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| PARNELL MEMORIAL PROCESSION, DUBLIN. -It has been the custom of the political followers of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, headed by John E. Redmond, M. P., to organize a memorial procession on each anniversary of his death, which occurred on October 7, 1891. The sketch shows the head of the column proceeding to Glasnevin Cemetery, where the remains of the great Irish leader are interred, over the superb O'Connell bridge, while throngs of people stand respectfully on each side of the paraders, as they slowly march on their mournful pilgrimage to the flower-covered grave of the immortal patriot. Behind the carriages tramp in solid array the National Societies and Organized Trades of Dublin, who always present a fine appearance. Following these come the various delegations from the country, rank on rank. Every organization is preceded by a band, playing airs appropriate to the occasion. Dublin has always been famous for its funeral parades-the most notable having been those of O'Connell, Terence Bellew MacManus, the Manchester Martyrs-a mock funeral because they were buried in quicklime in Salford prison, England-and that of Parnell himself. At the MacManus funeral, in November, 1861, several Irish soldiers of the Dublin garrison joined in the procession, and uncovered their heads, like the rest, when they passed the theatre of Robert Emmet's execution. These men were sent immediately "on foreign service." |
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