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SEE YOU ON BROADWAY — South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade steps off at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 15. Story, parade schedule, page 9. Above, a painting by South Boston’s own Dan McCole captured the colors of an earlier Southie parade.

Is there a more fitting symbol of Boston Irish Irish beef has been approved once again for the On the second Saturday of the month, Doyle’s success? The house still stands in Jamaica Plain American market. Look for it to be re-introduced hosts the Jamaica Plain Ceilis where genera- (Continued on page 18) – a century after it began to take shape on St. to the United States, perhaps as soon as this tions enjoy an evening of fun, dancing, and Patrick’s Day 1915. Page 5. spring. Page 3. fellowship that enlivens the back room. Page 20.

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 Preserving and Fostering our Heritage and Culture Sona Feile Padraig ort.

he Reverend James T. O’Reilly OSA Division 8 Ancient Order of Hibernians has a full slate of activities scheduled to take place during Irish Heritage Month – March, 2015 in the City of Lawrence. Among the highlights of this year’s activities is an exhibit on the Civil War, “Hometown Heroes” which will be on display atT the Lawrence’s Heritage Park Visitors Center, 1 Jackson St., Lawrence, MA. This exhibit will also feature several  





 


 





 



lectures and view the exhibit free of charge. A full listing of activities for the month is noted here.

Sunday, March 1, 2015 Department at Merrimack College and Author will speak 22nd ANNUAL CLADDAGH PUB ROAD RACE – 11 on “Challenging Slavery during the American Revolu- a.m. (rain or shine) # 2 of the Wild Rover Race Series - tion: Maryland, 1775-1800” at Lawrence Heritage State For more information runthecladdagh.com Park Visitors Center, 1 Jackson St., Lawrence, MA @ 2 pm Sponsored by Division8 AOH & the Irish Foundation (FREE) - Handicap Accessible Monday March 2, 2015 IRISH FLAG RAISING Across from City Hall –Com- Sunday, March 22, 2015 mon St. @11 a.m. Native Lawrencian Robert Bateman now of New York, will speak on “PATRIOT IRISH AMERICAN -- The Wednesday, March 4, 2015 Latter Years in the Life of Captain Timothy Deasy” at LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY - South Lawrence Lawrence Heritage State Park Visitors Center, 1 Jackson Branch, 135 Parker Street, Lawrence, MA: Open House St., Lawrence, MA @ 2 p.m. Sponsored by Division 8 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Showcase of Irish Books, CD’s and AOH & the Irish Foundation (FREE) - Handicap Acces- DVD’s – All Month (Monday, Wednesday, Saturday 10 sible a.m. – 5 p.m.) Sponsored by Division 8 & the Irish Foun- dation (FREE) – Handicap Accessible Saturday, March 28, 2015 IRISH FILM FESTIVAL at Lawrence Heritage State Saturday, March 7, 2015 Park Visitors Center, 1 Jackson St, Lawrence, MA @ THE 144th ANNUAL SAINT PATRICK’S DAY BAN- 10:00 a.m. Sponsored by Division 8 AOH For further in- QUET AND DANCE


  
 
- formation please call 978 794-1655. (FREE) – Handicap sociation Reliefs’ In, One Market Street, South Lawrence, Accessible MA. Traditional Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner with dancing to the Jolly Tinkers from 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. – Sunday, March 29, 2015 Awarding of the Richard Cardinal Cushing and Irishman IRELAND IN SONG - CELTIC MELODIES FOR & Irishwoman of the Year Awards. For more information VOICE AND PIANO - - performed by Terri and George please contact Robert Gauthier at 978 686-2786. Spon- Kelley at the Lawrence Public Library, Sargent Auditori- sored by Division 8 AOH – Handicap Accessible um, 51 Lawrence St., Lawrence, MA @ 2 p.m. Presented by the Friends of the Lawrence Public Library & The Irish Sunday, March 8, 2015 Foundation. (FREE) – Handicap Accessible SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE – 1:00 p.m. for more information please see their website www.lawren- cestpatsparade.com, or email them at information@law- rencestpatsparade.com Friday, March 13, 2015 46th ANNUAL SAINT PATRICK’S DAY LUNCHEON 

  
 
  



Market Street, South Lawrence, MA Traditional Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner with entertainment by the Sil- IRISH HERITAGE MONTH IS SPONSORED BY THE ver Spears Irish Show Band at NOON. Awarding of the ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS DIVISION 8 AND IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM Honorable John E. Fenton Citizenship Award - For more THE LAWRENCE CULTURAL COUNCIL, A LOCAL information please contact Jack Lahey at 603 898 7766. AGENCY WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE MASSA- Sponsored by Division 8 AOH – Handicap Accessible CHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL, A STATE AGEN- CY. FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER RELATED Sunday, March 15, 2015 POSSIBLE CANCELLATION OF ANY OF IRISH HER- WHITE FUND LECTURE – Dr. John “Sean” Con- ITAGE MONTH EVENTS, PLEASE CONTACT THE AOH/LAOH CANCELLATION LINE @ 603-893-5802. don, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair of the History bostonirish.com March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 3 Where’s the Irish beef? On its way, they’re saying By Ed Forry Publisher Irish Heritage Month Where’s the beef? That’s the refrain from an old TV hamburger chain commercial that’s gone down in American folklore. But for connoisseurs of natural, grass-fed steaks and roasts from Ireland, that ques- tion is amplified: “Where’s the Irish Beef?”  


 
 For the last 15 years, as far as the American mar- ket is concerned, the answer has been: “Nowhere to be found.” Preserving and Fostering our Heritage and Culture It has been that long – a full decade and a half – since the USDA banned the importation of Irish beef in the wake of the so-called “Mad Cow disease” Sona Feile Padraig ort. epidemic that raged through parts of Europe in 1999-2000. But this past January, the food agency gave the all-clear to Irish beef, and so the product he Reverend James T. O’Reilly OSA Division 8 Ancient Order of Hibernians has a full slate of activities will soon be re-introduced to America, perhaps as soon as this spring. scheduled to take place during Irish Heritage Month – March, 2015 in the City of Lawrence. Among the And so it was that Ireland’s Minister for Agricul- highlights of this year’s activities is an exhibit on the Civil War, “Hometown Heroes” which will be on display ture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, was atT the Lawrence’s Heritage Park Visitors Center, 1 Jackson St., Lawrence, MA. This exhibit will also feature several joined by officials from the Irish Food Board (Bord Bía) and Irish meat industry officials on a whirlwind  





 


 





