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Show GREAT TIME IS HELDN IRELAND JT. PATRICK'S DAY OF 1922 BRINGS OBSERVANCE OVER ISLAND AS BIRTH OF FREE STATE Ulsterman And Sinn Feiners Join In One Day's Peaceful Celebration at Annual Banquet In Dublin Dublin. Ireland celebrated St. Patrick's Pat-rick's day by hailing the birth of the Irish free state. The national festival was utilized for a vigorous campaign throughout Ireland in support of the peace treaty with Great Britian. Speakers everywhere declared Friday Fri-day the greatest St. Patrick's oay ire-land ire-land has ever known and declared that Erin stood on the threshold of freedom. free-dom. . Michael Collins, head of the provisional provi-sional government, went straight to the heart of the disaffected area, south Cork, where he addressed several meetings meet-ings of his constituents. The fighting Irish leader was the center of a demonstration dem-onstration at Skibbereen. Commandant McKeown lectured at Mullinger and other midland towns while further protreaty demonstrations were given for Mayo, Galway and Roscommon. Ros-common. Republican followers of Eanionn de Valera were equally busy throughout the holiday. The former "president of the Irish republic" began a tour of the south. He will address antitreaty gatherings at Waterford City, Thurles and other centers near Tipperary. Friday evening Irishmen of all creeds and factions buried the hatchet at the annual banquet of the Knights of St. Patrick at the Shelbourne hotel, Dublin, Dub-lin, where Ulstermen and Sinn Feiners sat down together in peace for at least one day in the year. |
