June 2018 • Volume 12 - Issue 6

Cork Summer Show 2018 highlights this 12th Annual and Technology sectors. nationals and EU nationals status is A threat to Irish jobs lies within the a stitched collage, and some find that EDITOR’S CORNER Young & Irish rural and skilled labor divisions. 17% of it may fall apart during the demands Ireland’s exports go to the UK, making and densities of forming the UK’s new By Mary Kate Campbell them the European Union nation most policies and procedures. Especially since vulnerable to Brexit’s importing and the British government has stated they Safe Home Dear Immigrant exporting effects. The While Ireland has want to enact stricter June 2018 Vol. 12 Issue 6 United Kingdom’s policies on the move- Founders Prime Minister The- already experienced ment in and out of anie Mac our heart’s breaking Campbell, to the fold last issue. Her Cliff Carlson & John O’Brien, Jr. resa May has stated the UK. with all the wakes and funerals. first column was a confirmation of that she wants trade some effects, the The status of Irish J Publisher John O’Brien Jr. Brexit and Irish When I was entering St. Ignatius HS what I saw in her, and why I wanted Editor John O’Brien Jr. and business behav- entirety of Brexit’s nationals post-Brexit for the first time, my dad came into her to join our team. Check her out Design/Production Christine Hahn ior to change very lit- is still unclear. And my bedroom to give me a pep talk on every month, “Young & Irish” … by Website Rich Croft @VerticalLift Employment tle, but the advantage impact is uncertain the 300,000 Irish that the first morn. Other than his image, Mary Kate Campbell. This month she Columnists of tariff-free trading live and/or work in the lone surviving memory is, “At is on page 3. Akron Irish Lisa O’Rourke As another school year has passed relationship with the UK. One of the belongs to members of the EU, therefore the UK may find themselves in the firing At Home Abroad Regina Costello the end of each day, be sure you have Great Health wishes to Madigan Behind the Hedge John O’Brien, Jr. and the class of 2018 has made their major questions being—how will jobs the UK should not expect the EU to line of restricted rights and access. made the world a better place for your Muses Columnist Marilyn Madigan, Blowin’ In Susan Mangan way across the stage, thousands of new and the economy be affected? offer these same terms once they leave. It While Ireland has already experienced having been here.” I try to live that; recovering from hip replacement sur- Cleveland Irish Francis McGarry Irish college graduates are ready to enter Ireland faces positives and negatives is predicted tariffs will increase and that some effects, the entirety of Brexit’s these people did, in loads. gery. May you return to your usual Cleveland Comhra Bob Carney the professional world, but what kind from the British exit when it comes to trade between Ireland and Britain will impact is uncertain until the arduous Columbus Irish Maureen Ginley Thoughts and prayers is taking a full of joy self soon. Soft prayers to Crossword Puzzle Linda Fulton Burke of job market will they be stepping in employment. One positive effect is the drop significantly. negotiations process is complete and the beating on social media. For those of Terry from Derry Columnist Terry Fields of Glory Vincent Beach to? Brexit, the United Kingdom’s exit increase in business. With Ireland’s While Prime Minister May has stated relationship between Ireland and the faith, there is no stronger sentiment: Boyle, whose Mam is struggling with Heart of the Issue Bob Carney from the European Union, has been the corporate tax rate being one of the that Irish citizens will maintain their UK develops anew. ■ faith is love; it has no boundary, no health issues. Illuminations J. Michael Finn buzz of Europe since the referendum lowest in the world at 12.5%, the desire free movement in and out of the UK and Irl. Past & Present Niamh O’Sullivan limit; it never wavers, and no end Madigan Muses Marilyn Madigan was passed in June 2016, with a 51.9% in for UK-based companies to keep a their right to work standings, nothing Thirty Years of date. It is all powerful, for it includes Hope to see you at a festival near Off Shelf/On This Day Terry Kenneally favor of vote. foothold in the EU, and the uncertain- has been set in stone or publicly rein- Traditional Irish Music the greatest power of all, God. you, Out of the Mailbag John O’Brien, Jr. The departure is on track to occur ty of how the UK will conduct busi- forced. Many are concerned that these TaraTrips Tara Quinn You could say all the emotions you Go dtí an mhí seo chugainn, slán a Terry From Derry Terry Boyle on March 29, 2019. Many gray areas ness post-exit, Ireland has already seen rights to be freely employed in the UK are feeling for their pain – I love you; America. I will always be a festival fhágáil Toledo Irish Maury Collins surround the impact that this will have a 30% increase in the number of jobs are at risk. I am sorry; May God hold them in fanatic, and attend as many as I can. 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2 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JUNE 2018 JUNE 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 3 McManus started, but I had had this great adven- Cleveland Continued from previous page ture. It was a great way to learn about other people, their cultures, beliefs and Comhrá around backpacking. music. It was really a wonderful experi- West Side Irish American Club By Bob Carney “I met a backpacker in a hostel who ence. Live Music & Food in The Pub every Friday Í@BobCarneyGTR was selling his van, so I bought the van “Things hadn’t picked up at all at and an inflatable mattress and traveled home. I moved to County Antrim; it’s to the south to Christchurch. The area very beautiful there. I’d grown up being UPCOMING EVENTS had been hit hard by earthquakes, it was a very keen surfer, I think that’s the one a beautiful city but was in ruins when I thing I miss about Ireland, putting on 9th - GAA GAMES 11:00am Andrew McManus arrived there. I was able to get work in a wet suit and being able to surf in the July 8th demolition there. The whole time I was Atlantic. Open Mic Night in Singer-songwriter Andy McManus is Catholic and I played Gaelic football and in New Zealand, I’d been handing out “Catherine and I were getting very Annual Family fairly new to the Cleveland area, and it’s hurling, but also field hockey. My father my resumé, but there really wasn’t work serious, and she came to live with me. the Pub 7pm Irish folk music scene. He is also a gifted played field hockey for Ireland; I was the there either. We’re both artists and did craft fairs Picnic artist in glass (Broken Glass Design) too. only Catholic playing on my team, and “No one was building, but in Christ- for a few months while I continued to 23rd - Steak Shoot 7:30 A love of Irish and Celtic mythology is wouldn’t have been welcome if not for church, there was the opposite, demoli- look for work as an architect. I had been evident in both his music and his art- my father. Catholics played football and tion had to be done before any rebuilding looking in Cornwall and Devon, very work. Professionally, he is an architect at hurling; Protestants played field hockey, could begin. I did that for a few months, celtic areas and by the seaside as well. Bialosky Cleveland. cricket or rugby. Things were very segre- thinking eventually I’d get a job as an “I felt very much at home there because Andy spoke with us about his begin- gated then, but are changing now. architect when the rebuilding started. of that strong celtic identity. We both nings in Armagh in the north of Ireland, “I attended St. Patrick’s High School When I planned my trip, I knew by loved it with the history and all. I was the journey that brought him to Cleve- in Armagh and received my Bachelor of mid-August I wanted to be back home able to work there with a firm that was land and his upcoming first appearance Arts in Architecture at the University of in Ireland for my sister’s wedding. The doing holiday homes for people from GENERAL at the 2018 Cleveland Irish Cultural Liverpool. I went to Queens University timing for that is also how I happened to London. We wanted better opportuni- MEETING Festival. in Belfast for my masters. After that, home; I never really had any intention jokingly asked if I’d cycled all the way meet my wife, Catherine. ties for our future together. 3rd Thursday “I was born in County Tyrone. My I found work as an architect, around of moving about. I loved to travel, but from Ireland, at first he thought I was “Catherine is from Willowick, Ohio. “I’d heard the stories about Cleve- 440.235.5868 of every month. parents moved to Armagh when I was 2006. I worked for three years in Dun- always thought that I’d live in Armagh. a delivery man or something, but then I’d met her online on a site for artists and land: burning rivers, mistake on the Since 1931 very young. My father is Protestant, but gannon, County Tyrone and was able to “In 2008, the recession kicked in and offered me a job. I worked there for designers. She’s always had a very keen lake and so on. Catherine told me that | my mother is Catholic. We were raised live at home. I enjoyed working close to it looked like I’d be made redundant about a year. interest in Irish and Celtic mythology. was in the past and as I researched 8559 Jennings Rd., Olmsted Twp., Ohio 44138 wsia-club.org in the firm. It was a global recession, “It was a great experience, I lived in a She wanted to visit sites in Ireland and things, you could see the momentum, but the construction industry was hit very trendy area of London and walk- Britain, like the Hill of Tara and New- the building and plans for the future. particularly hard. We went to a four ing around, I’d stopped in a wine bar grange and visit the castles in Ireland Where I work now, midtown, every- day work week and then to three days. where a musician was playing. I asked if and England. thing is on the up, but property prices It looked inevitable that I’d lose my job, they needed any more musicians and I “So I invited her to stay with me and are still affordable. Everything pointed so I started to look elsewhere for work. got a regular gig playing there. my parents. She said that would be great, to moving here, plus Lebron was mov- “My sister lived in London at the time “In 2010, the recession hit again, the and then she would be going to stay in ing back! That was two years ago, that’s and I thought it would be exciting to firm laid everyone off at the end of the London after that. I told her a couple of how I ended up here in Cleveland. experience living and working in a big year, there wasn’t work for architects days after I land, I’d be attending my sis- “I met Conor ( Conor Boylan, Five city for awhile. I felt it would be good in the U.K. at that time. So I moved ter’s wedding and if she was interested in Points Coffee and Tea ), who offered for my career and allow me to work on back home to Armagh with my parents experiencing an Irish wedding she would me a gig, playing every third Saturday. larger projects. I sent out my resumé and got back into my art a bit more. I be welcome as my ‘plus one.’ Then John O’Brien, Jr., who offered me and had a few interviews and accepted thought about opening my own firm, “After the wedding we went to a lot of the opportunity to play at Cleveland an offer. but it was a terrible time, there wasn’t the sites she had come to see. This was Irish Cultural Festival in July. In London I met with the firm that enough work. 2011, she was supposed to go to London “Michael Crawley and Brent Hopper was supposed to hire me, they brought “I was thirty years old at this stage; and stay with her cousin, but there were were kind enough to let me play on one me in and said they needed to hold I was at a bit of a crossroads. I didn’t riots going on in the city, people were of their breaks one night at Gormley’s. off hiring me because the project they know if I should change my career or breaking shop windows and the like, Michael has recomended me to many brought me in for was cancelled by the travel to find work. I found out until We were watching this going on on the other places around town. Last year I client. Fortunately, I was staying with the age of thirty-one you could get a T.V. was walking around the festival, think- my sister and her fiance, or I probably working holiday visa in New Zealand. “Catherine called her cousin who told ing what a great event to hear all these would have been on the first plane I used my savings and planned a trip to her not to come, it wasn’t safe. So she musicians playing, never thinking I’d home. see the world. stayed with us an extra week and that be one of them, be able to participate “I borrowed my future brother-in- “I went to the middle east, I’ve a was the start of our relationship. this year! Since then, Catherine is also laws bike and mapped out all the firms cousin who lives in Israel; I stayed with “My relationship with Catherine was doing some freelance work for the in the city and cycled door to door, him there, then to Jordon. I spent five growing, she had come to visit me in OhioIANews! handing out my resumé. Eventually I weeks in Southeast Asia, Thailand and New Zealand for a week, and on my way Visit Andy at AMcManusMusic.com; got a job by pure luck, someone was Vietnam. Then to Australia and New home, we decided to meet in Seattle. view his art at Broken Glass Design and leaving a firm and I happened to meet Zealand, when I got there I traveled Catherine went back to Cleveland and Catherine’s beautiful photography at the boss as he was walking out. He Continued on facing page I was back in Ireland, exactly where i CatherineMcManus.com. ■

4 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JUNE 2018 JUNE 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 5 She had a great sense of humor and One year, Jarlath (one of my brothers) At Home Abroad his stomach pumped. Strange thing my mother to Fiona as we bake, and on Irish soil, traditional dinners of could be really funny. She loved to write and I found the hiding spot - unknown Continued from previous page is.... the guy actually loves the smell I love that she has as much interest bacon and cabbage, seafood chowder At Home, and paint. She was a proud Irish woman to each other, and as luck would have it, of petrol to this very day. in the stories as she has in the task at and smoked salmon, and daily jaunts AdAbroad Proof Sheetwho enjoyed Irish politics and looked there sat a tin of Quality Street. the tin over Christmas break with much My oldest brother Kieran was a hand. She and my son Neil magically in the Irish countryside. forward to going to Dublin for the selec- This was quite a find because unlike anticipation, her enthusiasm changed huge animal lover and kept bring- appear in the kitchen as I take the I smile when all three unconscious- By 1.4.1144 Regina Costello obrienianohio.comtion conventions. the boxes of chocolates, fudge, truffles, to one of bad temper when she saw ing home stray cats and dogs. She treats out of the oven. ly use Irish phrases that my mother Her family was very important to her. After Eight Mints and more, the tin that the container was half empty. couldn’t understand why they kept We gingerly pick up a couple from would use frequently, “ cut that out! “ Birthdays and Christmas time in our could be easily opened and more impor- She assumed the shop keeper or the hanging around. Little did she know the hot pan, split them open while “you’re such a rascal!” “Mom will give home are among my fondest memories, tantly, easily resealed without anyone staff ate them and resealed the tin. She that Kieran was sneaking them scraps loading them up with a good lump of out to you if you don’t stop!” Terms is Proof is submitted for edits or acceptance; please let us know your changes,because or of her and all the effort and love being any the wiser. In addition, the was really mad and angrily shut the from the table. butter and a generous dollop of jam. of endearment and phrases from my approval as soon asAt possible. Home Please reply Abroad to this email. Part 3 she put into them. On our birthdays she chocolates were individually wrapped, tin saying that she would take it back As a teenager I recall getting up on Needless to say, we cannot eat them younger years expressed today in would bake a “sponge” cake and frost it so no fear of them going stale. to the shop to complain. At that point, Saturday mornings to bake with her. fast enough! A true taste of childhood Cleveland, my home abroad. ■ My mother has been a lot on my in Castlerea and Merlin Park in Galway. delicately with freshly whipped cream Independently of Jarlath, I snuck out Jarlath and I owned up to the thievery. She baked scones and apple tart that is much appreciated at home mind in recent weeks. She died on April My Dad acquired TB in his hip in his after adding additional cream in the a handful of the sweets every few days. We all cracked up at the hilarity of it (pie) on the weekend. I loved spend- abroad. Regina is a Graduate from the Na- 1. AD IS APPROVED28 twenty-nine AS years IS ago. I amor longer 2.early 20sAD and IS was NOT hospitalized APPROVED for four center, along with preserves and slivered After taking them, I resealed the tin and in fairness to my mother, her an- ing that time with her. It was just the As the years roll by, I become more tional University of Ireland, Galway without her than I was with her. I take a years. PleaseIt was during reply that ASAP time that to hethis emailstrawberries. A couple of needful and using sellotape (clear sticky tape) that noyance was short lived, and she too two of us while everyone else was still aware of my family and the life I had and a Post Graduate from the National lot of comfort thinking about her amidst met myto mother. let us know what changes requestedare gifts were eagerly opened. You mimicked the original tape so it looked enjoyed the humor of the incident. in bed. back in Ireland, with the realization University of Ireland, Dublin. She is the the sadness and regret of her having a She reallyneeded enjoyed her career. While were made to feel very special on that like new. Jarlath was up to the same We kept her busy. She smelled petrol I can still taste those goodies. She that annual trips home are truly a former Curator of the Irish American short life. However, I find joy in sharing at Merlin Park, life was quite strict for day and it was always met with much shenanigans. (gas) one day from another brother, baked brown bread and soda bread privilege. I am glad that my two kids Archives at the Western Reserve Histor- memories and stories about her with the nurses. She and her buddies used to excitement and anticipation. However, he being older, smarter and Brendan. Turned out he was loitering every other day during the week. I are interested in their Irish heritage, ical Society, former Executive Director my kids. I think this is so because I have climb out the windows and go into the Coming up to Christmas my mother having some money, purchased a small- around in the garden shed. He didn’t recall the massive sacks of flour that are great friends with their cousins of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument made a home abroad. city center at night to the dances. I loved would buy several boxes of chocolates er packet of Quality Street every week or come to her feeling sick, but she got she kept in a little cubby under the and know tidbits from my mother’s Commission and former Executive My mother loved life. She grew up on to hear about that side of her young life. for the Christmas holidays and she so to replace what he took. But he wasn’t the aroma as he walked past her, stairs in the hallway. life. I am also glad that my husband Coordinator of the Northern Ohio Rose a farm in Castlerea, County Roscom- My mother had a big heart and a would hide them, for two reasons. One, replacing them in a very effective man- which filled her with fear and had him Today I bake with my daughter. equally enjoys the Irish culture and Centre. She can be reached at rcostel- mon, and later worked as a nurse in the strong personality. She worked hard and to surprise us. And two, to keep us away ner, because when our mother opened taken straight to the hospital to have The event is bitter sweet. I talk about relishes his first pint of Guinness [email protected] 1950s at two TB hospitals, St. Patrick’s never procrastinated about anything. from them. Continued on facing page MEMORABLE MEETINGS. T A V E R N INSPIRING EVENTS. EVERY THURSDAY IS IRISH NIGHT 7-10pm Captivate your audience at InterContinental Cleveland. From Open Sessiún our high-tech, 500-seat Bank of America Amphitheater to our TRADITIONAL MUSICIANS OF $3 GUINNESS & JAMESON ALL AGES WELCOME! 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Free McCann, Cassie & Maggie McDon- Children’s Area features inflatables and Instagram: ClevelandIrishFest it is not just for the audience that a festival is adding to the joy of Featuring: Dullahan, Marys Lane, Meaning of Celtic Knots. Park n’Ride services are available as ald, Tallymore, The Druids, The Dave much more. There are fourteen breeds Twitter: @Cleveland_Irish #CLEIrish Brigid’s Cross, Callahan Admission is $10 in advance or $15 Bus Eireann will be running services Curley Band, plus festival favorites New of dogs native to Ireland, and they will #LiveMoreLifeBeMoreIrish ■ life? Imagine all of the wages earned – by entertainers certainly, but & O’Conner MacCo- at the gate (age 15 and younger are to and from Curraheen Showgrounds. Barleycorn, Brigid’s Cross, The Kilroy all be at the Fest, with demos and high- by venues, sound, security, food and goods vendors, their suppliers, nmara Academy of free). Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. As the pet dog show is extremely pop- Ceili Band, Ballinloch, harpist Dennis lights from breed owners. working every one of those weekends … and the band plays on … Irish Dance, and Tickets are available online and at The ular each year, dogs are welcome on Doyle and singer/songwriter/comedian The Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds If no living is to be made, the band cannot play on. Putting on an more. Markets at Shrewsbury, 12025 Susque- the site on a leash, and can enjoy the Dermot Henry. offer ample free parking, family friend- Plus: Food ven- hanna Trail, Glen Rock, PA 17327 (in bus services too. Irish dance Schools Brady Camp- ly prices and a great place is set aside event helps all those jumping into the madness. Attending a festival dors and Irish & southern York County just off I-83 For more information, see www.cork- bell School, Tesse Burke School and for groups and reunions. 