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and the fallout from Ireland’s boom and bust permeates the book. “Night of the Silver Fox” promises potential for joy for na- ïve teenage worker, Gerard, but a late night visit with his bump- tious employer to the owner of a debt-ridden mink farm and his Dinosaurs from a conversation in the last daughter ends in a cold-hearted story of the book where a child transaction he could not have on Other Planets speculates that if dinosaurs imagined. By Danielle McLaughlin were made extinct after a me- As acclaimed Irish author Random House ISBN 978-0- teor hit earth there could still be Anne Enright says of the book on 8129-9842-9 240 pp 2016 dinosaurs on other planets (this the back cover, “This is not a de- Off the Shelf recently reviewed particular story was originally but in the usual sense, a promise books by two new Irish writ- published in The New Yorker, of greater things to come. There ers who have achieved wide- spread critical success. The books, Young Skins by Colin Barrett and Academy Street by Mary Costello, are indicative of new Irish writing which is captur- ing the attention of readers on both sides of the Atlantic. This month’s selection is in the same writing vein. Winner of several prestigious writing competitions, such as the William Trevor/ Elizabeth Bowen International Short Story Competition and the Merriman Short Story Competition, Dani- September 15, 2014). is no need to ask what Danielle elle McLaughlin’s debut col- “All About Alice” is a Trevor- McLaughlin will do next- she has lection deals like story about a woman, Alice, done it already”. I rate this book primarily with who lives with her father. When a TOP SHELF read. psychologi- her father goes to West Cork for cal alienation, a week, she suddenly, “has a **Terrence J. Kenneally is an at- and the deso- whole week stretched in front torney and owner of the Kenneally late upheaval of her: a wild west of freedom, Law Firm in Rocky River, Ohio. of humans in waiting for the charge of Alice’s Mr. Kenneally defends insureds crisis. wagon.” and insurance companies in insur- The major- Other stories include a young ance defense law suits throughout ity of the sto- husband commutes a treacher- the State of Ohio. He received is ries are set in ous route to his job in the city, Master’s Degree from John Carroll small towns fearful for the wife and small University in Irish Studies and and rural areas, daughter he has left behind; and teaches Irish history and literature from Cork to a mother struggling to under- at Holy Name High School. Mr. Donegal, to the stand her nine-year-old son’s Kenneally is the President of Holy Midlands. The obsession with dead birds, and Name High School for the 2016-17 title story is a the apocalypse. school year. He may be reached at phrase taken The pervasive undercurrent [email protected]. Thank You for advertising in The Ohio Irish American News. I am patronizing your business because of it! Please Cut Out and present it the next time you patronize one of our advertisers OCTOBER 2016 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 3

Editor’s Corner different results. More of the ing Irish, but volunteering at “Follow me where I go, what I do and who I know; same, is simply known as in- other events, meeting new O’Bent Enterprises includes: sanity. “You’re on fire stupid”. people and creating an Irish www.twitter.com/jobjr Locally, the election is just speaking community full of facebook.com/OhioIrishAmericanNews as important, as federal, state fun and experiences, right linkedin.com/in/jobjr/ http://songsandstories.net/myblog/feed/ and local elections will shape here in Cleveland, 3,000 miles our communities. Don’t Boo, from Eire. Vote, is not a cliché without So much to see; so much to deep and lasting meaning. do this month. The summer has John O’Brien, Jr. If you are unsure of how to gone, the fall is full of chances cut through the noise, sites to broaden and brighten our It’s October. The political like judge4yourself.com are world, in full blazing, glorious Congratulations to John & season is about to end, at least excellent, unbiased looks and color. Hope to see you at the Al Eileen Lackey, celebrating their for a little while. Though it recommendations for the best O’Leary Hurling Tournament 50th Wedding Anniversary is part of what I do for a liv- candidates, irrespective of any on Saturday the 1st; the James (Pictured right) ing, the animosity, the way criteria besides doing a good Kilbane and Batt Burns show at too broad expectation that the job. Not voting is not a protest, the @WSIA on October 8th, The Congratulations to Erin world should revolve around it is abdication. Mayo Ball on the 15th; Tommy Conway Houghton and Mark you, not you evolve around the Have you enrolled in Speak Fleming @ MusicBoxCLE on Houghton, celebrating their 25th world, has dimmed my faith Irish Cleveland yet? The first October 20th … the list goes on Wedding Anniversary. and hope. of the 10 week sessions starts and on, and is filled with great If we want better candidates, Tuesday October 4th. All lev- music and great events. Check we have to offer the candidates els are welcome, and will find out the Out & About Ohio sec- a better chance of making a dif- great opportunity to learn a tion within and the Coming ference. Gridlocked America little or a lot. The class closes Next Month feature for even is a direct result of gridlocked to new students after the 2nd, more. Your ripples reach far, Washington … the sense of October 11th class. Itis not too if you stand by me. injustice rises and the patience late; this is the invite you have Go dtí an mhí seo chugainn, wanes into defeatism. Only by been asking for. See the ad on slán a fhágáil choosing different actions. Peo- page 12 to join a fun, engaged (Until next month, goodbye) ianohio.com ple, processes can we expect group, who are not only learn- John

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1 October 1761 - The first major out- Nobel Prize for Peace. break of violence by the “Whiteboys” 14 October 1885 - Eamon de Valera, begins in Co. Tipperary. The Whiteboys nationalist campaigner, Fianna Fail leader, OCTOBER 2016 Vol. 10 Issue 10 were a secret Irish agrarian organization Taoiseach, and president of Ireland, is that used violent tactics to defend tenant born in Brooklyn, New York. Publishers John O’Brien Jr. / Cliff Carlson farmer’s rights for subsistence farming. 16 October 1890 - Michael Collins is Editor John O’Brien Jr. 2 October 1852 - Birth of William born in Clonakilty, Co. Cork. Layout & Website- O’Brien, Irish Party MP, associated with 19 October 1745 - Death of Jonathan Cathy Curry Carlson campaigns for land reform which would Swift, author and poet, known for force landlords to reduce exorbitant rents. Gulliver’s Travels. Columnists 7 October 1910 - Henry McIlhenny, 22 October 1641 - The start of the Behind the Hedge- John O’Brien, Jr. art collector and philanthropist, who in Ulster Rebellion, when rebel Catholics Blowin’ In- Susan Mangan Gaelic Imports 1979 donated his Donegal estate, which surprised Protestant settlers, massacring 5633 Pearl Rd. Cleveland Irish- Francis McGarry operates as Glenveigh National Park, to large numbers. Crossword Puzzle- Linda Fulton Burke Parma, OH 44129 the Irish State, was born in Philadelphia. 29 October 1816 - Death of Arthur Don’t Forget Us-Lisa O’Rourke 440-845-0100 8 October 1974 - Sean McBride became O’Neill, Last of the Itinerant Harpers. Growing up Irish- Maureen Ginley fax 440-845-0102 the first Irish citizen to be awarded the Illuminations- J. Michael Finn 800-450-2725 Inner View- John O’Brien Jr 
 

