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J Flynn was the head of the cards, I’ll deal.” Gramps just about the price of an ice house. He had immigrated would say. I would get the cream.” He made a big groan, Living With from Drumshanbo, Leitrim, cards and we would play as he got up from his chair, Lardie Ireland in 1901. My grandma, right there at his chair. he would grab my hand and by Richard Lardie Elizabeth Mulvanerty Flynn The pipe smoke smelled pull me out the door for the (Rossy, Leitrim, Ireland 1901), wonderful. He would deal walk to the corner drug store. ran the place. Then there was the cards on his knee and I I was so proud when he told my dad, mom, and us four kids. would fight to hold the cards people that his grandson had Carthy, Johnny Dollar, The We also had two men in in my little hand. I know he won enough money play- Times Were Whistler, to name a few. the attic transitioning in from was a good card player but ing cards to buy his own ice Different The great part about radio Ireland most of the time. Once somehow I was always able cream. We would walk home The times were different then. was that my Fat Man looked they got a job, they moved to go down before him. He together while he talked about It was 1948, and life seemed like I wanted him to and yours out and someone new would sometimes didn’t even show the Indians and what a great to have gone slower. We had looked like you wanted. It move in. So this little house me his hand because he said it team they had. I nodded a lot no Television to command our was all in our minds. Johnny on E 95th Street had six adults was so bad. He would give me but mostly concentrated on attention and fill our days with Dollar looked just like me. and four children. My memory a penny for every hand I won. licking my ice cream to make mindless “entertainment” that When we were sent to bed we is that it wasn’t crowded. The After a few hands he would sure I didn’t lose any of it. we would forget by tomor- would sneak down the top adults may have felt different. say. “How many pennies have I wish I could have one more row. News was delivered by flight of stairs and sit there We read a lot. My Grandpa ye?” I would respond with walk with him. So much left the daily papers once a day, out of sight from the living always had a book going. He excitement that I had five pen- unasked. Love ya Gramps. not six channels 24/7 tell- room and listen to the radio, would sit in his chair, read- nies. “Well” says he. ”That’s ing us how bad our world unbeknownst to the adults. ing and smoking his pipe. was. Mail came once a day In 1948 the Indians won the The Indians game would be not every minute like e-mail, World Series. I remember being on in the background and twitter, Facebook updates. able to be anywhere on the we were all expected to keep We had a one telephone but street and hearing the games ourselves busy. He was very it was a party line. That meant because everyone was on the patient and would put his you had to check if the other front porch with the radio blar- book down anytime you people on that line were on the ing thru the window. When the wanted to talk. I also learned phone before you could make Indians scored, my dad would to play cards and gamble at a call. The primary source of yell over to Joe McDonald and his knee in that living room. home entertainment was read- they would cheer together. How bout a game of rummy, ing and the radio. Our radio Someone down the street Dickie?” That would bring was a huge piece of furniture would chime in and add to the me running from anywhere that sat against the wall in the neighborly togetherness. Those within earshot. “Fetch the living room. (I had never heard were neighborhoods then. of a family room back then). Your neighbors became The shows were probably not almost your best friends be- as good as I remember, but to h M cause you were kind of stuck Iris a six year old everything was in your neighborhood. There Li e us ! great. I would lie on the floor were no freeways or turnpikes v ic with my chin in my hands and so people stayed home and listen to: The Lone Ranger (I learned how to get along. Now, always called him the Long if you move into a new home Ranger), Sky King, Hopalong you can get in your car and Cassidy, Tales of the Texas go visit your old friends. We Rangers, Henry Aldrich, Arthur don’t have front porches to Godfrey, Blondie, Burns and sit on when it is hot. (Plus we Allen, Sgt. Preston, Roy Rogers, have air conditioning). We Gene Autry, Dennis Day, Dick go into our fenced patio in Tracy, Fred Allen, Fibber Mc the back yard and we don’t Gee, Duffy’s Tavern, The Fat have to talk to our neighbors. 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Dublin man, as yet Fahey. His granddaughter wondered “none of his business”. Some men, and known to few but his was there any way we might finally women, did what they needed to do and immediate family, also correct the spelling of his name? never revisited the facts, whilst oth- present in Kilmainham As always, the staff in the National ers openly recounted their stories. But that night, and also Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks that simple phrase, Had I another ten inaccurately named: responded swiftly and helpfully to our minutes with him / her, haunts me still. Matthew James enquiries. I agree with their verdict: the Matthew Fahey played his part in Fahey, of 70 Rialto Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook is indeed a significant event in Ireland’s his- Buildings, Dublin. a historic document, and should not be tory. He was arrested after the Easter Give Them In 2003, working in the Kilmainham altered, no matter the cause. No official Rising, imprisoned in Kilmainham Their Names Archives, I received a letter from Matthew evidence exists to prove that Matthew and subsequently sent to Wakefield Fahey’s granddaughter, Maureen Fahey, was a member of the Irish Volunteers; Detention Barracks in England. I have Imagine Kilmainham Prison, sometime enquiring whether we had any informa- he does not appear on the 1916 Roll of read many descriptions of the vessels late on the night of 2 May, as it merges tion on Matthew in the Archives. I con- Honour. There is nevertheless a strongly used to transport the men across the slowly into the morning of 3 May, 1916. sulted our historical ‘bible’: an original held belief within the Fahey family that Irish Sea; most refer to them as “cattle The forbidding, eerie heap of limestone Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook, compiled Matthew was in the Volunteer move- boats”. Matthew deserves his true and looms out of the cold darkness. Ready by Dublin’s Weekly Irish Times and pub- to change the Irish landscape, utterly. lished in 1917, from their own contem- Somewhere within the building the Brit- porary listings of prisoners following the ish Commandant, Major Lennon, reputed Easter Week Rising of the previous year. to be a humane man, reaches for a single I found him, sort of, on page 77. He sheet of paper and writes a hurried note was listed among those prisoners sent to one of Dublin’s Capuchin fathers, from Kilmainham and received at Wake- Father Aloysius. He grants the priest per- field Detention Barracks, England, 6 May mission to visit one of the prisoners fac- 1916. His name appeared incorrectly as ing imminent execution: “H. T. Pearse”. Matthew FILEY, 70 Rialto Buildings. I Nearly 100 years later, PH (Patrick continued my search and found another Henry) Pearse still suffers incorrect ver- possible reference on page 90 referring sions of his name being bandied about, to a list of 191 prisoners whose release but nearly everyone recognises exactly had been ordered on 8 June, after a who he is, even with faulty combinations. full investigation by military authori- I’m writing this month about another ties: Fahey, Mat. J., Dublin; the same man – any similarities fitting only him. Maureen stated it best in a recent email: “So to summarise, they got his name wrong when they arrested him but got it right when they released him.” Maureen confirmed the 70 Rialto Buildings address, stating that Mat- thew still lived there when his first child James