Show TO pit e ou to ac rin 0 events I 1 P W hi on D I 1 f 0 inc f gnu a CORK MOST IRISH CITY IN IRELAND cork third city of ireland a considerable sid erable part of which was recently destroyed by fire bears a ery superficial resemblance to our own new york fork in that its nucleus Is situated on an island enfolded en folded by two arms of a river where here its waters meet a bay the comparison soon becomes a contrast liow er for cork Is a city of less than souls has few public buildings or thoroughfares of importance and was built on a low iov swampy site instead of on the rock rocky v ribs of mother earth the stream that enfolded en folded cork before it grew across its watery barriers Is the river lee which rises lu in a little lake to the borill north from ji a tiny island in the lake came the pious piou hermit st fin barre who established a monastery on the island at the mouth of the river in the seventh century and from this start the present city has grown both the catholic and protestant cathedrals of cork are dedicated to this early irish saint at the head of one of the finest harbors in ireland a landlocked land locked cove whose hose waters are as placid as those of 0 f a lake cork has been subject since its ts establishment to attacks by soi sea marauders invading danes burned the city in and again in 1012 and after the second destruction founded on the site a danish trading post the irish again in control of the city submitted to the english in 1172 who tor for many years maintained a precarious foothold the irich eventually regained cork nobby not by force of arms but by infiltration for before a great while thil thi onetime one time english post was the most irish city in ireland its government entirely in the lands hands of the people of erin A tragedy overtook cork the year yea columbus Colum bug discovered america and was visited most heavily on its lord mayor during that year the city received and assisted perkin perken pretender to the english throne TI the e mayor lost his head and the city its charter corks wonderful harbor has given it a maritime importance since early days recognition of this fact Is seen in the title of admiral of the port bestowed on the lord mayar mayor of cork by edward IV and held by the lords mayor to the present day queenstown Queens town at the head of the outer harbor and practically a part of cork Is the port of call and departure for transatlantic trans atlantic liners this fact has made cork a city of sadness to many tor for perhaps a million or more men and women in largest part mere boys and girls forced by economic pressure to emigrate have there bidden goodby with set faces and streaming eyes eye i to 0 o the land they hey love so well while there are practically no points of if great interest in cork close by Is one me of the best known and most frequently visited spots in all ireland it Is the ruined tower of blarney castle stronghold of cormac mccarthy cCarthy I who legend has it instructed by au an old ld hag lie had rescued to kiss one of it the stones of the tower the famous blarney stone became irresistibly eloquent |