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Seamus Heaney described this decision as his “early warn- four, when Heaney was away at school. ing system.” Hundreds of mourners attended the (1939-2013) Instead, Heaney was careful to keep his poet’s funeral at Sacred Heart Church in By Neil Conway role as poet within the limits of writing Donnybrook, including his widow Marie, Seamus Heaney, broadly regarded as described as having “ a primeval, epiph- and children Michael, Christopher and ’s greatest poet since WB Yeats, anic” quality (Fox & McKinley), laced Catherine Ann. Also in attendance were died at the age of 74, in Dublin, Ireland. with ancient Celtic and Greek mythologi- the Taoiseach of Ireland Enda Kenny, His accolades include the Nobel Peace cal references. For this reputation, Heaney Michael D. Higgins, Prize for Literature in 1995 for over a evolved to become the most broadly read Playwright Brien Friel, the rock group U2, dozen poetry collections and theatre poet of our times. At the same time, his Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, Northern contributions that can be described col- lyrical embraced a wide range of Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin lectively as “works of lyrical beauty.” He topics, including love, conflict, poems McGuinness, former President Mary also received the French Commandeur to friends and poems to the dead. He McAleese, and his contemporary, poet de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1996, literally reveled in the use of the English Michael Longley. and the T.S. Elliot prize in 2006. language as a mode of expression. Enda Kenny described Seamus Heaney Yet Mr. Heaney did not let his popular- Seamus Heaney was buried next to his as “…the keeper of our language, our ity diminish the fact that he expanded his brother Christopher, for whom he wrote codes, our essence as a people.” He will ability to describe rural life to explore the the poem “Mid Term Break.” Christo- be also remembered for being regarded as strife and moral quandaries that defined pher died in an accident at the age of Ireland’s literary messenger of humanity. the modern Irish condition leading to the peace accord of 1998. Despite his national- ist views, he was the recent guest of Mary and Martin McAleese at Dublin Castle, with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. He also was awarded the Whitbread Prize in 1996 for his translation of Beowulf, and the David Cohen prize by the Arts Council of England in 2009 for lifetime achievement. Born in on a farm in in 1939, Heaney was the oldest of nine children. Heaney’s intellectual ability was recognized at an early age, when he was sent on a scholarship to St. Columb’s College in Derry, at the age of twelve. He subsequently entered Queen’s University in Belfast, where he eventually became a lecturer in English, and again at Carysfort College in Dublin. His career included becoming a regular visiting professor at Harvard University, and professor of poetry at Oxford University. In 1972 he became a freelance writer. As in his homeland became more and more violent in the 1960s and 1970s, Heaney’s writing addressed the root of its origin; that is, a divided, un- equal society. He did not, however, allow his fame to make him a spokesperson for the Republican movement. Mr. Heaney October 2013 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 3

gone before him. matter in the Irish literary canon places, in the early 1990s. I was a The muse, who had proven him reveal an unquiet soul. The lan- postgraduate student giving my successful, begins to mock his guage he loves, skillfully ma- first paper at an academic confer- skills. He must now prove himself nipulates, echoes back to him as ence. Heaney was of course the against the literary greats of Joyce, hollow, insignificant and lacking keynote speaker, the literary giant, Carleton, and Kavanagh. conviction. among other prestigious scholars. My favourite group of poems What elevates the poems is his I was fearful and timid about deliv- is from Station Island. The poet tendency to vacillate, side step the ering a paper to such an illustrious Digging to Find the Man is no longer following in the deep hard questions, in what seems to group, and as such, keeping a very I protested against him, the more footsteps of his father or grandfa- be a desire to be true to himself. To low profile. The renowned poet, statesman, each phrase became part of my ther; rather, he is traipsing after the quote Eugene O’Neill’s character, My Professor, Bob Welch, knew and scholar Seamus Heaney re- psyche, until I could not struggle heritage of the literary greats. He Larry Slade, from “The Iceman Heaney and was also an important cently passed from this life. I still against the transcendent landscape confronts himself with the ferocity Cometh”, Heaney is able to see figure in Irish academia. The con- remember my first introduction to of rural Northern Ireland. As of a monk chastening himself in both sides of the question. ference seemed to me sufficiently Heaney’s poetry while at college. Synge had done before, It is this inability to not stacked with enough talking heads Since he was from my home county, Heaney brought to us simply be propagandist, or to terrify someone at the beginning Derry, I was intrigued and excited the beauty, wonder, a reductionist, that leaves of their academic life. On the day I to delve into his work. The first and fragility of a world us watching a man at war was to give my paper, I got into the poem we read was one of his most that bore the same scars with the natural feelings of lift and to my surprise my supervi- celebrated early works, Digging. of the city but with less wanting to belong. While sor, accompanied by Heaney, was Coming from a rural part of the brutality. The anxious not wanting to seem as if also in the elevator. I was intro- county, and a long line of farmers, Protestant neighbour, he were naively ‘neutral’, duced to the poet, and when I told Heaney was now leaving the fam- graciously awaiting the the victim to shifting loy- him that I was giving a paper later ily tradition and taking up a new end of the Rosary, or alties, Heaney struggles that day, he told me that he would skill, poetry. the delighted anti-Pa- to fine the authentic voice, love to come and hear me only he His discomfort with being the pist returning from the the spirit of reconciliation was giving a paper at the same first to venture beyond the farm war with a Rosary that in a land divided by par- time. I was immediately struck shows in his veneration of the would choke a donkey, tisanship. by his modesty, friendliness, and past. The past is eulogized, he seismically shook us My appreciation for He- unassuming personality. Needless moves towards the present and while we laughed. aney has grown as I have to say, I was also relieved to hear future with a sense of reluctance. My appreciation for become older, as the fire that he was not coming to hear With the pen ‘snug as a gun’, he the Nobel Prize win- of youth has smouldered. me torture my first paper to death. writes apologetically, hoping to ner has grown as I have seen his the hope of redemption. I now admire his calm insistence Heaney started with Digging atone for his departure from the poetry change from the early years Heaney lets each echo of the past in confronting the enemy within. and he has left us digging for the time honoured traditions of the of struggling to reconcile himself accuse, torment and discomfort He allows the muse to bring him man behind those lines. Belaghy farmers. to his literary vocation, to becom- him. Each voice demands some- the sophistication, and conviction *Terry, originally from Derry, His university education and ing the professional poet, the man thing from him, something that that comes from a language borne now resides in Chicago and teach- love of language had wedged itself of letters. Having accepted the runs counter to who he is, and as out of who has lived in the crucible es Irish and British Literature at between him and his ancestors. mantle, Heaney begins to measure such he finds himself wanting. of doubt. Loyola University, Chicago. Separated from land, he began to himself against those who have His projections of those who I met Heaney in Japan, of all [email protected] use the earth as part of a sacred sensual iconography, choosing ap- pease his conscience by metaphori- Casey’s cally digging into the bonds of family, friends and lovers, expos- ing the common roots of humanity, Irish Imports and inviting us as readers to join Casey’s is Celebrating Our 25th Anniversary with him in the journey beyond simply reminiscing about the past. of Serving the Irish Needs of Greater Cleveland! My first reaction to his poems Irish Sweaters Irish Food was immature, arrogant, and the Waterford Crystal Belleek China stuff that youth is made of. I de- Christmas Ornaments Irish/Celtic Jewelry rided the need to make good with SALE the seemingly nostalgic turn of Thu 3 DAY Thurs.,rs., Oct.Oct. 13,17 Fri. Oct.S 14, ON Sat.LY Oct.! 15 phrase, a past that I could not com- , Fri. Oct. 1 25% o any one regula 8, Sat. 