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Worldwide at bostonirish.com All contents copyright © 2011 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. ‘The Color of Rose’ – Remembering the Life and Times of a Matriarch

By R. J. Donovan Special to The BIR ArtsEmerson at The Para- mount Theatre begins the new year with an Irish Festival of three plays.In addition to the Druid Theatre production of Martin McDonagh’s “” and Ab- bey Theatre’s “Terminus,” the series kicks off Jan. 27 with the world premiere of “The Color of Rose,” which details the life of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. The candid play touches on a dra- matic cross section of Rose’s life from her youth to her marriage, her children, her triumphs, and her tragedies. Featuring Judith Roberts, Karen MacDonald, and Theresa Masse, “The Color of Rose” is KATHRINE BATES: No from the pen of playwright, stranger to writing about actress, and musician Kathrine iconic figures. Bates, who’s no stranger to writ- Photo courtesy ing about iconic figures. She’s Kathrine Bates. A snowman created by the Christmas week storm stood guard on the O’Connell Bridge also the author of “Roar of the over the River Liffey in during the holiday weekend. This is one of many photos Crowd,” about silent film star idea – to have three actresses of the storm’s wintry effects that were published by the Irish Times in its newspaper Fatty Arbuckle; “Evil Legacy,” play Rose Kennedy [at three and on its website, IrishTimes.com. about Lucrezia Borgia; and “The different points in her life]. . . . Manor,” a fictionalized drama The idea had been percolating inspired by the tragic story of the in his mind for a long time and ’Twas a Humbug Christmas Doheny family of Beverly Hills. he actually spoke to Katharine She recently spoke about the Hepburn about it at one point. new play by phone from her She was interested, but she did home in . Here’s an not want to play Rose Kennedy for Too Many Irish Travelers edited look at our conversation: while Rose was still alive. She By Liam Ferrie 1 p.m., then closed again at 6:30 the temperature fell to -18C, or BIR: As Boston is home to the wanted to give her that respect, Kennedys, “The Color of Rose” is just waiting until time had The Irish Emigrant for the remainder of the day. almost zero Fahrenheit. This – The days leading The backlog that the airlines was cited as the lowest on record the perfect place for its world pre- passed. And she, of course, is up to Christmas were fraught had hoped to clear at the start of for the North. miere. How did it all come about? no longer with us, either, so the with discomfort and frustra- the day had actually increased, The coldest daytime tempera- KB: I was introduced to [Cali- project went nowhere for a very, tion for families across and emigrants who had planned ture ever recorded in Ireland, fornia producer] Chuck Fries very long time. as they prayed that their own to be at home with their families at -9.4C (15F), was claimed by . . . and he told me he had an (Continued on page 12) emigrants would defeat the were stranded in airports across Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan, on Tues- elements and be home for Europe and in the US. day the 21st. Gerald Fleming, Christmas. Some made it, often On Christmas Eve, there was head forecaster, reported that Here’s Lookin’ at Ya with considerable difficulty, but no talk of extra flights and trav- December had been the coldest thousands more were disap- elers without a booking for that month on record, with tempera- pointed as snow closed Dublin day could not be accommodated. tures five to seven degrees below Airport on the 23d, leaving Many who had bookings were the mean average for the first many flights cancelled. also disappointed as flight after 22 days. An unprecedented cold spell flight was canceled. Snow fell in most parts of had already closed Dublin Air- This wasn’t just a problem the country at different times port for lengthy periods on a for Irish people hoping to come during the week leading to number of occasions but even home. There were heart-rending the holyday. Most, however, when it was open flights were scenes at Dublin Airport as seemed to be deposited in the disrupted as airports in Britain frustrated travelers came to greater Dublin area and across and on the Continent were also terms with the fact that they the north. While airports were closed for long periods. Travel- would not be with their families closed for many hours, rail and ers from London, Paris, Frank- in Britain, , Spain and bus services were maintained furt, and Brussels other countries across Europe for the most part although had the longest delays. or in the US. the Dublin-Derry bus was not On Thursday, as the snow Record lows recorded operating. fell and the airport closed at Sunday night Dec. 19 was Come the day after Christ- 9:30 a.m., a Ryanair spokesman the coldest December night mas, the snow quickly melted argued that the amount of snow on record in the Republic with on in the Galway region, but One of many things to love about Ireland are the noble black- did not warrant the closure of -17.2C (1F) recorded in Foxford, it was taking a bit longer in faced sheep that roam the commonage around the country. the airport. It was re-opened at Co. Mayo. It was even colder in other parts. See Traveling People column, Page 15. Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, where Judy Enright photo Cora Flood Paul Doyle, In ARTS: Meet Dan Gurney, of IPC into DEA Man, Entrepreneur, reconnecting Tells His Story Musician, Writer

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Bill Whelan, the Grammy Award winning composer and producer of Riverdance, visited the Columbia Campus of Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy last Wednesday morning. Whelan was entertained with Christmas songs by members of the Academy’s music program, which of- fers the largest violin program for an elementary school in the city. Photo by Ed Forry

