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Worldwide at bostonirish.com All contents copyright © 2010 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. ICCNE’s Festival Offers Fine Tastes of Irish Culture September 17-19 at Canton Campus By Sean Smith Special to the BIR One of Greater Boston’s most enduringly popular Irish music and cultural events will pass a significant milestone this month when the Irish Cul- tural Centre of New England (ICCNE) hosts the 20th annual Irish Festival at its campus in Canton Sept. 17-19. Highlights of the festival will include performances by the internationally renowned bal- lad group The High Kings; the band McPeake, which carries on the tradition of one of Ire- land’s most famous music fami- lies; acclaimed Irish-American singer Andy Cooney, whose repertoire ranges from classic Irish ballads to more contem- porary sounds; Canadian band Glengarry Bhoys; and contemporary singer- songwriter Padraig Allen and Families and children will find plenty of enjoyment at the The Whole Shabang. Irish Cultural Centre festival in Canton this month. In addition to music — the line-up also includes local then moved to its present-day people from all over North performers Erin’s Melody, The location in 2004, when it took America,” says Festival Chair- Gobshites, the Andy Healy on a more international and man Seamus Mulligan. “It’s Band, Curragh’s Fancy and musically diverse character as affordable, easy to get to, offers Erin Og as well as Comhaltas the Irish Connections Festival free parking, is handicapped Ceoltoiri Eireann, and Ceol and later the ICONS Festival. accessible and gives people a ‘The Real Thing Tradisiunta na hEireann — the Last year, the festival was real taste of greater Boston’s festival will feature dancing, organized on a smaller scale rich Irish cultural heritage.” films, cultural exhibits and and with more of a local and This year, the festival’s local- from Day One’ children’s activities. regional focus. regional flavor will be supple- Sean Patrick O’Malley as Priest The ICC Festival began at “The ICC’s festival is a won- mented by the five headline Stonehill College in Easton, derful family event and it draws (Continued on page 19) By Greg O’Brien Special to the BIR When Sean Patrick O’Malley was ten, growing up in rural Penn- From a Dream to Reality, sylvania, he embraced the road less traveled. He drove with his father to a Franciscan retreat house to gather his older brother after a weekend stay. They came upon an old friar working the Making Our Irish Music CD rocky fields. “We talked to him for a long time,” the son recalls. “When I was back in the car, BIR Profile my dad turned to me and said: ‘That’s the (Three Days in the Dream happiest man in the world!’ This man didn’t have a beautiful wife, he didn’t have a fancy car, he was hoeing … Ten Months in the Doing) the field under the hot sun, but somehow I knew my father was right. The feeling never left me.” By Susan Gedutis Lindsay in genres ranging from clas- That passion prevails today as Cardinal Archbishop of Boston Special to the BIR sical, jazz, top-40, to heavy Sean Patrick O’Malley prepares for yet another pilgrimage—a We do things differently at metal. If you are a fan of Celtic mixed blessing of sorts: a return to , where he spent bliss- the Lindsay household. Last Fiddle Festival’s groundbreak- ful visits as a boy, but a country today paralyzed by a shameful October, when most respect- ing Rendezvous album (Johnny sex abuse scandal in the heart of the Irish church. Sadly, it’s an able couples were booking leaf- Cunningham, Kevin Burke, all-too-familiar pastoral landscape for a man who found bound- peeping vacations in Vermont, Christian LeMaître), then you my husband Steve and I booked know Rob’s work. He’s really (Continued on page 6) three days at Sounds Interesting good. Studios, a professional record- The Recording ing facility in Middleborough, There are many ways to record Mass., to record an Irish music a CD. Some folks do it live, mean- CD. We thought that would be ing the musicians play all at the plenty of time to get most of it same time, in the same room. done. Oh, sure. … Now, it’s ten Usually, they’ll play the same months later and we’re just song numerous times, and keep about finished! Following is an only the best takes. We tried Susan and Steve Lindsay hard account of the making of our first this approach first, but quickly at work on their CD. studio CD, “From the Green to abandoned ship. “Listening tween a magnifying glass and the Blue,” a world-music-influ- back, you and Steve would find the sun’s hot rays: Suddenly, enced take on Irish traditional flaws that you couldn’t live all that heat was focused on us and contemporary music. with,” Engineer Rob said. “You and we were the proverbial leaf, The Planning Stage were actually looking for more ready to burst into flames. Ouch! We began planning for this perfection than I was – and it Live, one can get away with a recording last year, at the re- made more sense to record you few wrong notes, an out-of-tune lease of our first CD. That one individually so that we could instrument, a mixed up vocal was a live recording, but now isolate each person’s sound and line. But a recording must stand we yearned for more: the truly punch in fixes [correct errors].” up to repeated listening, and creative challenge that only a I had expected that since we those little mix-ups can really professional studio presents. So were going for a natural and burn you up over time. we called our friend, recording edgy sound, we wouldn’t need to Rob has recorded several Cardinal Sean O’Malley greeted young people in the newly engineer Rob Pemberton, who be so persnickety about details, Celtic records and he says that renovated St. Peter’s Teen Center during a ceremony held has been at this for 24 years, but I was wrong. When Rob said recording Irish music is no dif- there in February of 2009. and in that time has recorded “We’re rolling…” it felt like we ferent than any other style; his Photo courtesy Catholic Charities. more albums than he can count, were positioned precisely be- (Continued on page 13) Page 2 September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com

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Sister Marguerite Kelly, Executive Director of the Irish Pastoral Centre, and Steve Greeley, Executive Director of The American Ireland Fund. Photo by Bill Brett. American Ireland Fund Donates Minibus to IPC The Irish Pastoral Centre, with as- reliable transportation to an array of sistance from The American Ireland Irish Pastoral Centre activities as well Fund, has purchased a 13- passenger as to activities in the wider community. minibus that has been adapted to serve The camaraderie of traveling on a bus the transportation needs of older and keeps community connections alive.” frail members of the community. Steve Greeley, Executive Director of The At the dedication last month, Pasto- American Ireland Fund said, “While we ral Centre director Sister Marguerite focus primarily on projects in Ireland, Kelly said, “Thanks to the generous North and South, we are always seeking support of The American Ireland Fund, to help our local community as well. The we are delighted to offer a vital trans- Irish Pastoral Centre provides a much- portation service to older community needed support to elderly members of Bruins Will Play members living in the Greater Boston the community and we are happy to be area. With the new minibus, our vol- of assistance.” in This Fall unteer drivers can now provide free, The Boston Bruins, one of the six history,” Kelman said. “On Saturday the original professional ice hockey teams in 2nd of October, the Bruins will play the the National Hockey League, will make Belfast Giants Elite League Selects, a a stopover in Belfast, , unified team made up of the best players on the way to the Czech Republic, where from the Belfast Giants, together with they will play two games to officially open the best players selected from other the 2010/2011 NHL season. teams in the UK Elite League. … “This In Belfast, the B’s will play an exhi- is a once in a lifetime chance to see one bition match as a final wrap-up to the of the world’s greatest ice hockey teams teams’ pre-season matches. The game play against the Belfast Giants Selects will be hosted by the Belfast Giants, who celebrate their 10th anniversary who compete in a European league. Gi- of playing at the iconic Odyssey Arena, ants general manager Tdd Kelman is Belfast, which opened a decade ago.” reaching out to “get the word out” about More information about travel and the first-ever NHL team appearance on accommodation packages for the Boston the island. weekend visit are available online at “The legendary Boston Bruins of the discovernorthernireland, and gotobel- National Hockey League (NHL) are fast.Game tickets are priced between coming to Belfast for the first time in $62 and $110. Folklore Laid Out in McGowan Novel All descendants of Ireland know the stories passed down around ancient A gathering at the “Irish Night”: Jay Hooley, President & CEO of State Street stories of folklore from the Island. The hearths from generation to generation Corporation, Joe Corcoran, Chairman of Corcoran Jennison Companies, and weave a warm tapestry that continues Steve Greeley, Executive Director of The American Ireland Fund. to fuel the imaginations of our little Photo by Lynn Gonsalves. ones, who listen eagerly to fairytales and marvel at the legends. And so it is with L.J. McGowan’s new novel Queen of the Mountain: The Leg- American Ireland Fund end of Arthur’s Seat. The author tells the story of Kathryn and Billy Murphy, American siblings who find themselves Holds Fete on Cape living with their grandfather in Bally- On Fri., Aug. 13, the American Ireland Chancellor of UMASS Medical Center run, Ireland. As they become familiar Fund (AIF) held its first “Irish Night on and his wife Maryellen, Jack Sebastian with their new life, they listen as the men Cape Cod” event on the Ocean Terrace of Goldman Sachs and his wife Alissa, of the town tell the stories of Arthur’s at Ocean Edge Resort and Golf Club in and Steve Greeley, Executive Director Seat, a great mountain dominating Brewster. The event was hosted by Joe of The American Ireland Fund and his their landscape – and the Otherworld Corcoran, Chairman of Corcoran Jenni- wife Jan. that it holds. son Companies, and his wife Rose. Over the past 35 years, The American Entranced by the stories, the young- Among the guests attending were Ireland Fund has helped advance the sters discover great truths behind the Jay Hooley, President & CEO of State work of more than 1,200 organizations myths – and have great adventures along Street Corporation and his wife Linda, that counter sectarianism, preserve Irish the way. Using ingenuity and harnessing John Mahoney, Vice Chairman & CFO culture, strengthen community develop- the spirit that the mountain holds, they of Staples, Inc. and his wife Rose, John ment and assist those in need in Ireland discover the magic of the land- and the Hailer of Natixis, John Grady of Moelis & and US. Today, The Ireland Funds have great truth of their own family. Company and his wife Ann, Scott Powers raised over $350 million. They have a Queen of the Mountain: The Legend of of State Street Global Advisors and his presence in 12 countries and host over Arthur’s Seat by L.J. McGowan. Infinity wife Nancy, Dave Greaney of Synergy 100 events per year attended by over Publishing and his wife Kathy, Dr. Michael Collins, 40,000 people. Page 4 September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com Publisher’s Notebook Commentary Look to our colleges Reduced Corporate Taxes May Help as affordable option, in the North’s Struggle With Finances Ireland is saying By Joe Leary almost 70 percent of the North’s economy is gener- Special to the BIR ated by London spending. Obviously these are not By Ed Forry Like most of the world today, Northern Ireland is sustainable conditions and the suspicion is that the High school seniors and their parents looking for facing an uncertain financial future. But unlike most new Conservative government, faced with damaging another, more affordable option for college should countries, it is an unsettled society, just emerging from deficits, will try to bring change. consider the colleges and universities in Ireland. That’s 40 traumatic years of tragedy after tragedy. Although Prime Minister David Cameron has warned of the message being delivered by Ireland’s Minister for Northern Ireland now has its local, self-governing “painful decisions” that must be made, that will mean Education and Science, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan, who assembly, the purse strings are still controlled in cutting, “some things that we genuinely value.” He will be in Boston late this month London where the new conservative government is claims he has a “duty to cut back.” This year, for in- to promote an Irish government taking severe steps to limit spending while keeping stance, government spending in Northern Ireland has marketing effort to attract Ameri- the government running. been cut by over $800 million. Perhaps not so much can high school students to enroll Naturally, as with all political by American standards but massive to the Northern in Irish colleges and universities. parties, the leaders will favor their Ireland ministers who make the cuts at home. A one-day “Education Ireland own constituencies and come down The newspaper reports that Peter Student Fair” is set for Septem- harder on those who did not sup- Hain, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, ber 27, at the Newton Marriott. port them. has warned that public spending cutbacks will be The mission is being organized by The new British leadership owes an “absolute disaster” for the North – with potential Enterprise Ireland, a government nothing to the people of Northern dangers for the peace process. Ireland. None of the eighteen re- The Conservatives are now working on the 2011 Ed Forry agency that promotes educational and business ties. cently elected Northern Ireland budget, which will be published on Oct. 20. Nick Marmion, the Toronto-based Enterprise Ire- members of London’s parliament The silver lining in all this, is the distinct possibility land’s senior vice president for Education Services belong to the party in power. In that what are now called “Regional Assemblies (includ- ing Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) might be in North America, said the student fair is targeting fact, eight of the elected members Joe Leary allowed to set their own corporate tax rates in order to high school seniors to enroll full-time in a college or are Nationalists or Republicans attract new investment from both the United States and university in Ireland. officially committed to a United Ireland by joining the six Northern Ireland counties the rest of Europe. Leading businessmen in Northern “The focus in Boston is on four things,” Marmion said Ireland – most notably Sir George Quigley, a Unionist in an interview. “Meeting Irish masters students from to the Republic in the South. The population of the United Kingdom is approxi- and former Chairman of the Bank, have advo- MIT and BC and US university contacts of the Irish cated for several years that in order to compete with Universities at a reception; a visit by the Tánaiste to mately 61.5 million people. England has 51.5 million, Scotland 5.2 million, Wales 3 million, and tiny North- the Republic, Northern Ireland must have the same Boston College; a breakfast briefing for high school tax rate. Ireland’s corporate tax rate is 12.5 percent counselors to tell them more about undergraduate ern Ireland 1.8 million. The center of British power and leadership is in London and to most government while in the North the tax rate ( the British system study in Ireland; [and] an Education Ireland Student rate) is 28 percent. Fair so that students and parents can find out more and community leaders, Northern Ireland is simply a problem. It is largely the attention and support from Although Unionists have for years fought any sort directly from the colleges about studying in Ireland.” of equalization with the South, the Belfast Telegraph He says the event “is the start of a two-year push to Irish America that mandates London’s actions in Northern Ireland. reports that Executive Minister Arlene Foster, a hard- promote Ireland in the US as a destination for junior line Unionist member of the DUP, confirmed that year abroad, undergraduate studies, and masters It is generally agreed that Northern Ireland cannot sustain itself as a separate entity. Therefore, since the despite negotiating with her department, 21 potential programs.” investors had located in the Republic because taxes The Boston Irish Consulate is assisting in organizing six counties were partitioned from Ireland in the early 1920’s, the British government has funded its public were lower in the South. the mission and getting word out to high school seniors, Equalization steps might be difficult over the short parents and counselors. The education trade fair will sector costs. As a result, nearly one third of all jobs are in public service. In most countries that number term in the South, but any moves to bring North and be “a key part of (the Tanasite’s) visit for students South closer would be welcome. who may be interested in pursuing third level stud- is about 20 percent. It has also been estimated that ies in Ireland,” said Vice Consul Deirdre Ní Fhallúin “There are some great opportunities for US students Off the Bench and I’m sure this will be of interest to many in the community.” Fourteen Irish colleges and universities will be showcased in Boston. Participants include: City University, NUI Galway, NUI May- In the End, No Big Deal nooth, Trinity College Dublin, University College By James W. Dolan was harmed. People of good will soon realized that Cork, University College Dublin, and the University Special to the Reporter tolerance and love are inseparable. You cannot love of ; Institutes of Technology in Athlone, OK, so I was wrong. without accepting things you may not understand. Blanchardstown, Sligo, Letterkenny, and Waterford; The acceptance of gay marriage in Massachusetts With marriage as a civil right, I remain puzzled how the National College of Ireland and Griffith College of has been swift and seamless. The earth didn’t shake, it can be restricted only to persons who have a sexual Dublin. Also participating is IOTI, a representative the sky didn’t fall, and skeptics, like me, must admit relationship, be it heterosexual or homosexual. If it body for Ireland’s university-level institutes. there have been no adverse consequences. provides legal benefits to them, why should it not also The mission is the first step in a marketing effort an- A supporter of civil unions, I believed marriage was be available to persons with committed, loving rela- nounced in March by Taoiseach Brian Cowen to bring a term that should only be applied to heterosexual tionships that do not involve sex; for example relatives the sons and daughters of Irish emigrants all over the unions for historic, moral, and religious reasons. That or friends who live together and enjoy a longstanding, world to study in Ireland. The Ireland Homecoming for obvious reasons the union between persons of the devoted, loving relationship? Study Programme (IHSP) will offer reduced tuition same sex was different; not less loving or lasting or Is sex between the parties implicitly required for them costs of up to 40 percent less than the standard rate fulfilling, only different. to secure the benefits available to married couples? for non-EU students. The program aims to attract It was their use of the term “marriage” that I objected What is the public policy behind mandating a sexual over 500 students over the next three years. to but I have changed my mind. I understand now component to marriage? IHSP studies report that the current worldwide how important the use of that term is to those who I will leave that conundrum to the courts to decide recession has reduced the cost of living in Ireland, sought the right to be married. Anything less would when Rose and Kathleen, two spinster sisters who have and an over-supply of rental accommodation gives have placed them in a separate class – one that despite lived together for a long time in a supportive, loving the students the power to drive rents down. It’s a equal rights – would connote inferiority relationship decide they wish to take advantage of the “win-win situation in a country where the average In a secular society that would have been unfair. legal advantages available only to married couples. third-level institution tuition fees start at around Validation required something more than just equal Perhaps the courts will call them “civil unions.” $11,000, depending on the course and duration of rights; it required acceptance and that could not be It is remarkable how quickly gay marriages have stay,” according to Education Ireland. achieved with a different label. been absorbed into our local culture particularly when After Boston, the mission delegates will continue For heterosexuals of my generation, it was cataclys- you consider the turmoil surrounding other civil rights to Chicago and St. Louis. More information about mic, a shredding of ancient traditions and beliefs. The struggles. Apparently we were ready for it. attending college in Ireland is available online at world would slip on its axis if the natural order of things The lesson to be learned is the elevation of gay rela- educationireland.ie. was challenged. But then nothing happened. It made tionships in no way has diminished traditional mar- no difference to us but so much to them. riage. They are just different branches on the same tree. The new order was accepted in the commonwealth So get over it. I did. It’s here to stay. with nary a blip. What was thought to be revolutionary James W. Dolan is a retired Dorchester District Court Boston Irish quickly became routine. Many benefited and nobody judge who now practices law. REPORTER Lowell Dig Seeking Irish Settlement The Boston Irish Reporter is published monthly by: Six UMass Lowell students have joined with an ar- dishware and hearth remnants that will provide clues Boston Neighborhood News, Inc., cheological team from a Belfast university to investigate about the lives of the Irish who emigrated to Lowell 150 Mt. Vernon St., Suite 120, Dorchester, MA 02125 the site of an early 19th century Irish settlement at St. looking for work during the Great Famine, a period [email protected] www.bostonirish.com Patrick’s Church in Lowell. The archeological dig, part of mass starvation, disease and emigration in Ireland Mary C. Forry, President (1983-2004) of a series of international centers under development between 1845 and 1852. at the university, is the result of a collaborative agree- “The team chose the lawn of the church since early Edward W. Forry, Publisher ment between the Center for Irish Partnerships and records state the Irish were building their shanties and Thomas F. Mulvoy Jr., Managing Editor Queen’s University in Northern Ireland. developing their community in the spot as early as 1822,” William P. Forry, Contributing Editor “Our priority with these centers is to provide our gradu- said UMass Lowell spokesman Dave McKean. “The team Peter F. Stevens, Contributing Editor ates with a global perspective, one that will contribute hoped to uncover some vestige of those pioneer Irish. to their career success. The opportunities the centers In one week, in 2 small pits, they found 1352 artifacts. News Room: (617) 436-1222 Ads : (617) 436-1222 provide will deepen their understanding of multiple They range from clay marbles, to oyster shells, to pot- Fax: (617) 825-5516 [email protected] cultures, which in today’s shrinking world, is no longer tery, to a clay pipe.” optional, but required,” said Chancellor Marty Meehan. “These early Irish people established a community that On The Web at www.bostonirish.com “This archeological dig is one of many concrete ways that survived discrimination and socio-economic limitations Date of Next Issue: October, 2010 students are already benefiting from our agreements to become an integral part of Lowell’s development in Deadline for Next Issue: Monday, September 20, at 2 p.m. with notable universities around the world.” the 19th century,” said Frank Talty, director of academic Published monthly in the first week of each month. Led by visiting archeologists from Queen’s University, programs in the College of Arts and Sciences and co- The Boston Irish Reporter is not liable for errors appearing in advertisements the students began excavating and cataloging artifacts director of the Center for Irish Partnerships. As part of beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. The right is reserved by The at the church site. Irish canal workers lived on the the exchange program, the students will also excavate Boston Irish Reporter to edit, reject, or cut any copy without notice. land while they built St. Patrick’s, beginning in the an abandoned rural settlement in County Fermanagh, year 1831. The excavation team was expecting to find Northern Ireland, next summer. Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 5 Boston College and the Irish Way: Connected at Birth, and Still At It By Matthew DeLuca Though other races, creeds, and reli- dimensions. A student of American and Irish-Amer- Special to the BIR gions have always been represented at For Niamh Lynch, who moved to the ican history, she said BC appealed to Today, it sits just outside the most BC, the university has from its begin- United States from Ireland with her her in part because she knew it had a ethnically Irish of American cities, but nings been proud of its Irish-Catholic family when she was in high school, strong connection to Ireland. “When I in the mid-19th century, Boston College heritage. In the early 21st century, maintaining a link between Boston was coming here I knew that BC had was basically a local school in Boston’s however, with the full flow of Irish im- College and Ireland is part of her job an office in Dublin, and I’ve been there South End neighborhood providing a migrants to America a chapter in the description. Lynch is a director of the before and talked to them,” McEvoy Jesuit-Catholic education to the sons history books, the question of just what university’s Irish Institute, which said. “If I want to go back to Ireland of recent Irish-Catholic immigrants. that Irish-American heritage means brings intellectuals, students, public some day, BC is known there.” at Boston College has taken on new officials, and other Irish citizens to the McEvoy said that while BC today United States for ten-day tours. “The could probably be more accurately char- Irish Institute provides a sort of profes- acterized as Catholic than Irish, there sional development and educational is plenty on campus that reflects the programming for people from North- school’s Irish heritage, from the names ern Ireland and from the Republic of of virtually all of its Jesuit presidents Ireland,” Lynch said. “The Institute’s to the names on the buildings to perfor- work is sort of creating this living link mances of Irish music. In other ways, between Ireland and Boston College.” she said, Irish and Irish-American Lynch said that programs such as culture have diverged, and that, too, those run by the Irish Institute help is reflected on campus. “In ways there to ensure that the connection between are certain things that are done at BC Boston College and its Irish roots do not that would be similar to, say, some of become a matter of pure reminiscence. the lectures, the same sort of discussions The Institute’s programs create a flow that are going on in Dublin,” McEvoy of people and information, she said, “so said. “I have been to the musical nights that there are not just nostalgic times, and they are very pleasant, but they and so there are links along which are a certain type of Irish culture. I information and best practices can be liked a certain traditional music as I shared and transferred.” was growing up, but that wasn’t all I Joseph Nugent, who was also born listened to.” in Ireland, is a professor in the Eng- For some, finding Irish culture at lish Department at BC, but his work, BC means starting it themselves. Kyra which includes teaching courses on Shekitka founded the BC dance team , Irish language, and Irish as an undergraduate three years ago, modernism, overlaps with that of the when she noticed that there wasn’t any Irish Studies department. Created in formal group on campus with which 1978, the Irish Studies program allows she could indulge in the occasional jig Boston College students to take classes or reel. “I competed in Irish dancing with faculty who specialize in aspects since age five, at regional competitions of Irish history and culture. and national competitions,” Shekitka “The Irish Studies program at Boston said. She did not plan on continuing College maintains a very high profile to dance seriously in college, but at a Shown here in black and white are two of the colorful within the local Boston community event on campus she happened to sit works of art that are part of the “Literary Lives: Portraits through a series of public events open to behind another undergraduate, Eileen from the Crawford Art Gallery and Abbey Theatre” ex- all,” Nugent said. “The program keeps Cobos, whom she recognized from her in close touch with Ireland through time spent dancing competitively. The hibit that is opening Sept. 4 at the McMullen Museum of student and faculty exchange with Ire- two joined with Matt Mara, another Art at Boston College and running through Dec. 5. Above, land and by regularly inviting the most student interested in Irish dance, and Edward McGuire’s “Portrait of Anthony Cronin, 1977. Oil important intellectuals from Ireland to founded a team that has since grown speak on campus.” to include 32 dancers. on canvas, 60 x 72 cm. Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. Below, Nugent completed his PhD at UC One does not have to be an expert or Robert Ballagh’s “Portrait of Laurence Sterne.” Oil on Berkeley, then became an assistant scholar of Irish history to participate in canvas, 74 x 156 cm. Private collection. professor at BC five years ago. He said the Irish culture at BC, Shekitka said. that Boston College was more enthu- “It’s not like you have to be a major or siastic about Irish heritage than other a minor, an experienced Irish fiddle universities he knew. “My interest in player or player,” she said. twentieth-century Irish literature, par- But for Ellen Regan, Class of 2011, ticularly the writings of James Joyce, the sound of a tin whistle is a perfect and my work in teaching the Irish lan- metaphor for Irish culture on campus. guage fitted perfectly with BC’s needs,” “In my sophomore year I lived with Nugent said. “Teaching BC’s exciting someone who played the Irish tin and demanding students is a privilege.” whistle – I grew up listening to Irish Grainne McEvoy is a student in BC’s music and it was very nice,” Regan said. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, “I don’t know how much our neighbors and a native of Newry, County Down. enjoyed it.”