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Mayo Society of Greater Cleveland Annual Charity Banquet and Ball The Mayo Society 9th Annual Charity President of Picklands Mather & Co.; CO. and Anne Juster, Cleveland. They Ball is Saturday, October 12, at LaCentre Executive Vice President, Administration, are grandparents to Kati and Susannah Conference Center in Westlake, Ohio. All Diamond Corp.; and Group Conway, Justin and Willa Conway, Nick, Proceeds from the Mayo Ball and Benefit Vice President, Capital Goods, of the Cody and Todd Barber and Julia, Grace Raffle are used to support Mayo-related Midland-Ross Corporation. and Hal Juster.” charities. He was honored with the Dively Entre- Special guests from Ireland for the Every year, the Society honors an in- preneurship Award from Harvard Busi- Ball include Michael Ring, Irish Govern- dividual of County Mayo descent, who ness School Club of Northeastern Ohio ment Minister for Tourism and Sport. He has made outstanding contributions in and Master Entrepreneur of the Year in represents the Mayo constituency, where the community and business world. This Northeast Ohio and Cleveland State Uni- he was first elected to the Dáil (Irish year the recipient is William E. Conway, versity awarded an Honorary Doctorate Government) in 1994. A former member Chairman of the Board (Emeritus) of Fair- Degree and was inducted into the Inside of Westport Urban District Council and mount Minerals, Ltd., an industrial miner- Business – Business Hall of Fame. Mayo County Council, he was won an als company headquartered in Chardon, Bill and his wife Mary raised sons Peter, All-Ireland Vocational Schools’ football Ohio. Prior to entering the industrial Cleveland; Bill, Santa Fe, NM and Kiawah medal with Mayo in 1981. minerals business he was Executive Vice Island, SC; Jane Barber, Breckenridge, The Ball this year is offering a Benefit Bill Conway Raffle for an all-inclu- sive 8-day trip to Ire- with VIP Reception. Reserved Table and Movies - Dinner - Brunch - Drinks - Craic land touring the Ireland Sponsorship packages are also available. Enjoy a Movie and then Brunch or Dinner countryside, visiting To purchase online, visit http://www. Irish pubs and discov- clevelandmayosociety.org. and maybe a drink ering Ireland’s legends Cocktails will be served at 6:30PM at The Harp or Stone Mad after the show. and folklore. Tickets are followed by Dinner at 7:30PM. The pre- limited and are just $20 senting sponsor is Fairmount Minerals, each. For more informa- Ltd. The Mayo Society is a 501C3 organi- tion or to reserve your zation and donations are tax deductible tickets call 216-210-3055. to the extent allowed by law. LaCentre Tickets for the Ball are Conference Center, 25777 Detroit Road $125 per person or $175 in Westlake, Ohio, 44145

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doesn’t question making bombs Noel Lenaghan Returns to for military purposes, but begins to disbelieve what he is doing West Side Irish American Club when one of his bombs kills and Noel Lenaghan, the noted teacher in Donegal, he primarily maims innocent people. traditional Irish musician, singer, uses the mandolin to accompany The Brit welcomes the oppor- song-writer, story-teller and his songs. tunity to go undercover in order entertainer, returns to Cleveland Born in Belfast in 1954 Noel to have an opportunity, should from his home in Donegal for a was heavily influenced by the his mission succeed, to transfer concert in The Abbey Room of the musical renaissance that took Pray For Us 1974 to identify the source of to the elite SAS. After doing so, West Side Irish American Club on place during the 60’s and 70’s Sinners bombs being used by the Pro- he is befriended by an IRA man. Friday, October 18th, 2013. in Ireland. The ground breaking By Patrick Taylor visional Irish Republican Army He falls in love with the man’s Tickets are only $8 for the con- A Tom Doherty Associates (the Provos). sister, who abhors the violence cert, which will be Noel’s only ap- Book; ISBN 9780-7653- The book is actually about that is going on in Northern pearance in Cuyahoga County in 3518-0; 2013; 332 pp two men, one British and the Ireland. 2013, so you won’t want to miss it. other, an Irish Provisional IRA There is a woman involved Throughout the 1980s and Patrick Taylor, the best-selling armourer. The story, which is with the IRA man as well, a early 1990s, Noel was one of the Irish-Canadian writer, who is told through the eyes of the two teacher, who loves him, but most popular Irish musicians walks out because she is against performing in the Cleveland area the violence that his bomb mak- at venues such as Tim Ryan’s Pub ing has wrought. and Fagan’s in the Flats. The paths of the two men are Noel has been described as on a collision course as the IRA “one of ’s plots to assassinate the British best all-rounders.” His rich voice Prime Minister with a bomb has graced the airs and stages of made by the IRA man, racing the world for three decades. ‘He is against the Brit trying to stop one of the few who covers the full him. Can he finish this last job spectrum of Irish music with the and get out of the IRA to be with flute, mandolin, tin-whistle and work of the Mc Peake Family, the woman he loves? guitar within his creative grasp. The Dubliners, Margaret Barry, The story is thought provok- Martin Dowling, Lecturer in The Clancy Brothers, Planxty ing, as each man is fighting for Irish Traditional Music at Queens and Dick Gaughan all had a Ireland in his own way. The story University Belfast, wrote, “Noel profound impact on his musical has an edge, coupled with its is a sensitive and powerful inter- development. realism, which makes it a TOP preter of traditional Irish music Noel has released three solo the author of the Irish Country men, is broken up into chapters, SHELF read. and an important influence on the CDs, No Trouble At All, 2003; .A series (An Irish Country Doctor, which are dates on the calen- younger generation of musicians.” Long Time Since, 2008; and is previously reviewed in IAN) has dar stretching from 2 February His repertoire includes tra- currently touring with his latest written a thriller about a British through 22 April 1974. ditional songs in English and CD, Western Hemlock, released Army bomb-disposal expert who Both men are committed Irish and although he has a huge in 2012. The CDs will be on sale goes underground in Belfast in to their causes. The IRA man, body of tunes from the reservoir at the West Side Irish American of Irish traditional music, his Club concert. performance reflects his northern Tickets www.brownpapertick- background but also includes ets.com/event/453441 and at the selections from Galway, Donegal, door for $8. Doors open at 7p.m., and Mayo show at 8p.m. Contact Jack Kilroy While Noel is a respected flute at 440-759-1253

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Socialist of Irish descent. Like among the poorest in Europe, fund the charity effort. With the James Larkin, Connolly was were forced to survive on help of Inghinidhe na hÉireann a talented orator. He became £150,000 from the Trades Union (Daughters of Erin), she started known for his speeches on the Congress (TUC) and other chari- a soup kitchen to feed poor chil- streets of Dublin, in support of table sources in Ireland. dren in the Dublin slums. socialism and . Strikers used mass picket- For seven months, the lock- In 1910, Connolly became in- ing against Murphy’s hired out affected tens of thousands volved with the ITGWU. In 1912, strikebreakers. The Dublin of Dublin’s workers and their The 1913 Dublin Lockout Connolly and Larkin formed Metropolitan Police in turn used families, with Larkin portrayed 2013 commemorates the 100th dockworker in Liverpool. the Irish Labor Party, intended baton charges against worker’s as the villain by Murphy’s three anniversary of the 1913 Dublin While in Belfast, Larkin orga- to represent workers in the im- rallies. In August 1913, a DMP main newspapers. The lockout Lockout. The Lockout was the nized a strike of dock and trans- minent Home Rule Bill debate attack on a union rally on Sack- eventually concluded on Janu- most severe and significant in- port workers. The Belfast strike in Parliament, but Home Rule ville Street caused the deaths of ary 18, 1914. The strike was a dustrial dispute in Irish history. was moderately successful and was never implemented. two workers, James Nolan and failure for the union. A major factors contributing to boosted Larkin’s organizing Leading the employers op- John Byrne. Over 300 more were Most workers, many of whom the beginning of the dispute was reputation with the workers. posed to trade unionism in injured. This was provoked by were on the brink of starvation, the dire living conditions of the He was a very powerful and Ireland was William Martin the appearance of James Larkin went back to work and signed