an inconvenience to travelers headed for the west of service of those in the legal Ireland, field to the profession and One local Milton resident lamented the change in an their communities. online Facebook posting: “Shannon is officially closed MBA immediate Past through end of March for US flights – completely shock- President Valerie A. ing!” she wrote. “I have to fly to Dublin or London/ Yarashus presented Gre- if I am to drop into Limerick for a visit. It’s woeful,… aney with the award during and a huge blow to Shannon. A lot of families here are the MBA’s holiday party thinking twice about going home, especially people in Boston last month. “His from Galway and Munster. I never appreciated the jurisprudence has touched luxury of Shannon – arrive at 6.15, Teresa’s at 7 a.m. the lives of so many people,” for breakfast! Dublin is not appealing! Same if Mam Yarashus said. “Since retir- wanted to come out, Dublin would be her only option. ing he has only become in- Unreal altogether!” volved in more legal works.” Justice Greaney Another wrote, “I didn’t know about that. Dublin Greaney, who was a jus- at 7 a.m. is not appealing after an all-night flight and tice on the SJC from 1989 another 3 hours to Limerick after that. That’s a lot.” to 2008, is now director of Suffolk University Law Meanwhile, Aer Lingus is accepting booking for School’s Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Martin Nicholson at right with Irish Boston/Shannon flights from March 27 with daily Advocacy. While on the SJC, he authored numerous Bertie Ahern at the Erie Pub in May 2008. non-stop service. Currently the service is available significant opinions, including one of the most complex Associated Press photo through September 6 of 2011. corporate litigation cases in Massachusetts history, – Ed Forry same-sex marriage, termination of life support, and Eire Pub’s Nicholson the constitutional right to an adequate public school education. Withdraws from the Bar Bar Association Honors After serving in the military, Greaney practiced for 10 years with the firm of Ely and King in Springfield. The new year brings a big change at Dorchester’s Retired SJC Justice Greaney In 1974, he was appointed as the presiding judge of Eire Pub. the Hampden County Housing Court, the second such For the first time in 33 years, you won’t findMartin The Mass Bar Association has presented retired Su- court in Massachusetts. In 1976, he was appointed to Nicholson working the bar. The Roscommon-born preme Judicial Court Justice John M. Greaney with a Superior Court seat, in 1978, to the Appeals Court, Nicholson has worked at the Adams Corner landmark its Centennial Award, which is meant to celebrate the and, in 1984, as that court’s Chief Justice. since the his arrival in Boston in the late 1970s. First hired by pub owner Tom Stenson on Nicholson’s second day in the country, he has become a well-know fixture there, working now in partnership withJohn Stenson, the late founder’s son. FOUR GREEN FIELDS The Boston Globe’s Kevin Cullen told about Nich- olson in a Dec. 26 story (read it online at tinyurl. com/37nwrzy.) “There may be another bartender in 201 Washington Street/Court Street Boston who has worked longer in the same place — (opposite Old State House) the great Jerry Foley of the great J.J. Foley’s in the South End comes to mind — but none has served 617-367-4747 two presidents and a prime minister,” Cullen wrote. Nicholson served two presidents, Ronald Reagan Boston’s Irish Music & Literary Center and Bill Clinton, and the Eire Pub was the last stop for former Ireland Taoiseach Bertie Ahern during his farewell visit to Boston in 2008. Nicholson’s last day at work was scheduled for Join us for New Year’s Eve, and at the age of 60, he will begin to take it easy in the weeks ahead. Old friends and pub regulars expect that he will keep himself active; already there’s word he might wind up working part time at Fenway come the new baseball season. Grand Aer Lingus Curtails Winter Flights to Shannon Opening The longtime non-stop Aer Lingus Trans-Atlantic service between Boston’s Logan Airport and Shan- January 12 to 15, 8 p.m. non Airport in Ireland has been discontinued for the remainder of the winter. Also suspended is the New York-Shannon route, effective Jan. 5. The suspension Derek Warfield affects four weekly Boston flights, as well as four Shannon flights from New York/JFK. The 11-week & The Young Wolfe Tones suspension will remain in effect until March 27. The Irish Times reported that the decision, first announced last June, comes as Aer Lingus estimated annual losses of $14 million on the wintertime routes. The newspaper reported the airline said it remains Coming Readings committed to the Shannon flights, but the winter George Kimball demand is low, and the three-month suspension will Screaming Orphans Ray O’Hanlon help maintain the viability of the Shannon transat- Scythian Colin Broderick lantic routes. The Gobshites Larry Kirwan Although Aer Lingus continues to operate daily flights to Dublin, the suspended flights will cause Page 4 January 2011 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com Publisher’s Notebook Commentary Democrats Have News Continues to Disappoint; Right to Be Proud, Irish Turn to 2011 with Hope By Joe Leary the tax base, requiring more citizens to pay taxes but Should say why Special to the BIR not raising tax rates. Unemployment is high, existing salaries have been The bill will reduce social expenditures by cutting By Ed Forry payments to the unemployed and trimming the mini- The gridlock that seems to have enveloped Wash- cut, taxes are being increased, furious bitter criticism is everywhere, politicians are screaming at each other, mum wage from roughly $11.67 to $10.32 if you use 1.35 ington D.C. in the two years since Barack Obama euro to the dollar as the exchange rate. The minimum was elected has come to define the country in this and amateur economic experts are demanding their economic solutions be adopted. Newspaper reporters wage is far lower in the , depending on first decade of the 21st century. are delighted to offer their own individuals state laws. Such ephemeral nonsense as demands for the presi- advice and commentary. Two examples of the effect of some of the expense dent’s birth certificate, hidden holds by anonymous This is an unhappy time in cuts: Two years ago, the prime minister of Ireland was senators on presidential nominees, and John McCain’s Ireland. paid $415,000 yearly; under the new bill he will now colossal flip/flop on undocumented immigrants are in The 85-billion euro loan to Ire- be paid $294,000. Salaries of ministers of government themselves enough to cause a person to lose faith in land from the European Central will be reduced from $325,000 to $244,000. These are the legislative process. Bank (ECB) and the International just some of the many decisions. Ireland’s citizens will The pundits on the right are already writing the Monetary Fund (IMF) has been be experiencing years of austerity before a return to president’s political epitaph, gleeful as they are over approved, permitting Ireland to full economic health. the power changes in Congress. Indeed they are all conduct its business and maintain Ireland is facing an election in the spring and there sure that things will go their way, with the GOP its banking system. is little doubt that new political leaders will be chosen. Not a day goes by without the opposition parties offering claiming that “the American people” have spoken. Joe Leary ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet is apparently having sec- severe criticism about all that is going on. , But such simplistic analysis ignores the evidence Labour, and Sinn Fein all hope to gain seats in the of history: Presidential parties typically lose ground ond thoughts as the Irish govern- ment tries to assert control over its wayward banks. parliament. The new government will be a forced coali- in mid-term elections. It was the case with Bill Clin- He objects to a recently passed Dublin banking bill tion since no one party is expected to gain a majority. ton, also with Ronald Reagan. that gives Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan sub- The Irish Times’s most recent poll, in December, The truth is, there really is no stantial power to regulate and supervise the current showed dramatic fluctuations in voter disposition. The unilateral “voice of the Ameri- system. This kind of second guessing from Europe is polls questioned 20-25 voters in each of the 43 constitu- can people”; rather there is not helpful and further feeds the discontent already encies to predict probable results. The party in control a steadily shifting center of present amongst the Irish people. at present, Fianna Fail, is doing very poorly with only political gravity that swings, There is ample evidence that the Irish banking 17-18 percent of the preference. Many Fianna Fail pendulum-like, across the vast system requires discipline and government supervi- ministers and parliament members have announced middle ground between the sion. Perhaps Trichet fears such controls may spread they will not run again and are leaving politics. political right and left. to other countries in Europe. The idea that new political leadership can solve all And even as the chattering Government tax receipts are currently substantially the problems is not considered likely, as the electorate surely will soon find out. But change is coming, and class predicted nothing would less than government expenditures, resulting in new deficits every month. In order to pay back the Euro- that is probably a good thing for everyone. be accomplished in the “lame The Christmas and New Year’s holiday season in Ed Forry duck” nine weeks between the pean loan and run the government without having to borrow more funds, the Irish Parliament passed a bill Ireland is the country’s most festive time of year. This Nov 2 election and January’s new Congress, the reality to cut expenses and provide more tax revenue. The year the fine hotels in Dublin were expecting exciting was quite different, as the Democrats rallied around Fianna Fail political party, now ruling Ireland, was busy weeks and there are increasing signs that good the White House to pass one after another significant successful, with some small party and independent news is just around the corner. Few don’t anticipate change into law. vote support, in getting the bill approved, 72 to 68. a better 2011 than 2010. The Republicans, content to foster a near-unanimous The legislation, actually a series of bills, will broaden inertia (“ The Party of No!)” these past 24 months, must struggle with the reality that, now a majority in the House, they have to learn to govern. And these Off the Bench next 24 months will enable the Democrats to regroup, re-charge and, in a Palin-esque word, re-load. Boston’s John Cullinane feels confident that his party will have some success in the coming years. The Winter of 1860 … Winter of 2010 He explains: “Recently, I met with the Democratic House Leadership regarding their plans to win back By James. W. Dolan of seeing more but knowing less. the House in 2012. I came away quite optimistic that Special to the Reporter Slaves were dehumanized. If their humanity was they can do it. In the winter of 1860, the country was on the verge acknowledged, there would be no way to justify their “One reason is that the leadership has put together of the Civil War. Lincoln had been elected and would subjugation. The same thing occurs in war. It is easier an outstanding team which is open to new ideas. Sec- take office in March 1861. Amid calls for war, southern to kill a dehumanized enemy. We dehumanize a fetus ond, as Congressman Ed Markey said, the spotlight states had begun to secede. to justify abortions. will be on the House Republicans and Tea Party mem- That was 150 years I cannot say at what point in the development of a bers over the next two years and that’s going to help ago, but only 79 years fetus that human life begins. In my view, the burden of establishing that a fetus is not a human being is on because people may say they don’t like government from 1939, the year of my birth. It was 54 those that would seek to destroy it. but they sure like what government does for them. I know a fetus is at least a potential human being. “Third, the 111th Congress had an outstanding years from the start of World War I in Europe, Allowed to develop, it will certainly become a human record of accomplishment despite the fact that the and only 40 years from being. That potential (a child-to-be) is worthy of some Republicans took a walk at a time of great national the turn of the century. protection. Consider, for example, the rights we give crisis in order to play political games with America’s Was the carnage of persons accused of crimes. future.” the Civil War necessary To dismiss a fetus as an appendage, while not the Cullinane says that Democratic supporters must pview.findlaw.com to rid the nation of slav- same, is analogous to justifying slavery on the ground learn how to claim credit for their legislative accom- ery or would the “pecu- that a slave is sub-human. Some 150 years ago, and plishments, and there have been many of them in liar institution,” as it continuing even to this day, this nation has paid a the last two years. was referred to in the terrible price for the obvious evil of slavery. South, have died of its What, if any, will be the consequences of the not- “It’s really very impressive in terms of the number James W. Dolan of bills that were signed into law, despite all the own gruesome weight so-obvious evil of terminating what is at least a life- Republican opposition,” he says. “As such, it’s a in the four decades leading up to the 20th century? in-waiting? perfect ‘get out the message’ piece, and we can’t start In all probability, slavery would have succumbed to a combination of moral outrage and economic pressure James W. Dolan is a retired Dorchester District Court soon enough. The key is broadcasting it to all your judge who now practices law at Dolan Connly. friends and acquaintances with your personal take from our European trading partners. There were voices in the North that called for accommodation while oth- on things. This will be very effective if followed with ers argued that to tolerate the practice for even one other pieces over the next two years, on a regular ba- more day was an abomination. sis. If we do, by 2012 America will recognize it made At the time, nobody foresaw the terrible carnage Boston Irish a big mistake when it gave control of the House to that would accompany emancipation. Most believed the Republicans.” one side or the other would back down after a brief Columbia University historian Alan Brinkley called but gallant demonstration of the power of their arms. REPORTER the 111th “probably the most productive session of But once started, wars are impossible to control. An The Boston Irish Reporter is published monthly by: Congress since at least the ‘60s.” Norman Ornstein estimated 620,000 soldiers, North and South, were Boston Neighborhood News, Inc., of the American Enterprise Institute says, “The 111th killed in that bloody conflict; more than the combined 150 Mt. Vernon St., Suite 120, Dorchester, MA 02125 Congress is going to go down as one of the most pro- total of all our other wars. [email protected] www.bostonirish.com ductive in terms of its legislative accomplishments, In retrospect, it appears the evil of slavery had to be their sweep and scope and breadth, certainly in our purged with the blood of those that embraced, tolerated, Mary C. Forry, President (1983-2004) lifetimes, and probably within the 20th century.” ignored, or otherwise accepted the view that one human Edward W. Forry, Publisher Simply put, writes Cullinane, the Democratic mes- being could own another. The sin of slavery was just Thomas F. Mulvoy Jr., Managing Editor too outrageous to be allowed to simply wither away. William P. Forry, Contributing Editor sage is this: A brutal price in blood and treasure had to be exacted “In the 111th Congress, Democrats worked to move from a society where men, women, and children were Peter F. Stevens, Contributing Editor America forward, create jobs, and end the Bush re- bought and sold like cattle. cession – the worst economy in 60 years. We have Justice demanded that the pain of slavery be visited News Room: (617) 436-1222 Ads : (617) 436-1222 fought for Americans who work for a living—in the upon the nation as a whole to atone for such a grievous Fax: (617) 825-5516 [email protected] face of relentless opposition by Wall Street, Big Oil, crime. The idea of divine retribution is proclaimed in On The Web at www.bostonirish.com and the health insurance industry, led in Congress by the popular Civil War battle hymn: “He is stamping Date of Next Issue: February, 2011 Republicans. Despite GOP opposition, we produced out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.” Deadline for Next Issue: Wednesday, January 19 at 2 p.m. God was then seen as having a far more direct role landmark achievements for the middle class in job Published monthly in the first week of each month. creation, small business tax cuts, health care, Wall in the lives of human beings. Unlike today, there were Street reform, veterans’ health care, and child nutri- fewer obstacles between Maker and man. The distrac- The Boston Irish Reporter is not liable for errors appearing in advertisements tion. We are proud of our record.” tions, so evident in this age of technology, obscure our beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. The right is reserved by The vision. In this information age, we confront the paradox Boston Irish Reporter to edit, reject, or cut any copy without notice. 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By Bill O’Donnell the designation for years. one industrial wage —without worrying Fitzgerald died 50 years ago this month More Trouble for Irish Church – Irish Bailout And the Granite State about negative equity or mortgages, etc. (1/4) … Forty-two years ago Nationalist Boston’s archbishop, Cardinal Sean – The $100 billion bailout of Ireland and — then surely the whole financial crisis marchers were attacked at Burntollet O’Malley, has not completed his report its mortally wounded banking system is just a government con trick. Forget the Bridge and the N.I. civil rights campaign to the Vatican on the Dublin abuse in- is the result of plans put in place years IMF and the EU; just ask the Sinn Fein began (1/4) … In 1839, the General Post vestigation, but the ago that were utilized by the European president how it is done. Good advice Office on O’Connell Street, Dublin, opened situation in Irish Union late last year to buy time and hold costs nothing and Gerry always gives an (1/6) … Ratification by Dail Eireann of the Catholic Ireland at off Ireland’s debtors. The genesis of the honest answer.” disputed Anglo- Irish Treaty by a vote of the moment can only recent EU rescue mission for Greece and – John Brennan, Slugger O’Toole Blog. 64 to 57 (1/7) … Brian Friel, Ireland most be described as toxic, Ireland had its beginnings at something “The budget is going to increase my honored playwright, was born in 1929 tawdry, and seem- called the Bretton Woods Conference that taxes, reduce my income, and cut my in Omagh, Co. Tyrone (1/9) … Edmund ingly endless. The met for three weeks in July 1944 at the standards of living, and these guys are Burke, orator and politician, was born in latest chapter in the spacious and splendid Mount Washington the culprits.” Dublin in 1729 (1/12) … On Jan. 13, 1941, Murphy Report just Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. – Stephen Henry, a Dublin working James Joyce died in exile in Zurich … released describes a The elegant hotel, host in years past to man, pausing to glower at the Anglo Irish Sean MacBride, son of Maud Gonne “breathtaking cov- wealthy vacationers and their servants, Bank building.” and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, died Bill O’Donnell erup” of a serial is just 160 miles from Boston, a easy two- “We are not going to apologize for any in 1988 (1/15) … Nobel Peace Laureate priest-abuser, Fa- and-a -half-hour ride. small role we may have played in helping and political leader John Hume was born ther Tony Walsh, by church officials for The purpose of the conference in 1944 to remove a dictator who made his people in Derry in 1937 (1/18) … Patriot Kevin 17 long, painful years. was to ensure the future stability of suffer for 20 years, carried out horrific Barry was the first IRA volunteer to be An Irish Times analysis clearly shows currency internationally, to encourage acts, and didn’t care about democracy. executed during the Anglo-Irish war, Jan. church leaders in Ireland knew and did open markets, and to set an acceptable He is gone now and thank God for that.” 20, 1902 … Finally, on Jan. 30, 1972, nothing to corral Walsh’s predatory ac- exchange rate. The main terms of the – The first of dueling quotes from former thirteen unarmed men, seven under age tions. As the Times notes, “Archbishops, agreement created the International Mon- Taoiseach Bertie Ahern about the Iraq 19, were shot and killed by British Paras bishops, chancellors, vicars general, par- etary Fund and the World Bank. These war, May 2003 on Bloody Sunday in Derry. ish priests –the list of senior clerics who and other provisions went into effect of- “We were always dead against the war.” RANDOM CLIPPINGS knew of Walsh’s serial sexual abuse of ficially in 1959. The smallish conference – Bertie Ahern on the same subject 7 Isn’t it more than ironic that former An- children is virtually endless.” The Walsh room where the agreement was signed is months later in December 2003 discussing glo-Irish Bank CEO, David Drumm, who abuse charges first came to the church’s located on the hotel’s first floor and can the Iraq war presided over the multi-billion dollar attention in 1978, just two days after his be viewed by the public. “Contrast [today’s] lavish ministerial meltdown of his bank, is now living in ordination, but were not reported to the Ireland’s Quiet Role in WWII Re- lifestyle with the Nobel peace laureate’s Massachusetts, has filed for bankruptcy Irish police until 17 years later. During sistance – Most of us who read Irish continued use of trains and taxis. Hume here, and is running a consulting firm in those years Walsh, while being shielded history are well aware that Ireland sent gave his Nobel Prize money to the St. Vin- Boston that “advises businesses on finan- from prosecution by the church, abused many adventurous sons off to war in cent de Paul Society. His confidante was cial matters, including debt issues.” … The hundreds of children. South America .The names are etched in not the media but his wife, Pat.” Vatican doesn’t have enough troubles in The policies of the Vatican during the history: Bernardo O’Higgins in Chile, – John Cooney, Irish Independent, Ireland and elsewhere with investigators second half of the 20th century could be Leopoldo O’Donnell and Alexander on why John Hume of Derry is Ireland’s now looking at money laundering at the described at best, as muddled and contra- O’Reilly in Spain, et al., but few of us greatest man Vatican bank. … I don’t know what to dictory. A decision, for instance, in 1993 by know anything of the dangerous but vital think when the Vatican felt “offended” an Irish church tribunal to remove Walsh role played by Irish men and women in the The Honeypot, Alas, Still Open For that Ireland had the nerve to disrespect from the priesthood was overturned by French Resistance during World War II. Business – A quick spin around the rari- the Vatican’s sovereignty by asking the the Vatican. More recently, Archbishop I was in touch with Dr. David Murphy, fied ambiance of the corridors of power Holy See to answer some questions about Diarmuid Martin was placed in Dublin of the history department at the National in the old sod would suggest that while decades of clerical abuse. … Gerry Adams by the Vatican to clean up the mess there, University in Maynooth, who has been the currently grim isle has hardships was initially turned down when he went but two of the Irish bishops implicated as researching the Irish in the Resistance, previously unknown to the home-bred to Louth to register and vote. Seems he enablers by inquiries offered their resigna- and he agrees that it is a fascinating Irish punter, the High & Mighty (ranking and ’s Rahm Emmanuel have tions; both were rejected by the Vatican. wartime chapter and one most likely government employees to you and me), some residency problems. … Bertie Ahern Further complicating the lengthy inquiry deserving of a book. have overdosed on the fruits of the Tiger! may be out as Taoiseach but he’s not out into the clerical abuse scandal is the fact Among the agents or spies sent into An example at hand: Ireland’s esteemed of the fundraising business. Yet his recent that the Irish police were, to say the least, France to work with the Resistance were Minister of Transport, Noel Dempsey, whip-around/hold-up had a lot of empty, not particularly vigorous in prosecuting a modest contingent of 30 Irishmen and who turns a youthful 58 on the sixth of unpaid tables. … Killing earmarks in the Catholic priests accused of clerical abuse women who risked torture and death if this New Year, has read the tea leaves and federal budget also killed the $8 million of children. captured by the Gestapo but wanted to be deserted Fianna Fail for luxurious retire- tabbed for Ted Kennedy’s Senate center, One thing continues to stand out in the part of the fight against Nazi Germany. ment. Gold watches are out this season, but they’ll find the money. most recent 60-year history of the Catholic The courageous group included Dublin- but as a sign of good faith for services For the first time sinceIan Paisley, Sr. Church in Ireland: The church’s special born Patricia O’Sullivan; future Nobel rendered Noel will be leaving with a founded the Democratic Unionist Party position of authority and respect within Laureate ; Katherine one-time, tax-free $413,000 parachute. there are no Paisleys in the DUP party ex- the State, coupled with a reluctance by Ann McCarthy, an Irish nursing sister And he can begin soon after collecting his ecutive. … and if I were in a trench in some church hierarchy to publicly identify from Cork; and William O’Connor, Wil- annual pension of close to $15,000 each Afghan backwater, I’d want Mr. Lucky, and charge offending priests, produced a liam Cunningham, and Sam Murphy. and every month. Peter Robinson, at my side, Wow! … climate that did little if anything to stop They traveled across enemy lines car- A colleague of Noel’s, Justice Minister Nice to see a major Irish paper choosing priest abuse while exposing hundreds of rying essential codes, shortwave radios Dermot Ahern, is leaving, also sans the the Cooley Peninsula as one of Ireland’s innocent young people to abuse that might and other contraband; if they had been gold watch, but with slightly in excess of most scenic drives, and the same goes for never had occurred if firm, zero-tolerance searched, they would have met with al- $400,000 tax-free and an annual pension the briny beauty of the Causeway Coast action had been taken from the beginning. most certain death. of $170,000. As the late Jerry Williams up north. … Paddy Moloney, leader and Irish Echo Publisher Returns To Most of the Irish Resistance fighters of Boston radio might have said: “Neither spiritual counselor of the Chieftains, is set Politics – media guru and Irish returned quietly to civilian life but it is will need a dinner.” A deputy in the Irish to receive a lifetime achievement award Echo publisher Mairtin O Muilleoir, known that ten were arrested and sent Dail (or parliament) who can keep a low from NY’s National Arts Club; the Boston who spent a long hitch as a Belfast city to camps. Several simply disappeared. I profile, stay out of jail, and give lip service Eire Society honored Paddy and the entire councillor, is looking to return to Belfast recall that in 2000 we visited a large, white to the Whip can retire in ten years at age Chieftains’ contingent eons ago. … Gal- City Hall and the council there. He is stucco memorial in Caen, France, devoted 50 with full retirement of $150,000 a year. way’s famed Druid Theatre Company and being welcomed as the Sinn Fein succes- to the French Resistance. If memory serves The Taoiseach defended recent payouts to the National University in Galway have sor to former mayor and councillor Alex there was not a single Irish name among civil servants as “not a bonus.” We know, teamed up in a three-year partnership. Maskey, who recently stepped down after the photographs on display. Maybe Profes- Brian, it’s never the money. … The Anna Livia sculpture (Floozie in 27 years of service. sor Murphy can change that. Later Cowen defended ministerial the Jacuzzi) is long gone from O’Connell It is uncertain how O Muilleoir will work NOTABLE QUOTES Mercs (that’s Mercedes Benz to we folk) Street, but it has been resurrected and out the logistics as he has been a US resi- “For 14 years I have placed my confidence for his cabinet while protestors picketed is due to decorate the front of Dublin’s dent since shortly after his purchase of the in the citizens of Massachusetts—and they House. And despite a cut in social Ashling Hotel. Irish Echo in 2007. Maybe he might look have generously responded by placing their welfare and other barebones essentials, Dublin theater buffs have a keen treat to emulate the late Sonny McDonough confidence in me. Now, on the Friday after new luxury cars have been ordered for in store when John B. Keane’s play, “The who, as a governor’s councillor in Boston, next, I am to assume new and broader the cabinet: Cost: $1.3 million, and don’t Field,” opens on Jan. 13 for a month’s run regularly voted by phone from his Florida responsibilities. But I am not here to bid forget the Director of Public Prosecutions, in Temple Bar starring Brian Dennehy winter home. farewell to Massachusetts. For 43 years James Hamilton, who complained re- as Bull McCabe. … Nice to see old friend No Surprises on Nixon Tapes – Re- —whether I was in London, Washington, cently that his office is “overstretched.” Maureen Toal, the brilliant Irish-speak- cently released tape recordings of Rich- the South Pacific, or elsewhere —this has He has managed to look like a well-heeled ing stage actress (and of TV’s Glenroe), ard Nixon in the White House Oval Office been my home; and God willing, wherever advance man for Lonely Planet by jetting being honored with an honorary doctorate some 16 months before his resignation as I serve, this shall remain my home.” across the globe on taxpayer-paid junkets at University College Dublin. … One of president reflect a low-brow prejudice to- – President Elect John F. Kennedy in Cost: 35 foreign trips. Total $50,000. Ain’t Ireland’s classiest hotels and golf courses wards certain ethnic and religious groups, a speech to the Massachusetts Legislature, it grand. is the historic Ballymascanlon House Ho- including the Irish. The recordings depict Jan. 9, 1961. The end of the pile is near – Staff of tel run by the Quinn Family near Nixon protesting any personal prejudice “I wish to inform you that the provision the Irish Health Service have racked up on the border. Brian and Oliver Quinn, but then going on to talk about “certain of further state funding to AIB will be over a third of a billion dollars (that’s cor- and their late mother, Irene Quinn, traits” that people had. conditional, inter alia, on the non-payment rect) in expenses in a brief but glorious operate my all-time favorite hotel in all With regard to the Irish, Nixon is heard of any bonuses, no matter when they have four years. I forgot to mention that the Ireland. It’s a grand gateway going north saying in early 1973: “The Irish have been earned.” Health Service is indisputably the most or coming back. … After a long wait, the certain —for example, the Irish can’t – Irish Finance Minister Brian Leni- inefficient and unresponsive Irish gov- Irish law reform commission is strongly drink. What you always have to remember han, saying “no” to the Allied Irish Bank ernment agency in Ireland. Before Brian recommending abolishing the outmoded with the Irish is they get mean. Virtually bonus plan. Lenihan stepped in and said a loud “no,” practice of jailing debtors. … In case you every Irish I’ve known gets mean when “The sooner a general election is called senior Allied Irish Bank executives were missed it, it seems that the Soldiers of he drinks. Particularly the real Irish.” the better. Public approval of the way the all set to each receive a bonus of $235,000. Fortune , (cum/ Fianna Fail) are bottoming More profound reasoning from America’s State is being run has shrunk to 8 per cent Shades of Goldman Sachs! out in public poll disregard at a minuscule premier political misfit. while the level of dissatisfaction with the There’s more to come, sad to say, but 17 percent. That’s about the same as the I am sure that the Irish on Nixon’s government has ballooned to a staggering that’s enough to help you frame an an- US Congress. That’s scary. enemies list – folks like Marty Nolan 90 per cent. Taoiseach ’s ap- swer when next asked about Ireland’s A Final Thought: Be nice to Ireland and Bob Healy of the Globe, Mary proval rating has shrunk to an all-time financial crisis. and visit it in the New Year. The Green McGrory and others outside the media low of 14 per cent...Such a comprehensive Welcome to the New Year — A look Isle can use all the friends it can get. like Bing Crosby, Jim Bishop, and rejection of policies, personalities, and at some January history over the years: And never forget it wasn’t the people of Gregory Peck, were shattered by the late parties should not be ignored.” On the first of January 1973, Ireland Ireland who helped lead their country into president’s designated opponents list. In – Irish Times Editorial, Dec. 16, 2010. joined the European Economic Com- insolvency. It was the banks, a distracted actuality, everyone on the Nixon enemies “We should all support Sinn Fein. If munity together with the United King- and careless government, and those who list was absolutely delighted and dined off Gerry Adams can afford three houses on dom and Denmark … The actor Barry stayed too long at the fair. Page 6 January 2011 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com BIR Profile Irish Pastoral Centre’s Cora Flood’s mission: Reconnecting with ‘the pride of being Irish’