BC’s McMullen Museum Simon of Cyrene Offers ‘Literary Lives’ Exhibit Breakfast The McMullen Museum of Art at Peter Murray, “Often the portraits are “Every time I think of you I thank God... God is the one who began this good work in you...” Boston College is the exclusive venue an expression of respect. Jonathan Swift - St. Paul. Letter to the Phillipians for “Literary Lives: Portraits from is depicted by his friend Francis Bindon, the Crawford Art Gallery and Abbey while over two centuries later, the poet The annual Simon of Cyrene Breakfast will be dedicated in memory of Rev. Msgr. Theatre, Ireland.” Organized by the Michael O’Shiadhail is painted by his Thomas J. McDonnell, co-founder with Sister Peggy Youngclaus. Father Tom passed Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, Ireland, friend Michael O’Dea. Patrick Hen- and the McMullen in collaboration with nessy’s portrait of his friend Elizabeth away on June 14, 2009. BC’s Irish Studies faculty and Burns Bowen is clearly a celebration of the The Breakfast will be served Library, the exhibit will be on display writer’s home and heritage, while Norah from Sept. 4 through Dec. 5. McGuinness’s image of Frank O’Connor Sunday Sept 12, 2010 Over the last several centuries, a is an intimate portrayal of one of Cork’s Anthony’s Pier 4 number of Irish artists have produced greatest writers. 9 a.m- 12 noon compelling portraits of Irish writers in “Such details as clothing, accessories, painting, sculpture, and photography, and backgrounds add information about according to exhibition organizers. Many the person depicted, Murray notes “The The committee will continue the mission that Fr. Tom initiated, of these portraits were either commis- materials of which the portrait is made “Making the Goodness of God alive by sharing, instructing, advis- sioned or purchased by various Irish are also important, as are some of the ing, consoling, feeling and praying with the community of people national collections. This exhibition less tangible aspects, such as the time who are disabled and their families.” comprises more than 50 of the finest taken in creating the work of art. A The Society continues the monthly Days of Prayer in Somerville examples from two of the most signifi- swift snapshot by photographer John at the Little Sisters of the Poor, and the Family Masses in South cant of these collections: the Crawford Minihan can be a telling portrait, while Boston. This summer, some 125 persons from 25 families were Gallery in Cork and the Abbey Theatre in an oil painting by Edward McGuire, cre- able to enjoy the Cape Cod vacation houses in Brewster. Dublin. Literary Lives combines visual ated slowly over many sittings, gives a We do realize that there are many demands on your goodness and generosity in this portraiture with a wide range of rare different but equally compelling insight difficult year, and we appreciate the faithful support in the past and hope that it can books, manuscripts, letters, illustra- into both artist and sitter.” continue, Please join us at Pier 4 on September 12. tions and objects selected from Boston On Sept. 5, the public is invited to join Breakfast tickets are $35, Donations may be made to the Simon of Cyrene Society, College’s John J. Burns Library of Rare BC community members at an opening P.O. Box 54, South Boston, MA 02127. Books and Special Collections to explore celebration at the Museum from 7 to 9 questions about the literary life, both p.m. Live Irish music will be featured personal and professional, and reveal during a coffee and dessert reception. SIMON OF CYRENE SOCIETY how different materials offer windows The event is free of charge. For more onto various aspects that life. information, please call 617-552-8587. Says Crawford Art Gallery Director Page 6 September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com BIR Profile As Priests Go, Sean Patrick O’Malley ‘Was the Real Thing from Day One’ (Continued from page 1) less happiness many years ago sweating under sizzling summer skies. Next month the cardinal will travel to Rome to prepare for his additional duties as an “apostolic visitor” to the abuse-wracked Dublin archdiocese—an assignment from Pope Benedict XVI that entails exploring “more deeply questions concerning the handling of cases of abuse and the assistance owed to the victims.” A Vatican statement issued in late May said that O’Malley “will also be asked to monitor the effectiveness of, and seek possible improvements to, the current procedures for preventing abuse.” He has been monitoring the situation by read- ing on his Kindle. In all, Pope Benedict has named nine prelates to investigate reports of widespread child abuse in Ireland’s Catholic institutions. For O’Malley, now 66, this is the fourth time in his ecclesiastical career that he has been sent to a diocese severely wounded by clergy abuse. In the 1990s he was confronted with abuse cases as the bishop of Fall River, a diocese then reeling from the unrelenting pedophilia of the Rev. James P. Porter, accused of molesting more than 100 children. In 2002, he was named bishop of Palm Beach in Florida where his two immedi- ate predecessors had admitted sexually abusing minors. Less than a year later, he was named archbishop of Boston, the fourth largest see in the U.S., replac- ing Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who had resigned in disgrace over his failure to remove sexually abusive priests from Cardinal O’Malley blessing the remains of Edward M. Kennedy at his funeral at the Mission Church in Roxbury last ministry. year. (AP Photo/Brian Snyder) Before facing the problems of clerical abuse, he was the bishop of the Diocese of the handling of cases of abuse?” establish a community of believers. We particularly in the late 1970s at The St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, assist- It’s hard to explain asking for a “col- have responsibilities to each other and to Kenesaw, a decrepit apartment building ing the poor and disenfranchised on that lective forgiveness from those who have the church. The only way you can do this sited in one of the district’s most destitute Caribbean isle. Years ago in a homily, he suffered abuse and from their families,” is to be part of a body. You can’t be a free areas that attracted low-lifers. When joked in jest about his sun-drenched as- said O’Malley. “The whole Catholic agent out there. It is very difficult, if not the building’s owner refused to provide signments caring for the disenfranchised community is ashamed and anguished impossible, to live a life of righteousness tenants with essential services like heat, in “lovely vacation spots,” noting that because of the pain and damage inflicted on one’s own without the support and hot water, and pest control, then served his Capuchin friar mentor often asked, on so many young people.” witness of a community of faith. them with eviction notices after deciding “When will you get a real job?” Upon his Dressed in the humble 500-year-old “Walking in the mission to evangelize to sell the structure, O’Malley moved into appointment to Boston, he asked back, trademark rough brown robe and open and make disciples of all nations is not the building himself, taking two rooms— “Does this count?” scandals of a Franciscan order dedicated a suggestion. It’s a command. When we one to sleep on the floor; the other for a The young man who went to that to serving the poor, Cardinal O’Malley is cut ourselves off from the community chapel. He then helped tenants fight the retreat house in Pennsylvania so many an individual who bridges generations of faith, we deprive ourselves of the eviction, paint and repair the building, years ago surely would have been stag- – a Renaissance man who has studied strength that comes from the witness and organize it into a cooperative, which gered to know that one day he would be seven languages, a no-nonsense, what- of the community.” ultimately secured enough funding from appointed by the Vatican as a healer of you-see-is-what-you-get servant of God While the Almighty is surely at the public agencies to purchase the building souls and minds within the clergy and who knows instinctively that to get core of the cardinal’s faith, he drew much on behalf of the tenants. with hundreds of abuse victims and their redemption, you must give it. strength and encouragement as a boy “He wanted to make a statement that families. “Growing up, I was oblivious His devotion to this scriptural principle from his devout parents. Born on June not only was he going to help these people, to this problem,” the soft-spoken prel- has been tested in O’Malley’s work as 29, 1944, in Lakewood, Ohio and raised he was going to share their needs and ate said in a lengthy interview in his his simple faith has grown expansively. in western Pennsylvania, he entered the anxieties,” a Kenesaw community activ- simple office at the archdiocese’s Pastoral A fellow seminary student once told the Saint Fidelis Minor Seminary at age 12. ist and attorney for the tenants told the Center in Braintree, the site in stark Boston Herald, “Most of us were ballplay- His father Ted, was a hard-working sec- Washington Post in a 2002 interview. contrast to the archdiocesan splendor ers hoping to be priests one day. Sean was ond generation Irish American with roots “God does not force us,” says O’Malley. of earlier years. “If you had asked me a little priest the whole way through… in County Mayo, and his mother, Marie “He invites us. It’s a matter of love. Love then what pedophilia was, I wouldn’t He was the real thing from Day One.” Louise (Reidy), belonged to a family that is not a shotgun wedding. Love is lay- know—much less how to spell it. I was The cardinal has the standing of a came from Clare. “My parents were very ing down your life for a person. Mother raised in a religious family and never disciple as he asks for forgiveness and religious and involved in the parish,” he Teresa once said, ‘Give God permission.’ heard of it. We had nothing but trust for tries to persuade those who have turned recalls. “We always prayed together as a What a profound statement. God is the priests and religious who were our away from the Catholic community to family, went to Mass together, and had waiting for us to give Him permission teachers and mentors. To hear later of come back. “Beyond the abuse scandal, family meals together where we shared to come into our hearts. It’s a matter of those cases was horrifying. Having held many people have drifted from the church our lives with each other. The family free will. He doesn’t force Himself. The priests in this regard would have been not because of any particular issue,” he dinner table is the altar of the home. scary thing is that we are free to say no. inconceivable.” says, pausing to collect his thoughts. “For I always worry when I hear stories of If we never discover the Lord, we don’t Equally inconceivable to him was the some, it’s inertia or the commitments of families who do not gather to share.” find that compass. It is very precious, and conclusion of the report late last year by family and work life. We are anxious for At 21, he was professed into the Or- can help us in every way to understand the Irish government-appointed Com- people to rediscover the community of der of Friars Minor Capuchin, and at who we are. God loves us more than we mission to Inquire into Child Abuse: “The faith and the sacraments in the Catholic 26, ordained a priest. After earning a can imagine. His will is the best thing Dublin Archdiocese’s pre-occupations Church. It’s a path to holiness. We live master’s degree in religious education that could ever happen to us.” in dealing with cases of sexual abuse, in a culture that is extremely material- and a Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese Clearly, Sean Patrick O’Malley has at least until the mid 1990s, were the istic, with an evil gravitation to the New literature from the Catholic University given the Lord permission in his life, maintenance of secrecy, the avoidance Age. Christ came to establish a church. of America in Washington, D.C., he and surely, like the ancient friar of his of scandal, the protection of the reputa- Discipleship is not something we can do taught at the school, and established youth, he considers himself fulfilled in tion of the Church, and the preservation on our own.” the Centro Catolico Hispano (Hispanic his work and his church. of its assets. All other considerations, He has questions of his own: “Some Catholic Center) in the capital. It’s an Greg O’Brien, a former political re- including the welfare of children and people say they don’t go to church, but organization founded to offer medical, porter at the Boston Herald and senior justice for victim, were subordinate to they are spiritual. What does that mean? educational, and legal assistance to writer at Boston Magazine, is president these priorities.” A little music, a little poetry, a little immigrants. of Stony Brook Group, a publishing and So how does a cardinal-archbishop ex- ritual. Jesus didn’t come so we could The young friar’s early work in D.C. is political/communications consulting plore “more deeply questions concerning have the warm and fuzzies! He came to legendary in the immigrant community, company based on Cape Cod.