city’s poor. dynamic speaker, but his tactics Murphy, a highly successful to speak out for the workers. pledges not to join a union. The In 1913, one third of Dublin’s were highly controversial, and Dublin businessman. He was Another worker, Alice Brady, ITGWU was badly damaged by population lived in slums. An resulted in Larkin being trans- chairman of the Dublin United was later shot dead by a strike- its defeat in the Lockout, and estimated 30,000 families lived ferred to Dublin. Tramway Company and owned breaker while bringing home was further hit by the departure in 15,000 tenements. The infant Unskilled workers in Dublin Clery’s department store and food from the union office. of Larkin to the United States in mortality rate in Dublin was were very much at the mercy the Imperial Hotel. He also Michael Byrne, an ITGWU of- 1914, and the execution of Con- very high, made worse by the of their employers. Employers controlled the Irish Independent, ficial from Kingstown, died nolly for his part in the national- high rate of disease in the slums, who suspected workers of try- the Sunday Independent and shortly after being tortured in ist in 1916. which was the result of a lack ing to organize could “blacklist” Evening Herald newspapers. a police cell. In response to the The union was re-built by of health care and the crowded them, destroying any chance of Murphy was vehemently op- deaths and injuries, Larkin, his William O’Brien and Thomas living conditions. future employment in the city. posed to trade unions, which deputy, James Connolly, and Johnson. By 1919, its member- The poverty in Dublin was Nevertheless, Larkin set about he saw as an attempt to impede ex-British Army Captain Jack ship surpassed that of 1913. No fueled by the lack of job oppor- trying to organize the unskilled his business. In particular, he White, formed a worker’s mili- future employer would ever try tunities for unskilled workers. workers and in 1909, estab- was opposed to James Larkin, tia, called the Irish Citizen Army, to “break” a union, in the way Prior to the advent of trade lished his own union, the Irish whom he saw as a dangerous to protect workers’ rallies and that Murphy attempted with unionism in Ireland, unskilled Transport and General Workers revolutionary. demonstrations. the ITGWU. workers lacked any form of rep- Union (ITGWU). In July 1913, Murphy pre- Another important leader This September, An Post issued resentation. In addition, there The ITGWU was the first Irish sided over a meeting of 300 on the side of the ITGWU was a series of three postage stamps were many more unskilled la- trade union to represent both employers. The group agreed to Countess Constance de Marki- in Ireland recognizing the 1913 borers in Dublin than available skilled and unskilled workers. a collective response to the rise evicz. The Countess had been in- Dublin Lockout. The stamps jobs. Because of this, unskilled It quickly gained popularity of trade unionism. Murphy and troduced to James Connelly and commemorate the work of James workers often competed with in the first few months after the employers were determined soon became one of his commit- Larkin, James Connolly and one another for work, meaning its establishment. After losing not to allow the ITGWU to ted disciples. She joined the Irish Countess de Markievicz during that jobs often went to the per- several early strikes, the ITGWU unionize the Dublin workforce. Citizen Army and assisted in the Lockout and its contribution son who agreed to work for the became more successful after On August 15, 1913, Murphy the training of recruits and had to Irish and Dublin history. lowest wage. 1911, winning several strikes dismissed forty workers he sus- a great deal of sympathy for the *J. Michael Finn is the Ohio Four who emerged in The involving carters and railway pected of ITGWU membership, plight of the striking workers, in State Historian for the Ancient Lockout were James Larkin, workers. Between 1911 and 1913, followed by over 300 workers particular, their children. Order of Hibernians and Divi- James Connolly, William Martin membership in the ITGWU rose the next week. In response, Lar- Markievicz recruited vol- sion Historian for the Patrick Murphy and Countess Con- from 4,000 to 10,000. This did kin called for a general workers unteers to peel potatoes in the Pearse Division in Columbus, stance de Markievicz. not go unnoticed by employers, strike in Dublin. basement of Liberty Hall (the Ohio. He is also Chairman of James Larkin, the leader on who soon became alarmed by The resulting industrial dis- union headquarters) while she the Catholic Record Society for the side of the workers in the the rise in popularity of the new pute was the most serious in and others worked on distribut- the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. dispute, had a background trade union. Ireland’s history. Employers in ing the food to the Dublin tene- He writes on Irish and Irish- within the trade union move- Another important figure in Dublin locked out their work- ments. All the food was paid for American history; Ohio history ment. He had been involved the rise of an organized workers’ ers, often employing non-union using her own money and she and Ohio Catholic history. You in union organizing in Belfast movement in Ireland was James labor from England. Dublin’s was forced to take out loans. She may contact him at FCoolavin@ since 1907, after working as a Connolly, an Edinburgh-born workers, who were already also sold all her jewelry to help aol.com. 8 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com October 2013

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An Irish Halloween Eve is the eve of All Hallow’s Day It is also classed as a Celtic feast go ‘trick-or-drinking’. (November 1). And for once, even of divination. The reason for this In ancient times, the roving Twas the banshee’s lonely wailing popular tradition remembers that has to do with the Celtic view of bands would sing seasonal carols the eve is more important than the time. In a culture that uses a linear from house-to-house, making the Well I knew the voice of death, day itself, the traditional celebra- concept of time, like our modern tradition very similar to Christ- On the night wind slowly sailing, tion focusing on October 31, begin- one, New Year’s Eve is simply mas. In fact, the custom known O’er the bleak and gloomy heath. ning at sundown. Halloween is a a milestone on a very long road as caroling, now connected exclu- A lot of people don’t realize it, is referred to as the bean chaointe Celtic holiday, ancient, before the that stretches in a straight line sively with Christmas, was once but Banshees are not the bringers (keening woman) whose wail can written word. The Celts called it from birth to death. Thus, the New practiced at all the major holidays. of death, but rather the speakers be so piercing that it shatters glass. , which means “summer’s Year’s festival is a part of time. Also, the costume often consisted for the soon to be dead. They sing In Kerry, the keen is experienced end”, according to their ancient The ancient Celtic view of time, of nothing more than dressing up of the deeds done by the soon to be as a “low, pleasant singing”; in twofold division of the year, when however, is cyclical. And in this like the opposite sex. It seems as departed, but to mortal ears, only Tyrone as “the sound of two boards summer ran from to Sam- framework, New Year’s Eve repre- though ancient societies provided the keening wail is heard. She is being struck together”; and on hain and winter ran from Samhain sents a point outside of time, when an opportunity for people to “try solitary faire woman, mourning Rathlin Island as “a thin, screech- to Beltane. the natural order of the universe on” the role of the opposite gender and forewarning those only of ing sound somewhere between the Samhain is pronounced (de- dissolves back into primordial for one night of the year; Celtic the best families in Ireland, those wail of a woman and the moan of pending on where you’re from) chaos, preparatory to reestablish- cross-dressing if you like. with most ancient Celtic lineages, an owl”. as “sow-in” (in Ireland), or “sow- ing itself in a new order. Thus, On Halloween night in present- whose names begin with ‘Mac/ It is possible to offend a Bean een” (in Wales), or “sav-en” (in Samhain is a night that exists day Ireland, adults and children Mc’ or ‘O’. Accord- Scotland), or (inevitably) outside of time and, hence, it may dress up as creatures from