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Making their first festival appear- ance: Tallymore, Andrew McManus, Michigan The Byrne Brothers, and The Druids – 36TH ANNUAL CLEVELAND IRISH all sure to win your hearts, and rev up Irish CORK SUMMER SHOW CULTURAL FESTIVAL your toe tapping. JUNE 16-17 JULY 20 - 22 Things New to the festival this year Music Munster Agricultural Society launch Did you know this is the 36th Annual include The Manly Man, Woman & Festival a bumper Cork Summer Show 2018, Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival? Child Fun Run 5k, Dart and Corn- 18TH ANNUAL with food, flower arranging, farming, Did you know CICF has given over hole tournaments, Mor (massive) St. PENN-MAR IRISH FESTIVAL fashion, drones, music and lots of fam- $777,000 to local and national charities James Gate Brews Garden, Online JUNE 16 ily fun. since its 1982 inception? We’re Gonna Admission tickets and Weekend passes; Featuring Barleyjuice, Screaming Or- Organized annually by the Munster Celebrate! Join us: If We Only Had Friday, Saturday and Sunday Whiskey SEPT phans, Mickey Spain, Seamus Kennedy, Agricultural Society and supported by Auld Ireland Over Here Cuyahoga and Beer Tastings; Happy Hour with Haley Richardson and Don Penzien, Cork County Council, Cork Summer County Fairgrounds, Berea, OH Food Trucks, craft beers; and All-New Bogside Rogues, Across the Pond, Irish Show 2018 has expanded its line up to Ireland is Calling You … to Cleve- Online and on-site Festival Gear, Gifts 13 -16 Blessing, Susquehanna Pipes & Drums, include drone racing, flower demon- land. Live More Life; Be More Irish ~ and Music Shoppe, and performer and Irish dance groups. strations, bee-keeping, a fashion and with entertainers from Ireland, Canada merchandise. Plus: A Children’s Activity Tent with catwalk tent and extended horticulture and across the U.S. highlighting the Expanded at the Festival this year is www.michiganirish.org complimentary crafts, games, coloring area for ‘grow your own’ enthusiasts. rich and varied Irish heritage on 117 Temple Bar, Museum & St. James Gate Heritage Landing, Downtown Muskegon pages, face painting, a caricature artist, “The Cork Summer Show has been acres, with over 100 singers, dancers Brewery Beer Garden – with loads of Irish food, children’s activities, work- running for over 200 years in Cork. and performers on three indoor and singing, dancing, sessions, carrying Over 20 Bands! shops, and a wide variety of vendors This year, ‘Taste Cork’ indoor food five outdoors stages. on, lessons, workshops and exhibits. offering Irish goods including gifts, market, Tug-o-War championships, The festival offers a wide range of Walk thru our beautiful hand painted Experience Irish culture, live music on clothing, jewelry, music, books, pottery, a ‘Grow Your Own’ horticulture tent, music from traditional to Celtic Rock. 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10 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JUNE 2018 JUNE 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 11 For hundreds of years, people with and immigrated to this country. We Cleveland psychiatric, neurological, and medical know that she was admitted to Toledo Toledo Irish conditions were often removed from Asylum in 1889 from a Cleveland State Irish society, sometimes for a lifetime. In Hospital only a year after the Toledo Toledo, many were sent to the state Asylum opened. She was probably one of By Francis McGarry By Maury Collins hospital to live out their days. From 1888 many sent to the new facility to be closer until 1973, those who to home. Her obituary died and weren’t claimed appeared in the Sandusky were buried in one of two paper, suggesting that she Toledo’s Irish Born, Forgotten, Now cemeteries. was originally from that 1,994 people who had area. 1880 Part 2 been forgotten in life were Maggie’s native tongue The Anglo-Afghan War concluded in carried food to feed the Irish. Being Remembered and Honored also forgotten in death, was Gaelic, she spoke 1880 and the First Boer War began. En- In 1880, the harvest improved, and The 2018 Toledo State Hospital(TSH) 1888 and 1973. Almost 20% are people buried in graves identified English, but couldn’t gland had fought the Zulus in 1879. The calamity was averted. Parnell took lead- Cemetery Memorial Program was held were not native to this country. by small concrete blocks read or write. She never Irish were not alone in their resistance to ership of the Home Rule League. Irish on May 19th. The Lucas County Hi- So this year’s program honored those marked only with the married. Maggie passed the oppression of the British Empire. nationalism was re-organizing; it was bernians participated in the ceremony. individuals who traveled here to make number of their burial. away in 1935 at the age of The Ballot Act of 1872 ensured a secret transported across the Atlantic. In 1880 This year, they honored those patients this their home, but, due to behavioral Even these anonymous 108. She must have been ballet, and in 1880, Gladstone was elected the Irish National Monthly was published who emigrated from other countries, changes, were admitted for care, and grave markers were eventually lost under- a woman with incredible strength and Prime Minister. The right to vote was in Cleveland. Michael Spelman was the experienced behavioral conditions, and never left. Reasons for admission could ground after decades of neglect. determination to have survived in such limited to those who owned property val- proprietor and P.K. Walsh the manager were then admitted to TSH. When they have included psychiatric disorders, The city grew up around the ceme- a challenging and treacherous environ- ued over 12 pounds. Only half of the Irish and editor. died, they were buried in the hospital addictions, medical or neurological teries, and the people buried there were ment, at a time when illnesses such as flu could vote. The 14th and 15th Amend- In America, labor was organizing. The cemeteries, sometimes because there was conditions, brain injuries, post-traumatic forgotten. In 2005, The Toledo State and TB were common among patients. If ments expanded the right to vote in Great Railway Strike occurred in 1877; a Cleveland Irish Kennard House Bank Street W 6th in 1870. Courtesy of no one to claim them, or due to financial stress, age-related dementia, or even what Hospital Cemetery Reclamation Project you add the 22 years she was in Cleveland America. Gladstone established the Irish third of those strikers were Irish. Min- the Cleveland Public Library issues, or even loss of family contact due we would consider to be very mild con- (TSHCRP), under the auspices of NAMI to the 36 at TSH, that totals 58 years as Coercion Act in 1881 which eliminated ers led a riot in San Francisco in 1878. to length of stay or even the stigma of ditions like eating disorders, postpartum of Greater Toledo. TSHCRP began work- a patient. Maggie is buried under brick habeas corpus in Ireland. Coopers in Cleveland held strikes in 1867, economic and political catalysts. children of the Famine Irish who did not having someone at the state Hospital. depression, anxiety, etc. ing in cooperation with the University of #1366 in the New Cemetery The 1870 Land Act gave tenants greater 1869 and a riot in 1871. In 1878 they The 1860s had 435,778 Irish immi- flee. They settled throughout Cleveland The TSH cemeteries are in South Tole- New cemetery (1922-1973) has 23 from Toledo (the owner of the properties which Annie Judge was born in Ireland in legal rights. Ireland had 5,412,000 walked out at Standard Oil. Stakes were grants. The 1870s had 436,871 Irish and in the area from the East Bank of do, on property now owned by UTMC. Ireland. Old cemetery (1888-1922) has contain the cemeteries) and Northwest 1834. By 1870, she was an inmate of the inhabitants in 1870; over half were tenant high on both sides of the pond. immigrants. 1880 records 1,854,571 Irish the Flats to Public Square: Bank, Water, They contain burials of past patients from 10. There is a total of 372 people identi- Ohio Psychiatric Hospital (previous- Erie County Infirmary in Perkins, Ohio. farmers and 85% of those were tenants The Earl of Leitrim was killed in 1878. born. Immigration from 1880-1890 was Superior, St. Clair and Lake. That small Toledo State Hospital, now called North- fied so far who were born elsewhere and ly known as Toledo State Hospital) to She was single and couldn’t read or write. at will. Agricultural prices had suffered Fredrick Cavendish, the Chief Secretary 655,482. In 1890 there were 1,871,509 area had over 900 Irish born, almost half west Ohio Psychiatric Hospital (NOPH). immigrated to the USA out of a total of restore the two cemeteries and proclaim By 1880, she was a patient in the Ohio since 1873. of Ireland, was killed in 1882. The Molly Irish-born, the highest in American of all inhabitants. 1,994 known burials took place between 1,994 burials. the honor due the people buried there. Asylum in Columbus, indicating her The American economy was in a reces- Maguire’s were murdered in 1878. Pres- history. That is only a net increase of The Kennard House was on the corner Grave markers are being located and illness was more than the Erie County sion (1873-78) and began exporting more ident Garfield was assassinated in 1881 16,938. Where did the other 638,544 of Bank and St. Clair. The Weddell 1880 Part 2 James Curry was at 442 Superior. Mr. raised above ground, monuments and a Infirmary could handle. She was likely grain to Ireland. Crop failures in Ireland and Ned Kelly in 1880. Irish immigrants go? House was on the corner of Bank and Su- Continued from previous page Malley and Mr. Reidy shared a saloon bench have been installed, followed by a among the 101 patients from the Ohio in 1879, especially in the 17 counties of In 1880, the Industrial Council of Some were dearly departed. The 1880 perior. In 1880 Bank Street (W. 6th) had across the street from the Cathedral at footpath in the near future, and families Asylum that were transferred to the Tole- the west, made the already economically Cuyahoga Co. met the second Monday mortality rate per 100,000 was 23.5 in 553 inhabitants and a saloon owned by a semi-monthly “over” 99 Bank Street on 446 Superior. Brennan and Gallagher’s are finding their lost ancestors. The first do Asylum on January 6, 1888, when the vulnerable population suffer from hun- of the month at the Industrial Hall at 91 Cleveland, compared to 31.9 in NYC and Moriarty. 