was born in 1920, on the fourth anniversary of PH Pearse’s death. ment, and if not an actual member, he full name to be recorded, as indeed does Matthew was one of those men in- was certainly closely associated with his family, scattered today throughout volved who rarely, if ever, spoke of those them. His younger brothers Martin Dublin, England and New Zealand: events. One narrative the family can and Billy were also said to be involved. Matthew James Fahey 1888 – 1955. describe is of how Matthew was given a Martin is thought to have taken part in Another member of the Fahey fam- hard time by the military guards in Kil- the 1914 Howth gun running, before ily, related through marriage, was John mainham and told that he was “to be exe- joining the Dublin Fusiliers one year Beirnes. John, a drayman at Monks’ cuted within the next few days.” Not dif- later and fighting for Britain in WW1. Bakers, was among a number of civil- ficult to believe, considering exactly what Amongst the details known by the ians shot by British soldiers of the South was happening in the prison at that time. family are that Matthew was arrested im- Staffordshire Regiment in the North King Matthew would in all probability have mediately after the Rising, in the vicinity Street area of Dublin, on the Saturday heard the shots fired at the dawn execu- of the Abbey Theatre. They believe that of the Rising. He was on his way to the tions of PH Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh he was in possession of incriminating bakery to tend to the horses. John left and Thomas Clarke, on 3 May, before documents, which implicated him in behind a widow and five young children. his journey to Wakefield commenced. the Rising. The family state that fire- There is a further deep sadness to Maureen emailed me earlier this year, arms were definitely hidden in 70 Rialto this story. Matthew Fahey’s first child, ever concerned about her grandfather. Buildings. Maureen herself wrote: “If Jimmy, born on the fourth anniversary of As the 1916 Centenary rapidly approach- Granddad hadn’t been such a reserved, Pearse’s execution in the Rialto area, was es the Fahey family find themselves in intensely private man, he might have mentioned in those 1916 Prisoner Lists, a thought-provoking quandary. Differ- spoken more about this period…” and joined the British RAF (Royal Air ent, interesting websites are appearing, I have heard countless family mem- Force) in January of 1939. On 5 Febru- and as their information is based on bers echo that statement countless times ary 1944, Jimmy failed to return from names taken from the Sinn Fein Rebel- during my years in the Kilmainham a sortie. When the inevitable telegram lion Handbook, Matthew continues to Archives. One adult son even men- arrived, neighbours gathered with the appear incorrectly as Filey, rather than tioned how his father told him it was family on Rialto Street and wept. October 2015 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 7 8 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com October 2015

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literary tradition has kept villagers. ting fire to her body. In Michael’s mind, he accounts of werewolves One cold day in March 1895, Bridget had at last exorcised the fairy. and banshees, fairies and went walking to collect payment for eggs Moreover, Cleary was convinced that wizards alive and well. that she sold to the townspeople of Clonmel. a healthy Bridget would be brought back Such tales are part of the She caught an illness that likely progressed to him, riding on a white horse over the folklore cannon. to pneumonia. known fairy fort Kylenagranagh. In old Ireland, the Se- Unsatisfied with his wife’s progress, Fortunately, the Royal Irish Constables anachie would travel Michael Cleary went in search of a “fairy conducted an extensive search of the area, Forgotten from hearth to hearth on long autumn doctor.” It was a long held belief that the found the sad remains of Bridget Cleary, nights entertaining rural villagers with sto- Cleary’s home was built upon a fairy rath or and brought the group to trial. Though “Are you a witch, or are you a fairy? ries of the Pooka and apparitions haunting fort. If mortals tampered with such sacred charged with manslaughter, Michael Are you the wife of Michael Cleary?” the cross-roads. The storyteller’s payment places, only tragedy would ensue. Cleary never once believed that he killed (A Children’s Rhyme. Origin: County was a draught of whiskey or a bite of bread, Wrapped in such superstition, Michael his wife, but rather the fairy woman that Tipperary) but mostly the tales drew isolated peoples Cleary sought the help of Dennis Ganey, a abducted Bridget. For now, the weather holds fast to sum- together, if only for an evening. known “fairy man,” or individual schooled Incarcerated for ten years, Michael mer. Hot days continue to ripen fragrant to- William Butler Yeats wrote most elo- in the ways of the fairies. From Ganey, Mi- Cleary immigrated to Montreal. Here all matoes. Orchard trees are heavy with fruit. quently about the plight of the fairies. In chael Cleary purchased herbal remedies to record of Michael Cleary ends. However, Recently, I stumbled upon one such tree. Its “The Stolen Child,” the reader is seduced rid his wife of what he believed was a fairy the name and tragic fate of Bridget Bo- trunk was diminutive, fairy-size, while the by the fairy world. Here “slumbering trout” changeling that possessed her body. land Cleary, ignominiously referred to as branches thick and heavy, extended stoutly, are held in sway and the rush of Glen- For a week’s time, Cleary and a host of the “Last Witch in Ireland,” will never be resolutely, bearing perfectly shaped apples. Car waterfalls drown out the clamorous relations attempted to bring Bridget, his forgotten. The fruit was rose–red with pale green dance of the fairies. We are led to question own true wife, back from the fairy world. *Internet Sources Consulted: Celtic stripes running through the upper half of whether the comforts of our human world He mixed herbs with the first milk of a cow, Studies Resources. “Bridget Cleary: Fairy the juicy globes. are enough recompense for the sorrows physically forcing that and other potions Intrusion in Nineteenth Century Ireland.” It was all I could do to not trespass that we face. The reader is left, at once be- into his sickly wife’s mouth. Convinced that Ireland of the Welcomes. “The Last Witch into this unknown neighbor’s overgrown guiled by a world where nature and magic her feeble state and illness were still signs Burned in Ireland,” May 3, 2013. Old yard, and venture to pick fruit from this reigns, yet longing for the simple peace of of the fairy’s presence, Michael began more Moore’s Almanac: “The Last Irish Witch” seemingly forgotten tree. The fruit looked human comfort. radical treatments. extracted from Bob Curran’s “A Bewitched so crisp and the day was so very warm. The fairy world has long provided fod- Witnessed by cousins, and aided by Land: Ireland’s Witches.” Tuapeka Times, Though the tree was beautiful in its stature, der for the poet’s dreams and the child’s Bridget’s own father Patrick Boland, Mi- New Zealand, 15 May 1895, “Burned as a I began to think of temptation and how na- fantasies. Folklore and legend is inherent chael Cleary held his wife, trussed in a bed Witch. A Terrible Irish Tragedy.” ture continues to exist, remote, unaware of to the cultural make-up of any society. sheet, over a fire. He repeatedly stabbed *Susan holds a Master’s degree in all the joys and sorrows of the humans who Yet, there are those individuals for whom at Bridget’s mouth and forehead with a English from John Carroll University bear witness to her many seasons. legend unwittingly morphed into reality. hot poker to force the fairy from his wife’s and a Master’s degree in Education from It is interesting to note how the apple has Journalists and historians have docu- body. In an ultimate fit of madness, Michael Baldwin-Wallace University. She may be appeared as both symbol and metaphor in mented the bizarre case of County Tipper- Cleary doused Bridget with paraffin oil, set- contacted at [email protected] literature and in film to entertain, threaten, ary’s Michael Cleary and his 26 year-old warn, and delight people for centuries. wife Bridget. In 1895, Michael and Bridget In the Old Testament, we read how Eve Cleary lived in a tenant’s cottage in the iso- is tempted by the devil in the guise of a lated village of Ballyvadlea near Clonmel. serpent to eat an apple from a tree. Her According to local legend, this area was rife decision changed the course of eternity. with fairies. In fact, the home of Michael Hollywood filmmakers portray the and Bridget overlooked the mountain of misled Dorothy and Scarecrow entering Slievenamon. According to Bob Curran, into an enchanted forest where they would the author of “A Bewitched Land: Ireland’s gather and eat apples from haunted trees. Witches,” this “fairy-haunted mountain, The Wicked Witch perches on a nearby once said to be the stronghold of the leg- branch reminding the viewer how one endary Fenian knights, where all manner of must remain firmly planted on his path to supernatural creatures were said to dwell” salvation and not be led into temptation. figured tragically in the life of Bridget In the land of fairy tales, the Evil Queen Cleary. In her own home, across from the poisons the virginal Snow White, again slopes of Slievenamon, Bridget Cleary was with a bite from a fatal, but oh so beautifully burned to death by her husband. News- red apple. Funny to think how something paper headlines sensationalized this case, as lovely and natural as an apple can host claiming Bridget Cleary to be the “Last such sinister undertones, but of course, this Witch Burned in Ireland.” is autumn and our minds can play tricks Tragically, Bridget was neither witch, nor upon us as the days fade so early into night. fairy changeling, but a talented young mil- I have always loved a good ghost story. liner, seamstress, and entrepreneur victim- As a kid, I was a walking encyclopedia of ized by her husband’s madness. monster trivia. Phantoms gave rise to my Educated and self-assured, Bridget Bo- creative imagination, witches made me land Cleary did not conform to the typical shriek, and vampires absolutely unnerved woman’s role of mother and dutiful wife. me. These creatures are cast in stories She dressed fashionably in clothes and meant to chill and horrify the lover of a hats of her own making. Bridget stood out, tale. 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said that if you meet one and she gives you It is also classed as a Celtic feast of divina- bol of Samhain. It’s of Celtic origin, when An Irish Halloween her name, do not tell anyone else her name tion. The reason for this has to do with the those who had to travel on All Hallows Eve Twas the banshee’s lonely wailing as she’ll never forgive such an intrusion of Celtic view of time. In a culture that uses a carried lanterns with scary faces painted on Well I knew the voice of death, her privacy. linear concept of time, like our modern one, them. These were meant to help scare away On the night wind slowly sailing, A word of warning, an Adh Sidhe should New Year’s Eve is simply a milestone on a fairies and dark spirits. These were also O’er the bleak and gloomy heath. never be confused with a bean sidhe. Similar very long road that stretches in a straight line placed outside households, to help keep A lot of people don’t realize it, but Ban- in appearance to the Banshee, the Adh Sidhe from birth to death. Thus, the New Year’s them safe from demonic forces that roamed shees are not the bringers of death, but are spirits that are only seen by people who festival is a part of time. that night. Nowadays, the pumpkin seems rather the speakers for the soon to be dead. have an unclear conscience. They appear as The ancient Celtic view of time, however, to have taken its place. They sing of the deeds done by the soon to either beautiful women who lure the evil to is cyclical. And in this framework, New The custom of dressing in costume and be departed, but to mortal ears, only the their destruction, or as sleek, terrifying black Year’s Eve represents a point outside of time, “trick-or-treating” is of Celtic origin. How- keening wail is heard. She is solitary faire horses with red glowing eyes. You have been when the natural order of the universe dis- ever, there are some important differences woman, mourning and forewarning those warned...... solves back into primordial chaos, prepara- from the modern version. In the first place, only of the best families in Ireland, those Samhain. All Hallows. All Hallow’s Eve. tory to reestablishing itself in a new order. the custom was not relegated to children, with most ancient Celtic lineages, whose Hallow E’en. Halloween. So many terms, all Thus, Samhain is a night that exists outside but was actively indulged in by adults as names begin with ‘Mac/Mc’ or ‘O’. Accord- Hallow’s Eve is the eve of All Hallow’s Day of time and, hence, it may be used to view well. Also, the “treat” that was required ing to tradition, the banshee can only cry for (November 1). And for once, even popular any other point in time. At no other holiday was often one of spirits (the liquid variety). five major Irish families: the O’Neills, the tradition remembers that the eve is more is a tarot card reading, crystal reading, or This has recently been revived by college O’Briens, the O’Connors, the O’Gradys and important than the day itself, the traditional tealeaf reading so likely to succeed. students who go ‘trick-or-drinking’. the Kavanaghs. celebration focusing on October 31, begin- The jack-o’-lantern is a well known sym- In ancient times, the roving bands would Intermarriage has since extended this ning at sundown. Halloween sing seasonal carols from house-to- select list. Each Banshee has her own mor- is a Celtic holiday, ancient, house, making the tradition very tal family and out of love she follows the before the written word. The similar to Christmas. In fact, the old race across the ocean to distant lands. Celts called it Samhain, which custom known as caroling, now con- Her wails or keen can be heard in America means “summer’s end”, ac- nected exclusively with Christmas, and England, wherever the true Irish have cording to their ancient two- was once practiced at all the major settled. fold division of the year, when holidays. Also, the costume often When someone is about to die, the Ban- summer ran from Beltane to consisted of nothing more than shee appears at the family’s home during the Samhain and winter ran from dressing up like the opposite sex. It night and weeps and wails. Sometimes, the Samhain to Beltane. seems as though ancient societies Banshee cries for several nights in a row. Her Samhain is pronounced provided an opportunity for people sharp, cries and wails are also called ‘keen’. (depending on where you’re to “try on” the role of the opposite The wail of a banshee pierces the night, its from) as “sow-in” (in Ire- gender for one night of the year; notes rising and falling like the waves of the land), or “sow-een” (in Wales), Celtic cross-dressing if you like. sea, it always announces a mortal’s death. It or “sav-en” (in Scotland), or On Halloween night in present- is said that when a member of the beloved (inevitably) “sam-hane” (in day Ireland, adults and children race is dying, she paces the dark hills about the U.S., where not many dress up as creatures from the un- his house. She sharply contrasts against the speak Gaelic). Samhain was derworld (ghosts, ghouls, zombies, night’s blackness, her white figure emerges seen as the end of the year witches, goblins), light bonfires and with silver-grey hair streaming to the by the Celts, a new years eve. have firework displays. Children ground and a grey-white cloak of a cobweb The new year itself began walk around to all the houses in texture clinging to her tall thin body. Her at sundown of Halloween their neighborhood looking for face is pale, her eyes red with centuries of night with the onset of the candy and nuts. Salt is still some- crying. Unseen, banshees attend the funerals dark phase of the year. The times sprinkled in the children’s hair, of the beloved dead. Although, sometimes night itself is a