NO VOLLEY OYER COUNTESS’S GRAVE
A QUIET INTERMENT TROOPS AT CEMETERY Reed. 11.53 a.m. DUBLIN, Monday. 1 STRONG force of police and troops was present at the burial of Countess Markievicz, at Glasnevin, occupying positions commanding the grave. Many detectives were among the crowd. No attempt was made to fire a volley over the grave. The burial was to have taken place yesterday but the actual interment was delayed until to-day. When the coffin reached the graveside yesterday it was found that the rules of the trades unions forbid burials on Sundays. The procession had marched eight miles to the Glasnevin cemetery in the broiling heat. Another dramatic episode occurred when the procession reached the graveyard. The mourners found there a double line of armed soldiers. The Government had sent them to prevent a volley being fired over the grave of the countess. Finally, after Mr. Eamonn de Valera had delivered an oration over the open grave, the coffin was placed in c vault to await the real burial to-day. —A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 100, 19 July 1927, Page 9
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