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Happy New Year to you all! Editor’s Corner I hope your Christmas was filled with great family, great faith and great love. Can you picture where you were 10 years ago today? We had just launched the Ohio Irish American News, and our lives made a detour we could never have imagined, or dared to hope for. Life is funny, but John O’Brien, Jr. living, that’s the hard part, the serious part when it takes the vastly changed and dying. A turns while you were busy decade later, we stand; stron- making plans. We struck gold, ger, leaner and read by more amongst a newspaper market people in our fiercely support- ive community, Irish and not, walking through doors we never knew were open. We hope you find much to love within this issue, and that doors of inspiration, humor, knowledge and nostalgia add to your day. Make sure you check out Mike Finn’s Illumination column, on the Irishman aboard Amelia Ear- hart’s last flight. Fascinating, forgotten history. Irish lan- guage, profiles, sports, book reviews, The Molly Maguires, a puzzle and a whole host of things to see, do and enjoy Out & About Ohio. Join us as we begin our next Speak Irish Cleveland Classes January 17th. We meet every Tuesday night 6:15 to 8, for 10 , in the basement party room at Pj McInytre’s. Contact me at [email protected] for more info – ALL Levels of experience are welcome and you will enjoy learning our language, as well as meeting a very fun, active group of people. Go dtí an mhí seo chugainn, slán a fhágáil (Until next month, goodbye)

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5 January 1922 - Sir Ernest Shackelton, polar explorer, died suddenly in South Georgia as he prepared to lead a fourth expedition to Antarctica. 7 January 1922 - Dail Eireann ap- JANUARY 2017 Vol. 11 Issue 1 proved the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64 votes to 37. Publishers 10 January 1941 - John Lavery, painter, John O’Brien Jr. / Cliff Carlson Editor John O’Brien Jr. famous for his courtroom painting of Website and layout the trial of Roger Casement, dies. Cathy Curry Carlson 13 January 1941 - James Joyce, writer, died in Zurich from a duodenal ulcer. Columnists 16 January 1922 - Michael Collins, as Behind the Hedge- John O’Brien, Jr. Chairman of the Provisional Govern- Blowin’ In- Susan Mangan ment of Southern Ireland, formally ac- Cleveland Irish- Francis McGarry cepted the transfer of power from the Cleveland Cohmra- Bob Carney British at Dublin Castle. Crossword Puzzle- Linda Fulton Burke 20 January 1961 - John F. Kennedy is Don’t Forget Us-Lisa O’Rourke inaugurated as President of the United Growing up Irish- Maureen Ginley About Our States. Illuminations- J. Michael Finn 23 January 1803 - Arthur Guinness, Inner View- John O’Brien Jr Cover founder of the Dublin brewery, died. Ire. Past & Present- Niamh O’Sullivan 25 January 1627 - Robert Boyle, cre- Madigan Muses- Marilyn Madigan Cleveland Comhra and ator of Boyle’s Law, is born in County Off Shelf/On This Day-Terry Kenneally Waterford. Our Sports Man- David McDonnell: Speak Irish Columnist 26 January 1907 - First production of Out of the Mailbag- John O’Brien, Jr. Bob Carney with his John Millington Synge’s The Playboy of Terry From Derry- Terry Boyle Toledo Irish - Maury Collins Hounds Cian and the Western World at the Abbey Theatre immediately provoked controversy. Morrighan IAN Ohio Inc. is published monthly (12 issues a year) on the first day of each month. Subscription is by first class mail. 1 year $30, 2 years at $55 3 years $80. To subscribe go online at www. ianohio.com, or Email us at subs@ Congratulations to the newly elected ianohio.com, or call us at 708-445-0700 2017 US Gaelic Athletic Association Mid- or mail to address below. west Division Board! IAN Ohio is available for free at over Ohio Irish American News’ John Chair: Martin Wall (Cleveland St. Pat’s 240 locations throughout Ohio. For O’Brien, Jr. (below left)presents Pat St. Jarlath’s GFC) information on the locations go to www. Campbell of Pj McIntyre’s a plaque Vice Chair: Tom Dowd (Pittsburgh ianohio.com and click on the Ohio in a appreciation for all of his Gaelic Athletic Association) Secretary: Distribution button. support of Speak Irish Cleveland Sean Stayduhar (Pittsburgh Hurling Club) Treasurer: Conor Hart (Columbus Contact: IAN Ohio Inc. Gaelic Football Club) Registrar: Matthew PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW PHONE Lomot (Buffalo Fenians GAA) PRO: Steve NUMBER: 216.647.1144 Pepin (Cleveland St. Pat’s St. Jarlath’s e-mail: mailto:[email protected] GFC) Youth Officer: Paul Mulcaire (Buf- or mail to: IAN OHIO INC falo Fenians GAA) PO Box 7, Zion IL 60099 847-872-0700 Congratulations to Toledo Irish Col- e-mail: [email protected] umnist Maury Collins, elected President of the Lucas County (Toledo) Division of Subscriptions: [email protected] On the Internet www.ianohio.com the Ancient Order of Hibernians! www.facebook.com/OhioIrishAmerican- News www.twitter.com/jobjr Congratulations to the United Irish Societies of Greater Cleveland 2017 St. PUBLISHERS STATEMENT Patrick’s Day Honorees: The opinions and statements ex- 2017 Irish Mother of the Year, Mrs. Mary pressed in this newspaper are entirely Angela Murphy those of the authors, and do not reflect Grand Marshal is Roger Weist in any way the opinions of IAN Ohio. Inside Co-Chair is John Lackey Circulation: 7,500-For a list of distribu- Outside Co-Chair is Margaret Lynch tion points, go to www.ianohio.com and Hibernian of the Year Maire Leffel. click on the word “Distribution.” JANUARY 2017 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 7