 



three-day visit to New York, Washington, DC, and Boston to launch a campaign hailing the return of lectures and view the exhibit free of charge. A full listing of activities for the month is noted here. Irish beef to the American market. At a luncheon at Smith & Wollensky Steakhouse in the Back Bay, Coveney was ebullient about the campaign: “We’re here to tell a story about a product Department at Merrimack College and Author will speak that we’re very proud of,” he said. “Accessing the US Sunday, March 1, 2015 market for Irish beef is a big deal in Ireland. We 22nd ANNUAL CLADDAGH PUB ROAD RACE – 11 on “Challenging Slavery during the American Revolu- are the largest beef exporter in Europe, and we are tion: Maryland, 1775-1800” at Lawrence Heritage State the largest net exporter in the western hemisphere a.m. (rain or shine) # 2 of the Wild Rover Race Series - despite the fact that we come from a very small Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, spoke during a luncheon For more information runthecladdagh.com Park Visitors Center, 1 Jackson St., Lawrence, MA @ 2 country. at Smith & Wollensky Steakhouse in the Back Bay last month. Photo by Ed Forry pm Sponsored by Division8 AOH & the Irish Foundation “We have been aspiring for quite some time to build “For us this has been a big effort to work with the in Ireland to produce top quality beef that tastes a reputation as a county that produces the best beef USDA to be the first European country to be back in great and is absolutely natural. And we think that (FREE) - Handicap Accessible in the world, and if you’re not in the biggest market the US market following the banning of European makes our beef quite different.” Monday March 2, 2015 in the world, and you have that aspiration, well, beef,” Coveney said. “Millions of Americans can trace “We think there’s a niche for natural beef that IRISH FLAG RAISING Across from City Hall –Com- then, there’s something seriously wrong.” their roots back to a time where their families came consumers are looking for in increasing numbers,” Sunday, March 22, 2015 Coveney was speaking to a luncheon gathering of from small family farms that are still intact today. Coveney told the gathering. “We think there’s an mon St. @11 a.m. some 40 local restaurant owners and food buyers, as But instead of now relying on potato crops, we now opportunity, now at a time when the US herd is Native Lawrencian Robert Bateman now of New York, S&W chefs prepared a sumptuous meal. Featuring have an almost complete reliance in terms of how smaller than it has been since 1951. That is why I will speak on “PATRIOT IRISH AMERICAN -- The a Bord Bía menu entitled “Irish Beef – the flavor we produce food on grass. hope that in the not too distant future we’ll see Irish Wednesday, March 4, 2015 Latter Years in the Life of Captain Timothy Deasy” at shows where the best grass grows,” the guests were “And it’s grass that makes Irish beef different, it’s beef on the menu for people who want it.” LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY served a three-course meal featuring a 20- ounce Irish what makes Irish beef taste different; it’s about small Although the product is not yet regularly available, - South Lawrence Lawrence Heritage State Park Visitors Center, 1 Jackson Beef Rib-eye Steak with whipped potatoes, duck-fat family-sized farms with relatively small herds that it was understood by those at the gathering that Branch, 135 Parker Street, Lawrence, MA: Open House St., Lawrence, MA @ 2 p.m. Sponsored by Division 8 roasted root vegetables, a Wollensky Salad and the don’t use any growth promoters or hormones; they Irish beef will soon be on the menu at both Smith restaurant’s famous chocolate cake. simply rely on green grass that grows in abundance & Wollensky restaurants in Boston. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Showcase of Irish Books, CD’s and AOH & the Irish Foundation (FREE) - Handicap Acces- DVD’s – All Month (Monday, Wednesday, Saturday 10 sible a.m. – 5 p.m.) Sponsored by Division 8 & the Irish Foun- dation (FREE) – Handicap Accessible Saturday, March 28, 2015 IRISH FILM FESTIVAL at Lawrence Heritage State Tickets On Sale Now! Saturday, March 7, 2015 Park Visitors Center, 1 Jackson St, Lawrence, MA @ THE 144th ANNUAL SAINT PATRICK’S DAY BAN- 10:00 a.m. Sponsored by Division 8 AOH For further in- DON'T MISS THE 15th QUET AND DANCE


  
 
- formation please call 978 794-1655. (FREE) – Handicap sociation Reliefs’ In, One Market Street, South Lawrence, Accessible MA. Traditional Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner with dancing to the Jolly Tinkers from 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. – Sunday, March 29, 2015 Awarding of the Richard Cardinal Cushing and Irishman IRELAND IN SONG - CELTIC MELODIES FOR & Irishwoman of the Year Awards. For more information VOICE AND PIANO - - performed by Terri and George please contact Robert Gauthier at 978 686-2786. Spon- Kelley at the Lawrence Public Library, Sargent Auditori- sored by Division 8 AOH – Handicap Accessible um, 51 Lawrence St., Lawrence, MA @ 2 p.m. Presented by the Friends of the Lawrence Public Library & The Irish Sunday, March 8, 2015 Foundation. (FREE) – Handicap Accessible SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE – 1:00 p.m. for more information please see their website www.lawren- cestpatsparade.com, or email them at information@law- rencestpatsparade.com Friday, March 13, 2015 46th ANNUAL SAINT PATRICK’S DAY LUNCHEON 

  
 
  



