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Sunset on the Titanic Pier, Cobh Harbor twice a month. Thank you. I hope the proof you find in the pudding is that we Editor’s are on the right path, still evolving, with Corner technology, and making a difference SAFE HOME for those that live, work and play in and By John O’Brien, Jr. around Ohio. Find the creamy desert or other foods in Katie Gagnes Cooking Up a Hooley January 2020 Vol. 14 • Issue 1 JOHN TOGHER in the Kitchen on page 24, Tastebuds Founders Age 93, native of McGee (all of Ireland and England); Cliff Carlson & John O’Brien, Jr. Restaurant’s bold big move on page Creggane, Ballycroy, uncle and great uncle of many. Happy New Year! Publisher John O’Brien Jr. 10-11; Columbus Legends introduce a Editor John O’Brien Jr. Co. Mayo, Ireland. John was the only one of his hat a year 2019 was; the The word proof is more synonymous new Irish Whiskey in Columbus Irish Design/Production Christine Hahn Beloved husband of siblings to immigrate to the Unit- good, the bad and the ugly with test than evidence. The pudding on page 16-17; the year in Irish sports Website Rich Croft @VerticalLift the late Julia (nee ed States. He proudly maintained Voted Best Stone Oven Pizza all presented themselves, is good or bad and the trial of eating in Taking the Fields of Glory in Vincent Columnists Leneghan); loving his Irish roots throughout his life butW the good won out in the end. We will decide it; rather than evidence that Beach’s column on page 26-27; profiles, Akron Irish Lisa O’Rourke father of Mary Ellen through active membership in the Downtown Willoughby An Eejit Abroad CB Makem had a tremendous year in growth, in would prove it is in fact pudding. preparation, Old Dublin and the newest At Home Abroad Regina Costello English (Joe), Veronica DeClemente West Side Irish American Club, quality and, best of all, in paying it for- “It was a particularly apt phrase be- U.S. Navy Graduate, Caitlin Collins, Behind the Hedge John O’Brien, Jr. (David), William (Debbie), Berna- where he was instrumental in build- ward, due to that growth and quality. cause pudding did not mean a creamy granddaughter of Toledo Irish colum- Blowin’ In Susan Mangan dette Campbell (Tim), and John ing their Olmsted Twp. facility. In I see so many of you out & about Ohio, dessert, it was the term for a kind of nist Maury Collins; and so much more, Cleveland Comhra Bob Carney J. (Karyn); adored grandfather of 1984 he was honored as the Man of Cleveland Irish Francis McGarry and sincerely appreciate the comments mixture of meat and seasonings stuffed throughout this first issue of our four- Columbus Irish Maureen Ginley Joseph (Maura), Michael and Brian the Year for the Cleveland St. Pat- and helpful suggestions, which we into a casing like sausage. And with teenth year. Happy Anniversary indeed! Cooking Up a Hooley Katie Gagne English, Tarrah (Tony), Bridgette rick’s Day Parade. John and Julia have incorporated to provide the best meat in the very early 1600s, when the For the good & welfare, we are de- Crossword Puzzle Linda Fulton Burke (Ricky), John (Julie) and Kayla (Jay) raised their children to participate Dublin Diaries Margaret Mary Hicks OhioIANews we can. The proof is in first example of the idiom appears in lighted to have crossed a very meaning- Fields of Glory Vincent Beach DeClemente, Ryan (Catherine), Kelly in everything Irish including mu- the pudding. print, or in the 1400s, when the OED ful Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Illuminations J. Michael Finn (deceased) and Megan Togher, TJ and sic, dancing and the St. Patrick’s Gramarist says that “The idiom states the phrase originated, it was very Year – our wishes for health, wealth and Kids Craic Dottie Wenger Danny Campbell, Sheamus (Kath- Day Parade. John will always be is usually stated the proof is in the easily contaminated. One would not happiness is extended to each of you. Madigan Muses Marilyn Madigan erine), Katie and Patrick Togher; remembered as small in stature but Off Shelf/On This Day Terry Kenneally pudding and means that the end result know if it was going to be good or bad We also extend best wishes for a quick Out of the Mailbag John O’Brien, Jr. great-grandfather of Padraig, Nia- mighty in his actions. Passed away is the mark of the success or failure of until one ate it.” recovery to Terry from Derry Columnist Speak Irish Bob Carney mh, John David, Riley, Ricky III, on Thanksgiving, November 28, one’s efforts or planning… We greatly appreciate your consuming Terry Boyle, undergoing back surgery Terry From Derry Terry Boyle Lillian and London; son of the late 2019. 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2 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JANUARY 2020 JANUARY 2020 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 3 the corners and inscribed in French Irish Legion mained. Out of approximately 2,000 with “Liberté des Consciences – In- Continued from facing page men who had marched to join the Illuminations dépendance d’Irlande (Freedom of Grand Army, only 117 were left. The Conscience – Independence of Ire- his friend as a boy in Ireland. survivors of the Legion had managed By J. Michael Finn land).” On the reverse side of the flag The Legion also saw action at the to save their banner and eagle from was written, “Napoleon I, Empereur Battle of Flushing in the Walcheren capture. des Français, a La Légion Irlandaise Campaign of 1809, suffering many ca- The Irish Regiment was eventually (Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, to sualties due to malaria. The campaign disbanded on September 28, 1815 by the Irish Legion).” was an unsuccessful British expedition King Louis XVIII following Napo- The Legion was also awarded one of to the Netherlands intended to open leon’s exile after the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon’s Irish Legion Napoleon’s cast-bronze eagles. It was another front in the Austrian Empire’s This ended a 125-year-old tradition of the only group of foreign soldiers in struggle with France during the War French Irish service. All regimental The Flight of the Wild Geese was the In 1803, following lobbying by Irish the French military to be awarded an of the Fifth Coalition property of the Irish Legion, including Learn To Play Irish Music! exile from Ireland of the Irish Jacobite generals in the French army for the eagle by Napoleon. The Irish regiment took part in the their flags and battalion eagles, were army under the command of Patrick creation of a new Irish military unit, The Imperial Eagle symbolized the German Campaign of 1813. At Gold- destroyed. The remaining rank-and- Group Irish music instruction in the greater Cleveland area Sarsfield to military service in France, Napoleon approved the formation very soul of the regiment and they berg, the regiment lost 400 men to file soldiers were sent to the 4th Royal All ages and melody instruments welcome as agreed in the Treaty of Limerick on of a light infantry battalion, La Lé- were pledged to defend it to the death. cannon fire after forming squares to Foreign Regiment (the forerunner of October 3, 1691. Since that early time, gion Irlandaise (The Irish Legion), to The eagle was displayed at the top of repel a cavalry attack. In a skirmish the famous French Foreign Legion). the term Wild Geese is used in Irish participate in a planned invasion of the staff of the Legion flag that was during the second Battle of Bober, Those members of the Irish Legion, McNamaraSchool.com history to refer to Irish soldiers who Ireland. The French had launched two carried into battle, its loss would bring the Legion was caught by the Imperi- as they died for Napoleon and France, left Ireland, either voluntarily or due to unsuccessful invasions of Ireland, in dishonor and so it became a prized al Russian Army with their backs to no doubt recalled the words of Patrick (216) 245-8723 exile, to serve in continental European 1796 and 1798. They planned the third enemy trophy on the battlefield. the river, but held their position until Sarsfield as he lay mortally wounded armies. invasion with the belief that Britain’s When the French navy was defeated the ammunition ran out. They were at the Battle of Landen in 1693. As he The original French Irish Brigade, naval superiority would be reduced by by the British at the Battle of Trafal- forced to swim to safety. The regiment was dying he drew his hand from his Students will learn to Group Lessons joined by Sarsfield, was founded in the loss of Ireland. gar in September 1805, the French suffered heavy casualties from a Rus- chest that was covered with his own Play by ear encourage We are1690 your and conne was disbandedction to Ireland in 1792, aafternd the WorldThis new unit was comprised of promptly abandoned the plan to sian bayonet assault, from drowning blood and reportedly said, “Oh that Play in a group Community serving France for 102 years. It was not many former United Irishmen who The Legion began with few rank- invade Ireland. Emperor Napoleon or- and from pursuit by roaming Cossack this had been shed for Ireland!” ■ Perform Confidence long after the rise of Napoleon Bona- were exiled in Paris following the 1798 and-file soldiers. The strategy was to dered the Legion east to join the Ger- patrols, losing about 1,500 men. parte that201 a new9 GroupIrish regiment Tours was Rebellion and former officers from the recruit new soldiers in Ireland after man campaign in Mainz, Germany, In 1814 the British sent a large army J. Michael Finn is the Ohio State Music History Friendships formed. disbanded French Irish Brigade. the planned landing. The Irish Legion where France was at war with Austria into the French-occupied Low Coun- Historian for the Ancient Order of Sing in Irish! Fun! England/Scotland/Wales/Ireland August 15 – 26 was commanded by Adjutant General and Russia. There they recruited 1,800 tries (Netherlands) to defeat Napoleon Hibernians and Division Historian for Bernard MacSheehy (1774-1807). Polish prisoners, a large number of by besieging Antwerp, then a leading the Patrick Pearse Division in Colum- West Side Irish American Club Tour of Italy Bernard MacSheehy was born in which were Irish. French shipbuilding port. Antwerp bus, Ohio. He is also Chairman of the Dublin in 1774. He became a sup- The British had sold a number of was defended by the Irish Legion, who Catholic Record Society for the Diocese October 19 – 30 2020 porter of the French Revolution while Irishmen involved in the 1798 Rebel- stood firm during the three-month of Columbus, Ohio. He writes on Irish GROUP TOURS! studying at the Irish College in Paris. lion to the King of Prussia as inden- siege until they were forced to give up and Irish-American history; Ohio histo- We are your connection to Ireland and the World MedjugorjeWe are your Pilgrimage connection to October Ireland a nd29 the- Nov World 7 He was briefly jailed in France as a tured mine laborers. With so many the city. ry, and Ohio Catholic history. You may British subject in 1793 and scheduled Following Napoleon’s retreat from contact him at [email protected]. 