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Global Autism Project has on students coming level I never experienced. I became a to the center. better behavioral therapist and a better Local Ambassador In one of the most populated human being. Heads to Nicaragua cities in the world, Hi5 is one My experience with The Global Autism by Tara Quinn of the only centers that provide Project will continue; I am so grateful I I first traveled with the Global Autism services for children with autism. have been accepted to travel to Nicaragua Project in March 2016. I was able to be a Children who had no services are in February 2017. Nicaragua is the newest part of an incredible team that traveled now being provided with an op- center the Project is working with. The to Jakarta, Indonesia to participate in portunity to learn, communicate center there has the only BCBA in the continuous training at a center for chil- and socialize with family and country. They are the first center to be dren with autism, called Hi5. The Global others in the community. Your able to accept insurance and are in im- Autism project partners with centers in donations provide that. mediate need of staff training. different countries to address the needs The teachers and therapist there The Global Autism Project has played of children with autism by providing are so hard working; they want to a huge roll in this center starting up. training to staff, parents, and caregivers. learn as much as possible from Should you support me, your donation The Project also takes on cultural hu- Tara Quinn the team that volunteers their will help so many children that other- mility in order to tackle pressing commu- (above) time to spend two weeks training wise would never have the chance to nity issues, like awareness and advocacy. the staff. A woman named Shinta reach their potential. I have faith that They are committed to sustainability. happens. And so she raised the $5,000 runs the center. She is one of the most the community around me will support They are honest, transparent, and and headed to India. And two years later, wonderful human beings I’ve ever met. this Project. If I am supposed to be there, determined. It is what makes the Global with the help of so many, $5,000 was She doesn’t stop, she pushes through it will happen. Autism Project stand out from the crowd. raised and off to Indonesia I went. My barriers and has given so much of herself If you want to be a part of the magic My experience with the Project started life was changed. In feeding others, we to help this kids. Shinta and the staff that the Global Autism Project spreads, when I first heard a co-worker talking feed ourselves. crave the knowledge and experience we please consider donating to my crow- about raising $5,000 so she could be on While in Jakarta we worked at Hi5. We bring. They want to improve and develop drise page:https://www.crowdrise.com/ the team going to India to train teachers. worked closely with staff on supervi- their centers so they can best serve chil- skillcorps-nicaragua-february-2017/ I doubted she could do it; $5,000 is a lot sion training, implementing checklists dren with autism in their area. fundraiser/taraquinn of money, a lot! with regards to social skills, and parent The opportunity to be of service on For more information on the Global But the wiser I get, the more I see that training presentations. I saw firsthand that scale and to be a part of something Autism Project head to: http://globalau- if we are supposed to be somewhere, it the profound affects the Global Autism much bigger than I, fed my soul on a tismproject.org/ RE-ELECT JOAN SYNENBERG Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

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Irish Neurologist: we can better understand the have gone on and succeeded in biology of the gene. their careers. I have been very 3 ALS Discoveries “Kevin is working in John lucky with the young people By David McDonell Landers’ lab in Boston. He is that have come to work with me. looking at cells that have the “Brian Trainor was my first Earlier this year, the discov- NEK1 mutation and looking to student who came to work ery of the gene NEK1 became see if we can normalise the effect with me and he now works worldwide news, as it was a of the disrupted gene. It is an in the US. He was very smart, direct consequence of fund- important finding. Even though the same with Matt Greenway, ing raised by the social media it is a relatively small number who works in Canada now. We craze of 2015 that was the ALS of people with the gene (3%), it would love to get some of those Ice-Bucket Challenge. It was opens up a new area where we people back, but I suppose it uncovered by leading Irish sci- can attack in order to find new doesn’t really matter from a entist Kevin Kenna, along disease point of view where with his wife Aoife and people work. his brother Brendan, at “Kevin’s story is quite an the University of Massa- interesting story. Kevin’s chusetts. mother was my patient. She This discovery revealed had Motor Neuron Disease. that the NEK1 gene is pres- I looked after her and I re- ent in 3% of people who member her very well. are diagnosed with Motor “Then back in 2011, a suc- Neuron Disease. For Irish cessful Alzheimer scientist neurologist Orla Hardi- in UCD called Dominic man, who is currently the Orla Walsh rang me up one day Academic Director of the Hardiman and said; ‘I have a really Biomedical Sciences In- clever young man called stitute at Trinity College Kevin Kenna. He has been Dublin, this find was par- doing fantastic work and ticularly pleasing, as it was the treatments.” he is going to get a first class third time one of her former Orla Hardiman began study- honours on an absolutely terrific students has discovered a gene ing neurology in the 1980s and project , but his heart is in motor involved with ALS/Motor Neu- she trained at Harvard before neuron disease and asked me ron Disease. working at Bob Browne’s labo- would I give him a job?’ In 2006, Hardiman’s PhD ratory at Harvard. She came “So I met Kevin and I decided student Matt Greenway found back to Ireland and became the to take him on based on the a faulty gene named ANG, 11th neurologist appointed in recommendation that Dominic which contributes to less than the country. She set up clinics Walsh gave me and he has just 1% of ALS suffers, in addition with multidisciplinary teams of flown like a bullet in terms of the to sufferers of Parkinson’s Dis- specialists for diseases includ- quality of work that he is doing. ease, while in 2011, her former ing Motor Neuron Disease in So Kevin did his PhD under my student Brian Trainor, discov- the 1990s. She has been working supervision and on the basis ered the gene C9ORS72, which at Trinity College Dublin since of his work and his abilities, I accounted for 10% of Motor 2007 and Orla is very proud on introduced him to John Land- Neuron Disease sufferers of having three of her former stu- ers. John snapped him up and European extraction around dents making leading discover- Kevin has become invaluable the world. ies in their field. to that lab in the University of However it was Kevin Ken- “I was able to spot talent very Massachusetts. He is a superb na’s breakthrough that received early, and it is great having scientist and brings a lot to the enhanced media coverage, as picked the right people, who field.” his find was a result of money raised by the Ice-Bucket Chal- lenge that became a viral craze The Irish in Action in 2015. The discovery of genes Are you running for an elective office? with direct links to ALS opens up pathways for scientific re- There are over 1.4 million people of search as well as allowing sci- Irish descent in Ohio; entists, through gene therapy, to insert a genetic code to turn off 475,000 in Greater Cleveland; 175,00 in Cuyahoga faulty genes and slow down the County: Want to reach them? Advertise in the effects of the disease. Hardiman explains: “When Ohio Irish American News Cleveland, and throughout Ohio. you find a gene like NEK1, it opens up a whole new land- 216.647.1144 scape of possible treatments. It also opens up a new area so that 8 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com OCTOBER 2016

nis player. Last year he ranked 367th in take on able-bodied kids at the tennis the world, but since has climbed steadily club as their shots are more comparable to currently occupy the 84th position in to the trajectory of a shot from a wheel- the International Tennis Federation (ITF) chair tennis player. rankings. This is significant progress Garreth funds all his own competi- and what makes Garreth’s development tions, and so far this year, he has played all the more remarkable is that he has tournaments in Italy, the Czech Republic, achieved this without any institutional Switzerland and in the UK, in the hope funding from Paralympics Ireland or of qualifying for Rio. Although, reaching Heroes Aplenty ity of recognition the sprinting pair are Tennis Ireland. the Paralympics in Rio was his long- in Para-Sports poles apart. Four years term goal, this In a lot of ways, this is a pertinent ago, Gar- did not come to For those of the sporting persuasion, example of how under-represented para- reth played fruition. How- the names of Usain Bolt and Oscar Pre- athletes are in the media and consequen- wheelchair ever, he has al- torius are well-known monikers. Of this tially in our sporting consciousness. In tennis as a ready stated his there is little doubt. para-sports, there are many of the same hobby. How- intention to get However, I don’t know what, if any- sporting dramas and rivalries that exist ever, he then inside the top thing, the name Jason Smyth means to in able-bodied sports and yet, because of went to the 40 and qualify sporting people, especially those of you a lighter shade of spotlight, many of these London automatically who reside outside of Ireland. If you sporting gems barely get a mention. Most Paralympics for the Games can’t place the name, I’ll put you out of people don’t know that Jason, who has in 2012, the in Tokyo in 2020. your misery. a severe eye impairment, has competed event that He also hopes Jason Smyth is an Irishman and the for many years on the able-bodied Irish went on to to grow the fastest Paralympian the world has ever sprint teams. dramatically game in Ireland seen. Last month he won Gold in the Garreth Greene - If you haven’t heard change his by setting up 100m sprint at Paralympics in Rio (T13 of Jason Smyth, then there is little chance life. Gar- camps to intro- Classification), which matched his previ- you will have heard of Garreth Greene, reth’s has duce younger ous wins in the 100m and 200m at both an Irish sports personality of whom most been in a players to the the Beijing and London Paralympics in commentators at home would struggle wheelchair sport. 2008 and 2012 respectively. His achieve- to locate on the sporting spectrum.This since he was Here is a link ments mirrored Bolt‘s last three Olympics is his story. a child after he was diagnosed with to a short documentary about Garreth performances, yet in terms of an equal- Garreth is Ireland only wheelchair ten- chrondo dysplasia in his legs. He played entitled ‘A Sporting Parable.’ (http://bit. wheelchair basketball competitively in ly/28WD14Y) his teens and it was much later that he Lesson - There is a lesson to be learned. started playing wheelchair tennis. In a time when football stars of various Garreth went to the London Para- codes compare multi-million dollar con- lympics as a communications volunteer, tracts and vie for the most economically where he helped with the social media enriching endorsements, it is refreshing feeds at some events. Earlier this year, he to come across someone who competes confided to me that before he went, he at their sport for sporting reasons even felt he had seen everything para-sports at financial cost to themselves. had to offer. It is to our shame that somewhere However, the Paralympics was para- among the television contacts, these sport competition at a level Garreth pioneers of para-sports get left at the didn’t comprehend, and within weeks sporting wayside. I watched more events of coming home, he decided to pack at the Paralympics this year in Rio than in his full time job to become Ireland’s I ever had before, and I enjoyed hear- only representative on the professional ing the narratives from the losing and wheelchair tennis circuit. It also became winning competitors even more so than his sporting goal to compete at the Para- the Olympics. It was sport at its most lympics in Rio. untainted and it was soul nourishing to These days sees Garreth working as a witness. graphic designer at the Irish Wheelchair It is a pity that for two weeks every four Association on Mondays, Wednesdays years, a little sporting gaze gets briefly and Fridays of non-competition weeks. cast in the direction of para-sports for He trains before and after work at the so fleeting a time. It is undoubtedly to Westwood Tennis Club in Clontarf. On our loss. Tuesdays and Thursdays he spends six hours training on the courts with his ten- nis coach Natasha, in addition to strength and conditioning work in the gym. For game practice he doesn’t have other wheelchair tennis players to hit with, so sometimes his friend Justin, who is a qualified tennis coach, will sit into a chair and compete. Other times he will OCTOBER 2016 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 9