Market Street, South Lawrence, MA Traditional Corned Boston Beef and Cabbage Dinner with entertainment by the Sil- IRISH HERITAGE MONTH IS SPONSORED BY THE ver Spears Irish Show Band at NOON. Awarding of the ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS DIVISION 8 AND IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM March 19-22, 2015 Honorable John E. Fenton Citizenship Award - For more THE LAWRENCE CULTURAL COUNCIL, A LOCAL information please contact Jack Lahey at 603 898 7766. AGENCY WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE MASSA- Somerville Theatre, Davis Square Sponsored by Division 8 AOH – Handicap Accessible CHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL, A STATE AGEN- CY. FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER RELATED Sunday, March 15, 2015 POSSIBLE CANCELLATION OF ANY OF IRISH HER- WHITE FUND LECTURE – Dr. John “Sean” Con- ITAGE MONTH EVENTS, PLEASE CONTACT THE AOH/LAOH CANCELLATION LINE @ 603-893-5802. don, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair of the History IrishFilmFestival.com #IrishFilmFest15 Page 4 March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com Publisher’s Notebook Commentary Recalling snowy Partnership prepares for the road ahead By Joe Leary The Board travelled to Dublin and Belfast to Special to the BIR investigate and examine many of the schools and days of yesteryear A dramatically successful 2014 has inspired the projects that the Partnership has been funding. The Boston- headquartered Irish American Partner- members paid for their own expenses. Visits were By Ed Forry ship to rejuvenate and modernize its operation and made to 23 sites and meetings were held to discuss The huge volume of snow that has paralyzed our prepare for substantial growth in the years ahead. the appropriateness of each grant and how the funds town over the last five weeks brought back memories Although audited figures are not yet finalized, at might be used more productively. for me of long ago winters when I was young, back in this writing the non-profit charity estimates that Last year, a new committee headed by Dublin those post-war years in the middle of the last century. 2014 brought in over $1.1 million in revenue, with businessman Liam Connellan with board members Somehow in my eyes as a child, these snow bluffs 85 percent going to its mission in Ireland. Donations Niall Power Smith of Dublin and Sir Bruce Robinson, that have appeared everywhere in this February of were received from more than 30 states throughout a new Board member from Northern Ireland, was 2015 seem not so different from the hills of snow we the United States. installed in Ireland to advise on new grants and would traverse as children on our little dead-end In 2014, cash grants to both the North and South of project selections. street off Gallivan Blvd in the late 1940s. Of course, Ireland were sent to 94 primary Also last year, the Partnership created a small I was just three or four feet tall in those years, so it schools, 11 universities, and 21 endowment fund with gifts from Irish Americans seemed that I was always looking up at snow piles community organizations. In and Partnership Board members. The $300,000 all over the neighborhood. But in my memory, this the last two years 170 primary fund accepts general bequests and those directed to year’s weather seems not unlike the winters I grew schools, in 27 of Ireland’s 32 specific areas and projects in Ireland. This year, the up with. counties, have received cash Partnership will present the fund to Irish Americans It was a time when winter really grants from the Partnership. throughout the United States and Ireland as a way was for kids. Mostly we young The funds were used to rebuild of honoring their heritage for the many years ahead. children were bundled up and school libraries or provide sci- Last month, the Partnership received notice of a sent outdoors at the first sight of ence teaching materials. substantial bequest that will more than double the the snowflakes, and soon we were Joe Leary The university funds were existing endowment fund, which is supervised by a having great fun, playing king of mostly used to help pay for dis- special Board committee. the mountain on the snow piles, advantaged but well-qualified high school graduates A new “state of the art” computer system is being or steering our Flexible Flyer to attend college, most of them the first collegians in installed in the Boston headquarters, an innovation sleds down any nearby decline. If their families. Dublin City University, University of that will assist staff in recording donations, analyzing memory serves, the slope on Vera Dublin, University of Limerick, University of Ulster, results, and producing reports. The system will help Street was barely usable for coasting, but a hop over St. Patrick’s, Mary Immaculate, and the Smurfit research the existing 22,100 donor files to ensure the fence to Wilmington Ave. offered a fast-paced Business School all received funds. that best business practices are being followed. The downhill glide that seemed it could last forever. Ten Partnership events were held in 2014, in Bos- capital costs for the installation, though expensive, And if you could make it four blocks down to Walsh ton, Washington DC, and Chicago, including three were fully paid for by the Board of Directors. Playground, those slopes from Clancy Road down to successful golf tournaments, and the traditional A major effort this year will involve promoting the ball field were our own Mount Olympus! Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations. Two musical events national public awareness of the Partnership’s work These were simpler times, though, with much less featuring the extraordinary Affinity performers in Ireland. The Board of Directors is convinced that automobile traffic; at the first sign of winter, many from Dublin were held in Boston and Chicago. The fortifying Ireland’s educational system will produce people would remove the tires from their cars and special Nollaig na mBan (Irish Women’s Christmas) strong leadership in the years ahead. That Irish wait out the season, leaving the vehicles on blocks held its third annual breakfast on Jan. 6 this year America will help such efforts has been proven by in a nearby garage or backyard. And if your father in Washington DC. the Partnership’s success. The more public aware- was daring enough to keep the family auto on the In 2014, the Partnership moved its offices in down- ness, the more successful results. road, it always required mounting a set of snow town Boston to a somewhat larger, more modern, and There is hardly an American of Irish heritage chains on the rear wheels, thus ensuring some efficient facility, making it far easier to accomplish who does not know where in Ireland their ancestors measure of traction on the icy snow-covered streets. its tasks. In 2013, the Partnership had one full-time emigrated from. Helping schools and project in those We didn’t own a family car, and for most of the year and two part-time employees; in 2014, there were two areas connects people to their heritage. my aunt would share her Oldsmobile with my father full-time and one part-time employees; and there are Wishing the Partnership success this Saint Pat- for Sunday afternoon jaunts. But from just before plans to add a third full-time employee this yeartin rick’s Day is to help build a stronger Ireland. Christmas to sometime around Easter Sunday, the 2015. A lot of work is being done and progress is Olds 88 – Mass license plate 707000 – was safely being made by the work of very few. stored in a rented garage down on Pleasant Hill Ave. Back in those days, my father worked in Charles- Off the Bench town for the MTA (nee Boston Elevated, now the T), supervising what was known as the “Maintenance of the Way.” Many times, when he would hear on the Recalling life with my Uncle Gordon radio a forecast of snow the next day, John Forry By James W. Dolan She would calmly refuse and instead suggest he sit would head in to work right after supper as he and Special to the Reporter down and have something to eat. other transit workers mobilized to be sure the trains, He was the oldest of three boys, one of ten children He became increasingly angry and intimidating. trolleys, and buses could run the next day. brought up on Wrentham Street in Dorchester. My Sitting at the kitchen table, I was alarmed, fearing The strategy then was to keep the trains running mother Mary was the oldest, born in 1907. Their he would lose control. But inevitably something all night long, on the solid premise that empty trains parents were Irish immigrants who met in Water- unusual happened. He would give up and start to running along the rails would prevent an icy build- bury, Connecticut and later moved to Boston where smile, knowing that he could never intimidate his up on the third rail and diminish the piles before their father, Bert Ward, got a job as a bus driver big sister. She was as tough as he was and he knew the snow could mount up. He labored through the for the MTA. it. She would than start to kid him, and before you night, often staying for two or more days at work, In those days the husband worked and brought knew it they were bantering with each other. with the singular purpose of keeping the transit home a paycheck but almost She would feed him and have him doing the dishes system operational so people could get to work when everything else was left to and he would be laughing. These encounters hap- the storm had passed. the wife. Child rearing was pened periodically as I was growing up. The love It seemed so simple and straightforward then; my considered woman’s work. they had for each other simply overwhelmed the father, a 49-year member of the Boston Carmen’s The oldest daughter was antagonism of the moment. No matter how drunk Union, Local 589 who retired in 1966, would never expected to help. he was, his love and respect for the woman who had believe the tumult that has fallen on Boston during My mother looked after helped raise him prevailed. this crazy winter of 2015. For him, shutting down her sisters and brothers Later in life, when his drinking was under control, the public transportation system was just unheard of. while she attended Dorches- he would marvel how she handled these confronta- Today, 49 years later, I remember the example he ter High School and then tions. Her lion of a brother became a lamb, sheep- and his steady stable of working men and women set. worked for the telephone ishly drying dishes and joking with her. He never In another setting, they were called “The Greatest company. She married late got his money but always had her love. Every time Generation.” To borrow the words of New England’s James W. Dolan (1937) but well; a handsome I visited your house, I wound up doing the dishes, football coach, “they did their jobs.” young doctor from Fields he would later say with a smile. Corner, Ralph Dolan. She always looked after her The years passed and Gordon, who never married, brothers and sisters and many nieces and nephews, had accumulated enough money to buy a home. His but her favorite was her brother Gordon. sister encouraged him to use the funds she was Boston Irish He was a tough kid with a reputation that earned still holding to buy a place. She found a cottage on him the nickname “Gator.” During World War II, White Horse Beach in Plymouth, which he bought REPORTER he joined the army and became a drill instructor, and winterized. He loved it and particularly enjoyed The Boston Irish Reporter is published monthly by: training recruits at Fort Lewis in Washington state. entertaining his numerous nieces and nephews at Boston Neighborhood News, Inc., During a training exercise, a mine that was supposed the beach. When he died, he left the place to them. 150 Mt. Vernon St., Suite 120, Dorchester, MA 02125 to be a dud exploded, severely injuring his leg. After While raising her own family, my mother remained [email protected] www.bostonirish.com Mary C. Forry, President (1983-2004) many months in the hospital, he was discharged and an important influence in the lives of her brothers Edward W. Forry, Publisher eventually received a disability pension. and sisters and their children. She went out of her Thomas F. Mulvoy Jr., Managing Editor Like many veterans after the war, he went to work way to support and encourage them. She would have William P. Forry, Editor for the Post Office. Like many Irishmen, Gordon took liked a job, but back then doctor’s wives, in particu- Peter F. Stevens, Contributing Editor to drink. Unfortunately, with so much enthusiasm, lar, were not expected to work. Instead, she invested News Room: (617) 436-1222 Ads : (617) 436-1222 he became an alcoholic and a brawler. Somehow my all her considerable intelligence and energy in her Fax: (617) 825-5516 [email protected] mother convinced him that she should manage his extended family. She was a strict disciplinarian but On The Web at www.bostonirish.com money for fear he would drink it away. the one you would go to if you needed advice or help. Date of Next Issue:April, 2015 Occasionally he would show up at our house intoxi- Being the oldest child in a large Irish family was Deadline for Next Issue: Monday, March 23 at 2 p.m. cated, demanding money to take some of his pals, a burden that she carried with grace and good hu- Published monthly in the first week of each month. who were sometimes waiting outside in a cab, out mor. Even today, many of her nieces and nephews The Boston Irish Reporter is not liable for errors appearing in advertisements beyond for the night. When drunk, Gordon could be fierce, remark on how important she was in their lives. the cost of the space occupied by the error. The right is reserved by The Boston Irish “Gator” would have understood. Reporter to edit, reject, or cut any copy without notice. angrily demanding that she give him “his money.” bostonirish.com March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 5 Point of View Happy 100th to the ‘house with the shamrock shutters’ On St. Patrick’s Day of 1915, a monument began to take shape in Jamaica Plain