2019 Group Tours foreigners joining its ranks, the Irish for deportation. 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4 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JANUARY 2020 JANUARY 2020 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 5 and that’s how I got into Irish music, bands on the weekends. I was enam- After leaving Central’s head coaching Cleveland her family came here from Achill. ored with those guys. job, Tom McHugh went on to coach at Is that how you became part of By this point, I think I was eleven Toledo Irish Kenyon College from 1967 to 1983. He Comhrá Marys Lane? or twelve, one of my jobs at home was was selected Ohio Athletic Conference By Bob Carney Brittany’s best friend is Christy, to take the trash out. I would leave By Maury Collins Football Coach of the Year in 1981. He Í@BobCarneyGTR bandmate Pat Mulloy’s wife. They the garage door open a couple of Í@MauryCollins also coached baseball and served as were saying how back in high school, feet and when my parents fell asleep, Athletic Director. they would talk about marrying a I would roll out the door with my In retirement, Tom McHugh was couple of musicians and raising their guitar and walk to the fish shack. chairman of the Knox County Dem- Brent Hopper kids together. Now, we live about a I’d get there just as the bands were ocrats and served as a member of the mile away from one another and Pat finishing up, around midnight. The Thomas F. “Tom” McHugh R.I.P. Board of Elections. He worked on Music is a language, universal, and I both play in Marys Lane. guys would show me a couple of licks fundraising campaigns for the United but with different dialects, some Brittany had told me “You’re going on the guitar. December’s Toledo Irish column was the season for health reasons. While at Community Fund and for Easter Seals. extreme, others very subtle. Texas to love this band, they’re really Every week, I would learn some- about former Mayor, John McHugh. Notre Dame, Leahy had six undefeat- Tom served on the Big Brother-Big guitarist Jimmie Vaughn put it best good.” They were remarkable! That’s thing, new chords and so forth. Just before the December issue came ed seasons, five national champion- Sister Board of Directors and was a when he said, “There’s only two types how my being in Marys Lane came Today I try to do that for young out, John’s brother, Tom McHugh, ship teams and an unbeaten string of key organizer in building the Mount of music, the kind ya like and the about. musicians I encounter. passed away. Both brothers are a part of thirty-nine games in the late 1940s. He Vernon Colonial City Classic College kind ya don’t.” The sound of the band has evolved My parents eventually caught on to the Toledo Irish history. finished his career with a record of 107 Basketball Tournament. Multi-instumentalist and vocalist since you joined. what I’d been doing and showed up Thomas F. “Tom” McHugh, age 87, of wins, 13 losses and 9 ties. Tom McHugh He also was a member of St. Vincent Brent Hopper is well versed in many Tessa and I joined at the same time, one night. They talked to me and told Mount Vernon, passed away peacefully The year-end publication on the 1953 Ohio and Tom was named the Coach of de Paul Church, The Knights of Colum- dialects and performs in the Cleve- hopefully I’ve been a benefit to the me to go before the shows and quit on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at Notre Dame Football season said this the year. bus, The Notre Dame Monogram Club, land area with a number of locally band. sneaking out. That became a regular the Knox Community Hospital with about Tom; Tom McHugh was the most A player on his Central Catholic The Old Homestead Club, The Moose, based groups. He is also called on How do you like living in Cleve- thing for me, I learned a lot on the family by his side. He was born on May potent second-string fullback in the teams from 1958 through 1961 was The Elks, and The Hiawatha Golf Club, to join many of the artists playing land? guitar from those guys. 13, 1932, in Toledo, Ohio, to the late country this year. He averaged some John Keller, younger brother of his No- where he was “chairman of the Round in Cleveland from other parts of the We’ve been in the house in Bay Who else influenced you as far as James and Catherine (Ruddy) McHugh. five yards a crack in backing up Neil tre Dame teammate, Dick Keller, Tom Table”. U.S. and Ireland. Village since 2011, it’s the longest music? He was the younger brother of John. Worden. McHugh led all carriers in described John Keller as his best back. Tom led a very productive life and It took a few meetings with Brent I’ve ever lived in one spot. I like it; Early on blues and roots music, my Tom had a very successful high the Navy’’ contest and also starred by They remained friends over the years is survived by his daughter, Kathy before I was able to get him to talk a Brent Hopper Brittany’s family is amazing, very mom listened to a lot of folk, Pete school career. His nickname was “Ten scoring two touchdowns in the North until John Keller passed away on May (Mark) Larkins and son, Kevin (Mary little about himself. He is much more supportive. Hopefully, now that our Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary. My yard Tommy” because that was his Carolina game. Chances are Tom 31, 2015. An example of Tom McHugh’s Ann); seven grandchildren, Claire, eager to talk about other musicians South Florida when I was seventeen. son is getting older, he just turned stepdad was into acid rock. Bluegrass average gain per run. He received a full would have been a starter on any other loyalty and character; he would on Roy, Christie, Erin, Mark, Alyjah, and and groups he has played with or I was playing six nights a week. That two, she’ll be able to get back out and was always around in North Caroli- football scholarship to Notre Dame college team. occasion call John’s widow, Joan just Savannah; three great grandchildren, thinks highly of. It’s also the way he was the introduction to my musical play more often. na. University, where was the second-string Tom was selected by the Chicago to see how she was doing and to offer McKenzie, Aurora and Benjamin; and performs; his job, he told me, is to career. When did you start playing mu- I saw David Grisman play when fullback, punter and kicked extra Cardinals in the 1954 NFL Draft He support. sister, Margaret Gibney. His wife, Ida make the band or the artist he’s with You’re still playing Grateful Dead sic? I was about three when I started I was eighteen and I had to have a points. played one season for the Ottawa Tom was elected to the Central Cath- passed in 2007. even better. For Brent, it’s all about music, aren’t you? on piano, I’m self taught for the most mandolin. Reggae and Irish trad, I 1953 was Tom’s senior year at Notre Rough Riders. olic Hall of Fame in 1983, along with May he rest in Peace.■ the music. Yeah, even with Marys Lane, we try part and play by ear. Even then if like a lot of different things. Dame. That was the year that the Notre There was another Central Catholic Dick Keller. Dick’s brother John Keller OhioIANews: Where did you grow to do some pop tunes in our sets; it I heard something alot, Christmas Who are some of the other artists Dame coach Frank Leahy collapsed on graduate playing on that 1953 Notre was elected in 1992. John’s son, John, Get More to the Story up? keeps things interesting. music or melodies, I could play them, you work with? the sideline, Johnny Lattner won the Dame team. Dick Keller, right halfback, was elected in 2007, becoming the first More pics, and larger print too! @www.ohioianews.com Brent: I was born in Greensboro, We had another Dead tribute band my daughter can do this too. Marys Lane of course, with Britta- Heisman Trophy, and Notre Dame was moved up to the second team post father and son members of the Hall of North Carolina. My parents divorced called “The Grass is Dead” in ’97. We By the time I was nine, I wanted ny in Achill Crossing, West Awake. undefeated, with one tie. behind Johnny Lattner on the basis of Fame. when I was three years old, and I took tunes and redid them with more to play guitar. My first guitar came Pat Sheperd, Andrew McManus. The game on Oct. 24, 1953 wasn’t his fine running in the last half of the went to kindergarten there. They of a bluegrass feel and tempo. Brit- out of a comic book store, my mom Guys from Ireland, I’m honored to be supposed to be played in South Bend. season. He saw extensive action in the both remarried, and my mom and tany joined that band in 2005 and had taken me there to look at comic touring with Derek Warfield and the The game was slated to be played in Navy and North Carolina contests. step-dad took me to Florida to a very toured around the country for about books, but I saw this busted up old Young Wolfetones. Georgia. But in the pre-Civil Rights His 77-yard run from scrimmage small beach town about a half hour a year. guitar for sale, I think it was thirty Recently I played with Siobhán era South, Georgia Tech wouldn’t host in the North Carolina tussle that was south of Daytona where nothing That’s how Brittany and I got togeth- dollars. The action was horrible on it! O’Brien, I’m not leaving Cleveland, the Irish because two black players — called back was the longest of the year much was ever going on. My dad er, her playing on the mandolin blew But, I told my mom I really wanted but I’m moving forward. I love the Wayne Edmonds and Dick Washington for the Irish. He lettered as a sopho- stayed in North Carolina, so I would me away. Her band started that year to learn how to play, I have to have Irish community here and I support — were on the Notre Dame team. So, more, but developed emphysema and kind of go back and forth. I left home and we came to Cleveland and played this. She was like, “That’s a lot more as many bands that I can that come the game was moved to South Bend. asthma and didn’t play again. He died on my sixteenth birthday with my all over the Cleveland area. In Febru- than a comic book!” but I persisted here.