held at the Chicago Coliseum. In Cohalan was a member of Clan lish government as the absolute 1908, 10,000 quarts of champagne na Gael as well as the Friends of abjuration of the Irish question by and 30,000 quarts of beer were Irish Freedom. American politics. It became the consumed at the Ball. Hinky He used his experience and neoteric catalyst for the launch- Dink called it a “lollapalooza.” clout to ensure the inclusion of ing of the saturnalia of slaughter Less than a year after the riots, Irish independence on the 1920 and devastation at the hands of the Chicago Coliseum hosted the Republican platform in 1920, Churchill’s Black and Tans. In The Battle to vote to women, the total popu- Republican National Conven- or so he thought. Judge Coha- July of 1920, six unarmed Vol- for Ohio lar vote enlarged considerably, tion. Same Coliseum, perhaps lan strongly opposed President unteers were detained in Cork. from 18.5 million in 1916 to 26.8 less drunken debauchery. Irish- Woodrow Wilson’s League of The Black and Tans “cut out the In the late 1880s, the populace million in 1920. Americans had worked hard to Nations, considering that the tongue of one, the nose of another, of northwestern Ohio lobbied for It was over seventy years since ensure Ireland was a part of the Irish Republic had been shut out the heart of another, and battered a regional university to meet the Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia 1920 election. at the Paris Peace Conference in in the skull of a forth.” demand for quality education Mott organized the first national Irish American leaders had al- 1919. Wilson would not cower to For further reading please and educators. The Ohio General convention in Seneca Falls for ready negotiated and secured the the pressure of Irish America nor see: America and the Fight for Assembly authorized Governor the women’s rights movement. adoption an article containing the Daniel Cohalan. Irish Freedom, 1866-1922 by Judson Harmon to commence Mott was a Quaker. They don’t acknowledgement of Ireland’s The British government main- Charles Callan Tansill; De Valera the process of establishing two drink so much. Warren G. won 37 right to absolute independence. tained a temporary reprieve of in America, the Rebel President new Ohio universities, one in states and enjoyed a four-to-one All that work was undermined state inflicted violence in Ireland and the Making of Irish Indepen- the northwest and one in the spending advantage. by another Irish American. Presi- in the early summer of 1920 as to dence, by Dave Hannigan; Paddy northeast. The election wasn’t even close. dent de Valera rushed to the con- ascertain the disposition of the Whacked, the Untold Story of the Kent, Ohio, was chosen for the He passed away in 1923 while vention in Chicago and insisted newly elected in America. De American Gangster, by TJ English northeastern university of Kent in San Francisco. If you make the Republican platform include Valera’s debacle in Chicago was and The History of Tammany State, the alma mater of John it there, try the Little Shamrock. the official recognition of the Irish instantly construed by the Eng- Hall by Gustavus Myers. Kane. Bowling Green edged Established in the 1890s, it con- Republic. Van Wert as the location of the tinued to serve booze during De Valera was adamant and northwestern university, due to Prohibition. forced a committee vote on his the excessive number of saloons On July 27th, 1919, Chicago resolution. It garnered one vote. in Van Wert, some seven years was the site of major racial con- The independence article was before the Volstead Act and eight flict, perhaps the worst of the adopted by the committee. De years before the election of 1920. 25 race riots across the county Valera denounced it as unac- The 34th presidential election that summer, the Red Summer. ceptable, and with his help it was held in 1920. Woodrow Thirty-eight people died and was defeated. When all was said Wilson declined a third go of it, five hundred were injured in and done, there was no mention having a stroke in 1919. Teddy eight days. of Ireland in the Republican Roosevelt had a by chance at the The Great Migration, of war platform. nomination, but passed away in veterans, competitive labor and Boss Murphy led the transition 1919. Two newspaper publishers housing markets on the South of Tammany Hall to respectabil- won their party’s nomination. Side began. The Irish were there. ity and to its role as a champion The Republican nominee was Future mayor Richard Daley of workers’ rights. He is the basis Warren G. Harding. The G was was there, first generation Irish for political boss Jim Gettys in for Gamaliel. Gamaliel was a from County Wexford. He was Citizen Kane. In real life, Boss Pharisee, a teacher of the law and an active member of the Irish Murphy was a political ally of respected by all the people, ac- “Hamburg Athletic Club.” It was William Randolph Hearst until cording to Acts 5:34. The Demo- clubs like the Ragen’s Colts and Hearst ran for the mayor of New cratic nominee was James M. the Hamburg Athletic Club that York in 1905. Hearst utilized his Cox, whose running mate was controlled the Bridgeport neigh- newspapers to pressure Wood- Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The borhood of Chicago. It was to row Wilson to send 5,000 troops M was for Middleton, a very rare clubs like these that some of the to Mexico under the command blended Irish whiskey. violence was attributed in 1919. of General John J. Pershing. The Yet, Cox was a supporter of the Bridgeport was the home of the expedition was attempting to Volstead Act, which was vetoed first Chicago area chapter of Clan capture Pancho Villa, a venture by Wilson 25 days after his stroke. na Gael, established in 1869. in which they had no success. It It became law on October 28th, The Irish had been on the South was, however, the US Army’s 1919. There is no evidence Cox Side for a while. They had been first use of airplanes in military campaigned in Van Wert. He there since the days of Michael operations, a footnote to the was born near Jacksonburg in “Hinky Dink” Kenna and “Bath- Mexican Revolution. Butler County, Ohio. Warren house John” Coughlin. Kenna A year before the Chicago Gamaliel Harding was born in and Coughlin were elected alder- Convention, Cohalan broke Blooming Grove, Ohio. Neither men who controlled all things with Éamon de Valera and Irish candidate went to Kent State or official and extraofficial on the American leader Joseph McGar- Bowling Green. near south side for decades. rity in late 1919. It was not his This election was the first since They were famous for the First first rodeo; he had been a close the ratification of the Nineteenth Ward Ball. It was infamous for associate of John Devoy and as- Amendment on August 18, 1920. drunken debauchery. The Ball sisted in raising funds for the Eas- As a result of extending the right had become grand enough to be ter Rising and Roger Casement. 10 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com OCTOBER 2016