195 are listed as Irish born. 97 Tuesday evenings in 1874 when it was Hall was at Superior and Erie, The Forest burial was on June 14, 1888 (Burial Mark- hospital first opened. Her obituary shows ger. Irish Americans remitted 1 million Seneca. John McGrath was President 27.2 in Chicago. A death rate of 30 per people are non-Irish immigrants. Irish owned by JS Harris. City United Land and Building Associa- er #1 in Old Cemetery, first person to that she had long been forgotten when dollars to assist those 600,000 famine of the Cooper’s Union #1. The Irish 100,000 would still have over 150,000 surnames dominate and over 30 people It appears to be the Hibernian Hall tion met there. Philip O’Neil was presi- be buried was Irish). Some of the stories she died in 1899. Annie is buried under victims in 1879-80 and American ships kept coming to America as a result of missing Irish. A rate of 30 is unbelievably have no country of origin. referenced in the October 4th, 1876 AOH dent. Irish and Irish American business- about Irish born patients include: marker #207 in the Old Cemetery. high for the decade with decreases in Weddell House had 112 occupants and document supplied to the State of Ohio es were ubiquitous to the area. John was born in Ireland. He was a Volunteers and donations are welcome smallpox and diphtheria. 14 were from Germany and France. 61 for the Incorporation of Religious Orders. President Garfield was elected on a seaman by trade, but due to arteriosclero- in the effort to restore and improve the Re-emigration? No. These missing occupants have Irish parents listed. 15 A. Burke was listed as the chairman and platform of temperance, the restriction sis, was admitted to TSH in 192,2 at the cemeteries. Information is available at immigrants were silenced by a census have no parents listed and have Irish MJ Moore as the clerk. Patrick King, of immigration and employment of age of 70. There weren’t many options for the web site: www.toledostatehospital- that underrepresented immigrants due surnames. 20 occupants are listed as Pat McNearny and Michael Walsh were immigrants and civil service reform. The the elderly who were in poor health back cemetery.org. The Toledo State Hospital to language or locations of origin. It American with Irish surnames. Ken- elected trustees. The Irish Literary and confluence of immigration, Catholicism, then, and so many were admitted to psy- Cemetery organization also desires to The Home of Fine European & American was easier to write down O-H-I-O if you nard House had 69 total occupants, up Benevolent Society also met “over” 99 labor and Irish nationalism alarmed the chiatric hospitals. He died there less than reconnect with families of persons buried Comfort Food spoke E-N-G-L-I-S-H. to 56 Irish. The American House was on Bank on Mondays. William Gleason was elite Protestant power structure. U.S. a year later, and is buried under marker in the two cemeteries. They have only LIVE Additionally, certain immigrants did Superior adjacent to the Weddell House president and Owen Kane was secretary. census figures indicated that 80 percent #932 in the Old Cemetery. connected with one family of the Irish TUESDAY: Tacos & Margaritas WEDNESDAY: Wing Night MUSIC! not identify as Irish and acknowledge the and over half of its 40 inhabitants were Mr. Cully was not the only Irish folk of the licensed saloons were owned by Isabelle was admitted in 1904 at the age burial so far. If people believe they might THURSDAY: Burger Night fact that Ireland has 32 counties. Samuel Irish born. with a saloon in the area: Patrick Moran, first-generation Americans. of 48. She came from Crawford County. have someone from their family’s past SUNDAY: Daily Happy Brunch, 9am-2pm Hour Clemens was “Scots-Irish” and published Bank Street was home to the Acade- 44 Superior; Thomas O’Neil, 40 Superior; It was big business for the Irish and She was an Irish immigrant with a diag- who was a patient at Toledo State Hospi- James O’Neil, 30 Superior; William Body, HOURS Tues-Wed: 11:30am-10pm until 7pm! The Prince and the Pauper in 1881. my of Music, Merchant’s National Bank America. A third of federal revenues nosis of Psychosis with Mental Deficiency tal, they might be able to help, even if the Thurs: 11:30am-10pm $2 Domestics, Cleveland received 3,225 Irish immi- and the Herald Newspaper. 99 Bank 129 Superior; T.E. Costello, 133 Superior were from whiskey and beer. The - Imbecility. Isabelle died 29 years later of person wasn’t buried in the two cemeter- $ Fri-Sat: 11:30am-Midnight Sunday: 9am-9pm 4 Glass of Wine grants in 1880-1884, representing an Irish Street was the St. James Restaurant and a restaurant at 135 Superior. Just a bit temperance movement was founded to nephritis, inflammation of the kidneys, ies. 6757 Center Rd. (Route 303) Valley City, OH 44280 increase of 27%. These Irish immigrants owned by James Cully, proprietor of the farther east was DJ Higgins at 335 Superi- combat this “infidel foreign population” and myocarditis at the age of 77. She is Facebook connection: https://www. were not ‘Famine Irish’ in the American Cleveland Hotel. AOH Division #1 met or, across the street from City Hall. and the fear that “Anglo-Saxon civiliza- buried under marker #1266. facebook.com/ToledoStateHospital 330.483.1190 www.GandalfsPub.com • www.Facebook/Gandalf’sPub sense. These Irish immigrants were the Continued on facing page James Harding was at 339 Superior and tion would disappear.” ■ Maggie was born in Ireland in 1826, Cemeteries ■

12 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JUNE 2018 JUNE 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 13 certain customs are needed to seal My parents find joy in a familiar pair irm BLOWIN’ happy fate. One custom that remains to of swans who breakfast at dawn right F this day is that the bride is adorned with outside their window and the bale of Foundation IN “something old, something new, some- turtles that bask in the late morning By Ken Callahan By Susan Mangan thing borrowed, and something blue.” sun on the bank of the lake. My parents Yet another easy fix is that the groom find comfort in knowing that they are @KennethRCallahanJr @SueMangan Í Í may not lay eyes on his bride from mid- still together after a lifetime, whether night on the eve of the wedding until he that lifetime lasts for another hour, a sees her beatific form gliding down the day, or year. aisle and toward his waiting hand. Ah, On my parent’s wedding night, Colleen Corrigan Day Betrothed as my grandma Rose used to sigh, “Ain’t my father returned to the two-story, love grand?” brownstone Chicago apartment in For Colleen Corrigan Day, being the brothers became Cleveland Police Do you remember that night tian wedding ceremonies. Perhaps that is the key to courtship which he grew up, with his bride. As a compelling presence in the Irish Officers, and later settled in the storied When you were at the window In our contemporary society, be- and a successful marriage, that the fate would have it, the apartment was American community is not enough; St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, residing at With neither hat nor gloves trothed couples who wish to add an couple looks to the example of grand- locked and not a key was to be found. she is also driven to leadership in E. 82 and Superior. Nor coat to shelter you? element of folk culture or who practice parents and parents whose relationships The night was exceedingly hot for early Catholic education, in political life, Colleen’s dad, the recently deceased I reached out my hand to you Wiccan or Neo-pagan customs may have stood tests of illness and loss; those June and my parents were tired from as a broadcaster, and in all manner Patrick J. Corrigan, attended Cathedral And you ardently grasped it, include the ribbon tying ritual into their couples who have faced daily challenges their busy day and still dressed in their of causes large and small, and all the Latin High, served with distinction in I remained to converse with you wedding attire. while in total dedication to family as a Korea, and was able to attend John Car- Colleen Corrigan Day and family Until the larks began to sing. My dad looked at my mom and daughter, wife and mother. roll on the GI bill. Meanwhile, Colleen’s said, “We have no where to go but up.” Colleen’s paternal grandfather, maternal grandparents did what was (Eugene O’Curry 1796-1862) Perched behind my mother, the two Thomas Corrigan, of Tonragee, Achill, apparently mandatory for a generation a hall evidently endowed with instilling involved in a run for elective office; climbed a ladder and through an open arrived in Cleveland with his brother of Cleveland Irish Americans: Patrick metaphysical powers of attraction in thus, on the advice of several well- Magic is present in early June. The window. Safe on the landing inside the Patrick in 1914, on rumors of available Ginley met and fell in love with Shelia people. known individuals, Colleen, then a day dims later than at any other time of second floor of the apartment, my moth- work. Said rumors were true, and after Lavelle (of Dooega, Achill) at a dance at The Ginleys were active in starting the resident of West Park, took a shot at the year. A sweet fragrance of old roses er watched my father shimmy through serving their new country in WWI, the old West Side Irish American Club, fledgling St. Charles parish in Parma, the Cleveland Ward 21 council seat and wisteria clings to the still cool air at an open window at the top of the door. where Patrick and Celia began their that was won by Mike Dolan. But it dusk. June is a time for lovers, bride- Once inside, he opened the door for married life. Patrick began working as a was in the midst of the campaign that grooms and their brides. my mother and guided her through the firefighter in Cleveland and later became Colleen met her future husband, Brian Shakespeare wrote about the more threshold. I never asked if they made it an investigator at EEOC. Colleen’s mom Day; she believes their shared faith comedic aspects of love and courtship to their honeymoon night or if they col- and dad had 6 children: Patrick, Martin, brought them together. The couple was in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; a tale lapsed in a heap on the cool hardwood Joseph, herself, Dennis and Shelia Corri- married in 2007. Brian, too, is from in which fairy queen Titania falls in love floor. gan, all destined to ride the Green Wave an Irish family of 8, who grew up in with a donkey, enchanted mortals seek So this tale of true love continues. at Holy Name High School. In growing St. Michael’s Parish in Independence, true love from mere friends, and fairies My mother and father welcome each up. The Corrigan’s learned from their later moving to Parma where he was trounce about their forest world with day with morning birdsong and close Irish American Cuisine parents that nothing is given and the a 12-year veteran of City Council. He mischievous intent. Navigating love the night with a tender clasping of values of faith and hard work. now serves as the Parma City Auditor. amidst a supernatural world with magic hands and a gentle kiss. As equals, they Open 11:30am Monday-Saturday Colleen recalls, however, with fond It has been at her alma mater of to employ is complicated enough, how wedding ceremony. Unfortunately, in and disappointments, but still managed protect, guide, and nurture one another, memory, the summer of 1982 where she Holy Name that Colleen has discov- does a modern couple stay together for a the pressure filled world in which we to find humor in the absurdity of life until that day when the ties that held Lunch & Dinner Specials spent the season traveling on her first ered her life’s mission, growing, in lifetime? live, it will take more than a few silken and love in one another’s weakening them secure for so many years on this Dine-in or Take-out Available trip to Ireland with her nana, Celia