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becoming the first woman to fly Group for Historical Aircraft Re- and infection, food poisoning, or solo across the Atlantic. She asked covery (TIGHAR) state that there simply thirst (there was no drink- Noonan to serve as her navigator is not one piece of documentary ing water on the island). Earhart on her around-the-world flight in evidence to support this claim. died at a small makeshift campsite the Lockheed Electra 10E that she In fact, newsreels of Earhart and on the island’s southeastern side. had purchased with funds donated Noonan boarding the airplane that Noonan’s fate is less clear.” Further Where’s Amelia? by Purdue University. morning in New Guinea show a research is in process on the discov- On March 17, 1937, the first at- bright and cheerful Fred Noonan ered bones, so, at least part of the What Happened to Fred Noonan? tempt began with a record-break- helping Amelia up onto the wing. mystery may be close to a solution. One of the most persistent his- new career. After learning to fly ing 16-hour flight from Oakland, It is one of the great tragedies of However the mystery is re- torical mysteries concerns the fate in the late 1920s, he received his California to Wheeler Field in the Earhart legend that Noonan, solved it is important to remem- of Amelia Earhart. Her Lockheed commercial pilot’s license in 1930. Hawaii, following the westward an aviation pioneer whose con- ber that there were two aviation Electra was lost in the Pacific During the early 1930s, he worked course Noonan had set. However, tributions to modern air travel pioneers aboard that Lockheed Ocean in July 1937 while she was for Pan American World Airways while the Electra was taking off are equal to Earhart’s, is often Electra, Amelia Earhart and Irish- attempting to be the first woman as a navigation instructor in Miami from Wheeler Field to begin its sec- remembered as Amelia Earhart’s American Fred Noonan. to make an around-the-world and as an airport manager in Haiti, ond leg to Howland Island, a tiny drunken navigator. *J. Michael Finn is the Ohio flight. What happened to her is eventually assuming the duties of island in the Pacific Ocean, Ear- Recent research by TIGHAR State Historian for the Ancient the subject of many stories and inspector for all of the company’s hart lost control of the plane. The based on some human bones Order of Hibernians and Division legends. But, she was not alone airports. aircraft’s landing gear collapsed recovered from Garland Island Historian for the Patrick Pearse on that fateful flight. Most often On March 31, 1935, the four- causing substantial damage. No (now known as Nikumaroro) has Division in Columbus, Ohio. He forgotten by the news stories is engine, flying boat China Clipper one was hurt, but the Electra had led them to believe that Earhart is also Chairman of the Catholic the unknown fate of her navigator, made its first landing in San Fran- to be shipped back to Los Angeles managed to land the plane on Record Society for the Diocese of an Irish-American named Fred cisco Bay. It had arrived at its new for repairs. the deserted island. TIGHAR sur- Columbus, Ohio. He writes on Noonan. home on the island of Alameda One month later, Earhart and mises that, “Earhart and Noonan Irish and Irish-American history, Frederick Joseph Noonan was with Fred Noonan on board as the Noonan tried starting again, this survived for a time but eventually Ohio history and Ohio Catholic born on April 4, 1893 in the South- navigation officer. In April 1935, time leaving California in the op- succumbed to any of a number of history. You may contact him at side of Chicago Irish community Noonan navigated the historic posite (eastward) direction. After possible causes including injury [email protected]. known as Back of the Yards. Fred’s round-trip China Clipper flight be- completing about 22,000 miles of father was Joseph Noonan, the son tween San Francisco and Honolulu. the journey, they took off from Lae, of Irish immigrant parents. His He was subsequently responsible New Guinea on July 2, 1937, and mother, Catherine Egan was born for mapping Pan American’s clip- headed for Howland Island. Their in England and immigrated to per routes across the Pacific Ocean, plan for the 18-hour-long flight Chicago with her family. participating in flights to Midway was to reach the vicinity of How- Fred had a rough childhood. Island, Wake Island, Guam, the land using Noonan’s navigation His mother died from tuberculosis Philippines and Hong Kong. abilities and then find Howland by when he was only four years old. In addition to more modern using radio signals transmitted by Even though Fred’s father was navigational tools, Noonan as a the US Coast Guard cutter Itasca. living, young Fred seems to have licensed sea captain was known for Through a combined sequence bounced around, living with vari- carrying a ship’s sextant on these of misunderstandings or mishaps ous relatives and was possibly in flights. In a letter he described his (that still remain controversial), foster care at some point. tools and procedures for plotting over scattered clouds, the final Noonan left school and Chicago the Clipper’s course. He wrote, approach to Howland Island failed, at an early age and settled in the “The actual navigation was com- although Earhart stated by radio state of Washington, where he parable with such as would be that they believed they were in the found work as a merchant seaman. practiced afloat – fixes were deter- immediate vicinity of Howland, At the age of 17, he shipped out mined entirely by stellar observa- but could not find it. Two-way ra- of Seattle as an ordinary seaman tions at night.” Noonan soon be- dio contact was never established, on board a sailing ship. Between came one of a handful of pioneers and the aviators and their aircraft 1910 and 1915, Noonan worked in long distance aerial navigation disappeared somewhere over the on over a dozen ships, rising to and achieved a reputation as one of Pacific Ocean. Despite an unprec- the rank of quartermaster. He con- the best. His achievements earned edented, extensive search by the tinued working on merchant ships him a place in aviation history. US Navy and the US Coast Guard, throughout World War I. Serving The year 1937 was one of transi- no traces of them or their Electra as a ship’s officer; his harrowing tion for Noonan. He resigned from was ever found. wartime service included being on Pan American in a dispute with the What exactly caused the failure board three vessels that were sunk company regarding the number of of the flight remains a mystery. by U-Boats. hours the flight crew was required More than likely it was a deadly After the war, Noonan continued to work on the long-distance Clip- mix-up of events both mechani- in the Merchant Marine. Noonan per flights. He intended to pursue cal and technical. A particularly married Josephine Sullivan in starting a navigation school. That nasty theory that emerged in 1966 1927 at Jackson, Mississippi. They year Noonan met Amelia Earhart was that Fred Noonan was an settled in New Orleans. through mutual friends in the avia- alcoholic and was either drunk or Following a distinguished 22- tion community. hung-over on July 2. The recent year career at sea, which included Earhart was a world famous Hollywood film Amelia (2009) also sailing around Cape Horn seven aviatrix whose many pioneer- implies this. However, serious times, Noonan decided upon a ing accomplishments included historians and The International 10 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com JANUARY 2017