celebration of to ward off evil spirits. she can be heard wailing, her voice blending the dead. Houses are covered in decora- in with the mournful cries of others. As a feast of the dead, this tions. The traditional Samhain cake In some parts of Leinster, she is referred was the one night when the is served, called bairin breac (a type to as the bean chaointe (keening woman) dead could, if they wished, of fruit bread). Every member of whose wail can be so piercing that it shatters return to the land of the living, the family gets a slice. Contained glass. In Kerry, the keen is experienced as a to celebrate with their family, within the cake are three objects, a “low, pleasant singing”; in Tyrone as “the tribe, or clan. And so the great piece of rag, a coin and a ring. If sound of two boards being struck together”; burial mounds of Ireland you get the rag then your financial and on Rathlin Island as “a thin, screeching (sidhe mounds) were opened future is doubtful. If you get the sound somewhere between the wail of a up, with lighted torches lining coin then you can look forward to a woman and the moan of an owl”. the walls, so the dead could prosperous year. Getting the ring is It is possible to offend a Bean Sidhe find their way. Extra places a sure sign of impending romance or (banshee). Never cut down a Faerie tree, were set at the table and continued happiness. Naturally, the or move an ancient boundary marker. Or food set out for any who had most important thing to remember disturb her while she laments the dead. If died that year. And there are is that Halloween has been around you’ve managed to get yourself into one of many stories that tell of Irish a lot longer than Christianity. It was the bean sidhes bad books, go to the place heroes making raids on the the church that finally abolished where she most often appears after dark and Underworld while the gates (tried to anyway) the old pagan leave a peace offering of bread. If it is gone of fairy stood open, though all day of the dead and changed it to the next day, you know that all is forgiven. If must return to their appointed All Saints Day. not, you must have really got her angry. It is places by cockcrow. October 2015 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 11

part of their treatment, so people are supported spiritu- ally and reinforced in their Irish Catholic tradition. It may be the use of reli- gion or even a simple placebo effect that helps people to feel better after seeking the The Cure what had happened in our treatment of a healer. Generally, To what lengths would you absence, what he recalled was people report a sense of well- go to cure a minor or major praying with her while she being after a visit to a healer. ailment? Do desperate times had her hands on his head. Ten Most healers do not accept call for desperate measures? minutes or so later, and all either money or other compen- After several tries at conven- was done. The lady refused sation for their help; their gift tional medicine, who would not any money or compensation. is one that they freely share. be open to trying something They do not look for patients. else, especially if that treat- People seek out the healers ment had the recommenda- themselves or are referred to tion of a trusted friend and them by friends and family. generations of testimonials? A quick visit to the website, A trip to a faith healer might http://www.boards.ie/search/ not be something that a per- submit/?query=cures will son would want to broadcast, quickly confirm that there are especially since they would, plenty of people using technol- at the minimum, be on the ogy to connect to the traditions receiving end of a skeptical of healing. Healers also don’t glance for buying into supersti- tell everyone what it is that they tions. Many people, especially do to achieve the cure; there is here in the U.S., might think Our son did have an episode an element of secrecy regarding that a person trying such a or two afterward, but never their work. The general con- treatment was a bit soft in the anywhere near as bad as what sensus is that their techniques head. However, sometimes, he had experienced prior to simply won’t work for just those treatments work. that trip. Now, there is no trace anyone, and they should not When our youngest son of it. I can imagine what you be diluted with overexposure. was small, he used to suf- might be thinking- loads of kids The conditions that are typi- fer from asthma almost as grow out of health problems. cally cured are not ones that are soon as we touched down He started growing out of his really life-threatening. I have not in Ireland. His asthma was asthma right after that visit. heard of anyone with a cure for sporadic here in the U.S., but Healers have long been a part brain tumors or heart disease. was exacerbated by something of Irish culture, whether their The problems that are cured are out in the Irish countryside. ability was given to them as an more in line with irritations. A family friend told us accident of birth or the gift was The technique of the healer that she knew someone with passed on to them. There are often involves some type of the “cure” for asthma, and some powerful folk mythologies contact: touching, blowing or she also knew someone who that we have all heard of, such spitting on affected areas are had been cured by that indi- as a seventh son of a seventh ones that I have heard being vidual. Conventional treat- son being a person with unique done. Prayer of some type is ments had worked for our son abilities and healing powers. also a component of the cure. in some capacity but always Anyone who has listened to What of the people for whom had worrisome side effects. blues songs will know that there these cures don’t work? The woman with the cure is supposed to be some power They do exist of course. They lived somewhere out in the imbued in a person just because often just list the visit to the country in Co. Omagh in North- of birth order and or gender. healer as another step that was ern Ireland; we decided to go. A The recommendation to go tried on their path to healing. long drive and a border crossing to someone for a “cure” may Since the healers do not ask later, we found ourselves at the be whispered to you, but it is for anything, a person could door of a trailer on a lonely hill- not because the person doesn’t only complain about lost time. I top. The woman who answered believe in it, it is because suspect that those for whom the the door was very normal in they have an idea that they cures don’t work are embar- appearance, none of the gypsy shouldn’t. There are specific rassed because the cure didn’t affectations that were in my ailments that are more prone to work for them or that they imagination. She definitely being cured than others; warts attempted it in the first place. exuded a gentle and warm and shingles are maladies that For whatever reason, the ones energy. She asked to have a few are often cured. The healers for whom the healing worked minutes alone with our son. themselves often use prayer Continued on next page Later, when we asked him and the sign of the cross as 12 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com October 2015