■ Leahy collapsed and was given last at age 27. guitar on my back to pursue music. I ary the following year our daughter and she bought it for me. I slept with rites by Father Edmund Joyce, then in Tom married his high school sweet- travelled all over the country, wher- was two months old and we all went that thing in my bed, I played it till Live music needs our support to his second of thirty-five years as Notre heart, Ida Dorfmeister in 1956, return- ever the wind took me. on our first east coast tour, North my fingers bled! Every second that I continue to thrive in Cleveland. Fol- Dame’s executive vice president, before ing to Toledo to become the head coach My parents remarried when I was Carolina, Viginia, Georgia, Florida. was home I was picking out melodies. low Brent on Facebook @BrentHop- Leahy was rushed to St. Joseph Hos- at Central Catholic High. He coached eighteen and now they’re living in That became a pretty solid thing We lived on a two lane road on perMusic pital. Notre Dame won the game 27 to there for 8 years ending on 1964. His Ashville, in the mountains. for us for about five years, till our a peninsula, there was nothing for 14. The following week Coach Leahy record was 51 wins, 23 losses and 4 ties “Bringing a bit of Ireland to the 5 points” I never graduated from high daughter started kindergarten. We me except music. About a mile from watched the game against Navy on tele- His teams never finished below 3600 west park rd, cleveland, ohio Get More to the Story “Bringing a5pointscafe.com bit of Ireland to the 5 points” school, but did study and get my were doing about two-hundred shows our house was this place called JP’s vision at his home. Notre Dame won 38 third place in the Toledo City League 3600 west park rd, cleveland, ohio G.E.D. I wound up playing music a year, a lot of honky-tonk music. Seafood, a restaurant, right on the More pics, and larger print too! to 7 and Tom McHugh led all rushers. His greatest year was 1962. The team @www.ohioianews.com 5pointscafe.com in a Grateful Dead cover band in Brittany’s Irish roots came through river. They had blues bands and other Coach Leahy resigned at the end of finished with the number 1 rating in

6 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JANUARY 2020 JANUARY 2020 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 7 Tom practice law, honor his heritage and originators of the St. Patrick Day parties irm his profession, and support many char- the stuff of legend. At a JCU event, Tom F itable and cultural causes, he also finds met Robert Briscoe, the first Jewish Madigan Foundation the time to serve on the Ohio Supreme Mayor of Dublin, and later met his son, Muses By Ken Callahan Court’s Board of Bar Examiners. Twice Ben, through Sam Miller, who Tom per- @KennethRCallahanJr a year Tom formulates exam questions suaded to attend as an honoree for the By Marilyn Madigan Í and then grades the answers of the test Party. Sam encouraged Tom to bring an takers. He is truly a man of many talents annual guest from Ireland for the event who gives freely of those talents and his known throughout Greater Cleveland as Linda and Bill Carney, Deneen O’Reilly, Dan and Shannon Corcoran. time. Tom is one of the most generous “The Scanlon Party.” Thomas J. Scanlon people I will ever have the good fortune Tom was part of a group includ- Preparations During the months of January, Saint, St. Patrick. Come out to march or If you have not yet purchased “The will be Thomas J. to know.” ing Jack Coyne, Pat Leneghan, Packy February and March, visit the clubs; make your preparations to attend one Day We Celebrate,” edited primarily Scanlon. The Scanlons arrived in America well Hyland, Gerry Quinn and others who Every January at the Irish Ameri- sponsoring the St. Patrick’s Day Parade you will be amazed at the number of or all of the celebrations leading up to by Dr. Margaret Lynch and published The consistent before many of us; Tom’s dads grand- first sought to support political can- can Club East Side and the West Side since 1958. The UIS consists of an individuals participating, from the very the big day. ■ under the auspices of the Irish Ameri- attributes that father, Michael Scanlon, was born in didates, but later evolved to create the Irish American Club many individuals Executive Director, Directors Emer- young to those who have marched for can Achieves, I would urge you to do so. seems to have Ireland in 1803 and died in Cleveland on Irish-American Charitable Foundation. are preparing their Units for the St. itus, Deputy Directors and Delegates decades. Our community is blessed by Get More to the Story While the book tracks the history of the been shared by October 26, 1885. Michael and Honeria To list the various Irish American Patrick’s Day Parade. Preparations for representing the more than thirty Irish their commitment and dedication to More pics, and larger print too! Cleveland St. Patrick’s Day Parade, it’s leaders of the Flanagan produced Tom, Patrick and groups Tom Scanlon has assisted either the Parade really start in the fall by the organizations belonging to the UIS. honoring our heritage and our Patron @www.ohioianews.com whole is far more than those parts: with Irish American Mary Ann Scanlon. The Scanlons were financially, through business advice or United Irish Societies of Cleveland, In this long history of the UIS, only real, original scholarship and an intellec- community in long landowners and residents of the in creating will, by numbers or omis- commonly known as the UIS. three women have served as Executive tual rigor rare for a popular history, the Northern Ohio, Scranton Road and Tremont area. sion, defy every mention. Tom almost The delegates of the UIS determine Director: Deneen O’Reilly, Shannon book tells the history of Irish Catholics regardless of Honeria (“Ann”) were members of single handily founded the Irish Amer- the Parade Theme and chose the Parade Corcoran and Linda Carney. Two of Check out archive issues of the in Cleveland in an unparalleled histori- era or object of the then-Irish Parish of St. Augustine ican Law Society of Cleveland, which Honorees. The theme of the 2020 Pa- these women have the honor of follow- cal definition of the struggles of the early endeavor, are an at W. 14th Street; a stained-glass win- sponsors biennial symposia in Cleveland rade is “IRELAND’S SCENIC COAST- ing the example of their fathers. Ohio Irish American News online at immigrants, through the Civil War, the enthusiasm for a project’s fruition and dow continues to bear their names. For and Ireland, a group the lawyers from LINES”. Congratulations to the 2020 Shannon and Linda have the priv- tensions that shaped and propelled a the dedication, vision and commitment reasons lost to the mists of time, perhaps around the US now look to as a model Parade Honorees: Grand Marshal Tom ilege of serving in the same capacity distinct ethnic community into a group for the desired result to obtain. some family fissure, Tom’s parents, Tom for an American Irish Society Scanlon, Irish Mother Kathleen Man- of their Dads: Dan Corcoran and Bill that continues to contribute inordinately Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Sr. and Marie Grady, did not migrate Yet tens of thousands of this commu- gan, Parade Co-Chairs Chris Cooper Carney. This demonstrates how St. hio ews com to the life of the greater community. Maureen O’Connor: “The name Tom out to West Park but moved instead to a nity recognize Tom Scanlon as provid- and Maureen Mohney. Patrick’s Day is truly an Irish family o ian . And like all historical phenomena that Scanlon is synonymous with Cleveland 5-bedroom home in Our Lady of Good ing the central spoke of leadership, the The United Irish Societies have been holiday. evade extinction, the Irish American Irish Legal Community. His leadership Consul Parish in the Old Brooklyn area spiritual epicenter of connectiveness. community story is not static but instead in forming the Irish American Legal of Cleveland. Thomas J. and Anita M. (Marciante) a story that continues to unfold through Society of Cleveland is recognized and Tom’s dad was fortunate in the throes Scanlon were married September 14, time, through the lives of the living. Our greatly appreciated by its members. His of the Depression to be employed as a 1963, while he was awaiting bar exam shared history is woven by personages enthusiasm for any project that he is conductor/brakeman for the New York results. They have four daughters - Eliz- large and small, with various eras bear- involved with ensures its success be- Central Railroad; before he died when he abeth M. Donnelly, Colleen A. Miller, ing particular marks of those who pre- cause he motivates people to want to be was 6, Tom recalls attending events at the Cynthia D. Roether and Kimberly S. ceded us. But when the future historian involved. West Side IA on Madison. His brother, Klein. seeks to recount the central leaders of the “Philanthropy aside, Tom is recog- Johnny Scanlon, died in 2012, while his The recently elected Administrative Cleveland Irish American community of nized for his skill and knowledge as he sister, Sister Elizabeth Marie, a Notre Judge for Cuyahoga County Common the last half century, surely among them practices his profession. Not only does Dame nun who has spent her vocation Pleas Court Brendan Sheehan, states: teaching at a number of institutions, “Tom Scanlon is a dedicated Irishman resides in Chardon. who puts everyone else above him- Tom Scanlon is in every respect a self. He is a great lawyer and exemplifies self-made man. He earned and paid his generosity in all he does. Tom Scanlon way through St. Ignatius High School started a tradition of having his St from 1956-1959; and graduated in three Patrick’s Day party honoring many years from John Carroll, earning his BA dignitaries from Ireland. Mr. Scanlon’s in the Arts and Business/Poly Sci. He love for the Irish community can be seen was awarded a J.D. from Marshall Law in and everything he has done in his legal 1963, where he graduated cum laude, and career.” was Editor of the Law Review. I am honored to have been partners Tom was a financial analyst in the day with Tom Scanlon these last years, as he LIVE MUSIC for Tremco Manufacturing and was in continues his law practice at Hawkins EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT charge of the law library. He began work- and Hawkins Co. LLC. And more than (Schedule in Out & About) ing at Shapiro Persky doing business, tax that, I share as with so many others the and Probate from 1963 to 1970. pleasure of his valuable friendship. ■ 1114 Center St. Cleveland, OH 44113 In 1971, he formed a partnership with 216.696.6968 Charley Donahue, who had left Calfee, Get More to the Story www.flatironcafe.com becoming Donahue and Scanlon, and More pics, and larger print too! @www.ohioianews.com