By Greg O’Brien Flood confided with a counselor that she Special to the BIR thought social work sounded “sexy.” She Cora Bridget Flood is one of the Pope’s reasoned at the time: “It had an inviting Children. title, and involved people doing good and Born in Graignamanagh in County making an impact on the world, although Kilkenny—not far from the River Bar- I didn’t know why.” row, navigable south to St. Mullins where Flood eventually would discern the it joins the tidal waters linking with the connotation, a learning curve set in Nore River and Inistioge with access to motion through the fine example of her New Ross and the open sea—Flood, now parents, Paddy and Maura (Doyle), who 40, is the oldest of six siblings born in raised their children in a small village, a this community of farmers and stone service town for the surrounding farming masons along the southeast coast. She community. “The only people who came never met an American until she was to the village where I grew up were folks a young adult. And yet she was on the who worked there or were raised there,” leading edge of what the Irish author she says. “We didn’t have tourists or for- and economist David McWilliams calls eigners. It was insular, very comfortable, a celebrated movement in his acclaimed and very old Irish.” book, “The Pope’s Children: The Irish A gifted stonemason, Flood’s father, Economic Triumph and the Rise of Ire- who left school at age 12 to practice the land’s New Elite.” trade, stressed the importance of educa- Published in 2005, the book details the tion to his children—two of whom now impact of the Celtic Tiger and ensuing live in , one in England, one in property boom on the , the U.S. and two in Ireland. Her mother, “resulting in the rise of a new bourgeoi- who left school at 15 and stowed away sie,” the first generation in Ireland since to England, stressed the importance of the mid-19th century Great Famine to independence. “Mother also was always increase in population. encouraging the girls to get an educa- “Named for the ironic coincidence of tion and not be dependent on the guys the Irish baby boom of the 1970s, which to keep us in the manner in which we peaked nine months to the day after Pope were accustomed,” Flood says. John Paul II’s historic visit to Dublin, Neither parents, now retired in “The Pope’s Children” is a celebration of Kilkenny, smoked or drank; they spent the first generation of the Celtic Tiger, all their discretionary resources on their the beneficiaries of the economic miracle Cora Flood: wants to “reinforce” the Irish identity abroad. children. Neither were they particularly that propelled Ireland from centuries of religious in traditional Catholic ways, deprivation into a nation that now enjoys sustaining the pride of being Irish,” she and youth organizing at the National “although Dad was a bit more spiritual; one of the highest living standards in says of her job, overseeing more than 400 University of Ireland. She returned to perhaps it was his way of torturing us,” the world,” Amazon.com crowed in an senior outreaches a month, in a “parish the Immigration Center the following Flood says. online review. without boundaries,” as the Pastoral year as a permanent resident benefi- Each Sunday, Paddy Flood took his But that was then. The recent Euro- Centre notes on its website. ciary of the Morrison Visa Program. Her wife and children to his parents’ home in pean Union and International Monetary “We are all about creating possibilities work under esteemed executive director County Carlow at the base of a mountain. Fund bailout of Irish banks and the for older people from Ireland, as well as Sister Lena Deevy involved community “We got to Granny’s house just in time for worsening state of Irish debt have tamed people with an interest in Ireland, to get and volunteer organizing, including the rosary at 6 p.m. The minute we got the tiger, more suitable now for a petting together either in person or on the phone building relations with the Montserrat to the door, all six kids and my parents zoo, and have raised questions anew so they can beat the loneliness and some- community in Dorchester. were made to grab sofa cushions, kneel about the economic independence of the times depression that comes with losing Founded in 1989 to meet the needs of on the floor, and say the rosary. That island nation whose cultural, political, spouses and loved ones to illness and old the Irish immigrant population in Massa- was the extent of our formal religion. and artistic influences are embraced, age,” she said in accepting the Silver chusetts, the IIC serves Irish newcomers With Dad, I suppose, it was not so much and in some places emulated, around Key Award, stating that her Kilkenny and has expanded to assist immigrants about religious customs or prayers; it the world. primary school teachers, “the terrifying from more than 100 nations—providing was about participating in something Sound the clarion call with faithful Sr. Teresita and Sr. Scholastica, would legal advice, information, advocacy, re- he felt was good, worthwhile, and that defenders like Flood of the Irish Pasto- be smiling if they could see me now.” ferrals, and support for immigrants on connected us to one another and to our ral Centre in Quincy and recipient two It always helps, she observed, “ to have issues relating to immigration, employ- grandparents.” months ago of the Boston Charitable a sense of humor, an upbeat attitude, ment, citizenship, housing, and social Today, Cora Flood’s life at the Pastoral Irish Society’s Silver Key Award for a store of sarcasm, and an ability to be services. Centre is all about religion in the mission- her “extraordinary service to the most a good listener to make a difference in After taking a leave of absence to ary spirit, and yet she views her spiritual vulnerable members of the Irish commu- individuals lives.” explore the world on an extended trip beliefs as a “faith without boundaries. nity.” About 3,000 miles from Kilkenny Flood is fully blessed with such at- to Africa, India, and Australia, Flood I’m not particularly a Mass-goer, the or about 4,980 kilometers as the black tributes. returned to center for another four outward notion of a devout Catholic,” crow flies, Flood, like other of the “Pope’s “We’re very good at self-promotion,” years, to assist with a new initiative, she says. “Faith or belief in something Children,” is sanguine about the future she says of the Irish spirit in an interview the Walsh Visa Program, as director of outside myself is important, but actions of her homeland and focused on lifting from the Pastoral Centre. “At an early Development and Training for the young to me speak louder than all the decades the Irish spirit. “I wouldn’t be depressed age, we were taught to be proud of our participants from . of the rosary and all the Masses one at- about it,” she says, “I’d be more practical. heritage. At least once a day, we were told Word of Flood’s organizational skills tends. I’m more inclined to say of myself I firmly believe that Ireland is strong that we have a remarkable ecclesiastical spread throughout the Boston area like that I’m an Irish person interested in enough to sustain itself.” and literary history, that we’re explorers, pink magnolias on Commonwealth Av- providing opportunities for the people I All boats indeed rise with the tide from saints, and scholars shaped by the sea. enue in the springtime. work with, the people of Ireland to which the North Sea to Boston Harbor, and My job now is to reinforce this notable In 2006 she was named coordinator of I have dedicated my life.” Flood, who came to Boston 16 years ago identity abroad.” the Senior Outreach Program at the Irish There is little in Flood’s life that is and today coordinates the Pastoral Cen- Flood began her journey in 1994, Pastoral Centre, a program that seeks to stereotypical. A mother of two children, tre’s senior citizen outreach programs, is emigrating to Boston to complete a reconnect elderly Irish residents with the Orla, 3, and Killian, 1, she lives in intent on plying the distinguished cur- summer work-study program at the social network of the community. Weekly Dorchester with her partner of 15 years, rents of Irish history, humor, and culture. Irish Immigration Center, as part of “coffee mornings” in Brighton and Quincy Brian Crosse, a Limerick City man who “We’re in the business of reconnecting, of post-graduate studies in community offer senior citizens the opportunity to is now an accountant with a downtown renew acquaintances, make new friends, Boston financial services firm. “We and participate in educational and social live between Adams Village and Fields activities. A monthly Mass and breakfast Corner,” she adds, but is quick to note, is held at the Irish Cultural Centre in “I might be considered snobby if I said Warm Your Home This Winter Canton, and Pastoral Centre house vis- we lived in Adams Village, so I say the its are made throughout the Route 128 edge of Adams Village and Fields Corner, circuit, as far away as Worcester. “If between the Irish and the Vietnamese.” or Just Simply Enjoy we can get to a person, we’ll go there,” So be it. For now, Flood is staying put, Flood vows. but her vita suggests new challenges lie the Wonderful Aroma of Real Irish Turf Founded in 1987 and funded in part by in the future. A self-proclaimed short- the Irish government and contributions term planner, she’s toying with the from Irish and Irish- American communi- prospect of a master’s degree one day “YES” Real Irish Turf not briquettes, turf taken straight from the bogs ties, the Pastoral Centre serves a range in intercultural relations, as in “how of Ireland. The warmth and the smell of the burning turf will take you of individuals with programs for toddlers, the Irish interact with people of other straight back to old Ireland. young mothers, and young adults, as well cultures.” as seniors, that help to meet immigra- Would she circumnavigate the world If you are longing for a piece of home our turf will take you there. tion, housing, counseling, socialization, to assess this interaction? “Brilliant!” and employment needs “in as culturally she replies with characteristic under- Available to buy in an easy to carry box weighting approximately 15Ibs sensitive manner as possible.” statement, in a tone that suggests Cora the finest turf available. One might get the impression that Bridget Flood has a clear vision for her Flood was raised in a convent. Hardly. life and the grace and endurance to For more Information Please visit our web site “At an early age, my mother and rela- pursue it. www.turffromireland.com tives told me that I should be a nurse and that my younger sister should be a Greg O’Brien, a regular Boston Irish model,” Flood recalls. “I thought there Reporter contributor, is president of Stony was no way in hell that I’m going to be Brook Group, a Brewster-based pub- a nurse, if she’s going to be a model! I lishing and political/communications didn’t want to fit into that stereotype.” strategy firm. He is the author/editor Years later, at secondary school in of several books, and writes for various New Ross, about 11 miles from Kilkenny, regional and national publications. Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com January 2011 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 7 BRETT’S BOSTON By Harry Brett Exclusive photos of Boston Irish people & events

he Eire Society joined with Tmembers of the Charitable Irish Society and the Irish Ancestral Re- search Assn. (TIARA) in a Celebra- tion of a “Celtic Noël” on Sun., Dec. 12 in the John J. Burns Library at 1. Boston College. Hors d’œuvres and wine “worthy of a such a celebration” were served, along with music both 2. Irish and seasonal. A silent auction of Irish gifts benefited the Eire Society.