Gin- her 10 years there, the co-educational The ancient Celts sought to ensure stays to keep love and loyalty afloat. eyes. That is the secret to a successful mortal ground are released. As Oberon ley, living, working, swimming, climb- high school and its mission, but also the union of man and wife through Perhaps the key lies in the choosing of marriage. recounts at the end of A Midsummer 25519 Eaton Way, Bay Village, OH 44140 ing and immersing in rural Ireland and engaging young people on trips to Ire- “hand-fasting” ceremonies. A pagan the partner. In the Superstitions of the My parents were married sixty Night’s Dream, “Now, until the break Achill; she was 12 years old and between land on various trips with Holy Name, practice which dates back to 7000 B.C., Irish Country People, Padraic O’Farrell years ago in June. They have raised of day . . .Which by us shall blessed be . grades at St. Charles. The experience St. Ignatius and Walsh High Schools, hand-fasting was an important cere- recounts some endearing folk practices two children and have provided my . . ever true in loving be . . . ever shall in created lasting friendships, a bond and guided by people such as the late mony in which a Druid priest would tie for selecting one’s mate. He writes that brother and me with college educations safety rest.” ■ to the island and a lifelong commit- Steve Malloy, the Terry Kenneally and braided silken cords around the wrists “to ensure a lasting love, a youth brought and post-graduate degrees. They have ment to learning, international travel others, exposing students, as indeed and hands of the engaged couple. This a sprig of mint along to a meeting with sheltered, guided, and loved us uncondi- *Sources Consulted: Barnet, Sylvan. and the desire to share it with young she was herself exposed as a girl, to the marked the public declaration of the his sweetheart. He held it until it became tionally. The Complete Signet Classic Shake- people. still-wild west of Ireland. couple’s love and intent to marry. moist and then held the girl’s hand for Life was not easy as my parents tended speare. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, After attending Holy Name, Colleen In between, she has been the long If after a year’s time the couple no ten minutes during which there was to the well-being of aging and sickly Publishers. London: 1972. obtained an undergraduate degree in time presence on the Gerry Quinn longer found one another compatible, not a word spoken.” Unfortunately, I parents, and later my brother who was Danaher, Kevin. In Ireland Long Communications in 1988 from Kent radio program, and was recently the now metaphoric ties were released am not sure today’s suitors would know left disabled after a massive stroke. No Ago. Mercier Press. Ireland: 1964. State and found work with the Cleve- re-elected for the State Senate Central and the couple was free to choose other the difference between a mint leaf and matter the travail, my parents stood by Remembered Kisses: An Illustrated land Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Committee Woman 23. Colleen has companions. The sayings “tie the knot” a dandelion unless the said herb was one another’s side and tried to better Anthology of Irish Love Poetry. CLB: after working on the long ago memory three step daughters, Kristen, Shannon or “the ties that bind” actually have their marked accordingly on the shelf of themselves, tried to be less selfish, tried 1997. of the lakefront Cleveland Grand Prix. and Sammie, for whom she and Brian, roots in this pagan custom. As the years Whole Foods. Alas, so much for folk to look for light amid approaching dark- Internet Source: Waterlily Wed- Colleen would be a rare Cleveland through faith and family, provide firm progressed and Christianity spread culture. ness. Together, they found contentment dings: Ireland. Hand-Fasting: A Celtic Irish woman if she had not gotten foundation. ■ throughout Ireland, the hand-fasting If by merry chance one finds another in retirement and beauty in life’s simple Tradition for Your Irish Wedding tradition was incorporated into Chris- truly meant for his or her eternal love, pleasures on Crooked Lake. Ceremony. April 22, 2016.

14 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JUNE 2018 JUNE 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 15 Photos by John O’Brien, Jr. working there! Anuna really taught Dublin Castle, Stormont, Farmleigh InnerView me about music, not as a course or House and Kilmainham Jail. In 2015, academics; they built in me the build- Éabha headlined a sold out solo show ing blocks: to have confidence, to tell in New York City, in aid of Kylemore a story when singing a song. What I Abbey. learned forged me well, and I use it “[Celtic Woman] came out of By John O’Brien Jr. all today.” nowhere,” Éabha recalled, “it was In 2006, Éabha went on tour to very casual. I sang a few songs and the US, where they said in three weeks the DVD is the Anúna coming out, so I had to commit. That Is a Celtic Woman Christmas DVD was Destiny.” Memo- I say that it was appropriately titled, ries DVD was in name and in result. I really enjoyed a Modern One too? recorded for the concert, and have a few favorite PBS. It reached songs from the CD too. Will Celtic Since its 2005 debut, Celtic Woman’s Albums’ Artist six times. the top 10 in Woman adapt in choreography to concerts continue to touch the hearts Celtic Woman has emerged as both a the Billboard ever evolving time and audiences, or of a huge audiences that span the globe. formidable multimedia presence and a charts that year. will they be a gig for an older genera- The group has twelve chart-topping genuine cultural phenomenon. Both This is where I tion, many of whom are losing mobil- albums, eight DVDs and nine public an accomplished recording ensemble first met her, at ity? It appears that they’re adapting. television specials leading to sales of and a world-class performing collec- In 2006 Susan moved from Dublin a softy, it never a CD Promotion I have been to at least a half dozen over ten million albums, with platinum to London in pursuit of her lifelong gets old to see show at Border’s Celtic Woman shows over the last success in nine countries. ambition to perform in the West End. that reaction of Books & Music. decade. In my mind, in what I have just Although initially intended as a one- Quickly accomplishing this dream, the audience She also went enjoyed, they have never been better. ■ time-only event, Celtic Woman’s music she won the reality ITV show Grease on their feet on tour to Hol- was so warmly received by the public Is the Word, affording her the oppor- at the end of a land and Germa- For more Celtic Woman information that the group immediately followed Ad Proof Sheet tunity to play “Sandy” in the West show.We spend ny, as well as sing- or to purchase CD’s, DVD’s or other with its first concert tour in the United 1.4.1144 obrienianohio.com End production of Grease. Other stage our off time ing in venues such merchandise, visit: www.CelticWom- States. Since then, the group has main- credits include the role of “Serena” - rest is more as the National an.com, Facebook.com/Celticwoman tained a strong presence on U.S. public and musicians onto has a story, and Cletic Woman has one in the original cast for the UK pre- beneficial then rehearsing; we rely on Concert Hall, or Twitter.com/Celtic Woman television, where its Emmy-nominated the world stage. too. The group’s repertoire encompass- mier of Legally Blonde the Musical muscle memory. concert specials regularly dominate is Proof the is submitted for edits or acceptance; please let us Thisknow is ayour robust changes, es Irish or classics, contemporary songs, and subsequently took over the lead “You have to keep grounded. You audience-supported network’s view- ensemble that classical favorites and stirring originals. of “Elle Woods” which earned her a have to have thick skin. If you’re not er pledge drives. Celtic Womanapproval has as soon as possible. Please reply to this email. includes Irish Celtic Woman are celebrating their new nomination for the prestigious ‘What’s nice it shows up quickly on tour. I performed for three U.S. Presidents and dancers, bagpipers live CD and DVD, ‘Homecoming – Live on stage Award’ for “Best Take Over.” use FaceTime to keep in touch with appeared twice at the White House. and a full band from Ireland,’ which features Susan She played “Kathy” in Singin’ in the my family - it is the best way to keep Each of its CDs – including 2016’s APPROVED NOTplaying APPROVED an array of McFadden, Mairéad Carlin, Éabha Mc- Rain at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin grounded.” Destiny, which was nominated1. for a or 2. traditional Celtic Mahon and violinist Tara McNeill. and Everyman Palace Theatre in Cork; Éabha McMahon began her singing Grammy in the World Music category, eae reyinstruments, o in - eaThe CD and DVD was recorded live the national tour of Brighton Beach career at nine years of age, when she has debuted at #1 on Billboard’s World tive, Celtic Woman‘s fresh fusion of cludingo bodhran, e ko tin whistle, a bouzouki ae inare Dublin, Ireland, in September 2017. Memoirs at the Andrews Lane The- was chosen by Veritas to record an Albums chart. The group has been traditional Irish music and contempo- and Uileanneee pipes. The celebration includes a world tour of atre; Daniel O’Donnell’s Rock ‘n’ Roll album for the children’s book, Beo go named Billboard Magazine’s #1 World rary songcraft celebrates Ireland’s rich Celtic Woman melds the traditional over ninety cities, from March through tour, “Milly” in Seven Brides for Seven Deo. She is a fluent Irish speaker and musical and cultural heritage, while and contemporary, celebrating Ireland’s the end of June. Brother in the West End. Television was brought up singing and speaking continuing its legacy of introducing history while reflecting the vibrant That tour included Cleveland’s mag- credits include RTE television series’ Irish at her home in Dublin. some of Ireland’s most talented singers spirit of modern Ireland. Every song nificent State Theatre on April 19th. I Bachelors Walk and Relative Strang- She then began singing in the interviewed Susan and Éabha (pron. ers, the four-part mini-series and traditional sean nós style, and went CENTRAL OHIO'S LARGEST IRISH ORGANIZATION Eve ah) just before their show at The Daniel O’Donnell’s Rock ‘n’ Roll PBS on to win the under-18 All Ireland Established 1936 I E SI IE B State that night. special. Oireachtais final. At the age of 15, she Susan McFadden trained at the “I was doing a training concert a was reigning Leinster champion from UPCOMING OD O famous Billie Barry Stage School, while show in Dublin; I was singing, Singing the age of 13 to 17 in the Fleadh Ceoil, EVENTS Coffee Bar & Bakery I TO performing in theatre and television. in the Rain. 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16 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JUNE 2018 JUNE 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 17 When Irish Eyes Akron Irish Are Smiling; By Lisa O’Rourke Be Very Afraid By Maury Collins