8 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JANUARY 2020 JANUARY 2020 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 9 was never one to ask your last on my own. My passion has not changed, except land that left unaccompanied, unaware name and I’d hardly ever tell you I had to do it my way, and for the last that I wish to write about my experi- and unsure what was waiting for them mine. McGinty was a tough name eighteen years, with the help of many ence in the restaurant business and in America. After a long silence, both of toI live up to, and an impossible name family members and friends, I’ve had trust me, none of it is dull or boring. It us smoking, contemplating the water, to escape from. I was the second oldest the privilege to do just that! Tastebuds would be impossible to give these sto- he said “Ah, so you’re a Yank then?” of six children, sandwiched between Restaurant in Cleveland’s Downtown/ ries their proper telling if I didn’t step I nodded the guilty apologetic yes a perfect older sister Megan, and an Chinatown neighborhood opened on away. Remembering Tastebuds fondly, that feels like confession when speaking all-American athlete brother Brian, my thirtieth birthday and has been and missing Cleveland terribly will give to a native, and he told me that long followed by Molly, Erin and Maggie. cranking out tastier, healthier, faster me clarity, help me to write and will Megan and I shared a bedroom and a lunches Monday through Friday, 11am give me that “abiding sense of tragedy” “Getting in trouble dresser growing up and it was covered until 2pm ever since. that will sustain me “through tempo- in medals and trophies, mostly from My younger sister, Erin Mc- rary periods of joy” that Yeats spoke of! was easier with a Irish dance, some from sports and Ginty-Perk, has been with me as a It is the call of the Wild Atlantic Way name like McGinty, academics, but all hers. Had they given silent partner, helping to develop and that I’ve been hearing, a a whisper at awards for best come backs toward grow the business since its inception in first, then louder with each passing everyone knew teachers, most creative hair styles or 2001. In fact, it was Erin who named year. The first time I heard it, I was most disruptive in class, perhaps I Tastebuds after a restaurant in Newport twenty-seven years old, smoking a cig- someone in my family would have had some brass to show off Ireland that we nearly crashed into after arette on a boardwalk in Cobh, Ireland. and would be more as well. renting a car and driving for the first I was standing near the last port of call Brian’s dresser was much the same, time in Ireland in 1997, back when we of the Titanic, just after viewing the than happy to provide but strictly sports trophies, plaques, were young and naïve enough to think exhibit. medals and team pictures. People who almost crashing was hilarious! I was crying, imagining how the sad- a detailed report of knew my siblings and my parents ex- my deviant activities” pected great things from me and were often disappointed. Getting in trouble was easier with ago, one of my ancestors had made a a name like McGinty, everyone knew terrible mistake and it was up to me to someone in my family and would be What’s in a Name? make things right again. He said I need more than happy to provide a detailed to be brave and board a big ship and report of my deviant activities, from by Bridget McGinty sail back to Ireland for good next time! smoking and drinking, to shop lifting As he walked away, he turned laughing and cutting school. and said, “Just please Miss, if you do… The only real interest I had back then As I prepare to ascend to my new ness of leaving home, leaving Ireland mind the icebergs!” CONWAY LAND TITLE COMPANY was in busting out on my own. The career as writer and pursue my dream must have turned toward anticipation I laughed and didn’t give that conver- thing I wanted most as a child was to of moving to Ireland, I will be stepping and excitement of coming to America sation another thought until recently. Erin & Bridget 162 Main Street Painesville, OH 44077 be eighteen! As I suspected, that’s when back, behind the scenes. Erin will be and then absolute horror when the Ti- It’s funny, words like that seem to swirl What’s in a Name Allen and her generous and welcoming my life really began making sense. taking the spotlight and center stage tanic began to sink. A man approached around the subconscious like pixie Continued from facing page family. Again, and this time in Cork, I Living by my own rules, I found my and I have the utmost confidence that me asking to bum a fag. He noticed my dust waiting for you to believe in their found my people, I found my passion, people and I found my passion, and it Tastebuds will thrive under her leader- tears and asked in a thick Irish brogue magic. Minillo, whom I worked for at Ninth and it all revolved around food, and all revolved around food! As happy as ship! Erin loves providing exceptional what I was thinking about. When I was nineteen years old a Street Grill in the Galleria, told me I this time, it included writing. I was in the restaurant business, I still service and has made extraordinary I told him I was thinking mostly generous and kind restaurateur, John would own a restaurant someday. That My whole life, I’ve been fighting for heard the call of the wild, to bust out hospitality her passion! about the brave young women of Ire- Continued on facing page thought was just as absurd to me at 19 my independence, wanting desperately years old, as moving to Ireland was at to express myself, and have people bust 27! through my rugged nature to see the The birth of my son Ari five years beauty inside. Is that not the embod- ago inspired me to get serious about iment of Ireland? Here I am, being Every Friday and moving to Ireland. Ari spent his first called to Cork, the Rebel City! And for Christmas there, clapping along to live the first time in my life I see my last music in the pubs and singing to sheep name as an asset. from the car window as we drove from I long to hear “Now, which McGinty Saturday Night, L to R: Liam, Seanna, Neil and Declan town to town, castle to abbey. are you?”, to which I will proudly an- We boarded the Christmas train and swer, “I am the McGinty that’s bringing Starting January 3rd until April 25th! visited Santa at The Westport House. her name back to Ireland, hoping to 440.352.0651 (Fax: 440.352.9261) We rode the merry go round, did our serve her well, hoping she will allow [email protected] • www.conwaylandtitle.com "We put the FUN in funeral...." shopping and drank hot cocoa at the me to call her home after all these years Kennedy’s Theatre at Playhouse Square Christmas Market in Galway. The spell away.” ■ ERIN GO BRAGH Downtown Cleveland was cast, and I returned the following May for The Literary Festival of Food Get More to the Story Eastern Lake County Chamber of Commerce 216-241-6000 or 866-546-1353 and Wine at the famed Ballymaloe More pics, and larger print too! @www.ohioianews.com playhousesquare.org School of Cookery, where I met Darina 2019 BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

10 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JANUARY 2020 JANUARY 2020 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 11 pawned their clothes for food-money more were buried without markers. and walked miles to get it. Those with- The British had not dealt well with the Off The Shelf out work took to boiling seaweed, eating famine – and I feel a pang of guilt that By Terry Kenneally grass, infected potatoes, and foraging I’m English. for nettles and blackberries. In June 1847 the British govern- @TerryKenneally Í Towards the end of 1846 very little ment passed the Poor Law Extension food was coming into the country Act. It required that tenant farmers because the British government feared had to contribute through rates to that orders placed abroad would raise maintaining their peasant labourers, NIGHT BOAT to TANGIER dank light of the terminal make ges- prices against British buyers. By No- many of whom had finished up in the By Kevin Barry tures of the long-sufferance and who- vember people in Ireland were dying workhouse or on outdoor relief. It was Doubleday Pub. ISBN they are born to such gestures, and of starvation. Many took refuge in the cheaper for them to get rid; for about offer them easily.” The two are looking workhouses – previously hated insti- half the cost of keeping a peasant in 9780385540315 2019 255 pp. for Maurice’s estranged daughter, Dilly, tutions that implemented strict rules, the workhouse he could be exported to Selected as one of the Times ten best a twenty-three-year-old “dreadlock but at least provided food, although Canada. Emigrants generally sailed in books of 2019, Night Boat to Tangier is Rastafari”. They heard the young wom- usually not of good quality, in exchange sturdy cargo ships, crudely adapted for a witty new take on Samuel Becketts, an, who runs with a crowd of similarly for work. By Christmas 1846 half of the passengers, with little thought being Waiting for Godot, a play in which maned hippies, is due at the station, workhouses were full, and in February given to their comfort. Others went two characters, Vladi- either leaving for Tangier 1847 the Destitute Poor (Ireland) Act, on ships that didn’t comply with legal mir and Estragon, wait or returning from there. popularly known as the Soup Kitchen standards – known as ‘coffin ships’; for the arrival of some- The back story of the Act, was passed. But soup was a poor they were overcrowded and were not “...state-of-the-art Irish music as aggressively one named Godot, who book is a series of excur- Walk East Until I Die substitute for those used to consuming provided with adequate supplies of infectious as you’ll ever hear.” - DIRTY LINEN never arrives, and while sions into the men’s pasts, a large quantity of potatoes, and many food and water. On the Cork-to-Que- waiting they engage in a which start to fill the The E8 European long-distance path Things changed in 1845. An airborne people died of starvation – others died bec sailing 20% died on board, or soon variety of philosophical reader in on their inti- begins on Dursey Island, County Cork, fungus came across the Atlantic in the of disease. Typhus, also known as black after they landed. Those who did make Sunday, February 23, 2020 - 3:30 pm discussions. mately linked criminal Ireland and passes through eleven coun- holds of ships. It attacked the potato fever, spread throughout the land; it generally obtained free passage down MEDINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Kevin Barry’s book