The city of Boston owns the “house that James Michael Curley” built on the Jamaicaway in Jamaica Plain. Construction on the Curley mansion began on St. Patrick’s Day, 1915. Image courtesy Jamaica Plain Gazette/Rebeca Oliviera

By Peter F. Stevens What, many of his “old crowd” wondered, had hap- BIR Staff pened to the man who had come from, and spoken You’d be hard-pressed to find a more fitting but for, the people of the old neighborhoods against the controversial symbol of Boston Irish success this or entrenched interests of Yankeedom? Curley, with any St. Patrick’s Day. As a recent drive past the site typical aplomb, probably thought that he answered affirmed, it still stands in Jamaica Plain – exactly such questions with the carved shamrocks that em- one century since the grand structure first began to blazoned the mansion’s thirty white shutters. The take shape on St. Patrick’s Day of 1915. Fittingly emblems were hardly enough to quiet his Boston so, as the house’s owner was no less than “Himself,” Irish critics – especially foes already screeching the James Michael Curley. In this scribe’s view, the words “graft” and “corruption.” house merits a look, so to speak, as the Boston Irish In the rough-and-tumble ranks of Boston Irish High Holy Holiday of 2015 looms a few weeks hence. politics, Curley was ever battling battled enemies One hundred years ago, Mayor James Michael sporting similar bloodlines from the “old sod” but Curley decided to build a new house for his fam- assailing him with a venom equal to that of his legion ily. The home, however, was not just any dwelling. of Yankee detractors. Curley would recall how John Rising on a verdant two-acre tract that offered a F. Fitzgerald, who also had won the mayor’s office, panoramic view of Frederick Law Olmsted’s “green “joined my critics” over the Jamaicaway mansion. necklace” along the Jamaicaway, Curley’s mansion “A few years ago,” chided Fitzgerald, “James M. soon evoked collective questions among his political Curley was working as a corporation inspector for enemies, the press, and even some of his supporters. The Curley family outside of their home on the $3 a day. The year before he was elected mayor he Jamaicaway in 1930. paid nothing except a poll tax. Now he has a beau- Bostonians from the wards and Brahmin resi- Photo by Leslie Jones/BPL Collection dences alike wondered: How and where was the city’s tiful home on the Jamaicaway, with furnishings controversial mayor raising the sums for the choice heated garage and surrounded by brick walkways. from the home of Henry H. Rogers [a Standard Oil parcel of land and the manse gracing it? The landscaping was worthy of a country squire’s baron], who died worth $100,000,000. He recently Naturally, construction on “the house that James estate. disposed of a fine summer residence at Hull, bought Michael Curley built” commenced on St. Patrick’s As magnificent as the home’s exterior was, visitors since he became mayor.” Day 1915. In virtually every way, the mayor’s new gaped at the trappings within the mansion’s walls. Curley, contending that Fitzgerald was the pro- neighborhood stood as a polar political and cultural A costly crystal chandelier illuminated the long din- verbial “pot calling the kettle black,” retorted: “I opposite to his home turf, Ward 17 in lower Roxbury. ing room, where burnished mahogany-paneled walls might remark parenthetically that when John F. Curley’s property, pastoral in setting, was flanked reflected not only the chandelier’s light and shadows, retired, he spent most of his time on his estate in by stands of trees and by topiary gems similar to but also an aura of the owner’s power. The nearby Hull, and he owned another fine house in Concord. the shrubbery that many of the wards’ Irishmen first-floor hall sprawled sixty feet, and in virtually It did not occur to him, apparently, that I disposed had long pruned for Brahmins, but that few had any direction that guests moved either downstairs of one residence so I could purchase another.” ever owned themselves. In nearby Brookline, site of or upstairs, they ran into carved mahogany doors, That Curley was drawing from a murky source or old Yankee estates and the rarefied golf course and twenty-eight in number. sources of funds was evident, writes Jack Beatty, in bridle paths of The Country Club, lived the genteel With five children, the mayor and his wife, Mae his definitive Curley biography, “The Rascal King.” set who viewed Curley as little more than a usurper. Herlihy Curley, had ordered McGuinness to incor- Beatty notes that in the 1950s, nearly four decades From the moment that work crews begin setting porate five bathrooms in the home. They reveled in after the controversy over the Jamaicaway mansion the mansion’s foundation, questions continued their home’s high ceilings, sat in front of fireplaces had erupted, John Henry Cutler, who ghostwrote to swirl about Curley. He had commissioned the where flames cast their glow across imported Italian the mayor’s memoir, “I’d Do It Again,” asked Curley, renowned architect Joseph McGuinness to design marble, and reached for fixtures plated with gold. “Governor, did you pay for that house?” Cutler would a neo-Georgian estate similar to those Anglo-Irish Perhaps the grandest touches of the wards’ poor-boy- recall: “He gave me a wink as if to say of course he structures that dotted Ireland, the mansion stretch- made-good were the front hall’s bronze chandelier didn’t pay.” ing and soaring over ten thousand square feet and – two stories high and once having graced the Austro- Today, after 100 St. Patrick’s Days, the Curley featuring some twenty rooms. A tiled roof crowned Hungarian embassy in Washington, D.C. – and the mansion still stands, “the house with the shamrock the mayor’s new home, which was adorned with a spiral staircase that wound up three stories. shutters.” Page 6 March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com Did you know... the national average cost of a Medicare-certified nursing home private room is $95,630 per year?* *According to Univita, “2013 Cost of Care Survey”