The cacophony of voices, each with The Cure their own unique perspective on the are much more vocal than those for Irish nation, is perfectly mediated to whom it did not work. Such is the con- the audience with passion and fervor. tradictory nature of most of us at times. I The complexity of the time is harmoni- saw a country vet, who prescribed anti- ously connected through a common biotics daily for animals, seek a healer for thread of cultural affinity with being himself when he had shingles. The heal- Irish. Musical references to classi- er that he went to was profiled in The No Simple Matter cal and modern works brings these Irish Times article listed below. The man Guild, the Dutch Treat Club, and diverse voices into to a unifying, yet seems to be the archetypical “quack,” Next year is the centenary of the the Irish Arts Center, the American indefinable sense of shared identity. as they are often called with a wink. 1916 Rising; the one singular event Music Center, and Opera America. The lament of the poet-patriot, while Francis McGlynn, from the Boyle that became the catalyst for Ireland’s His interest in all things Irish has unified in its struggle for independence, area of Co. Roscommon, is a deeply independence, and subsequent creation found him writing a musical based is both temperate and radical. The poet- religious man who inherited his abili- of an Irish Republic. Plans to celebrate on Synge’s seminal patriot also transcends ties from his father. His cure for shingles this important historical rebellion are work, The Playboy gender and creed. involves touching the affected area with beginning to emerge in the virtual of the Western World, Men and women, Prot- a holly branch while reciting a specific world, as well as in Ireland. Here in called The Playboy of estants and Catholics prayer. He also believes in talking to Chicago, iBAM will prepare the way Ballyduff. The Chicago are equally treated in his patients at length and bringing a for many of these proceedings by Sun Times wrote of this a concert that Evans sense of mindfulness to them, since concentrating its annual gathering on musical “a lovely lyrical describes as ‘non- he believes stress is the cause of many the events of Easter Week 1916, and score that very skillfully political, and non- ailments. The veterinarian was cured. since I’m on the committee, my own blends traditional Irish sectarian’. Each voice Healers can be viewed as silly and head has been buzzing with thoughts melodies and a Broadway sound.” adds to the colourful musical display superstitious; however, sometimes about the myth making, and demy- Evans score obviously demonstrates of thoughts and actions that revolve their cures are effective. In this scien- thologizing of this ‘terrible beauty’. an adept sense of evoking the primal, around the Rising, an event that still tific online age, it is funny to see the Ironically, as I was pondering rustic, quality of Synge’s love of the resonates with Irish people everywhere. use of healers move to the digital, like this subject, a friend introduced duplicity of the Irish peasant. It is no This is no simple matter, and this is the use of the boards.ie website to me to the composer Richard B. Ev- mean feat to undertake the transla- what makes Evans’ work so pertinent. seek them. The Irish have seemingly ans. The list of credits attributed to tion of such a classical work into the Amid the cries for rebellion, and mod- reconciled the use of the ancient and this talented artist is impressive. world of musical theatre, but Evans has eration, there also lies the levity of the modern by simply slapping the two Evans is a member of the American managed to do it. And it is his success Irish working classes. The sacrilegious together in a spirit of “whatever works.” Society of Composers Authors and with Synge’s play that has led him to and irreverent humour of the Dublin Source: “Magical Mystery Publishers, an alumnus of the BMI explore the heart of the 1916 Rising with tenements that O’Casey delivers in his Cures” Peter McGuire The Irish Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop a new work called The Poet-Patriots. dramatic trilogy is also evident in Evans Times, (October 26, 2013). in NYC, a member of the Dramatists Among those who find voice in this work. The jovial tones of a whiskey or concert are Robert Emmet, Jeremiah beer song in the midst or revolution O’Donovan Rossa, William Butler lightens the mood and reminds us of the West Side Yeats, Maud Gonne, Ella Young, George Irish knee jerk reaction towards levity. Irish American Club William Russell (A.E.), James Con- What The Poet-Patriot gives the nolly, Pádraic Pearse, Peadar Kearney audience is an insight into the hu- Upcoming Events: and Francis Ledwidge. By includ- manity of those involved, directly or ing poet and patriots who were not indirectly, with the Rising. The clever directly involved in the Rising, Evans lines of Yeats, the romantic national- Live Music & Food in The Pub every Friday captures the spirit of nationalism and ism of Pearse, the revolutionary voice republicanism. The inspirational words of Maud Gonne, as well as others are of Emmet are later echoed in words balanced out with the Irish love of 10/9 - Ladies Reverse Raffle of Pearse’s famous Proclamation. dance and music. The poet-patriot 10/11 - Rosemary Geraghty, researcher on the Evans musical rendition of these knows how to write, speak, love and well-known figures is wonderfully enjoy, what Kavanagh calls a ‘pint of “Blacksod Bay Emigration” project speaks on the plain’. Evans presents us with a Irish emigration from 1883-84 from Achill and communicated in a beautiful collection of ‘airs, reels and jigs’. What the com- three-dimensional perspective of the surrounding areas, 4p.m. poser accomplishes in this new work is Irish psyche. He celebrates in his music 10/17 - James Kilbane in Concert 7:30 the evocation of a world on the verge the caustic wit and rambunctiousness of change. War in Europe, unrest in that we Irish love about ourselves. 10/25 - Pig Roast The concert will make its initial debut 11/8 - Fall Card Tournament Dublin, and the emergence of a greater Irish artistic sensibility are enshrined in in Washington, D.C in 2016, and from 12/11 - Willoughby Brothers Christmas Dinner/Concert. musical compositions that are in context there begin its journey through other with the time, as well as providing us cities. Hopefully, as interest in this mar- velous musical composition grows it General Meeting 3rd Thursday of every month. with the words and ideas that burn brightly in the hearts of the poet-patri- find its way to Chicago. If you are inter- Since 1931 ots. What Evans offers through his ested in this incredible tribute you can musical score is an invaluable insight find out more at the following websites: http://thepoetpatriots.com/ 8559 Jennings Road Olmsted, Twp, Ohio 44138 into the power of words, and music to move men and women into action. http://www.richardbevans.com/ 440.235.5868 www.wsia-club.org RichardBungerEvans_music.html October 2015 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 13

he launched his the 1916 Rising that would see hundreds into an epic battle for Irish freedom.” ambitious scheme die and Dublin city reduced to rubble Of those many historians working today, with Blood on after an intensive artillery bombardment.” Paul O’Brien is one of a handful who is the Streets: 1916 Transported back in time, a hun- able to distil history into clear, under- & the Battle for dred years, the reader experiences standable and readable prose. Copies Mount Street life as it was during that remarkable of his works are available in Irish book- Bridge in 2008. week. “As they opened the doors, the shops and via the internet. Pick up one Lucky seven? No question! Irish author This volume was soon followed by air outside was thick with smoke from of his books and you’ll see what I mean. and historian Paul O’Brien has hit it big... Uncommon Valour: 1916 & the Battle the burning buildings and the smell In keeping with this 1916 theme, I owe again. His seventh volume, each centred for the South Dublin Union, my per- of cordite from the British guns.” Enda Kenny and his Government an on the run-up to and the action surround- sonal favourite, if I had to choose. Then, as the week dragged on, “Sack- apology. I was very impressed with its ing Ireland’s 1916 Rebellion, recently hit At this point, O’Brien faced the un- ville Street burned throughout the initial 1916-2016 event: The State Com- bookshop shelves with justifiable acclaim. expected dilemma of having to change evening. At 19.30 hours, the facade of the memoration of the Funeral of O’Donovan Entitled Battleground: The Battle for the publishers. In a decision, I’m sure Mercier Waverly Hotel collapsed into the street, Rossa 01.08.15. It, combined with Sinn General Post Office, 1916, Press would soon regret, followed soon after by Hopkins and Féin’s re-enactment later in the day, can it focuses on the men and New Ireland Press stepped Hopkins. The DBC and Reis’s followed be view in their entireties on YouTube. women of the Irish Volun- in and gladly assumed the