Where in the World Can You Find News about Ourselves & Our Town BostonIrish.Com Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 7 BRETT’S BOSTON By Harry Brett Exclusive photos of Boston Irish people & events

ith more than 45 teams registered in Wthe Boston area, the ICCNE./Irish Cultural Centre 45 acre campus in Canton MA is home to the North East Division of the GAA. Saturdays and Sundays during the summer are busy, with up to ten games being played in one day. The North American County Board (NACB) of the GAA promotes the sports of Hurling, Gaelic Football and Camogie. It is the govern- 1. 2. ing body for those games for men and women, in all 50 states of the US. Last month, the BIR’s Harry Brett spent a warm weekend late August day in Canton to tell the story of the spectators who spend a family fun-filled day at the games.

1.) The McAnespies vs The Celtics - Junior A; 2.) John O’Farrell, Brighton (chairman of Northeast Board of GAA); 3.) Charles and Kathleen Wal- dron, Medway; 4.) Bridget Fleming, Canton; Tom Gallagher, Needham; 5.) Karen and Tom Burke, Berwick, ME; 6.) Phil Maguire, Mansfield; John M. Connolly, Canton (past president ICC); 7.) Ashley Flowers, Milton; Barbara Fleming, Braintree; 8.) Jeff Hunt, Quincy; Kacee Evitts, Harrisburg, PA; 9.) Aidan Murphy and Shauna McGuigan, Norwood; 3. 4. 10.) Teresa Doherty, Aaron Jenkins and Shona Mc- Gonigle, Dorchester; 11.) Niamh and parents Tom and Lisa Stokes, Needham; 12.) Phil Maguire and Tom Gallagher (IIC director) selling tickets for the $30,000 Grand Prize; 13.) Denise and Tom Conlon, Dorchester; 14.) Bernie O’Reilly, Newton (honorary president of North American Country Board); Mike O’Connor, Milton, Boston GAA; 15.) Brendan and Michael Fleming with their mothers Sunny Fleming and Katie Fleming all of Weymouth.

