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to find my social security card, my Happy Summer! The sea- the hard work of our columnists birth certificate, son so slow to approach roars over the first five years and take my passport and by with such speed that we are the Ohio Irish American News my marriage li- afraid to blink, to miss part of to the natural next step—we cense. I think get- a season short in duration but have weathered the storm, now ting into the CIA jammed with so much music, we seek to expand. We need is easier. family and fun events that we you! New columnists and new Look at Your Driver’s License - Now The writ- can’t taste them all; yet try we features are readily available, ten test is not so must! just waiting for the opportunity, I have been practicing law for almost twen- simple, though I did pass on the first try. There Maybe we appreciate these and the space generated by ad- ty-five years and have extensive experience in are many complicated rules of the road that we days of summer warmth be- vertiser support. We ask you to criminal defense and traffic law. I have helped simply do not encounter every day, or, for some cause they are so rare up in take an active, rather than pas- many folks with DUI and traffic issues get their of the rules, any day ever, but they are on the these northern states, where sive ownership. Investing in driver’s licenses back (or at least get them limit- test—and if you miss one of them, you lose a winter seems to take the pace John O’Brien, Jr. your OhIAN by advertising your ed driving privileges on a suspended license). So point. Ten points off is a fail. of the glacier and last at least business, your event or simply, you would assume (and I guess that I assumed) Thank God there was a book that I could a year. I know I am never in favor of sum- your support, will allow us to add those new that I would know all there is to know about quickly review while my wife drove me to the mer ending... the lights come on, the nights a features and columnists ready to share new in- driver’s licenses and the rules that surround how exam and while I waited in line. The test is done song, and the streets all turn to gold. Heat is sights, old experiences and the joy of gather- driver’s licenses are issued, renewed and can- on a tap-based computer screen. Once you pass my friend. ing together to celebrate. celed. Never assume. the written test, you get what is called a “tempo- August begins, and we’re just coming off Thanks for your patience with my pitch On my way out of town for a short family rary” driver’s license. festivals in Cleveland and Dayton. Now we’re each month. Now on to the good shtuff! We vacation a few weeks ago, I was told by the lady With this type of limited driver’s license, you all off to Dublin in the green, in the green… hope you are having a fantastic summer. I at the car rental place that my driver’s license have to have a licensed driver, over the age of As weather is so integral to many of our fes- love seeing everyone at the festivals, the pre- had expired—you need a valid driver’s license to eighteen, with you while you are driving. So my tivals’ success; advertising is integral to our and post-parties and sitting down to catch up. rent a car. At first, I could not believe it. I took a wife had to be with me while I drove, and my efforts to provide an entertaining, educational Sharing the wealth is a favorite of mine. Send look at my license, and, yes, she was right. I had 16-year-old son, who has his regular driver’s li- and vibrant newsmagazine. us your favorite festival pics and memories assumed that my driver’s license was like my cense, had to be the “driver” of the car when he The day we stop growing is the day we and we will add to the next issue. license plates/sticker—and that the Ohio BMV and I went somewhere. He really thought this start dying. August and September are the See you Out & About, would send me a notice, long in advance of the was funny at first, at least until he got sick of time of harvest. We are ready to harvest all John renewal date, that my license had to be renewed. having to drive me everywhere I needed to go. Never assume. The road test is something you have to sched- * www.ianohio.com, www.facebook.com/OhioIrishAmericanNews, And then things got even worse. When I ule, like making a reservation at a restaurant. It www.twitter.com/jobjr, www.myspace.com/ohian, went to the BMV to renew my driver’s license, is the same test that you remember from high http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ohioirishamericannews I was told that, in fact, my driver’s license had school—with the uniformed BMV official sit- been expired for more than six months—which ting in the passenger seat next to you giving you it. I knocked over one of the cones—they are all time. When I took the test again, the testing of- means that I had to “re-test.” A ‘re-test” is where specific directions on where they want you to below the line of sight when you look out the ficial could not have been more nice and profes- an older fella like me has to take an on-screen go—waiting to sting you if you make the slight- rear view mirror—while backing through the sional. She knew why I was there—and knew of written exam, a road exam and, then, a maneu- est mistake. Ten minutes of nerve-racking driv- course. my predicament. verability exam—the same tests that any six- ing. I think they are just checking to make sure I had to schedule my make-up test for a week After I passed, she kind of laughed and let teen-year-old must pass in order to get his or her that you are not completely ignorant of how to later because if you fail, the earliest they let you me know that plenty of people in my age group first driver’s license. So I said to myself, what drive a car correctly. I passed this test—but my take a make-up test is seven days later. I had a fail the test because they don’t take it seriously can be so hard about that? Never assume. hands were wet from sweat. week of driving on the “temporary” driver’s li- enough and/or have too many other things on The paperwork was a nightmare. If this But on to the maneuverability test. It is not the cense, a week of getting hard but fun grief from their mind when they take the test. So I had that should happen to you, be sure to bring “your parallel parking test my peers and I took at the age all of my friends and family, and a week of hav- going for me. papers.” You need some very verifiable and spe- of 16. It is a test involving five cones set up in a ing to have my wife in the car with me wherever Take out your driver’s license now and look cific type of paperwork to please that BMV that manner that requires you to drive through four of I drove. to see when it expires. Put that date in your you are who you say you are—and the expired them, and then go left of right of the top cone— When I took the make-up test, I used my smart phone or paper calendar—live not my ex- driver’s license is not one of the accepted forms and then back up the same way you came in. mother-in-law’s Honda Civic—and I actually perience here. Teasing aside, the extra time and of identification. So when I first arrived at the That was unexpectedly hard, and I was so practiced the night before in a parking lot near work needed to get back on track is a lesson in BMV, I learned that I had to go all the way home overconfident that I failed it the first time I tried my home. I was not taking any chances this itself. www.mariannemangan.com Ahern Ca tering