suit; the walls of flames, the acrid smoke In addition, the Government, in con- teers, Irish Citizen Army, publishing duties for Paul’s and the noise of the crumbling buildings junction with the Glasnevin Trust, has Cumann na mBán [women future works. Thus, in 2012, being ripped from the city’s skyline.” created a commemorative booklet repro- volunteers] and Fianna New Ireland published the O’Brien frequently uses first-hand ducing the original 1915 O’Donovan Rossa Éireann [Irish boy scouts] military historian’s next vol- written accounts of persons who expe- funeral pamphlet with original photo- who occupied battalion ume as part of their 1916 in rienced the conflict. One man, Charles graphs and letters of tribute from such no- headquarters during that Focus series. Titled Crossfire: Saurin, graphically states, “The men were tables as Arthur Griffith, James Connolly, six-day conflict. Occupying The Battle of the Four Courts, soot-stained, steam-scalded and fire- Thomas MacDonagh, O’Leary Curtis and the iconic GPO in Sackville 1916, Eoin Purcell, the series scorched, sweating, weary and parched.” P.H. Pearse himself. Entitled Souvenir of Street [today O’Connell editor, stated that with the In conclusion, O’Brien writes, “As Public Funeral to Glasnevin Cemetery, Street] during Easter Week growing plethora of new the final shots echoed throughout Dublin, August 1st 1915, it’s a complete 1916, those brave souls, books centred on the Rebel- the stonebreakers [sic] yard in Kil- accounting and is fully illustrated...a totalling a force of some lion and the ensuing War mainham Gaol, the blood sacrifice of true collector’s treasure. My thanks to three to four-hundred, of Independence, there’d those who participated in the Rising Dublin’s Ronnie Daly. Slán, Cathal faced the daunting task of holding off a be a likelihood that “...particular aspects elevated a minor military encounter portion of Britain’s great military empire. of the Rising will be lost. [Thus], Led by a somewhat introverted school this series, 1916 in Focus, [brings master, poet and Gaelic intellectual Pád- the reader] short, accessible raig Henry Pearse and a dyed-in-the wool and informative books on very labour leader and self-avowed socialist specific aspects of the Rising or James Connolly, much of Dublin’s rebel individual events as an attempt garrison mustered in front of Liberty to ensure [that] does not happen.” Hall, Connolly’s union headquarters With increased fervour, in Beresford Place, hard by the great O’Brien completes Field of Custom House. That fateful date was Fire: The Battle of Ashbourne, Easter Monday morning, 24 April 1916. 1916 also in 2012, and just a In his opening to the book, O’Brien year later, his new press pub- paints the scene well. Dressed in an odd lishes Shootout: The Battle for collection of military garb and civil- St Stephen’s Green, 1916. ian attire, the somewhat puzzled Irish At this point the author takes combatants “...were armed with a variety a step back. In 2014, he com- of weapons, including rifles, revolv- pleted A Question of Duty: The ers, shotguns and automatic pistols.” Curragh Incident, 1914. In this It was only then that the Volunteers’ 164-page volume, he details speculation became reality and the full one of the major political intent of their assemblage was realised. events of Anglo-Irish history As the action of Easter Week unfolds, that eventually helps trigger the author carefully paints a picture of an Dublin’s 1916 insurrection. ill-prepared and poorly equipped insur- Finally, Battleground, his gency that hurriedly begins fighting with concluding 1916 piece, closes the increased determination and heightened circle on events surrounding the patriotic fervour. Unfortunately, their foe, Rising. It’s a day-by-day account- initially caught unawares, quickly rallies ing of events transpiring in and to engulf the insurgents by sheer force of around Pearse and Connolly’s numbers and overwhelming military kit. military headquarters, the GPO. Battleground concludes the research In O’Brien’s own words, “For and writing endeavour that Paul O’Brien seven days, [Ireland’s] newly pro- set out for himself seven years ago. Intent claimed republic fought a week- on explaining and detailing the major long bloody engagement with events surrounding the 1916 Rebellion, British Crown Forces as part of 14 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com October 2015

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ranks, signing a professional contract ing year against Julio Cesar Chavez with Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Junior at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Steward, who had followed the Limer- Paso, Texas. And although Lee was ick Southpaw’s progression since the ahead on the three judges’ scorecards, World Junior Games. Theirs would be a flurry of punches from the Mexican a friendship that exceeded boxing and saw the referee stop the fight in the would withstand the test of time. Andy seventh round with the Irishman still even moved into and lived in Steward’s on his feet. It would be the last time home for many years while he worked Andy Lee tasted defeat in the ring. An Unsung Irish Hero kid. Middleweight southpaws at a height out at the famous Kronk gym in Detroit. At the time, many people started For those that have not followed the of 6 foot 2 with power and precision The professional: From the start to waiver in their faith that Andy pugilistic career of Andy Lee, he was certainly didn’t grow on trees, but along Steward espoused Lee’s credentials would deliver on his promise. He had always a terrific boxer and an even with those traits he also had the pedigree. and believed him to be a future world taken his shot and come up short. But better man. In the world of profes- He won a silver medal at the 2002 World champion. Andy won his first 15 fights throughout this period Andy remained sional sport, and in particular box- Junior Championship that was fol- as a professional, the standout mo- steadfast in the conviction that he had ing, the Limerick middleweight has lowed up with a bronze at the European ment being when he knocked-out Carl more to give. He began training with always had an almost intangible quality Games in Croatia in February 2004. Daniels with one punch in the third Adam Booth and a handful of wins that makes him so easy to root for. In June the same year, Lee won silver round of a bout at Madison Square saw him stretch his record to 32-2. Maybe it is his open disposition at the EU Amateur Games and looked Gardens. In his 16th fight he suffered Then came that stunning fifth round and warmth of character that draws destined to be a star of the Olympics. his first loss to the tough Texan, Brian knockout against John Jackson that people in. But it is more than that, for He won his first fight in Athens -be Vera. It was the first of only two profes- would travel the world on social media. Lee has always exposed a genuine fore losing his second bout under the sional losses on his record and one it Andy was losing the fight after being class in his dealings with everyone that dreaded computer count-back system would take him three years to expunge knocked to the floor in the opening sees him held in great esteem by his after his contest ended in a draw. after a unanimous decision in the round. He was on the back foot for peers and those media commentators This was a time before the high rematch against Vera in Atlantic City. most of the contest until a stupen- associated with the sweet science. performance boxing unit came into Between those fights Lee had a suc- dous right hook from Lee saw Jackson Last December, he stopped the being under the tutelage of Billy Walsh, cession of victories both in the States sprawled out on the canvass and out unbeaten Russian Matt Korobov to when sending throw of boxers to major and at home in Ireland. The one that for the count. Once again, when the become the WBO World Middleweight championships and coming back with a stands out was a last round KO against need was greatest Andy molded his champion. It was the realization of a fistful of medals became the norm. Even Craig McEwan at the Foxwoods