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By Bill O’Donnell assembly. market, it would seem that the mayor almost instantly famous , which Maureen, Majestic At 90 – Ireland’s Sinn Fein is adamantly opposing the could well be outvoted. hosted the Ryder Cup in 2006, and is a most celebrated screen actress and one SDLP plan, accusing its nationalists Northern Lights Shine Bright – monument to gracious styling and cham- of its most enduring exports, Maureen rivals with seeking a reincarnation of First off, following the disastrous four pionship golf, is owned by one of Ireland’s O’Hara, celebrated the dreaded special branch. It could be days of rioting in mid-July there were richest men, Michael Smurfit.But he is her 90th birthday that Sinn Fein has merely begun early fears that the Apprentice Boys Parade facing enormous financial problems. He last month at home campaigning for next year’s local elec- in Derry last month could mean similar and the owners of surrounding properties in Glangarriff, Co. tions, or perhaps they fear that finding problems. To that end some 600 PSNI of- are trying to defer repaying bank loans Cork. A parade of a home for intelligence-gathering within ficers were on hand and the recreational in the face of devastating losses. Loans friends and family the PSNI structure might unearth some rioters and others, thankfully, were used to underwrite the development total called into her home future republican ops that Adams- elsewhere. A peaceful march with no a staggering $70 million, with recent of 40 years on Au- McGuinness and Co. would prefer not incidents and a relief for all concerned. losses of over $10 million. gust 17 to mark the to see bubble to the surface. Stay tuned. Also last month, the Ancient Order of RANDOM CLIPPINGS longevity, warmth, Irish Casino Fortunes Decline – Hibernians from across the globe met Interpol held an international “find and affection that While the debate over the presumed in West Belfast and for the first time in the fugitives” conference in Lyon, the former Maureen future riches have been hotly argued in 30 years the Hibernians had their an- France, this summer to coordinate ef- FitzSimons has the Commonwealth, the Irish may have nual parade in Belfast, walking down forts to locate Whitey Bulger and 450 Bill O’Donnell enjoyed with her a “teachable moment” for those who have the Falls Road to Milltown Cemetery other fugitives. Boston law officials were legion of fans and those she has kept been pushing multiple casinos here for to Clonard car park. The city was a there and had no complaints about the close to her over an adventurous, fulfill- Bay State gamblers. The latest reports blaze of sunshine, color, and music as food in Lyon, considering that it is the ing lifetime. out of Ireland is that the global recession, families lined the streets to cheer on the gourmet capital of France. Bon Appetit! Discovered at age18 by the actor and which has been ripping the hide out of parade. Later, national AOH president … Galway’s famed Druid Theatre will director Charles Laughton, and a full- the Irish economy, is taking an equally Jim Crossan condemned the break- stage Sean O’Casey’s “Silver Tassie” fledged movie star before she was 21, serious toll of Ireland’s casinos. away or dissident republican violence, until Sept. 7 and then tour with it to Maureen, from Ranelagh, Dublin, would Early last month one of Ireland’s and reaffirmed the goal of achieving a Dublin, Cork, Portlaoise, and Ennis. … go on to star in more than 60 Hollywood premier casinos, Silks Casino Club in united Ireland “through peaceful means Tourists over 66 traveling in Ireland may films and become the iconic face of Ire- Dublin’s City Centre, threw in its chips and dialogue.” I can only imagine how make use of the free rail service (up to land instantly recognizable across the and called the liquidator. Busted. But much the late Dave Burke of Lawrence four free trips) by contacting the Irish globe. Of all the films that Ms. O’Hara Silks is hardly alone among the coun- would have loved to have been in West tourist board. has made, she has identified her favor- try’s gaming palaces; many of the plush Belfast that day. Maybe he was looking The Congressman from Hell and the ite movie as John Ford’s “The Quiet table game casinos are in deep trouble. down after ordering the good weather. only GOPer from New York, Peter Man,”(1952), and her favorite leading The Newbay Casino in Wexford recently Way to go, Dave. King, predictably has joined the chorus man as John Wayne. But throughout closed its doors after a steep decline in To dress up Derry, chosen, as most lambasting President Obama for his her six-decade plus screen career, she business. One of Ireland’s largest and readers know as “The City of Culture Islamic Center position. King has firmly shared top billing with leading men such best known casinos, the Fitzwilliam Ca- 2013,” the historic Guildhall is getting planted himself on both sides of that is- as Henry Fonda, Errol Flynn, Alex sino & Card Club is showing a 30 percent a multi-million euro rejuvenation, and sue. Have his constituents no sense of Guinness, Tyrone Power, James drop in revenue in the past year, while those who should know are predicting evil and ignorance? Stewart, Anthony Quinn, Rex Harri- the Sporting Emporium, backed by high- that NI tourism has the potential in the A feisty lady of 80 from Clonakilty, son, John Forsyth and a host of others. profile financierDermot Desmond, has next decade to generate $1.35 million to Cork, is urging Irish women nationally In 1989, Maureen O’Hara came to the racked up over $5 million in losses since the NI economy. All of this followed the to boycott Sunday Mass on Sept. 26 to Hub to accept the Gold Medal Award its 2005 opening. Saville Report. protest the Catholic hierarchy. … David from the Eire Society of Boston. At the There are about 50 casinos operating in Ireland Voted ‘No’ on New Baby Trimble, now Lord Trimble, who helped time she was a few months short of her Ireland, most of them opened in the past Citizenship – Each sovereign country negotiate the Belfast Agreement, doesn’t 69th birthday but the lady —up close decade. The question today is one that has to determine for itself regarding like how it has affected his former party, —looked to be 30 years younger. A tall- asks if the country’s once booming casino citizenship on how it will treat children the moribund Ulster Unionists, so he’s ish 5 feet 8, with a warm smile and an industry is playing a bad hand, or can born of resident parents. There is a right attacking the St. Andrews peace accords. easy laughter, she captivated the society it come back along with an invigorated wing/Republican movement aided by What a stiff. … Pope Benedict XVI, members, including yours truly. She was Irish economy, whenever that happens? some vocal tea-partyers in this country who was making some sounds that sug- easily one of the more accommodating THE QUOTE BOARD to amend the 14th Amendment to the gested he had “gotten it,” just moved a medalists that the society had ever hon- “Mr. Bloomberg is right. New York Constitution to repeal the granting of couple of steps to the rear with his refusal ored, but she had one request that told must not pander to those who insist on automatic citizenship to anyone born to accept the resignations of two Irish us much about Maureen from Glengar- associating all of Islam with the crime here regardless of status. Personally, I bishops who shared blame for ignoring riff. She inquired if we might ask the of 9/11. To do so, to promulgate that think the amendment should stand as child abusers. American Ireland Fund, for whom she lie, would be the greater insult to the is, but the protracted scapegoating of In early August another body was was a staunch supporter, if they would memory of those who died. And, most immigrants and the vindictive assault discovered in the sea below the Cliffs of make a modest donation in her name importantly, it would be to undermine by some on illegal and, yes, legal immi- Moher, the third such find in a two-week to a small community of Catholic nuns the critical task of reaching out to ma- grants in general has given buoyancy to period . They need to build higher fences who were doing great work back home jority, moderate Islam, not only in the this going-nowhere, dead end proposal. or call in the Samaritans. … Startling in Co. Cork. I called the fund’s genial U.S. but around the world, of which Mr. All of which is prelude to noting that statistic re the Irish weather: There were executive director, Bill McNally, at Obama spoke so eloquently in Cairo last in 2004 the in a only 85 hours of sunshine during the the Ireland Fund’s Boston headquarters year. The U.S. does not need a ‘Swiss’ referendum voted overwhelmingly (79 month of July. … Despite the turmoil and because it was Maureen O’Hara, moment. It is bigger and more generous percent public approval) to amend the that DUP leader Peter Robinson has Bill instantly said yes. So instead of the and its commitment to inclusiveness is Irish Constitution and change the law been through in the last eight months modest donation we had expected, the more profound than that.” that had allowed anyone born on Irish (wife busted and bent, his defeat as MP, Ireland Fund contributed a merit grant – Editorial, The Irish Times, Aug. 17. soil to automatically be an Irish (and charges of financial disorder for both him to the good sisters in Ireland of $5,000 Bible In Irish A Click Away – The EU) citizen. There was no serious public and his embattled wife), he remains the in Maureen’s name. Bible in Irish is now available free on the debate, no heated political arguments for leader of the DUP, and he insists he has Maureen has said often that amidst internet. It can be downloaded on your and against what one Irish public health no intention of quitting as First Minister. all the honors and success that she has computer, viewed online in pdf format, official called “maternity tourism.” The Astonishing! … Rupert Murdoch’s Sky enjoyed, she is most proud, and publicly or even viewable on your cell phone. “no” side made some claims of racism Television has agreed to a multi-year so, at being identified as Irish. Brand The Bible, or An Biobla Naofa, which but the two main parties supported the deal with Home Box Office (HBO) to Ireland has never had a better ambas- was translated from English to Gaelic law change and the current Taoiseach, screen their U.S. TV shows beginning sador. May she long reign. in 1981, can be used with free software Brian Cowen, was publicly critical of later this year for Irish SKY subscribers. Burren Pub Taps Magazine Hon- for research and for viewing verses in the ‘No’ vote campaign as Minister for Some interesting programs at the ors – The Burren Pub in Davis Square Irish and English at the same time as Foreign Affairs. JFK Library & Museum in September: (247 Elm St.), Somerville, has been rec- an aid in learning Irish or improving There will be no change in the 14th Novelist & Globeman Jim Carroll, ognized with the Best of Boston Award vocabulary for Irish speakers. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, colum- in the August Boston Magazine. The pub, Project leader John Duffy said “the for good reason. It is a difficult process nist E.J. Dionne, and author Shaun which will mark its 15th anniversary at Bible has been a source of inspiration and the thunderstorms that are pres- Casey discuss politics and religion on its Davis Square location this coming and faith in Ireland. While it has only ently hovering overhead vis-a-vis our Sun., (2-3:30), Sept. 12. On Sept. 22 January, is the fulfillment of a dream been available in print in the Irish lan- unresolved immigration dilemma will (5:30) Ted Sorensen, Marty Nolan, shared by traditional musicians Tommy guage in recent centuries, the release ease somewhat as the economy improves, Russell Baker, and Sander Vanocur McCarthy and Louise Costelloe. of ‘An Biobla Naofa’ on the internet is a it says here. discuss the Nixon-Kennedy debates, and Named for the Co. Clare Burren, a rocky significant step forward in making God’s THE QUOTE BOARD on Sept. 29. (5:30) Justice Stephen expanse of land in western Ireland that word more widely accessible in the Irish “The [Eirigi] council calls on the Dublin Breyer talks with Jeffrey Toobin has unique ancient ties, its local name- language.” Amen. government to abandon its plans to invite about Breyer’s new book. To get a seat sake features live traditional Irish music Debate On Galway Christmas Mar- the British head of state to Ireland and you have to call in advance and make a along with a great pint. ket – If the Galway business association on behalf of the proud citizens of this city reservation (617-514-1643). … Motorists As an old Somerville lad who doesn’t and Bord Failte have their way, the city we declare that Elizabeth Windsor is can now drive on a continuous motor- get back home all that often, I recall as of Galway will host a gigantic Christmas not welcome in Dublin.” way between Dublin and Belfast in 90 a pre-teen setting pins in a bowling alley Wonderland Market. The proposed – Councillor Louise Minihan ex- minutes flat following a $240 million not too many yards away from where the holiday event would run from Nov. 19 to pressing Irish republican sentiments of bypass and road construction. … How Burren is today. Maybe I’ll find my way Dec. 19 and be similar to ones currently the impending visit to Ireland by Queen delightful to learn (belatedly) that Boston back to Elm Street in the not too distant operating successfully at holiday time in Elizabeth. Theatre maven Carmel O’Reilly was future. Congratulations! Vienna, Copenhagen, and Dresden. It is At Risk In The Republic – In the the Monan Professor at Boston College in SDLP Has It Right – The party of hoped that the Galway Christmas mar- past year more than 1,000 rural pubs this past spring semester. Wouldn’t she John Hume is demanding that intel- ket would attract 300,000 pre-Christmas have not renewed their licenses. Hard- add some heft to the already stunning ligence operations on the ground in visitors to the city and generate some est hit counties have been Donegal and BC faculty in its theater arts section? Northern Ireland be taken away from $13-$14 million in new revenue. Cork, outside of Dublin. The closure rate Glad to hear that newlywed Chelsea MI5, British military intelligence in However, the elected mayor of Galway, for pubs, especially in rural Ireland, is Clinton’s Stanford thesis on the Irish Britain, and transferred over to the lo- Councillor Mike Crowe, has expressed roughly one pub a day. Reasons for the peace process will remain under wraps. cal police in the North, the PSNI. The some early concerns about the plan to disappearance of so many local pubs She’s a private citizen, let’s give her SDLP claims that the super secret MI5 transform Eyre Square into a holiday has been attributed to the recession, some space. … Does Newsweek know will not be able to defeat the dissidents marketplace. Crowe’s reservations focus the smoking ban, stiffer drink-driving something the Irish people don’t? The operating from a remove in London and on the $130,000 initial capital invest- limits, the increased availability of cheap editors of the troubled newsweekly in their intelligence-gathering operations ment and concerns that the market could alcohol in supermarkets, and a subtle August included Ireland’s embattled should be handed over to the Northern economically hurt local businesses. Yet, movement away from the pub social Brian Cowen as one of ten heads of police where operations will be based considering that the city council, the city structure so familiar over the years in state in the world specially mentioned locally and the PSNI will be accountable manager, and the local business associa- Ireland. as leaders who have “managed to win to the elected Stormont leadership and tion are all in favor of the Christmas Crisis at the K Club – The new but serious respect.” Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 9 Notes from the Irish Immigration Center Immigration Q & A Overstaying An agency accredited by US Department of Justice Visit to U.S? 100 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 Telephone (617) 542-7654 Fax (617) 542-7655 A Bad Idea Q. I came to the US for a visit under the Visa Waiver Website:iicenter.org Email: [email protected] Program and was given permission to stay here for 90 days. 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Page 10 September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com Boston irish Boston Irish Arts, Entertainment, Travel & More ReporterAnnalivia Has Become Comfortable in Its Own, Fascinatingly Diverse Skin By Sean Smith composer and arranger has exceeded expectations, Special to the BIR she and other members feel the big difference is that The September 2008 ICONS Festival was a memo- Annalivia has simply become comfortable in its own, rable event in many ways – not least for the perfor- fascinatingly diverse skin. mances by and Jerry Holland, among the “I think that’s what happened is that we’ve become last either would ever give – but particularly so for more settled, more stable, and have been able to really the Greater Boston-based “alt-trad” band Annalivia. think about how we put our various interests together,” It was at ICONS 2008 that Annalivia – heretofore a says Simmons, who co-founded the band with her hus- quartet of Flynn Cohen (guitar, vocals), Liz Simmons band Cohen in 2007. “Annalivia was born of a love for (vocals), Brendan Carey-Block (fiddle) and Stu Kenney different kinds of music. We didn’t have the privilege (double bass, five-string banjo) – officially welcomed of meeting in college, so we had to take more time and fiddler-vocalist Emerald Rae into its ranks, and in so effort to get together and find our identity.” doing marked the start of a new direction for the group. That identity is tied to some quite impressive cre- Not that Annalivia hadn‘t already drawn notice for dentials. Cohen, for example, has played with Irish the unique blend of Irish, Cape Breton, American, and music luminaries such as Cathie Ryan (as did Rae), contemporary folk music it showcased on its debut Aoife Clancy, and John Whelan, but his resume also CD, released earlier in 2008. But the two years since includes bluegrass and old-timey (Boston City Limits, Rae’s arrival has seen Annalivia begin to realize the Adrienne Young) and contra dance (The Sevens). Sim- full extent of its considerable potential. Their new CD mons studied with former Solas vocalist Karan Casey “Barrier Falls” – its formal release takes place at a and also has sung with Aoife Clancy. Block, like Rae Sept. 30 concert in Harvard Square’s Club Passim – a former National Scottish Fiddle Champion, was a represents a benchmark for this period of growth and member of the Glengarry Bhoys. Kenney is a stalwart development within the quintet, a maturation that has of the New England contra dance scene with much- been almost as much interpersonal as musical. revered Wild Asparagus as well as The Sevens. Billy Meleady and Colin Hamell are father and son While the addition of Rae’s talents as musician, Still, their individual and collective biographies offer in “Trad” Jane Messinger photo (Continued on page 11) ‘Trad’ Returns Tir Na Hit Transfers To Gloucester Stage By R. J. Donovan Special to The BIR When a theatrical production truly connects with an audience, the emotional experience can be indescrib- able. That was the case this past April when Boston’s Tir Na Theatre Company presented Mark Doherty’s poignant comedy “Trad” to great success at the Boston Center for the Arts. Word of mouth was so strong and the reviews were so glowing that every ticket for the run was snapped up, leaving the box office to deal with one disappointed patron after another. Carefully tended by director Carmel O’Reilly, the production starred Tir Na’s Producing Artistic Direc- tor Colin Hamell, Billy Meleady, and Nancy E. Car- roll. As a result of their original success, the director and all three actors will reunite to present “Trad” at Gloucester Stage Company for a two week run begin- ning September 2. The question now is: Can lightning strike twice? By all accounts, the chances are very good. With a fiddle and a guitar providing soft accompani- ment, the quirky tapestry of “Trad” centers on a 100 year old man (Hamell) and his feisty “Da” (Meleady). When the father bemoans the family line dying out, the unmarried and already ancient son reluctantly Annalivia is (front, L-R) Liz Simmons and Emerald Rae, (back, L-R) Flynn Cohen, Brendan Carey Block confesses that he fathered a child some 70 years before. and Stuart Kenney. “Annalivia was born of a love for different kinds of music,” says Simmons. “We didn’t And so the two old men (one with only one leg and have the privilege of meeting in college, so we had to take more time and effort to get together and find the other with only one arm) hobble off on a journey our identity.” from their humble west Ireland home in search of that child, now an old man himself. Along the way, they of trad tunes, Irish ballads, and contemporary songs run into a crotchety old woman and a hard-drinking that generally take a hard look at Irish life and culture priest, both played by Nancy E. Carroll. today,” explains Susan. “Steve came here from Dublin “Trad” has had quite a history on its own in produc- in 1994, but grew up around the ballad sessions in and tions from Australia to New Zealand. The play won around the north side, including great song sessions in the Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival Howth, a fishing village that is part of Dublin. Fringe, and when it was presented at the Galway Arts “I always found Dublin song sessions to be very in- Festival, it was hailed as “bold, brilliant and funny.” clusive, ranging from traditional to the popular ballad Regular readers of the Irish Reporter will recall that bands like the Dubliners, to Christy Moore, , I spoke with Colin Hamell to present a preview of the and then more contemporary and world-music influ- Tir Na production last April. As a result, I was invited enced sounds from songwriters Johnny Mulhern and to see the play. While I was looking forward to attend- A column of news and updates of the Boston Celtic especially Wally Page — and then someone throws in a ing, I was not prepared for just how mesmerizing the Music Fest (BCMFest), which celebrates the Boston Jimmy Buffett or Eagles song, and the crowd goes wild.” play and the cast would be. One minute they’re drop area’s rich heritage of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton music The Lindsays’ Monday concert coincides dead funny, and the next your heart is in your throat. and dance with a grassroots, musician-run winter music with their newly completed CD, “From the Green to Of their original production, Hamell said, “I couldn’t festival and other events during the year. the Blue,” that reflects their wide-ranging tastes, from have been happier with the response to ‘Trad.’ Even – SEAN SMITH Irish to blues to jazz to world and beyond. though I was sure of the quality of the piece and of Coloring the music – Susan and Stephen Lindsay “For both Steve and me, the greatest inspiration for the cast and director, I was afraid that we might not often quite literally take Irish music to a whole other our music comes from authenticity,” says Susan. “It’s get the crowds we deserved as theaters, in general, world, blending instruments, rhythms and textures fair to say that we both love almost any kind of music, are struggling. It was great to see that it still rings from other cultures. The Plymouth couple’s Irish/world as long as it’s ‘real.’ We spend a lot of time listening true that if you make the right decisions and produce music fusion will be in the spotlight at this month’s to Wally Page. Steve is a big Christy Moore fan, and quality work, that word gets around and people come BCMFest Celtic Music Monday concert, “Green and if I have a choice, I might listen to either Irish out in droves.” Blue: Irish Music in a Different Hue,” on Sept. 13 in player Catherine McEvoy or sax giant John Coltrane. Hamell, who last performed at Gloucester in 2002 in Harvard Square’s Club Passim. And since we have a four-year-old, I also listen to a a production of “The Weir” by Conor McPherson, got Susan, who plays flute, whistle and saxophone, and lot of great kids’ music. That diversity comes out in together with “Trad” playwright Mark Doherty just Stephen, who plays guitar and sings, will be joined by what we do.” two weeks ago in Dublin. He said, “(Mark) is obviously upright bass player Sean Farias, percussionist Salil As the author of a well-received book on Boston’s Irish delighted to have his work produced in America and Sachdev – on a wide range of world instruments from dance hall era (See You at the Hall: Boston’s Golden was very chuffed with the reviews we got in Boston.” Pakistani frame drum to African water drums – as well Era of Irish Music and Dance) as well as a musician Eric Engel, now in his fourth season as Artistic as trumpeter Chris Barrett and vocalist Kate Connell. in her own right, Susan is more than a little aware of Director at Gloucester Stage Company, saw the Tir “What we do, in many ways, is very Dublin — a mix the lingering tradition-versus-innovation controversy (Continued on page 22) (Continued on page 22) Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 11 Annalivia Has Become Comfortable in Its Own Skin (Continued from page 10) the quintet has developed unusual beauty). Rae and The band’s newest wrin- your life and experience,” New England. enough of a rapport to only a hint of Annalivia’s Block lead splendidly into kle is represented through she says. “The question “We’ve gotten a very make their get-togethers range of interests. Both Rae’s emotional “Wander- two songs, “The Time Is is do these songs relate to good response from people enjoyable and productive. Cohen and Simmons, for lust,” Cohen and Kenney Up,” a Simmons compo- what Annalivia is about? who have heard the CD, or The band’s progress example, have a strong af- masterfully splicing and sition, and “Traveling ‘The Time Is Up’ isn’t have heard us do sets and in the past two years is finity for music produced re-splicing the rhythm, Case,” written by Cohen as up-tempo as most of songs from it in concert,” immediately apparent by the 1960s folk revival, before easing into Block’s and friend Aram Sinn- our other material, but says Rae. “That’s really on “Barrier Falls,” which and artists like Richard “Dawning Dark,” with its reich. While Annalivia has I thought it would lend gratifying, because we opens with an energetic Thompson, Anne Briggs, sudden ascensions on the featured contemporary itself to the more subtle put a lot of work and care version of the classic and Pentangle (Cohen B part. songs — including “The elements in Annalivia: into making our sound dangerous-lover ballad studied under Pentangle “We spent a lot of time Wind Is An Angry Friend” some gentle finger-picked gel. Fortunately, we have “Reynardine” – the band guitarist John Renbourn). putting that medley to- by local singer-songwriter guitar, for example, and a great time trotting out calls it “a metaphysical Block has become increas- gether,” says Cohen. “It Mark Simos — Simmons a slow, gorgeous fiddle our ideas and seeing what love song” – that is as- ingly involved in the con- gives a very good sam- agrees that the inclusion backing.” we can do with them, so sociated with the English tra dance scene, playing pling of the composing of these originals is clearly Even as Annalivia is it feels less like a band folk tradition (although as part of the trio Match- styles we bring to the band another significant step. already contemplating rehearsal and more like Simmons says the melody ing Orange, and in recent and how we work out our “It is part of a confidence its next CD, its members a gathering of friends who was likely Irish). The years Rae has explored ideas together.” thing, where you’re put- are looking forward to the have this unique bond fiddles periodically enter, not only the Irish but the “Murphy’s Shadow,” ting your stuff out there — Sept. 30 “Barrier Falls” with one another.” stir up the supernatural old-timey/Appalachian which Cohen says has after all, a song is usually release show at Club Pas- For more on Annalivia, romance, then hand the music traditions. And emerged as “a show-stop- considered an expression sim [clubpassim.org] and see annaliviamusic.com proceedings over to Sim- don’t be surprised if you per,” consists of two reels of something taken from subsequent mini-tour of mons, in as fine a voice hear Kenney evoke his by Block, the first marked as she ever has been, and days as an accompanist by cleverly aligned ac- Cohen. to legendary Cajun musi- cents and syncopation “When we did the first cian Dewey Balfa. (with a considerable assist CD, Brendan had to dou- Annalivia’s develop- from guest percussion- ble-track some of the fid- Queen of the Mountain ment has been as much ist Paddy League) and dle parts to get the effect a function of its members’ the second a delightful we were looking for,” says increased familiarity with pell-mell romp in which Cohen. “But we couldn’t one another. Rae, in addi- Rae and Block seem to recreate it on stage. Now tion to her ties with Cohen take turns chasing one The Legend with Emerald, we have and Block, a childhood another. that fuller more dynamic friend, has found a kin- But Rae and Block also sound, plus the creative of Arthur’s Seat dred spirit in Simmons – show their trad chops, depth from another mu- they lead a weekly session such as on Tommy Peo- sician. So we’re realizing at John Harvard’s Brew ples’ “Green Fields of Glen and building on the vision Pub in Cambridge (“It’s Town” and on the sizable By L.J. McGowan of that first CD.” a very sisterly relation- march-strathspey-reel It is in the instrumental ship,” says Rae. “If she set (“Wake Up to Cape sets where the Rae-Block drinks too much coffee, I Breton”). combination truly comes get on her about it.”). This “What’s nice is we can A modern day to the fore, and never more summer, Cohen and Sim- tailor our sets to certain than on the title track, mons moved from to New gigs,” notes Rae. “If it’s Irish faerytale which comprises jigs com- Hampshire to Gloucester, something like ICONS, posed by Cohen, Rae, and where Rae lives, and have we can emphasize our Block, and features an been able to reaffirm their Irish repertoire; if it’s appearance by accordi- links to the Boston music something like the Cham- onist John Whelan (the The truth shall now be told … scene. Although Block plain Valley Festival, fiddle-accordion harmony lives in New Hampshire, where we played this on the first tune, with and Kenney is out in summer, we pull out our Available on Amazon.com Kenney’s folky-funky bass Western Massachusetts, quirky, folky, original underneath, is a thing of material.” BLACKTHORNE RESORT Located in the Irish Catskills