Et Tu, ? in Latin manuscripts written in monas- teries in Ireland. Early Christian monks first appeared in its written form in margins were responsible for saving much of Speak Irish our ancient classical literature and history. The early poem, Pangur Bán, Labhair Gaeilge describes the musings of a scribe’s work and his cat’s hunting prowess, as By Bob Carney both being skilled in their craft. You can almost see the monk hunched at his desk carefully translating a writ- ing into Latin, occasionally embellishing his work with one we’ve found at Speak Irish Cleveland is teanglann. art or a note in the margin. As with any language, out- ie. It’s free and easy to add to the home page of your side influences eventually become incorporated into the mobile device. You can easily search a word in Irish or language. In Irish, we have Viking influences early on, English, along with the translation the word is used in as well as Latin. phrases. On the task bar is a grammar tool which is very The is based on the . In helpful as our studies progress. English language , the months are based on But my favorite part of teanglann, is the audio pro- the names from classical mythology. The Irish calendar nunciation; it allows you to pick the dialect you prefer names the months with reference to Celtic religion and and gives you the correct pronunciation. You can replay mythology. Christianity has left its mark with the name as many times as you need to. Written phoenetics can for December, Nollaig, derived from the Latin, natalicia, be helpful, but nothing compares to actually hearing meaning birthday, referring to the birth of Christ. the words. Generally to English speakers, the Munster Likewise, the days of the week have names from Latin: dialect is easier to learn, but it’s best to listen to all three Lunae, Martis, Saturni and Dies. The remaining are dialects. named for the fasting done by early Gaelic Christians, Join us as we begin out next Speak Irish Cleveland Steak • Seafood • Prime Rib Dé Céadaoin; céad meaning first, aoin meaning fast or Classes January 17th. We meet every Tuesday night for the first fast of the week. Dé Déardaoin, the day between 10 weeks, in the basement party room at Pj McInytre’s. Irish Specialties and Spirits the fasts, and Dé hAoine, the day of the fast. Contact me at [email protected] for more info – ALL In the past I’ve mentioned a little bit about on-line re- Levels of experience are welcome. sources we have at our disposal when studying Gaelige. Go dtí an mhí seo chugainn. Until next month. The Unicorn I can’t stress the importance of a good dictionary, the best Slán go Foill! Restaurant Na Séasúir ( nuh say-zoor ) the seasons Na Laethanta (nuh lay-un-ta) the days An t-Earrach ( un ter- uck ) Dé Luain (day loon) Monday & Pub An Samhradh ( un sow-ra ) summer Dé Maírt (day mort) Tuesday An Fómhar ( un for ) autumn Dé Céadaoin (day kay-deen) Wednesday Open from 11:30 a.m. Tuesday - Friday An Geimhreadh ( un gee-ra ) winter Dé Déardaoin (day dare-deen) Thursday & 4:00 p.m. Saturdays Na Míonna ( nuh meen-a ) the months Dé hAoine (day heen-a) Friday Eanáir ( an-er ) January Dé Sathairn (day sa-hern) Saturday 423 Main Street (Route 57) Feabhra ( fe-ow-ra ) February Dé Domhnaigh (day down-ig) Sunday Grafton, Ohio 44044 Márta ( mor-ta ) March Inniu (inn-yoo) today Aibreán ( a- brun ) April Anocht (ah-nohkt) tonight 440-926-2621 Bealtaine ( be-ow- tin-a ) May Amárach (ah-mor-ach) tomorrow Meitheamh (me-huv) June Lúil ( lool ) July Minutes South of 480 and Route 10 West (Elyria-Medina Exit) Lúnasa ( loon-a sa ) August Meán Fómhair ( man-for ) September lit. middle harvest Deireadh Fómhair ( dare-uh-for ) October lit. end harvest ( sow-in ) November Nollaig ( null-ug ) December Ar maidin (err mad-jin) in the morning Um thráthóna (um tra no-na) in the evening Tá an lá go maith (taw un law guh mah) it’s a good day Níl sé go dona inniu (neel shay guh duh-na) it’s not bad today Tá mé go maith anocht (taw may guh mah ah-nohkt) I’m good tonight Tá tú mall inniu (taw too mall in-yoo) you are late today Tá tú hálainn anocht (taw too hawl-in ah-nohkt) you are beautifull tonight

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We Live in the Shadow of was called upon to settle disputes, make al- were chosen and followed liances, heal the sick and maintain harmony as long as the good of One Another: Part 2 within these pre-Christian communities. all was considered. It is Celtic mythology and the early Irish Gender equality, an existence with nature believed that the Druids sagas depict a group of people known as (an intelligent person was said to have “oak were advisors to the lead- Druids as a powerful and essential part of knowledge”), and order within the tribe ers rather than leaders early communities throughout Ireland and were part of Celtic life. themselves. None of what Western Europe. Their wisdom and insight Leadership was not a birthright; leaders we know about the Druids or come from themselves; they had from modern thought. When you read his- no written language that has survived. tory, it becomes difficult to not see the simi- We have writings from the Romans and larities humankind has shared throughout the Greeks that were translated by early time. The ancient Celts knew the value of Christian monks in Ireland, but the fact is equality, a womans right was the same we know very little of what they believed as a mans, co-existing with nature; it was or how they acquired their knowledge. the earth that fed you, and allowing every The Druids and the Christians did share member of the tribe a voice. a space in time In part one until Christi- of this column, anity eventu- Tomás Shar- ally displaced key reminded Druid teach- us of how the ings. Many of proclamation our Christian of 1916 put men holidays still and women on rish M retain elements equal terms at Live I usic! of some things a time when Ahern Ca tering that originated women had no Banquets, with the Dru- voice in govern- We ddings, ids. 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Our elected politicians are fol- dead religion”. lowers rather than leaders, often changing Gradlon dies and both the Christian their” beliefs” as public opinion dictates. monk and the Druid say their psalms and The community has the power to evoke dirges. In the morning they wash and change and set agendas. How do we do prepare the body, washing it in a nearby this? Become involved locally. What is spring. The Druid then asked Guénolé “ important to you? That’s where you will to raise a church to the Sorrowful Mother do the greatest good. Putting actions to of your God” on the spot so the sick might words carries much more weight than you find health and “the heavy laden, peace”. can imagine. Guénolé felt sympathy for the Druid, in The Druid and the monk, despite monu- spite of a brief theological disagreement, mental differences, came together for a when the monk offered to teach him the common goal. Our recent election has “word of life”, and the Druid rejected him. ended friendships and instilled rifts in His compassion for the Druid however, led many families. Are our differences so great him to offer him refuge in the Abbey at we can’t come together for the greater good Landévennec. The Druid declines, saying of our community, our children, our planet? he prefers the woodland paths, “for do not How will history judge us if we do nothing all tracks lead to the same great centre?” when we had the oppurtunity? That philosophy appears to be fading Slán go Foill JANUARY 2017 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 13