to understand the motives and inclusion as the front man was years after the Strikes, why was View the drive behind it. With Brendan a peculiar decision but an occa- a more rigorous investigation of Byrne’s recently released film, sionally invigorating one. the consequences of the Hunger From Ireland Bobby Sands: 66 Days, we now Not everything works so well. Strikes not undertaken? True, have a feature documentary that In textual side-glances we are there is scant support today for By Maurice Fitzpatrick forms an intriguing companion told rather self-evident factoids diehardism but the fact remains to McQueen’s drama. like Ireland was for a long time that the ultimate political objec- The film benefits hugely from governed by Britain. As a history tive of the Hunger Strikers, a A Fast core plot points of the Northern the BBC’s wealth of archive. lesson is that not rather feeble? United Ireland, was not achieved, Irish struggle: the decision by Much of the archive used will be Also, Father Seán McManus’ and that fact is the great unmen- Unto Death incarcerated Republicans to fast unfamiliar to even the most in- acerbic tones are countervailed tioned here. Hardly eight years have passed unto death, if necessary, in Long veterate documentary viewer; its by Irish Ambassador Seán Don- Sands’ election in absentia to since Steven McQueen gave the Kesh Prison. As galling as a por- vividness and pervasiveness in lon—two people whose missions Westminster Parliament during world in his film, Hunger, an in- trait of such an act is, there never- this documentary helps to com- in Washington DC during the his hunger strike was a coup for, escapable depiction of one of the theless persists a restless curiosity pensate for the fact that Sands Hunger Strikes were in direct and a central milestone in, the was a relatively unknown figure opposition to each other. But the rise of Sinn Féin. But a little less when he entered Long Kesh— pressure exerted on US Congress- party politics and more deeper very little archive of Sands him- men who represented heavily political enquiry would have self is extant. Irish constituencies is unexplored, been welcome. Sands and his Visually, this documentary is despite the fact that the politi- cohorts’ extraordinary courage at times wondrous: presented al- cisation of the grassroots in the in facing death signified an ab- most from beginning to end with US was a big consequence of the solute determination to achieve a grainy, filmic finish; the mixture Hunger Strikes. rights. The Strikers demanded of animation with photography As is evident from Sands’ Pris- political status rights in prison and archive is superbly well on Diary and his poem, “The and their right to assert a United achieved. Solid media research Rhythm Of Time”, Sands em- Ireland of all the people on the complements the beautiful im- bodied diehard resilience. We island of Ireland. Sands and the ages: that the British and US learn early in this documentary other nine Strikers who fasted media covered Sands’ protest so that that resilience sprang in onto death had a clear goal, and extensively is unsurprising, but it part from the will of his parents the IRA leadership settled for was news to me that, for example, to encourage violent resistance less. Yeats’ famous lines from Russian newspapers gave such against the occupying British ‘Easter 1916’, “was it needless coverage to Sands’ protest and Army’s barbaric harassment of death after all?” come to mind death. Belfast Catholics at the outbreak in recalling their sacrifice. The rostrum of participants of the Troubles. Scenes here of At the same time as the Hunger is unconventional. Granted, a the Strikers’ families, principally Strikes a newly formed theatre slew of Sinn Féin and IRA com- their sisters and mothers, is har- company based in Derry, Field rades appear as do a predictable rowing. Yet in searing footage Day, headed by Brian Friel and retinue of writers and journal- filmed in the closing days of his Stephen Rea, determined that ists. But the presence of so many life, Sands’ mother made the they would insert themselves American contributors is quite simple plea that her son’s death into the political crisis in the surprising, given that they had should not beget more violence. North of Ireland. Tellingly, they only the most tangential connec- Byrne and his collaborator produced a version of Sophocles’ tion (or none) to Sands’ Hunger Trevor Birney have in the past timeless masterpiece, Antigone, Strike. They are a fresh alterna- made films (witness The Dock- partly in response to the scenes tive to a tiresome reaching for lands Bomb: Executing Peace) of Long Kesh—its walls pasted phoney “balance” and on the using the device of a countdown. with excrement, its naked and other handism in documentaries. This device, applied to the case starving protestors’ descent into Journalist Fintan O’Toole is so of Sands, is problematic: his hell found in an Ancient Greek extensive in this documentary fate is so widely known that play an almost perfect parallel. that one is tempted to describe surely placing a greater em- The point being: Irish-speaking, him as its protagonist. While phasis on his legacy would be poetry-writing, story-telling, his- O’Toole had a role as analyst in more intriguing? In a historical tory-reading prisoners created a the Hunger Strikes period, his documentary made thirty-five climate of self-examination and enlightenment, and it was that mindset that enabled an end to the vicious conflict in Northern Ireland. The Hunger Strikes, like so much else that occurred in the North, seems now to have been a process towards that central discovery. But was it needless death after all? Brendan Byrne’s Bobby Sands: 66 Days is on general release in Ireland. OCTOBER 2016 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 11