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Music on my Mind Clutch) in Cleveland July 28th at contains two Oates By Pete Roche Jacob’s Pavilion (Nautica) and in originals—the Delta the material on Speed of Darkness. Columbus July 29th at LC Pavilion. blues-styled title Flogging Molly, It’s not all good news; fewer places Tickets on sale now. track, and the Doc Speed of Darkness have been as ravaged by unemploy- Watson-flavored ditty ment these days as the Motor City. John Oates, “Deep River.” Oates Flogging Molly have been pol- “It’s a long way home when you’re Mississippi Mile recruited a group of ishing their brand of Irish-American in hell,” King laments on the title As one-half of the most success- renowned session rock since the turn of the century, track. “I’m a working man—without ful duos in rock history, John Oates players to bring the when founding members Dave King any work.” could easily rest on his laurels. His music to life, includ- and Bridget Regan started gigging in “Don’t Shut ‘em Down” and joint efforts with Daryl Hall are ing co-producer Mike “The Power’s Out” further examine legendary, with albums like Voices, Henderson (of Steel the repercussions of the economic Private Eyes, and H2O selling in the Drivers), Dennis downturn. The Clash-tinged “Revo- gazillions and dominating Billboard Crouch (bass), Jerry lution” calls not for riots and looting, charts. Oates appeared at the origi- Douglas (slide), Sam but rather for constructive, internal nal Live Aid event and on the We Bush (guitar), Peter change. It’s on these louder numbers Are the World sessions. He co-wrote Huttlinger (guitar), John Oates guitarist Dennis Casey lets loose, some of the most memorable tunes and Kevin McKendree (keys). a phone call from his home in Aspen. and cohorts Bob Clark (banjo), Na- of the ‘70s and ‘80s, including “Sara Oates approached the material “Chords are up for grabs—the tem- then Maxwell (bass), and George Smile,” “Maneater,” “She’s Gone,” with kid gloves, in an effort to put po, key, whatever. But you don’t want Schwindt (drums) truly shine. King his own stamp on the tunes without to mess with the heart and soul of it. may be incensed—but he’s an opti- disrespecting their sources. That was my philosophy going in.” mist who knows people can endure “The essence of a song is the lyr- www.johnoates.com. www.hal- So. Cal pubs. Dave King embraced seemingly no-win situations with ics and melody,” he explained during landoates.com. the raucous rebellion of electric gui- their dignity intact. His overarching tars as a longhaired, twenty-some- themes are hope and strength—not thing U.S. emigrant. But the Dublin anger and despair. native couldn’t turn his back on the “Saints and Sinners” and “Oliver bodhrans and tin whistles he’d grown Boy” recall Flogging Molly’s uppity, up with—so he and Regan effectively Celtic punk anthems of yore (“Drunk- married the styles. Two years later, en Lullabies,” “Rebels of the Sacred their seven-member band—named Heart”), with King contemplating us “Adult Education,” “I Can’t Go For for the L.A. pub they frequented— “tortured souls” and our predilection That (No Can Do),” and more—each had youngsters swingin’ to “Devil’s to violence. Casey’s slashing guitar a sonic gem attesting to the transcen- www.irishamericannews.com Dance Floor,” “Selfish Man,” and underscores the condemnation of dental quality of the pair’s patented Since 1977 other tracks on their rambunctious atrocity and reflection upon the ever- rock and soul sound. But Oates, 62, has never been “Out of Touch.” He gigged with Hall into the ‘90’s and ‘00’s, sometimes joining Chicago and Alan Parsons Irish Authors on package tours. A slew of best-of List your books at compilations and VH-1 specials kept the duo in the public consciousness www.theirishbookclub.com even through the grunge years. Hall now hosts the popular Inter- • Full Bio's net video series Live from Daryl’s • Picture of Book(s) House, wherein the duo’s blonde • Picture of Author half invites guests to jam and hang • Direct Link to Where to Buy out in his residential studio. Mean- while, Oates greeted the new cen- • Reviews tury by indulging funk and Amer- • Audio icana-folk. 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Maine. I will On one side of the road is mountainous never forget rock, on the other, a straight drop into the the first time sea. Mountain sheep grip the hard ground I stepped into effortlessly like circus performers mock- the icy water ing an awed audience. The reward for of the Atlantic. this harrowing trip is priceless. Nestled Despite a frigid between the mountains is the secluded f o r t y - d eg r e e Keem Beach. On a fine day the water is water tempera- a rainbow of blue and green. The sand is August 2011 Vol. 5 Issue 8 Footprints ture, I ran into the waves, feeling the grit soft and hidden coves house sand crabs, Publisher-Cliff Carlson of salt embrace my body. Maine was as mollusks, and lichen. Co-Publisher/Editor-John O’Brien Jr. A friend once shared that she felt that different from the Chicago shores of Lake I have candid photos that I managed Art Director/Editorial Asst.-Joyce Edwards we experienced past lives. Inherent to each Michigan as air is from water. 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movie, Kill the Achill-Cleveland Bond Irishman, the On This Day documentary to Pass to Next Generation Danny Greene: The links between Achill and Cleveland are in Irish History The Rise and deepening—thanks to a novel student exchange Fall of the Irish- initiative that will see bonds being forged be- Irish Trivia man, and the tween teenagers from the two places. August 2011 book, To Kill At the end of July, sixteen students from Shanty Irish the Irishman: Cleveland St. Ignatius and Walsh Jesuit, two Aug. 2, 1879 By Jim Tully The War That Crippled the Mafia by Rick Por- high schools in the Greater Cleveland area, Silent apparitions of the Black Squirrel Books, 2009. ISBN 978- rello, I give you Celtic Warrior—The Rise and traveled to Achill for a four-day insight into the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, 60635-023-2; 292 pp. Fall of Danny Greene, by local writer, John J. lives of their teenage counterparts there and and St. John the Moriarty (Akron). the history, culture and activities that surround Evangelist experienced This is a fictionalized story of Greene’s life them. by fifteen people at based in part on the author’s boyhood associa- The trip is the latest in a series of co-oper- Knock, Co. Mayo. This tion with young gang members who served as ative initiatives stretching back over the last event leads to the forma- Greene’s underlings. Written in 2008, it tells eight years since Cleveland and Achill were tion of the Knock Shrine. the now familiar story of Greene’s rise from officially twinned, but this is the first time the Aug. 3, 1916 focus has been specifically on the next genera- Death of Sir Roger tion, something which is no coincidence, ac- Casement by hanging cording to Terence Dever, CEO of Comhlacht for treason by British Forbartha Áitiúil Acla (CFÁA). Government for his part “Since we twinned in 2003, we have been in collaborating with trying to build up links between the two areas Germany during World and the two peoples at as many different levels War I and working with as possible. This is aimed at the young people Irish Nationalists plan- of Achill and Cleveland, the ones who will car- ning Dublin Easter rising in 1916. ry this relationship into the future,” he said. Aug. 14, 1598 The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently ran an “The idea is that the Cleveland students will Battle of the Yellow Ford- article about Jim Tully, an Irish born and raised learn about the history of Achill, its culture, its one of the biggest mili- “forgotten” Irishman, who achieved more than beauty, its music and its folklore, while also tary defeats of English a modicum of success during the 1920’s as a seeing modern life here through the eyes of the Armies in Irish history. writer, primarily in Hollywood, CA. Tully was Achill teenagers who host them. The Cleveland Aug. 15, 1649 born in St. Mary’s, Ohio (Auglaize County) to longshoreman union boss in the 1960’s to his teenagers will, in turn, give their Achill coun- Oliver Cromwell lands dirt poor “shanty Irish” parents who were Irish struggles with Cleveland Mafia leaders in the terparts an insight into life in Cleveland from in Dublin with a 10,000 immigrants. Probably his most well known 1970’s. It is a MIDDLE SHELF read. their perspective.” strong army. book is Shanty Irish, originally published in *Terrence J. Kenneally is an attorney and president of The idea for the exchange came about last Aug. 22, 1922 1928, but recently reissued by Kent State Uni- Terrence J. Kenneally & Associates in Fairview Park, Ohio. October when Kenneth Deery, Treasurer of Death by ambush of versity in 2009. His practice consists of representing insured’s and insur- CFÁA, and Kate O’Malley, an Achill business- Michael Collins. His Within its pages we learn about what life ance companies in insurance defense litigation throughout woman who was born in Cleveland, made a assassination caused the was like in late nineteenth and early twentieth the State of Ohio. He is also pursuing a Masters Degree in presentation to students from St Ignatius and history of Ireland to be century Ohio, in the dirt poor, hard scrabble ex- Irish Studies at John Carroll University. He may be reached Walsh Jesuit high schools in Cleveland. So changed irrevocably. istence of an Irish immigrant family. We learn at [email protected]. successful was this event that Kenneth and Aug. 25, 1803 about his ditch digger father, from whom Tully Kate began to correspond with Dan Bizga, a British capture Robert inherited his love of reading; his mother, Bid- teacher in Walsh Jesuit, whose mother is a na- Emmett, Irish nationalist, Rating Legend: die, who died when he was only six, forcing Top Shelf tive of Dooega. execute him for treason his father to send him to an orphanage to live The American visitors are also eagerly look- in September 1803. Get it. A good story or recording, entertaining, an for six miserable years; an Uncle, John Law- authentic setting and/or good educational content. ing forward to the trip, according to Bizga. Aug. 27, 1979 lor, who was convicted of horse theft and spent They have been keeping a diary of their adven- Lord Lois Montbatten is Middle Shelf fifteen years in the Ohio Penitentiary; and his Worth a read or a listen if this particular subject/area/ tures so far in Ireland and it can be viewed at killed by an IRA bomb person is of interest to you. on his boat in Mullagh- hard drinking grandfather, Hughie Tully, who www.belfastdiary.blogspot.com. more. dominated the book. Aug. 29, 1975 The all but forgotten life of Tully has been resurrected in the recent biography, Jim Tul- The Shamrock Cottage Death of Eamon De Val- An Irish, Scottish & Welsh Gift Shop era- President of Ireland ly, American Writer, Irish Rover, Hollywood from 1959-1973. Brawler, written by Paul J. Bauer & Mark Dav- GUINNESS MERCHANDISE Aug.31, 1602 idajiak. I found Shanty Irish to be a MIDDLE NOTRE DAME MERCHANDISE Death of Red Hugh SHELF read. ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS O’Donnell who fought MERCHANDISE the decisive battle of Yel- Celtic Warrior—The Rise low Ford. And Fall Of Danny Greene 9097 Mentor Avenue By John J. Moriarty Mentor, Ohio 44060 *Source: Terrence J. Kenneally, Third Millennium Publishing, 2008. ISBN PH: 440-255-2207 FAX: 440-255-2273 The Encyclopedia of Ireland 1-934805-40-8; 978-1-934805-40-4; 232 pp. [email protected] For those of you who haven’t had your fill of the saga of Danny Greene, what with the John M. Luskin, Owner 6 ianOHIO www.ianohio.com irish american news • August 2011

conditions apply in the next ten to and in Ireland. “It’s so nice to McAleese he hopes to secure fifteen years as in the wake of the know that people are touched and the votes needed for his nomina- recession of the 1980’s. affected by Ella’s story,” she told tion from a mix of Fianna Fáil, newspapers here. Sinn Féin and independent can- Ella (4) The €60,000 will pay for Ella’s didates. Mr. O’Dowd, who edits for US Operation operation, transport to the US and The Irish Voice magazine, said A little girl’s dream of standing the physiotherapy she will need should he be elected President, up and walking on her own has afterwards to help strengthen her he would seek to improve invest- sparked the generosity of strangers muscles. As the disease is rare in ment in Ireland as part of “team who are helping turn her simple Britain, Ella was not able be able Ireland.” He says the President Emigrants Are Not For Returning hope into a reality. Ella Gilbert, to have the operation there. Instead of Ireland can be “a door open- 4, whose grandparents are Irish, she was recommended to the spe- er” by talking to heads of cor- Bad news for the struggling efits etc. was born with spastic diplegia— cialist in the US. The American porations in America to create Irish economy; our young people However, preliminary results of a form of Cerebral palsy—which surgical team has performed the the conditions for what he terms are voting with their feet and the 2011 census will give the best causes severe muscle tightening procedure on over 2,000 patients “diaspora direct investment” in leaving the country in search of indication yet of the true levels and makes walking and balancing and has a 100% success rate. the country. jobs elsewhere. And now the Irish of emigration. Piaras Mac Éinrí, unaided impossible. “Without the surgery, there will An American citizen, he has Post, the major newspaper for ex- a lecturer in migration studies at Every day she has stretches at be damage to Ella’s bones caused dismissed criticism that he is out pats in the UK, claims that less University College Cork’s geog- home and every few months has to by the tightness of her muscles, of touch with what is going on in than half of all emigrants who raphy department, feels that the have Botox injections in her hips, and that would mean more sur- Ireland today because he lives in have left Ireland the recession be- number of people leaving Ireland her thighs and her calves followed gery in the future to get rid of America. “I’m thirty-two years gan are unlikely to return home. has been under-estimated. by intensive daily physiotherapy these problems,” Caroline said. in America, but every day I wake The paper says an accurate fig- In July 2010, the Economic and sessions. But Ella’s condition will There has been a lot of support up, and I work on behalf of Ire- ure of the rate of emigration has Social Research Institute in Ire- get worse as the years pass unless from family and friends in Kerry, land in some form or fashion.” still not been compiled, but less land reported that 70,000 people she can have an operation only Carlow, Galway and Dublin. For For many years he has been ac- than half are likely to return un- had left in the previous year and available in the United States. those who would like to help, the tively involved in seeking immi- less Ireland’s economy dramati- another 50,000 were expected to Her parents, Caroline and Gilbert family has set up a web- gration reform for the Irish un- cally improves. The problem in leave up to April this year, figures Chris Gilbert, from London, site www.ellaswish.com which documented, and was very much measuring migration from Ireland higher than the most recent Cen- started a campaign three months gives more details about spastic involved in the Northern Ireland is that a majority head for Britain; tral Statistics Office data from ago to raise money to help pay diplegia and the fundraising cam- peace process from the Ameri- with Ireland and Britain together early last year. Mr. Mac Éinrí be- for their daughter’s life-changing paign. can side, introducing president forming a Common Travel Area, lieves there will be a much lower operation on August 2. The sur- Bill Clinton to the issue. there is no official tracking of level of return than that which gery, which is performed at the St. Expat Seeks Irish Until next time, slan, Terry movement of people between the followed the wave of emigration Louis Hospital, Missouri, costs Presidency Nomination [email protected]; www. two countries. The only figures in the 1980’s. Research suggests about €60,000. So far the family Irish-born and New York- terry-reilly.com. available currently are through more than 472,000 people left has raised about £11,000. Mum based publisher and journalist ‘secondary registration,’ such as Ireland during that period and Caroline said they have been Niall O’Dowd is an interesting About applying for National Insurance about half of them returned. Such overwhelmed and stunned by the contender for the presidency of cards, signing on with the Na- a rate of homecoming would be support they have received from Ireland. To stand in the elec- Our Cover… tional Health, signing up for ben- likely only if the same economic people up and down the country tion to succeed President Mary

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share their recipe with us. Just by eating the food, I knew instinctively what the chefs philoso- phy was. He allowed the ingredients to be the stars. I am not a chef. I am not a critic. I am not even formally trained, but I do cook, I do shop and I do spend money on food. The Wild Honey Inn is worthy of anyone’s dol- Wild County Clare lars or Euros. My friend Audrey and I sat by the Spending five days in the wild and social media. I am referring to Twit- window and each of us began to eat beautiful County Clare simply is not ter here. Through this medium, I met our bowl of ‘carrot and coriander’ enough. I arrived in Ennis on a wet Kate Sweeney and Aidan McGrath, soup. Silently we exchanged glanc- Wednesday and left for Dublin on a owners of the ‘Wild Honey Inn’, lo- es each knowing what the other felt sunny Sunday afternoon. Pardon about this soup. How can a bowl the best in the world. Try for yourself Method the assonance and alliteration! of soup glean such pleasure? and when next in Clare tell Birgitta, Wash, peel and dice the car- Neither wind nor rain can deter Easy. It is made from the best in- Kate & Aidan that Rachel Gaffney rots and potato. Heat some of you from enjoying the magnifi- gredients. sent you. the oil in a heavy bottomed pot cent splendor of this region. As if this was not enough, over a medium heat. Sweat the I left Ennis early on the Satur- there was a surprise waiting at Wild Honey Inn Carrot garlic, onion, carrot, thyme, day morning and headed for the the bottom of the bowl; shredded and Coriander Soup coriander seeds and bay leaf. ‘Lodge at Doonbeg’. This 5 star pickled carrot. Needless to say, Ingredients Add some butter, enough to coat resort is perched on the edge of we could not leave here without 2.5 lbs carrots (approx 6-7 vegetables. Add the potato, sweat the Atlantic, looming above the sampling dessert. I had apple large) again for a few minutes and sand dunes, looking outwards crumble with homemade vanilla 1/2 lb potato season. Add the chicken stock, to the United States of America. ice cream and Audrey had a trifle 2-4 Tbsp olive oil bring to the boil and simmer for Before I arrived here I stopped made with white peaches and sea salt & ground black pepper 30 minutes. in the town of Lisdoonvarna, fa- raspberries. butter Meanwhile reduce the orange mous for it’s annual matchmak- (L-R) Rachel Gaffney & Have you ever noticed how 2-3 cloves purple garlic, re- juice in a small pot and reduce ing festival every September; I Aidan McGrath (Wild Honey Inn). hard people try to impress you move the center vein/stem when slowly to a light syrup consis- was a few months too early for with their menus when a simple you cut in half tency. this but stopped to visit the ‘Burren cated a stones throw from the ‘Burren soup and crumble made with love 1/2 Tbsp coriander seeds to When the vegetables are Smokehouse’. Smokehouse’. 