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The Molly pertinently confined. Each Four more Irishmen would held a red rose in full bloom in be hanged that day. Carbon Maguires his hand. Intermittently, their County’s new jail, some forty Two young Irishmen walked gaze would focus on the hills miles east of Pottsville, had no together inside the prison yard just over the wall, hills ignorant old brick path nor red roses. at Pottsville. It was the first of their incarceration. Each The young Irishmen kissed day of summer in 1877. The inhaled the scent of the red their priest’s hand and the Irishmen were well-groomed rose. Like the rose, their fate crucifix and hung from the gal- Patterson. able, and concentrated on the in immaculate apparel; they was determined, perhaps pre- lows there, nonetheless. “Black John H. graduated from Dart- laborious trades. They built shared an exterior tranquility. determined. Those two young Thursday”. The initial ten of the mouth College in 1867 and went the canals that John H. Patter- Each spoke delicately as they Irishmen would hang from the twenty caged and condemned to work as a canal toll collector son collected tolls on and they traversed an old brick path, gallows that day. members of the Molly Maguires until 1870. He then managed mined the coal for companies were executed that Thursday. the Southern Ohio Coal and like the one he managed in That cannot be found in the US Iron Company. southern Ohio. They did not History textbook. I unearthed In 1893, as head of NCR, he go to Dartmouth in 1867. it for $12 in late fees at your constructed a factory with Those young Irishmen hung public library and a tutorial on windows. This was the first on Black Thursday were labori- microfiche. such building in America. It ous and were expendable. In O’Leary’s Pub in Brookline, allowed light and fresh air to the years following The Famine, Mass. is just off the Green Line. reach the laborers inside, a form they immigrated to Schuylkill As you may already know, of philanthropy of sorts. He County, PA, to work in the Brookline is the birthplace was a good Anglican. mines. Schuylkill exhibited and hometown of JFK; his He also hired John Charles Ol- demographics and a socio-reli- childhood home is a National msted to landscape the grounds gious binary that the Irish found Historic Site. The outside is of his factory with spacious familiar. The Irish Catholics still in great condition. We as- lawns and colorful plantings. were the coal miners and the sumed the inside was similarly JC Olmsted was born in Geneva, mine operators and supervisors maintained. Switzerland to John Olmsted were English and Welsh. Punctuality failed us that day. and Mary Cleveland Perkins Black Thursday was a result It is walkable from JFK’s to the Olmsted. His father John had of the violence that erupted Fredrick Law Olmsted National contracted tuberculosis. He in Schuylkill County and was Historic Site, also in Brookline. was instructed to get more fresh the intersection of American Frederick Law Olmsted was the air. He died. JC was adopted by labor and bias against the Irish founder of American landscape his uncle Fredrick of Brookline, Catholic immigrant. It was the architecture. We declined that Mass. John Charles Olmsted is manifestation of domestic is- walk and made our way to not related to Aaron Olmsted, sues expressed in local antago- O’Leary’s by foot. The Kenne- the wealthy mariner for whom nisms that were imported then dys definitely had more ornate North Olmsted is named. Ap- recreated and reinforced in that cutlery, based parently, Aaron was looking for particular locale. on the brochure, land that is too far to drive to in Ireland had a history of rural but it did not the snow. violence that was similar, yet appear that they Patterson did a little bit more with unique circumstances. had a tap. than order up some landscap- The mêlée of the Molly Magu- A couple ing. He was sentenced to one ires engaged variables that were years before The year in prison as a result of distinctively American, with a Assassination his business practices. His result that has been commonly and almost two conviction was overturned by Irish. A rose is a rose. hundred years appeal and he was eventually The Molly Maguires were as after Mr. Car- exonerated by President Wood- much ideological and cultural roll, microfiche row Wilson (before his stroke). as they were social and political, was invented Wilson did little for the Irish in both Ireland and America. by Carl O. Carl- Republic, as previous articles The complex social process in son. He was an have noted. He did pass legis- play during in the nineteenth- employee of the lation that was pro-labor. The century anthracite region of National Cash Keating-Owen Child Labor Act PA was concurrent with the Register Com- and the Adamson Act (overtime equally complicated patterns pany in Dayton; pay) were both passed in 1916. of ideological and cultural rep- home of The Before sunlight could touch a resentation for Irish immigrants Flyers. The Na- factory worker, before fresh air in all of America. These include tional Cash Reg- was deemed permissible for a nativist condemnation of Irish ister Company laborer, before the eight-hour immigrants; the construction was founded in day, before the workers under of a dominant and persistent Dayton some 14 years old were illegal, there myth that denied Irish immi- eighty odd were the Irish. There was Black grants who committed violence years earlier in Thursday. Irish immigrants all rationality and justifiable 1884 by John H. were plentiful, at times expend- Continued on next page JANUARY 2017 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 15

dumpling, a beetles faggot, the The Molly were coal and railroad company act of loading ever rift with ore, management. My next articles a dumb man’s curse, a blasket, Maguires will discuss the Molly Maguires a ‘kur’, a fiddlers occupational motivation, rationalizing their in more depth. disease, a fairy godmothers conflict response instead as a re- For more reading please see: father, a hawks vertigo, the affirmation of innate depravity. The Butte Irish, Class and Eth- art of predicting past events, a There was murder in nicity in an American Mining wooden coat, a custard-mincer, Schuylkill County; 20 Irish- Town, 1875-1925 by David Miles of Myles that can be used in differ- a blue-bottles ‘farm’, a gravy men were hung and 23 were Emmons. The Sons of Molly ent ways, depending on the flask, a timber-mine, a toy craw, imprisoned as a result of the tri- Maguire; The Irish Roots of Laughter is often a much- situation. Since Irish grew as a porridge mill, a fair day don- als. Irish Catholics were banned America’s First Labor War, by needed tonic. In need of that a language that was primarily nybrook with nothing barred, from the juries. Arrests were Mark Bulik; The Molly Maguire tonic at one point, I found a stoats stomach-pump, a made by a private police force at Riots: Industrial Conflict in the Myles na gCopaleen. It broken” the service of the coal and rail- Pennsylvania Coal Region by J. started with a simple error. He was a fluent Irish road companies. Prosecutors Walter Colemen. As a newbie to Ireland, I speaker, so he knew from did not know that the Irish whence he spoke. His real Times was not a paper that name was Brian O’Nolan, I should be reading, since but he used the nom de that paper was reserved plumes Myles na gCopa- for stockbrokers and their leen and Flann O’Brien. ilk in Ireland. He was born in Strabane I read it thinking that in in 1911 it was less celebrity-gos- and grew up in an Irish- sip-driven and contained speaking household. He more actual news than assumed the name of Flann the Irish Independent. But O’Brien to write his nov- before you judge me too els; At Swim-Two-Birds, high-minded, my favorite and The Third Policeman. feature quickly became the Myles na gCopaleen was reprinted columns of Myles the name he used to author na gCopaleen. the witty column series The droll Myles em- for The Irish Times called, ployed the frame of ref- Flann O’Brien “Cruiskeen Lawn” and the erence in those columns novel An Béal Bocht. of the everyman or the His journalism career “simple people” of Ireland. The spoken, colloquialisms abound. as Myles came about after comedic stance of the simple, The following is his definition Continued on next page man of common sense, who of the verb cur as excerpted sees through the nonsense from an essay called The Gaelic and thereby skewers the pre- (the initial definition is the one tensions of society is an Irish that is correct and used most favorite. often) At the time, I had also be- “Cur, g. curtha and cuirthe, m. gun learning Irish. Not only - act of putting, sending, sowing, was Myles a bitingly funny raining discussing, burying, social commentator, but he vomiting, hammering into often wrote in Irish and took the ground, throwing through aim at the idiosyncrasies of the air, rejecting, shooting, the the language. It was a little setting or clamp in a rick of shocking to read this since it turf, selling, addressing, the seemed from my conversations crown of cast iron buttons with natives regarding their which have been made bright language that opinions swung by contact with cliff faces, the from reverential to disdainful. stench of congealing badgers Their opinions on the language suet, the luminance of glue- depended, at least in part, on lice, a noise made in a house the verbal competency of the by an unauthorised person, a possessors of those opinions, heron’s boil, a leprachauns and humor was decidedly denture, a sheep biscuit, the act missing from the conversations. of inflating hare’s offal with a Myles’ columns often played bicycle pump, a leak in a spirit with interpreting the various level, the whine of a sewage and incongruous meanings farm windmill, a corncrakes of words and pronunciations. clapper, the scum on the eye Irish has words, like English, of a senile ram, a dustmans 16 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com JANUARY 2017