A drunken man gets on the bus late one the dog gets a good hand, he starts wag- night, staggers up the aisle, and sits next ging his tail.” The Beast from the East to an elderly woman. She looks the man If you are ever going to gain cultural to be our own perpetual winter, and for up and down and says, “I’ve got news for “Why won’t you marry me?” demanded insight regarding the things that have that, you are welcome. you; you’re going straight to hell.” Paddy. “There isn’t anyone else is there?” traction in the collective contemporary If you are thinking that we would The man jumps up out of his seat and “Oh, Paddy,” sighed Biddy, “there must Irish imagination, one of them should have handled the storm better and shouts, ‘Oh no, I’m on the wrong bus, I be.” be that if something is going to stick, it scenes akin to snowfall in Dallas or wanted to go to Baltimore.’ had better rhyme. To that point, there Atlanta are running through your Pat and Mike were talking. “I think I’ll are statues of famous natives dotted mind, you are at least partially correct. Vicky, a distraught wife, went to the take some time off from work,” said Pat. around the country and each has an Because weather extremes do not local police station with her next-door “How do you think you’ll do that?” equally infamous and slightly bawdy happen that often in Europe, they don’t neighbor, Pauline, to report that her hus- asked Mike. nickname. have the tools to process the white stuff Akron Irish Sister Frosty Poor Clares Galway band was missing. The policeman asked Pat proceeded to climb up to the rafters Sligo has W.B. Yeats, or the “Wank at like we do. There aren’t any plow trucks just set the Brennan’s loaf out with Irish is that the Irish beat their global for a description of the missing man. and hung from them upside down. His the Bank”, in part because he is posed or road salt, at least on a level that we tea, naah! Then there is batch loaf, neighbors to the punch. They begin by Vicky described him clearly and in detail, supervisor walked in, saw the worker in front of the bank; Dublin has “the would recognize. my favorite, a high but short loaf with laughing at themselves and then play “He is 35 years old, 6 ft. 4 inches, has dark hanging from the ceiling, and asked him Tart with the cart”, or Molly Malone, You are essentially on your own there partial crusts and blackened on top. the ridiculous to the level of sport. eyes, dark wavy hair, an athletic build, what on earth he was doing. so named because, well, her cups except for a little sand on certain roads Scones are another delight altogether. Anyone can take the literal view; there weighs 185 pounds, is softly-spoken and is “I’m a light bulb,” answered Pat. runneth over; another one is of the in select urban areas. Snowfalls that Which is to say, that even though the is artistry in the absurd. ■ fabulous with the children.” “I think you need some time off,” said fictional Anna Livia depicted reclining wouldn’t keep us home from a card Irish are famous for being fond of Pauline interrupts her, protesting, the supervisor. So, Pat jumped down and in a fountain, nicknamed “ the Floozie game, let alone work or school, do shut potatoes, a very good argument could be *Lisa O’Rourke is an educator from “Why Vicky, your husband is 5 ft. 8 walked out of the factory. Mike began in the Jacuzzi”; or the Dublin Spire, travel down in that part of the world. made that bread is the real dietary star Akron. She has a BA in English and inches, Fat, bald, has a big mouth, and is walking out too. nicknamed the “Stilleto in the Ghetto” The warnings of imminent doom did of the country. a Master’s in Reading/Elementary horrid to your children.” “Where do you think you’re going?” to name but a few. not leave the Irish people unmoved. So when the Beast from the East Education. Lisa is a student of Vicky replied, with a sigh, “Yes, but who demanded the supervisor. Mike an- So there was a no way that a One thing we have in common with landed, the stores were absolutely everything Irish, primarily Gaeilge. wants HIM back?” swered, “Home, sir. I can’t work in the snowstorm was going to be let into the them is the creeping fear that we may decimated. In particular, you couldn’t She runs a Gaeilge study group at the dark.” country without a nickname of its own. never get to the store again in the face buy a loaf of bread anywhere. Milk was AOH/Mark Heffernan Division. She Pat walks into a pub, and the first thing Hence, The Beast from the East, which of all that apocalyptic tundra. Again, almost as bad. And that is when the is married to Dónal and has two sons, he notices is a card game with three men Mick staggered home in the wee pounced on the country and the rest of the Irish and other Europeans don’t Irish genius took off. Danny and Liam. Lisa enjoys art, and a dog. Pat goes to the bartender and small hours after a heavy night out with Europe at the end of February. While have all of our practice, so they also There were tweets and other social reading, music, and travel. She enjoys Trip Advisors orders a pint and says to the bartender, his mates. When he woke up the next snow and cold temperatures in this part lack the skill of looking clear-eyed at media postings that took the mickey spending time with her dog, cats and 2015 Certificate of Excellence “This is unbelievable. There is a dog at the morning, he found he was in bed with the of the world are not unprecedented, these storms as something they can out of the situation. Someone posted fish. Lisa can be contacted at olisa07@ Winner 1st - Ray Flanagan table playing cards with three men.” dog beside him in his wife’s place. “Glory they are uncommon, especially in ride out. a photo of an ambulance with the icloud.com. Please send any Akron area The bartender is not impressed. He be!” said Mick. “ I must have been really combination. It does occasionally snow There were impressive raids on Brennan’s logo superimposed on it events to her email. 2nd - Donal O’Shaughnessy says, “The dog is not a very good player.” drunk when I got home. I thought there here, but it is usually measured in bread and milk, but particularly the which praised the “emergency” vehicle 8th - The Island Doctor “How’s that,” asked Pat? was a lot of noise when I threw the dog inches and not feet, and temperatures bread. The average American tourist for being so prompt. There were “Send 9th - Dan McCoy “Well,” says the bartender, “every time out!” ■ can hover at freezing but not dip below who goes to Ireland comes back home bread” messages carved out of snow and stay there. remembering the brown bread in on everything from car windows to 15th - The Music Men Weather historians had to go back particular, it is lovely. However, bread sidewalks. 16th - Mossy Moran to 1878 for anything like it. So the is much more multi-dimensional in There were photos of people Welcome Newest media warnings about the approach Ireland than that, it is a thing which 22nd - The Other Brothers exchanging loaves of bread on street of Beast from the East took a cue from is somehow different to the American corners for cash. There were snowmen in 23rd - Nathan Henry Advertisers! the US media reporting styles and the versions. every outfit imaginable, memorably one 29th - Alex Bevan Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival snowstorm was catastrophized in epic Just like Irish candy, you would as a nun and another who looked like proportions. Some of the warnings really want a user’s manual to make a he’d already celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. 30th - New Barleycorn Dublin Irish Fest Ohio Celtic Fest were justified. proper bread selection. The first step In fairness, we in the Midwest suffer The storm negatively affected the is to decide what the bread is wanted enough from both our own weather CLOSED SUNDAYS Kansas City Irish Fest same populations that they do here, for. Is it to be a little something with and the jabs of our sophisticated coastal Michigan Irish Music Fest the homeless, the unlucky drivers, the the tea, or is it for sandwiches, or is it neighbors that we deserve the laugh. As Co. Mayo Band young and the elderly. I delayed writing toast? etc., because there are breads Jane Austen says, “For what do we live, Joe Lardie, about this storm until now, out of fear specialized for this stuff! but to make sport for our neighbours, Nationwide Insurance. of cursing us all and causing us to fall For example, brown bread cakes and laugh at them in our turn? The further into the icy grip of what seemed aren’t sandwich bread and you wouldn’t difference between ourselves and the

18 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JUNE 2018 JUNE 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 19 Bill survived his wounds, changing his ews, when I read Regina Costello’s SÍpeak@BobCarneyGTR Irish outlook on life. column, “At Home Abroad,” I was I never saw him having a bad day, at reminded of Bill. I don’t believe it’s just Irish Network USA By Bob Carney least outwardly. I didn’t realize it at the the Irish that like to complain, I think Í@BobCarneyGTR time, but Bill also helped shape the way it’s human nature, but some people, By Steve Lenox grounds, to using the occasion to than ever before! To be held in New I view certain things. To me the weath- like Bil,l have their vision cleared. So, President Irish Network USA hold our yearly mini film-festival, to Orleans October 18-21, attendees will er is what it is, I can’t change it, hot or even if Bill only needed two words to leaving plenty of time for socializing once again hear from high profile cold, wet or dry, it just is. describe the day, I hope he wouldn’t While social media has given us all for a purpose, the INUSA conferences speakers, get updates from key Irish In the April issue of the OhioIAN- have frowned on this months lesson. the ability to stay connected and net- each year harness opportunities to leaders on continued efforts to grow Lá hÁlainn work across oceans, there is truly no ”invest” in Ireland through business, US/Ireland ties, and engage in high replacement in the art of relationship culture, education, and sports. impact networking. Lá hálainn ( law hawl-inn Lovely day PHRASES Many years ago, I worked in a filling pumps, rolled down his window and Tá sé meirbh inniu. (taw shay mer-iv inn yoo) building than face to face contact. In Open to Irish, Irish Americans, station, back when we pumped the fuel said, “lovely day” with a smile. I grunt- It is humid today. our fast paced world, handshakes still and “friends” of Ireland, this year’s into your car. It could be an enjoyable ed back and filled his tank, thinking to VOCABULARY matter. conference will allow us to put our Tá sé (taw shay) It is Tá an lá go deas. (taw ahn law go jess) job when the weather cooperated, down myself he was some kind of nut. It’s a nice day. That’s why Irish Network USA connection to Ireland into action in Níl sé (neel shay) It isn’t right miserable when it didn’t. Over time I got to know “Old Bill” Níl an oíche go dona. (neel ahn ee-ha guh dun ah) has worked so hard for the last five tangible ways, while offering dele- An bhfuill sé (ahn will shay) Is it? 