the un- ing to tradition, the “sam-hane” (in the U.S., be used to view any other point in derworld (ghosts, ghouls, zombies, banshee can only cry where not many speak time. At no other holiday is a tarot witches, goblins), light bonfires for five major Irish Gaelic). Samhain was card reading, crystal reading, or and have firework displays. Chil- families: the O’Neills, seen as the end of the year tealeaf reading so likely to succeed. dren walk around to all the houses the O’Briens, the by the Celts, a new years The jack-o’-lantern is a well in their neighborhood looking for O’Connors, the eve. The new year itself known symbol of Samhain. It’s candy and nuts. Salt is still some- O’Gradys and the began at sundown of of Celtic origin, when those who times sprinkled in the children’s Kavanaghs. Halloween night with the had to travel on All Hallows hair, to ward off evil spirits. Intermarriage has onset of the dark phase of Eve carried lanterns with scary Houses are covered in decora- since extended this the year. The night itself is faces painted on them. These were tions. The traditional Samhain select list. Each Ban- a celebration of the dead. meant to help scare away fairies cake is served, called bairin breac shee has her own As a feast of the dead, and dark spirits. These were also (a type of fruit bread). Every mortal family and this was the one night placed outside households, to member of the family gets a slice. out of love she fol- when the dead could, if help keep them safe from demonic Contained within the cake are lows the old race they wished, return to forces that roamed that night. three objects, a piece of rag, a coin across the ocean to distant lands. Sidhe (banshee). Never cut down the land of the living, to celebrate Nowadays, the pumpkin seems to and a ring. If you get the rag then Her wails or keen can be heard in a Faerie tree, or move an ancient with their family, tribe, or clan. have taken its place. your financial future is doubtful. America and England, wherever boundary marker. Or disturb her And so the great burial mounds The custom of dressing in cos- If you get the coin then you can the true Irish have settled. while she laments the dead. If of Ireland (sidhe mounds) were tume and “trick-or-treating” is look forward to a prosperous year. When someone is about to die, you’ve managed to get yourself opened up, with lighted torches of Celtic origin. However, there Getting the ring is a sure sign of the Banshee appears at the fam- into one of the bean sidhes bad lining the walls, so the dead could are some important differences impending romance or continued ily’s home during the night and books, go to the place where she find their way. Extra places were from the modern version. In the happiness. Naturally, the most weeps and wails. Sometimes, the most often appears after dark and set at the table and food set out for first place, the custom was not important thing to remember is Banshee cries for several nights in leave a peace offering of bread. If any who had died that year. And relegated to children, but was ac- that Halloween has been around a a row. Her sharp, cries and wails it is gone the next day, you know there are many stories that tell of tively indulged in by adults as well. lot longer than Christianity. It was are also called ‘keen’. The wail of a that all is forgiven. If not, you Irish heroes making raids on the Also, the “treat” that was required the church that finally abolished banshee pierces the night, its notes must have really got her angry. It Underworld while the gates of was often one of spirits (the liquid (tried to anyway) the old pagan rising and falling like the waves is said that if you meet one and fairy stood open, though all must variety). This has recently been day of the dead and changed it to of the sea, it always announces she gives you her name, do not return to their appointed places revived by college students who All Saints Day. a mortal’s death. It is said that tell anyone else her name as she’ll by cockcrow. when a member of the beloved never forgive such an intrusion of race is dying, she paces the dark her privacy. hills about his house. 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Irish Network Cleveland Launch a Success Groundwork and Cooperation Foster Unique Organization’s Impact By Co Publisher and Editor Irish Network leaders such as Ire- throughout the city of Cleveland, John O’Brien, Jr. land Network Chicago President across the U.S, Ireland and the There is so much out there; op- Imelda Gallagher, Irish Networks rest of the world that interacts portunities and things to do that USA President Steve Lenox (Also daily with our own, to facilitate a are a hallmark of the Cleveland President of Irish Network New unified advancement for all. community. I get involved in Jersey) and Irish Vice Consul “The need to connect Irish an organization only when I can Nick Michael present, about 150 America and Ireland has never make a difference, amidst the din of Irish Cleveland’s biggest sup- been greater,” stated Steve Lenox, and the thunder; organizations porters celebrated the launch of an Co-President of Irish Network where I can give and receive in organization we hope will have a USA. “What started in Chicago ways that last longer than till lasting impact on our community over ten years ago as a local group Closing Time. for generations to come. In both to maintain links to home has be- That too is what IrishNetwork- the business and community, we come a critical bridge linking the CLE is about – seeding and nur- will open doors, lend a guiding Diaspora across the USA through Supporting the turing, promoting and welcoming, hand, provide a solution or con- business, arts, sports and most all sustained by real time and nect you with someone who will. importantly, friendship.” Irish Community bottom line results. We’ll have IrishNetworkCLE provides This network enables you to do a drink, but only after the work an inclusive environment that business, connect with colleagues, in Ohio for is done. facilitates effective coordination develop new contacts, share your When Maureen Patterson called and collaboration of Irish and expertise, and participate in net- more than 30 years. me and asked me to meet with Irish Americans from all vocations, working events throughout the herself, Jerry Hallissey and Erin striving to engage the worlds of year. We encourage you to get A fi rm dedicated to Ryan, to discuss a Cleveland business, the arts, politics, phi- involved! Check us out at www. chapter of Irish Network USA, I lanthropy, sports and entertain- IrishNetworkCleveland.com or providing competent, was intrigued. When I learned ment, and partner with other IrishNetworkCLE on Facebook prompt, economical and more about the organization, non-Irish Network organizations and Twitter, or some of the other and researched the 15 Chapters and groups whose objectives and chapters located across the United effi cient legal services. across the USA, I knew there was activities complement our mis- States. We have 15 chapters to substance here, and wanted to be sion. Our goal is to strengthen the model ourselves after, but we will Thomas J. Scanlon a part of developing an organi- economic, social, and cultural ties craft our own legacy. zation in Cleveland whose core Tim L. Collins values revolve around results Harvey Labovitz and ripples. Mark Owens, Farrell Gallagher and Maureen Leech Craig P. Kvale joined Maureen Patterson, myself, Anthony J. LaCerva Jerry and Erin to get the group off Joseph H. Gutkoski the ground. On Thursday, August 29th, the Jeff Hastings, Of Counsel 16th Chapter of IrishNetworkUSA, Kristie Weibling, Of Counsel www.Collins-Scanlon.com IrishNetworkCLE launched, with a ceremony and a Gathering at the historic Rotunda in Cleveland ■ ■ ■ City Hall. With extensive support 3300 Terminal Tower 50 Public Square Cleveland, OH 44113 216.696.0022 from Cleveland City Council 3685 Stutz Drive, Suite 100 ■ Canfi eld, OH 44406 ■ 330.702.0200 President Martin J. Sweeney, and Imelda Gallagher, Steve Lenox and and Nick Michael. 12 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com October 2013