and romantic histories. tries to end in Istanbul. I have currently crop in Belgium, Holland, France and infection was caused by the excrement the St Lawrence to Montreal – to where 851 Weymouth Road, Medina, OH is a grim but compas- Each cycle loops the walked 1,490 miles east Germany, leaving fields from lice. Relapsing fever was also those who could afford it crossed the Tickets & Info: KBBproductions.net 440-554-2394 sionate new novel about reader back to the present along the path towards a stinking, rotting black prevalent; caused by a bacteria trans- border into the United States. two weary, old Irish in possession of some Turkey. mess. The blight was first mitted by the damaged body of a louse Inside the St Kevin’s church is a drug smugglers named freshly alarming piece of On 24th June 2013, reported to have arrived entering the victim’s blood stream. plaque that declares it was built in 1843 Maurice Hearne and information: what Mau- on the border of County in England on the Isle of Scurvy, dysentery and famine dropsy by Father Thomas Hore who, in 1850, Charlie Redmond, who rice did to alienate his Carlow and County Wex- Wight in August. Spread all contributed to the deaths of thou- led 400 families from Counties Wexford sit waiting in a run-down beloved wife and daugh- ford, as I crossed the River by the wind, it reached sands each week. and Wicklow to a new life in America. Spanish ferry terminal in the port city ter (if Dilly is indeed his daughter, since Derry, I came upon a stone Ireland in September The famine also had an impact on They set off by horse and cart on the first of Algeciras, waiting for the one man’s nothing is certain here); what dreams plaque imbedded in the where it first appeared in landlords, because their tenants were stage of the journey to Dublin, taking estranged daughter, who may not show they tried to follow with their ill-gotten ground, marked with these the countryside around unable to pay them the rent for the with them a stock of agricultural imple- up. gains. poignant words: Before the Dublin. By October, as hovels in which they lived. Many were ments. Having crossed the Irish Sea to The book opens with Maurice and Night Boat to Tangiers (which was on bridge and this road ex- the crop was dug up and becoming bankrupt, while others Liverpool, they eventually sailed on the Charlie sitting on a bench in the ferry the long list for this year’s Booker Prize) isted the River Derry was the destruction discov- realised that better profits could be had clipper ship Ticonderoga, taking 70 days See all the shenanigans this month @Hooley on pages 28-29 station. “Two Irishmen somber in the is both a grim and compassionate novel crossed by means of a ford ered, the British Prime by turning their lands over to pasture to reach New Orleans. Some of the fam- which, like his previous novels, Beatle- located at the end of a lane Minister, Robert Peel, for cattle and sheep grazing. Some ilies decided to settle there, while others bone and City of Bohane have marked that came over Drumderry learned of the serious- landlords ruthlessly evicted peasants by travelled west to Refugio in Texas. The Barry as an extremely talented writer. I Hill. Here emigrants from ness of the problem in dragging them from their cabins that main party however went north by pad- found the book to be a top shelf read. ■ Clonegal parish had their last views Ireland and realised that famine was a were then demolished with battering dle steamer up the Mississippi to Little MENTOR BROOKLYN of their native valley and the Wicklow real possibility. Various attempts were rams to prevent their re-habitation. Rock in Arkansas. 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He specializes in known as GEATA NA nDEOR, or in enable the peasant to earn money to buy million people perished. followed Father Hore to America settled insurance defense litigation and rep- English: THE GATE OF TEARS. food; depots were opened that stocked Two days later, having walked on the in a place in Iowa that they named after resents insureds and insurance compa- The potato had been the staple diet of Indian corn, imported from America, path further east to Tinahely I met a their homeland in Ireland – Wexford. ■ nies throughout Ohio. Terry received his the land labourer up until the famine, that the peasants claimed gave them local historian and author, Jim, who Masters from John Carroll University in combined with buttermilk it provided diarrhea. took me to the famine graveyard at Mike Pinnock’s book, ‘Walk East Until Irish Studies and teaches Irish Histo- all the proteins, calories and minerals The blight returned the following year Whitefield and to St Kevin’s church I Die: A Trek through Irish History and WESTLAKE MONTROSE ry and Literature at Holy Name High needed. Over 60% of Ireland’s potato and by March 1846 the peasants took in Killaveney. The graveyard is on the Beyond’ is available from Amazon. 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grew up in the small college city L. Lynch, and he was born with providing an essen- Fortunately, I found a cemetery of Oberlin, Ohio. Our family was in Painesville, Ohio, to tial clue that led them to record in Painesville for someone who working class, and we didn’t own Irish immigrant parents, the discovery of where turned out to be a relation. Askeaton, a carI until I was twelve. So, I rarely had Thomas P. Lynch and Ellen she was born. In an old, County Limerick, had been inscribed a chance to leave Oberlin and see other Flanagan. My mom didn’t crumbling 1915 Ohio atlas, as his birthplace on his gravestone. I places or meet anyone new. know where in Ireland they they found that the farm found records for Thomas P. Lynch’s Although both my parents had Irish had come from, or why they Ellen Flanagan and her family, also in Askeaton, His grandpar- ancestry, we knew nothing of Irish had settled in Painesville. husband Thomas P. Lynch ents were John Lynch and Mary Purtill, customs and little of Irish history. None At the age of two, she owned in Painesville had and they had been married in Shana- of my friends or neighbors had Irish relocated to Oberlin, and been named Cherry Gar- golden, County Limerick. ancestors that I knew of, and most were thereafter had limited den, after the estate where My father’s mother was named Mary Protestant, not Catholic, like my family. contact with her Lynch her grandfather had been Ann Quinn. She arrived in the United I have many happy memories of my relatives still residing in Father John Quinn a tenant farmer in Ire- States at the age of sixteen in 1881. She childhood but living in Oberlin just Painesville. Although I land. With some Internet lived for a few years with her uncle, didn’t afford me the opportunity to had made some stabs at trying to find sleuthing, they found that there had John Quinn, a Catholic priest in the learn much about my Irish heritage. information about my parents’ Irish been an estate named Cherry Garden small village of Wakeman, Ohio, in Two years ago, my two sisters and ancestors, for many years the necessary in Daingean, County Offaly (formerly Huron County. I decided to get our DNA tested, and records weren’t accessible. King’s County). We did know that they both had been that started the ball rolling. My sisters After we received our DNA results, I Ellen’s parents’ names were Pat- born in Kanturk, Co. Cork, but we were wanted to know how Irish they were; I was contacted by one of our matches, rick Flanagan and Jane Murphy. Her clueless about who their other family wanted to know who my Irish ancestors who lives near Painesville. He and an- grandfather, James Murphy, had lived members were. I asked my father if his were and where they had come from; other cousin were so generous in shar- on the Cherry Garden estate. I then mother had ever spoken about Ireland we knew so little. ing what they knew about the family of decided to see what I could find about and her family, and he replied that she What I knew about my mother’s Irish my great-grandmother Ellen Flanagan. my grandfather Thomas P. Lynch’s had never done so, finding it too pain- family was that her father was Thomas In fact, they credited Ellen Flanagan family. Continued on facing page

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22 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JANUARY 2020 JANUARY 2020 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 23 the diminished role of the Catholic to drive that out. They are the world’s Church in family life and society along optimists. Cooking Up Akron Irish with the changing roles of men and Roddy Doyle’s writing embraces the a Hooley By Lisa O’Rourke women. idea that people are fundamentally When an unmarried Rabbitte good. They may be tempted or turned, By Katie Gagne daughter is pregnant, she is not sent to but the goodness shines through some the “Laundries,” she is supported by where. her family. Men in Doyle’s Ireland are Picking up this month’s New Yorker, partners: they do laundry, cook and I found a new story by Roddy Doyle take care of children, and they like it, which reminded me again how much I The Best Salad Ever Roddy Doyle especially the children part. love his writing. Those stories don’t feel It’s that time of year again. Time to get back on track – watch what we eat, eat In addition to the Rabbitte books, so much new to me as they do an invi- healthier, get more sleep, more exercise. We all usually start out great. Lots of January, blah, the doldrums, the he has written so much more, sixteen tation to visit a place that I like to go. fresh fruits and veggies, less sugar, less carbs, lean meats and of course tons of non-holiday month of dark days, snow, books to be exact, and countless short It is a place where bad news is wrapped salad. My salad here is probably one you want to reserve for the end of the month, slush and yuk. This dark time of year stories that have been published in The in a joke or a story. Where people have after you cannot eat one more green leafy thing. While this is called a “salad” it makes for a month that really seems New Yorker, among others. Doyle is the character and support each other. has little resemblance to what you have been eating. Yet, I am sure you will love much longer than February, which at quintessential Irish writer of the last Where love of family and those close this tasty twist on my absolute favorite food – Jambalaya. This recipe is a cold least has the good luck to be broken up thirty years. to you is all and you do what you have adaptation of the Jambalaya recipe that was in the February 2018 issue. by Valentine’s Day. It is a month that He is not the pained dark moody to do to