Resort will to deliver the knockout blow. life’s ambition and the fulfillment of a then what marked him out as differ- Casino in Connecticut. It turned out to It was a wonderful moment, which childhood dream. That he took the scenic ent was how he told of his apprecia- be a tougher than expected matchup, took place on the undercard of the route to the top of the mountain only tion for the support he received from with the Scot turning the contest into mega pay-per-view fight between made people that much happier for him. people back home when his Olympic a brawl. When it looked like Lee was Miguel Cotto and Sergio Martinez at For there were ups and downs on his dream hadn’t come close to fruition. on the verge of losing, he knocked Madison Square Garden. It served to journey that made his greatest triumph, From 2004 to 2006 Lee won three down McEwan in the final minute of put Andy back in the big time and all the sweeter. Young Gun: Andy first consecutive Irish amateur middleweight the bout to take the contest. It would his next fight was once again for the came to national prominence in Ireland titles; there were offers on the table from not be the first time Lee would save his world title, this time against Korobov. when, as a 19-year-old, he became the the Irish Sports Council to keep him best for when it was most required. This was a chance Lee did not let slip. only Irish boxer to qualify for the 2004 in the amateur ranks until the Beijing Winning the Vera rematch in 2011 Once again, with a right hook, this time Olympic Games in Athens. Back then he Olympics. However, Lee declined and led to a world title shot the follow- in the sixth round, followed up with a was a tall, good looking gangly sort of moved into the paid barrage of 18 punches, saw the referee call the fight; Lee was the World Middleweight Champion. As Andy was buzzing with euphoria and the excitement of fulfilling his boxing dreams, yet he did not let his moment of crowning glory pass without acknowledging those who had toiled with him on his journey. He made special mention to his former mentor and friend Eman- uel Steward, who had passed away in 2012. That Steward’s wife, Marie, had flown specifi- cally to be in attendance to see Andy reach his destiny made his sentiments all the more poignant. The Limerick man will put his World title on the line when he encounters the very promising Billy Joe Saunders before the end of the year. 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of Supremacy. Walter declared that his mother Taylor. He served as Lord Mayor During this time of religious should have been executed for of Dublin from 1595 to 1596. Tay- persecution, it was well known harboring a Catholic priest, but lor was elected to Parliament but that Margaret provided “safe he had spared her. She would, refused to take his seat because it houses” for any bishops or however, be allowed to go free required him to take the Oath of priests who might be passing and return to a life of comfort if Supremacy. He was arrested in through Dublin, protecting them she took the Oath of Supremacy, early 1614 for Catholic activities from arrest. Margaret’s eldest which she refused to do. and spent seven years in prison the reign of Elizabeth I. son, Walter Ball, embraced the Her second son, Nicholas, who without charge or trial. He Blessed In England, Wales, Scotland “new religion” of Elizabeth I and supported her, was elected Lord also refused to take the Oath of Margaret Ball and Ireland, bishops, priests and Supremacy which would have lay people who continued to brought about his release. He Included in the list of Irish recognize the Pope were tortured died in the Dublin Castle dun- Martyrs are hundreds who are and killed. Monasteries that geon on January 29, 1641. Francis remembered for giving their cared for the poor and sick were Taylor was married to Gennet lives for the Catholic faith in closed, ancient relics were de- Shelton, a granddaughter of Ireland between the years 1537 stroyed and Catholic education Margaret Ball. and 1714. A huge number of was no longer allowed. Mass On September 27, 1992 Pope priests and lay people suffered had to be celebrated in secret. John Paul II beatified Margaret much in Ireland during the reign Further legislation stated that Ball and Francis Taylor along of Queen Elizabeth I and that of any act of allegiance to the Pope with Archbishop O’Hurley and her immediate successors, as was to be considered treason. fourteen other Irish martyrs. well as during the era of Oliver Margaret Ball was born Mar- They were beatified officially Cromwell. garet Bermingham near Skryne as Dermot O’Hurley, Margaret Religious persecutions of in County Meath in 1515. Her Bermingham Ball, Francis Taylor Catholics in Ireland started English father, Nicholas Bir- and their fourteen companions. under King Henry VIII (died mingham, had left England and Each of the 17 martyrs is entitled in 1547) and continued under purchased a farm in Corballis, to bear the title Blessed. Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603), County Meath. The family was Today a memorial bearing fig- James I (1603-25) and Charles Catholic and politically active. ures of Blessed Margaret Ball and I (1625-49), then under Oliver When she was fifteen years Blessed Francis Taylor stands in Cromwell and the Common- old Margaret married Alderman front of St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral wealth (1649-59) and followed Bartholomew Ball of Ballrothery, on Marlborough Street in Dublin. by the Restoration (Charles II, County Dublin. His wealthy Francis stands slightly behind William of Orange, and Queen family operated the bridge over the figure of Margaret and he Anne, 1660-1714). the River Dodder, which is still is holding a large cross. The Persecution began when the known as Ballsbridge. Marga- inscription is a 1992 quotation English Parliament, under the ret and Bartholomew lived at from Pope John Paul II, “Faithful direction of King Henry VIII, Ballygall House in north county witnesses who remained stead- adopted the Act of Supremacy. Dublin and had a town house fast in their allegiance to Christ The Act of Supremacy was an on Merchant’s Quay in the City and his Church to the point of act of Parliament passed in 1534 of Dublin. They had ten children, extreme hardship and the final that recognized Henry VIII as the though only five survived to sacrifice of their lives … God “Supreme Head of the Church of adulthood. Her husband was was appointed Commissioner Mayor of Dublin in 1582. How- sustained them in their trials. England.” The act also required elected Lord Mayor of Dublin in for Ecclesiastical Causes in 1577. ever, Walter was still Commis- He comforted them and granted an oath of loyalty from all Eng- 1553. Margaret led a comfortable Naturally, Margaret was very sioner for Ecclesiastical Causes, them the crown of victory. May lish subjects that recognized his life in Dublin with a large house- disappointed with her son’s which was a crown appointment. He also sustain those who work marriage to Anne Boleyn. It was hold and many servants. She was change of faith and she made He outranked Nicholas and this for reconciliation and peace in repealed in 1555 under Mary I, recognized for organizing classes several attempts to change his kept him from securing the re- Ireland today.” In addition to but in 1559 Parliament adopted for the children of local families mind. In 1581, she told him that lease of their mother. Nicholas the memorial, there is a Blessed a new Act of Supremacy during in her home. she had someone he should visited Margaret daily, bringing Margaret Ball Church in White- Queen Elizabeth I re- meet and invited Walter to din- her food, clothing, and candles. hall Parish in Dublin. versed the policy of her ner. Walter arrived early with Margaret died in 1584 at the *J. Michael Finn is the Ohio sister, Queen Mary I, and a company of soldiers, and age of sixty-nine, still a prisoner State Historian for the Ancient imposed her own Act found that the person his mother in Dublin Castle. She was crip- Order of Hibernians and Divi- of Settlement. In 1570 wanted him to meet was Dermot pled with arthritis and had lived sion Historian for the Patrick Pope Pius V responded to O’Hurley, Archbishop of Cashel. for three years in the cold, wet Pearse Division in Columbus, Elizabeth’s actions with He was celebrating Mass when dungeon with no natural light. Ohio. He is also Chairman of the encyclical Regnans in Walter arrived. Amazingly, Wal- When she died she was buried the Catholic Record Society for Excelsis which declared ter then had his own mother and in the cemetery at St. Audoen’s the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. Elizabeth I to be a heretic Archbishop O’Hurley arrested. Church in Dublin. Although she He writes on Irish and Irish- and illegitimate usurper They were paraded through could have altered her will, she American history; Ohio history of the English throne. In Dublin in a cart and then impris- still bequeathed her property to and Ohio Catholic history. You addition, the Pope ex- oned in the dungeon of Dublin Walter upon her death. may contact him at communicated her and Castle. Thirty three years later the pat- [email protected]. anyone taking the Oath When her family protested, tern was repeated with Francis October 2015 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 23