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@MassConvention /MassConvention massconvention.com bostonirish.com March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 7 Book details Cullinane’s success as a software pioneer By Bill O’Donnell and, again, was very Special to the BIR impressed. After reading soft- “It was inevitable ware entrepreneur John some of them would be- Cullinane’s fascinating come software entrepre- book – “Smarter Than neurs; I was seeing the Their Machines: Oral first wave, so I decided to Histories of Pioneers in help them in a variety of Interactive Computing” ways because entrepre- – I did some research neurship was something into John’s career and new in Ireland.” his passion for jobs, Cullinane’s invest- peace, and prosperity in ments in the Irish Re- Ireland. We have been public brought him to casual, stay-in-touch the attention of political friends for some 25 years leaders from a Belfast and I have been an ad- city council trade delega- mirer of John Cullinane tion and this swiftly re- and of the enormous sulted in he and Massa- success story he crafted chusetts Gov. Bill Weld with his creation of the joining a US trade mis- Cullinane Corporation, sion to Northern Ireland later Cullinet, the soft- under the auspices of ware giant. Bill Clinton’s Commerce His career, as the secretary, Ron Brown. headline notes, has been This visit to the North amazing. His software deepened Cullinane’s product company was desire to help the peace On a recent visit to Belfast, John Cullinane is shown second from right with Irish News publisher Jim the first to go public in process by supporting Fitzpatrick Sr. along with the paper’s editor Noel Doran and Dr. Frank Costello. 1977; the first listed economic development scene in Ireland, north With all his many that allowed these two a legend in the arena of on the New York Stock in hard-pressed North- and south, to develop business trips to Ireland, vital resources to move computer software, it Exchange; and the first ern Ireland. to the point where it is Cullinane has managed forward culturally and needs to be said that he valued at more than a This was followed up today.” to continue his leader- financially. has been an inspiring billion dollars. Cullinet by Cullinane’s attending But computer technol- ship role in such Boston A closing note on the figure to many Irish en- was sold in 1989 and for a White House dinner ogy and software were area institutions as the life of Arlington’s John trepreneurs. ...His wise its founder there were where he sat at Bill Clin- not the sole areas where Kennedy Presidential Li- Cullinane offered by counsel has been invalu- new frontiers where he ton’s table where they Cullinane turned his brary & Museum and the Adrian Bradley, CEO of able to myself and Ire- could leave his mark. He had a detailed discus- hand and heart when it Boston Public Library, a Belfast high tech com- land, and a great source stayed close to his high sion about the merits of came to Ireland. As the where at both he has pany who has known him of common sense as well tech roots, software, but a technology fund. This son of Irish speakers, directed much-needed for many years: as being an inspiration.” added a fresh dimension, prompted Cullinane he has a special regard endowment campaigns “While John is indeed a path that allowed him and his close associate, for the Irish language. to give back, to share Frank Costello, the-then During visits to the with others the signal chairman of Boston Ire- North with Costello, success he had realized. land Ventures who had a John became a staunch And where better than wealth of experience in supporter of teaching Handmade since 1925 Ireland! transatlantic economic Irish in the schools. Cullinane’s parents, development, to encour- He took a sustained natives and Irish speak- age decision-makers in and personal interest in ers of Waterford, Ireland, Washington, London, an Irish language high came here as immi- and Dublin to recognize school in Belfast, Mean grants. His roots, his the technology fund’s po- Scoil Feiriste, and along DNA were unfailingly tential for boosting the with the IFI provided sig- Irish. Once his company North’s high-tech sector. nificant support for the was sold, he moved, as There soon followed school, and persuaded he always has, quietly a series of meetings the NI Department of and efficiently, using in the North involving Education to fund and his talents and success- Cullinane and Costello recognize the school, ful life story that began with business and civil which has since grown in Arlington, MA as a leaders that focused on from 90 students to about Northeastern University promoting business ties 700 today. co-op student working and job creation between at Arthur Little Co, to Northern Ireland and leverage his success by the US. There were some turning to Ireland and 15 or 16 visits during giving back. Those were that period and that perilous days as the lead- helped to strengthen a Please come and celebrate ers of Northern Ireland close relationship be- worked to find peace tween Northern political following three fractious leaders and Cullinane decades of the Troubles. and his fertile ideas file. Dorchester’s Ninth Annual A huge chunk of Ireland, Later, he became the pro the six counties of the bono Economic Develop- North, were in dire need ment Committee advi- St. Patrick’s Day Brunch of jobs, a stable economy, sor and in that position and a peace process that formed the Friends of would allow them to bind Belfast. Saturday, March 14, 2015, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. their wounds and move Willie McCarter re- forward. members: “I have good, That’s where and when strong memories of John Blessed Mother Teresa Parish Hall John Cullinane and Part Cullinane. He came be- 800 Columbia Road, Dorchester Two of his life began; he fore the International focused on creating op- Fund for Ireland when portunities that reflected I was chairman to urge Special Guest Mayor Martin J. Walsh his bonds with the old funding through IFI country and his busi- for two vital programs, 2015 Dorchester Hall of Fame Inductees ness skills to Ireland’s RADIUS and RADIAN, advantage. that had successfully en- The Honorable Thomas M. Finneran He recalls: “My first in- gineered partnerships Gerry Morrissey volvement with Ireland and would be a good fit was when I went there for similar partnerships Sean Morrissey at the request of Barry between Northern Ire- Murphy, a leader in the land hi-tech companies, All proceeds to benefit Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry Irish software industry, border counties of the to meet with 41 Irish Republic and US and Blessed Mother Teresa Parish software entrepreneurs. Canadian companies. In I wasn’t very optimistic typical John Cullinane that they would be very fashion, this was a pio- 617-436-2190 good, but they turned out neering step which not to be outstanding. Then only led to many hi-tech $100 per person Dr. Larry Ronan and Jim Brett I met with three Irish partnerships but also Reservations will be held at door Co-Chairs university presidents helped the whole hi-tech Page 8 March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com