mance by the local organizing com- mittee”, said Liam Moloney, NAGAA PRO (North Ameri- can Gaelic Athletic Association). At a closing event for Gaelic Games Finals – the weekend, held at the West Side A Review and The Legacy Irish American Club, GAA Presi- Well we survived. For those that ings prior to the Games, so that dent Liam O’Neill may have missed it (where have we could know where we stood remarked “it was you been!), the 2013 edition of the in terms of help. The response one the most well North American Gaelic Games was quite overwhelming. Ap- organized GAA Championships has come and proximately 150 volunteers offer events he has ever gone. Two years of planning by a their services for various times attended”. committee of 12-15 dedicated folks throughout the weekend. That is This is itself is was put into play over the course what you call community spirit! worth its weight in of three days this past Labor Day And I must add, it was not just the gold in regards to weekend. Irish community, for they came compliments from And what a weekend it turned from all walks of life. 0 the boss man him- out to be: we had the most amazing They had one goal, to help us self. The goal of our weather you could have asked for; make the event a complete success. committee was to we had an outstanding showing They achieved this 1,000 times over. put on a show that from teams, coaches, players and We simply would not have had the was all-inclusive, the local community; but above successful weekend we enjoyed for young and old, all, we had something even greater, had it not been for this merry band for GAA fans and something that makes the Irish of workers, and I say workers be- for those that had community in the Cleveland area cause they did work, they put in as never heard of it quite unique; volunteers. many hours as they could helping before. As many on the committee will as and where needed. So on behalf We feel we tell you, going into the month of of our committee, I would like to achieved this and August and finalizing our prepara- thank each and every one of you more. Now we can tions, the one fear I had was lack who helped. come up for air and of help; those fears thrown out the The Games themselves have look back and what was done and – good help is hard to find. Speak- lead the teams around the field in window in the week leading up to gone down in the history books look forward to our next adven- ing of help, my wife Maria was an front of the many spectators; this the big weekend. as “the most successful Games to ture. Yes, I already signed them immense help, not only keeping was followed by the most beauti- We held two volunteer meet- date” and “a very polished perfor- up for more ventures in the future me on track and keeping me sane, ful renditions of both the Irish and but she jumped in and helped American national anthems sung every minute she had available, I by our own Mary Agnes Kennedy. thank her for everything she did. The game itself did not disap- Over the course of the weekend, point; it was a fantastic advert for over 100 games of , the game itself. In the end though, and were played the Ulster San Fran team came out on fields that were immaculately triumphant and the Connemara prepared by the City of North went home looking forward Olmsted. They went above and to next year, when the Games are beyond to make sure everything held in their own background in was perfect. The many compli- Canton, Massachusetts. ments we received were regard- In another thrilling advert for ing the field conditions and how the game locally, Cleveland rivals it made for great games for all St. Pat’s and St Jarlath’s both made sports. Each day brought a new it through to the Junior C final. It set of games, and on Sunday, a was inevitable wasn’t it? A packed new set of national champions house of close to 1,000 spectators was crowned. The highlight for surrounded Field 3 as both teams many over the weekend was the went at it for 70 minutes, only to final game on Sunday, the men’s be tied and force overtime. In the senior football final between Ulster end though, the experience of San Fran and Connemara Gaels St Jarlath’s came through and it Boston. The lead up to the game was they who would lift the cup. had all the pageantry you would Overall though, it was great to (Left to right): 2103 North American Finals Chair Mark Owens and Cuyahoga County expect with a Gaelic Football final; see both local teams progress to Executive Ed FitzGerald. Holding the North American GAA Trophy, winners take all! we had the Great Lakes Pipe Band the final and both can be proud of October 2013 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 13

Moms and Dads and Mentors (All GAA pics by John O’Brien Jr unless noted) what they achieved. have several days of coaching and momentum at the moment and So What Now? activities for the kids available for a we want to keep it going. Feel free The Games Are Over nominal fee; almost like a summer to contact me directly at mark- As mentioned earlier, we had camp, but with a GAA theme. [email protected] for more a lot of help making the entire Many have asked how to get information or questions. weekend a success, but our goal involved more in what we do and Finally, just word of thanks to going into this was to not just make we would seriously appreciate the all that helped make Labor Day Fog City San Francisco Ladies GFC it about Labor Day weekend. As help. The more the merrier in fact, weekend one for the ages; our a club, Cleveland St. Pat’s GFC especially parents of prospective title sponsor, Skylight Financial Ohio Irish American News for land again?” fought to bring the Games here to kid players. Group, were a huge help in their coverage and promotion of *Mark Owens is originally from help create a legacy in the area and On Sunday, October 20th at 2pm, providing financial assistance to the event, and to all our sponsors, Derry City, Ireland and has resided to help build on it for the future Cleveland St. Pat’s will hold their do it the way we envisaged; the committee members, volunteers, in the Cleveland area since 2001. and in particular our youth. annual general meeting (AGM) in Greater Cleveland Sports Com- spectators and more. The list Mark is the Director of Marketing It has been well documented the basement meeting room at PJ mission for their guidance and goes on, but without all of these for Skylight Financial Group in that once the Games are over that McIntyre’s. We invite any prospec- event management; the Cleve- folks, people would not have left Cleveland. Send questions, com- we would turn our attentions to tive new members or alumni that land Irish Charitable Foundation Cleveland on Monday September ments or suggestions for future ar- the ‘field’ at the West Side Irish would like to become involved, for their support as official field 2nd asking the questions “When ticles to Mark at: markfromderry@ American Club. This is where we in all capacities. We have a lot of sponsors; John O’Brien and the do we get to come back to Cleve- gmail.com have played our home games for many years and over time the con- dition has suffered. Any profit we make from Labor Day weekend is going straight to the field to fix it properly with drainage, irrigation and eventually, changing rooms. We want it to be ‘the’ premier GAA ground in the Midwest, one where teams from not just North America, but from Ireland as well will be ac- cepting invitations to come play in Cleveland. This will be an everlast- ing legacy that people can physical see, visit and enjoy. On the youth side, we are in the process of revamping/redesign- ing the St. Pat’s Youth program. We have plans in place for 2014 to have two or three youth teams up and running, built of boys and girls from all communities aged between 4 and 18. There is no reason why we can’t have kids games going at the West Side Irish American Club throughout the summer months, and especially on days when our own teams plays home games. Something to look out for next year will be the 1st annual youth camp, where we will 14 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com October 2013

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Dear Mark and Maria Owens,

All have said these games set a new standard for organization and welcome, but the even bigger picture and effect is in showcasing the games, in showcasing Cleveland, whether it be a new field to foster future action addicts to the Irish culture or a new connection, roots for a lost son or daughter of Erin. Much is won in a game, no matter what the final score. The efforts you led brought attention to all the games of football, hurling and camogie, to Cleveland, to tourism and to a destination many had not considered before, but will again. You were both on site all weekend, and I’m sure long before and long after the games ended, months and years of preparation, partner- ship and persuasion. But I know that moments get missed, in the rush of doing things right. From the Ohio Irish American News booth and from the fields, I saw what your actions wrought. To say I was proud would not be enough. Babies crawled on fields while grandfathers misted in memory and merriment. Generations posed for pictures, and teams reveled in raising the cup. Glorious grace in a catch and run, a lancing hurley and even in a shot, “gone inches wide” whose moans echoed a through centuries of Croke Park and back fields, Irish wolfhounds, Cú Chulainn and those ever shimmering fields of glory. Pictures tell a thousand words they say, and thousands of pictures were taken, shared, facebooked and filed. They will be reminisced over, in a few months, years, and anniversaries, and reflected in a grandfather’s eyes, fifty years from now. Young soccer players eyes widened and lacrosse players said wow. Government officials uneasy at the prospect of trouble only saw friendships, camaraderie and huge hits closed with a handshake. Players sang and danced with Marys Lane in celebration, or bowed in defeat, then got up to be hugged, and saluted, with “we’ll see you next year Boyo”. They wondered at a community so passionate, so compassionate ~ things we always knew. You were not alone in your efforts; experts and newbies flooded the fields with kindness, direction and solutions. Big guidance, big bucks and little touches crafted a GAA Games that have reset expectations of what a GAA Games should be. Five denials only made the 6th ac- ceptance that much sweeter, when the last whistle blew. I have been to a Finals before, I have never been to such a finals. Well done Mark and Maria, well done! John O’Brien, Jr. Co Publisher, Editor Ohio Irish AmericanLegends News and legacies Legends and legacies 16 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com October 2013