Miles of Myles standing, O’Nolan did not experience belly, narrowing to a calf as thick as the that respect, Brian O’Nolan could have much success in his lifetime and was belly of a foal. Three fifties of fosterlings been a mythic hero unto himself. he gave up on his loftier aspirations championed more posthumously than could engage with handball against the References: of being a literary sensation with the he could have imagined. Alas, Brian wideness of his backside, which was http://www.theatlantic.com/ first two books. An Béal Bocht (un O’Nolan spent his days in the security large enough to halt the march of men magazine/archive/2008/05/the-last- bale bokt) translates to the phrase “the of employment in the Irish civil service through a mountain-pass.” laugh/306769/ poor mouth”. That book was written in until he died in 1966, as a result of can- I find that very funny, but there was The Best of Myles: Flann O’Brien, Il- Irish, as a tongue-in-cheek antidote to cer. He was a larger than life character a contradictory element in the early linois State, (1999). Illinois State Press, the trend of books written in Irish that in Dublin despite his slightly ominous twentieth century. In the process of lo- IL: Dalkey Archive Press. detail the hard knock life of the isolated and nondescript appearance. He kept cating an independent and strong Irish *Lisa O’Rourke is an educator from rural Irish speaker of the past. Those company with other contemporary identity, the free-state founders were Akron. She has a BA in English and a books have been the dread of many a men of letters: Brendan Behan and humorless and didactic at times. Flann Master’s in Reading/Elementary Edu- high school student in contemporary Patrick Kavanaugh, the lot of them O’Brien was there to let the air out of cation. Lisa is a student of everything Ireland, typified by the dour life story frequenting the Palace Bar in Dublin. them all. He probably suffered for it in Irish, primarily Gaeilge. She runs a of Peig Sayers’ trials on Great Blasket The fabled characters of Irish myth his writing career while he was alive. Gaeilge study group at the AOH/Mark Island, which has been mandatory for were also victims of his satire. Here is Yet if I had to promote a quality that Heffernan Division. She is married to many high school students. A poor a passage from At Swim-Two-Birds: I believe that the Irish really do excel Dónal and has two sons, Danny and mouth is an expression referring to a “Finn MacCool was … a man of su- at, it is just that one- they are excellent Liam. Lisa can be contacted at person who cries poor all the time in an perb physique and development. Each deflators of any individuals that they [email protected]. attempt to elicit pity. Despite his current of his thighs was as thick as a horse’s believe are too full of themselves. In