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han for her on the condition that she the King’s visit, Pope Leo XIII died. by the police and neighbors to take would perform the lead role. There could be no official mourning down the flag. She did, and her performance be- of the Pope because of the prepara- All of this activity began to draw came legendary in Irish theater his- tions for the royal visit. One eve- a crowd that soon divided into two tory. Although Yeats was infatuated ning, Maud returned to her home on camps. Some were cheering the ef- with Maud, she did not feel the same Coulson Avenue after a tiring day of forts of the police to remove the toward him. Maud, however, was the putting up posters. She was thinking flag and some were applauding the inspiration for many of his poems. about there being no official mourn- women’s efforts to keep the flag fly- In 1900 Maud founded Inghinid- ing for the Pope and noticed the pro- ing. Maud was yelling at the police The Battle of Coulson Avenue he na hÉireann (Daughters of Erin), fusion of Union Jacks in her predomi- from her window that no good Cath- The recent visit of Queen Eliza- ter her mother’s untimely death she whose goal was to counter English nantly Unionist neighborhood. Maud olic Irishman would want her to take beth II to Dublin was not the first roy- was sent to school in Paris. In 1886 influence in Ireland and to support took a broom handle and tied one of down the flag while the Pope lay in al visit to Ireland. In fact, it was the her father passed away, leaving her the Irish Language. The Inghinid- state in Rome. This seemed to have fourth visit by an English monarch independently wealthy. he’s first public demonstration was no impact on the police, who con- to Ireland. Although the demonstra- Maud became interested in the a Patriotic Children’s Party held in tinued their efforts to remove the tions against Elizabeth II this year Irish struggle for freedom. She joined Phoenix Park to protest the visit of flag. were minimal, that has not always Michael Davitt’s Land League, where Queen Victoria to Dublin in 1900. Meanwhile Dudley Digges, been the case. she worked to save the homes of In 1903. Maud married Major Maire Quinn’s fiancé, had left a Consider the visit in 1903 to Ire- people who had been evicted, often John MacBride, who had fought note on the door of the Inghinidhe land of King Edward VII, the son spending her own money for sup- with the Irish Brigade on the side office advising all members to re- of Queen Victoria, and the great plies to build Land League huts for of the Boers against the British dur- port to Coulson Avenue. As the grandfather of Elizabeth II. Edward the evicted. She wrote, “It was the ing the Boer War. John would later word spread, scores of members was likeable, sociable and outgoing, time of the evictions and I used to play a role in the 1916 Easter Ris- and other interested parties arrived but he became known as a playboy see people standing in front of their ing, being executed for his partici- to help defend Maud’s petticoat. interested in horse racing, shooting, unroofed cottages from which the pation. Their son, Sean MacBride, Some of the men brought hurly eating, drinking, and other men’s police held them back and weeping would become the founder of Am- sticks with them as more police ar- wives. An event marked the prepa- bitterly, I thought to myself, when nesty International and win the No- rived and formed a cordon of offi- ration for his visit that has become I grow up I’m going to change all bel Peace Prize. cers across Coulson Avenue. known as the Battle of Coulson Av- that.” For King Edward’s 1903 visit, A few foreign news correspon- enue. As Irish battles are concerned, She provided money to Arthur Maud enlisted the work of the In- dents, looking for news of the it was only a small dust-up on a Dub- Griffith, the founder of Sinn Fein, ghinidhe on several fronts. She was King’s visit, got wind of the tur- lin Street, but what made it notable to assist in the publication of his personally responsible for the deci- Maud Gonne moil around Maud’s house and they in Irish history were the participants. newspaper United Irishman. In 1902 sion of the Dublin Corporation not to rushed to the scene, insuring that the The key instigator of the fracas was she helped found the Celtic Literary present a formal address to the King. her black petticoats to it and hung it skirmish was reported in several for- Maud Gonne. Society, where she was Vice Presi- Her presence at a meeting held in out of her second floor window. The eign papers. Either as a result of the Maude Gonne was born Edith dent. William Butler Yeats, the Nobel the Rotunda before the visit started next morning, her neighbors awoke to appearance of the press or the deter- Maud Gonne, the daughter of a Brit- Prize winning poet, was President. a near riot, which insured the matter the black “flag” of mourning hanging mination of the women, the police fi- ish Army colonel. She was born in Yeats became infatuated with Maud, was not approved and no formal rec- among the Union Jacks. nally decided they were outnumbered England on December 20, 1865. Af- writing the play Cathleen Ní Houli- ognition of the visit was presented to It was then that the “Battle of and withdrew. the King by the city. Coulson Avenue” began. One of Maude died in 1953. It was writ- In preparation for King Edward’s Maud’s neighbors called the police ten about her at her death, “She real- visit, Dublin was literally covered in to complain about the display. Two ized that only by freeing Ireland from Union Jacks. Lamp posts, shops and policemen and three detectives were English rule could the lot of the Irish homes were decorated with the flag. dispatched to Coulson Avenue. They people be improved and she devoted Maud and the Inghinidhe, in an effort ripped down the flag, despite Maud’s the remainder of her life to the Irish to enflame Dublin sentiment against protests. With the help of her friend people.” Maud Gonne was a tireless the visit, had posters made up detail- Maire Quinn and Maud’s formidable worker for Irish nationalism serving ing the King of England’s coronation housekeeper, Mrs. Fitz, Maud re- Ireland from the time of the Land oath and its repudiation of the basic placed the flag with another black League until her death. She is often doctrines of the Catholic Church. petticoat as the three women defend- referred to as “Ireland’s Joan of Arc.” On July 20, 1903, just prior to ed the house against further attempts You can read more about her life of triumph, imprisonment and her many personal tragedies in the book Maud Gonne by Nancy Cardozo (New Am- sterdam Press, 1978). *J. Michael Finn is the Ohio State Historian for the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Division Historian for the Patrick Pearse Division in Columbus, Ohio. He is also Chair- man of the Catholic Record Society for the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. He writes on Irish and Irish-Ameri- can history; Ohio history and Ohio Catholic history. You may contact him at [email protected]. August 2011 • irish american news www.ianohio.com ianOHIO 9