(roughly chopped) over medium heat. Allow them to and a tablespoon of cream. 4-6 tblsp cream (for garnish) simmer for 10 -12 minutes or until TIP: When I make this soup, I Melt butter in a large cast iron soft when pierced with a fork or always have more stock than the saucepan. Add crushed coriander sharp knife. recipe requires on hand. Soup is seeds. Transfer to a blender or use an very personal. You may prefer to Be careful not to burn. immersion blender if you have one. add more stock if you would rather Add in carrots, parsnips, celery, Garnish with chopped herbs a different consistency. celeriac, onions Autumn is, without a doubt, my the paper to reveal the vein struc- and potatoes. favorite time of the year. It idles ture in the leaf. Cover veg- between a season that tends to be Along with the change in sea- etables with Come watch the Tribe, too hot for me, and one that can sons came longer, darker evenings. stock and or- Browns & Buckeyes be too cold. Perhaps I can be com- Gone was our summer menu of ange juice, pared to Goldilocks, as autumn is freshly caught cod, butterhead bringing them on our 17 HD TV's just right for me. lettuce, new potatoes, raspberries, to a simmer Come Early I can vividly remem- Enjoy $4 Happy Hour ber the smells and colors. Specials from 3-7pm It was the beginning of Mon-Fri a new school year, new & 11am-3pm on Sat! classrooms and new teach- ers. With it came a new Every Sunday 6-9pm leather school bag, the Party on the Patio smell of freshly pared pen- w/Jeff Varga & Mike Criscione cils, a new rubber eraser, my books and copybooks In October! all freshly covered with 4 – Colm O’Brien (formerly brown paper. of The Prodigals). w/ Harp City I took great pride cover- 21750 Lorain Rd ing my books, making sure 11 – Monica Robins & the inside covers were neat- Fairview Park Oh the Whiskey Kings ly taped and resembled an envelope, with my name 440-333-7826 18 – Colin Dusault Blues Project neatly written on the front 19 – Geezcats with fountain pen and underlined strawberries and freshly churned twice with red lines. It was and still ice creams. Mother nature had is a season bursting with a color provided us with a new bounty, scheme all of it’s own. Oranges, thus avoiding the danger of bore- rusts, greens, browns and yellows dom from the summer menu! She appear in hues that only seem to bestowed upon us blackberries occur in nature. along the hedgerows, brussels During those brisk mornings sprouts, onions, leeks, turnips, in late September and early Oc- swedes, parsnips, carrots and kale. tober, I can recollect gathering This was the season to pay homage chestnuts whilst walking up the to soup. tree lined avenue to school. They Below is one of my favorite were encased in spiky jackets that recipes for root vegetable soup. were difficult to open, so we threw Served with a thick slice of French them against anything we could ciabatta or brown bread, it is sure to release them. When we were to warm hearts. finished, it resembled a war zone. Root Vegetable Soup A zone that had been bombarded 5 carrots , peeled and chopped with paint as the pavements and 2 parsnips, peeled and chopped walls were stained with splashes 2 sticks of celery chopped of browns and greens. We put 1 celeriac (celery root) peeled them in our school bags until and chopped we returned home, so we could 1 large yellow onion, peeled and spear them with something sharp chopped in order to thread these ‘conkers’ 1 sweet potato, peeled and with string. chopped Nothing went to waste. Dur- 1 small potato, peeled and ing our science lessons we often chopped ambled around the grounds of 2 pints vegetable stock the Ursuline convent, gathering 1 cup orange juice sycamore leaves of all sizes. Taping 1 tblsp butter greaseproof paper over the leaves 1 tblsp coriander seeds, crushed and using crayons, we traced over 3 tblsp fresh rosemary or thyme October 2013 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 17

past remain with the living. keening fell out of practice. One source de- At funerals, the mourners are often con- tails the death of the last professional keener, soled with stories from the deceased’s past. Mrs. Kate Connolly of Bantry, Ireland. Con- For a moment, tears mingle with creases of nolly died at the age of 100, and lived a life of laughter and eyes alight with recognition service in her parish. She was thought to be and comfort, as the priest or a beloved com- the best professional mourner in her village. rade shares amusing anecdotes: a fleeting While the grieving would sit by the hearth antidote to grief. smoking pipes and partaking of whiskey Before the turn of the twentieth century, and tea, Mrs. Connolly would keep her vigil The Keener: Bard of the Dead evocation of the past held a prominent by the side of the dead, wailing and beating place in Irish funerary customs. After the her breast, recounting the living character “Where does spirit live? Inside or outside of entertainment was available, death of a loved one, keeners, or profes- of the deceased. As payment for her last Things remembered, made things, things unmade? but the telling of ghost stories. sional mourners, were hired to lament the professional stint as a keener, Mrs. Connolly What came first, the seabird’s cry or the soul With flashlight drawn, my deceased. Depending upon the wealth and was paid $1.40, or ten shillings a day for two Imagined in the dawn cold when it cried?” father, the penultimate story- prominence of the family, the keener may days and nights’ work. (from “Squarings,” by Seamus Heaney) teller, began. He told his young have been given money, whiskey, or food Not unlike a poet, the keener illuminated nephews tales of ghosts and for providing this unusual art form, and the merits of the dead and gave voice to the When my grandmother Mim first moved vampires, of spirits that might lurk in the sharing in the family’s grief. grief of the living. The keener had to be able from the family’s old farmhouse into town, house. Each unfamiliar creek in the floor- Even deaths among the peasants gave to weave metaphor and observation into she purchased a turn of the century period boards and distant skittering of mice in the rise to the need for professional mourners. words and song in order to give testimony house with wide steps and a long, lazy old walls held mystery. The boys were de- Though the family may have only been to the dead. front porch. Our family was to spend many lighted with the stories, but slept all huddled able to give the keener board for the night On August 30, 2013, Seamus Heaney, fond times gathered in the parlors playing together on the floor close beside the adults. in a stable or by the warmth of a lit hearth, arguably the greatest Irish poet since Wil- pinochle late into warm summer evenings My father is no longer a newlywed, but the keener’s services were still deemed liam Butler Yeats, passed away at the age of and sipping ice-cold sweet tea during an eighty-one year old grandfather who still necessary and the keener willingly obliged. seventy-four. Heaney won the Nobel Prize Sunday chicken dinners. However, on that relishes in a story well told. Gifted with Keeners were usually women for Literature in 1995. Born in 1939, Cas- particular night, when my parents helped the ability to evoke memories that bring possessed of strong singing voices, artful tledawson, County Derry, Northern Ireland, Mim settle into her new home, the electricity the past, both its people and tall tales alive, elocution, and prolific improvisational skills. Heaney resided in Dublin until his death. had yet to be acquired and the rooms were my father enjoys sitting around his kitchen Such