MR. GRIFFITH'S FUNERAL
. '■'. :{::- ■" -•:\',/ '■ ;Vlio^r»ON; 17th' August; ;.'■': ;"Mr; Griffith was; buriedI: in Glasrieyiri Cemetery;.. '.'.Mr; CbsgroveV theiaCtingbhairnian of the :■ Govern---ment;;'in^''''hu'\.tgMv«si^e.Aj^ati6iii<'!Baid'. : that'-M^'iG^fiitl^^hayingt^signed^^e1: -treaty,'1 ''had/ no -dishrfnest' reserVatidns, > "but a;' fixed determination^ to: deal'- fairly: .'with'.thei-Britishv as ; they dealt fairly" with, us;"-';- S.v;:",';■: ■'.:'.•■;':';. : ;-.;v'.-•.;■'■.■• ;;:. ;"..■;..'•■ f:r Sorrbwihg..;people y-travelled from; all parts.;of:'the:.,country'. : tb;pay:.their last respijcta,, to;,.MiV- wiffith at .Dublin;:' Never;befdre:-has.■ thereibeen" seen: .siicH" ;a.; demonstration ;in ■ The 6 ceVemonies began :'with' Befliuienr High Mass \ in. i the .;'■; Cathedral; ,•.; The > ; coffin;, was .'dri^>^;:;in.-^-'^een^;;wMte;.-.-..: and;-:yBllow. vfl^/'>^,Tne'':,^dhbiiih6p.':of.v-'PuWih;''Fro-hbunced final ■ absolution,'and.:, then ithe ,'cdffln Ayas borrie by ;Mr; Cpllina; (wearing the CommanderTin-Chief's green and gold braided unijtorra)).- members: vof ; the Cabinet,.: and other; annyJofficers; to :■ trie \Heaise.'-^v;AiV,'''tEe.-''gra>yeSide ) -, '■. after" Mr.; James Cos'grove; had • delivered a funeral oration,' the1 ''Last;Post''': was ■ sounded,S and th'e;great crowd'i;knelt" : in.'silfent; 'prayer.:j-;- \-S -r^ r:'r*y:i :.^:-;"VV,-?i'.-::v, ''■'
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 42, 18 August 1922, Page 7
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129MR. GRIFFITH'S FUNERAL Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 42, 18 August 1922, Page 7
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