1.) Connie Koutoujian, Waltham; Pat Joyce, Littleton; 2.) Ann and Kevin Phillips; 3.) Tom Walsh and Mary Ellen Collins, Milton; 4.) John McGuire, Roslindale; Ann Walsh, Milton; 5.) Tom Carty, Dedham; Betsy Butler, Milton; 6.) Mike Donlan, W. Roxbury; 7.) Ann Doherty, Newton with Glenn and Janae Bronson, Chelmsford; 8.) Bev and Richard Armour, 3. Norwood; 9.) Kay Moran, Newton; 10.) Musi- cians Sean Smith, Newton; Colleen White and Shane Cornyn, BC students; 11.) Ed Forry, BIR publisher with Della Costello of Dorchester; 12.) Jim Riley, Weymouth; Mary Barrett, Stow; 13.) Barbara and Kathleen Quill, Andover; 14.) Philip O’Brien, Kirsten Wenge, W. Roxbury; and Trisha Griffin-Carty, Dedham; 15.) Ron O’Keefe, Jeff and Margaret Flagg, W. Roxbury.

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The Irish Immigration Center (IIC) hosted its annual Solas Award dinner on Fri., Decem- ber 10, at the Seaport Hotel/ World Trade Center. The 2010 Solas Awards were presented to Robert Glassman (1) and Congressman Richard Neal (2). Also honored with special Humanitarian Leadership awards were Marie St. Fleur and Sabine St. Lot, pictured with Karen Ansara, left, and IIC director and founder Sr Lena Deevy at right. (3). Among the guests at the event were former State Rep. Charlotte Golar Richie and Brian Concan- non, director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) with Ms. Lot.(4).

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5-6 pm – “So You Think You Can Sing” 6:00 pm (approx.) – Singing session for all with Salty Barnacles, Sean Smith, others

ATTIC STAGE 10:30-11:15 am – Andy Reiner, Mariel Vandersteel & Stash Wyslouch 11:30 am-12:15 pm – “Dueling Duos” with Michael O’Leary & Steve Levy; George Keith & Adam Cole-Mullen 12:30-1:15 pm – Flynn Cohen & Matt Heaton 1:30-2:15 pm – Royal Scottish Country Dance Society of Boston Schedule for BCMFest 2011 2:30-3:15 pm – Ari & Mia Friedman with Owen Marshall NOTE: Times and performers subject to change 3:45 pm – The Artie Flynn Memorial Open Stage, performers TBA Last updated 12/17 6:00 pm (approx.) – Scottish session with the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club

SANCTUARY STAGE Friday, January 7 12:45-1:25 pm – “Dueling Lizzies,” with Liz Hanley & Michael Rose; Liz Kick-off Concert at Club Passim 7 p.m. (doors open 5:30) featuring: Simmons & Hannah Sanders -Plaiditude 1:25-1:55 pm – Highland Soles -Susie Petrov & Reinmar Seidler 2:00-2:30 pm – “Lift Every Voice,” with Lissa Schneckenburger & Bethany -Long Time Courting Waickman, Hannah Sanders, Michael O’Leary, others TBA

Boston Urban Ceilidh at the Canadian-American Club, Watertown 7:30 p.m. (doors open 7:00 p.m.) with: BCMFest Finale Concert -Pelham Norville, Adam Cole-Mullen, Bethany Waickman & Dan Gurney January 8, First Parish of Cambridge, 8 p.m. -Kimberley Fraser & Hanneke Cassel Featuring: The members of Halali – Laura Cortese, Hanneke -Laura Cortese and the Boston Urban Ceilidh Band Cassel, Lissa Schneckenburger & Flynn Cohen – playing together, and solo with special guests including Matt Heaton, Danny Noveck, Chris Lewis, Ari Friedman, Jefferson Hamer, Bethany Waickman, Saturday, January 8 Kieran Jordan and Highland Dance Boston DayFest CLUB PASSIM STAGE BCMFest Ticket Prices 10:45-11:30 am – Bob Bradshaw; Lindsay Straw & Cara Frankowicz noon-12:45 pm - Tri -Friday kick-off concert at Club Passim: $28/$25 for Passim members 1-2 pm – Irish Session with Lindsay Straw and Jim Gleason, others TBA – The Stoneybatter Band -Boston Urban Ceilidh: $15, $10 for children and teens 2:30-3:25 pm 3:45 pm – “The Blue Dress” with Shannon Heaton & Maeve Gilchrist -DayFest: $15/$13 for Passim members

FIRST PARISH OF CAMBRIDGE -Finale Concert: $15/$13 for Passim members PARLOR STAGE 11am-noon – Kyte MacKillop & Friends; Feargal Ó Béarra -Combo Pass (DayFest and Finale Concert): $25/$23 for Passim members 12:15-1:00 pm – Lissa Schneckenburger & Bethany Waickman You can purchase tickets through Club Passim at www.clubpassim.org 2:30-3:30 pm – “Celtic Journey: Power Ballads, Celtic Style,” performers TBA 4-4:45 pm – Mariel Vandersteel Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com January 2011 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 9 Notes from the Irish Immigration Center Immigration Q & A An agency accredited by US Department of Justice Legal US Residents 100 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 Can Lose Their Telephone (617) 542-7654 Fax (617) 542-7655 Website:iicenter.org Email: [email protected] Immigration Status

As we begin 2011 Irish has been providing an- the Emigrant, the Boston iicenter.org. Immigration Center pays nual funding for 20 years. Irish Reporter, on Face- Immigration and Citi- If Not Careful tribute to the Department Without this funding, the book, and via e-mail for up- zenship Update – The of Foreign Affairs of the IIC would not have been dates and announcements Irish Immigration Center Q. I’m a US legal permanent resident, but I’ve been Irish Government able to adapt and respond related to the following provides comprehensive, staying in Ireland for the past nine months and I’m With their support, the to the needs of the newer classes in 2011 (Venues professional, and confi- concerned that I may have a problem getting back IIC continued to offer Irish immigrant commu- will be in Boston, Canton dential legal assistance on into the US. I didn’t intend to stay here so long, but critical services to the Irish nity over the years. and Dorchester): visa options, immigration after I arrived home my mother was diagnosed with communities of Boston in Community Coun- Home Health Aide and citizenship issues. IIC cancer. Could I have difficulty returning to the US as 2010. seling and Education Classes in March and operations include a mix a permanent resident? Community Coun- Services Update – The September. of outreach and education seling and Education Irish Immigration Cen- Free Health Screening to the immigrant commu- A. There are a number of ways in which a legal per- Services – 200 students ter’s Community Coun- events in February, April, nity, as well as specialized, manent resident (LPR) can lose immigration status, graduated from our Home seling and Education and September. individual consultation and leaving the US for extended periods is one of Health Aide Course and Services offers counseling, CPR Classes from Feb- and immigration case as- them. Once lost, LPR status can be regained only by most are employed in free health clinics, job ruary. sistance. beginning the LPR application process over again. their field skill workshops, and other Computer Classes (of Legal Clinic Schedule After you become a permanent resident, you must Dozens of people strug- resources to Irish immi- all skills and levels) from – The IIC is pleased to offer demonstrate if questioned at the time of re-entry that gling with depression, grants. Director Danielle January. free weekly legal clinics. your trip outside the US was temporary and that you anxiety, and substance Owen, a licensed sub- Active Parenting: Rais- Our friendly, dedicated, have not abandoned your primary residence in the US. abuse received weekly stance abuse counselor, ing resilient children – and experienced immigra- If you remain outside the US for more than six months individual counseling and can assist you if you are Preparing for the Teen tion attorneys will answer or engage in activities that indicate that your perma- support experiencing issues such Years (February). your questions about im- nent residence is no longer in the US, the US immigra- Nearly 100 people par- as substance abuse, do- Accessing Higher Edu- migration and citizenship tion inspectors may consider you to have voluntarily ticipated in our health mestic violence, anxiety, cation Workshops. issues. abandoned your US residency and deny your re-entry. screening depression, lack of access Smoking Cessation Upcoming dates for our Many people believe that they can retain their LPR Legal Services – Ap- to healthcare, or homeless- Workshops. community clinics include: status by brief trips into the US each year: That is not proximately 500 Irish ness. For assistance, con- Managing Stress and Mon., Jan. 10, 6:30 correct. If your actual permanent residence is not in the individuals received legal tact Danielle, in confidence Anxiety Workshops. p.m: The Green Briar US, you have abandoned your US immigration status. consultations and without judgment, at QPR: Suicide Preven- Pub, 304 Washington St., The factors that may determine the temporary nature Dozens of Irish immi- the IIC at 617-542-7654, tion Workshops. Brighton of trips outside the US include the following: grants became US citizens Ext. 14, or at dowen@ Substance Abuse/Addic- Tues., Jan. 18, 4 p.m.- Are your actual home and place of employment still We would like to thank iicenter.org. tion Information Work- 6 p.m.: IIC Offices, 100 in the US? the Consul General, Mi- The Irish Immigra- shops. Franklin St. in downtown Did you have a definite temporary reason to travel chael Lonergan; Vice Con- tion Center wishes to Citizenship Workshops Boston (Enter from the abroad, such as study or a short-term employment sul, Deirdre Ni Fhalluin, thank the Department of (to help prepare for US side entrance at 60 Arch assignment? and Consulate staff for Foreign Affairs of the Irish Citizenship Application Street or 201 Devonshire Did you expect and was it your intention to return the support, advice, and Government for its gener- & Exam). Street) to the US within a relatively short period of time? assistance which is so ous support of program- Call Danielle at 617- Wed., Jan. 26, 6 p.m.: Are you returning to the US when expected? If not, crucial to our work with ming for Irish immigrants. 542-7654, Ext. 14, or Ann St Mark’s Parish Hall, what circumstances caused you to spend additional Irish immigrants. We are Classes and Work- Marie Cugno at Ext. 32 1725 Dorchester Ave, time abroad? Were these circumstances within your very grateful that the DFA shops on Offer in 2011 for more information or to Dorchester. control? of the Irish Government – Please keep an eye out in register. E-mail: dowen@ Where are your family ties, property, business af- filiations, etc? Have you filed US resident tax returns? In your particular case, it seems you did not intend Matters Of Substance to abandon your US LPR status. You should obtain evidence of your mother’s diagnosis to illustrate to US immigration inspectors why you remained away for My New Year resolution nine months. Evidence could include letters from her doctors and records from the hospital. You also should assemble evidence to address the points outlined above. about smoking… Again? You should return to the US as an LPR sooner rather than later and certainly within a year of your depar- By Danielle Owen sure. Nicotine raises our of cigarettes for 24 hours, ture. An absence from the US of more than one year Special to the BIR heart and breathing rates they had increased anger, very likely would result in the loss of your LPR status. Why is it so hard to quit as well as our blood sugar hostility, aggression, and There is a re-entry permit that can be applied for if smoking? Are smokers levels, usually leaving loss of social cooperation one anticipates being outside of the US for more than weak-willed or is some- smokers feeling more alert (NIDA). Smokers tell me one year, but the application must be submitted prior thing else going on? It after a cigarette. Up to 40 that because they have to departure, while the LPR is still in the US. (See seems logical that people minutes after though, half failed before, there’s no re-entry permit application Form I-131 at uscis.gov). would drink or use heroin the effects of nicotine are point in trying again. or cocaine for the euphoria gone. So smokers get the Change takes a lot of prac- For a free, confidential consultation about this or or “buzz”. But smokers urge to light up again. tice and a lot of support, any other aspect of immigration law, visit one of our don’t get high, so why can’t After repeated doses, our but you can quit! legal clinics as advertised in the Boston Irish Reporter they just quit? brain stops producing its After the New Year’s each month. own dopamine and relies celebrations are over, Nicotine is one of the Danielle Owen most addictive drugs in ex- on cigarettes to do it in- make a list of what you like Disclaimer: These articles are published to inform istence and smoking is one stead. So now the smoker and what you hate about Support groups in 2011 generally, not to advise in individual cases. The US of the most difficult habits needs nicotine just to feel smoking. If the “hate” list open to all who want to Citizenship and Immigration Services and US Depart- to quit. The National “normal” because without is longer, it’s time to get stop smoking. Whether ment of State frequently amend regulations and alter Institute on Drug Abuse it, s/he feels irritable and help. Remember, smok- it’s your first time or processing and filing procedures. For legal advice seek (NIDA) discovered that depressed. ers’ bodies and minds are your twentieth time, you the assistance of an IIC immigration specialist or an “all the elements of addic- When do you find your- trained to smoke because don’t have to do it alone. immigration lawyer. tion found with “serious” self smoking the most? of the nicotine. Nicotine Call Danielle at 617-542- drugs like heroin and co- When you are bored, patches and other prod- 7654, Ext. 14, for more caine are also found with stressed, or tired? People ucts can help with crav- information or register nicotine.” When nicotine smoke because it is use- ings and talking with with Kielan at Ext. 42. ful to them. 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The Mountpelier Lodge in Co. Dublin was built as a hunting lodge in 1725. Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com January 2011 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 11 Boston irish Boston Irish Arts, Entertainment, Reporter Travel & More Musician, Entrepreneur, Writer Gurney Lives Life by ‘Just Seeing What Comes Along’