dred-day-in-office mark, the Enda worse and come out of it. We will That evening, I spent a wonder- Kenny-Eamon Gilmore collation again. In the words of that great ful time enjoying wine and a meal received high marks. Headlines sage, Tom, the Publican, “History with Sean O’Mahony and Tim in the Irish Independent report, is only the past repeating itself Pat Coogan in Sean’s comfortable “Honeymoon goes on as FG [Fine again and again and again…” home south of town. Surrounded Gael], Kenny soar in poll.” Back in Dublin last week, by books, paintings and in the Public support for Kenny, a my friend Ronnie Daly, who’s presence of two great historians, I Mayo man, has increased by 26%, served in the Defence Forces felt honoured to be in such excep- with 65% of those queried stating for thirty-eight years, and I tional company. There you are now. Summer- way-of-life with Gaelic leanings, they’re satisfied with the new Tao- rambled around town. We vis- For a nightcap, I took Kilmain- time… St. John’s Day, and sure Ireland has increasingly embraced iseach’s efforts. The paper called ited the freshly spruced up Na- ham Gaol supervisor Niall Ber- you’d be right thinking of warm an urbanized, secular, materialis- the surprisingly positive evalua- tional War Memorial Gardens gin’s suggestion and popped into a weather and long days. You have tic, cosmopolitan lifestyle strong- tion “stunning.” The Independent in Islandbridge. The grounds wee pub just a short distance from the long days right… eighteen ly influenced by Euro-American further said, “Fine Gael’s rating are magnificent with its 8,000 the jail. If you chose to visit, the hours from sunrise to set, but socio-economic mores. As my has risen sharply despite a major- rose bushes in full bloom. Old Royal Oak pub is only 250 it’s no kind of weather for being friend Tom aptly says, “Every- ity of voters believing no progress Craig, an Office of Public yards down Kilmainham Lane. out and about. Mother Nature thing changes yet all remains the has been made on key economic Works horticulturalist, gave us a Padraig, the owner, will greet you is chucking it down outside, but same.” promises made by the Coalition ‘royal’ [pun intended] tour. The and sure he serves a great pint thanks be to God it’s not blustery. Speaking of transformations, [FG & Labour parties] in the [Feb- sunken gardens with their marble/ amid a 1940’s atmosphere. If anyone is planning a bonfire to- the last time I took the train across ruary, 2011] election campaign.” limestone tributes to the 49,400 On that happy note, I bid you night, they’ll have a tough go of it country, maybe in 2007 or 2008, Two days ago, new Finance Irishmen killed in the First War all the best from Dublin, Cathal all right. I remember passing through Ath- Minister Michael Noonan urged are striking. Surrounded by groves *Cathal is a freelance writer I’m sitting in Tom ‘The Publi- lone. At the time, a dozen or more consumers to, “…go shopping to of trees and a muted silence, you’d and the author of Consumed in can’ Richardson and his mother’s huge building cranes dotted the boost the economic recovery.” Re- never know you were just a short Freedom’s Flame, Forever Green, fine home in Galway, looking horizon, dwarfing the twin spires ferring to those holding a total of drive from the city centre. It’s a and Blood on the Shamrock. His out over their back garden and of St. Peter and Paul’s church. €134bn in Irish savings accounts, brilliant way to spend a peaceful new book, Fear Not the Storm, the long, slender finger of Lough Back then, the Celtic Tiger was he said, “It was time [for people] to hour strolling through a part of was just released in March. www. Atalia, stretching away from Gal- alive and well. return to normal shopping habits.” Dublin most never visit. cathalliam.com. way Bay to the west and the sea Today, not a single crane is vis- He further emphasised, “What we beyond. Today, fog shrouds the ible. Taking their place on the sky- really need is for people to go into opposite shore. You’d never know line is a massive communication the shops and start buying again.” there were houses across the way tower with a multitude of metal- As the Government’s top mon- unless someone said. lic dishes affixed to its imposing etary man, Noonan made the point This morning I took the train frame. Its presence testifies to our that consumer and tourist spend- from Dublin to spend the week- ‘modern’ world’s love for commu- ing was a way to, “help escape end with my friends, to enjoy nication. Sure, the building phe- the current [economic] crisis.” He their fine company and to listen nomenon is over today. It’s been further noted, “The economy is to some music. A long-time com- replaced by a fascination for the now showing the strongest growth rade, Gabriel ‘Gay’ Cooley, is Bluetooth, BlackBerry, iPad and since the end of 2007, as tentative coming around to Richardson’s mobile telephone. signs of a recovery emerge on the pub this evening to entertain the With the winds of change back of exports.” [New figures crowd with his music and songs. blowing and the country in flux, show that the Irish economy ac- Tom organised everything and Ireland’s political fortunes are tually expanded ‘a little’ in 2010, Gay is obliging. Sure, the number relaxing a bit. An opinion poll contrary to earlier projections of of times I’ve sat inside that place, published this week indicates the a decline.] drinking pints and revelling in a Irish are happy with their new Ah sure, enough about our eco- rousing song or twenty must num- government. Passing the one-hun- nomic plight. We’ve been through ber in the hundreds. As a bonus, a group of students The Official Sign Company of from Cincinnati’s Xavier Univer- sity, under the summer-school Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival tutelage of Dr. Tim White and his wife Mary, might drop by the pub for a bit of the craic. I’d met TEL 440.238.0135 the group in Dublin earlier in the CELL 440.336.6119 week. Tim invited me to spend an hour or so with his charges, talk- FAX 440.238.0208 ing about Irish identity and the 15290 Pearl Rd. island’s centuries-old thirst for independence. Strongsville, OH 44136 In my talk, I noted during the [email protected] last fifty years, Ireland has under- gone many profound changes. Its distinctiveness has experienced dramatic restructuring. From a rural, Catholic, family-centred 10 ianOHIO www.ianohio.com irish american news • August 2011

ago when the host of a nationwide sonal dislike was really the basis these days. TV show referred to the Kennedy’s of the article, because it was more It was really the ascent of the as the ‘drunken Kennedys.’ The about what they were (to him) than Kennedy’s that brought an end or remark in fact stunned me and re- what they did on the political scene. perhaps a near end to the racial pro- vealed, I thought, a certain latent Maybe they snubbed him at a din- filing of the Irish that, it seems, had prejudice towards the Irish; or at been fairly common up to the early least, a tendency to maintain the old sixties. Isn’t that something to be stereotypical image of the Irish as thankful for by all? I had never re- drunks, etc. That is precisely what ally been aware that there had been people feared in 1928 when Al such a thing as anti-Irish prejudice Irish Heroes one of identity, not ability. He had Smith ran for president: a drunken in the US in the olden days, or any- proved himself to be to an able, Irishman in the White House. where else for that matter, until I Al Smith is a name all but for- progressive governor of New York. Maybe I’m reading too much actually came to the US. gotten to the general American He was elected to that office three into the TV remark, but an Irish Of course, we read about the op- public. He was the first Catholic times. However, America the coun- person, born and bred in Ireland, I pression of the Irish by the English to run for president, and did so in try was not ready for a Catholic was annoyed by those words. I’ve in our history books, but that was 1928. He was defeated by Herbert president. America was not ready always been a Kennedys fan. It still as far as it went for me. When you Hoover in a landslide, despite the for a Catholic, Irish American impresses me that the grandchil- grow up in an independent country fact that Hoover had never run for president. And that is why Hoover dren and great-grandchildren of in which ninety percent of the pop- office before. won. impoverished emigrants could rise ulation is Catholic and Celtic, there The problem for Smith was I was struck a couple of years to the pinnacle of American soci- is no oppression. You are a Paddy ety, from the bottom up, as it were. in Paddyland, as a professor said to It’s an impressive achievement by me once in an effort to persuade me any standards. ner party or something. He seemed to remain in my home country. And No wonder Arnold Schwarzeneg- especially irritated by their well this is perhaps the ultimate gift of ger, an immigrant himself, who known penchant for public service. all those Irish rebellions against the reached high political office, is a This enthusiasm for public ser- crown of past times: a solid sense self described admirer of the Ken- vice is conveyed by a line from of ourselves. nedys. Also, let us not forget that one of JFK’s speeches, and I think The Kennedys did a lot for the apart from having the mettle to it captures the essence of what the Irish, both directly or indirectly. make it to the top, the Kennedy Kennedys were about: ‘ask not To slur the Kennedys, in a funny clan produced the individuals (JFK what your country can do for you way (to me anyway), still means to & RFK) who formulated and in- but what you can do for your coun- slur the Irish, because they more troduced the first major civil rights try.’ To me that’s not a flag waving than anyone else, brought the Irish legislation. President Johnson, of statement and there’s nothing there forward in the US. They certainly course, later managed to pass it to be sneered at. All he’s saying re- didn’t set us back. through congress. ally is ‘help your neighbour.’ Con- There was talk in my father’s old All I know is what the Ken- tribute to your community. Again, parish in County Cavan of erecting a nedy’s achieved in the world, statue in honour of Al Smith, the which is the official recognition great Irish American spokesman that blacks and whites are equal. of the 20’s, who ran for president As I said, now we hear the word when America was not ready for ‘equality’ every day, to the ex- an Irish Catholic president. Al tent that the word has perhaps Smith paved the way. He spoke been cheapened a bit, but back for the common man, who didn’t then it was a big deal. There have the rights that most of us were a lot of people who did not enjoy today. When his name is accept the fact that all people mentioned I feel proud. When were equal regardless of race a Kennedy is mentioned, I feel or colour. The Kennedy broth- proud. They also fought for the ers were, in essence, espousers common man. And this is where of real Catholic values in both the Irish greatness comes out. word and deed. I must ring up my aunt the Maybe I’m overly romantic. next time I’m in Cavan and ask After all, wasn’t Joe Kennedy a her did they get that statue up. bootlegger! But I can also think Big Al had roots there. Good of less noble ways in which for- the Catholic values shine through! strong democratic roots. tunes were built. After all, today’s Good as Obama is, I haven’t yet *Born in Co Meath, Sean has version of a bootlegger, would be a heard him express a simple value been singing in pubs and at festi- bar owner, I think. so eloquently. vals across the US for ten years. I was browsing in a bookstore But there does seem to be in His first book A Good Deed & once when I came upon an essay some quarters a hostility towards Other Stories, was published in by PJ O’Rourke. I was stunned by the Kennedys, which baffles me. 2009. He has a new novel out, set the amount of disdain in his essay. Even if it comes from famous jour- in Ireland: The Days. See www.mc- It was obvious he personally dis- nalists who may be more associat- cabesband.com. Email Sean at na- liked this family. In fact, this per- ed with the right than with the left [email protected]. August 2011 • irish american news www.ianohio.com ianOHIO 11

he spelling and overall form of Irish names often vary considerably. The original Gaelic form of the name Daly is O Dalaigh, from the word dalach, which comes from dail, which means assembly. World history has seldom been influenced more by any other race than by that of the Irish people. Not only does Ireland have the world's oldest standing structure, and was home to the earliest missionaries to Scotland and England, and was possessed of a refined culture, but there is also reasonable claim to the statement that the Irish were the first settlers in North America. Entwined amongst the romantic chronicles of this great land is the distinguished history of the Irish sept Daly. The works of O'Hart, McLysaght and O'Brien, the Four Masters and Woulfe, supplemented by church baptismals, parish records, and ancient land grants, have been used to reconstruct the family name history. We found that the family name Daly was first recorded in county Cork where they held a family seat from very ancient times. Several spelling variations of the name were found in the archives and mainly these variations were the result of families translating the name from the Gaelic into English. Recorded versions of the name Daly included Daly, Daley, Daylie, Dayley, Dalley, Dailey, Daily, Dailley, Dally, O'Daily, O'Daley, O'Daly and many more. Frequently a name was spelt several different ways during the lifetime of the same person, when he or she was born, married and died. The legendary Kings of Ireland, some 1500 years B.C., were descended from King Milesius of Spain, the grandson of Breoghan (Brian), King of Galicia, Andalusia, Murcia, Castile and Portugal. Milesius turned his attention northward to Ireland to fulfill an ancient Druidic prophecy. He sent an army to explore this fertile island. On finding that his son had been murdered by the three resident Irish Kings (the Danans), Milesius vengefully gathered another army. He died before he embarked on the voyage but his surviving eight sons conquered Ireland. Heremon, eldest son of Milesius, reigned in Ireland for fourteen years, along with his brothers Heber, Ir, and Ithe. They named the land Scota or Scotia, their mother's name, the land of the Scots. This name would later be taken by the Irish King Colla in 357 A.D., when he was exiled to Scotland, leaving the name `Ir-land', land of Ir, the youngest of the four sons of Milesius, to the Emerald Isle. The great Gaelic family of Daly emerged in later years in Cork. Specifically, the line is descended from Eanna Ceannselach(Ian Kinsella), King of Leinster. They descended to being the Chiefs of Muintir Bhaire in the south west of Cork, and later in the north west of the same county, largely in O'Keefe's county. The family name was a scholarly one, being eminent for the great number of poets and men of letters which it produced all through history. There was said to be no less that thirty writers and poets between the years 1139 and 1680, all of whom would deserve mention if space permitted. Cuconnacht O'Dalaigh(Daly) was one of the earliest on record in the early twelfth century. Also about this time they had branched to Magheradernon in County Westmeath and other parts of the southern Irish Munster territory. Donogh Mor O'Daly(Donogh the Great), called by some the Irish Ovid, was born in Finverra in County Clare. Angus O'Daly wrote "The Tribes of Ireland"(1600). And the Dalys flourished from the 11th century through to the 17th. They were also caught up in the religious turbulence of the times. Unlike most of the Irish septs and clans native to the south of Ireland, the Dalys suffered less than many. They became the Barons of Dunsandle in County Galway and achieved great wealth, estates, manors and lands in that county. Notable amongst the family at this time was O'Daly of Cork. In 1172 A.D., Dermott McMurrough, King of Leinster, requested King Henry II of England for assistance in achieving the Kingship of all Ireland. Through treachery, many proud native Irish families lost their chieftainships, territories and the spoils were divided amongst the Norman knights and nobles. This was followed by Cromwell's invasion in 1640 and later, Ulster in the north was seeded with Protestant Scottish and English. In 1845, the great potato famine caused widespread poverty, and the exodus from Ireland began. Many Irish joined the armada of sailing ships which sailed from Belfast, Dublin, Cork, Holyhead, Liverpool, and Glasgow, bound for the New World or to Australia. Some romantics called these ships the White Sails, others, more realistically, called these vessels the "Coffin Ships," when 30% to 40% of the passengers died of disease and the elements. In North America, early immigrants bearing the Daly surname, and perhaps kinsmen of the Irish sept Daly, include the Widow Daley who settled in Canada in 1846; James and George Daley settled in Virginia in 1646 and 1655 respectively; Charles, Daniel, Dennis, Edward, Francis, Hugh, James, John, Joseph, Kerens, Michael, Patrick, Peter, Rose, Thomas and William Daley all settled in Philadelphia in the 19th century. In the New World the Irish played an important part in building the nation, the railroads, coal mines, bridges and canals. They lent their culture to the arts, sciences, commerce, religion and the professions. The Irish moved westward with the wagon trains, and settled the mid west, some trekking over the Rockies to the distant west coast. During the American War of Independence some were loyal to the cause, joining the Irish Brigades. Others were loyal to the Crown, and moved north into Canada, becoming known as the United Empire Loyalists and being granted lands on the banks of the St. Lawrence and the Niagara Peninsula. Prominent bearers of the family name Daly from recent history include Cahal Daly (b.1917), Cardinal Daly, Northern Irish prelate, who was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh; Edward Daly, World Airways; Frederick Daly, Australian politician; Dame Mary Daly, Australian welfare worker; Sir Thomas Daly, Australian company Director. The Motto for the Coat of Arms translates as: Loyal to God and king. Certificate # 2869020082802 © 1998-2008 Swyrich Corporation. All rights reserved. www.irishcollection.com. (219) 663-1756. 12 ianOHIO www.ianohio.com irish american news • August 2011