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20 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JUNE 2018 JUNE 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 21 ford and was a key figure in the young the Irish to fight for the Union. Born Irelanders, a group of men committed in Ballymote, County Sligo, he became Illuminations Off The Shelf to revolution in Ireland. He was arrest- famous in 1860 during the visit of the By Terry Kenneally ed by the British after the abortive 1848 Prince of Wales when he refused to Rising in Ireland and transported to a march his Irish unit before the Prince. By J. Michael Finn @TerryKenneally Í penal colony in Australia, from which For this action he was arrested and held he made a spectacular for court martial. escape and came to Before the legal pro- famine, or the An Gorta Mor, as it is America. ceedings began, the LINCOLN and the IRISH more commonly referred. Many thou- He became an Civil War broke out, Incident at Rouge Bouquet By Niall O’Dowd sands of them (150,000) Irish fought for instant hero and a Corcoran was suddenly Skyhorse Publishing the Union while an additional 25,000 close friend of Lincoln. freed and immediately This year we commemorate the 100th the numbers of personnel to fight an ISBN: 978-15107-3634-4 204 pps. 2018 fought for the confederacy. When the war started, set about raising an Anniversary of the ending of World overseas war. To add to the available Since 1861, it is estimated that more O’Dowd’s book looks at many he became one of the army to go south. Like War I. The fighting in the Great War troops, the Federal Government called than 50,000 books have been written different aspects of Irish influence on prime movers behind Meagher, Corcoran was particularly gruesome. Chemical up the National Guard. Secretary of about the American Civil War. There Lincoln, from the Irish maids who the Irish Brigade and fled to the US after the gas, machine guns, tanks, and long- War Newton D. Baker authorized the have been 15,000 books written about worked in the Lincoln household to the the Fighting 69th reg- 1848 Rising and when range artillery were all introduced in organization of a Division made up of christened the 42nd Rainbow Division. awarded the French Croix de Guerre Abraham Lincoln, more than anyone in Irish who were part of the White House iments who acquitted the Civil War broke this war, and used with devastating National Guard units from 26 different The Division’s four infantry regi- (Cross for War) for his actions during history save Jesus Christ. This month’s circle. themselves heroically out quickly made a results. For thousands of American and states and the District of Columbia. ments were the 165th (the famed Irish the attempted rescue. Off the Shelf selection is the “untold It is with Lincoln’s association with in several key battles of name for himself. His allied soldiers who faced the enemy’s To facilitate command of these di- “Fighting 69th” from New York); Later, the famous Fighting 69th story of how the Irish helped Abraham the men and women who fought in the the Civil War. life was cut short at age guns, the combination of 19th centu- verse units, they were consolidated into 166th (the 4th Ohio); 167th (the 4th Chaplain, Father Francis Patrick Duffy, Lincoln save the Union.” Written by Civil War on the union side that is the Archbishop Hughes thirty-six when he fell ry tactics and 20th century weapons one division. The 42nd Division was Alabama); and 168th (the 3rd Iowa). conducted Last Rites at the dugout and Niall O’Dowd, the founder of Irish most interesting part of the book. Three was a staunch Lincoln off a high-strung horse meant certain death on a large scale. activated in August 1917 and was as- The Division, composed of twenty-sev- the men placed a tablet at the dugout Central and Irish America magazine, it men in particular impacted Lincoln’s man who recognized on December 22, 1863. On April 6, 1917, the United States sembled at Camp Mills in Long Island, en thousand men, arrived in France listing each soldier’s name. Another is penned as the only book that focuses life during the Civil War. The three the dangers of se- The book is filled Congress declared war on the German New York. After Division Chief of Staff in November and December of 1917 member of the 69th, Sergeant Alfred specifically on the Lincoln-Irish con- men who helped convince the Irish to cession and was a powerful voice in with a number of interesting, little Empire and entered the Great War Major Douglas MacArthur remarked and trained in Eastern France until Joyce Kilmer, wrote the poem “Rouge nection. fight for Lincoln were Thomas Francis support of the Irish immigrants who known anecdotal incidents from Lin- (ironically, it was also known as The that the Division, “would stretch over mid-February 1918, when they joined Bouquet” to memorialize the men who Lincoln’s rise in politics beginning Meagher, General Michael Corcoran, joined the union army in support of coln’s life and his involvement with the War to End All Wars). Besides being the whole county like a rainbow,” the French and British troops on the West- died. in the 1840s coincided with the one and Archbishop John Hughes, head of Lincoln. Irish, such as a near duel to the death ill equipped, the US military lacked combined National Guard units were ern Front. Kilmer’s poem was read aloud by million Irish people who emigrated to the New York Archdiocese. General Michael Corcoran was the with an Irish rival, James Shields from On February 27, 1918, the predom- Father Duffy for the first time ten days the United States on the heels of the Meagher was born in County Water- third Irishman who heavily influenced County Tyrone, who became a US sena- inantly Irish 165th Regiment of the after, on St. Patrick’s Day, when the tor from three different states. Another Rainbow Division arrived for duty in five soldiers recovered from the dugout Rouge Bouquet Infantry Regiment and was a recipient visiting and counseling the soldiers. is that it was an Irishman, Edward P. the trenches in the Rouge Bouquet sec- were buried. Sergeant Patrick Stokes of the Medal of Honor as a battalion It was by his “ministry of presence” that Doherty, who fired the single shot that Continued from previous page tor near the French village of Baccarat. stood near Father Duffy and played commander, charging German lines in he had his greatest influence and be- killed John Wilkes Booth, the man who On March 7th at 3:20 pm, the enemy “Taps” before the last lines of each World War I. came an almost a legendary figure. His assassinated Lincoln. began an artillery barrage of the Amer- verse. The notes were echoed by anoth- Kilmer was born in New Brunswick, “Wild Bill” Donovan command- decorations included the Distinguished While it is indeed an interesting ican trenches. One of the shells landed er bugle player who was stationed in the New Jersey in 1886. He was educated ed the 1st Battalion, 165th Infantry Service Cross and the Distinguished fact-dominated book, it is not above neal omes on the roof of a dugout in which First woods nearby. Following is a portion at Columbia University and worked for and later was appointed to command Service Medal. criticism. O’Dowd provides no foot- Lieutenant John Norman and 21 men of of the poem: The New York Times. the 165th Regiment. He would later The 1940 film, “Fighting 69th”, notes to the many quotes and referenc- E Company were assembled. He joined the 165th Infantry, and distinguish himself during World War starring James Cagney, Pat O’Brien and es he makes in the book. The writing is All 22 men were buried under 40 feet In a wood they call the Rouge Bouquet quickly attained the rank of Sergeant, II as the head of the Office of Strategic George Brent, is Hollywood’s version of also disjointed at times and he seems Full Service and Cremation Services of mud, dirt and wooden beams. Major There is a new-made grave to-day, attached to the newly organized Services (OSS), the predecessor to the the World War I exploits of the “Fight- to skip around to another topic in the William “Wild Bill” Donovan of the Built by never a spade nor pick Regimental Intelligence Staff. He was Central Intelligence Agency. ing 69th.” While some of the movie is midst of discussing one particular Pre-Need Specialists 165th and others rushed to the scene Yet covered with earth ten metres encouraged to go to Officer Candidate The most celebrated U.S. Army chap- fictional (notably Cagney’s character), topic. Despite these criticisms, to quote to rescue the trapped men. Donovan thick. School and accept a commission, but lain in the Great War, Father Francis it does portray the incident at Rouge Liam Neeson, “If you’re a Lincoln fan jumped into the hole and began dig- There lie many fighting men, he said he would rather be a Sergeant Patrick Duffy, was born in Cobourg, Bouquet, as well as the real characters like me, you’ll love this book.” I rate it a amilned and eated ein eate ging. Dead in their youthful prime, in the 69th than an officer in any other Canada, and was ordained in 1896. He of Father Duffy, Donovan, Kilmer, and TOP SHELF read. ■ leeland and otheast hio ine Two men were rescued from the Never to laugh nor love again unit in the Army. attended the Catholic University of Lt. Norman. ■ dugout and five bodies were recovered. Nor taste the Summertime. Sadly, Kilmer was killed in action on America in Washington, D.C., and then *Terrence J. Kenneally is an attorney 39150 The voices of other survivors, including For Death came flying through the air July 30, 1918 during the Second Battle was appointed professor of psychology *J. Michael Finn is the Ohio State and owner of Terrence J. Kenneally and Lieutenant Norman, could be heard And stopped his flight at the dugout of the Marne. The Rouge Bouquet and ethics at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Historian for the Ancient Order of Associates in Rocky River, Ohio. He 3 from the dugout. After hours of intense stair, poem was read over Kilmer’s own grave New York. Hibernians and Division Historian for defends insureds and insurance com- 3440 rescue efforts and still under heavy ene- Touched his prey and left them there, when he was buried in France. To this In 1912 he became pastor of Our the Patrick Pearse Division in Colum- panies in legal action throughout the my artillery fire, they finally had to give Clay to clay. day, it is a tradition of the Fighting 69th Savior parish in the Bronx, and in 1914 bus, Ohio. He is also Chairman of the state of Ohio. Mr. Kenneally received his up any hope of reaching the remaining to read the poem at memorial services he was appointed chaplain of the 69th Catholic Record Society for the Diocese Masters degree from John Carroll Uni- soldiers. The bodies of the fifteen men Sergeant Alfred Joyce Kilmer is re- for fallen members of the regiment. Infantry Regiment of the New York of Columbus, Ohio. He writes on Irish versity in Irish Studies and teaches Irish 1515 still remained in the dugout, but recov- membered today for the poem, “Trees”, William Donovan was a Buffalo New National Guard. He was most often and Irish-American history; Ohio histo- literature and history at Holy Name ery was impossible due to mudslides which was published in 1914. Joyce York native who had earned his law de- found along the front lines hearing ry and Ohio Catholic history. You may High School. He is also President of Holy and enemy shelling. Donovan was Continued on facing page gree at Columbia. He joined the 165th confessions and saying Mass, as well as contact him at [email protected]. Name for 2017-18 school year.

