The New York herald., 1922-08-29
Buried i'm Glasnevin, Where
Lie Griffith and Other
Irish Patriots.
WHOLE NATION MOURNING
Mulcahy at Graveside Says
Spirit Is Guide to Lead
er's Ideals.

near lne STstNeS uL <AIAiiui piiiAieh ahu
Charles Stewart Parnell. Hundreds OF
thousands of persons along the route Of
the funeral procession watched the coffin
draped with che silk tricolor of Ireland
and borne on gun carriage as IL 1t con-
tanned their fondest hopes. The closest
associates of the soldier-statesman In
| the few crowded years that brought
him from obscurity 60 a place foremost
| In the affection OF the heart of his
nation. stood with dropping heads AMI
moist eyes around the grave.
| Gen. Emmett Dalton, in whose arms
| The gallant leader lied. seemed pale and
weak from grief, which he has borne
| rianfully since last Tuesday, when Col
| lins was shot Richard Muicahy strove
4 bravely to deliver a funeral Grafton.
| But he was compelled to pause ire
cuently to regain his self control. Sew
| e:al times when his words touched upon
| memories that were too tender and
poignant for expression at sucn mo-
ment he would halt and begin on new
trend of thought. In a voice trembling
with emotion he told the country ina.
| the work which Michael Collins had LETT
undone had fallen upon men who cher
/ ished his memory and who would strive
| to complete it as he had mapped 1t out
| He tried to repeat Collins's last words
"Forgiye them" but this seemed to re-
| call that tragic and heroic moment 10 ms
mind so vividly that he had to leave tne
sentence unfinished. He tried to hken
the new day for Ireland to the smile
on "Mick's" pallid face which almost
dispelled the gloom around the bier, but
that smile meant too much and again
| he was compelled to pause.
Near Mulcahy stood the relatives OF
the dead leader, including his brother,
Sean Collins, closely resembling him IN
general appearance and build. Beside
him stood his sister, Mary Celestine q
nun. With one black gloved hand
\ gripping her brothers arm she held the
| folded tri-color on the coffin with the
other
When the oration was over fourteen
/ army cars draped with crepe drove py
| the grave each filed with wreaths and
! floral pieces representing all parts OF
| ireland and nearly every organization.
Next the companies of the Dublin
| brigade, which Collins in his dying re-
quest asked TO bury him, in column
! four abreast marched past the grave,
the officers saluting and the men execut-
| Ing the order "eyes right"
FINALLY a few special organizations
4
neral cortege itself was three miles long.
| Il wound its way through the heart OF
the city along densely crowded streets
| headed by a small detachment of new
Irish cavalry. Barely noticeable on top
4 OF the coffin lay q single white lily--the
tribute Of his fiancce. Kitty Herman. She
| had placed It on the coffin at the close
of the ceremony in the Pro-Cathedral.
Michael Collns's grave In Grasnevin
I NnlI
erected 10 the memory OF O'Connell In
that part OF the cemetery which is richly
| studded with the graves OF Irish patriots.
DUBLIN, Aug. 2S ASSOCIATED Press).-
Michael Collins was buried to-day and
the whole nation mourned. Dublin
\ might have been q city OF the dead.
\ great hush was everywhere, yet almost
! a million people were there, standing or
kneeling ON the streets-gentry from the
fine houses In the suburbs and the poor
from the slums, women wrapped In their
shawls carrying their infants or leading
their awestricken children.
Bear him 10 that. haliowed place.
i Where our deathless dead are resting,
] Where the spokesmen OF the race
Gather for the final auestins.
| ChivaIrous> he fought his fight,
\ Kindly, patient. unreyilinE,
! Hopeful that the dawning Hight
Would reveal nation smiling.
| Lay his body in the earth.
1 Giant frame and soul are riven;
| Think of Collins in his mirth .
And his prayer: ''I3e they Forgiven"
Thus sang an Irish bard to-day while
thew carried Michael Collinss remains
through the streets of Dublin. 1t was
but one OF thousand tributes to this
young man who in the short thirty years
| of his life had done much to give Ireland
her place among the nations OF the earth,
but who, like Griffith and Parnell, was
cut down before his work was crowned
with complete victory.
While the requiem mass was being
chanted In the cathedral military dis
patch rider rode up to the edifice and
entered by the main portal. lie carried
In his hand a single white lily--a token
sent by Kitty Herman. the dead patriots
fiancee. 1t was placed on the coffin lid
and was tenderly placed there again
when later the coffin was lowered "a
the grave.
DIR. Fogarty. Bishop of Kiilaloe. was
| the celebrant OF -the mass. which was
attended by a great gathering OF clergy
including Archbishop Duhig OF Brisbane
Australia. Archbishop Curley Of Balti.
more, who Is visiting his aged mother a.
Athlone, was not present.
ireland is a land OF the unexpected
and the future Is uncertain. III. how.
ever ono may judge by the expression'
OF the average citizen and the opinions
Of the newspapers, the tragic remova
or the nations two great figures, Grif
fifth and Collins. will not weaken th'
course OF the Free State. but. on thu
contrary, will strengthen 1t, first. be
cause II is backed by public opinion
and, second. what Is called the martyr
dom OF Griffith and Collins has rallied
the people around the banner OF pa
triotisn.
Says All want Republic.
Make no mistake said q venerabl,
Irish priest tonight, "ali the peopl
want q republic. but they know the,
cannot get II now. De Valera know
that. too, in his heart OF hearts. lie
us in Gods name make tho best OF wha
we have. The future will take care 0
itself. Ireland Is a rich country. ever
as 1t Is a beautiful land. We wan
Americans TO come and visit us, for WI
are surely TO take our place among tn
great nations OF the world.
Michael Collins has gone. but hi
, work Will live forever. And that worl
II eventual Irish unity and Irish happi
ness Such ~ our birthright"
Preaching In the Limerick Protestan
Church, Bishop White declared tina
Irish churchmen and Professionals gen
orally were ever ready To give loyal sup
port 10 the Government which rule,
, them