the world. For a complete his- Irish and Scottish origins, and area, the local Celtic Club tory, I recommend a trip to PJ’s was adopted at the same meet- meets for games at one of the some Saturday morning and sit ing. The Christian & Marist Ohio Irish American News long down beside Johnny, James or Brothers used the Celtic Cross term supporters, PJ McIntyre’s Don. Or, if you have need of a as their crest (the Celtic Cross Irish Pub, for games and social haircut, a pint and a Celtic FC made an appearance again in events. More details of this club history lesson, stop by the Irish the centenary year shirt and in can be found at www.Cleve- Barber and you can be assured 2003, to celebrate 100 years of landCSC.com or by emailing that Sean will tell you what you the hoops). Gerry Nelson at gerrynelson@ Football—The Most Famous Huddle of All want to know. One thing that is not missing Clevelandcsc.com. Glasgow Celtic was formed in the States is an active pres- It’s August, which only carino make his Celtic debut in in 1888 by an Irish Marist ence of Celtic fans. There are Trivia means one thing to all those a pre-season match at the Royal Brother, Brother Walfrid, and approximately forty official First last month’s question: Glasgow Celtic fans out there; Dublin Showground’s (RDS) a few Irish businessmen as a supporters clubs around the I mentioned that the Repub- it’s game time! The new season against Dublin side Shamrock lic of Ireland have not fared is here and it’s time to win back Rovers; I also remember that well when it comes to playoff the title from those long time he had an absolute howler of a games. In 1995 the Irish had cross town rivals, Glasgow game, which really would some to play a playoff game in or- Rangers. For those of you read- up his entire Celtic career in my der to qualify for Euro 1996 ing this and thinking Glasgow opinion. in England—who did they play Celtic? Scottish? Irish Maga- I do watch out for Celtic’s and what was the result? Well zine? You get 10 out of 10 for results every week, more so the answer is Holland. The observation, but there is prob- now that they have a Derry Irish lost that night 2-0, with ably 100 times more of an Irish City connection. A few years the Dutch goals coming from link between this world famous ago the Derry Pele, Paddy Mc- Patrick Kluivert. The game club and Ireland than there is Court, made the switch from was played at the neutral between a certain President and wearing the Candystripes’s of venue of Anfield in Liverpool, his great-great grandfather. Derry City and playing in front England. Now before I go any further, of maybe 2,000 fans to wear- This month’s question: One I’ll be honest and tell you that ing the famous Hoops of Celtic for the Celtic history buffs. I would not be classified as the and playing in front of a sellout Who was the first Irish born number one Celtic fan in the 61,000 fanatics week in week player to pull on a Celtic world, nor am I the type of sup- out. Paddy has yet to establish shirt? porter that you’ll find perched himself as a first team regular Brother Walfrid Memorial, Ballymote *Mark Owens is originally on a bar stool at PJ McIn- but he is on the fringe of doing from Derry City, Ireland and tyre’s Irish Pub every Saturday so if he can only keep himself charitable trust, to help raise country, similar to what Cleve- has resided in the Cleveland morning watching the ‘Hoops’ injury free. money to help the poor, pre- landers know as Browns Back- area since 2001 where he is mount yet another challenge dominantly Irish immigrant ers, clubs of Celtic fanatics employed by State Farm Insur- on Rangers. But I will tell you The Irish Connection population of the East End of who follow every game, be it ance Companies, having pre- I grew up following them and Rather than give a complete Glasgow. The charity estab- at 7 o’clock on a Sunday morn- viously spent time studying at had all the jerseys as a child history, I’ll try to give you lished by Brother Walfrid was ing or 3 o’clock on a Wednes- John Carroll University. Send growing up and the posters on a brief overview of how far named The Poor Children’s day afternoon. For those of you questions, comments or sug- my bedroom wall of the vari- back and where the connec- Dinner Table. Brother Walfrid’s in Columbus, Ohio, Fado Irish gestions for future articles to ous stars at the time. I even tion between Ireland and Celtic move to establish the club as Pub in Easton, outside of Co- Mark at: markowens@ireland. remember seeing Republic of comes from. Celtic is one of a means of fund raising was lumbus hosts a Celtic backers com. 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at the pub. Phyllis, a teacher, is in the prime of her life. As a mar- Terry From Derry ried woman with children, she by Terry Boyle is forced to come to terms with aging. She is on the verge of a breakdown. Casting caution to the wind, she becomes entangled Oh What a Bloody Good Friday! with a younger man who wants to break up with her. Desperately, Some time ago I visited York, For me, I wanted to place the she seeks to maintain control of England for the bi-annual pro- death and resurrection of Christ her life while all around her the duction of the 14th Century Mys- in Derry, Northern Ireland. I world is changing. tery plays. I sat for five and half wanted to find a path back to what Initially, neither of these wom- hours, watching eleven plays, it must have been like for those en is interested in the news that with only a ten-minute break. alive during the life and death a man of peace has died. The The plays, religious in nature, are of Christ. We have had over two reports of his subsequent resur- based on bible stories. thousand years of church coun- rection are discarded as religious The playwrights took the can- cils to refine our understanding delusion. But as the play unfolds, non of scripture and injected their of these events, and as such lost circumstances force them to re- own unique flavour into the sto- the immediacy as well as the con- consider the significance of the ries, something that we today call fusion of the times. There had to larger political/religious events. poetic license. Given that the au- be a way to strip away our erudite What neither of them realizes, dience were largely illiterate, who preconceptions and place the au- and which becomes obvious to would know what was the artist’s dience back into the experience the audience, is that they have imagination, and what was the that was neither didactic, nor de- deep feelings for the same man word of God? meaning to the act of belief. and it is this key relationship that The task for the writer was to I still remember a priest speak- brings them into the centre of the make the sacred book come alive ing to our high school in the 70’s mystery of faith. to an audience unfamiliar with its about how the conflict in Derry Their human complexities are mysteries. In order to do this, they was not unlike that of the time placed against the backdrop of needed to employ the language of of Jesus. For some reason his Northern Irish politics, hence the the vernacular, and a little com- little motivational homily found play on the phrase ‘good Friday’. edy. The plays, performed on the a niche in my mind, and I could The tensions of the larger world, feast of Corpus Christi, were a see for myself the ingredients coupled with the strange religious Check out our new website: great source of entertainment, a for creating a modern version of events, begin to seep into their www.ianohio.com communal event in which actors New Testament Israel in North- personal struggles and drive them with new features, feeds, stories, and craftsmen demonstrated their ern Ireland. We had all the right to re-evaluate their priorities. resources and ads! talents. players; the foreign occupying As I worked on this play, I Given the limitations of the forces, the rebellious insurgents, had a chance encounter with the genre, it is no surprise that the an overbearing religious system president of Loyola University, authors sought to humanize the and the occasional movement for Chicago, who was enthusiastic biblical characters, adding hu- peace. about the project. I sent him one mour that, at times, could be As all of these ideas began of the earlier drafts of the drama, Casey’sCasey’s construed as sacrilegious and by take form in my imagination, I and soon found his enthusiasm today’s standards not politically wanted to have the story told by developed into an offer to stage correct. 