line the question of the second we are in danger of pushing amendment because they fear ourselves over the brink. Each Terry From Derry the wrath of the NRA. year we hear of the ice glaciers Donald Trump’s clichéd ‘let’s melting, rising sea levels, and by Terry Boyle make America great again’ rings disaster at our doorstep without hollow when it comes from blinking an eye. We are slum- someone who alienates mi- bering through the apocalypse being killed, execution style, norities, and offers a quick fix without realizing it. Wake Up Call by gang members, or innocent to problems he cannot even Will there ever be a ‘wake up I don’t know how many times school children gunned down by comprehend. call’? Or will we hit the alarm I’ve heard the expression, ‘I’ve a mentally unstable individual, If America is to become great and roll over and go back to had a real wake up call’. Sud- or home grown terrorists who, again, then it needs to get rid of sleep? denly someone has had that one with the blessing of Uncle Sam, the outdated, destructive, and memorable event that wakes are provided the means to kill corrosive second amendment. him or her from the slumber they off decent, honourable, citizens? Make the country a safer place, found themselves in. Sometimes I have watched what violence so that we can wake up from the effect is tangible, a change can do to a society. People are the murderous nightmare that of lifestyle, a change of job or forced to live in fear of their has become commonplace, and location etc. neighbours. A simply disagree- unacceptable to any civilized At other times, it goes no fur- ment can easily escalate into a society. ther than a dead end. Nothing murder, when in a fit of anger It seems we human beings changes, there are no significant a gun is reached for. The easy are prone to being destructive, differences made, and the slum- acquisition of weapons is not a without ever thinking about the bering one continues to live in a deterrent, it is recipe for disaster. consequences. We are caught destructive cycle. The second amendment has in a cycle of abusing the very In this year alone, there have not guaranteed the freedom of planet that we call home. We been almost 500 killings in Chi- its citizens. It has forced many to have for years heard the calls to cago. We have outstripped New fear for their lives. Gang mem- change our ways or pay the price, York City and Los Angeles when bers terrorize their neighour- and yet it seems as if the call for it comes to murder rates. The hoods, teachers fear the wrath change has hardly registered. blame finger is of course pointed of a disgruntled student, and a We are as loathed to changing in all the usual directions but simple brawl can turn fatal very our environmental policies as nothing fundamentally changes. quickly. The fear factor rules we are gun laws, even though The root cause, the gun laws, re- our lives when weapons are so mains unchanged. No one wants readily available. to deal with how easy it is to get Donald Trump claims that possession of guns. he can fix Chicago’s problems rish M I’ve lived in this country for in a week, which makes me L I u over a decade, and I’m still wonder if his solution is to ive sic! amazed at the lax laws concern- fight fire with fire. Whenever a ing guns. There is much that businessman meddles in affairs I love about this country, and that are outside his comprehen- there’s much to be proud about, sion, the effect is laughable. Will but the ‘right to bear arms’ is he approach gang members not one of them. It seems that individually and fire each one even the continuous racking respectively? His comments up of fatalities is not enough to undermine the already strug- persuade the general public that gling law enforcement, and hold something needs to be done. We no real weight, since he cannot want to sleep in the past, guard- substantiate his claims with any ing some archaic, outdated sec- viable solution. ond amendment that continues What we need, here in Chicago, Hours: to keep us in an abusive relation- and in the country at large, are Mon-Wed ship with gun possession. those politicians who care about How many people need to causes and not simply their ef- 11am-Midnight 414 South Main St. die in order for us to ‘wake up’? fects. 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crumbling parts of the outer walls and they also give a better feel for what the Abbey was like originally. Just outside of the town is Forest Park. For- est Park in its current state started life as an English landlord’s estate. It was owned by the King family. Their former house, King House Lough Key is open for tours and worth a visit. It is one of Boyle Alert the few English houses that survived the Rising in the West. The unique grounds were landscaped and designed as a It seems that I have had Boyle on my mind lately. Not the park-like setting by the architect John Nash. He designed “Boil, boil, toil and trouble” one, but the pokey rural town Regent’s Park in London, among other things. Nash is in the West of Ireland one. Looking up the background on responsible for the whimsical feel of the estate and some a song a while back, I was sure that a story was one that I of the things in it, like the Fairy Bridge, “folly” castle and had heard involving King House in Boyle, but more about Wishing Chair. that later. The lands were donated to the locals when times changed Then, the actor Chris O’Dowd seems to be on both on in the last century. The trees in the park are themselves television and film screens. He is Boyle’s current hometown amazing; many giant, monkey-limbed old cedars. Lough linked to Ireland. hero who went off to Hollywood to find fame and fortune. Key sits in the middle of Forest Park. You can take a boat Still, she was well-liked locally and professionally. Chris Boyle has become a something of a hot spot in Ireland, trip around Lough Key and see the many little islands that O’Dowd seems to share her appeal. A portrait of his Moone and it isn’t all about the ironic town’s “boil alert” which was are in the lough. Boy character is on the town signage, just in case anyone removed last year. The local water was plagued by a by- One island has a picturesque little castle which is a “folly” didn’t know about the show yet. product of old plumbing, the cryptosporidium parasite. No, designed by Nash. There is old abbey or castle ruin on one The show itself is quirky, funny and charming. The main the current surge in interest is due in large part to the show of the other little islands that is a genuine relic and among character is an eleven year old boy, Martin Moone, who “Moone Boy” which was both centered and filmed there. other signs that people have lived here for a long time. All lives with his parents and three older sisters. O’Dowd plays “Moone Boy” is the semi-autobiographical story of the of the islands are currently uninhabited. Legend has that the Martin’s imaginary friend who advises young Martin. The childhood of O’Dowd, who grew up in there in the 1980s. region hosted many touring musicians and poets, a famous family members are far from perfect, but they are good- Chris O’Dowd shares the Hollywood spotlight with legend harpist is buried there. Today, you could rent a boat, a Seg- hearted and likable all the same. Maureen O’Sullivan, who also grew up in Boyle. way or take a zip line through the park. Another distinctive There is something so Irish in the attitude and sense of Boyle is a pretty improbable town to find itself in the feature of the activity center at the park is the riddle game humor that the show really gets right and consequently, it limelight. On first glance, it can appear to be a small and from Sweden, Boda Borg. Boda Borg is a series of puzzles is very popular in Ireland. It can be hard to access here in shabby town-that-time-forgot. The town department store that you solve as a team; around four people constitute a the US, but it has been picked up by some PBS stations or often has undressed mannequins and if you do happen to good team. The puzzles can be mental, physical or both. it is on HULU, an internet provider. see any fashion, you can be sure it is either a school uniform So how did such a small town give rise to no less than Boyle is far from a “must do” on any tourist map, however, or something that is at least twenty years out of date. two actors? A while ago, I heard an interview with Chris that is another thing that makes it worthwhile. You can However, if you persevere, there are some wonderful O’Dowd, where he discussed being inspired by Maureen walk the Abbey ruins without a hundred cameras going off. things to be found around town. First off, Boyle is set on O’Sullivan. He said that she was the one person from the Forest Park and Lough Key are real gems. Or maybe you the aptly named Boyle River. There is a charming old stone town who everyone admired and therefore, he came to might just want to walk in the footsteps of Moone Boy and bridge in town that goes over the river and is perfected by believe that being a famous actor was the way to go. think about a time in the not so distant past where things a lovely little tea shop situated on the river bank. There are Maureen O’Sullivan is most famous for being “Jane” in seemed a bit simpler and kinder. some other nice little shops and restaurants in town too. the Tarzan movies. However she was a supporting actress *Lisa O’Rourke is an educator from Akron. She has a BA in You would want to have the time to walk around a bit in many other films throughout her long career, as well as English and a Master’s in Reading/Elementary Education. and explore. In the center of the town is a really unique being the mother of Mia Farrow. Maureen does not seem to She is a student of everything Irish, primarily Gaeilge and Cistercian Abbey ruins. The ruins are partially covered by be talked about as much as her Irish contemporary, Mau- runs a Gaeilge study group at the AOH/Mark Heffernan a kind of Plexiglas wall. The walls function to protect some reen O’Hara, maybe because her career was not as directly Division. Lisa can be contacted at [email protected].

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“When Jeremiah that the 1916 Proclamation should be “My last request to you here in Cleve- O’Donovan Rossa witnessed in the healthy and nourished land is to keep your community alive. died in 1915, Tom bodies of everybody in our community; Maintain our roots. Look after each Clarke sent a tele- it should be seen in the good quality other and your centre. Appreciate and gram to the US, homes, villages, towns, and cities we celebrate all that you have and make ‘send his body live in; it should be heard in the singing the generations to come proud. Go raibh home’. With that of confident, safe and well-educated chil- maith agaibh.” came the start of a dren in their classrooms; clever minds major public rela- of our workers and loved and cared for With this election year, Tomás pointed Ar Scáth a Chéile tions project. Cumannn na mBan, Fianna bodies of our old and sick. The Proclama- out the purpose of government and po- Éireann, The Irish Citizen’s Army and tion should be witnessed in each sunrise litical leaders, is to bring us all together. a Mhairimíd the Irish Volunteers used it as the first over a clean and safe environment and Unfortunately, most politicians seize on In April of this year, I attended the opportunity to drill together, to march sunset over productive land and seas. I any event to point out the failures of the Easter Rising Centenary at the West in step together, to take orders from a believe they would tell us that the Proc- opposition. If our politicians worked Side Irish American Club. Jack Kilroy combined leadership and to see a rising lamation should be heard in the laughter the way our founders envisioned, there put on a great presentation celebrating star in the struggle - Pádraig Pearse. of our children. would be no opposition, but rather this event. After the re-enactments and “That funeral of O’Donovan Rossa was “So let’s promise here tonight, that our co-workers with different views, still wonderful music, Tomás Sharkey took a tipping point. Tom Clarke told Pearse children and our children’s children working together to bring us to a com- to the podium to deliver a short speech to prepare his oration and to ‘make it will hear about the 1916 Rising. Let’s mon center. on the historic events of 1916. Tomás hot.’ He knew that the time was fast tell them the story of O’Donovan Rossa, John F. Kennedy said, “Let us not seek works as a history and language teacher approaching when the ability would be Elizabeth O’Farrell, Joseph Mary Plun- the Republican answer, or the Demo- in County Louth and has served as an there to make a bold strike for freedom. kett and his bride Grace Gifford. Don’t cratic answer, but the right answer. Let elected member of Louth County Coun- That oration set Irish Volunteers on a fast forget to tell them about Dr. Kathleen us not seek to fix the blame for the past. cil since 2003. His talk that evening was road to 1916. Lynn or Roger Casement. Let us accept our own responsibility for insightful. I was able to speak with him “The 1916 Proclamation was and still “Even today we should talk about the the future.” briefly afterwards, we promised to stay is a radical document. It was vital to have ever unfolding outcomes of the Rising. Our country has seen tumultuous in touch and recently I asked for permis- that document to ensure that those sur- I say it in the present tense. No revolu- times in it’s past, from 1776 to a na- sion to share a copy of his address that viving the Rising would know the road tion is ever fully over. We have marriage tion torn in half, numerous wars and evening with all of you to take. You see, a revolution can be like equality in Ireland. The wounds in the domestic problems. We have overcome “It is great to be here amongst so many getting on a carousel and getting off at North are healing. Our international these times by coming together and of the Irish community in Cleveland, the same place you started on. family occupies parliaments and posi- working with one another. Let’s pray Ohio. I want to start by congratulating “The authors of the Proclamation knew tions of influence. Irish communities that come November our elected leaders Jack Kilroy and his team for a wonder- they were to make a blood sacrifice. They play our games, sing our songs, speak our granted the wisdom, humility, and ful play. I have only known Jack a few needed to ensure that the hopes and our language and speak proudly of our guidance to remember what government weeks and already know how he is calm, dreams of their republicanism could history. Each of these things ensures that is for, because we truly do “live in the determined and tenacious leader in his be read and said aloud for generations. the Irish revolution continues to revolve shadow of one another.” community. You are lucky to have him. They promised equality for all at a time and evolve. [email protected] Keep him well. when women did not have the right to “We are part of a global event tonight. vote. They promised prosperity for all All across the world this weekend people at a time when Dublin had the highest are taking time to read the 1916 Procla- infant mortality rate in Europe and was mation of the Irish Republic, to remem- a sea of tenements. It is important to ber the women and men of that time, to note that the proclamation warned of understand the reasons, planning, hopes, the dangers of the Irish people becom- dreams and the unfolding outcome of ing divided. the Rising. A century ago it was said that “I am a politician at home in County the sun didn’t set on the British Empire. Louth. I compete against other parties. Today, the sun does not set on the 1916 Believe me when I say that politics can Rising and Proclamation. be absurd. We often create divisions for “It is a proud time to be Irish. It is an the sake of it or to get a media cycle suc- exciting time to be an Irish Republican. cess over our competitors. Here in the Easter is an important time in our calen- US you know too well about the creation dar and although I know it is not Easter of division in society by the very politi- weekend this 24th April, the Easter spirit cians whose job it is to create harmony, of renewal and birth of good things after equality, understanding and prosperity. death is part of the Irish 1916 Rising story. At times like this we need to think back 1916 was a global effort, just like the to the fundamentals of our democracies. commemorations are a global event. “I can’t speak for the dead. None of us Here in the US, we know that 1916 could can or should claim to know what our not have happened without our gallant 1916 heroes would make of the world allies. Thomas Clarke, the senior and we live in today. But let me have this one wisest of the seven signatories of the small luxury of saying what I think they proclamation lived in the US for a period. would tell us. His bride Kathleen was a niece of John “They would tell us that their procla- Daly of Brooklyn – a Fenian, a patron mation does not belong as ink on a page and a planner. behind a glass frame; they would tell us 16 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com OCTOBER 2016