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his testament, Quigg carried on with an outstanding work-rate of the fights of the year. It had but by the time he regained him- and he had made short work quality exchanges, with both self to exert some influence on out of his last handful of op- fighters getting the upper hand the fight, he needed a knockout ponents in impressive fashion. at different times, often in the from a long way out that never That he was highly favourited same round, and there were looked like coming. in America for the fight was no some great toe-to-toe battles in- Santa Cruz I: The victory saw surprise. termingled with some great stra- Can Frampton Rematch Frampton add the WBA belt to There was no doubt that tegic boxing. The rounds were so with Santa Cruz be a Sweep? his IBF Super-Bantamweight Frampton was underestimated close that it was very much what title and in was not long before in the USA as he failed to per- the judges preferred, the incisive Twelve months ago, the pugi- When Nelson quizzed him the exciting news came that form to his optimum in his first head and body shots of Framp- listic career of one Carl Frampton about his tactics Frampton took he would step up in weight to working visit in El Paso, Texas ton to Santa Crux continuous was reaching a make-or-break aim again. “I’m not going to fight Leo Santa Cruz for the IBF in 2015 when he was knocked onslaught of punches and high year in terms of deliverance and tell you what I’m working on Flyweight title at the Barclay’s down twice, before winning on work-rate. That one judge had it legacy. And the Belfast boxer Johnny. I’m not points against unherald- a draw came as no surprise and produced on his promise to post that daft. Maybe ed Mexican boxer Ale- neither did the fact that the two one of the most memorable and if you had asked jandro Gonzalez Jr, who other judges awarded the victory impressive years as anyone who him, he would tell tragically was gunned to Frampton. has embarked and travelled on a you. I think he is down last month in It was hard-earned and a tri- career path in the sweet science. going to be very Guadalajara, Mexico. It umph to savour. The Jackal need- Last February, he accounted tight and keep his was believed that Leo ed to be at his imperious best to for his long-held nemesis, Scott hands glued to his Santa Cruz, who had get past a terrific opponent and Quigg, in a fight that the British chin. He is going remained unbeaten after on the night, he was. It was to and Irish public had long been to be stiff and rigid 33 fights, would wear date the defining moment of his awaiting to see. Fireworks were but as the fight goes Barry McGuigan & Frampton down with special career where Frampton expected but such was the ease on and he gets fur- Carl Frampton his barrage-of-punching has become the first two-weight that Frampton out-thought and ther behind on the boxing style and that world champion boxing out of out-manoeuvred his opponent scorecards because he is a proud Centre in Brooklyn, New York would be even if the Belfast Northern Ireland. in the opening eight rounds, it man, that is when he will take last July. Both fighters were two boxer got the upper hand in the Straight after the fight there left little appetite for a rematch. risks and open up and that will highly regarded unbeaten world boxing exchanges. 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still shines. My English Springer My father too had a deep trails. Under moon-lit skies, my Spaniel is no different than the regard for nature. He and his father and I would ski through animals that burrow or the birds parents would vacation in rustic snowy woods. that fly. She leaps into the brisk cabins hidden in Canada’s pine We never really talked during snow and harsh winds with filled woods, hunting pheasant these outings. Silence was sacro- abandon, reveling in a rush of adrenaline. Like her, I feel most A Winter Night during the fast approaching alive when outside shadows of twilight. Birds fly in enjoying the biting “Ah, yes! For we are gathered purposeful frenzy, while squir- winds of winter. here to celebrate and explore rels scamper about searching for On this win- the music of Winter, a simple repast of acorns and ter night, I held a the season of frosts and tree nuts. mug of coffee and long dark nights.” As I write these words, the win- watched my dog run. (Sting) ter solstice will soon be upon us. Snow had just begun Nature is most active in those The creatures of nature know that to fall and sprinkled fleeting violet moments just past long days are imminent and food my tawny bever- the break of dawn, and of course, must be found while pale light age with crystalline flakes, intricate and unique. At that mo- ment, the dog came to a sudden pause, photo Coffee, Snow by N-Fphotography her body rigid in at- tention, ears perked, all senses awake. She looked toward our damson plum and fishing in remote lakes. The sanct. It was enough to watch our tree. need to breathe deeply of the cold breath manifest in the cold winter There, birds of every feather winter air was buried deep in my air, listening to the soft cadence of mingled. A red-breasted wood- father too. our narrow skis cutting through pecker dined with a blue jay, During long, brutal Chicago birch-lined paths of snow. while sparrows, protected by winters, my father’s neighbor, With my own children, I was their sheer numbers, pecked at a Mr. Jaeger, a kind elderly German less adventurous. During heavy frozen bud. A chickadee whistled, man, taught my father to speed snowfalls, I would pull them in while intimidating hawks flew skate. Indoor rinks were scare plastic sleds up and down our high above this congenial tree. In during those times. Mr. Jaeger long drive. The moon still shone that moment, I was humbled by and my father would trek to Por- as their cheeks colored pink with my place in this world. Without tage Park to practice skating with the cold. Together we would human intervention, animals swift, rhythmic strokes. During laugh in the wind and seeming know what to do to survive, to those evenings, the city seemed to speed of the sled. When we were socialize, to live. Perhaps if we quiet in reverence to the sharp cut finished, I would gather the three embrace the loneliness of this of my father’s blades as he skated to my side and point out the Dip- season of frost and drink deeply on the slick ice of a frozen pond. per constellations. of the cold wind, we may feel as When I was five, my father I could never keep straight alive as the animals of winter. taught me to skate on this same which one, the Little or Big, ap- My love of nature lies contrary pond. For Christmas, he had peared more illuminated in the to the place of my birth. Growing given me double-bladed beginner winter months. Again, such de- up amid Chicago’s chain-linked skates. He loved me and wanted tails hardly mattered, as my fences that separated neighbor- to protect me from falling on children were tucked safely by ing homes and their postage the unforgiving ice. Meanwhile, my side, breathing deeply of stamp lawns, I appreciated the the frost would get caught in the pristine air. Perhaps one day force of nature. During blizzards the gap between the blades and they will remember how it feels or thunderstorms, the skies wid- slow me down. I wanted to fly to be humbled by the vastness ened and I could look out above and the double blades clipped of creation. Perhaps the children the claustrophobic brick walls of my wings. Still, it was enough to will feel the same love I felt for my neighbor’s house, as though share the frigid darkness and the my father, as he and I shared in I were witnessing a play for the moonlit pond with my father as the realization that we are just one first time. 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mand, every policy, or utterance issued We will let the world go to hell if we do by the beast must not go unchecked, not fight the good fight, and put an end Terry From Derry otherwise we will be submerged under to the apocalypse we’re entering into. a tsunami of hatred, and destruction. by erry Boyle

The Centre contemplate what we have let happen, and it’s perfectly understandable why Cannot Hold we should feel such despair. W.B Yeats in his poem The Second Once the reign of belligerence be- Comin,g describes a chilling, apoca- gins, we must shake off our political lyptic view of the future. The poet, apathy, and unite against the corporate appalled by the radical nationalism agenda that will destroy those who of his time, and the war in Europe, is have foolishly believed in it. When the confronted with a world that seems un- true colours of the worst are exposed, familiar and out of control. None of us there will be weeping and gnashing ever think that the world can suddenly of teeth by those who believed in the change before our eyes. We slumber, beast’s empty promises. As the dream doze off, while all about us the monster becomes the nightmare many will lose takes begins to take shape and before hope and regret their decision. Having we know it all is irrevocably changed. been hoodwinked into a fantasy, the And we wonder how it happened. beast will feast on those who have fed We, like Yeats, feel at a loss as to how its ego. Soon we’ll be hearing the voice things became so fragmented, and dis- of regret, but it’s too late to go back. connected from what we thought we The democratic system has failed its knew so well. How did those things constituents by not taking their fears fall apart? How did we wake up to this seriously. The falcon cannot hear the nightmare that is the new age? falconer. Our politicians have lost For anyone who knows this poem, touch with those they represent. They they will know that Yeats sense of have slumbered through decades of disbelief is compensated with his need stony sleep only to be rudely awakened to rationalize such profound changes. by their worst nightmare. How can the world change so dramati- There is no way forward except to cally? For the poet/prophet the answer deal with the beast, and in order to is simple; we have allowed it to happen. prove their mettle they will have to We, the best of our generation lack all cease being remote, and removed from conviction. We have not put voice to those who count. In order to prove our conviction and allowed those who their effectiveness, they need to heal are full of passionate intensity to bully the rift between the hallowed halls of us into a brave new world marked by policy making and the electorate. The violence, racism, and intolerance. common person has been disappointed, This new age is in part our respon- let down, by those who should know sibility. We have allowed ourselves to better, and now we’re all going to have be silenced, and believed such changes to deal with the ramifications of such impossible. neglect. Everything around us is connected We failed to read the signs of the to events that we have created either times. The shifting sands under our by our ignorance, or lack of diligence. feet have not dislodged the belief that We have cannot let ourselves off the such things could ever take place in our hook and plead innocence. The blood lifetime. We have been asleep while the dimmed-tide has been loosed, and our world fell apart around us. naivety drowned in a political revela- It is at this point that I leave the poet/ tion that is almost too much to bear. We prophet to bask in his misery, and bleak must watch while the monster we’ve foretelling, since I think recent world created begins to dominate our lives events should be our ‘call to action’. I in ways we cannot fully comprehend. cannot accept that we are powerless to What Yeats felt was true for his day effect change despite the growing tide is also true for us who must now bear of fascism, financial exploitation and the brunt of the responsibility for dull, political greed. It is never too late to spineless, liberalism. What we thought stand up to the bully. could be controlled will destroy us. The self-satisfying beast who is The center cannot hold; mere anarchy uncaring towards the needs of those is loosed upon the world. We may who have empowered him has to be find ourselves bereft of hope when we confronted at every turn. Every com- 20 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com JANUARY 2017