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In a sure sign of spring way to East Broad- despite this winter’s way, to East 4th Street, whallop of snow, the down 5th Street, around South Boston St. Pat- Thomas Park, down rick’s Day/Evacuation Telegraph Street and Day festivities will be down Dorchester Street a jam-packed Sunday, to Andrew Square. March 15, so long as Regardless of the mother nature cooper- weather, the annual St. ates. Patrick’s Day Breakfast As of this paper’s pub- will go on as planned lication, the St. Patrick’s at the Boston Conven- Day Parade, put on the tion and Exhibition South Boston Allied Center. The three-hour Veterans Council, will fete hosted for a second be held on Southie’s year by Dorcena Forry snow-clogged streets on highlights Irish and Sunday, March 15. Irish-American culture This is the first year an and is a must-attend LGBT-affiliated ground event for the state’s has been allowed to leading political figures. march in the parade’s Beginning at 9 a.m., it 114 year history. As such, will be broadcast in its more groups and elected entirety on NECN, New officials will march in England Cable News. the parade, including St. King and news anchor Ed Markey and Eliza- Treasurer Deborah Gold- organizers. The South Jim Braude of “Broad- Latoyia Edwards. beth Warren, Congress- berg, Attorney General Boston elected delega- Patrick’s Day breakfast side with Jim Braude” host State Sen. Linda Breakfast attendees men Stephen Lynch Maura Healy, State Au- tion will all participate will return to conduct will likely include Gov- and Michael Capuano, ditor Suzanne Bump and in the event, organizers Dorcena Forry. interviews and host the In December, the vet- ernor Charlie Baker, Senate President Stan- Suffolk County Sheriff added. broadcast with analysis Boston Mayor Martin ley Rosenberg, House Steven Tompkins, ac- eran’s council voted 5-4 from NECN’s Allison to allow LGBT veterans J. Walsh, US Senators Speaker Robert DeLeo, cording to campaign organization OutVETS to march in this year’s parade. “I just think any vet- eran, whether they are gay or straight, they served our country and served in military and put themselves in harm’s way. They should be giv- en opportunity to march in the parade,” said Ed Flynn, son of former Boston mayor Raymond L. Flynn, was one of the five votes in favor of the LGBT veterans, in a previous interview in December. The parade begins at 1 p.m. and winds through South Boston, beginning at the Broadway T Sta- tion. The parade route travels from West Broad- St. Patrick’s Day parades schedule Boston’s 2015 St Pat- rick’s Day/ Evacuation Day parade has been scheduled for Sun., March 15. The annual event, organized by the Allied Veterans in South Boston, steps off at 1 pm All of us at Carney Hospital wish you and your at Broadway station, marching across the South Boston neighbor- family a very happy and healthy St. Patrick’s Day. hood. In all there are nine parades, large and small planned this year across Massachusetts, one in New Hampshire, and one in Rhode Island. Here’s the schedule, as reported on the Boston Irish Tourism Associa- tion website irishmas- sachusetts.com: Cape Cod: Sat.,March 7,11 a.m. Lawrence: Sun., March 8,1 p.m. Worcester: Sun., March 8, noon. Newport, RI: Sat., March 14,11 a.m. Boston: Sun., March 15, 1 p.m. Scituate: Sun., March 15, 1 p.m. Abington: Sun., March 22, 1 p.m. Holyoke: Sun., March 22, noon. Manchester, NH: Sun., March 29, noon. CarneyHospital.org Page 10 March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com Boston Irish Reporter’s Here & There