keep that going. It is a great tests character and forces a person to Irish type. He is the great guy that you place to visit. make their own fun. feel lucky to have met in the pub. He Here is a link to his latest New Yorker Cold Jambalaya Salad While this constitutes complaining, I is above all things, down to earth and story: Enjoy! https://www.newyorker. Serves 6 also like to remind people that nothing funny. What he lacks in sophistication, com/magazine/2019/12/02/the-curfew ■ Ingredients Prepare rice and cool. shrimp. Toss until combined. gets invented in Hawaii. These dark he makes up for in heart. That is the 4 cups uncooked rice 1 pound of diced chicken breast Mix all dried spices together in Halve the cherry tomatoes and dice days give us time to read, reflect, tinker, quality that oozes out of his characters. Lisa O’Rourke is an educator from small bowl – you’ll be using these to the green onions. or whatever else it is we do to escape Every single book has heart which Akron. She has a BA in English and a 6 teaspoons olive oil 1 of each – green, red, yellow and season each part of the salad Toss together in the bowl, add in them. Every season has its pleasures, serves to both inspire and give a good Master’s in Reading/Elementary Edu- 4 cups of smoked sausage cut into orange pepper – diced Cook onion and sausage in skillet the red wine vinegar and mix until and we can enjoy this time of year for kick in the arse as a way to remind a cation. Lisa is a student of everything bite-size pieces 2 jalapeno peppers - diced until heated both are slightly charred combined and top with some chives, its sense of balance and restoration person what is important. He won the Irish, primarily Gaeilge. She runs a Drain and set aside in a bowl parsley and cilantro. after the rigors of the holidays. It gives prestigious UK Man Booker prize for Gaeilge study group at the AOH/Mark 1 cup chopped yellow or white 4 green onion stalks (scallions) – Season with spice mixture Wrap and chill for 2-3 hours or me the ability to refuse society and stay Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha. Heffernan Division. She is married to onion whites and greens – chopped Use the same skillet and cook the overnight. home by the fire reading with the cats- Paddy is a coming of age story set in Dónal and has two sons, Danny and 6 chopped garlic cloves 4 celery stalks – diced chicken, seasoned with spice mixture. Enjoy!! ■ my own hygge! what happens as how. The Rabbittes are late 60s Ireland in which young Paddy Liam. Lisa enjoys art, reading, music, Thaw and cut up shrimp into bite- It is in that spirit that I am going to funny, good natured, rough-around- begins to understand both his parents’ and travel. She enjoys spending time 3 teaspoons oregano 2 pts cherry tomatoes – red or yel- size pieces, season with garlic and lime Katie Gagne teaches English at Trinity recommend an author for your reading the-edges n’er do wells, in other words, failing relationship and his father’s with her puppy, cats and fish. Lisa can 3 teaspoons thyme low - halved juice –set aside High School in Garfield Heights. She is or even viewing pleasure, since several great characters. alcoholism. He wrote another trilogy be contacted at [email protected]. Juice of 1 lime Cook all peppers and celery sea- also the owner of her in-home bakery of the books became quality films. The Roddy Doyle was made in Dublin, about Irish Independence, starting with Please send any Akron events to the 3 teaspoons salt soned with spices, just for a quick bit Sassy’s Sweets and Oh So Much More. author of these quality works is none born and raised. He is not quite as the book, A Star Called Henry. email listed above! 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper 2 teaspoons fresh chives – – 5 minutes – just to soften slightly – You can contact her at (440) 773-4459 other than Roddy Doyle. working-class as his literary work sug- There is not much of a topic of chopped they should still have a little crunch to or at [email protected]. If you are and wondering who that is, gests. He was educated by the Christian interest in modern Ireland that Rod- Get More to the Story 2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning them. I bet that you are already familiar with Brothers and then Trinity College. He dy Doyle’s pen hasn’t touched. 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24 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JANUARY 2020 JANUARY 2020 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 25 down a player during those ten min- Taking the Fields of utes. Upon a second black, or a yellow card, then a black card, the combina- Glory: GAA Monthly tion still results in a red card (player ejected and team plays down). By Vincent Beach 3) Kick-outs. The kick-out line once again changes from the 13-meter to the 20-meter line. In addition, the ball must travel 13 meters in the for- ward direction before being touched Midwest Gaelic by a player. Players must be beyond of the 20-meter line and outside of the D Athletic Association (not often found on USGAA pitches). NIGHT AT USGGAA Rule Change: Subject to It was a big weekend for Cleveland tion from a paper-based system to the ratification by GAA HQ (aka Croke GAA on December 7th, down at new online system. As noted above, Park), the USGAA approved motions the Flat Iron Café. The club held its we are happy to have him continue THE RACES at the November USGAA Conven- annual general meeting, where officer this renewed registrar’s position as tion in San Diego are expected to go Saturday, February 15, 2020 reports were provided – all reported the club’s size now warrants a dedi- into place by the end of January. One Presented jointly by Cleveland St. Pat’s St. Jarlath’s Gaelic Cleveland GAA Board (L-R) Chair Vincent Beach, Secretary Amelia Kaylor, Football Club & the Marching Units of the WSIA that the club was in good health and cated officer to help new players, new important item for local play is the Registrar Tom Beach, Players Rep Chris Greggila, and Treasurer Daniel Kampman. growing. There was only one motion arrivals, and the USGAA tournament limitation on home-based players Buffet Dinner, Beer, Wine & Soda Included on the agenda and that was officially registration processes. (Irish players who now reside in the expanding the board membership to RULE CHANGES club’s area) at the Junior C level for GAA the Association also promotes Irish Dinner to include chicken, potato, vegetable, salad and roll include a registrar and Ladies’ repre- Through the GAA Congress, all men’s football. Continued from facing page music, song and dance, and the Irish (Please feel free to bring your favorite snack or dessert to share with your table) sentative. It was passed football will now The limitation is for three home UPCOMING. Cleveland hosts language as an integral part of its ob- Doors open 6:00pm • Dinner Served 6:30pm unanimously. include the following based players on the field at one time. indoor session youth football and jectives. Cleveland GAA is open to all The next order of changes: There are options for teams with hurling from JanuaryAd through April. Proof who want to play competitive Sheet sports, Post Time 7:15pm business was election 1) the “forward many home-based players to compete See our flyer or visit our 216.647.1144 website and meet new• [email protected], and join an athletic, KIDS’ ACTIVITY ROOM (ages 3+) with FULL SUPERVISION of officers. The 2020 mark”: Players and fans at higher grades (Junior A-B, Inter- Facebook page (clevelandgaa.com or fitness-minded club. provided free of charge with crafts, pizza and a movie Live Music board, lending cre- have become familiar mediate, and Senior). @clevelandgaelic) for more informa- Follow @ClevelandGaelic on Face- dence to the growth with ‘the mark” intro- The Junior C level was once consid- tion. Night at the Races – February book, Instagram, and Twitter for the Advance Tickets $25.00 per person, 21 & over only of Ladies Football and duced a few years back ered the developmental grade but hasThis Proof15th is submitted at the WSIA foris the edits club’s orlargest, acceptance; 2019 activities please for let Men, us Women,know your and changes, or Live Sports new players on the for kick-outs that are since become competitive amongst and some say, most fun fundraising Youth. Or, visit ClevelandGAA.com. ■ Name a Horse $15 per horse Men’s team, is: Chair- cleanly caught beyond many smaller market cities. Likewise,approval asevent soon of asthe possible.year. It’s always Please a sellout, reply to this email. Reserved Tables Available for $250 up to 10 tickets Authentic person Vincent Beach, Vice-Chair- the 45 meter line by either the offense Junior D has come into existence to so contact the club to reserve your Vincent Thomas Francis Xavier Chinese Raffle • Sideboards • Silent Auction person Maura English, Secretary or defense. It is now being referred to provide all-American teams with a tickets. Beach is a proud Greater Clevelander Stay for DJ and Dancing after the Races Irish Fare Amelia Kaylor, Registrar Tom Beach, as the “defensive mark.” space to compete meaningfully at the AD IS APPROVEDGo raibh míle AS maith IS agaibh (thanks and emigrantAD IS of NOT Michigan. APPROVED He joined Treasurer Daniel Kampman, Public The new mark has been termed the USGAA Finals. The hope with the 1. y’all) to our readers and supporters.or the2. St. Pat’s Gaelic Football Club in Mail this form and check payable to WSIA, Relations Officer Marcelina Sladews- “offensive mark” or “forward mark”. limitation on certain players (sanc- Consider getting involved at any 1999 and,Please with much reply help, ASAP is the to cur this- email 8559 Jennings Road, Olmsted Twp, OH 44138 Have an Event ka, Ladies’ Representative Sarah This mark shifts the play forward for tions, home based) is that it promotes level. Fáilte (welcome) to all. The rent caretakerto let usof the know Cleveland what GAA.changes are Dunn, and Men’s Representative clean catches made inside the oppo- and encourages investment in local Gaelic Athletic Association is Ire- needed Name(s): or Fundraiser? Chris Greggila. sitions 45-meter line. The clean catch players – again, at the lower levels of land’s largest sporting organization Get More to the Story The Youth Board will be holding will be rewarded with a free kick just competition. and a bit of home for the Irish abroad More pics, and larger print too! Host it in our beautiful @www.ohioianews.com their meeting in early January to elect as with the defensive mark. Again, Where this becomes interesting is here in the US of A. Beyond sports, the Youth Officer. The Cleveland players can choose to play through that the Midwest GAA is largely a Horse Name(s): Bridgie Ned’s GAA believes in renewal of leader- the mark or signal to the referee that Junior level division. The recent US- ship and thus has a 5-year term limit they wish to take the free. GAA finals found Cleveland against Party Room! per position. This encourages new If the ball is caught within the a largely home-based player studded Email: involvement. 