has been favorably compared to John le Carre’ in the paraphrasing and pacing inquisito- rial dialogue. The crime can only be resolved by hard THE TRESPASSER listening and smart questioning, setting traps through tone and vocabulary. By Tana French While the other detectives push Conway Viking Publishing ISBN 9780670026333 and Moran to arrest Aislinn’s boyfriend fast, 2016 449 pp. there’s a shadowy figure at the end of the

The Trespasser is Tana French’ sixth novel road. Conway is convinced she has seen in a series dubbed as “Dublin Murder Squad Aislinn somewhere before and that leads Book 6”. Unlike many other current crime the investigation away from the boyfriend. writers who have a ‘franchise protagonist’, The eventual explanation of the murder French has a different detective each time. lies far from the failed date-night scenario Those who have read other French books championed by others in Murder HQ. The know that the main character in one book denouement is quiet and deeply sad and is is a background character in another. She less a crime thriller as an analytical study of breaks with this convention in The Tres- the complexities of crime detection. passer, with a second successive case in Once again, Tana French has hit a bullseye which Detectives Antoinette Conway and and I rate The Trespasser as a TOP SHELF Stephen Moran, who investigated the kill- read. ing of a teenage boy within the grounds *Terrence J. Kenneally is an attorney and of an exclusive girls’ private school in The owner of Terrence J. Kenneally & Associates Secret Place, investigate what appears to Co. in Rocky River, Ohio. He represents be a fairly straight forward murder which insureds and insurance companies in insur- follows a lover’s tiff. The victim, Aislinn ance defense litigation throughout the State Murray, blond and beautiful, is found dead of Ohio. He received his Masters Degree in in her apartment and everyone is convinced Irish Studies from John Carroll University her boyfriend did it. However, Conway and and teaches and history at Moran believe there’s more to it. Holy Name High School. He is also the One of French’s strengths as a writer of President of Holy Name High School for crime fiction is her interrogation scenes. She the current year.

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relatives in Ireland than I do the last seven years of my career. Division LAOH. John received here in the United States. I have I maintained the company net- copies of my newsletters and been blessed to visit Ireland three work, web site and went out to invited me to write a column on times in my life. I keep in contact customer clinics and physician the Toledo Irish for the Ohio Irish by Bob Carney with my Irish relatives through offices installing hardware and American News. Facebook, emails and telephone. the company’s medical software. I have been accused by cous- I often think of my father sitting OhIAN: What prompted you ins in Ireland of “ being more Toledo Irish from Port Talbot, Wales in 1928 at the table, writing letter after to write for the OhIAN? Irish than the Irish”. I consider to New York City. They met letter back home. He once said he Maury: When the Ohio Irish that to be a compliment! I hope Columnist Maury through relatives in Toledo and left Ireland with a broken heart, American News first started, my articles generate interest in Collins courted long distance until they knowing he would never see or back in 2007, John O’Brien, Jr. Irish heritage and more activity OhIAN: Welcome to the OhI- were married. speak to his mother or father came to Toledo and I took him among the Toledo Irish com- AN Maury, have you always OhIAN: Can you tell us again. Fortunately, he and my around, introducing him to local munity. been a resident of Toledo? a little of your family life? mother were able to visit Ireland establishment owners. I have OhIAN: Maury Collins was Maury: I was born in Toledo Maury: I am married to Penny a few times and spend time with been active in the Ancient Order just elected President of the Lu- and I have lived here my whole Collins (aka The Saint). We his family during his later years. of Hibernians. I established and cas County (Toledo) Division of life. I am a graduate of Central look forward to celebrating our OhIAN: What did you do profes- maintain a Hibernian Prayer the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Catholic High School and then 50th wedding anniversary on sionally? Request Page at www.prayer- He was installed to his two year attended the University of To- April 15, 2017. We have three Maury: I worked in the medi- requestpage.com. I have written term at the Division Christmas ledo, College of Pharmacy. My children: Moe, Matt and Sarah. cal field selling medical equip- a monthly newsletter for the party Dec. 3,2016 father came from Co. Cork to We are also blessed with nine ment and supplies. I became the Toledo John P. Kelley Division Toledo in 1928. My mother came grandchildren. I have more IT director of my company for AOH and the Mother McAuley