Paul Durcan, at the The collaboration between Mr. educated at University College, Irish American Cultural Institute Dublin, earning bachelors, masters Durcan and the museum culmi- Cork, where he studied archaeol- Poetry Award in 1989 and his and doctoral degrees. Toledo Museum nates in a Master Series presenta- ogy and medieval history. In 1974 collection “Daddy, Daddy” (1990) From 2005-2010, Kennedy was of Art tion on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 6 pm in he won the Patrick Kavanagh won the Whitbread Poetry Award. director of Dartmouth College’s by Maury Collins the Peristyle. Durcan will perform a Award, and published his first col- He was joint winner of the 1995 Hood Museum of Art in Hanover, In His book,” Wild, Wild Erie”, free reading; a book signing by Mr. lection, “O Westport in the Light Heinemann Award. His later col- New Hampshire, which has one of Paul Durcan explores the spirit of Durcan will follow. Durcan will of Asia Minor” in 1975. His 1985 lections of poetry are “The Art of the largest and finest art collections Northwest Ohio and its museum also perform a reading on Saturday, collection, “The Berlin Wall Café”, a Life” (2004), and “The Laughter of at an American college or univer- in prose that is equal turns heart- October 15th at 2pm. The museum series of poems about the break-up Mothers” (2008). sity. Prior to coming to the United felt and humorous. Winner of the will have informational placards of his marriage, was a Poetry Book Brian Kennedy has been presi- States, Kennedy spent eight years Lifetime Achievement Irish Book next to the works of art involved. Society choice and is regarded by dent, director and CEO of the as assistant director of the National many critics as his most important Toledo Museum of Art since 2010. Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (1989- work. He came to the Museum with ex- 1997) and seven years as director He was Poet in Residence at the tensive experience in senior leader- of the National Gallery of Australia Frost Place, New Hampshire, in ship positions at art museums in (1997-2004) in Canberra. 1985, and Writer in Residence at Ireland, Australia and the United More information and a map Trinity College, Dublin, in 1990 States. Born in Dublin, Ireland, to the Toledo Museum of Art are and Ireland Professor of Poetry, Kennedy studied art history and available at 2006-8. He was awarded the history at University College in www.toledomuseum.org

Award in 2014, Durcan, was com- Dr. Kennedy said; “He’s very missioned to write poetic responses passionate about art and intensely to works of art in the collection of curious. We’re thrilled he’s bring- the Toledo Museum of Art. The ing his talents to Toledo.” The writer, whose book is available March 17, 2015 edition of The Irish at the Toledo Art Museum Store Times called Paul Durcan, “The October 13th, created the collec- most playful poet in Ireland.” His tion of poems during multiple readings should be very entertain- residencies at the museum at the ing as well as educational. invitation of Dublin-born director, Durcan was born in Dublin, Ire- Brian Kennedy. land, on October 16, 1944. He was

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ers to help them maintain their licensure and to find professional development. I got involved with the by Bob Carney Irish Language group in Akron and have continued that at the Hibernian Club Don’t Forget Us in Akron. My family travel to Ireland almost every summer to visit family and Columnist friends. My other hobbies are painting, Lisa O’Rourke reading and listening to music. I enjoy doing these profiles of the peo- OhIAN: How did you get involved ple who are columnists for the Ohio Irish with the OhIAN? American News. Everyone I’ve spoken to, Lisa: I came to the paper through a I’ve felt a special kinship to. All have a personal recommendation from Mike passion for Irish culture and history, and McKenzie of the Mark Heffernan Ancient all have been very helpful in these inter- Order of Hibernians in Akron. My first views, even though most would rather column appeared in the August 2014 focus on the history or the writing, rath- edition. er than themselves. OhIAN: Lisa and This is especially true I spoke at some of Lisa O’Rourke. length on the phone, Lisa was born and doing this interview. raised in Akron. She We have a shared attended Kent State enthusiasm for the and received degrees Irish Language and in English and El- spoke mostly about ementary Education. Gaeilge, and differ- She also has a Mas- ent ways of mak- ter’s in Elementary ing our resepective Education and Ad- classes enjoyable. ministration. Lisa’s next group of OhIAN: Lisa you lessons will start at lived abroad for a the Hibernian Club time, when was that? on September 28. The lessons are from Lisa: I met my husband, Dónal, in New 6:30 to 8pm on Wednesdays in the Hall York City in 1989. We went to Ireland and run for ten weeks. Anyone interested at that time. Eventually, we moved to should contact Lisa via phone (330-836- London. We were married there and 2887) or e-mail [email protected] prior to stayed there for three years. During that that date. time, I worked as a teacher and our son For information on Speak Irish Cleve- Danny was born. We decided to go back land classes, see the ad in these pages. to Ireland, and lived in Moycullen in Co. Help Lisa and all of us involved in Irish Galway for a year. Our second son, Liam, language start our own Gaeltacht here in was born there. Northeast Ohio. OhIAN: You and your family moved “Beatha teanga í an labhairt” (ba-ha back to Akron, what do you do there? tang-a ee un low-ert) The life of a lan- Lisa: I’m a proud employee of Akron guage is to speak it. Public Schools. I taught first grade for Slán go Foill! over ten years and now work with teach- [email protected]

