthusiasm akin to that won by Col
Inns himself, attended the funeral.
Sister Mary Celestine came from her
convent in England to pray for her
baby brother" beside her knelt Sean
Collins. the generals brother. But it
was upon the trembling young woman
nearby that eyes of all fell most pity
ingly-Kitty Herman, Collins be
trothed. On the gospel of Nave set the
members, of the cabinet, the Dali
Eireann civil servants and members of
provincial corporations.
American Consul Present.
On the epistle side were the English
representatives and members of the
consular corps. including tn American
consul. the lord mayor of Dublin. dis
tinguished members of universities and
learned societies.
Outside. lining the miles of Dublin
streets through which the funeral cor
tege later passed, thousands took part
spiritually in the solemn mass OF re-
ouim. many kneeling in player on the
pavement at the fancied moment of the
elevation of the sacred host.
Archbishop Myrne, head of the Dub
lin diocese. was the celebrant and just
MS thew had chantcd for Griffith, Dub
Inns renowned choir of priests sang
the selections during the mass without
organ accompaniment.
After absolution. the body was borne
from the church and placed in the CUR
carriage and as it passed along the
route to Glasncvin many knelt in
homage.
Cortege Is imposing
The cortege was imposing. First
came an advance guard of national
army cavalry, then several hundred
clergy. a firing party of Dublin guards
and then the gun carriage with the
body. surrounded by its guard of
honor. Following came cabinet mem
bcrs and the general headquarters
staff with the chief mourners riding
in carriages. Then the members of the
Dali, walking slowly, followed by the
lord mayor and the members of the
Dublin corporation. The body was
buried in the plot Of ground reserved
for those who rave fallen in the u
of the Irish Free State in the existing
war OF rebellion.