By Sean Smith Special to the BIR How’s this for a resume? Graduated from a prestigious Boston-area univer- sity. Trekked around the world as a travel writer and video maker (experi- ences included finagling a prime location at the annual solstice celebration at Stonehenge). Spent a year in Ireland soaking up as much traditional music as is humanly possible. Returned to Boston to start an Internet broadcast enterprise ‘From that might possibly be the next big thing in live music. Oh, and he is already long-established the Green as one of the more talented young Irish accordion players on the East Coast. And he’s starting his own record label to help to the preserve traditional music. Such is the life of Dan Gurney, and that’s just from the past couple of years. Blues’ Hardly in his mid-20s, Gurney would If you got the Boston Irish Reporter seem to be a natural candidate for the September 2010 edition, you might have “Renaissance Man” tag, given his as- read Susan Lindsay’s candid, enjoyable sorted activities and interests, which account of how she and husband Stephen include playing tunes that go back de- put together this CD: the doubts and cades, if not centuries, and honing his fears, the highlights and lowlights, and expertise in the latest Internet audio- the constant balancing of hope versus visual technology. But in conversation, expectation versus reality. at least, Gurney is laconic about how Well, to these ears, it was all worth it. he integrates the various facets of his “From the Green to the Blue” reflects life. There’s no dynamic, unifying vi- the “very Dublin” approach the Plymouth sion at work here, just a guy who feels couple take to their music: a genre- comfortable slipping into whatever role bending mix of traditional tunes, Irish -- musician, entrepreneur, writer -- is ballads, and contemporary, world-music required of him. influenced songs by the likes of Johnny “I’ve always been independent, and Mulhern and especially Dublin native enjoyed working on my own projects,” Wally Page, who wrote three of the pieces says Gurney, a native of Rhinebeck, NY, appearing on the CD. The Lindsays (Su- about two hours north of . san on , whistle and sax, Stephen The son of artist and illustrator James on guitar) are supported by a splendid Gurney (creator of the science/fantasy variety of instrumentalists, notably Salil series Dinotopia), he says he has had Sachdev, who utilizes exotic percussion an up-close and personal example of such as African water drums, dumbek, successful self-employment. “I like to be and cajon. able to act on an idea without having to The highlight of the album — in fact, a clear it with other people.” perfect exemplar for the Lindsays’ body Which is not to say that Gurney doesn’t of work — is “Sixteen Jolly Ravers,” work and play well with others. Since Dan Gurney: “From the beginning, I just always felt attracted to Irish music. Page’s rollicking, ribald yet lyrical tale arriving in the Boston area as a fresh- I never thought about whether it was something I wanted to do. It was just of Spanish fishermen trying to navigate man at Harvard more than five years there for me.” Sean Smith photo the Dublin night scene. Susan’s saxo- ago, he has appeared with such eminent local musicians as Jimmy Noonan, Joe people will want to buy the performer’s potentially, we could have 110 concerts phone and Chris Barrett’s trumpet add a CD, or go out to see him or her next time, available at a time.” mariachi-band texture as Stephen sings Derrane, and Matt and Shannon Hea- ton (he appeared on their CD “Lover’s or they’ll tell somebody else, ‘Hey, you If Gurney can view Concert Window with obvious relish, and a backing chorus should listen to this great singer I saw from the performer’s perspective, it’s supplies an additional rakish touch, right Well”), and frequented popular sessions at The Burren and The Druid. He also on the Web the other day.’ ” probably because he began developing through to the whirl-a-gig instrumental For Gurney and O’Connor, Concert that outlook very early on. He started play-out at the end. co-founded The Hay Brigade, an acoustic quartet that offers a heady blend of folk Window was no modest undertaking. playing the accordion seriously at age Susan’s haunting flute casts an ap- “We had to do a lot of research, to find 7, with the great fortune of having leg- propriate chill over “One Last Cold and jazz styles, and has performed on WGBH-FM’s “A Celtic Sojourn.” out what cameras and cables would do endary Irish concertina player Father Kiss,” a little-known Felix Pappalardi/ the best job. Then we had to go out and Charlie Coen living nearby -- “He would Gail Collins song popularized by Christy Then there’s Concert Window, the brainchild of Gurney and his Hay Bri- get sponsors and advertisers. But we’re have concerts or sessions, and I started Moore, while by contrast Mulhern’s true- very excited about the possibilities, and to go regularly. I just loved it.” Although love-redeemed “Blue-Green Bangle” gade comrade Forrest O’Connor. Last fall, the two -- along with third co-founder hope to take it nationally. We feel we’ve largely self-taught, Father Coen’s East coasts along breezily on the strength of come up with a model that’s more expand- Galway style proved to be the most Sachdev’s inventive rhythms and Evan John Garrett -- struck up an agreement with Club Passim, the legendary folk and able than what’s out there: The system influential on Gurney in his formative Harlan’s amiably bouncy accordion. can broadcast shows every night and, (Continued on page 13) The instrumental tracks include a acoustic music venue in Harvard Square, spirited set of jigs in which Susan links to stream concerts for free via a website up with fiddler Nikki Engstrom, and “Sax they created, concertwindow.com. As Reels,” a medley led by Susan’s sax and of late December, Concert Window had Harlan’s accordion that draws on the carried a dozen shows from Passim, Dudley Street 1950s dance hall era sound each attracting hundreds and hundreds while recalling vintage Moving Hearts. of viewers. “We’ve gotten an amazing “From the Green to the Blue” serves response -- people are very enthusiastic as a reminder that folk and traditional about it,” says Gurney. “Passim was ab- musicians don’t, and shouldn’t, shut solutely ideal as the starting point, and themselves off from a wider array of we‘re really grateful to them.” styles and influences, especially if they The theory behind Concert Window, use them with equal amounts of panache Gurney explains, is that both performer and discernment. and venue ultimately benefit by the – SEAN SMITH increased exposure (and by splitting sponsorship proceeds with Concert Window). A place like Club Passim has a strong, loyal following to begin with, but Concert Window offers the opportunity to get the Passim name out to a wider audience, even beyond Massachusetts or New England, and generate additional interest that can translate into more bodies in the seats. Similarly, he says, the performer can expand his or her fan base: “People watch him or her do a show through Concert Window, and they like what they hear -- and there’s a link to the performer’s website they can Susan and Stephen Lindsay follow to find out more. So maybe these Page 12 January 2011 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com ‘THE COLOR OF ROSE’ From Inspiration to Despair: A Remembrance of Rose Kennedy (Continued from page 1) the legacy of the Kennedy BIR: And yet she went BIR: As a playwright, family, there were some on, despite tragedy upon how did you approach things that she wanted to tragedy. such a broad story? keep private. And that is KB: I think her strength KB: The Kennedy absolutely understandable came from her faith. Family was so much a . . . I found that she tended She was so Catholic. I part of my lifetime, and to cover the events in her think she believed that every one of my genera- life -- cover the pain, cover God dealt her what she tion and before . . . it re- her feelings about them. could handle. ally sparked my interest As a woman of her genera- BIR: Did you find a and the light bulb sort of tion protecting her family, significant change in the went off. Chuck had men- you can understand that. woman through the years? tioned three actresses, BIR: Did you learn KB: I think while she but I decided I would like anything that especially may have been very firm Kathrine Bates to have them all onstage touched you about her life? in her views of propriety at the same time. And KB: Kathleen’s story, and impropriety, those BIR: It must have been the way I did that was to that was really surprising. loosened up a little bit challenging to sort out create a sort of umbrella. I knew this young woman later. For example, her which parts of her life to BIR: How so? had died in a plane crash, relationship with Jackie. intertwine onstage. KB: The older Rose is but the story surround- One wonders, in her early KB: There’s a fine line preparing for an inter- ing her -- she was at odds life, how she might have between delving into the view for a Mother’s Day with her mother. She dealt with something like private areas of a fam- special on television. And had fallen in love with a Jackie wanting to marry ily – the episodes in one’s while she’s preparing British Protestant, and Aristotle Onassis. But by life – and just present- in her hotel suite, she’s her mother, being Irish the time it came around, ing a drama that doesn’t thinking about the epi- Catholic to the very bones, I think her feelings had do that, which would be sodes of her life and how was very much against the loosened up about life infinitely less interest- she will handle the ques- romance. Kathleen mar- and behavior and where ing. Many of the things tions. By having all three ried the young man and you find happiness. She that we do deal with are characters on stage at the he died five weeks after was able to accept it and on the record. These things Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, belle of the ball in Boston the marriage. That was understand that you take happened in the Kennedy during her father’s mayoral regime. same time, I could have the older Rose not want very tragic. He was shot, happiness where you can story. So I just did my best to really get into her deep killed in the war. And she find it. to be truthful to the epi- feelings about the things did it again. She fell in love BIR: While this is a sodes in her life . . . and to that had happened in her with another titled British dramatic piece, it sounds how she may have reacted life. And I could have the Protestant who was mar- like you offer a rare and to them, and present them middle-aged Rose, who ried. And that really, re- very personal look inside dramatically in a way that is quite bitter about the ally caused a rift between history. is loving and respectful. way her situation turned Rose and Kathleen. And KB: The climax of the As a dramatist, that’s all out, challenge her and then Kathleen’s subse- piece has to do with Jack’s I can do. say, “Don’t white-wash it, quent fate of being killed in assassination. We used R. J. Donovan is pub- remember it this way, let that horrible plane crash. some of the real auditory lisher of OnStageBoston. them what happened.’” . . . 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The Outside Track is particularly “Swerving for Bunnies.” Rankin and Sharon Hussy’s fiddle and whistle add distinguished by its vocalists, Canadian Black kick off “Belladrum Outhouse” (the a winsome, folkie touch on, among oth- CD Traditional Singer of the Year nominee set and tune names are priceless) with ers, “Getting Over Me” and “This Is Norah Rendell — who is lead singer a brisk strathspey that is followed by a My Home,” which could well serve as — and Mairi Rankin, from the legend- surging blast of reels. O’Dalaigh gives Rooney’s signature piece (“Coming back Reviews ary Canadian music family. Their potent a heady oomph to another set of reels now the bad feeling’s gone in my home/ rendition of “The Turkish Revery” (this “Crusty the Clown” and “The Panic.” where the love is/in my home again”). By Sean Smith version, believe it or not, traces back to If anyone might have wondered wheth- Perhaps the most intriguing track is Special to the BIR a Burl Ives LP) opens the album — their er the well of hot young Celtic bands “Tara St.,” which seems to personalize second release — with a resounding bit was running dry, “Curious Things Given the gut-wrenching reversal in Ireland’s The Outside Track: “Curious of drama, and Rendell closes it with Julie Wings” should allay all such concerns. fortunes over the past few years (“This Things Given Wings”– Fairly burst- Henigan’s “Farewell Song,” full of famil- year’s silver linings are fading to grey ing with creative energy, yet possessing iar sentiments but no less poignantly Dave Rooney: “This Is My Home” and not turning to gold/last year’s good enough restraint to channel it effectively, beautiful, especially with her respectful – Dublin singer-songwriter Dave Rooney tidings are shattered and stained memo- this five-member band combines musi- treatment. “Silvy, Silvy” — a New Bruns- has about as pleasant and disarming ries of old”). cal traditions from , , wick ballad about an unusual means a voice as you’ll hear nowadays, and to determine whether your man really it’s very well suited for his brand of loves you — is thoroughly charming, and acoustic-based pop. The nine songs on their handling of the tragic “Caroline of this album, his debut, are easy on the Edinburgh Town” is sensitive, rather ears and tend not to tax one’s powers than over-wrought. of comprehension. His subjects revolve Rankin (fiddle, step-dancing) and around the sense of disorientation and Rendell (flute, whistle) are outstanding displacement from life on the road (or, instrumentalists as well, as are Fiona perhaps, life anywhere), as well as re- Black (accordion), Cillian O’Dalaigh (gui- lationship stuff – but all delivered with tar, backing vocals) and Ailie Robertson enough sincerity and earnestness that (harp). They careen through “The Jubi- make you willing to overlook some of the lant Goat,” a set of polkas primarily from more pedestrian material. Cork and Kerry, with gusto — Black’s Rooney is aided considerably by back- accordion at the beginning evokes the ing vocalist Ciare Peelo, whose harmo- organ intro to J. Geils’s “Freeze Frame.” nies galvanize such tracks as “Let It O’Dalaigh and Robertson gently usher Happen to You,” “Ordinary World” and Dan Gurney, musician, entrepreneur, writer, Lives Life by ‘Just Seeing What Comes Along’ (Continued from page 11) other kinds of opportuni- ings, and generally rev- a few months. “So we got ties, notably a job writing eled in his circumstances. Seamus all set up, and he ENTERTAINMENT years on the box. By the Every Sunday - 13th - Ken Of Wishful time he had finished high and making videos for the “The whole experience did 14, 15 tracks worth, Traditional session w/ Skip Thinking school, Gurney had made Let’s Go series of travel was filled with epiphanies, some solo and others with Toomey 10AM - 2 PM his mark in the competi- guides, which had him and it would probably take pianist Brian McGrath. It Billy Downes 4PM – 8PM Friday, January 14th - tive arena, winning the bouncing around from days to go through them was such a privilege to be Sean Gilmartin 8PM Brightest Lights Eastern US Fleadh Cheoil to Istanbul “in all,” says Gurney. “But there; that was some of Irish music competition a ‘Where’s Waldo?’ suit.” the best thing about that the best music I’ve ever Every Tuesday - Open Saturday, January 15th heard.” mic night w/ Jackson - The Dons six times and earning During one of his Let’s Go year was seeing how much Wetherbee three bronze medals at the stints, Gurney happened traditional music fits into Gurney’s not exactly Thursday, January 20th All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil. to be in London on the the culture there, how it imagining himself as a Every Wednesday - The - Ryan McKeon But while the fleadhs were night of the solstice, and has enriched the lives of record mogul, though. Session “a good learning experi- on the spur of the moment so many people.” “Obviously, I want Anam Friday, January 21st - ence,” Gurney had become decided to go out to Stone- One important realiza- to succeed, but I think it’s Saturday, January 1st - Dublin Free Press henge at 3 a.m., where he tion Gurney had during just important to have this NEW YEARS DAY - Rob far more interested in the Benton Saturday, January 22nd virtues of the music itself. witnessed hundreds of that year was how many music out there, so that - Brian Carrol & The “From the beginning, I people in druidic costumes of Ireland’s traditional we will always be able to Thursday, January 6th - Highway Ghosts just always felt attracted marking the changing of musicians from older gen- listen to, and remember, Jimmy Peters to Irish music,” he says. seasons. Gurney actually erations had never been the musicians who have Thursday, January 27th “I never thought about managed to work his way recorded -- and that the been so closely tied to the Friday, January 7th - - Ken Snow whether it was something into the celebration’s in- opportunity to preserve Irish tradition.” Girls, Guns & Glory Even as he forges ahead Friday, January 28th - I wanted to do. It was just ner circle, and wound up the sounds and styles of an Saturday, January 8th - TBA there for me.” playing accordion as the earlier era in Irish music with Concert Window, as Erin Og Gurney knew that his sun came up. was therefore slipping well as Anam Records, Saturday, January 29th choice of college would be But Irish music was still away. Along with Cormac Gurney isn’t neglecting Thursday, January - Southern Revalation partly determined by the very much at the forefront Begley, brother of accor- his own musical involve- The Tinker’s Son proximity to, and quality of his interests, and he dionist Brendan Begley, ment. He’s putting togeth- of, an Irish music scene. landed a post-graduate Gurney hatched the idea er a solo album of his own, 707 Main Street, Norwell, MA So being accepted by Har- fellowship that enabled for a record label, Anam continuing to play out at (781) 561-7361 • www.thetinkersson.com vard, where he majored in him to live in Galway Records, that would focus sessions – he recently music, fulfilled more than for a year and immerse on bringing these musi- helped inaugurate one his educational goals. “My himself in the tradition. cians to the attention of at The Haven in Jamaica classmates would won- He worked part-time in the Irish music audience. Plain, with Scottish harp- der why I was spending a music shop, played ses- Anam’s inaugural proj- ist Maeve Gilchrist – and Subscribe Today to Boston’s Own Hometown Newspaper nights going out to play sions four to five times ect was Monahan fid- is more than willing to in Dorchester, or other a week, spent time with dler Seamus Quinn, who give accordion lessons (he places around town. 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have cultivated impressive solo careers and other mu- sical ventures, they are particularly well-known for their work as the band Halali, boasting a triple fiddle line-up, a repertoire of well-chosen tunes and songs from all over the Celtic map, and an energy and verve appealing to both traditional and contemporary ears. BCMFest 2011 will see a Halali reunion, as well as a sampling of the collaborations each of the four have undertaken in the past several years. But Cassel feels the event can be viewed as a tribute to Boston and the musical creativity and partnerships A column of news and updates of the Boston Celtic it inspires. Music Fest (BCMFest), which celebrates the Boston “The people we’ve met, the sessions we’ve played, area’s rich heritage of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton mu- the opportunities we’ve had for musical and personal sic and dance with a grassroots, musician-run winter growth during our time in Boston — it’s all been music festival and other events during the year. The tremendous,” says the native of Oregon. “Boston is a eighth annual BCMFest is January 7 and 8. unique place for folk and traditional music, and we’ve – Sean Smith benefited immensely from being here.” Cassel’s association with San Francisco-born Cortese Four for the show – Laura Cortese, Hanneke Cassel, and Schneckenburger, from Maine, actually predates Lissa Schneckenburger, and Flynn Cohen are among Boston: The three became friends at the annual Valley this decade’s most notable alumni of the proving ground of the Moon Scottish Fiddle School run by Alasdair that is Boston’s scene. And at the Boston Fraser. They cemented their friendship by attending Celtic Music Fest 2011 finale concert on Jan.8, the college in Boston, Cortese and Cassel at Berklee Col- four will share the many fruits of their collective and lege of Music, Schneckenburger at the New England individual coming-of-age in Boston. Conservatory. After they crossed paths with guitarist The finale concert, which takes place at 8 p.m. in First and Ohio expatriate Cohen, Halali was born at the Parish Cambridge (at the intersection of Massachusetts turn of the century (the 21st, that is). Avenue and Church Street), will cap off BCMFest’s For all the band’s popularity, their gigs together The members of the fiddle super-group Halali (L-R, eighth annual showcase of local Irish, Scottish, Cape have been increasingly fewer and far between, as the Laura Cortese, Lissa Schneckenburger, Hanneke Breton, and other Celtic and Celtic-inspired music. All four have branched out on their own, quite successful Cassel and Flynn Cohen) will play together and as festival details are available at bcmfest.com. paths. Cassel has pioneered a striking blend of Scottish soloists at the BCMFest 2011 finale concert. While Cortese, Cassel, Schneckenburger, and Cohen and American styles; Cortese has firmly established Sean Smith photo herself as a singer-songwriter; Schneckenburger (who has returned to Maine) has drawn acclaim for her explorations of New England traditional music; and Cohen is founder of the “alt-trad” band Annalivia, which draws on Irish, American, Cape Breton, Scottish and English traditions. These aspects of Cassel, Cohen, Cortese, and Sch- neckenburger all will be featured at the BCMFest finale concert, with a bevy of special guests joining each of the four during her or his solo spot. Cohen will be part of a fretted-string instrumental trio with Matt Heaton and Danny Noveck, while Cortese will perform with Jefferson Hamer, a talented New York-based guitar- ist with whom she has toured for the past few years. Schneckenburger will be joined by her frequent ac- companist of recent years, guitarist Bethany Waick- man, and Cassel will feature her trio, which includes guitarist Chris Lewis and cellist Ari Friedman. The finale concert also will include appearances by Irish dancer Kieran Jordan and Highland Dance Boston. “It’s amazing to look back and think about what we’ve learned and experienced since we came to Boston,” says Cassel. “This concert, in a way, will be a ‘thank you’ to the Boston area and everyone who has influenced and inspired us while we’ve been here.” Tickets for the BCMFest finale concert will be $15, $13 for members of Club Passim; a combo pass for the festival “DayFest” and the finale concert is $25, $23 for Passim members. More ticket information is available via bcmfest.com.