By Bill O’Donnell the money go?” & member who has served honorably and has been Boston Historian Takes On Famine Myths – The Irish rate payers are in hock for something an extremely active supporter of the Irish working Dr. Francis Costello has strong ties and a legion of like $75 billion and nobody to date has answered the class in his career and presidency. In Finglas in late friends in the Boston area, but he is spending his question of where that enormous amount of money January, Higgins was called, “traitor, sell-out and time these days away from a classroom in Belfast went, then disappeared, and has since been replaced parasite” among other graceless epithets. leading a cross-community project he co-founded to by massive amounts of public money. Austerity (for Protests are the voice of the people. They are as shatter some myths of the Irish Famine and correct rate payers) is the only answer to date, and a poor valid in the streets of Finglas as they are in front the historical record. one. Is it any wonder why Irish citizens are in the of the American White House. But abuse such as Costello, who many will be familiar with from his streets protesting. Maybe the Dail banking inquiry Higgins faced, having to be hurried into his car by years in Boston, was chief of staff for Congressman can come up with the answer! garda to avoid being physically attacked, is beyond Joseph Kennedy and served as press secretary to Gratuitous Advice for Boston’s Mayor – the pale. The Irish Times said the verbal attacks Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn during his stateside Marty, it has been a terrible winter, a baptism of on President Higgins “mark a new low in political years. He also was co-chairman unrelenting white stuff along with an MBTA that discourse.”I agree. of the nonprofit Boston Ireland can hardly get its clients from point A to Point B, Balancing the Scales, Remembering a Good Ventures that helped promote while the Olympic drumbeat goes on, and we are Friend – In this space last month I wrote a short cultural and commercials ties all tired of the search for scapegoats and folks we item about the appointment of an old friend, former between Boston and Ireland. can toss under the bus, or indict, or investigate to Deputy Consul General in Boston Brendan Rogers, Costello took on the Belfast buy some time. who was named Ireland’s Ambassador to Thailand Famine project as a labor of The bridge to the old homeless shelter is history and Myanmar late last year. love because he is well into his (Chapter 2 is on the way), the white stuff will be In keeping the focus of that earlier report on the book on the global impact of history certainly before July, and the gist of this new ambassador, I intentionally left until now to the great Irish Famine and the Boston-born observer’s advice to a good Connemara write about the former Consul General in Boston, new study under his direction, man who has all the heft and heart needed to do Patrick Curran, of Co. Waterford. He was Brendan’s “Sharing the Past,” is right in the job is: Stop the whining and try to consign to longtime friend and colleague and my friend during Bill O’Donnell Costello’s wheelhouse. history the late good mayor’s chronic ailment – a their tenure here together. Brendan and Pat, my During his time over the past thin skin. It’s tough to shake but it never makes choice as the most popular and productive diplomatic fifteen years in Belfast where he lives with his wife, things easier. Never. team in my knowledge, spent long days and late Anne O’Connor-Costello and their four sons, Dr. The Patriots won and so will Boston. Roll with the evenings seeing to the welfare of Irish-born visitors Costello has had a growing reputation as a history punches and put up with the naysayers for a few and members of the emigrant community. They ran lecturer at University of Ulster, Queens University, more weeks and behold, it will be spring in Boston the Boston Marathon together, they worked with and other university forums; he is also a business with the Sox opener mere days away. You are going community groups and charities here and in Ireland, consultant and author. to be a great mayor! they bought over young boxers and runners from As a historian, Costello is primarily concerned with Gaels, Gates, Glad Hands, a Gala Super Limerick, and during their four plus years together setting the record straight, shattering some of the Bowl – Two Irishmen, Richie Whelan from Dublin in Boston, they proudly showed the Tricolor at great crusty myths and shibboleths and sharing the past and Paul McEvoy from Tipperary, had themselves heights and to a warm and lingering embrace by the with the people of the North. “What is rewarding a grand old day in Phoenix on Sun., Feb. 1. They people of Boston. about this project,” Costello says, “is that it is driven attended the Super Bowl, got in free, and until Brendan reports that Pat, now happily retired after by the grassroots up. There are very harrowing sto- the final minute of the Patriots-Seahawks brawl, a long and distinguished career in the Irish Foreign ries about people’s ancestors and families from Larne it was a day to remember. The two lads admitted Affairs Department, lives in Ring, Co. Waterford. and the Shankill and amidst the Famine’s disease they sneaked in past one ticket taker on a tip from During his diplomatic years, he was Head of Mission and death that impacted Protestant and Catholic an obliging security guard. Whelan discussed the in Lesotho, Uganda, and Zambia and also served in working class people alike,there was a kindness and entry strategy: “We just walked in behind these 20 the Secretariat in Belfast and as Head of Develop- a willingness to help one another.” first-aid workers, straight up to the front door, and ment in Pretoria, South Africa. At home in Ring, Pat The “Sharing the Past” lecture series will travel hid in behind them.... We walked past another se- is a member of the local historical museum and an across the Irish countryside collecting memories and curity guard that wasn’t paying attention. We could active participant in community affairs. stories of the 1845-1852 period, when one in five see the field, then the stadium, and the atmosphere The Month to Recall Patrick & the Past – people in Belfast, for example, had been affected by was insane.” March has always been a happy time going back some sort of contagion linked to the Famine. The The jolly interlopers from Ireland found two seats to small parties we had to Celebrate the Day as project team has already visited close to a hundred just four rows from the field that were unused newlyweds living in Brighton. Now, I make a few venues, including workhouses from the Famine during the second half. Tickets there were selling Irish coffees for neighbors and our guests walk home. period, and has interacted with local citizens with earlier in the day for $25,000 a seat. Yes, true. The Over the years on St. Patrick’s Day, some spent at stories handed down from the mid- nineteenth game didn’t end all that well for Whelan, who saw nearby events, others on the road or traveling in century. his beloved Seahawks beaten in the last minute by distant places (never, by happenstance, in Ireland Costello strongly believes that the Famine period the Malcolm Butler interception. But what a day on March 17), I recall St. Patrick’s Day celebrations that saw some 1.5 million deaths and a similar for two delightful chancers. that are part of the memories that we pull out of number who left Ireland never to return is “a story Did You Know That … the Irish Department of the file around this time of the year. that must be told and ordinary people are helping Foreign Affairs & Trade issued more than 620,000 One of my favorites was March 17, 1980 on State to tell that story with poetry, original historical passports last year. May and June were the busiest Street, Chicago, marching along that historic route research, and music.” months for applications, with the greatest number with Congressman John Anderson, the Independent Irish Landmarks Promote St. Patrick’s Day – issued from London and Canberra. Other leaders candidate for president and other staff from the It is ostensibly a tip of the cap to Ireland’s national in passports issued were New York, Sydney, San campaign. The crowds were heavy and the noise Saint, but who would be surprised if the global land- Francisco and Ottawa. of the multiple street rallies was like a tonic to us, marks celebration had a positive impact on Green Barbershop Quartet Fills the Gap – On a re- even though we were sharing the crowd with other Isle tourism. Now into its sixth year of green-lighting cent US Airways flight to New Orleans there were candidates. I remember that there were candidates famous landmarks in the USA, Europe, and globally, a few delays and passengers were a bit out of sorts. and signs and fans as far as the eye could see, and the marketing campaign has added a couple of new A flight attendant knew that among the flyers was on one corner I caught a glimpse of a campaigning landmarks to light up, including the Colosseum in a barbershop quartet, Port City Sounds. To ease the Ted Kennedy, smiling and happy, looking to his Rome, the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, and the grumbling, hostess Kari Mann asked the quartet to upcoming scrap with Jimmy Carter. Sacre-Coeur Basilica on the Montmartre in Paris. sing a few of their favorites. The remainder of the In 1985, I was on stage in Southie to make an Other celebrated landmarks done up in Green for trip was a dream as the singers filled the several award to Mayor Flynn at Bill Bulger’s traditional St. St. Patrick’s Day include Niagara Falls, Christ the hours until the plane landed a group of contented Patrick’s Day breakfast. I was treated well, happily Redeemer in Rio, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and passengers on the ground. ensconced amidst the musicians but I continued to the spectacular Burg Al Arab Hotel in Dubai. Still This short tale reminds me of a few flights on eye the side door as a possible escape route after more sites resplendent in green are the town Hall new Aer Lingus planes in the nineties when the a long, standing stint and aching feet. I hung in of Munich and landmarks in Oslo, Lisbon, the Sky electronics and the sound on several inaugural and there and was glad I did. It was a different kind of Tower in Auckland, and a castle in Disneyland, Paris. early flights from Boston to Belfast were inopera- fun to be so close to the jokes and barbs by some of In the US, green sites already include the John tive and were replaced by two young guitar-playing the Bay State’s well-rehearsed politicians. And of Hancock Center, the Navy Pier, the Wrigley Build- & singing minstrels who moved along the aisles course, I was right where the action was. Another ing, all in Chicago. In addition to the Diaspora mil- entertaining passengers, especially toddlers and good day in Southie. lions of Irish have an international array of friends youngsters throughout the flight to Belfast. It was It was just ten months after President Clinton’s from countries across the world. just like having our own buskers on board. An en- 1995 White House conference on the Irish economy, Irish Banks Undergoing Scrutiny – The Irish during memory for this traveler. when alongside Boston’s John Cullinane and Frank Dail has finally gotten around to taking a more com- Frustration in Ireland No Cause for Abuse Costello I was back in the White House again for prehensive look at the activities and possible illegali- – In late January of this new year there was a the 1996 St. Patrick’s Day gala. Filled with bold ties that pervaded Irish banks and other financial troubling upbeat in protest demonstrations, much names