traits were necessary to the keener as A man of letters and immense talent, filled with nothing but shrouded furniture table late into the night regaling family and she might be expected to lament for two Heaney’s body of work explores the depth and shadows. friends. days and nights, stopping only to take food of human emotion in places as unlikely as My mother and father were recently Storytelling, whether to amuse or teach, and drink. a blackberry field or a bog. He writes of married, and childless at that point. My is an ancient art that began with the same Keening, or cine in Irish, evolved from those who died before they had a chance to mother’s older sister Margaret and her intent as it has today: to arouse emotion, the Hebrew word cina, which means a live. He writes of the complexities of war boys were also at the house. It was to be a to explain the past, to mystify the listener. “lamentation with the clapping of hands.” and the frailty of human life. Above all, giant slumber party and what better form Storytelling ensures that the spirits of the It has been noted that the Greeks, Romans, Heaney writes of the catharsis that comes Israelites, and ancient Celts all practiced through beauty, no matter how cruel and some form of loud, oral lamentation over unrelenting it is. ish M the dea,d which expressed praise for the Minutes before his death, Seamus Heaney Ir u deceased as well as the profound loss which wrote these words to his widow, “Noli Live sic! the family, tribe, or clan would experience. timere, don’t be afraid.” The old Irish practice of keening had its Words, metaphor, evocation of life give roots in an ancient Celtic tradition of ex- comfort and hope to the grieving. Perhaps pressing grief musically. Whole choruses the art of keening has not died out, but is were engaged to sing over the body, utter- rather reincarnated in the words of poets, ing words and sounds both articulate and the images of visual artists, and the melodies guttural. Bards or poets were important of composers who give meaning to the liv- members of ancient Celtic tribes and would ing and life to the dead. As Seamus Heaney often lead the lamentation of the dead. expresses in The Harvest Bow, “The end of In a newspaper article that dates back to art is peace.” 1833, the writer recounts his initial experi- *Sources Consulted: Heaney, Seamus. ence with the tradition of keening in the Irish Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996. Hours: countryside of Meath: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. New York: 1998. A faint wailing sound, so wild and inde- Internet Sources Consulted: Mon-Wed scribable, that it seemed almost something Library Ireland: “The Irish Funeral Cry, 11am-Midnight unearthly, came floating on the The Ullaloo, Keeners and Keening.” From 10-19 The Athen Rye Thur-Sat 11am-2am light morning breeze, but so indistinct and the Dublin Penny Journal, Volume 1, Num- 10-26 Drowsy Lads so faint from the ber 31, January 26, 1833. Sun 11am-10pm distance, that it was repeated more than “She Mourned for Five Shillings: No Keen- 414 S. Main St once before I could be certain it was more ers Left to Wail for Kate.” Ottawa Times 17 than mere imagination. Oct. 1961. Findlay, OH 45850 419-420-3602 (“The Irish Funeral Cry: The Ullaloo, *Susan holds a Master’s Degree in English Keeners, and Keening” from John Carroll University and a Master’s www.LogansIrishPubFindlay.com The Dublin Penny Journal, Volume 1, Degree in Education from Baldwin-Wallace Facebook.com/LogansIrishPubFindlay Number 31, January 26, 1833) College. She may be contacted at sueman- It is not exactly known when the art of [email protected] 18 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com October 2013

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I was sitting in their front room, just at our kitchen sink in Dublin. This young man from above my great grandmother’s small shop Cleveland Ohio, who had so appreciated hearing his Ireland located on the ground floor of this building great aunt speaking to him of the Ireland she had left which sits on the north eastern side of the as a six year old, finally made it ‘home’ in 1948. Hazy Past and crossroads in Callan. I was looking out memory tells me that he used to sing I Hear You Call- the same window, seeing almost the same ing Me with his student friends in Galway University. Present streetscape they would have seen as they Listening tonight as my 2013 computer aided and By Niamh O’Sullivan listened perhaps to this very song on their abetted John McCormack’s singing, I don’t want to do antiquated wireless. Callan is an ancient any research, or double check whether my memory is I’m slowly making progress with my new laptop! town; many of the lovely aged buildings, shops and accurate in reflecting that, during the troubled years There are still several moments when I have to ques- residences, would still be readily recognisable to my between 1916 and the early 1920s, this song had a tion the wisdom of ever having invested in such a great grandmother and her son. hidden meaning for the young men and women who contraption, but tonight myself and this ultra-modern On the inside of their front door during the War of participated in the struggle for Irish freedom. machine shared a few moments of sublime enchant- Independence years (1919 – 1921) they would have My mother, child and lifelong lover of Callan, proud ment. When working together, we caused John Mc- had to pin up a list with the names of everyone living daughter of my harness maker grandfather, told me Cormack’s beautiful voice to sing “I Hear You Calling here, so that if the house was raided by Black and Tans just the one time, that to them I Hear You Calling Me Me” in the very house in which my maternal great during curfew hours, the soldiers would instantly be was their reply to Ireland in her distress. For this grandmother and her son, my grandfather, lived when able to see who was supposed to be present. one gentle night only, I’m going to assume it is true. these transcendental recordings were made. Both the In the silky darkness of this late-summer evening, On this night, a number of them are also resting in 1911 and the 1927 versions. accompanied by the exquisite tones of John Mc- Kilbride. My grandfather loved John McCormack. I know Cormack, I could just about make out a small house, But the enchantment must recede, and I must this from a few remarks made in my presence to which further up from my front-row view of the crossroads, drag myself back, however reluctantly, to 2013 and I paid scant attention – had I but the opportunity to where Humphrey O’Sullivan, originally from County this summer of my relocation. A large European hear them once more, and really listen this time! I Kerry, used to live. A diarist and hedge-school teacher supermarket has been built right beside the house never met him, he died six years before I was born. here in Callan in the early 1800s, even before my great I bought here in Callan in 2007. I was offered an Directly behind this building, where I am staying grandmother’s time, he too would not be completely unexpected chance to sell and grabbed it, no longer temporarily, his workshop is located. Its skeletal re- disoriented were he to grab a chair and join us to listen willing to live in a modern and, to my mind, slightly mains still stand, the old stone walls retaining their fleetingly to the graceful, delicate tones. soulless commercial section of this lovely old town. stories, half told, half concealed. Today he is buried in Kilbride Cemetery, just up the I’m searching for a new place, hence my temporary, My grandfather made harnesses and saddles for road from my great grandmother’s dwelling, sharing much appreciated stay in my great grandmother’s horses there in the early 1900s. Again, whispered his parents’ grave. Humphrey had the headstone home. It is 3.20am, and a misty rain has begun to fall memory reminds me that people in this area of on this burial place written in Gaelic; the single plot on the street leading up the town past Humphrey Kilkenny used to love buying his pieces; rarely would in this cemetery to boast such a memorial, unusual O’Sullivan’s former home, past the Town Hall where they ever need to return for repairs as the quality of in an age when any communication, situated in a Thomas Francis Meagher spoke in the hungry year of his work was said to be so good, that repairs were public place, could be considered illegal if written in 1848, and continuing on past the Workhouse. Maybe only carried out years after the leather goods were Irish. When it came time for Humphrey to be buried if I’m lucky, I’ll get to spend another night with my made, when finally the material itself, rather than the himself, the few words referencing him, carved at the beloved ghosts before I have to leave here. There are