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Show GREAT III IS HELDjNJRELAND )T. PATRICK'S DAY OF 1922 BRINGS OBSERVANCE OVER ISLAND A8 . BIRTH OF FREE STATE Ultterman And Sinn Felners Join In Ono Day's Peaceful Celebration at Annual Banquet In Dublin Dublin. Ireland celebrated St Patrick's Pat-rick's day by hailing tho birth of tho Irish froe state. Tho nntlonnl festival was utilized for a vigorous campaign throughout Ireland In support of tho poace treaty with Croat Brltlan. Speakers everywhere declared Friday Fri-day tho greatost St. Patrick's aay ire-land ire-land has ever known nnd declared that Krln stood on tho threshold of freedom. free-dom. Michael Collins, head of the provisional provi-sional government, went straight to the heart of the dlsnffoctcd area, south Cork, where lie addressed several meetings meet-ings of Ids constituents. Tho fighting Irish lendor was the center of a demonstration dem-onstration nt Sklbberecn. Commandant McKeown lectured at Mulllnger nnd other midland towns while further protrcaty demonstrations wore given for Mnyo, Galwny and Itos-common. Itos-common. Ilcpubllcan followers of Kamonn de Vnlera were equally busy throughout tho holiday. The fonncr "president of tho Irish republic" began n tour of the south. Ho will address nutltrcnty gatherings at Wnterford City, Thurlcs and other centers near Tlpperary. Friday evening Irishmen of nil creeds nnd factions burled tho hntchot nt the annual banquet of the Knights of St. Patrick at tho Shclbournc hotel, Dublin, Dub-lin, where Ulstcrmon nnd Sinn Felners sat down together In pence for at loast one dny In the year. |