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Speak Irish

Labhair Gaeilge By Bob Carney

Labhair Gaeilge maybe meet some new people along the way. And it has been fun , and I’ve met some great people. I’ve also come to be- Cead Míle Fáilte (kayd mee-luh fawl- lieve that it’s important for me to do my cha) One hundred thousand welcomes very small part in keeping Irish a growing to the Irish language. Irish is one of the and living language. oldest languages still spoken today. But, Whatever your reason, I hope you find it very easily could have disappeared. joy in the study of this ancient and beauti- English oppression over the centuries ful language we call Gaeilge! saw Irish banned, its teaching and writ- ing prohibited. The famine of the 1840s Dia duit (jee-uh hwitch) Hello hit the Gaeltacht (areas where Irish is Dia is Muire dhuit (jee-uh smwir- spoken, primarily rural communities at uh hwitch) Reply to hello the time), extremely hard, reducing the Conas atá tú? (kun-us uh- Irish speaking population through death taw too?) How are you? and emmigration. Ireland’s population Tá mé go maith (taw may prior to the famine was eight and a half guh-mah) I am fine million, by the turn of the century it was Cén t-ainm atá ort? (ken tan-um closer to four milion. a-taw ort) What is your name? In the late 19th century, Ireland was Is mise... (iss meesha...) I am... in the midst of a Celtic revival. The Irish ... is ainm dom (... iss ann-um dum) were reuniting with their past identity. ... is my name This would lead the way to the events Maidin mhaith (mo-djin of 1916, and Irish independence. Many, wah) Good morning such as Padraig Pearse, saw the Irish Tráthnona mhaith (tra-no na language as the ultimate expression of wah) Good afternoon or evening a free Ireland. Still many of the greatest Oíche mhaith (ee-ha wah) Good night writers of that era found themselves in a Slán (slawn) Goodbye quandary. W.B.Yeats, James Joyce, Gearge Slán go fóill (slawn guh Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde wrote in foyle) Goodbye for now the language of their oppressor. A difficult Oíche Shamhna (ee-ha how- choice, but they were able to reach a much na) Eve of Samhain (sow-in) larger group by writing in English. Sciathán leathair (skihawn la- Many of those speaking Irish at the hair) Bat (lit. leather wing) time could neither read nor write in their Cailleach (col-yokh) Witch native tongue. Douglas Hyde was active Creatlach (crat-lokh) Skeleton in the Society For The Preservation of Puimcín (pum-keen Pumpkin the Irish Language, and wrote poetry in Spiorad (spyor-ud) Spirit Irish under his pen name, An Craoibhín Tabhair féirín dom nó buailfidh Aoibhinn (the pleasant little branch). In mé bob ort!(tower fay-reen dum no 1892, he gave a very famous speech, “The boolig may bub urt) Trick or treat (lit. Necessity for De-Anglicizing Ireland.” He give me a present or I’ll play a trick) said for Ireland to flourish, it must stop turning to England for its culture and Samhain marked the first day of winter. instead “nurture its own language, poetry, It was believed the gods were closest to art and imagination.” the earth, and sacrifices and gifts were These were all different approaches to offered in thanks for the harvest. With the same end, those who put the language the spread of Christianity, Samhain was at the fore-front as well as those who saw changed to Hallowmas, a feast to honor it as part of the greater Irish identity. All the dead, but has retained many of its gave an awareness and made Ireland and ancient traits. the Irish what we have today. I wish I could say I had a noble reason Ná scanraigh mé! (naw skon-rig may) for becoming involved in the Irish lan- Don’t scare me! guage, but I can’t. I thought it might be Slán go Foíll! fun to know a few words or phrases and [email protected] 20 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com OCTOBER 2016

fused to march earthly king!” Not all of the athletes who trained at the into the sta- Oddly enough, this “incident” by the US Irish-American Athletic Club were Irish. In dium until the Team had an impact on the official length of fact, one of the members, Dr. John Baxter omission was the Marathon race. The original distance of Taylor, was the first African-American to corrected. The a Marathon was 25 miles. At these games win an Olympic medal (in 1908 he won the English excuse it was changed to 26 miles so the Mara- Gold Medal for the Medley Relay). Sadly, he was that it was thon could start at Windsor Castle. It was died just five months after returning from impossible to changed again at the request of Princess the 1908 Olympics, of typhoid fever. An Olympics find an American flag in London, so they Mary so the start would be beneath the In the seven Olympic Games held from just omitted it from the display. A flag was windows of the Royal Nursery. To ensure 1900 to 1924, members of the Irish-American to Remember found and the US Team marched in the that the race would finish in front of King Athletic Club won a total of 26 Gold, 22 The past summer Olympics in Rio were opening ceremonies. Edward’s box, the finish line was moved Silver and 8 Bronze Medals for the U.S. not without their moments of athletic But, the controversy did not end there. a third time by British officials who, in re- Olympic Team. But the most unique group achievement and not without their mo- The Olympic teams from each within the club was a ments of controversy. This seems to be nation marched into the stadium group known as the Irish true of most Olympics in the modern era. and past the royal box occupied by Whales. As their name The 1908 summer Olympic Games held in the King of England, Edward VII. implies, these were the London, England were no exception. Each team was expected to dip its big guys. All of them In 1908, the summer Olympics were flag as a salute to the English King. were six feet tall and held in London’s White City Stadium. The The American flag bearer was weighed close to 300 games that year were originally scheduled a young shot putter from Califor- pounds. to be held in Rome, but the 1906 eruption nia named Ralph Rose. As they Some of them were of Mt. Vesuvius devastated the city of approached the box, Rose heard born in Ireland and oth- Naples. Reconstructing Naples left the Ital- the Tipperary brogue of Matthew ers were first generation ian government financially unable to put McGrath, the 6ft. 248 pound Irish- Irish. Their name was on the games, so the games were moved American hammer thrower say, acquired because of their to London. The games lasted a total of 187 “Dip that flag and you will be in size, as well as, their days, or 6 months and 4 days; the London the hospital tonight!” Rose wisely ability to consume huge games were the longest in modern Olym- kept the flag straight as the team amounts of food. While pics history. marched in front of the King. their dining habits were If you want to find out where the con- The English, of course, took this Irish Whales legendary, their perfor- troversies started in 1908, you need to start to be a great insult to the King and John Flanagan, Martin Sheridan,James Mitchell mance as athletes also with the opening ceremonies. The English they confronted Martin Sheridan, made history. Many had lined the top of the stadium with flags the captain of the US team, for his response. sponse to the US flag dipping incident “felt of them were New York police officers or representing the participating countries. Sheridan, like his teammate Matthew Mc- compelled to restore the importance of the detectives. Membership in the group fluctu- The first problem was they left out the Grath, was a member of the Irish-American monarchy.” As a result of these changes, the ated, but the previously mentioned athletes, American flag. The American team, which Athletic Club and they were both New York Marathon covered a distance of 26 miles 385 Martin Sheridan and Matt McGrath were was chocked full of members of the Irish- City Police Officers. In response Sheridan yards, which became the standard length members, as was hammer thrower John American Athletic Club of New York, re- reportedly said, “This flag dips for no starting with the 1924 Summer Olympics. Jesus Flanagan. In addition, the US flag incident sparked At the 1908 Olympics, Sheridan won two retaliation by some of the British judges. Gold Medals for the Discus and one Bronze Several decisions by British judges went Medal for the Standing Long Jump; Flana- against American athletes during the games, gan won the Gold Medal for the Hammer and U.S. spokesmen felt they stemmed from Throw; and McGrath won the Silver Medal bias, caused in part by the flag incident. for the Hammer Throw (pictured here are In one race, an American runner was three of the Irish Whales – John Jesus Fla- accused of touching the British runner and nagan, Martin Sheridan and John Mitchell). was disqualified by the all British judges. It Irish-American athletes dominated the was decided that the race would be re-run. Olympics in the early 1900s. While ini- The other two runners, who were also on tially derided as lower-class scum by the the US Team protested. Ivy Leaguers who ran America’s Olympic The Americans withdrew themselves movement, the Irish-American Athletic from the race, leaving the lone British run- Club athletes were too good to keep off the ner as the only participant. As a result, the team. If you would like to find out more International Olympic Committee ruled about the Irish-American Athletic Club you that, in the future, the officials would no can visit their historical website at http:// longer be supplied solely from the host na- www.wingedfist.org/home.html tion but would come from an international *J. Michael Finn is the Ohio State Historian pool. for the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Bias by the British judges did not prevent Division Historian for the Patrick Pearse the Irish Americans from winning many Division in Columbus, Ohio. He is also Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in 1908. In Chairman of the Catholic Record Society for fact the members of the Irish-American Ath- the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. He writes letic Club dominated the medal competition. on Irish and Irish-American history; Ohio They took home a total of 18 medals from the history and Ohio Catholic history. You may 1908 Olympics (ten of them Gold Medals). contact him at [email protected]. OCTOBER 2016 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 21