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County Cork native Vincent Crotty, now a Dorchester resident, completed this watercolor depicting a stretch of the Erie Canal at Utica, New York. Dorchester Artist’s Work Featured In Exhibit on Waterway

An Irish-born Boston artist is among a team of twelve American and international visual artists whose works are highlighted in a new exhibit depicting the story of the building of the Erie Canal. County Cork native Vincent Crotty, now a Dorchester resident, completed a watercolor depicting a canal scene at Utica, New York. It is one of 12 original paintings, along with a nine- foot sculpture of Leonardo DaVinci, as- sembled for an exhibit, “ReInspired – An Artistic Navigation of the Erie Canal” to be unveiled as part of the international World Canal Conference to be held Sept 19-24 in Rochester. It was Da Vinci who invented the mitered canal lock that made the Erie Canal possible. Organized by artist Doug Lazarus of Middlebury, VT, the assembled works are sponsored by the Bronx County Historical Society, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Canal Society. The annual conference celebrates great canals around the world, and this year’s program honors the Erie. The 363-mile-long, considered one of the “Eight wonders of the World” when it opened in 1825, employed Irish laborers to accomplish the feat. “It was primarily dug by Irish labor that was primarily brought over for that purpose,” Lazarus says. “They came to work by the thousands.” Between 1817 and 1825, more than 3000 Irish laborers worked for small wages, 80 cents to a dollar a day, to construct the canal linking the Hudson River near Albany with Lake Erie near Buffalo. Because of the connection with Ire- land, Lazarus sought Irish painters to contribute original works; he enlisted Crotty and an Irish artist, Cormac O’Leary, who works in Dromhair, Cty Leitrim, and whose two-week trip to the states was underwritten by the Leitrim County Council.

After the conference, the exhibit will be moved to the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, a school founded 175 years ago by canal engineers. The exhibit will relocate to the Italian Culutral Institutes in New York City in December. More info at wccroch- ester.org/art_exhbit.html. Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 13 From a Dream to Reality, Making Our Irish Music CD (Continued from page 1) he wants an instrument songs. Once everything duplication house will put job remains to capture to appear on the left in is just as we want it, the it all together and press the sound that the artist the mind’s eye, he will recording gets sent away 1,000 CDs while we fidget wants. “I like to get the put more of the sound in for mastering. The mas- nervously with our credit instruments sounding as the left speaker. To adjust tering engineer listens to card. And all of this will natural as possible,” he front to back spacing, also each track and ensures happen within the next said. “Whether it’s Celtic referred to as depth of consistency in volume and two weeks, Lord willing Fiddle Fest, the Irish field, he’ll bring down the sound between each track and the creek don’t rise. rock band The Prodigals, volume of the close mic so that the overall record We feel so grateful to Rob or more recently, Cape and bring up the volume sounds like a connected Pemberton and the musi- Cod-based duo Stanley of the room mic. Then, he whole. Like the final cians who appear on the and Grimm, I determine adjusts the frequency of proofreader on a book, he record for helping to make what the musicians want the vocal signal to add a also notes anything that this recording even better and like and then bring lot of “air” so that the vo- the engineer might have than we dreamed. Buy- out the best of what they cals soar over everything missed. ing a paintbrush doesn’t do. Every record ends up else. One of the problems The Physical make you an artist; an sounding different as a for an engineer who takes Production expensive canvas doesn’t result.” Susan and Stephen Lindsay’s unique approach to such care to create both In the meantime, we’re make for a better painting. Irish music will be in the spotlight at this month’s depth and breadth in his working on writing the lin- Still, for artists who want Sounds Interesting Stu- BCMFest Celtic Music Monday concert. dios is set up like most recordings is that most er notes for the CD, having a great painting—and people listen to music as photo shoots, and creating great materials that they professional recording op- unexpected guest on one a consistency of sound MP3s, smaller files that a cover design, as well as hope will stand the test of erations: The engineer sits track: trumpet. Chris’s across the whole. get that way because some securing permissions for time—some expenses are at a large mixing console partner Kate Connell On this CD, for example, elements of the original songs we perform. (Oh, just worth it. in the control room, amid added harmony vocals in Rob recorded every instru- sound have been removed. and, by the way, tending to We hope you’ll agree a wall of musical equip- places where my own voice ment with two mics, one Still, Rob’s passion for re- our daughter, working our when you hear the result, ment. The musicians just didn’t work. placed close to the instru- corded sound means that day jobs, and occasionally “From the Green to the record in the adjacent Then, it was our turn. ment and one placed far- he’ll cut no corners. sweeping the kitchen floor. Blue,” from The Lindsays. “tracking room,” and can Recording meaningful ther away to also capture And that’s where we Occasionally.) Soon, we’ll Coming this September… see the engineer through and musical parts on Irish some of the “room” sound. are at this writing. All listen to a copy of a mas- or so… Visit our website a double-paned plate glass flute, whistle, and soprano He then worked with the the songs are mixed, as of ter and approve it. Then, irishmusic.us to find out window. They wear head- and alto saxophones was two signals on the same 8 p.m. on Mon. Aug. 23. we’ll send the graphic more. For more informa- phones to hear the track frosting on the cake, and performance to create a The Mastering files and the mastering tion on Sounds Interesting and themselves while re- believe me, I felt every sense of physical space We’ll listen to all of the engineer will send the Studios, visit soundsinter- cording, and communicate minute of it. around the instruments. tracks one more time, and final master directly to a estingstudio.com. to the engineer through Finally, it was time for To oversimplify: When decide on the order of the duplication house. The CD their microphones. The vocals. Steve’s approach engineer gives instruc- to singing is impassioned tion through a “talkback and real, so it took time microphone” that feeds just to get the mood right. directly into their head- How can one sing a sultry, phones. Each musician on peaceful “John of Dreams” the track listens through at 10 a.m., and then headphones while play- transition coolly into the ing, and adds his or her aggressive, caterwauling part to the mix. This is “Sixteen Jolly Ravers,” a called “overdubbing.” salty song about sixteen The recording happens Spanish fisherman who in layers. Because the land on Dublin’s shores bedrock of this recording and hit the nightclubs? is Steve’s guitar sound, After Steve’s vocals that was done first. This were finished, it was my phase included getting a turn to do the harmony vo- good sound, finalizing the cals (didn’t realize I sang arrangement and song out of tune ‘til I heard it tempos, tuning between in the headphones!), and every take, and then then, ten months later, we lining up with a click were done. But it wasn’t track to get the rhythm over. rock solid... and then, of The Mixing course, the requisite take Then Rob started mix- and retake and retake… ing. That means listening because it’s not so easy to to each track, carefully play perfectly when you adjusting the balance be- have to. tween the instruments, Once we had solid gui- adding effects, compres- tar tracks, we recorded sion, and doing other tech- “scratch tracks” of vocals nical things that sound and sax/flute. Scratch very Greek to me. It can tracks are placeholders take hours to mix a song; for all other instrumental- multiply that by 13. ists while they overdub Rob says that people their parts. The idea is don’t listen like they used that these parts will be to. “Most people don’t have re-recorded once the full a stereo system where band is present so that they can sit down and the vocalist and soloists devote the time to listen can respond to the final to the music. Now they’ll “feel” of the piece. throw a bunch of songs After guitar tracks, we on an iPod and listen to brought in our friends whatever comes up. But —eleven of them, to be iPod earbuds while jog- exact. Most tracks have ging is no way to listen percussion, and that to music.” meant studio time with Despite Rob’s lament, four different drummers: we conceived of this al- Salil Sachdev on African bum as more than as a water drums, dumbek, collection of singles. “We Pakistani frame drum, wanted this to stand as and cajon; Brian Haley on something bigger than conga and djembe; Peter just the duo,” Rob said. Smith on bodhran; Rob “When a band wants to Rudin on bones and wash- make a record that sounds board. We also added Sean just like they sound live, Farias on acoustic upright to me that’s called a demo. bass on most tracks, then Live, you’re entertain- we added a range of color: ing them because you’re Tom Rohde on lead guitar there—the entertainment for some gorgeous back- is in your presence and the ground lines on one song, interaction between the Evan Harlan on accordion two of you… There needs on four tracks (including to be a lot more in the a soprano sax/accordion record, and that’s where reel set reminiscent of the the production element Dudley Street Irish dance comes in. When we put hall sound of the 1950s), in a variety of instruments Nikki Engstrom on fiddle and tweak the sound of on some traditional reels the record—that’s what and jigs, and Ian Hudson makes it entertaining.” with some elegant grand That meant that Rob took piano on O’Carolan’s “Si special care to ensure va- Bheag Si Mhor,” and riety between each track finally, Chris Barrett, an while also maintaining Page 14 September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com

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In past months you have looked at “Wh- words” or “Question Words” concentrating on Cé which Cross can take the place of “How?”, “What?”, “Which?” or even “Who?” and “Whose?” – and how to re- spond to each. Words

Cé mhéad? The Irish “How much is it?” Deug Euro ‘s chúig. crosswords are “Fifteen Euros. Cé hé tusa? a service of an “Who are you?” Is mise Brian. Ireland-based “I’m Brian.” Cé atá ann? website which “Who is it?” Mise Bríd. provides Irish “It’s Bridget” Family Coats of Cé d’ith é mo bhriosca? “Who ate my cookie?” Arms by email. D’ith Barra do bhriosca. “Barry ate you cookie.” You are invited Cé leis an briosca seo? “Whose cookie is this?” to visit Tá sé le Liam. “It’s Liam’s.” www. Cé acu é ann? “Which one?” bigwood.com/ Níl fhios agam. I don’t know.” Cé briosca atá uait? heraldry “Which cookie do you want?” Sin no seo. “That or this.” IRELAND IN CROSSWORDS ©-bigwood.com In Ireland (and the U.K.) the word for “cookie” ACROSS 6. Lied very badly about the birth. (8) is “biscuit.” In Irish, briosca /BREES-kuh/. In 1. I’d be G2inger Hill. (anag.) Carlow birthplace of 7. Fit women live up here in small Tyrone plantation the example above, mo “my” requires the lenition scientist John Tyndall in the Barrow valley. (14) town near the Fermanagh border. (12) (“aspiration”) the noun which follows do “your” 8. Vine about right for small Donegal fishing village 10. Her flag team wavers in Derry market town near and “his”, do and a. at the mouth of the Eaney River where Tom Nesbitt, Lough Neagh, and angling centre for Moyola River. (11) In the July column we looked briefly at Cén / inventor of the whale harpoon was born. (5) 12. Ann shall by no other means go to the largest town ken/ which is a contraction of Cé and an, “What?” 9. “Widg240ery didgery dok, the army ran ——. The in south Donegal on the banks of the Erne. (12) and “the”. Here is Cén again. judge said ‘No, it wasn’t so; they didn’t run they wok’” 15. Agree certainly to include 29 across’s country. (6) Cén? By itself means “What? As in the sense Derry street rhyme following the Widgery Tribunal 16. Speaks in truest fashion. (6) of “I didn’t hear/understand you.” into Bloody Sunday in 1971. (4) 17. Farm layer seen in Glenbeigh enclosure. (3) Cén fath? “Why?” /KEN fah/ can also stand 11. Join one to use one, of course. (4) 18. “That passed the time. It would have passed in — alone but may be expanded as in, “Why are you 12. This produces moving air for the devotee. (3) case. Yes but not so rapidly.” Beckett. (3) doing that?” Cén fath tusa ag déanamh é sin? 14. “Bernard Shaw hasn’t an —— in the world, and 19. Bail into disorder and produce a drink fit for the or “Why is she writing a letter?” Cén fath sí ag none of his friends like him.” Oscar Wilde. (5) gods. (8) scriobh leitir? 15. Lover gets disturbed after note and will plead in a 22. Settle the land and restrict its possession in tale Cén uair? “When?” /KEN oor/ Literally “(At) self-humiliating way. (6) of chaos. (6) What hour?” 16. He will put her after us when showing where the 24. Fowl with its head covered? (5) “When does the train from Kerry come?” be- seats are. (5) 25. Towards the centre in Dublin town. (4) comes… 18. Mary got confused by the military. (4) 26. A thousand times in front metrically when 49 go “When will come the train from Kerry?” 19. Kneel, try net. (anag.) Principal Donegal town near into knockout. (4) Cén uair tiocfaidh an traein ó Carraí? the head of Lough Swilly. (11) CROSSWORD SOLUTION ON PAGE 22 Cén aois atá agat? “How old are you?” /KEN 20. Ireland of the poets and songwriters gets in after eesh TAH ah-kuht/ Queen Elizabeth. (4) Literally, “What age is at+you?” 21. Search recklessly and rob firearm coming back from An answer could be Fiche ‘s chúig but Fiche Listowel firing range. (5) blain ‘s chúig would be better. Irish Sayings … 23. Speaks formally even though sore at mix-up in A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied Several things are apparent in the examples Kilfenora tests. (6) above. Look at the verbs in them, “ate”, d’ith- is in one swig. 24. Can no letters be enough for the law of the church Show the fatted calf but not the thing that fattened him. a past tense, whilst “doing” ag déanamh and in Lucan only? (5) “writing“ ag scriobh, are “Progressive” in the Marry a woman from the mountain, and you’ll marry 25. Of that family in Spancil kinship. (3) the mountain. sense that they are in “progress” at the time of 27. Small metal spike fixing wood that’s lain up in speaking. It’s better to solve the problem than to improve the law. Ballina illness. (4) The thing that is closest to the heart, is closest to the Tiocfaidh, “will come”, is a future form. We 28. Christina comes around at last and is against it. (4) have had all of these before but it is time to remind mouth. 29. Starting softly, alto goes to pieces for author of Don’t bring your troubles to the person who hasn’t got you of them again. “The Republic”. (5) There really is no “Present” tense. “Present” sympathy for your case. 30. Neil and colonel get ordered to see barrister who A scholar’s ink lasts longer than a martyr’s blood. time never stands still. All “Present Tenses” secured Catholic Emancipation for Ireland in1829. (6,8) are actually “habitual” verb forms. Therefore, Take gifts with a sigh , most men give to be paid. “Progressive” forms such as “are doing” and “are A country without a language is a country without a DOWN soul. writing” are more commonly used in both English 2. Was jealous of the end I’ve contrived. (6) and Irish speech. The person that isn’t strong, has to be clever. 3. Nothing grey about north Wexford town near the Youth sheds many a skin.The steed (horse) does not To form the “Progressive” tenses, you take Wicklow border with a 1798 Memorial Cross. (5) any form of the verb, “be”, tá followed by the retain its speed forever. 4. Flea hops over the page in Rathkeale afterwards. (4) When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every subject and the preposition “at” ag plus the 5. Small number on at midday. (4) verbal noun. The verbal noun is a form is often beginning is weak. marked in a dictionary as vn. In English verbal nouns are always marked by the suffix–ing . (We ADVERTISEMENT used to call them “gerunds”). In Irish the ending is often –adh but this is not consistent, even on “regular” verbs. Déanamh, “doing” is from dean, an “irregular” verb; scriobh is a “regular” verb. You will have to learn every Photography by verbal noun by itself. A bhfuil Nóra ag scriobh? “Is Nora (at) writing?” Níl. Bhí sí ag scriobh. Tá sí ag ithe . Image Photo Service “No. She was writing. She is eating now.” The Past Tense is formed by (1.) leniting (“aspirating”) the initial consonant of the verb. • Weddings • Anniversaries Recall that l, n, r, and verbs with initial vowels cannot be lenited. • Banquets • Portraits In the case of verbs beginning with a vowel, the verb is “artificially lenited” by prefixingd’ . • Reunions This d’ is pronounced /d/ if the verb begins with a “broad” vowel ( a, o, u) or a sound like /j/ lf the • Groups • Families verb begins with e or i. Dhun Liam an doras. “Liam shut the door.” • Special Occasions D’oscail Barra an doras é. “Barry opened the door.” D’imir muid iomáint. (617) 291-6609 “We played hurling.” Be sure to study and save this column. We have more to do than space allows. The official photographers of the Boston Irish Reporter Page 16 September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com