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And, as sweek.ie for details. they say, what’s not to There are many won- like? derful museums all over SHEEP Ireland and one of our If you’re mad about favorites is the Museum sheep, there’s nothing of Country Life in Tur- better than seeing their lough Park, Castlebar, charming faces every- Co. Mayo. The museum where although we are plans many interesting more than delighted exhibits during the year when they are not in and you can learn more the middle of the road. about this museum as For the most part, the well as three Dublin sheep we see in our trav- museums at museum.ie. els are black-faced and There’s also a wonder- supposedly descended ful museum (the Burren from Scottish imports. Centre) dedicated to the But last spring, I found Burren in Kilfenora with a field full of the most If hill walking or mountain climbing is your passion, there are plenty of opportunities for both in Ireland a fascinating cathedral spectacular white-faced as evidenced by this mountainy scene from the Inagh Valley in Connemara. Judy Enright photo next door that’s well sheep, and on the drive worth a visit. The Kilfe- around , (mountain) walks or a officially opened outside there are hotels and natural history of raptors nora cathedral was dedi- there were odd-looking puzzle walk and treasure Bantry. The Mealagh lodges that cater spe- and the role they play in cated to St. Fachtnan brown-and-white sheep trail. walk includes ancient cifically to fishermen, the environment. and built about 1189 on that looked as though Kissane sounds like a settlements, a wedge especially up in Mayo There are also Schools the site of an early mon- a white sheep had been lot of fun to me! tomb, standing stones, and the Shannon region. of Falconry at Ashford astery. See theburren- crossed with a Jacobean And, if you’re heading stone circles, and more. Georgina Campbell’s Castle, at Ailwee Cave in centre.ie for details. sheep. up the coast into West- You can, of course, see guide to Ireland lists the Burren, and several If you’re near New The spring lambs are port, there’s a Sheep and scenery from your car the 10 top fishing accom- in Northern Ireland. Ross in Co. Wexford, especially endearing, Wool Museum in Leen- but there’s nothing like modations as Ashford OTHER ACTIVITIES be sure to stop by the although I also like the ane that’s interesting, getting out and walking Castle in Cong, Newport There are lots of other Ros Expo (rosexpo.ie), older sheep and I find has a good gift shop and around or bicycling or House in Newport, En- different and interesting a permanent exhibition that they have so much good homemade lunches, riding horseback to see niscoe House in Ballina, things to do in Ireland. of the 15 Ros Tapestries. character in their faces. soups, and desserts. Ireland in its full beauty. Healy’s Hotel in Pontoon, How about taking an The exhibit is currently My favorite photography SCENERY Fascinated by Titanic all in Co. Mayo, Ballyna- escorted digital photog- closed for the winter but spot is Minaun Heights Do you like soft, roll- lore and the ill-fated hinch Castle and Lough raphy tour of wildlife, will reopen in the spring on Achill Island, Co. ing hills, like Vermont, liner’s connection to Ire- Inagh Lodge Hotel, both landscape, and seascape so be sure to check the Mayo, where, after I have or rugged, dramatic land? If so, swing down in Recess, and Delphi from a variety of loca- website for times and visited about half a dozen scenery more like New to Cobh in Co. Cork, and Lodge in Leenane, all tions in West Cork, in- dates. times, the sheep actually Hampshire? The mid- take Michael Martin’s in Co. Galway; Mount cluding Kinsale, Court- HAPPY NEW YEAR recognize my car and lands of Ireland remind guided walking tour of Juliet Conrad Hotel macsherry, Timoleague, We wish all our readers come running -- prob- me of the rolling hills of Cobh that departs at in Thomastown, Co. Rosscarbery, , the happiest New Year ably thanks to my secret Vermont replete as they 11 a.m. from the Com- Kilkenny, and Ballyvo- and Bantry? The tours ever. If you plan a trip weapon, the bag of sheep both are with lovely lakes modore Hotel. Be sure lane House in Fermoy, run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to Ireland, be sure to food I carry in the trunk. and incredible greenery. to pre-book, especially Co Cork. with a stop for lunch, cri- visit Tourism Ireland’s I dole it out as needed The edges of Ireland in the winter, to make Even if you’re not a tique of the images and website, discoverireland. to draw the sheep and are where you find the sure there’s a tour going. sports enthusiast, those small groups. For more com, for information lambs closer and it works cliffs and more dramatic There are lots of other hotels are fabulous and details, visit thewildlife- about happenings there every time! Last spring, vistas. walking tours in places any one of them would filmschool.com there were even sheep Is scenery enough for like Dublin, Cork City, be a great take. and lambs nibbling from the average traveler? Galway, Belfast, and We were interested my outstretched hand. Maybe not but if scenery Londonderry, so check to see that Dromoland If just viewing, or feed- is for you, why not take with the local Failte Ire- Castle, near Shannon ing, sheep isn’t enough to a hike along any of the land office or Northern Airport, has started a satisfy your craving, how many hill walks offered Ireland tourist offices School of Falconry run by about visiting a place in various parts of the for details. 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Just Google your request you’re sure to find your Kissane Sheep Farm and you’re sure to find favorite pastime. also offers sheepdog something interesting. Fishing is extremely demonstrations, sheep Last spring, two of Ire- popular in Ireland and shearing demonstra- land’s most famous West you can learn more from tions, a chance to cuddle Cork walking routes, the websites fishingini- and bottle-feed the or- Sheep’s Head Way and reland.info and irish- phan (pet) lambs, take the Beara Way, were fisheries.com. There are one of three marked connected when the 20- many other websites km Mealagh Valley Walk with information, and Page 16 January 2011 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com The by Philip Mac AnGhabhann Celtic Nollaig Shona Daoibh! “Merry Christmas to You-All!” /NOHL-ik HOH-nuh DO-eev/. Shopping Cross is in the air – and so it’s time to review numbers. Let’s start our review with examples of the num- bers, “one” through “twenty”. Words When you count alone, without any reference The Irish to “things” such as when playing games, starting races, or counting football and hurling scores, the crosswords are numbers must be preceded by a. In such cases the numbers “one” and “eight” then prefix h-, a a service of an haon, a hocht/ This keeps the beginning sounds separate just as English speakers refer to “a car” Ireland-based but “an apple.” website which “one” a haon /uh heen/ “two” a dhá /uh gah/ provides Irish “three” a trí /uh tree/ “four” a cheithre /uh KEH-ruh/ Family Coats of “ten” a deich /uh jey/ “eleven” a haon déag Arms by email. “twelve” a dhá dhéag “thirteen’ a trí déag You are invited “fourteen” a cheithre déag “twenty” fiche to visit

déag is pronounced /jey/, dhéag /yey/ and www. fiche is /fee/. bigwood.com/ The numbers “two” and “twelve” reflect an obso- lete dual system and require that the next word be heraldry lenited (“aspirated”) and an object following dhá is singular– Dhá bhád /ghah baht/ “two boats” but trí baid, /tree bahj/, “three boats”. In some dialects, the number “two” by itself will change to ©-bigwood.com a dó when alone but to dhá when counting things. IRELAND IN CROSSWORDS Above “two” you can use either a singular ACROSS pretty Ardmore. (4) or plural form of the noun – trí cailín or trí 1. Or find chiller. (anag.) Stepchildren of Aoife whom 16. Last word in mean fashion. (4) cailíní. We will stay with the singular for now. she turned into Swans on Lough Derravaragh. (8,2,3) 17. Greasy sun out over U.C. (8) When counting “things”, the numbers from “one” 8. Protection found in popular Mourne location. (6) 18. E.g. rang up Sligo village underneath Ben Bulben to “six” cause lenition (“aspiration”) of the follow- 9. Pout face up until refreshment appears. (3,2,3) on the Bundoran road opposite Inishmurray Island. (6) ing noun. “Seven” through “ten” cause eclipsis. 10. Fry air? No, but reduce its pressure. (6) 19. “This goat-footed bard, this half-human visitor 12. Get up on hind legs about per can order. (6) to our age from the hag-ridden magic and enchanted When counting objects, the number “one” is 13. Impulses scrambled the last of the Carrickfergus woods of ——— antiquity.” Baron Keynes - (describing most often replaced by amháin /uh-wahn/, “only letters. (5) Lloyd George) (6) one” – not aon bád but bád amháin 14. Then avoid by cute diversion around engineer- 21. Soothe in the meandering vales. (5) ing work carrying the Dublin - Belfast rail line over CROSSWORD SOLUTION ON PAGE 23 When you begin to count things above “ten” than Drogheda. (3,5,7) the system becomes more complicated. Remember 19. Tree falls over after a century on Mediterranean that Irish inserts the noun between the first island. (5) and second words – in effect saying “three girl 20. Threw in at the Gaelic game? (6) teen” for “thirteen girls” and “seven boat teen”’ 21. Make a quick grab for ants all over the small Irish Sayings for “seventeen boats”. church. (6) “Youth does not mind where it sets its foot.” 22. Stretch little Leonard starts, then finishes after “Both your friend and your enemy think you will The rule that “one” to “six” cause the following note. (8) never die.” noun to be lenited and “seven” through “ten” to 23. Salty pool covered up back in Portnoo gallery. (6) “The well fed does not understand the lean.” be eclipsed is still in effect. Recall that l, n, and 24. Sweet stew clan. (anag.) Limerick market town with “He who comes with a story to you brings two away r can never be lenited and eclipsis of the first a Knights Templars castle built in 1184. (9,4) from you” consonant takes the following forms: b-/mb-, c-/ “Quiet people are well able to look after themselves.” gc-, d-/nd, f-/bhf-, g-/ng-, p-/mp-, and t-/dt. DOWN “A friends eye is a good mirror.” “thirteen boats” trí bhád déag 2. Oh, lure me in disorder for Bill first proposed and “It is the good horse that draws its own cart.” seacht mbád déag “seventeen boats” lost by Gladstone in 1885 and passed in 1912. (4,4) “A lock is better than suspicion.” 3. “Hail fellow, well met. All —— and wet: Find out, if Counting “things” above twenty used to be a “Two thirds of the work is the semblance.” you can, Who’s master, who’s man.” Swift. (5) 4. Storeys “He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed real challenge. Traditionally, Irish counted by one knocks to the ground. (6) “scores”, “twenties”’ Fiche /fee/ is “twenty” but until midday.” 5. Recite with a singing voice to nine others in Rosses “If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in “forty” was “two score” dhá fhichead /gah EEK- Point one time. (6) uhd/, and so on. Under the influence of modern the autumn.” 6. Hour train call. (anag.) Kerry mountain popularly “Put silk on a goat, and it’s still a goat.” needs, counting by scores has been replaced by a ascended through the Hag’s Glen and up the Devil’s decimal system. “Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout.” Ladder to the peak at 3,314 feet. (13) “A persons heart is in his feet.” 7. Jests shame pen. (anag.) Irish writer and poet (1880- “It is a long road that has no turning.” “thirty” tríocha “sixty” seasca 1950) who wrote ‘The Crock of Gold’ . (5,8) “forty” daichead “seventy” seachtó “Necessity knows no law.” 9. Owners latch up in neat Mayo village on the Sligo “The wearer best knows where the shoe pinches.” “fifty” caoga “eighty” ochtó border. (11) “ninety” nocha “hundred” céad “There is no luck except where there is discipline.” 11. You must see the faithful dog in Glengarriff, I do “The man with the boots does not mind where he In addition to the words/phrases we have learned insist. (4) places his foot.” before, here is both an old and new “shopping” 12. Ripe conversion of fairy on Greek roundabout. (4) “The light heart lives long.” vocabulary: 15. Squirrel’s home back in the American garden in True greatness knows gentleness.