England. Our ex Kilmainham writing this account, I realised prisoner’s wife wrapped up the it simply did not matter. James cooling bread and gave it to the Curran’s life speaks for itself. soldier. Whether he snapped on that In 1925 Jim died from leukae- July day, whether he had a griev- mia in the South Dublin Union - a ance against the Salvation Army, workhouse. The family believe whether he had no valid reason, he wished to end his days there it simply does not matter. It has Hidden Honour bour registered the second, subtly to protect his wife and surviving all been said already. At his trial, emphasising the profound grief children and not drain their re- eight times in his Service Record. In the early 1990s, several suffered by this loving family. sources, selfless as ever. His dev- I concur fully: James Curran years after the Kilmainham Jail Jim held down many posi- astated wife missed him terribly, was a “good and industrious Restoration Society handed tions throughout his incredible, dying in hospital two years later character”. Kilmainham Prison back to often difficult, life; among them from stomach cancer. A further Not suggesting any parallels, the Irish State, it was decided to the ubiquitous Labourer, Carter, heart-warming present-day fam- when writing this story a quote build a new museum in the jail Shale Miner, Dock Worker, Coal ily story mentions our ex prisoner echoed in my head from 1916 complex. What exciting times! Porter and Private in the Labour Jim serenading Mary with a song leader James Connolly’s wife, Discussions raged about the kind Corps. In Dublin he lived at as popular today as it was then: Lillie. Shortly before Connolly’s of museum it should be and how several addresses, including When You Were Sweet Sixteen. execution in Kilmainham Prison, it might unfold the story behind Crumlin, Dolphin’s Barn, the Lib- The name of this former Kil- Lillie exclaimed: “But your beau- this ragged, sacred building to erties and tenements in Dublin’s mainham prisoner and honour- tiful life, James. Your beautiful the public. North Dock. able man? James Curran, from life”. This quote might also apply One fascinating suggestion He unfailingly met every chal- County Kildare. His offence? In to James (Jim) Curran 1866 – 1925: was to display on the top floor lenge to maintain his wife and July 1900 he was arrested after former Kilmainham prisoner. balcony area the name of every growing young family, which throwing stones at members of prisoner, political and ‘ordinary’, included a relatively brief move the Salvation Army preaching at (Source The Curran Family Pa- appearing in the Prison Registers. early in his marriage to Scotland, the Canal Bank in Dolphin’s Barn. pers, thanks to Michele McClory) One register, from the years 1824- where his second and third There was no alcohol involved. 1829, was missing. This proposal children were born, whilst he James Curran further resisted to display every name gener- worked as a shale miner. arrest by assaulting two police ated much support and much Jim lived in the centre of Dub- constables. opposition. The names never lin during the harrowing days of It emerged during his hearing did appear. Some believed that the 1913 Lock Out; his job as coal that people in the area viewed highlighting those few ordinary porter suffered. His ten children the Salvation Army as a nuisance. prisoners jailed for serious and had already been born. He lived The judge maintained it was their disturbing crimes should never through the 1916 Easter Rising. right to preach. James expressed be tolerated. I accept their point. He missed the beginning of the his regret for what had occurred. But, oh! They missed some Irish War of Independence, hav- His solicitor examined witnesses remarkable men and women of ing joined the Royal Marine La- who attested to James’ “good and honour. I recently learned the bour Corps in 1918, whilst WWI industrious character”. life story of one such ‘ordinary’ was still raging. On application, Having been asked for leniency, prisoner; we’ll call him Jim. He Jim lied about his age, describing Judge Swift imposed fines in lieu was born in 1866 to a mother himself as slightly younger, per- of imprisonment. Unable to pay, who had grown up during the haps to ensure acceptance. Dur- James served fourteen days in Great Hunger. Family histo- ing his service, he injured a leg. Kilmainham. By July 1900 James rian Michele McClory mentions Gangrene set in and the leg was and Mary had five children. intriguing research in her nar- amputated. After hospitalisa- The family today believe James rative: a study by Dr Oonagh tion in both France and England, chose prison to spare his family Walsh, Senior Research Fellow in Jim returned home in 1919. His having to find unnecessary extra Medical History, Cork University, service record makes no less money for his fines. Those who examining the impact of severe than eight separate references to know Kilmainham will gratefully nutritional deprivation suffered his “very good character”. He realise his fourteen days were by mothers on health issues of was in receipt of a war gratuity. served during the summer. succeeding generations. However, Jim had arrived home The Kilmainham Register doc- According to family lore, Jim’s to a country with a vastly altered umenting James offers excellent marriage was arranged. Such political climate. He became one information. He was 6 ft 4 and marriages seemingly were not of the Forgotten Men, having 1/2 inches, 233 pounds, with blue uncommon after the Famine. served with the British. eyes, dark brown hair and a fresh Present day family members all A humorous tale exists circa complexion. Burn marks to his accept that husband and wife de- 1920 of the Black and Tans enter- shins, knees and elbows were veloped a deep love and respect ing his Dublin home whilst Jim recorded – results of an industrial for one another. Our prisoner Jim was resting in bed. His wife, accident during his shale mining lost two small children within Mary, was baking. A discussion days in Scotland? weeks in the newly dawned 20th ensued with one of the young Initially I was fearful about century. He registered the death Black and Tans, who spoke of presenting James’ crime – how to of the first little girl, but a neigh- his own mother baking bread in be honest, unprejudiced. Whilst 22 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com OCTOBER 2016

Cleveland ner - friendly, intermediate level Irish session meeting every other Thursdays 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Ceili Club: •Briquette’s - 1st Saturday of the month, 2 -4 pm. Ashtabu- The Cleveland Ceili Club promotes the musical la on the Harbor traditions of Ireland by providing opportunities •The Harp – 1st Friday of every month, 9pm. 4408 Detroit, for adults to enjoy traditional Irish music and Cleveland dance. •Logan’s Irish Pub – 3rd Wednesday of the month, 414 S. Set dancing lessons: Main St., Findlay, 7:30 pm Tuesdays 8-10 pm, St. Clarence Church, North •Oberlin’s Traditional Irish Session – 2nd Sunday of Olmsted Ongoing Traditional the month 7 - 9 Slow Train Café, 55 East College St., Wednesdays 7-9 pm, Irish American Club - East Side Irish Sessiúns Oberlin. Informal all experience welcome: www.oberlin. No Ceili dancing lessons for the summer. net/~irishsession Set Dancing workshop at the Cleveland Irish Cultural Bring your instruments and play along! •Plank Road – Every Thursday 7 – 10. All ages and ex- Festival on Saturday & Sunday. •Unitarian Universalist Church of Fairlawn, 3300 More- perience welcome. 16719 Detroit Road, Lakewood, 44107 For more information, contact CeiliClubCleveland@ wood Dr. 7:30 p,m Wednesdays. All skill levels welcome. •Tara Hall -Traditional Irish music w General Guinness gmail.com or find us on Facebook •Bardic Circle @The Shamrock Club of Columbus Begin- Band & Friends 2nd Friday 8:00 - 11:00pm. 274 E. Innis Ave. Columbus, 43207 614.444.5949. Traditional Irish Social Dancing:

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Coming Next Month: November Every Sunday: Irish Music @ Pj McIntyre’s 3-6pm Bringing you the movers, shakers and music makers each month. 13th “25” Card Tournament @WSIA 16th Frankie Gavin, Tommy McCarthy & Louise Costello @Pj McIntyre’s (only 50 tickets will be sold) 24th Thanksgiving Mass & Drawing @WSIA 12/6 Andy Cooney Dinner / Concert @WSIA

West Side Irish American Club Upcoming Events: Live Music & Food in The Pub every Friday 11/13 – “25” Card Tournament

11/24 – Thanksgiving Mass & Drawing

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