13-meter line, the free is brought back San Diego who deservedly won out 17119 Lorain Avenue A special thank you to Tom Beach to the 13-meter line. Good luck full the Junior C national championship. OHIO Phone Number: Cleveland, Ohio 44111 for 5 years of service as Secretary. backs! In many respects, players and clubs RUN 216.941.9311 During his tenure, the club saw the 2) The “Sin Bin”: Remember that should strive to be the best, but the ARNOLD 5K Number of Tickets ($25 each) ______pjmcintyres.com amalgamation between St. Pat’s and these rules apply to football and not question of quantities of sanctions St. Jarlath’s, the growth of the youth hurling. In lieu of the black card for (players brought over temporarily March 8th Columbus Number of Horses ($15 each) ______program, the development of a second cynical play resulting in the sending for summer play) and home-based men’s team, and the resurrection of off of a player for the remainder of players on the field at a given time is Jeff McGowan Memorial 5K Amount Enclosed______the ladies’ team. the game, the player will spend 10 habitually fought over at each US- We support our Local Teams Columbus —August 9th For more information or reservations and Fundraising Cause Efforts. Within the USGAA with whom the minutes off of the field. Re-entry is GAA Convention in order that parity secretary is the primary contact for reserved for a stoppage of play. be achieved at the national finals. Ohio’s source for running | www.runohio.com send email to [email protected] or call: Ask for Details! Matt McGowan - [email protected] the club, Tom guided all the registra- The offending team will still play Continued on facing page Vincent Beach: (216)209-5845 Kevin Hayes: (440)552-0472

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28 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JANUARY 2020 JANUARY 2020 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 29 ‘far down’ indicates the ‘lower counties.’ vests and Caravats in 1833. Stones and A women’s lib speaker was address- him tips. They are on hole 8 and there leveland This is not a geographical reference, but pistols were utilized by both groups. When Irish Eyes ing a large group and said, “Where is a tree in the way. The grandpa says, C a reference to elevation. It was applied by When the militia raided the Fardown- would man be today if it were not for “When I was your age, I would hit the Irish Corkonians as a derogatory term traced ers following the 1839 riot on the C&O Are Smiling; woman?” She paused a moment and ball right over that tree.” to the 9th century in Ireland and is first Canal, documents were found that indi- Be Very Afraid looked around the room. “I repeat, So, the grandson hits the ball and it By Francis McGarry seen in North American vernacular in the cated cryptic communications, including where would man be today if it were bumps against the tree and lands not 1830s. passwords and signs for their member- By Maury Collins not for woman?” too far from where it started. Between 1815 and 1834, over 400,000 ship. This is indicative of secret societies From the back of the room came a “Of course,” added the grandpa, Irish departed for North America. Sixty in Ireland. voice, “He’d be in the Garden of Eden “when I was your age, the tree was only percent of the 1830s Irish immigrants In America it was not a new fight, just The drill sergeant, making his want to make a perfect shot.” eating strawberries.” 3 feet tall.” Fardown Getdown were laborers or servants. In 1825 that new surroundings. The violence was not morning announcements to a group of “Good lord!” his companion ex- In August 1839, Irish laborers working that were arrested were soon released as number was thirty-eight percent. limited to the 1830s. The Plain Dealer newcomers in a training camp, stated: claimed. “You don’t have a snowball’s One day, a grandpa and his grandson Get More to the Story on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal feared calm was restored. President Andrew The Erie Canal was completed in 1825 reported on riots in the 1850s. “Today, gentlemen, I have some good chance in hell of hitting her from here.” went golfing. The young one is really More pics, and larger print too! labor reductions and the loss of their jobs. Jackson ordered the Secretary of War to and was considered a great success. Im- “On Saturday morning last, as we news and some bad news. First, the good and the old one is just giving @www.ohioianews.com The job was to work from sunup to sun- send two companies to “put down the migrants arrived as states endeavored to learn from the Herald, the Irish riots good news. Private Peters will be set- A policeman brought four boys down, mostly in a ditch covered in mud riotous assembly.” increase domestic trade and commercial were renewed in Steubenville. About ting the pace on our morning run.” before a judge. “They were causing an and water. This was tough physical labor The Canal Company’s president was exchange with more canals. four hundred Fardowns were assembled With this the platoon was overjoyed, awful lot of commotion at the zoo, your for workers familiar with injury, maiming John Eaton, Jackson’s former Secretary Only about half of the Irish immigrants in the morning under the command of as Private Peters was overweight and Honor,” and death. of War and close friend. The C&O Canal landing in American traveled in family one Collins, who was lodged in jail for terribly slow. But then the drill sergeant “Boys,” said the judge sternly, “I Lynch’s Irish Imports A job was better than no job and canallers only made it sixty miles past the site of the groups. The majority were young, single disorderly conduct. The party then started finished his statement: “Now for the never like to hear reports of juvenile Our mission is to bring the fought to work. The C&O Canal Compa- 1834 riot, 100 miles short of the planned and male. Female Irish immigration to their stations, under the surveillance of bad news. Private Peters will be driving delinquency. Now I want each of you to ny experienced ten major labor distur- route. would be more numerous post famine. some policemen, who, however, could not a truck.” tell me your name and what you were Ad bestProof of the Emerald Isle Sheet to bances from 1834 to 1840. Irish workers on the Wabash and Erie Irish families in the 1830s were more keep them from breaking the peace, for, doing wrong. your home for you and your 216.647.1144 • [email protected] On August 11th, 1839, about 100 armed Canal battled each other. Fardowners likely to move to England rather than as soon as they arrived within gun-shot of A young and foolish pilot wanted to “My name is George,” said the first family to cherish. Irish workers from the Paw Paw Tunnel (Longfords) and Corkonians participated the U.S. These Irish immigrants arrived the Corkonian shanties, on Section 18, in sound cool on the aviation frequencies. boy, “and I threw peanuts into the bordering Maryland and West Virginia, in the Indiana Irish Wars. Some histo- ready for deployment to build canals and the neighborhood of Bloomfield, the com- So, this was his first time approaching elephant pen. marched on German workers near Little rians interpreted this as Catholic and then railroads. Most had no better option; menced firing bullets into the habitations a field during the nighttime. Instead of “My name is Pete,” said the second Wilde Irish Chocolates Hatman of Ireland, Orleans, Maryland. The violence result- Protestant violence similar to Ireland. if they did, they took it. No one dreamt of their countrymen, who, in company making any official requests to the tow- boy, “and I threw peanuts intoTh isthe Proof is submitted(exclusive for to our edits store inor the acceptance; USA) pleaseHanna Hatslet us of Donegalknow your changes, or ed in twenty-six Irishmen arrested, and That has been proven to be incorrect. of creating paths at least 60 feet wide by with their women and children, fled to er, he said: “Guess who?” The controller elephant pen.” approval as soon as possible. Please reply to this email.(Men’s & Women’s) many of those sent to prison, a couple for In the 1820s and 1830s, pre-famine “pick, shovel, auger, wheelbarrow and the hills and farm houses for protection. switched the field lights off and replied: “My name is Mike,” said the third Clonfadda Handmade Soaps twenty years. migration included large numbers of Irish cart powered by man, oxen, horses and From this point we quote the Herald’s “Guess where? boy, “and I threw peanuts into the (exclusive to our store in the USA) Branigan Weavers In January 1834, word on the canal was from County Cork and the Province of gunpowder.” report verbatim: ‘When the shanties were elephant pen.” jobs were going to be cut and there were Munster as well as County Longford and Illness and epidemic were common depopulated, the Fardowners entered, The diner was furious when his steak “My name is Peanuts,” said the Inis Colognes 1. AD IS APPROVEDCeltic AS Tweed IS Clothingor 2. AD IS NOT APPROVED financial issues. Some work crews were the provinces of Leinster and Connacht. and living conditions were horrid. One took possession of whatever they could arrived too rare. Waiter,” he barked, fourth boy. (Men & Women’s) PleaseRosaries reply & Crosses ASAP to this email being dismissed without pay. Over 700 These folks were almost exclusively estimate notes that alcohol consumption carry off, destroyed what they could not, “didn’t you hear me say ‘well done’? to let us know what changes are Longfords armed with guns and clubs Catholic. American newspapers support of canallers between twelve and twenty and set two shanties on fire and burned “I can’t thank you enough, sir,” A seaman meets a pirate in a bar, Celtic Jewelry, Irish food & teas, and much more... attacked a settlement of Corkonians. Ten this immigration data. 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1 Milestones & Sweet Snaps 2 Dear ol’ Dublin! Sweet Snaps Did you 1. Moe Collins, proud Father with my daughter Caitlin at her graduation from Navy bootcamp. Know? 2. Mrs Bigley & the Little Bigleys join the Celtic Christmas show. Handel’s “Messiah” 3. Slainté to All from the Celtic Christmas cast. premiered on April 13, 1742 in Dublin!