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Antrim: David McNeill and the Mansion House to receive the town. his wife Sheila have unraveled his National Stroke Award. Mayo: A new hotel, part of a mystery contained in a book Derry: The clock on the the Castle Hotel Group owned written about the North. “A Guildhall in Derry city, which by Fionn MacCumhaill, is due Year in the Province” included a was first erected in 1891, is to be to open in Ballina shortly. The number of clues to where a Span- wound down in preparation for former Ridgepool Hotel on Bar- ish medieval coin was hidden, restoration work to be carried rett Street will be opened under and author Christopher Marsh out. Once the largest and most the new name of Ballina Manor never expected the puzzle to be powerful in Ireland, the clock Hotel, while the official opening solved. However David, who has dominated the city centre will take place in February. has represented the UK at the for almost 120 years. It will be However the opening depends World Sudoku Championships, covered from view for the next on the granting of a licensce. The managed to follow the clues and three months while the resto- refurbishment of the building he and Sheila went to Rathlin ration work is carried out and, cost a total of 4.5 million euro Island where they found the according to City Engineer John and some staff have already 15th century coin in the corner Kelpie, the quarterly chimes been hired, with a further of a ruined building. The couple that have become a familiar twenty-five to be taken on once will now take the coin to Conor sound in the city will also be the license has been confirmed. Cafe in Belfast where they will silenced. The clock is due to be Meath: Commuters who up enjoy a meal for two and a bottle reinstated in March. to now have had to seek refuge of Bushmills. Donegal: Sir Gerry Robin- from inclement weather in Armagh: Winnifred Pen- son, who opens up Oakfield Park Tommy Reilly’s news agents’ nington from Bleary has gone Estate in Raphoe to the public shop at Market Square in Navan from child-minding to providing each year for charity, has been can avail of a brand new bus dogs for therapy since she first granted a license at Buncrana shelter. Traffic was diverted took one of her dogs to visit her Circuit Court to sell alcohol at recently when a specialized father in Lurgan Hospital. Now the train station on the estate. crane lowered the shelter into she takes her Great Dane Tiny Using a law dating back more position at the bottom of Metges and three chichuahuas, Titch, than a century, which stipulates Lane, where it forms part of the Lelo and Indi, to visit patients that licenses can only be granted Market Square remedial work in hospitals, nursing homes and in existing premises or in a that is almost complete. While day care centres, as well as to railway refreshment room, Sir the shelter has been welcomed schools. The general public had Gerry cited the narrow gauge by Mr Reilly, a local councillor, the chance recently to meet railway which runs for almost he is also calling for a proper Winnifred’s dogs at the Millen- three miles around the estate, bus station for the town. nium Court Arts Centre where and the court accepted that its Monaghan: Last month the official switching on of the refreshment area came within proved a special time for Inni- Christmas lights for Portadown the meaning of the act. skeen when it held the Patrick was carried out. Down: A planning applica- Kavanagh Weekend. The key- Carlow: Slaney Power, aged tion has been lodged by super- representing the local animation in Dublin before go- note address was delivered by thirteen and from Ballyconnell, market chain Asda for an outlet Creative Writing Group. ing on to further education in Eileen Battersby, Irish Times and fifteen-year-old Tallulagh on a four-and-a-half-acre site Kerry: The youngest male in Bristol. Literary Correspondent, while Shulah Costelloe from Kilin- on Newry Road in Banbridge, Ireland and Britain to receive Leitrim: At the inaugural John F. Deane read from his ure in Tullow, both students which is expected to give full- a black belt in tae-kwon- do is Leitrim Sports Partnership third collection of essays. A at Tullow Community School, and part-time employment to Benjamin Lyne of Killarney. Sports Awards which took place walking tour of the Patrick were in Kilkenny last month for up to 250 people. The store will The nine-year-old is a member of last month in the Grand Ball- Kavanagh Literary Trail in the premiere of a short film in have a sales area of some 25,000 the Killarney tae-kwon-do club, room of The Landmark Hotel in Carrickmacross was led by which they had major roles. In square feet and will carry the as is his brother Jonas, another Carrick-on-Shannon, the guest Larry McDermott, starting “Holidays”, which was shot over full range of Asda products. In black belt who won a gold medal of honor was Kerry manager and from the Valley Lodge opposite three weekends in Kilkenny in addition, a petrol station will in games in Britain recently. three times All-Ireland winner St Joseph’s Church, and a bus May, the two girls play sisters. offer low-priced fuel and there Benjamin attends the club for Jack O’Connor. A number of tour of local sites of interest was Slaney was accompanied to will be a recycling centre and practice sessions four times a presentations were made in dif- conducted by Art Agnew. The the premiere by her parents, up to three hundred car park- week when competitions are ferent categories, with the Hall annual Graveside Commemo- Michelle and Niall and her ing spaces. approaching. He is the youngest of Fame award going to Frances ration took place on Sunday brother Illann, while Tallulagh Dublin: Brother and sister child of Denis and Lotte Lyne Cryan of Carrick-on-Shannon. afternoon. Shulah’s mother Yvonne and Kate and Cathal Mooney from of Ross Road in the town, and Frances was being recognized Offaly: Liam Kirwan from her sister EmmaJane were also Griffith Avenue have made Lotte believes the sport gives a for her career in rowing, dur- Tullamore has been chosen there. The play raised a total medical history by taking part in child great focus. ing which she qualified for the as one of the winners in The 3 of 700 euro for the Chernobyl Ireland’s first donation of a kid- Kildare: Conor McGearailt Olympic Games in 1980. Silver Surfer Awards with Age Children’s Project. ney through keyhole surgery. from Athy has won himself Limerick: When Breda Hee- Action. The seventy-year-old Cavan: A lecture by local The operations took place last one of five places on the Irish lan from Ballinlough, Kilteely was nominated by his grand- historian Dr Jonathan Cherry month at Beaumont Hospital equestrian team for the Special was widowed suddenly last year daughter Gráinne, a psychol- on the history of the town from while Kate and Cathal’s par- Olympics Equestrian Games she thought she would lose the ogy lecturer whose research 1610 to the present day was one ents, Breda and Charlie, kept in Athens next year. Twenty- home where she lived with her was inspired by his interest in of the first events to be organized vigil. Cathal had experienced three-year-old Conor is a former two daughters. Her partner the Nintendo DS. Liam spends to mark Belturbet’s celebration kidney failure after contracting pupil of Athy Community Col- Ged’s mortgage protection did much time on Skype communi- of the 400th anniversary of a rare disease during his teens, lege where he got his Applied not cover his death, nor had he cating with his grandchildren, its foundation. Although King and had been on dialysis when Leaving Certificate. He was any life assurance and Breda and is also heavily involved in James did not grant the town its Kate, a teacher at the Margaret introduced to horses at the age could not afford to pay the mort- the website of his local parish. charter until three years later, Aylward School in Beaumont of fourteen when he visited his gage. However she asked retired Taking digital photographs and Belturbet was incepted in 1610. Road, was found to be a good aunt’s stables near Kildare councillor Eddie Creighton for editing them using Photoshop is The occasion of the lecture also match. Keyhole surgery means town, and he has completed a help and, with local auctioneer also a favorite pastime of his. saw the unveiling of a plaque by that both of the patients will stud management course. In Gerard Mitchell, he organized Roscommon: First it was the chairman of the Town Coun- make a much quicker recovery. addition to representing his a fundraising campaign among an end of summer opening, cil, Seamus Fitzpatrick, and Fermanagh: The council country at the Special Olympics, neighboring communities that then the people of Roscommon County Manager Jack Keyes. came under fire from traders Conor has also begun to take raised more than 20,000 euro. were promised that they would Clare: The county is to have in East Bridge Street, Church part in mainstream competi- Longford: At the recent have a cinema by Christmas, the first commercial seaplane Street, High Street and Darling tions. county final of Scor Clonbroney but now it appears that it will base in Europe after An Bord Street in Enniskillen, who ac- Kilkenny: Hundreds of had success in three different be this month before they can Pleanála granted permission cused the body of closing the people are gathering at the categories. The figure danc- enjoy a big screen on their for the development at Dooras, streets without warning. Traf- Quay in Gragnamanagh every ing group, trained by Jacinta doorstep. The six-million euro Mountshannon. It will be one of fic was barred during the day day to see the latest attraction, Reynolds, took first place, as did entertainment complex at the a network of bases for seaplanes to facilitate the installation of an adult otter that does not yet the instrumental music group; Centre Point Retail Park is said run by Harbour Flights and Christmas lights, a job carried have a name. But mindful of they were trained by Deirdre to have the potential to provide will include a floating pontoon, out at night in previous years, the number of visitors drawn Duggan and Mary Brady. A win employment for between forty mooring anchors, a reinforced and Maureen Wilkin of Les- to Dingle by Fungi the dolphin, was also gained in the recitation and sixty people, but the project concrete slipway, and a work- lie’s Bakery and butcher Gaby Brian Roberts of the Waterside category. During the final a pre- is running six months behind store. Harbour Flights has to Stuart were among those who restaurant is offering a free sentation was made to Margaret schedule. However Darren seek written permission from complained of loss of business. Sunday lunch to anyone who Farrell for her contribution to Corcoran of Flix Leisure insists Waterways Ireland for the pon- They claimed they had not been can come up with an appropriate Scor in Longford, as she steps that the complex will go ahead. toon, and they must also restrict informed of the closures, though name. It has not yet been ascer- down from her post as Irish and Sligo: The doors of the Ge- construction works to between this was denied by Director of tained whether the five-foot long cultural officer for the county. evagh post office closed last August and April. Technical Services Gerry Knox. otter is male or female, making Louth: A special guest ar- month after the facility amal- Cork: Six-year-old Oran Galway: During last month, the choice more challenging. rived in Ardee last month to gamated with the post office Manning from Masseytown in Kenny’s Bookshop on the Li- Laois: Seamus Malone, origi- perform the official switching in Ballyfarnon. Ballyfarnon Macroom was in Dublin last osban Estate in Galway was nally from Barrowhouse but on of the Christmas lights. A postmaster Alan Benson is retir- month for the presentation of celebrating seventy years since living in England for the past fire engine with full garda escort ing and it was decided that the an award for courage during Des and Maureen Kenny opened fourteen years, was in New arrived at Ardee Castle carrying most practical move was to join an unexpected illness. In June their first bookshop in the city’s York last month to receive an Santa who was accompanied by the two post offices, which are of last year, after complaining High Street. To mark the oc- international Emmy Award on his elves. Prior to his arrival the only two and half miles apart. of a stomach ache, he had to be casion the Kennys had invited behalf of the company for whom Ardee Concert Band provided Geevagh postmistress for the rushed to hospital after suffer- seventy authors to take part in a he works, Aardman Animation. the music for Christmas carols. past fourteen years Irene Ke- ing a stroke. According to his mass signing. While the weather The award recognized the hit In tandem with the ceremony, arns will take over the running mother Catherine, her son was deterred some from attending, children’s show “Shaun the organized by Ardee Traders of the Ballyfarnon office, which unable to walk or talk for a while there were plenty who made it Sheep,” for which Seamus was and Business Association, the has moved to a new location on after the stroke and showed including Michael D Higgins, one of the directors. He is the annual crib has once again the main street of the town, in tremendous courage during storyteller Eddie Lenihan and son of Jim and Mary Malone, been placed in McCabe’s shop Killoran’s Gala supermarket. his gradual recovery. She and local historian Peadar O’Dowd. and his mother is librarian at window. The following day a Tipperary: James Berkery Oran, accompanied by his father Also attending was Mary Lane Ballitore. After attending Athy Christmas Bonanza, Christ- from Lahorna, Puckane, who Martin and sister Ella, were at Heneghan from Loughrea, Community College he studied mas Spraoi, was also held in (Continued on page 22) Page 18 January 2011 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com News Direct From Ireland