22 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JUNE 2018 JUNE 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 23 training methods, fitness and funding much of the program in the com/youth. Part 4: Cleveland St. Pat’s – St. Taking the Fields of strength programs, organizational Midwest. Part 3: Cleveland is seeking Jarlath’s Gaelic Football Club (the Saints) skills, coaching skills, youth Part 2: Cleveland sets its Summer more interested female players to would like to extend a fáilte (welcome) Glory: GAA Monthly program, ladies program, and men’s Youth Program: Once again the join the fun and re-start the Ladies to the rest of the GAA community and program. Coach Taniane visited Cleveland Youth GAA will be Gaelic Football Club. The energy is anyone interested in seeing these great, By Vincent Beach Cleveland on May 20, where he back out at growing after unique, traditional sports of Ireland on worked with Cleveland GAA to the West a few sessions June 9th at the West Side Irish American coach-the coaches (both adult and Side Irish with Coach Club (8559 Jennings Road, Olmsted Part 1: The Midwest Division With his successful football youth) at PJ McIntyre’s. American Taniane and Township). In addition to the Ladies’ welcomes Jason Taniane for a training methods, Jason has traveled Following the initial session, Jason Club nearly the team will matches mentioned above, the men summer tour of Cleveland, Detroit, nationally and internationally, worked days with area schools to every Sunday be exhibiting will also do battle. A 2PM throw-in for Cincinnati, Columbus, Buffalo, and coaching Gaelic Games and has had bring Gaelic Football into the gym this summer their skills on Buffalo and Cincinnati will be followed Pittsburgh. Jason has been coaching successes with school-age football, class – schools included Sts. Robert to have June 9th, when by a 3:30 throw-in for Cleveland and Gaelic Football since 1999. college football, club football, and & William in Euclid, Sacred Heart of fun and learn the skills of Gaelic Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Columbus, and Pittsburgh. The merry-arts will follow In his first year of football both ladies’ and men’s Gaelic football Jesus in Wadsworth, and St. Mary’s Football and Hurling. Sessions will Cincinnati travel to the WSIA to play a and the Saints will have the grill going. coaching he took his native senior club at the national level (including Senior of Berea. run from 3-4:30. There will be two round robin of games. Come for the games, stay for the craic. ladies team, Kilkerrin/Clonberne, to Roscommon Ladies, Senior Mayo During the evenings, Jason worked fun weekends (one-day tournaments) To get involved, contact Future Events: July 21 - Cleveland All-Ireland Football success. On a few Ladies, and Minors Galway Men). with the Men’s and Ladies programs. for the kids: July 21 in Philadelphia [email protected]. Men versus Cincinnati at the WSIA.■ occasions since then, he has graced Jason will be working with each Cleveland would like to say a huge is the Liberty Bell Tournament, and the line in Croke Park on All-Ireland of the Midwest clubs to develop “go raibh míle maith agat” (thank August 11 will be the Midwest Blitz Football Final day. their public relations, player skills, you) to Jason for a great two weeks, part of the Divisional Finals weekend and a huge “go raibh míle maith in Buffalo. Sign-up today and find agaibh” (thanks y’all) to the GAA for more information at clevelandgaa.

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24 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM JUNE 2018 JUNE 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 25 Ireland. The CDB sponsored knitting were photographed wearing Aran classes for women in these districts so sweaters, and the folk singing group Reader Recipes The Art of they could produce lace shawls and Tommy Makem and The Clancy Broth- Being Irish other knitted items for sale, while still ers wore their Aran sweaters when they tending to their homes and families. appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. By Karen Carney Kanter Later, in the 1930s, Dr. Muriel Today, the Aran sweater still looms Gahan, a promoter of Irish country large as a symbol of Irish craft. Aran Traditional crafts and owner of a retail store in sweater designs pop up every year in Dublin, visited the Aran islands and fall fashion collections, and a new ex- Homemade Scones bought sweaters from local knitters to hibit at the Museum of Modern Art, “Is with Devonshire Crème Irish Knitting sell in her shop. The creamy undyed Fashion Modern?” exploring the past, homespun wool and the complex stitch present, and future of fashion features Adapted from Mention the words “Irish knitting,” in medieval times. Kerry Woolen Mills, patterns the knitters employed gave the an early Aran sweater from Muriel A Years of Teas at the and most people immediately think of still a major producer of Irish wovens, sweaters their distinctive look and feel, Gahan’s shop. Elmwood Inn Aran sweaters, those bulky, cream-col- has been in existence for more than 300 and they soon became popular as the The sweaters you’ll find today are often ored wool sweaters covered in cables years. Irish sweater. machine-knit rather than hand-knit, and honeycomb patterns. The Aran However, wool knits were more of a Carried home by tourists in the ‘50s and much of the Irish wool once used • 2 cups AP Flour • 1 large Egg sweater is an important part of Irish cottage industry; Richard Pococke and ‘60s, the Aran sweater became pop- for these sweaters has been replaced by • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder • ½ cup Blueberries or Chocolate Chips or culture, but not necessarily for the visited Achill Island in 1752 and noted ular worldwide. Film stars and fashion wool from New Zealand. But the Aran • ½ teaspoon Salt any other ingredient you choose to flavor reasons you might think. that “the inhabitants have a kind of icons Grace Kelly and Steve McQueen sweater itself? It is here to stay. ■ • ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda them with. Many people will tell you that these sheep here with a coarse wool fit for • 6 tablespoons of very cold Unsalted Butter • 1 tablespoon cream sweaters were the traditional garb of wool stockins, which they spin and • ½ cup Buttermilk • 1 tablespoon white granulated sugar Aran fishermen, and that the distinc- knit and sell the stockins for about ten tive stitch motifs made it possible to pence a pair, and with this produce 1. Sift all dry ingredients together in 9. Bake at 400° for 10-15 minutes until identify the family or village of its they pay their rent” (Pococke’s Tour in SAFE HOME large mixing bowl golden brown wearer in case of drowning. The stitch- Ireland in 1752). This kind of household 2. Cut butter in to small diced pieces 10. Cool Optional: Mix 1 cup of es are said to correspond to various industry became even more critical and cut into the dry mixture until powdered sugar and water til features of Aran life: rope cables sym- after the Great Famine. coarse crumbs form smooth drizzle forms and drizzle bolize fishing lines, and lattice stitches In fact, many scholars trace the rise of 3. Whisk egg and buttermilk together over the scones. Let set until dry and represent fishing baskets. hand knitting in Ireland to the estab- BRIDGET ANNE CHAMBERS GERALD R. “JERRY” DONOHOE 4. Add to dry mixture and mix by hand serve. While these are attractive and ro- lishment of the Congested Districts AUGUST 02, 1935 - MAY 02, 2018 Gerald R. “Jerry” Donohoe, 82, of with spoon until soft dough forms. These freeze great for up to 3 months. 5. Add in any fruit or chips or other mantic stories encouraged by knitwear Board in 1891. “Congested districts” BRIDGET ANNE CHAMBERS (nee Howland, passed away Sunday, Febru- flavorings Devonshire Crème retailers and producers, the truth is refers not, as one might think, to areas Burke), age 82, native ary 19, 2018. Jerry was born on Decem- 6. Turn out onto floured board and 2 6oz jars Clotted Crème actually much more interesting: the that were densely populated, but to of Dooagh, Achill, ber 4, 1935 in Pittsburgh, the son of the shape into small mounds approx. 2’ ½ cup powdered sugar Aran sweater as we know it was a 20th those characterized by high poverty Co. Mayo, Ireland. late Joseph Henry and Roberta Knotts in diameter 2 tablespoons heavy cream century invention, and was, like many and a scarcity of economic opportuni- Beloved wife of the Williams Donohoe and came to the 7. Place on Silpat or parchment covered Blend the crème, sugar and heavy inventions, borne of need. ties. late Michael W. “Big Mahoning Valley in mid-1960s. baking sheet cream together until smooth and Wool has been an important fiber The Board was established to encourage Mike”; loving moth- Jerry was a founding and staunch 8. Brush with cream and sprinkle with sweetened to taste. Serve with in Ireland since the late Bronze Age. the development of agriculture and er of John, Francis member of the Ancient Order of sugar scones. Woven wool cloth was one of the cottage-based industries like spinning (deceased), Anne Gallagher, Michael Hibernians Sean McBride Division in country’s first chief exports, beginning and knitting, particularly in the west of (Maureen) and Patrick; grandmother of Trumbull County since 1997, and was Patrick “P.J.”, Colleen, Michael Patrick, instrumental in starting the Sean Mc- Brian, Mary Kate, Michael W., Molly Bride Division Scholarship program, The Arts Around Us and Bridget; sister of Thomas Burke which awards scholarships to high (deceased) (Bridie) of Cleveland, An- school seniors annually since 1999. Tho’ beauty may be in the thony “Tony” Burke (deceased) (Mary) Beginning in 2019 the Sean MacBride eye of the beer holder, it is and the late Mary Patten, Kathleen Division will rename the scholarship Walmsley, James Burke and Teresa program the Jerry Donahoe Memorial also found in the hands of Lynchehaun, all of Ireland; aunt and Scholarship. artists with magnificent great-aunt of many. Passed away May Jerry was an active member of the talent, who reside within our 2, 2018. Obit courtesy of Chambers Fu- Rotary Club of Warren, and also readership area. neral Homes http://www.chambersfu- delivered meals with Trumbull Mobile neral.com/obituary/bridget-chambers Meals. Jerry was a strong Irish Cath- If you would like your olic and an active member with his work featured, please send a Rest in Peace PAUL CURRAN, who wife, Alice of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton paragraph about you and/or MildredAnneButler, “Oriental Poppies” passed May 7 after a long and valiant Parish in Warren. Jerry was married to your work, plus a few pics to fight. Paul taught Speak Irish Cleveland the former Alice Marie Clark on May classes, and made everyone around 19, 1962, for 55 wonderful years. Alice [email protected]. him, laugh, and learn. He will be forev- survives; out thoughts and prayers go We will share as many as we can. You’ve earned it. er missed. to Alice and all of Jerry’s loved ones.

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G G 11 Ohio ______Festival in Painesville Aug 10-12 42 Talisk from ______, Scotland Irish Sausage, Irish Bacon

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Y Y 24 ______, Maryland Irish fusion band

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31 The Town ____ a west coast Celtic band 61 Dermot _____ 5pointscafe.com K K S I L L I W S S O R C

K K 32 Open the Door for _____ played with John Whelan 65 ___ Gould from Belfast, NI Black Pudding, Sausage Rolls, Pork

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