craftsmanship, would give up the ghost. And this very bottom of the timeworn stone, were inscribed in still so many questions I need to ask. quiet, thoughtful man loved McCormack. English. My parents are also buried in Kilbride, and I I can’t say whether, for those fleeting, heavenly mo- know that my father would be quietly delighted to be ments when McCormack’s voice soared to the high sharing his resting place with another, and esteemed ceiling from my computer, I joined my ancestors, or O’Sullivan from Kerry. they pulled up their chairs in the soft evening dark- My father, too, loved John McCormack. And I ness to join me. But I could feel them gently breathing know my memory is correct when I can hear his Congratulations to Ali Sullivan as we listened together. otherworldly tenor voice humming that very song Burmeister and Chase Burmeister of Sullivans Medina, who were married September 7th . Congrats to Cleveland St. Jarlath’s Gaelic Football Club, who won a fantastic Overtime thriller over Cleveland St. Pat’s GFC for the Division C North American Gaelic Football Championship. Every Thursday is Irish Night 7 – 10pm Open Seisiún – Congratulations to Vera & Tom Traditional musicians of all ages welcome! Casey and the mighty Casey sisters $3 Guinness & Jameson on Thursday Nights on Casey’s Irish Imports 25th Come enjoy our patio, Anniversary! expanded wine selection and new dinner menu! Congratulations to Great Lakes 16719 Detroit Ave. Lakewood, OH 44107 Brewery, celebrating their 25th year! 20 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com October 2013

and dockwork- Because of his former congressional im- derful biography about his father entitled: ers, mostly from portance, Barksdale’s family journeyed to Winding the Clock: O’Rahilly and the 1916 the poor, shan- Gettysburg to recover his body for reburial Rising. tytown section in Mississippi. While back in Dublin this June, I again of Cleveland With a rough description of where his visited his home and the street corner where known then as remains were, the family fanned out over the he’d died, leading fellow Volunteers away Whiskey Bend battlefield. While facing the gruesome task from the burning GPO in April, 1916. or Irishtown of locating the grave, the general’s favourite Shot while advancing, he’d crawled into It’s with a divided heart I write today...for they Bend, bordering on the Cuyahoga River. dog broke free of its lead. In amazement, a doorway for safety. There, bleeding to are not descended from fearful men or women.... Possessing great pride for their new home- Barksdale’s family watched the hound race death, The O’Rahilly pencilled a message Edmund Sullivan, a friend, fine artist and land and with a fighting spirit born from ahead only to suddenly stop. Lying down to his wife on the back of a folder note he’d loyal son of Ireland, died on 31 May after generations of oppression back home, on the ground with its head to one side, the received earlier in the week from his son. battling cancer for several years. I thank these Irish soldiers were fierce fighters. As faithful animal began whimpering. He’d Today, his words are inscribed [2005] on the Ray O’Hanlon of The Irish Echo for run- a military unit, they played a key role in found his master’s grave. wall near where he fell. They movingly state: ning a lovely tribute to the man written by many Northern campaigns, especially at Exhumed, Barksdale’s body was later re- “Written after I was shot Daring Nancy I Edmund’s sister Kathleen Sullivan Keefe. Gettysburg. interred in Jackson, Mississippi. To this day, was shot leading a rush up Moore Street [July 17-23, 2013] When asked about ghosts, Tim told me the however, whenever a full moon shines upon took refuge in a doorway While I was there I first wrote to Edmund in 2002. With my story of William Barksdale. With the advent the battlefield, nearby residents claim they I heard the men pointing out where I was & second book, Forever Green: Ireland Now of the Civil War, the former secessionist can hear a hound dog baying in the distance. I made a bolt for the lane I am in now. I got & Again, almost completed, I wondered and U.S. Congressman resigned his elected Like Edmund Sullivan and William Barks- more [than] one bullet I think Tons & tons if he’d be interested in helping with the position and joined the Mississippi Militia. dale, each loyal to their cause and sated with of love dearie to you & to the boys & to Nell cover. He was. As it turned out, we both Quickly rising to the rank of brigadier gen- a patriot’s love, there’s yet a third I wish & Anna It was a good fight anyhow Please shared a similar Irish political and histori- eral, his fighting troops gained the moniker to mention, Michael Joseph Rahilly...better deliver this to Hannie ORahilly 40 Herbert cal perspective that made working together “Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade.” known to his family and associates as The Park Dublin Good bye darling Ominously, easy. He freely recounted to me some of At Gettysburg, with Barksdale mounted O’Rahilly. a British bullet hole had punctuated the his adventures while travelling Ireland on on horseback, his southern forces success- Because of strong Irish nationalistic be- blood-stained paper. painting excursions and I offered a ready fully surprised Union infantry positioned liefs and his desire to honour Ireland’s leg- God’s peace and rest to all three. Cathal ear to those escapades. in the Peach Orchard. While continuing to endary Gaelic traditions, Michael adopted After several weeks of conversation, he press his advantage, northern troops, flying the non-de plume ‘The O’Rahilly’ in circa On This Day in benevolently agreed to help with the cover the flag of Lincoln, counterattacked. Shot 1911. Two years earlier, he’d reattached the Irish History design on condition he could pen the intro- off his horse, a badly wounded Barksdale discarded ‘O’ to his family name. duction. Happily, I agreed. allegedly said, “I am killed. Tell my wife Examples of The O’Rahilly’s dedication Irish Trivia October Later that summer [2003], while both and children that I died fighting at my post.” to the ‘Cause of Ireland’ are too many for 4 October 1886 - Birth of Lennox of us were vendors at the Cleveland Irish Dying the next day in a Union field this short letter, but suffice it to say his son, Robinson, playwright and manager of Cultural Festival, Edmund took great de- hospital, he was buried on the battlefield. Aodogán [Egan] O’Rahilly wrote a won- the Abbey Theater. Best known for his light in joining me at my table as we each works “The Clancy Name” and “The signed copies of the first printing. I can still White Blackbird.” remember the public’s reaction to meeting 5 October 1911 - Brian O’Nolan, alias the acclaimed artist and receiving copies of Flann O’Brien and Myles na gGopa- the book signed by the both of us. leen, wit, novelist and Irish Times col- All those warm memories came flooding umnist, born in Strabane, Co. Tyrone. back this year as I attended the same festival 10, October 1790 - Birth of Theobald ten years later. In my mind, there was Ed- Matthew, Irish temperance reformer mund...smiling, swapping stories, talking and founder of the Knights of Father with others about his art and giving me Mathew Temperance Society. “The more credit than I deserved. Thankfully, his Pledge” was an oath of abstinence memory will long endure as his wonderful from alcohol initiated by Theobald paintings grace the walls of many admirers. Mathew in 1838. Always true to the ‘Cause of Ireland’ and his 12 October 1975 - Canonization of wonderful talent, Edmund Sullivan will not Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Ar- be forgotten. magh; the first Irishman to be made a Speaking of the recent Cleveland festival, saint since Laurance O’Toole in 1226. I met a young man at the weekend who’d 14 October 1882 - Eamon de Valera, recently spent four nights sleeping under a nationalist campaigner, Fianna Fail woollen blanket on the Gettysburg battle- leader, Taoiseach and President of field as part of its 150th-year commemora- Ireland, is born in Brooklyn, New York tion. Dressed in his Union uniform, Tim to a Spanish father and Irish mother. joined many thousands of others who’d 16 October 1854 - Oscar Wilde, play- gathered there to re-enact that monumen- wright, novelist and essayist, is born tal three-day clash. Chosen as a flag bearer, in Dublin. he proudly carried the 8th Ohio Volunteer 16 October 1890 - Michael Collins is Infantry’s Company B banner onto the born in Clonakilty, Co. Cork. battlefield. 20 October 1870 - Death of composer In describing the men making up much Michael William Balfe in Dublin. He is of the original 8th Ohio, Tim said many best known for his opera “The Bohe- were immigrant Irish labourers, diggers mian Girl.”

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