Minister opposes exten- Framework for casinos were taking place between the sion of Murphy remit – published – On Wed., Dec. ECB and the Irish Government Minister of State for Children Ireland Today: 22, Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern was asked to deny this to Barry Andrews has said that Ahern published “Options for reporters. He did so emphati- extending the remit of the Mur- Regulating Gambling”, out- cally in the belief that it was all phy commission to investigate Early December Snow lining a scheme for licensing rumor but in fact the ECB had child abuse in dioceses other small casinos which at present already started putting pressure than Dublin would be time- Snarls Life on the Roads operate as members’ clubs. The on the Government to seek sup- consuming and of little benefit. proposals also look at options port from the bank and IMF. Andrews was speaking prior to GALWAY – We are not used to snow in November and early December, cold snaps that last longer than a week, to license online betting opera- Dr Rory O’Hanlon, Fianna the presentation to the Govern- tors, and will allow one major Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan ment of the commission’s report daytime temperatures that fail to go above freezing or night- time temperatures that fall to -10C, but that is how it was in casino resort. The reference to and a former Ceann Comhairle, on the Diocese of Cloyne. Judge the major casino is pay back to announced later in the day that Yvonne Murphy, who chaired Ireland last month. The cold conditions we had been experiencing worsened Independent TD Michael Lowry, he is also retiring from politics. the inquiry into the Dublin Arch- who has been supporting the As he will be aged 77 by the time diocese, was asked to conduct a at the start of the first week of December with little letup. On Monday, Nov. 29, motorists everywhere were asked not Government in recent tight the election takes place there similar inquiry after a Church voting situations and who is was little comment on his deci- review found that allegations of to make any journeys unless absolutely necessary and those who had to travel were urged to use public transport. That anxious to see a major gambling sion, compared with the interest child sex abuse in the Diocese resort being licensed in his con- in the earlier announcement of Cloyne had not been properly message was repeated on a daily basis throughout the week. Overnight snowfall from East Leinster to Galway made stituency. That might be as far from Minister Ahern. dealt with. It is expected that as the proposal goes as there Exchequer data – Returns this latest report will be referred life even more difficult for commuters on Tuesday. There were reports of roads blocked or only passable with difficulty is nothing binding on a new for the first 11 months of the year to the High Court before it can Government in the document gave some cause for hope on all be published. The court will right across the Midlands. Difficulties were also experienced on roads through the Dublin and Wicklow mountains as well published by Ahern. fronts except in the employment consider whether sections of it, area. Income tax for the year to if published, would inhibit the as in Sligo and Donegal and across the North. Many schools on both sides of the border had closed by that stage, many Poll puts Fianna Fáil in November was 356-million euro successful prosecution of the fourth place -- A Red C opinion below the Budget forecast but it named priests. remain closed and were joined by others. More snow fell in Leinster in the early hours of Wednesday, poll early last month put the is not clear if this is the result of Christmas release for 134 Fianna Fáil party in its worst fewer people in employment or a prisoners - Among the 134 increasing problems for Dublin commuters. It also forced the closure of Dublin Airport for a number of hours. Snowfall in position ever and Taoiseach greater than anticipated fall in prisoners granted temporary Brian Cowen appeared to be pay rates. Total tax receipts for release over Christmas was the Wexford/Waterford area was said to be the heaviest in two decades. even more unpopular, with an the 11 months were 1.6 percent Malcolm Macarthur, who is 8 percent satisfaction rating. ahead of forecast at 29.5-billion serving a sentence in Shelton In the early hours of Friday snow started to fall in the west and moved across the country during the day. Driving condi- Support for Fianna Fáil was euro. The biggest surplus came Abbey for the 1982 murder of down three percentage points in corporation tax which was Bridie Gargan in Phoenix Park. tions were said to be particularly difficult in Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, north Mayo and parts of Roscommon and Longford. to 13 percent, Fine Gael was 19.1 percent, or 589-million He returned to the Co. Wicklow at 32 perent, down one, while euro, above the budgeted figure. open prison on Christmas night, It was on Friday that the first significant snow fell in Clare, Limerick and Kerry but volumes were light and disruption Labour was down three to 24 Current spending came in just while other prisoners were al- percen. Sinn Féin was up five short of that predicted while lowed to remain outside prison minimal. It is believed that the severe weather was responsible for points to 16 percent and the capital spending fell short by for a few days. This category Greens remained unchanged about a billion euro. includes Seán Courtney, who the deaths of three elderly men, two of them farmers. All three had been living on their own, had fallen and appear to on 3 percent while support for Tiger kidnapping foiled – received a life sentence for the Independents and others was Gardaí in Dublin foiled a tiger 1991 murder of Patricia O’Toole have died from hypothermia. – LIAM FERRIE up from 8 percent to 11 peecent. kidnapping in the Crumlin area in the Dublin Mountains. Both Éamon Gilmore and of the city last month after a Belfastman readmitted to Enda Kenny enjoyed an increase passerby noticed suspicious priesthood after gap of 37 stated in his job. Purcell was 2015. The decision has drawn in their satisfaction ratings. activity at the home of a senior years – Father Michael Mc- dismissed after he was found criticism from the Irish Nurses The Labour leader was up two executive with Chubb security. Conville made news last month to have accessed the accounts and Midwives Organisation, points to 41 percent while the About seven intruders were in when he was readmitted to the of nine colleagues to ascertain which has resolved to fight the Fine Gael leader was also up the house when gardaí arrived priesthood after an absence of whether they had received a cuts. two, to 25 percent. but they managed to escape out 37 years. He was ordained in bonus which had been denied Sligo to get Eastern Bridge Dermot Ahern and Rory the back door and over a wall. An 1961 but decided to leave after to him. Counsel for Purcell after all – The proposed Eastern O’Hanlon retiring from SUV believed to have been used 12 years and married Imelda suggested that there had been Bridge over the Garavogue River politics –Minister for Justice by the gang was found burned Byrne two years later in 1975. a bid to oust him as he was has been reinstated in the Sligo Dermot Ahern announced last out a short distance away. A The couple had three children a “‘whistleblower” who had and Environs Development Plan month that he will not be con- firearm was found in the vehicle. before Imelda died in 1981. Mi- reported a number of unusual following a special meeting testing the general election. The O’Callaghan lodges appli- chael remained active in parish accounting transactions at the of Sligo Borough Council last 55-year-old politician, who rep- cation for Cork conference and diocesan work through the bank. A decision is expected in month. Minister of State for resents the Louth constituency, centre – The developer Owen years. He spent many years in the New Year. Housing Michael Finneran had noted that he had been active O’Callaghan has lodged a plan- Ballycastle but now he is back HSE to cut pay to trainee told members of the Council that in politics for some 37 years, ning application with Cork City in his native Belfast as a priest nurses – As part of the Depart- he was ready to pull the plug 24 as a TD. He revealed that Council for a 50-million euro of the Diocese of Down and Con- ment of Health’s cost-saving on a promised 100-million euro he is suffering from rheumatoid event and conference centre for nor. On Sun., Dec. 17, with the measures, student nurses will project if members do not agree arthritis and had been advised the city and is confident that he approval of Pope Benedict XVI, no longer be paid for the part of to reinstate the construction of to take life easy. can complete the 5,000-seat cen- he was “incardinated” back into their training that takes place on the Eastern Bridge in the local It had earlier been widely tre within two years. The centre the Diocese for which he was hospital wards. To date student development plan. The Minister reported that Ahern had sharp will be located on a 1.75 acre site originally ordained. nurses have received 80 percent believes that the regeneration of exchanges with the Taoiseach at Albert Quay, fronting onto Former bank employee of their salary for the placement the Cranmore area of the town and Minister for Finance Brian the south channel of the River seeks reinstatement – Brian of nine months which is part of would be meaningless without Lenihan over the failure to keep Lee. In addition to the event and Purcell, 38, formerly employed their four-year degree program. the provision of the bridge. He him informed in relation to the conference centre, the complex by Allied Irish Bank, was at the The pay will be phased out had given the council until the initial negotiations with the Eu- will include restaurants, bars, Employment Appeals Tribunal gradually over a five-year period end of the month to change the ropean Central Bank. After the and merchandising and recep- last month seeking to be rein- and will be abolished totally in plan of face BBC started reporting that talks tion facilities.

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(Continued from page 21) in place, the first schools could Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmac- has finally fulfilled his dream also set a record in becoming has been training with the be open on the 140-acre site in nois, an appointment marked by of driving at Mondello Park in the oldest person to complete Cork City Ballet Company for five years’ time, though to date the delivery of a Bishop’s chair Co. Kildare. Des is eighty-three a Motor Racing School course the best part of two years, was no schools have been selected that had been used in the Ca- years of age but that did not at the track. The event was given a major role in the com- for the move. thedral for some eighty years. St deter him from taking a race- organized by a group of Des’s pany’s production of Swan Lake Waterford: An unusual auc- Mary’s will now host a number prepared hatchback around one friends who had heard him say last month. Unusually for the tion took place at Lismore Castle of liturgical events until work is of Mondello’s Mazda 3 courses. it was one thing he would like popular ballet, six of the swans when more than twenty framed completed on St Mel’s, expected In doing so the octogenarian to have done. were males, with James being recipes from celebrity chefs and to take up to four years. one of them. He took up ballet at food writers were sold. Among Wexford: Speculation and the age of fourteen in Nenagh, those who contributed their excitement were rife in Cl- attending Aisling Doherty’s hand-written recipes were chefs onroche last month after it School of Ballet, before moving Darina Allen, Loyd Grossman emerged that one weekend’s Ireland’s Weather to Coláiste Stíofán Naofa in and Richard Corrigan, as well lotto winning ticket was bought Cork where he has completed as food writers Tom Doorley at Kavanagh’s Service Station Reported Monday, December 27, 2010 a number of exams including and . There was on the Enniscorthy to New Ross reaching the grades to enable a reserve price of 150 euro for road. After Mass that Sunday a Record cold snap ends him to teach dance. each Food Framed item, and all number of local people gathered Tyrone: The former Lisanelly proceeds were donated to the lo- in the shop to see if anyone The severe weather conditions have ended but now parts army base in Omagh is the site cal St Vincent de Paul Society. knew who the lucky winner of the country are being warned to prepare for flooding. for a planned campus compris- The event was organized by local was, although proprietors Jack Melting snow and up to 50mm of rain over the next two ing six schools in a 100-million councillor Ken Madden. and Rita Kavanagh say they days could cause problem in areas prone to flooding. pound development. The plans Westmeath: Following the have no idea of the owner of for the shared campus have fire that extensively damaged the ticket. Those gathering to Most parts will escape rain on Wednesday, and Thursday just been published, with each St Mel’s Cathedral in Longford, speculate on the identity of the is expected to be dry everywhere. It will also turn cooler that school having its own site, ethos, an Athlone church has taken purchaser were hoping he or day, without being anywhere near as cold as recent days. and identity but having the op- on an important role in the she is a local and not someone portunity to share state-of-the- diocese. Last month, Bishop passing through. Latest Temperatures: art facilities, both academic and Colm O’Reilly inaugurated St Wicklow: It might have been sporting. Provided the plans are Mary’s Church in Athlone as a long time coming, but Des Day 5C (41F) Night 7C (45F) approved and the funding is put the interim Cathedral for the Redmond from Manorkilbride Worldwide at www.bostonirish.com January 2011 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 19 Paul Doyle, of the DEA, Stood Firm: He Had to Tell His Story His way By Matthew DeLuca and from that he gained For almost three de- involved with writing an- Special to the BIR a sense that he could not cades, Doyle battled the other truly factual memoir A former agent with rely on the police. “They drug trade in Boston, go- would be too intensive. the U.S. Drug Enforce- were no help,” he said. ing undercover and often Doyle joined forces with ment Administration, “The people I admired wearing a diamond-stud- the Missionaries of Char- Paul Doyle knows that were bookies or the work- ded coke spoon on a gold ity, a group founded by people are fascinated by ing guys, guys who went to chain around his neck, Mother Teresa of Cal- undercover police work. work every day.” disarming knife-wielding cutta, after he wandered, But it wasn’t the dark That youthful experi- dealers in bar bathrooms, accidentally, into a doc- allure of the criminal ele- ence didn’t hurt once he trying to protect friends umentary about their ment that drove him to pen found his way into law and strangers while his work. He contacted their a memoir about his time enforcement locally. “I own life was in constant Boston branch and has busting up drug rings from remember going into a turmoil. “You’re not deal- been involved with their the Combat Zone to San raid,” Doyle said. “There’d ing with one group all the good works ever since. Francisco; he just wanted be a disturbance in the time,” Doyle said. “I may He also teaches under- to tell his personal story, house and guys would go be talking with you today, cover techniques to new all of it, his way. in and crack some kind but I may have a deal agents in Boston and at Now free of any con- of a joke only someone going down in Harlem to- the DEA’s training facili- Old pals: Paul Doyle and Mickey Finn. nection to the world of from the neighborhood morrow. It’s like fighting. ties in Quantico, Virginia. Matt DeLuca photo violence and drugs, Doyle would know.” But when You always have to be on And he hasn’t forgotten his remains in fine shape – at it came to drugs, he said, your toes.” friends from the neighbor- 64 and a boxer all his life, that experience could be a In New York, where his hoods. he looks as though he matter of life or death. “I work sometimes took him, Mickey Finn of Dorches- could put up a decent de- saw a guy [an agent] walk he fell in with a circle of ter has known Doyle since fense of the New England into a group like that, and writers and intellectuals the two were teenagers. Diamond Belt that he won whatever he said, the next that included Frank Mc- Doyle always had a moral in 1967. thing I know he’s got them Court, author of Angela’s sense about him, Finn Abandoned as a child all laughing.” Ashes, and his brother said. “He didn’t have a and adopted at five, Doyle Life was a long and Malachy. Terry Moran, dirty mouth on him as a said he moved sixteen winding road for Doyle. Af- a professor at New York kid.” But when Doyle first times before he turned ter Dedham High school, University, was also a showed up years ago at sixteen, and was always where he met his wife, member of the group, the boxing gym where he “the new kid on the block.” Pam, he went to Rut- and remembers meeting met Finn, he was already The frequent moves might gers University in New Doyle. “I seem to remem- undercover, in a way, have been difficult to deal Jersey on a full football ber he and a friend of his carving out opportunities AUTO BODY REPAIRS (617) 825-1760 with as a child, but Doyle scholarship. Later, when who was a DEA agent that wouldn’t have been his brother was killed on came in because they had afforded him otherwise. (617) 825-2594 says when he became FAX (617) 825-7937 an agent working local active duty in Vietnam in both met Malachy some- “Paul came into the gym streets, they “helped me March 1968, he enlisted, where,” Moran said. “He when we were around in the long run, because and served in the Demili- fit in because I suppose he fourteen or fifteen and I knew all the neighbor- tarized Zone on the Korean was Irish, and he also had started to work out. You hoods. I knew kids from Peninsula. It was while this yearning to write.” could tell that his father everywhere.” he was in the service that Indeed, Doyle had want- had probably taught him Free Pick-Up & Delivery Service What he did not learn he heard about the DEA, ed to find a way to tell the something,” Finn said. “I as a child was a respect and after returning to the story of his time as an didn’t find out until later 150 Centre Street for law enforcement. Doyle States, he applied. Within undercover agent. “These that he was three years said his father was fre- months, he was working guys originally wanted a younger than he put him- Dorchester, MA 02124 quently hassled by cops, the streets of Boston. book about my partner and self up to be.” me. But I told my partner These days, Doyle and that I wasn’t comfortable Finn are still throwing letting anyone write my punches, occasionally get- Prospect Hill Company story.” It wasn’t until ting into the ring at the Doyle went to the heart Gentleman’s Gym, a box- of another tragedy that he ing club on the upper floor Spectacular Weekend Sale found way to do what he of a warehouse on Busi- on First Communion Dresses wanted. After the Septem- ness Street in Hyde Park. ber 11, 2001, attacks, he One night, after a sparring 3 DAYS ONLY took a train to Manhattan match with Finn, Doyle to aid in the recovery ef- played to his instincts, Saturday, January 15th forts. Afterwards, unable wandered over to a group 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. to tell his wife about what of local teenagers to chat Sunday, January 16th he had seen while working them up, mostly about 12 Noon – 4:00 p.m. at ground Zero, he wrote upcoming bouts. down an account for her, Doyle and Pam have Monday, January 17th and it was later published three daughters, and one 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. by Northeastern Univer- of them is training to join sity Magazine. the DEA. Along the line, Up to on It was then that Doyle the agent had numerous 60% OFF realized that he could career opportunities to DISCONTINUED write his story on his own, leave the Boston area and COMMUNION and that he could do it his the embattled neighbor- RESSES way. 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