BIR Music and “Aille’s Antics”; although somewhat rhythmically Replacing a singer like Jim Malcolm is no mean feat, ambitious, the latter two tunes convey a child’s simple, but by and large they’ve pulled it off. uncomplicated love of adventure and activity. Seems Even by virtue of its title, “Wherever Yet May Be” like John McSherry has plenty of inspiration on hand, (taken from a line in “Scotland Yet”) forcefully suggests CD Review and that bodes well for his future endeavors. that the Old Blind Dogs have more than enough vigor and vision to sustain a third decade. Old Blind Dogs, “Wherever Yet May Be” – Can it By Sean Smith really be 20 years since Old Blind Dogs first set their The Paul McKenna Band, “Between Two John McSherry, “Soma”– Having made his mark collective paws on Worlds” – Another addition to the pool of excellent as a member of the celebrated bands Lunasa and the floor, and then young traditionally-inspired Scottish bands that Coolfin, and as a contributor to plenty of other musical set out to remake includes Bodega and Breabach, this group, whose enterprises – including albums with Michael McGold- traditional Scottish recent summer tour included stops at New Bedford rick and Donal O’Connor – it’s rather surprising that music in their rootsy Summerfest and the Old Songs Festival in upstate John McSherry never got around to recording his own yet uniquely cosmo- New York, features outstanding musicianship to go CD. Consider that task accomplished, in every sense politan style? Yes with the striking voice of lead singer and guitarist of the word. “Soma” is a grand display of McSherry’s it can. The “OBDs” McKenna. Fiddler Ruairidh Macmillan and flute/ Uilleann piping, highlighted as it is by a modern-day have gone through whistle player Sean Gray form the blazing melodic core penchant for improvisation amid more traditional a number of line- of the band, with David McNee (bouzouki) and Ewan techniques. up changes in the Baird (bodhran, percussion) supplementing McKenna’s McSherry – who also plays low and high whistles – is past decade, in the considerable guitar talents. joined by a sterling supporting cast that includes his process going from a High in the register, with just the right amount of sister Joanne on fiddle and brother Paul on guitar, along quintet to a quartet. vulnerability and vibrato in the right places, McK- with O’Connor on keyboards and fiddle, Tony Byrne But, as “Wherever Yet May Be” demonstrates, they enna’s vocals certainly have pop music stylings – and on guitar, and Ruben Bada on bouzouki and guitar. retain that distinctive blend of Scots music with subtle in fact, he is a songwriter whose compositions form a The traditional/contemporary fusion in McSherry’s but unmistakable hints of African and Caribbean influ- large part of the band’s repertoire – but fit comfortably work is wonderfully apparent on the second track, ences, embodied in the band’s longstanding pipes-and- nonetheless in the folk/traditional realm. which begins with “Down the Back Lane,” a jig from percussion dynamic (Ali Hutton on the former, Fraser It certainly doesn’t the repertoire of Willie Clancy (with Bada’s bouzouki Stone on the latter). hurt matters that the loping gracefully alongside McSherry’s pipes) that Founding member Jonny Hardie’s fiddle also has first track is Ewan segues into McSherry’s “Atlantic Drive,” a syncopated defined the band’s sound, and he literally does so on MacColl’s masterful, ode to a particularly scenic stretch of road in Donegal, the opening track, taking the lead on the air “St. Kilda” if sometimes over- from which his father’s side of the family originates; while the other members (including Hutton on flute) looked “Ballad of Joanne McSherry and bodhran player Francis McIlduff produce a soundscape redolent of a misty morning on the Accounting,” which give a subtle but significant boost to the latter tune. North Atlantic; they segue right into a driving rendition McKenna and crew “The Stone of Des- of the County Fermanagh song “Lough Erne’s Song,” do up-tempo, Baird’s tiny” set is a marvel- Stone’s hand drums spurring Aaron Jones’ lead vocals. bodhran matching ous interweaving of The band’s deft handling of rhythmic twists is in the urgency in McK- time signatures and evidence on the next track, a medley comprising a enna’s rendition of rhythms, especially traditional tune “Fouller’s Rant” with his own compo- the lyrics, after all the middle tune sition “Psychopomps” – the former tune starts out as these years still an “The Hop Jig,” with something between a slow reel and a bossanova until eloquent warning John and Joanne Hutton (doubling on guitar), Jones (on bouzouki) and against acquiescence to, and acceptance of, injustice. offering up gor- Stone get ahold of it and sharpen the edge before fi- He does a sensitive, but not mawkish, turn on Robert geous harmonies; nally settling into “Psychopomps,” which features an Burns’s “The Lea Rig” and, fitting his own melody to Byrne’s guitar and outrageous jazz-like interval between Hardie, Hutton, the traditional lyrics, infuses “Carnlough Bay” (of the McIlduff’s bodhran and Angus Lyons on electric piano. classic boy-meets-girl-while-out-on-errands genre) put a lovely glide Another medley, “Portobello,” builds splendidly on with a modicum of dramatic tension, ably assisted by into the set’s title the eponymous tune until Hardie and Jones redirect Macmillan’s skittering fiddle. McKenna’s mates give track, a reel composed by Maurice Lennon. McSherry matters with the traditional “Miss Brady’s” and then him some fine vocal backing in the band’s irresistible breaks out the heavy artillery in the form of his A low on into the well-known “Hughie Shorty’s Reel” before treatment of “The Jolly Beggar” (they slightly accent whistle for the lament “Badai na Scadan (The Her- going all-out with “Kent Road” and its unusual phras- the 6/8 rhythm to give the song a definite contemporary ring Boats),” and the hushed, remote sound evokes ing on the B part – once again, the presence of Stone’s feel) and courtship-song-cum-police-report “Red Mary.” a lonely Donegal coast as ably as an award-winning hand drums seem to relocate the tune rather well east Among McKenna’s compositions, the lamenting “Day- cinematographer. and south of Caledonia. The “Room with a View” set, light” stands out, with its shifting key signature and The all-traditional “Rambles of Kitty” set repre- meanwhile, starts out by cleverly meshing poignant duets by Macmillan and Gray. The album’s sents some past and present personal connections and sax with Hutton’s flute, and later behind his pipes title song, which speaks to the danger and inevitability for McSherry, as he explains in the notes: the well- (along with redoubtable resonator guitar by guest of desire, deftly integrates a slower, almost meditative known title tune was one of the first he learned as a Nathon Jones) for the remaining tunes. version of the reel “Musical Priest.” boy, while the reel at the end comes from an album If there is one aspect of the CD that somewhat Gray and Macmillan are a joy to listen to as they by Mary Bergin that was an early entry in his child- disappoints, it’s the songs. Can’t fault Jones for tak- take the lead in the two tune sets, “The Sloe Switch” hood record collection; the reel in the middle, “Miss ing on Andy M. Stewart‘s “Where Are You Tonight I (McKenna throws in some jazzy chords to spice up the Ramsay’s,” is a staple of The Belfast Piper’s Club he Wonder?”– which gets a country blues feel via Jones’s jig-to-reel transition towards the end) and “The Lobster co-founded recently. The final track is a familial tribute resonator guitar – or the proud “Scotland Yet” by the Set,” all authored by Macmillan – the first, “Lasses of of sorts, as McSherry’s low whistle and O’Connor’s late Davy Steele. But their versions of that old Ameri- Fregenal,” written with Gray, is a winsome keepsake delicate piano traipse through “McSherry’s Waltz” can paean to illegal distilling, “Copper Kettle” (with from a band tour of Spain. -- written by McSherry and his sister Tiona in honor Hardie on guitar and lead vocals), and “Broken Ring,” It’s evident that the band’s arrangements and rep- of their parents -- before transitioning (with the aid an Irish-American hybrid, just don’t have the same ertoire appeal to audiences less invested in the folk/ of O’Connor and Bada) into two originals composed panache as their more explicitly Scottish material, nor trad material, but those who do fancy their Burns and for McSherry’s daughter, “Over the Camels’ Hump” does “Banks of the Nile.” Still, give the band credit: ballads, as well as jigs and reels, will find plenty to like. Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 17