Dublin’s O’Connell Bridge is the only bridge in Europe that has the same width as its length! It’s a concrete structure that was built in 1863. Prior to that, it was a wooden bridge built in 3 1801. And before THAT, it was made of rope, and This month, we focus on Ireland’s is Bram Stoker, the creator of Dracula! and medieval exhibition. Here, kids capital city. A fun place to visit (its nick- Famous Musicians from Dublin will learn about the origins of Dub- could carry only one per- name is “City of a Thousand Welcomes”) include Sinead O’Connor, Thin Lizzy, lin through the dark ages and up to son and one donkey at a with a rich history. Should you visit the Dubliners, and U2. Much of U2’s modern history. Dublin during the month of January, it’s early music was in fact recorded in Dublin Natural History Museum time! best to bring a warm jacket and water- their home city, at Windmill Lane (free entry!) HAPPY proof boots. The average temperature Studios. Viking Splash Tours- tour the city this month in Dublin is 37- 44 degrees F. Classic Authors from Dublin: while riding in an amphibious vehicle The official language in What’s in a name? George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, (a “floating bus!”) Dublin is English. How- The meaning of Dublin or “Dubh and Oscar Wilde. Dublin Zoo- the oldest zoo in the Linn” is “black pool.” The Dubh Linn Hollywood Actors from Dublin: world, opened in 1831! ■ ever, street signs and offi- was a lake used by Vikings and their Maureen O’Hara, Brendan Gleeson, cial buildings have names NEW YEAR Get More to the Story trade ships. Gabriel Byrne, Colin Farrell. from the Trinity College is an ancient university Things for kids to do in Dublin: More pics, and larger print too! written in both English @www.ohioianews.com in Dublin. One of its famous graduates Dublinia: an interactive Viking Ohio Irish American News and Gaelic. Dottie taught kindergarten and second grade for a total of thirty-two years, and she now handles marketing and promotions for York- town Service Plaza in Parma Heights. In her spare time, Dottie is a baker extraordinaire, and also enjoys participating in 5K events in order to offset collateral damage from this hobby.

32 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JANUARY 2020 JANUARY 2020 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 33 were lifted. 1782 33 Daniel O’Connell formed the ______rossword Association, aimed at repeal of the Union. 1840 Linda Fulton Burke C 34 The ______blight was first reported in Ireland's History 1700-1862 Puzzle Ireland on the 9th of September. Robert Peel Providing nationwide property & ordered £100,000 of Indian corn from the USA. 1845 By Linda Fulton Burke 35 George IV visited Ireland and Dún Laoire casualty placement, life insurance and Harbour was renamed ______1821 Kingstown. 1821 ACROSS the Irish Republican ______. 1858 36 O’Connell was found guilty of ‘______’ employee benefits, as well as complex 58 ______Victoria and Prince Albert visited but saved from a full year’s imprisonment by the 2 Jeremiah O’Donovan (later O’Donovan Rossa) House of Lords. 1844 founded the Phoenix ______. 1856 Ireland. 1849 38 The Grand ______Lodge of Ireland decided to foreign liability for domestic and international 9 The Poor Relief Act extended the English poor 61 The ______Association was founded in dissolve itself. 1836 Dublin on May 12th. 1823 law system to Ireland. This would allow for 41 A ______Act allowed Catholics to enter clients in commercial products, contracts and ______to be set up. 1838 63 The ______Ireland rising took place in parliament and hold higher offices of state. This 10 The Rotunda ______opened in Dublin. 1757 Munster, led by William Smith O’Brien. 1848 was known as ‘Catholic emancipation’. 1829 11 Intermarriage between Catholics and 64 The ______movement began in Munster. 42 A Catholic ______at Maynooth was directors' & officers' liability. Protestants became _____. 1792 1761 approved by Act of Parliament. 1795 12 Catholics would be allowed to swear loyalty to 65 Beginning of a series of cold and wet seasons 44 After a fight at Markethill, the Protestant Peep the king without renouncing their _____. 1774 heralded a severe agricultural depression. 1860 o’Day Boys and the Catholic ______were formed. 1784 15 An American privateer, John ____ Jones, raided 66 The Union of Great Britain and ______came Belfast Lough twice. 1778 into law on the 1st of January. 1801 45 Supporters of Catholic ______67 ______disturbances took place in Ulster. 1769 defeated sitting MPs in counties 1826 17 A Parliamentary ______Act increased the Westmeath, Louth and Monaghan. 1826 electorate to 1.2% of the population. 1832 68 The Whiteboys, now known as ______, 46 The ______year of the famine. 1847 caused trouble in Munster. 1785 21 American statesman Benjamin ______47 A ______, Nicholas Sheehy, was accused of visited Ireland. 1771 inciting the Whiteboys and was executed. 1796 22 Victoria and ______visited Dublin. 1853 DOWN 48 Parliament met for the first time at College 24 The Irish ______was inaugurated. 1859 1 On the 14th of October, the Society of ______. 1731 28 The potato crop failed, causing famine, which Irishmen was founded. 1791 52 Extreme ______brought on a bad harvest, was made worse by an outbreak of 3 The ______disturbances began in Ulster. 1763 famine and sickness. 1939 - 1741 ______.1816 4 A Catholic Relief Act came out allowing Catholics 53 The export of Irish _____ to American colonies 29 Ireland’s first ______opened between to take leases for 999 years and ______like was permitted. 1705 Dublin and Kingstown. 1834 Protestants. 1778 55 The Battle of the ______between the Peep 5 A Catholic Relief Act was passed allowing o’ Day Boys and the Defenders led to the 30 The first ______of the Nation paper was foundation of the Orange Society. 1795 published by the Young Ireland group. 1842 Catholics to become ______and barristers. 1792 57 The ‘Tumultuous ______Act’ was 32 The second Catholic Relief act allowed Catholics 6 The potato ____ failed again. 1848 published. 1766 to buy ____ in most places. 1782 7 The ______Brothers were founded at 59 ______O’Connell became MP for County 866.892.8306 36 Acts were passed authorizing public works and Waterford. 1808 Clare. 1840 repealing the ____ Laws. The potato crop was 60 ______Scots began to emigrate to America. completely destroyed. 1846 8 The Catholic ______League of Great Britain and Ireland was formed . It was also 1718 37 Michael Dwyer, who had been in revolt in known as the ‘Irish Brigade’. 1851 62 Hobart’s Catholic Relief Act was passed. ______since 1798, finally surrendered. 1803 13 A ____ Relief Act extended outdoor relief. 1862 Catholics could ____ but not sit in parliament 39 O’Connell held ‘______meetings’ in favor of 14 The Young Ireland leaders were sentenced to or become judges. 1793 repeal. 1843 transportation for ____. 1848 40 Henry Grattan introduced a Catholic ______16 Father Theobald Mathew founded the total Bill to the UK House of Commons. It was ______movement in Cork. 1838 defeated. 1813 18 The ______Irish rising took place in May and 43 Henry Grattan campaigned for Irish June. 1798 ______from the British parliament, 19 The George I Act declared the right of the and the 1720 act was rolled back. 1782 ______parliament to legislate for Ireland. 1720 46 Theobald ______was captured. He was 20 Kitchens were established and outdoor relief convicted of high treason and sentenced to authorized, but only for those who held a quarter death, but committed suicide by cutting his acre of land or less. 1847 throat. 1798 23 O’Connell became ____ mayor of Dublin. 1841 49 Presbyterian ministers were permitted to carry 25 There was rioting in ______after rumours out ______ceremonies. 1782 spread that Britain and Ireland could be united. 50 ______Emmet’s rising took place in Dublin. 1757- 1759 He was convicted of high treason & executed. 1803 26 Police seized ______in County Kilkenny by way of payment for the tithe; violence broke out Thomas F. McManamon Todd McManamon 51 Jonathan Swift became ____ of St. Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin. 1713 in June and December. 1831 27 Ireland could now _____ with British colonies mcmanamoninsurance.com 54 The Irish ______League was formed. 1850 the same as Britain itself. 1780 56 James Stephens founded what would become 31 Some ____ against Catholic clergy and worship

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