songs around the house while together for about 5 years and other musicians. Midden said she was growing up. then dissolved when Mary’s probably 30 or 40 folks have par- In the spring of 1992, Mary brothers both moved away. ticipated in those slow sessions decided to learn the fiddle. She Bob and Mary formed a band over the last few years. bought a violin from a friend and called Toraigh, Irish for “to seek” As they get more proficient began to teach herself to play or “to search.” This evolved and comfortable, they join in the using books and tapes, learning into a session group, Toraigh an regular monthly sessions held at the traditional Irish style. In the Sonas, which translates to “in Blarney’s, or Logan’s. As many Traditional Irish music is alive family that had grown up meantime, her brother Tim was search of happiness”. “It’s more as 10 musicians can show up to in Toledo and Northwest Ohio, with the traditional having taking an interest in learning to based on a sense of community take the stage. Every session is thanks to a Bowling Green, Ohio been blessed with a father and play the flute. He and Mary were and bringing people together. different. Each venue has its own couple, Bob Midden and Mary mother whose Irish parents soon playing together the simple The tradition isn’t based so much ambiance and who shows up to Dennis. Bob and Mary lead a listen and play all affect the mu- session group called Toraigh sic. A session “is as much a social An Sonas, which is Irish for “in event for the musicians as a per- search of happiness”. Regular formance. Bob hopes that sense of sessions are held at The Blar- camaraderie extends to listeners ney Pub, 601 Monroe St. in as well. “People don’t have to be downtown Toledo, on the first Irish to enjoy the music whether Saturday of the month, and at they’re at the bar or on the stage. Logan’s Irish Pub, 414 S. Main St., You find people all over the world Findlay on the third Wednesday who love this music.” of each month. They also appear In addition to the slow sessions, occasionally at Stone’s Throw in which began December 9th, and Bowling Green. continuing on the second Friday Bob played flute in grade of each month, Mary Dennis school band but gave up playing hosts a “practice” session in her when the high school he attend- home. Mary said; “The idea is to ed had no band or formal music create a welcoming atmosphere performance instruction. He that truly represents what tra- resumed playing after earning instilled in them a love of the melody lines of old Irish ballads. on performance as much as an ditional Irish music is all about; his PhD in biochemistry in 1980 art, the life, and the people of Pretty soon their older brother entertaining yourself. It rose a session in which all folks are in Baltimore, MD. He played traditional Ireland. Patrick joined in as well, backing from people entertaining each welcome to play at any tempo only with church groups but Mary Dennis started out them up on his guitar. other based on what they could that they choose, repeating the was searching for what he would playing piano as a youngster, The group worked in earnest do,” said Bob. tunes many times over so that call his “musical soul” until 1992, but as she grew older her in- over the following months, often When Bob and Mary found people can have lots of practice when he met an Irish-American terests shifted. In high school rehearsing 5 or 6 times each week, fewer musicians interested in learning new tunes”. family that had recently formed she taught herself to play the and by the time St Patrick’s Day playing traditional Irish music, If you would like more infor- an Irish music group, Paddy’s guitar after watching both of 1993 rolled around, they had they decided to act. They started mation about joining Toraigh Night Out. Bob’s training into her brothers learn, playing developed a full repertoire and teaching others to play. They An Sonas or about their sessions, the tradition Irish music was mostly folk music jamming added another band member, held “slow sessions” so those Contact Bob Midden bobmid- initially learned from the Den- with friends. Mary had lis- Bob Midden on bass. Paddy’s who only know a few tunes [email protected] or Mary Dennis nis family in Bowling Green, a tened to her Dad sing Irish Night out continued to perform could get a chance to play with [email protected]. 22 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com JANUARY 2017

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celebrated at the 11 am Mass at St. Patrick’s Medina Hibernians are sponsoring a Bus Trip to Brewer- West Park on Sunday January 23. The Break- ies in the Medina and Akron areas. Anticipated cost is fast will follow immediately in the Parish’s $55;all profits to be donated to Regina Health Care. For Thorpe Hall. For more information, please more information, please call Ray Schulte 216-318-6896 call President Donna Leary 216-688-1898 or or email [email protected] email [email protected]. As we start out a new year, everyone should have as The motto of the Hibernians is Friendship, one of their goals to give of themselves to others and Unity and Christian Charity. Our Lady of you will indeed be the winner. the Rosary Division just celebrated their 70th Anniversary, with a mass, dinner and Service and Dedication a short program of remembering all the friendships formed and the charitable contributions made during these past 70 years. The contributions to local charities are too many to name. On the National Level our charities include the Columban Fathers and Sisters, Project St. Patrick and SOAR (Save Our Aged Religious). As a Catholic organization, the Hi- bernians have always held a special Every Thursday is Irish Night 7 – 10pm relationship with the Clergy and those in Religious life. These men and women Open Seisiún – have dedicated their lives in service Traditional musicians of all ages welcome! to our Church. I would like to share $ Teresa Kowalski, Marilyn Madigan & Maire Leffel an event sponsored by the Medina 3 Guinness & Jameson on Thursday Nights Hibernians that will benefit Regina Come enjoy our patio, Health Care facility, who ministers to Every January, the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians our local retired Clergy, Religious Sisters and Brothers. expanded wine selection and new dinner menu! host their Annual St. Brigid’s Day Mass and Breakfast. Save the Date: Saturday March 4. Come out and make 16719 Detroit Ave. Lakewood, OH 44107 St. Brigid is the Patron Saint of their organization. This new friends and support Our Own Aged Religious. The is also the start of Cleveland’s St. Patrick’s Day Season. At this event, the United Irish Societies Honorees are in- troduced and recognized for their service and dedication to the Irish Community of Cleveland. Congratulations to the 2017 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Honorees: Grand Marshal Roger Weist, Irish Mother Angela Murphy, Co- Chairs John Lackey and Margaret Lynch. The highlight of the breakfast is the announcement of the Hibernian of the Year. Congratulations Maire Kilbane Leffel! Maire is a very dedicated member of the Our Lady of the Rosary Division. She is the daughter of the late Farrell and Mary Kilbane. Her mother Mary was a past Mother of the Year. Maire and her husband Denny are the proud parents of Elizabeth, Dan, and Therese and grandparents of William. She was raised in the West Park area of Cleveland. Maire attended St. Patrick Grade School and St. Augustine Academy and has been a Parishioner of St. Patrick West Park for most of her life. Maire has served the Hibernians as Division President. She currently serves as the Division Treasurer, Ohio State Degree Team Co-Director and State Freedom for All Ireland Chair. Maire serves as a Delegate to the United Irish Societies for the Gaelic Society. She is very proud of her Irish Heritage. Maire danced as a child and continue as an adult with the Gaelic So- ciety and the O’Leary Manning School. She passed the love of Irish dancing to her daughters, who also danced with the O’Leary Manning School. She is also a lover of Irish sports, playing camogie with the Emerald Camogie Team and cheering on local Gaelic Football teams as well as the Mayo team. For the past few years, Maire has been very active in the planning of the Hibernians St. Brigid and St. Pat- rick’s Day events. Now it is time for her to sit back and enjoy the festivities. Please come and support all those being honored this year. St. Brigid’s Day Mass will be Mayo- The Jewel of the West & Belfast with Stay at the deluxe Dromoland Gerry Quinn & Colleen Day Castle Hotel!!! Special Guest Robin Swoboda

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