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You can also an ensuite bathroom (but contact Anne to arrange sometimes it’s so small for a week’s stay to learn you have trouble turning organic and polytunnel around) and a plain, not gardening techniques or especially interesting, and to take walks through often greasy breakfast. hills and mountains near- And, in my opinion, there by or cycle the back roads. are some B&B owners who Bikes and cars can be should have chosen other rented locally. professions, because they Gearhadiveen is highly are unfriendly and not recommended for a very even slightly interested in different and interesting Irish experience. their guests or in helping Horses corralled along the old bog road road in Co. Kildare. them discover the best DUBLIN BIKES Dublin City Council’s attractions their area has herbs and veggies. to offer. successful Dublinbikes You can ride horseback, scheme had its millionth Then there are others take a walk, enjoy a quiet who are outstanding and journey in August. Ac- afternoon under the per- cording to The Irish warm and friendly and gola outside the breakfast unique and colorful. I list Times, Dublin City Coun- room or enjoy the many cil and its partner JCDE- in this latter category my attractions the area has to favorite B&Bs: Riverfield caux (Ireland) launched offer, including Bunratty the highly successful House (riverfielddoolin. Castle, the Cliffs of Moher com) in Doolin and Caher- scheme on Sept. 13, 2009. and much more. More than 37,000 people gal Farm (cahergal.com) I have recommended in Newmarket-on-Fergus, have signed up so far and Cahergal to lots of people 450 bicycles are available both Co. Clare; Gear- and every last one has hadiveen in Kenmare, Co. to rent at 40 stations be- raved about the beautiful tween the Royal and the Kerry; Glasha Farmhouse farm, the food (especially (glashafarmhouse.com) Grand canals. Noreen’s unbelievable Plans are currently in Ballymacarbry, Co. scones), the accommoda- Waterford, and Heron’s in place to increase the tion, and the warm wel- number of bikes to 550 Cove (heronscove.com) in come they get from Noreen Goleen, West Cork. and introduce four new and Michael. stations, at Smithfield, I also include on my Cahergal is very highly favorites list Heaton’s in Eccles Street, Harcourt recommended. Terrace, and Charlemont Dingle (heatonsdingle. Riverfield House: I com) even though it bills Mall. used to hear people say What a fun way to see itself as a guesthouse and that when they stayed not strictly a B&B. I still Dublin and not worry at a B&B in Ireland, the Tim Durham from Killucan, Co. Westmeath, reads the sign erected at the old about parking or one- dream about Heaton’s owners became lifelong bog road in Co. Kildare to honor poet Teresa Brayton . (Judy Enright photos) unbelievably fabulous way streets. For more friends. Truly, that never information visit dublin- breakfast spread and their happened to me until one whom everyone seems to land is changing so fast and Packie’s, both award- divine homemade bread know and enjoy. You wit- that if you have not vis- winning establishments. bikes.ie. spring when I stayed with GLASHA AND and butter pudding. Caitriona Garrahy at Riv- ness that when you’re out ited recently, you prob- We spent two nights at Cahergal Farmhouse: to dinner or in a store or ably won’t recognize the Gearhadiveen, one of Ire- HEATON’S erfield House in Doolin. We have raved on about One of my longtime favor- I’ve ever met anyone pub with her. places that you think you land’s first carbon-neutral ites is Cahergal Farm, As for Riverfield House remember. timber frame homes to three of our favorite Irish quite like Caitriona, who is B&Bs and don’t want which is close enough to fun and funny and bright itself, bedrooms are com- Those who haven’t been be built entirely of hemp Shannon to make it the fortable and bathrooms are there for 30 years or and lime inside and out. to give Glasha or Hea- and witty and charming ton’s – two exceptional perfect place to stop for a and has one of the best per- spotlessly clean, breakfast more will be stunned. No The owner, Anne Barrett, snooze and an overnight is cooked to order from the longer are there B&Bs was very accommodating properties – short shrift, sonalities I have ever en- so we’ll talk about them stay to recuperate from countered. I’ve been there very best local produce. where everyone shares one and welcomed us with tea that all-night flight. And, Riverfield is right on the bathroom – or at least we and delicious baked goods in the October column. when she has welcomed If the readers have fa- it’s a perfect place to spend other guests or bid them main drag in Doolin and haven’t seen one for many served in her bright, airy the night before flying out an easy walk to several years – and no longer can living room. In addition to vorite B&Bs, it would be farewell and you’d think fun to hear about them. because you are literally they, too, were longtime pubs if you’re in the mood you describe the food as being a B&B owner, Anne minutes from the airport. for a night out in the music horrid and bland. There is also the on-call thera- My email is: enrightjp@ friends. That’s just the comcast.net. Noreen and Michael Mc- way she is and it doesn’t capital of Ireland. is a real focus on excel- pist at the five-star Sheen Inerney couldn’t be better Riverfield is one of my fa- lent cuisine everywhere, Falls Hotel in Kenmare, TRAVEL matter whether you are To find out what’s go- hosts at their beautifully young or a more mature vorites – probably as much even in many of the pubs, where she specializes in kept farm. Every year, for Caitriona’s brilliant and there has long been massage, energy healing, ing on in Ireland when traveler. She treats every- you visit, go to discoveri- they plant the most mag- one the same – and keeps personality as anything a focus on lessening the reflexology and other ho- nificent gardens around else - and I stay there as carbon footprint and go- listic therapies and gives reland.com. Ireland is a you laughing. great place to take a tour their home as well as a Caitriona is an integral often as I can. It’s very ing green. Ireland, for nutrition advice. Anne is a kitchen garden beside the highly recommended. instance, stopped giving delightful hostess and pro- – and there are numerous part of Doolin, where she tour operators from whom house with all kinds of grew up, and someone Gearhadiveen: Ire- away plastic bags in gro- vided a wonderful organic cery stores several years breakfast the next morning you can choose – or rent ago and charges 15 cents or of freshly-squeezed juices, a car and drive yourself. more if you need a bag and fresh fruit salad, salmon, It’s a wee bit daunting to don’t bring in your own! homemade muesli, as well drive on the left at first, When I was in Ire- as cheeses, yogurt, and but you do get used to it land this spring, a friend organic coffees and teas pretty fast. and I decided to try out The newly built family Whenever you decide an accommodation rec- home offers two double to visit Ireland, be sure ommended on organic bedrooms – mine was to stop by your favorite holidays and responsible downstairs and had a com- travel agent for recom- travel websites and we bination bathroom/wet- mendations or visit the came upon Gearhadiveen room that would be perfect Aer Lingus’ website (aer- in Kenmare, a lovely town for disabled/wheelchair lingus.com) for the lat- to visit no matter where travelers. 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Their “super band cases and participatory screenings of popular end (Friday-Sunday); musical acts: with widely acclaimed sound” is a distinctive mix ceilidh dancing, perennial Irish films such as “The the cost for current ICC • Renowned vocalists musicianship and a healthy between old Irish Celtic favorites for festival at- Commitments,” “Once,” members will be $10 per and musicians Finbarr dose of humor and energy. folklore and contemporary tendees, will once again “The Quiet Man,” “The day, $15 for the weekend. Clancy, Brian Dunphy, The band, comprised of pop-rock Celtic music. The be featured. Children and Secret of Roan Inish” and Children 12 and under are Martin Furey, and Dar- Graham Wright (vocals, quintet appeared at the their parents can partake “The Wind That Shakes free when accompanied by ren Holden joined forces guitars), Zig Leroux (vocals, Irish Festival during the of family-friendly games, the Barley.” The “Old a paid adult. 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Antrim: A bid to raise money carry out the maintenance the under-sixteen breast slean for the North’s first maritime work, establishing a Friends of category in the All-Ireland museum is behind a new tour St Finbarr’s Cemetery associa- Turf Cutting championships that gives people the chance tion. Among the notable people in Ticknevin this year, and it to see the city from a vantage whose graves are in the cem- is a photograph from that event point. The Lagan Boat Com- etery are Terence McSwiney which will feature on the poster. pany and Karl Properties have and Tomás MacCurtain, former Danny’s father Noel has in the co-operated to offer a tour Taoiseach Jack Lynch, sculptor past also held a national title that begins with a boat trip Seamus Murphy, and antiquar- from the same competition. around the Lagan, after which ian Richard Rolt Brash. The poster campaign has arisen participants can ascend to the Derry: One of those chosen to from opposition to EU and Irish penthouse suite of the country’s take part in a week-long return Government directives that will tallest building, the Obel Tower to life in medieval Ireland is see the end of turf cutting in on the waterfront. The tour will Derrywoman Emma Downey, some bogs. include a presentation on the who lives most of the year in Meath: The former swim- history of the area as well as Italy. Emma was one of those ming pool in Trim, which a photographic archive. Since chosen from one hundred ap- served the local community for two of the four penthouses have plicants to take part in the thirty-three years, has been already been sold, there is a experiment and last month the demolished and the site has now limited opportunity to avail of group was instructed in some of been cleared. The pool closed the bird’s eye view of Belfast. the skills they will need, includ- last year when the new pool Armagh: Work has begun ing foraging for food. A former and leisure complex opened on on the amalgamation of three student at Thornhill College, the Newhaggard Road and the Craigavon community centres, Emma is looking forward to council decided to demolish the Ardowen, Drumgor and Moyra- the challenge which, she says, old building on the grounds of verty, to provide a complex that appeals to her love of nature. health and safety, as well as to will include a multi-purpose The group was to convene late save the money expended on hall, a separate space for twen- last month at Taafe’s Castle in the maintenance of the facility. ty-six pre-school children, and Carlingford, after leaving their Salvageable equipment was space for an after-school club for mobile phones and internet ac- transferred to the new centre, older children. There will also cess behind them. while the relatively new roof be facilities for WiFi access and Donegal: A meeting of the was also saved for salvage. The hot-desking, as well as meeting county council this month will site will now be landscaped and and consultation rooms. The consider a proposal to develop returned to grassland. mayor of Craigavon, Stephen Grianán of Aileach, which has Monaghan: An eleven-year- Moutray, turned the first sod on been described by Councillor old boy who is originally from the site last monthand the new John Ryan as “the jewel in the Castleblayney has just under- community hub is expected to be crown” of historic Inishowen. gone groundbreaking surgery completed at the end of August The stone fort, which was re- at Great Ormond Street Hos- next year. stored in the nineteenth cen- third Taste Kildare festi- Charles of O’Carolan’s bar in pital in London, becoming the Carlow: The bridge at Rath- tury, is believed to date from the val, celebrating local food and Mohill. first child to undergo a trachea geran, Ballymurphy, part of late Bronze Age or the Iron Age. crafts, at the K Club. The venue Limerick: A Cappamore- transplant. After Ciaran Finn- which collapsed a few months Up to 10,000 visitors come to the for the festival was the Victorian based company has flourished Lynch had the transplant, his ago, has now been repaired and hill-top fort each year and Coun- walled garden where cookery despite being turned down on own stem cells were used to has opened to traffic once again. cillor Ryan would like to see, at demonstrations took place the “’ Den” television build up the donor trachea and The problem arose when a herd the very least, a cafe and other throughout the day. Among program. According to Goeco guard against rejection, and of cows was crossing the bridge, facilities, though his ultimate those scheduled to demonstrate bikes proprietor Marty Man- doctors have now confirmed with one becoming trapped for aim is to see an interpretative their skills were Clodagh McK- nering, sales of electric bikes that the operation has been a a while. Kennedy Construction centre located at the fort. enna, Finbar Higgins from Naas are doubling every year and complete success. Now Ciaran has reinstated the bridge on Down: On top of Down’s who is the K Club executive chef, the company has now developed has been released from hospital both sides with mass concrete triumphant win over Kerry in and Kieran Cunningham from the Electric Bike holiday to give and has travelled back to his and it was reopened initially the All-Ireland semi-final, the Palmerstown House Estate. people a chance to decide which home in Northern Ireland with to light traffic. It is now open team’s goalkeeper added to his Craft stalls, wine tasting and electric bicycle they would like his parents, Colleen and Paul. for heavy traffic also. After the score by taking part in and win- art tours were also on offer as to buy. They are essentially Offaly: Declan O’Doherty collapse a three-ton limit was ning two poc fada competitions. well as a duck race, mini golf electric bike testing weekends from Geashill, now living in placed on the bridge, which The first was the M. Donnelly and fly fishing. with a trailer tent thrown in and Loughrea, Co. Galway, was the meant that all agricultural All-Ireland Poc Fada held at the Kilkenny: James Fennelly have proved so popular on an only contestant at the sixth Eu- machinery had to make a ten- Annaverna Mountain, where from Tullaroan set a world international scale that Goeco ropean Transplant and Dialysis mile detour. Graham Clarke was named record recently when he was is now considering opening up a Games to have undergone a Cavan: Local vet Seán King of the Mountain with a named All-Ireland Strongest second base in Co. Mayo, with a double lung transplant. Declan, O’Reilly was called out last total of fifty-one pucks over the Man as well as Republic of Ire- further expansion possible into who suffers from cystic fibrosis, week to come to the aid of a swan five-kilometre course. With that land’s Strongest Man for last the Isle of Man. was given his new lungs ten that had been found stranded win under his belt Graham also year and this year. James took Longford: Father Frank years ago and since that time in Loreto Wood in Cavan. The took part in Poc ar an Chnoc part in the competition in the Murray, originally from Car- has become interested in run- swan had been observed by lo- held at Stormont as part of Isle of Man and had to pull a rickboy, set out last month on ning, something he could not cals on Drumgola Lake earlier Féile an Phobail. At this event twenty-ton truck as one of the a sponsored walk on the oldest have done previously. In the in the year, with four cygnets. he also took first place and he events and he was the only one of pilgrimage route in the world. games in Dublin he was to take After they disappeared from the was presented with his trophy the ten competitors to complete The priest, who served in the part in the five-kilometer run, lake they were later seen walk- by Sinn Féin president Gerry the pull. A qualified personal Longford parish for thirteen which he hopes to complete ing down a road in the area of Adams. trainer and fitness instructor, years, was to begin a walk of a within thirty minutes, as well as Loreto Cross, and it was here Fermanagh: The Ferman- he is now working towards the section of the Camino de San- the ball-throwing competition. that the lone swan was found, agh Farming Society this year UK Strongest Man competition, tiago de Compostela in Northern Roscommon: St. Nathy’s with no sign of her cygnets. On celebrated its one hundred and which is due to be shown on RTE Spain. Now based in Ferbane, College in Ballaghaderreen last hand to observe Seán’s rescue seventy-fifth anniversary, and in September. Co. Offaly, Father Murray is month celebrated the bicente- of the swan were Denise Siva- one person associated with the Laois: The Special Needs raising funds for the Caring nary of its foundation, which kova with her daughters Gina County Show, held each year Rockview Walkways, at Cashel/ and Sharing Association, which has also been marked by the and Jennifer. The swan subse- in Enniskillen, marked up fifty Pass just outside Portlaoise, is provides respite houses and also publication of a commemorative quently had a broken wing reset years as a judge. Bried Britton to be officially opened in the organizes an annual pilgrimage book compiled and edited by a and Seán is caring for her until from Pettigo was first invited to coming weeks although it has to Lourdes. He will place the teacher at the school, Father she can be released back into judge the arts and crafts section been open to the public since the names of all those who donate Leo Henry. Among the articles the water. of the show in 1961 and has only beginning of August. Compris- to the association into his back- included is one by the late Clare: The eastern part of missed one year since, when her ing a one-mile circular track, pack and has pledged to pray for Dermot Earley, former chief of the Burren could soon have youngest daughter was born. A in addition to a half-mile track them every day at Mass. staff of the Defence Forces and its first tourism venture with retired home economics teacher, suitable for wheelchair users, Louth: A mammoth monkfish a former student at the college. an application by three local Bried began judging alongside the walkway is the result of an caught by David Sharkey of Cardinal Seán Brady celebrated men to set up a wellness cen- Mrs. Rowe from Lack and took initiative by Laois Friends. They Clogherhead aboard his trawler a Mass in St. Nathy’s to mark tre near the village of Ruan. over when Rowe retired. Bried are also planning to establish Rose of Sharon is at present the bicentenary, while GAA Fintan O’Brien, Kieran Casey, married Pettigo publican John a sensory garden and horticul- in the deep freeze while it is president Christy Cooney at- and Brian O’Shaughnessy have Britton and her son Pat and tural area. The official opening awaiting treatment before being tended a handball exhibition. made the application in conjunc- daughter Trina now run the bar. will be performed by Minister for displayed in the Natural His- Sligo: Although a decision tion with Clare Resorts, which Galway: Town Councillor in Disability and Mental Health tory Museum. The nine stone is not expected from the High would run the centre and its Loughrea Norman Morgan, who John Maloney. female monkfish measures six Court until the autumn on the fifteen associated tourist accom- is also an archivist and printer, Leitrim: The Brandywell feet in length, about twice the dispute between the owners of modation units at Ranaghan. It has presented to Dublin City Bar and Restaurant in Dromod length of the average monkfish. Lissadell and the county council, is expected that the project will Library a collection of editions of has taken the title of Leitrim It was purchased by Seán Doran Edward Walsh and Constance inject more than 3-million euro the former . Observer Pub of the Year 2010. of Dublin and the Natural His- Cassidy decided to reopen their into the local economy and will The one hundred and fifty-seven A special presentation night was tory Museum has agreed to home to the public. The decision also generate a minimum of be- issues, dating from 1838 to 1855, held recently at the Ramada find a specialist taxidermist to followed work being carried out tween twelve and eighteen jobs. were purchased by Morgan some Lough Allen Hotel in Drum- preserve the fish for permanent in preparation for the recent A decision on the application is years ago at an auction and are shanbo that was was attended display. The fish was caught off concerts by Leonard Cohen expected to be given this month. part of his private collection. He by the owners of the bar, Michael the coast of Cork on the Labadie and Westlife, and hundreds of Cork: Government cutbacks has recently donated thirteen and Marie McGuinness, and Bank last week. visitors arrived at the weekend and the recruitment embargo issues of the Galway Indepen- their staff, as well as family and Mayo: Danny Jennings from to view the new Yeats family are responsible for the over- dent dating from the nineteenth friends. They were presented Rockfield, Barnacarroll, is one gallery. This included the last grown condition of St Finbarr’s century to NUI, Galway and also with a framed certificate, a of three young people who will photograph of the poet, taken by Cemetery on Glasheen Road in has in his possession a number voucher for advertising in the appear on a poster promoting his wife a week before he died. Cork city, according to council of rare books including works and a full the art of turf cutting in the bogs A Markievicz gallery and a shell officials. Four local councillors by Edward Martyn and Lady page photographic feature in the of Ireland. The Knock National exhibition also attracted a good have now decided to gather Gregory. paper. The title of Bar Person School pupil, along with Ryan deal of attention. together a volunteer force to Kildare: Last month saw the of the Year went to Catherine Garry and Ian Cully, retained (Continued on page 20) Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 21 News Direct From Ireland