country in the world. The introduction of primogenitor The United Kingdom utilized its land inheritance reduced the pros- powers and control to limit the In- pects of all children who were not dustrial Revolution to England proper first born, especially women. Irish and retard the economic growth of women comprised over a third of Irish Ireland. This was the catalyst for immigrants by the 1830s. America the beginning of the Irish diaspora, gave Irish women the chance at oc- which initially was only migration cupations and more independent liv- within the newly conjured United ing. These women monopolized the Shall the Sun Set? and cattle industries improved as the Kingdom. Irish neighborhoods in servant industry and sent remittance Napoleonic Wars increased demand Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, back to Ireland like their brothers and “The sun never sets on the British and markets; however, this improve- Glasgow and London were founded husbands. Empire” was a statement often used ment was short lived because 1815 by these Irish immigrants, who were Pre-famine Irish immigrants, men by members of British Parliament and signaled the end of Napoleon. The most likely employed in industry. and women alike, faced poor wages scholars alike. The Age of Revolution economic depression following the Their brethren in Ireland were most and long hours. The birth of Ameri- altered the understanding of empire Napoleonic Wars disproportionally likely unemployed or in agriculture, a can industry translated into fierce in the Atlantic world with revolutions affected Ireland. trend that would intensify in the years exploitation of the workforce. The in America, Haiti and France. The Wages in Ireland fell by 20% during preceding the Great Hunger. vast majority of Irish immigrants were Industrial Revolution altered the lens those years, while wages in Britain fell Over one million Irish, over half of reduced to menial labor, their lack of through which the notion of empire only 5%. The price of linen declined them Catholic, left the island of their skills a byproduct of an undeveloped was conceived and exported. “Pax by 26%, as did its production. Ireland birth to find opportunity in North Irish economy. Britannica” was on the horizon, the produced 55.5 million yards of linen in America. That is more immigration These early immigrants also faced global hegemony of the British indus- 1826 and only 37.4 yards in 1831. As than in the 200 years before. Irish prejudice and anti-Catholicism. trial empire. prices declined, Irish tenants could not Protestants primarily made their way Newspapers in New York and Bos- The implementation of the Act of pay rent, tithes and taxes. Unemploy- to Canada. Ulster suffered from the ton claimed that the Irish were violent Union in 1800 attempted to ensure ment increased, as did landlessness; economic realities as did the rest of and a race of drunkards, more akin to that the British Empire would always thousands were evicted. This situa- Ireland. apes than humans. In Virginia slave control the foreign land directly across tion was exacerbated by the recovery However, the increased industri- owners refused to rent slaves for work the Irish Sea. It established the Parlia- of the cattle industry in Ireland. As alization of Ulster and the ability to on the Chesapeake Canal stating, “Get ment of the United Kingdom for the cattle prices rebounded, more land more fully participate in society less- Irishmen instead. If they die there is interests of industrial Britain. Ireland was converted from tillage to grazing. ened the hardship in the North. The no monetary loss.” was not an equal partner in this ar- The Irish people could not recover transatlantic journey to Canada was Despite these hardships the Irish rangement, which was forced upon a from the Act of Union. It encumbered half the cost than that to the United in early 19th century America sent Catholic majority who were constitu- the Irish economy and dictated its States as a result of British restrictions money back to their families to pay tionally second-class citizens. deindustrialization. Irish industry on shipping to their former colony. rent, build homes and fund passage King George III refused Catholic and agriculture did not grow at the Canada was still British and its popu- to America. It was remittance that emancipation. He stated the Union same rate as the Irish population. In lation was mainly Protestant with financed half the immigration to was “calculated to augment and con- 1821, 41.2% of those employed in Ire- relatively few Irish Catholics. Irish America. It assisted in institutional- solidate the strength and resources of land were in the industrial workforce Catholics who took advantage of the izing immigration as a permanent the empire.” The goal was not Irish and by 1841 that figure stood at only lower fare typically continued their feature of Irish life before the Famine. freedom nor Catholic equality. Mem- 33.6%. Those rates need to be con- migration south; most Irish Protes- The Irish Diaspora had truly begun, bers of Parliament urged the pacifica- textualized by an increase in popula- tants stayed in Canada. and the sun has not set on it yet. tion of the Catholic population, not tion of 3.5 million between the years Canada offered opportunity to Irish For additional readings: “The Act the sovereign rights of the island. To 1800 and 1845. By 1841 over half the Protestants. Mexico even had Irish of Union, British-Irish Trade, and Pre- the British, Ireland was to ever be a employed population was in agricul- settlements including the town of San Famine Deindustrialization” by Frank colony with limited to no voice. The ture devoting over 2,500,000 acres to Patricio de Hibernia just south of San Geary; “Erin’s Daughters in America, Irish had other ideas. potatoes. Only 3,500,000 Irish were Antonio. The United States was begin- Irish Immigrant Women in the 19th The early years of the Act of Union employed out of a total population ning its role as the main beneficiary Century” by Hasia Divers; “Emigrant witnessed an increase in trade from of over 8 million. However, the Irish of Irish immigration and offered op- and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Ireland to Britain as Irish resources were not starving, yet. The shrink- portunity to all Irish. Irish immigrants Exodus to North America” by Kerby fed the Industrial Revolution. Irish ing of the domestic economy and the took advantage of the transatlantic Miller; and “Why Ireland Starved: A imports from Britain decreased as the monocrop subsistence of the potato shipping industry already established Quantitative and Analytical History Irish economy as a whole received structuralized the forthcoming geno- with the 18th century trade in linen of the Irish Economy, 1800-1850” by limited benefits from the Union. Linen cide while Britain became the richest and provisions. Joel Mokyr.

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