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competitive stage; how- right back into the flute ever, the demand for her and three reels that I re- skills as both a teacher ally enjoy. I could listen and performer quickly to that flute all day and brought her back to Kathleen’s original, The the dance stage. She Montana Air just floats began private tutoring in the expressive play. Where the Wind Meets the Water and also taught Irish Loved it. 2011. Kathleen Keane. 10 Tracks, 39 minutes. Dance at the presti- Vocals return in Gal- gious Old Town School way, running into The A multi-instrumen- of Folk Music in Chica- Honeybee on flute. Two talist, singer, songwriter go. Kathleen obtained original trad tunes and and composer, Kathleen her TCRG, the Irish the original Day by Day, Keane has her roots in Dancing Certification, which will slip into your music and her music in awarded by An Comi- brain and linger, lead the roots of Irish tra- siun le Rinci Gaelacha, into the finale, “Johnny ditional fiddle, flute, Dublin, Ireland, land- O” on the Box – which whistle and accordion. ing a rare perfect score includes a recording The vocals are unique, in the music portion of Kathleen made of her compelling and a pure the exam. Grandad in his kitchen bonus. Her new CD, A Congressional in Luggary, Maam, Co. Where the Wind Meets Scholar, Kathleen also Galway, on a hand held the Water is one of my graduated from Domin- Kathleen Keane recorder, twenty years favorite recent releases, ican University as the Distin- surprising, soulful and guished Senior in the Bachelor include (so far), what she is moving Kathleen from a multi- of nine, and winning the title of Arts Honors Degree Program most known for, the fiddle, plus Bio Bits talented instrumentalist to a of Midwest Regional Champi- in International Business, earn- vocals, wooden flute and accor- complete entertainer. on at her first regional Oireach- ing a Minor Degree in Music dion. Each flows as seamlessly, Instruments: First, a little background… tus. Performance. and seemingly effortlessly as the Vocals, Wooden Flute, Kathleen is a champion Irish Kathleen transferred to Giving back in thanks to grace and beauty of her fiddle. I Accordion, Tin Whistle stepdancer, choreographer and the Flatley School of Irish Danc- those who helped her develop have loved her fiddle style and instructor. She began her danc- ing, where she was privately her prodigious skill has been not mastery for a long time. Now and Fiddle ing career at the age of five with tutored by Michael Flatley and just a desire, but a trademark. that I have seen and heard her Bands: the Dennis Dennehy School of continued her success at the Kathleen opened The Keane take the center stage in vocals, The Drovers Irish Dancing, where Michael competitive level, qualifying to Academy of Irish Music when the entertainer has moved from Wilding Flatley also studied. Kathleen compete at the World Champi- she was only sixteen years old. a component of a great band, to quickly accumulated hundreds onships in Ireland seven times She garnered numerous Ameri- a leading lady. Clann na Gael of medals and trophies over in seven attempts. can and International awards, There are five original tracks Paddy’s Angels the years, reaching the open At the age of fifteen, Kath- having achieved top three sta- of the ten on Where the Wind Gaelic Storm championship level by the age leen officially retired from the tus in the world championships Meets the Water. The title track Tantrum on both the tin whistle and the leads off, with a soft sway, ac- Music in Movies: flute. celerating into Fr. Gready’s 15 B&Bs of Music has always been her Trip to Bockagh on flute, then The Road to Perdition Top Nor Backdraft the th A first calling. Kathleen was a a few reels keep you dancing. in m child prodigy on the whistle Kathleen’s version of When Cinderella Man ed er ot ic and quickly met that excellence Irish Eyes Are Smiling is a nice TV Appearances: V a on other instruments too. These change of pace, then she zips Providence The Roseanne Barr Show World Music Charts: Tree - #2 The Longing - #1

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The Different Drums of Ireland Cleveland Premier Festivals in August by Jack Kilroy and Early September August 5-7: 24th Annual Dublin Irish Fest Featuring: Karan Casey & John Doyle, David Kincaid, Liz Carroll, Different Drums of Ireland, Goitse, StepCrew, Teada, Tartan Terrors, Fuschia, Young Dubliners, Dervish, Beoga, Moya Brennan, and The Elders. 5K, Irish Dancing, Columbus Feis, Traditional Irish Wake, Sports demos, Whiskey Tasting, Dublin Wine Cellar, Sunday Mass, Celtic Canines, Brian Boru’s Ireland. www.dublinirishfestival.org

September 2-4: 9th Annual Kansas City Irish Fest Featuring: the Elders, Gaelic Storm, Scythian, The Prodigals, The Killdares, Kila, Eddie Delahunt and Friends, Kelly, O’Riada Irish Dance Academy, Comedy Stage, and many more. Plus: Children’s areas and activities, Irish Marketplace, Catholic Mass 9;30 a.m. Sunday, Art in the The Different Drums of Ireland will make The Lambeg drum is a big bass drum, which Park, The Snug, Crown Center Square – Downtown Kansas City: www. their Cleveland area premiere at the outdoor pa- is most likely descended from the European kcirishfest.com vilion of the West Side Irish American Club at military snare drum. It has a presence in Ireland 8pm, Tuesday, August 9th. from around the mid/late 17th Century. At over Different Drums started in 1991 as a delib- three feet in diameter and clocking in at 125dB, September 9-11: 21st Annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival erate exercise in community relations. Roy Ar- it’s reckoned to be the loudest drum in the world. Featuring: Gaelic Storm, Makem and Spain Brothers, Screaming buckle was asked to do something in the com- The way it’s constructed and played is unique Orphans, David Kincaid, Goitse, Dennis Doyle, Cahal Dunne, BBI, Bell munity using arts as a vehicle, and settled on to Ulster and it would be representative of the School of Irish Dance, Burke Conroy School of Irish Dance, Callan, the concept of ‘different drums,’ which was bor- Protestant and Unionist people. Matthew Craig and Kerry Tipper, Corned Beef and Curry, Guaranteed rowed from Henry Thoreau. It is the notion of The wee drum, the bodhran, (pron. Bohr Irish, Mike Gallagher, Terry Griffith, Patrick Regan, Pittsburgh Ceili people marching to the beat of different drums; rahn) gets the name from the Irish for deaf Club, Pittsburgh Irish Reelers, Pittsburgh Police Pipes and Drums (Emer- at the same time he was reading a book by M ‘bodhr’ and means ‘the deafener’. It is also usu- ald Society), Red Hand Paddy, Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance, and Scott Peck called ‘Different Drums’, which was ally made from goats’ skin. Frame drums like more. Visit www.pghirishfest.org for info. about the essential human need to be in com- this are found all over the world. It iss seen as a munity with other living things. So, there was symbol of Nationalism and the Catholic people, a good philosophical underpinning for a project although its popularity is now global. that addressed both the rights and respect of the The melodic aspects of the band are voices individual and the rights and respect you have as and a range of traditional Irish instruments, with July Crossword Puzzle Answers part of your community. particular emphasis on the Uilleann pipes and The most unique aspect of Different Drums the whistle. The link between rhythm and melo- Irish Slang - Part 4 is the use of the potent symbols of the drums of dy is made through Roy Arbuckle’s guitar. the two main communities in the north of Ire- Different Drums in performance offers a land - the bodhran and the lambeg drum, which unique opportunity to hear together the music are perceived as representing the Nationalist and representing both communities and cultures Unionist cultures. from their small corner of the world. 18 ianOHIO www.ianohio.com irish american news • August 2011

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