From the Irish Emigrant month that a ten-month-old 16 vacant homes in Ballybane. New UPP leader to be se- heifer calf was stolen from the Job losses after fire at lected next month – Sir Reg Ireland Today: Virginia Show in Co. Cavan on Wicklow timber company – Empey has, as expected, submit- July 31. The owner, Ivan Robin- A fire caused extensive damage ted his resignation as leader of The Latest son from Ballygowan, Co. Down, to the Woodfab Timber plant the , to left the cattle area to attend a in Aughrim, Co. Wicklow last take effect from next month. on Pricing at Supermarkets reception and when he returned month and has resulted in the Nominations for the position 30 minutes later the calf was lay-off of most of 65 permanent will be accepted until the end of The National Consumer Agency has reported a 14 percent gone. His two prize-winning workers and 70 contract staff. this month. So far the only per- fall in the price of branded goods on sale in the country’s super- cows were still in their place. The The fire is being treated as son to confirm his interest is Tom market chains over the past 18 months. It also found that there Holstein Friesian calf is worth suspicious as fire broke out at Elliot, MLA for Fermanagh and was little difference in the price of branded goods across the an estimated 10,000 pounds, but a former flour mill in the area South Tyrone. Basil McCrea, the supermarkets. On a basket of 103 common products surveyed is of little value to the person at the same time. A burned out party’s policing spokesman, is in Dunnes Stores, Tesco, and Superquinn the price difference who took it as its SUV was also found in a nearby also expected to be a candidate. between the cheapest and the most expensive was found to be Transplant donor meets wooded area. The new leader will be elected 1.14 euro, or 0.4 percent. The basket of 103 items was cheapest Slovenian recipient in Dub- Former priest awaits ex- at a special meeting of the party in Dunnes Stores at 279.62 euro, most expensive in Superquinn lin – The best story of the week tradition to Ireland from on September 22. at 280.76, while the cost of the basket in Tesco was 280.69. was accompanied by a photo- California ­­– Patrick McCabe, a Passport delays called a NCA chief executive Ann Fitzgerald argued that, as prices graph of Belfastman Terry Mc- former priest of the Archdiocese thing of the past – Problems are substantially the same across the supermarket chains, Creary, who now lives in Dublin, of Dublin, is in custody in Cali- at the passport office, which Irish consumers obviously suffer from a lack of competition. A and Marina Avsenik, a 54-year- fornia on foot of an extradition saw huge backlogs of passport spokesman for the retailing sector insisted, however, that the old grandmother from Slovenia. warrant issued in Ireland. He is applications while staff “worked 14 percent decline in prices was the direct result of competition. She was displaying the gold wanted on charges of molesting to rule”, appear to have been Fitzgerald believes that the Government should remove medal she won in the 3km event young boys while he served in resolved. Minister for Foreign the floor space limit on new supermarkets to encourage the in the European Transplant Dublin between 1973 and 1981. Affairs Micheál Martin claims entry into the Irish market of groups such as Asda (Walmart) and Dialysis Games which were A number of middle-aged men that the ten-day turnaround and Carrefour. What sounded like an independent voice saw taking place in Dublin. Back in have complained to gardaí about for new or replacement pass- problems with this approach. Speaking on RTÉ the commen- 1992, McCreary was living in being assaulted as children ports is now being met. From tator, whose name I did not catch, claimed that Ireland could London when Ms. Avsenik ar- by McCabe. While most of the a high of 69,400 unprocessed only support a small number of hypermarkets and that these rived in the British capital to complaints were made in recent applications, the backlog is now would be on the outskirts of larger towns and cities. As such be treated for leukemia. Doctors years, at least one was lodged n at 24,000 which is said to be they would be out of reach of the lower income groups who established that the Belfastman 1987. This resulted in McCabe normal. Fifty temporary staff could most benefit from reduced prices. Such people would be would make a suitable bone being questioned by gardaí but had to be recruited to redue left to make their purchases at small local outlets where prices marrow donor and he agreed to no charges were brought. the backlog over the past two would remain high. co-operate. The transplant was New prison in Dublin to be months or so. – LIAM FERRIE successful and afterwards Ms. built on phased basis – The Gardaí record successes Avensik decided that she had new prison planned for Thorn- against drug dealers – Gardaí a lock-up facility nearby. could pick up bargains at one to meet the donor. Five years ton Hall in north Dublin will carrying out continuing investi- 60,000 attend Tullamore third of the prices prevailing passed before they met for the now be built on a phased basis gations into the sale and supply Show … The Tullamore and four years ago. first time in Slovenia. Since then as funds become available. The of drugs in the west Dublin area AIB National Livestock Show, Planning permission they have remained close and first unit, due to be opened in were involved in search and to give it its full title, was ex- granted for Jurys/Berkeley by now the two families should 2014, will house 700 prisoners arrest operations that resulted pected to attract 50,000 visitors Court site be touring Co. Antrim together. in 400 cells. Critics have found in the arrest and charging of 37 last month, so the organzsers Dublin City Council has Miscellany – Eighty-year-old a variety of reasons to criticize people over a four-day period were pleasantly surprised when granted planning permission for Jennifer Sleeman has been in this approach. Opposition TDs last month. Over 60 charges 60,000 turned up for what is a scaled down development on the news by calling on Catholic were concerned that nine years have already been preferred described as the largest rural the sites of the Berkeley Court women in Ireland to boycott will have elapsed between the against those arrested. This agriculture event of the year. and Jurys hotels. A previous ap- Mass on Sun., Sept. 26, in pro- conception of the project and the seems to have been the culmi- I think the National Ploughing plication, which controversially test of the male domination in housing of its first inmate. The nation of “Operation Reagent”, Championships would also have included a 37-story diamond- the church. Sleeman, who lives Irish Penal Reform Trust argued a six-month covert operation a claim on that title but perhaps shaped tower, was also approved in Clonakilty, Co. Cork and against the idea of having pris- targeting two significant drug they don’t bring as many out on by the council but subsequently who converted to Catholicism oners sharing cells. During this distribution networks operat- a single day. More than one com- rejected by An Bord Pleanála. 54 years ago, has a son who month, tenders will be invited ing in the and mentator attending the event The highest building in the new is a monk in Glenstal Abbey. to build the perimeter wall and Neilstown areas. Undercover spoke of a new-found optimism plan is 15 stories. When devel- He supports her campaign. … the tendering process for the officers had been buying drugs in the farming sector. oper Seán Dunne, who paid 54 Last month in Dublin, gardaí 400-cell unit will commence on the streets to gather evi- … and Puck Fair again million euro per acre for the site arrested two would-be robbers next spring. The original plan dence against significant drug attracts the crowds – One in 2005, was recently granted who had tied up two members had been to build all 1,400 cells dealers in the communities. In of the summer’s biggest and permission for another site in of staff at the Dublin premises as a Public Private Pa Emigra- a separate operation Gardaí in oldest tourist attractions took the Ballsbridge area, at least of a gold wholesaler. An alarm tion levels confirmed – Statis- Dublin evening carried out a place in Killorglin, Co. Kerry, one commentator suggested that was activated by the men and tics released by the European planned search in Ballyboughal last month. Puck Fair again he had no intention of develop- gardaí arrived in time to arrest Commission show that people and seized herbal cannabis with attracted huge crowds to party ing the site and just wanted to them. A firearm was recovered are leaving Ireland at twice the an estimated street value of and pay homage to a wild goat, maximize its value by obtaining at the scene. Nothing was stolen rate experienced by other EU 1.2-millionb euro. Three men, christened Oisín, who was planning permission. Whether and the two staff members were countries. In 2009 there was a aged 44, 28 and 24, were ar- crowned King Puck and spent that is a correct assessment, uninjured. … Thieves looking net outflow from Ireland of nine rested. Two days later, gardaí three days on a platform some and whether it also applies to to make money from the rising people per thousand. Lithu- recovered cocaine with an esti- 50 feet above the assembled Jurys/Berkeley Court, remains price of copper have been steal- ania was the next highest with mated street value of 400,000 throng. Horse trading is the to be seen. Already there are a ing telephone cables and copper 4.6 per thousand. There is no euro when a car was stopped at serious side to Puck Fair but, number of critics who are pre- hot water cylinders. Parts of breakdown of the figure but it is Cornmarket Place, Dublin 2. A like the horse fair at Buttevant paring to lodge objections with Mayo were left without a tele- believed that the vast majority of 42-year-old man was arrested. Co. Cork a few weeks ago, there An Bord Pleanála. phone service when cables were those leaving are non-nationals In a follow up search, drug were plenty of horses but few Calf stolen from Virginia pulled down. In Galway, copper who have lost their jobs and have paraphernalia was recovered at buyers. Those who had money Show – It was reported last cylinders were removed from decided to move on.

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(Continued from page 17) by Mr. Elliott and it was Mr. sacristans at St Paul’s Church from as far away as Canada. cufflinks and the official count Tipperary: A unique event Murray who tied the fly with in Mullingar since it opened in Wicklow: In Bray last was carried out by Garda John took place in the county late last caught the fish. Johnny, from 1987, retired last week. Sean month, a group of off-duty Fitzpatrick, the organizer of month when, for the first time Bearney, was presented with a was asked by Father Willie gardaí managed to break a the event. He was assisted by in Ireland, a choreographed trophy, an Anglers Fancy boat Cleary to take on the position record set by the Canadian the cathaoirleach of Bray Town water dance was to be performed and a check for 100 euro. after he retired from his job in Mounted Police by handcuffing Council, David Grant. All the on Lough Derg as part of the Waterford: Great-grand- St Loman’s Hospital. Father together a total of 651 people. proceeds raised during the event Twelfth Terryglass Arts Festi- mother Moyra O’Toole from Padraig McMahon paid tribute The previous record stood at will be shared among the Cher- val. The dance was to feature Waterford city attended the to the dedication of the Meal- 562. The crowds gathered on nobyl Children’s Project, the water skiers and wake boarders Dublin Horse Show at the RDS lys, who are to be replaced as the promenade in Bray where Open Door disability group, and from all over Ireland, curated by last month wearing a coat she sacristans by Paddy Wallace they were linked by imitation Bray Old Folks’ Community. Grant McKay from Rex Levi- had bought for her granddaugh- and Maeve Corroon. tates Dance Company. The festi- ter Dawn’s wedding in March. Wexford: Planning permis- val also starred Rebecca Storm, However she failed to take sion has been granted to Colin who gave a performance in the the prize for the Best Dressed McAteer of the Green Grave Ireland’s church, and the French acoustic Lady, although the winner, Company for the establishment singing group Txutxukan, while Yvonne Ellard from Tipperary, of the country’s first eco-friendly a fireworks display was taking was wearing an identical coat. graveyard where marble head- Weather place on the quay. However Moyra was cheered stones and hardwood coffins will Reported Monday, August 30, 2010 Tyrone: Johnny McElwee, by the fact that she was ac- be banned. The plot on a seven- who owns Johnny’s Barbers companied on the day by her and-a half-acre site at Wood- It was a mostly dry week which improved as the days went on Lower Main Street in Stra- granddaughter, Nicole O’Reilly, brook House close to Killane has by. With the forecast promising, Pauline and I travelled out bane, took the heaviest fish at who had elected to wear her room for five thousand graves to Inis Oírr on Wednesday evening and enjoyed two days the recent World Cup Trout grandmother’s cream satin and is reached by a tree-lined strolling about the island in glorious sunshine. Fly Angling Championships wedding dress for the occasion. avenue. Graves will be identi- We travelled to Moville on Saturday and met some heavy in County Mayo. The contest Westmeath: Bishop of Meath fied by small grave markers rain which was confined to the northern half of the country. ran over five days and Johnny Dr. Michael Smith was the chief made from local stone or wood, Sunday was mostly sunny but much cooler than the previous caught his 6 pound, 2 ounce celebrant at a Mass last week- and coffins will have to be made few days. The cool conditions seem to be confined to the far wild brown trout with the help end at which he made a special from environmentally friendly north where we are. of his friends Frankie Elliott presentation to two members material. To date some three Latest Temperatures: and John Murray, for the rod of the congregation. Sean and hundred enquiries have been Day 15C (59F) Night 3C (37F) he used had been given to him Cathy Meally, who have been received by the company, some Page 22 September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com ‘Trad’ Returns Tir Na Hit Transfers To Gloucester Stage (Continued from page 10) ing him what to do, even times it’s very difficult to produce plays that could Na production at the BCA though the son is an old move a play as actors get potentially travel. In do- and loved it. He said, “I man himself. It’s a role involved in other produc- ing this, it’s important to actually tried to see ‘Trad’ the father simply cannot tions. But after going back have a simple set and a a second time and couldn’t stop playing. and forth for a while on the small cast. Because we get a ticket. I spoke with Eric said, “It obviously dates, we managed to pin are a small company, it Carmel and Colin, and ap- has its Irish charm and everyone down for these means we cannot transfer parently their phone was specificity, but the themes couple of weeks.” to larger venues on our ringing off the hook, and are so beautiful and so As far as retaining the own. But if we can get there was no possibility universal. And Carmel, as show’s original charm at seen by producers in Bos- of an extension down at a person, is one of the most a slightly larger theater, ton and New York, then the BCA. So I produced wonderful storytellers in Hamell adds, “ I don’t there’s always a chance it again so I could see it the world. And she brings think this will be a prob- they’ll pick our show up again. That’s an over- that craft to this piece so lem. We have the same and we’ll get a longer run simplification, but I knew beautifully.” set designer and lighting in a different space. Even there were a lot of people In reaction to the out- designer as we did in in doing the show now in who wanted and needed pouring of affection the Boston. Gloucester, I’ll be looking to see it. And I thought original Boston produc- Billy Meleady and Colin Hamell are father and son Carmel will be directing to get more people in from it would be great for our tion received, Hamell in “Trad” Jane Messinger photos us for the week before we New York to see it.” space at the Gloucester. . . . said, “It’s always a special open, and with her keen Both proud and opti- and Nancy is an enormous feeling to be on stage and the journey throughout engagement came as a eye I am very confident mistic, he said, “Maybe favorite up here.” have every seat in the the play. The incredible result of a conversation be- we can produce the same the journey will continue.” While the story is Irish house taken. Also, the reaction just makes you, tween Engel and Carroll. show we had in Boston.” “Trad” by Mark Doherty, based, the parent-child reaction of the audience as an actor, keep wanting Engel then approached In a way, this new Sept. 2 - 12 at Gloucester relationship is one to after each show was very to do it again. They are Hamell who said he’d production in Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East which anyone can relate. genuine and positive. very excited to be getting happily support the move plays into Hamell’s mis- Main Street, Gloucester. Throughout the story, Billy and Nancy as well the chance to perform in if everyone else was on sion. He said, “My origi- Tickets: 978-281-4433 or the father is constantly as myself felt that the Gloucester.” board. nal idea when I formed gloucesterstage.com. correcting the son and tell- audience was with us on The spark for the new Said Hamell: “Often- Tir Na Theatre was to

happens in Irish music quote from Boston’s leg- sings traditional Irish and cert, which begins at by those who have a endary accordionist Joe Scottish songs in English 8 p.m., is $12, $6 for firm foundation in the Derrane: “Trad or not and Gaelic. She was a members of Club Passim, tradition. To me, those trad? I don’t know. You regular at the Boston WGBH and WUMB. For bands do traditional music play what you are. So, I Singers’ Club and has reservations, go to clubp- beautifully, and have sort suppose that’s what we do performed with several assim.org. of ‘earned’ their right to musically: We play who we bands, including Epona, a For more information experiment and expand are. Making music for me Celtic language ensemble on BCMFest, see bcmfest. upon it.” is about being real.” whose members also in- com; you can also sign up Susan summarizes her Opening for the Lind- cluded Kate Chadbourne. for the BCMFest e-mail (Continued from page 10) while I have an aversion musical philosophy in says will be Peg Aloi, who Admission to the con- list via the website. to the ‘preciousness’ with a loose paraphrase of a that periodically flares up which some people treat in Irish music circles. She traditional music, I ab- sees her opinion on the sub- solutely love ‘pure drop’ ject as having become less traditional music.” Gaelic Roots Series Has Irish Theme; “strappy” and definitive. At the same time, she “I always think about and her husband are fans tradition versus innova- of contemporary-minded is Focus; tion when I’m playing bands like Lunasa and reels on saxophone, and Kila, but not simply be- am very aware that there cause of their modernity. Four Concerts in Fall Semester are many people who just “While I like experimen- Irish traditional music Campus) beginning at mus Connolly — director his presentations at col- can’t stomach the idea of tation, I feel very firmly will be the focus of the fall 6:30 p.m. All are free and of Irish music programs leges, retreats, tours and sax reels. It’s OK, and I to- that the best innovation 2010 Gaelic Roots Music, open to the public. at BC — Louise Costello, other events. He also has tally understand, because Song, Dance, Workshop • Fiddler Oisin McAuley Tommy McCarthy and performed and recorded and Lecture Series at and flutist Jimmy Noonan Chris McGrath, among with some of the leading Boston College. will kick off the series others. Irish musicians of the age. The series, sponsored by on Sept. 30. McAuley, a • On Oct. 21, the duo of • Fiddler Laurel Martin BC’s Center for Irish Pro- member of the popular Brendan Begley (accordi- and multi-instrumen- grams, has often featured band Danu, has become a on, vocals) and Caoimhín talist Mark Roberts will music from Scotland, Cape mainstay in the local ses- Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle) will conclude the fall series Breton and Appalachia sion scene since moving to make a return appearance with a concert on Dec. as well as Ireland. But Boston several years ago. to Gaelic Roots. Widely re- 7. Martin, a protégé of there will be a distinctly Noonan teaches in BC’s spected as soloists, Begley Seamus Connolly and Hibernian flavor to this Irish Studies Program and and Ó Raghallaigh have a former member of the fall’s events, which take has played at numerous garnered praise for their BC Irish Studies music place at Connolly House concerts and festivals with collaboration, which pro- faculty, released her first (300 Hammond Street an impressive array of duces music that can be CD, “The Groves,” in 2006 near BC’s Chestnut Hill musicians including Sea- equally mesmerizing and and also has recorded subtle as it is powerful. with the fiddle ensemble • Renowned accordion- Childsplay. Roberts, who ist James Keane will pres- plays guitar, banjo, flute ent a combination lecture and whistle, has recorded and concert, “Living in the and toured extensively Tradition,” on Nov. 18. for more than 25 years; In addition to his superb his music was featured in “Serving Greater Boston since 1971” musicianship, Keane is the John Sayles film “The Large Format Printing known as a shanachie Secret of Roan Inish.” 1060 N. MaiN St., RaNdolph, Ma 02368 and folk-historian who For information, see phone: 781-963-3660 Billboards • Banners brings to life great Irish bc.edu/gaelicroots or send tradition-bearers through an e-mail [email protected]. fax: 781-986-8004 1022 Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester www.miltonmonuments.com 617-282-2100 PUZZLE SOLUTION FROM PAGE 15 email: [email protected] carrolladvertising.com SAVE $$$ ON YOUR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE! YOU MAY QUALIFY FOR UP TO A 33% DISCOUNT JUDITH M. FLYNN Insurance Agency, Inc. Call me for a quote today! Judie Flynn • 617-296-0350 1152 Washington Street, Dorchester Lower Mills Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com September 2010 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 23

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