and famous faces from television and Time institutions that many allege were instrumental in of it attributable to the government’s new water magazine, etc., it was a wonderland of media big foot Ireland’s fierce recession. The headlines here and in tax. Protest groups, which once confined dissent to types and the Irish “Friends of Bill” from Boston to Ireland about the behavior of banks like the Anglo public buildings, now gathered in front of govern- San Francisco and beyond. Great fun, and the fine Irish Bank and its CEO, expatriate David Drumm ment ministers’ homes, while other officials reported music by local Irish musicians and the elite Marine and his wife seeking but not finding relief in Boston receiving “serious threats” that have rarely been Corps band made it a day to remember. courts, has been a sad soap opera for the working seen or heard in Ireland. RANDOM CLIPPINGS people of Ireland. The Anglo Irish “lent” its officers However, those forms of angry protest and per- Congratulations to Catherine Shannon, Profes- huge bags of euros with no collateral demand as sonal threats to Dail members were hardly the sor Emerita of Westfield State College who has they laughed all the way out the door, with never a worst of the battering that politicians and public been named as the Eire Society’s 2015 Gold Medal thought about repaying. figures took. Irish television was overrun by scenes recipient. Catherine reminds me that she is again A major question on the lips of the punters who of President Michael D. Higgins being verbally involved with the Charitable Irish Society’s March are today paying for the bad behavior and greed at abused, cursed, and the target of some of the most 17th annual dinner. The featured speaker that eve- the hands of a series of rogues and thieves abet- venomous, fury-driven language ever directed at a ning will be award-winning historian and novelist ted by poor and inept regulation (when there was sitting Irish president. Higgins, or Michael D. as we Peter Quinn. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will be on any at all) who played and partied their way into remember him in Boston, is a 73-year-old former hand. The dinner will be at the Fairmont Copley Ireland’s worst financial disaster, is: “Where did Labour Party president and longtime Dail minister (Continued on page 13) bostonirish.com March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 11 Here to inspire more than 70,000 minds every year. Here for the impact 16,000 graduates a year can have. Here for science, healthcare, business and more. Here for the workforce of today. And tomorrow. Here for a reason. UMass produces the largest number of graduates every year, especially in areas critical to our economy. 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If you are charged with a crime, it Substance use problems and addiction have always parent, husband, wife, is essential that you consult an immigration lawyer generated controversy. There was a time when, if you sister, father, or mother, as well as a lawyer specializing in criminal cases, were having a problem drinking too much, people maybe this wouldn’t be as the law involving the effect of criminal offenses would say you were morally wrong – to get drunk happening. Others feel on immigration issues is extremely complex. was a sin, that you were weak, selfish, hopeless, and that it is the addicts fault If you are a male at least 18 years old and under should be ignored, or locked up. and that they should be 26 at the time when you got your green card, your Then abuse of drugs like heroin, cannabis, and put away until they can responsibilities include registering with Selective cocaine (to name a few) led to a whole host of other act “like everyone else.” If Service (even though there is no military conscrip- physical, emotional, and legal problems. Then along I was diagnosed with dia- tion in effect in the US at this time). If you do not came Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anony- betes, heart disease, or register, you may be subject to criminal prosecution. mous and they said that if you follow our way of life, cancer, is it my fault? Is If convicted, you could be deported. Failing to reg- you can find hope and recovery. addiction very different? ister may also prevent or delay you from becoming There are many other books, theories, and beliefs Denial is our most hu- Danielle Bowles a US citizen. You can get the necessary form at about substance use problems and addiction. TV man response to hearing that we are ill. If we have any post office, or you can register online at sss.gov. shows like Celebrity Rehab and Intervention as diabetes, we can say, “This extra cookie or dessert Other responsibilities of permanent residents well as people sharing their stories on Oprah and can’t really make my diabetes symptoms worse, can include filing accurate federal and state tax returns Dr. Phil have increasingly brought the topic into it”? The denial in addiction is very similar to any annually and paying any taxes that you owe; re- our televisions and conversations. What do you be- other illness’s denial. I hear addicts say, “I just didn’t porting any change of address to USCIS within 10 lieve about addiction? Are addicts weak? Is it their see it was a problem.” Once they got help though, it days; and having your children who are permanent fault?Or are they ill, sick with a disease that is very was much easier to see and learn more about how to residents register with USCIS within 10 days of difficult to recover from? get better. It’s no one’s fault that we have diabetes, turning 14. I frequently meet with families and friends of peo- cancer, or an addiction to alcohol or drugs. No one Your green card does not entitle you to vote in caused it but we can do something about it. If we US elections or serve on juries – you must be a US can let blaming go, recognize the disease that is af- citizen for that. Doing so as a legal permanent fecting us, and take responsibility to make the slow resident amounts to a false claim of US citizenship steady progress to a better life, we will find recovery. and can have very serious consequences. “I want my life to be better but I don’t know where Visit one of our weekly legal clinics for a free, to start!” Learn all you need to make a start towards confidential consultation on your specific questions recovery, for you and your family. about any immigration-related issue. Please join us on the following Tuesday evenings Disclaimer: These articles are published to inform – March 24 and 31, April 7 and 14 – for another of generally, not to advise in specific cases. The US our Family Healing Workshop Series. Refreshments Citizenship and Immigration Services and US De- and resource-sharing will begin from 5:30 and the partment of State regularly amend regulations and workshop starts promptly at 6 p.m. at the Laboure alter processing and filing procedures. Center (275 West Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127). Childcare is available but you must RSVP to comfirm. Please call Danielle at the IIIC (617- 542-7654, Ext.14, or visit [email protected]) if Are you affected by the President’s you have any questions about this series or about recent immigration announcement? recovery in families. Change is always possible – We can help! (Partner- Have your questions answered by local immigration lawyers. ship with Catholic Charities Recovering Connections, RFK Corps, and COASA) If you are affected by the drinking of someone close to you, Al-Anon may be able to help, even if you are in another 12-step program Call Foley Law Offices (617) 973-6448 of recovery. Check out this link for more informa- or visit www.FoleyLawOffices.com tion: ma-al-anon-alateen.org/ or call 508-366-0556. Foley Law Offices – 8 Faneuil Hall Marketplace – Boston, MA 02109 bostonirish.com MarchProject2_Layout 2015 1 2/25/2014 BOSTON4:09 PM Page 1IRISH Reporter Page 13 Judge puts hold on Obama moves on immigration On Feb. 16, a US Dis- will include employ- May luck be our companion trict Court judge in Texas ment authorization issued an order that tem- valid for 3 years and May friends stand by our side porarily halted the De- permission to travel ferred Action for Parents under very limited May history remind us all of Americans and Lawful circumstances. Permanent Residents “We hope that the Of Ireland's faith and pride (DAPA) program and moms, dads, and the expanded Deferred young men and wom- May God bless us with happiness Action for Childhood Ar- en from Ireland, and rivals (DACA) program from around the world May love and faith abide. that were included in who are eligible for President Obama’s Ex- IIIC Managing Attorney these new programs ecutive Action of last Jeannie Kain spoke at will not be discour- Happy St. Patrick’s Day! November. The White a press conference on Feb. 18 that was held by aged by this delay. House has appealed the the Keeping Families There have been many order to the 5th Circuit Together coalition and turns in the road on Congressman & Mrs. U.S. Court of Appeals. hosted by the IIIC. The this journey, and this The Irish International coalition, along with the latest development Immigrant Center and IIIC encourages, people is just a bump in the other immigrant organi- to and continue to pre- road. As a community, Stephen F. Lynch zations expect the order pare for the application let’s remain hopeful,” process. to be lifted, although said Ronnie Millar, Paid for by Lynch for Congress Committee. Brian Miller, Treasurer until that happens, no US before age 16, who the IIIC’s executive one can apply for DAPA has lived in the US since director. or the expanded DACA Jan. 1, 2010, and who program. meet certain other re- Said the IIIC’s man- quirements related to aging attorney Jeannie education and lack of Kain: “We encourage ev- criminal history. This will CAREER BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES eryone to stay informed also include employment about Executive Action authorization valid for 3 at FEENEY BROTHERS and continue to prepare years and permission to for the application pro- travel under very limited Unearth your potential and learn about The Northeast’s Utility Contractor since 1988. cess so they are ready circumstances. to apply as soon as the DAPA would defer ac- order is lifted.” tion for immigrants liv- Join us for our OPEN HOUSE event Some details about ing in the US since Jan. these programs: 1, 2010 who are parents Wednesdays • Expanded DACA for of US citizens and per- Wednesday anyone brought to the manent residents – this Feb. 4, March11, 18, 25 4th and March 4 JP McManus buys at 6:00 a.m. Adare Manor Hotel to meet key personnel and discuss the different career paths we offer. for $34 million Seeking Qualified/Experienced: (Continued from page 1) • CDL A Drivers • Backhoe Operators • Diesel Mechanics Plaza in Boston. Phone 617-330-1737 for tickets/ info. … With Greece fighting to avoid default on its We look forward to seeing YOU at 103 Clayton St. in Dorchester recession bailout, Ireland, which has done a top job Visit our website – www.feeneybrothers.com of paying down its debt, is steering clear of that im- broglio. … Air Lingus continues to spread its wings with new direct flights from Dublin to Dulles Airport, Washington. … Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein Leader and Co. Louth Dail member, is the latest to publicly urge the Irish government to push for the Narrow Waters bridge project linking the North with the Republic. … The action continues at Stormont to formally create an opposition that could take opposing policy views to those espoused by the NI Executive. The international art market flourishes with a record price of $300 million for a Paul Gauguin paint- ing of two Tahitian girls. … Adare Manor Hotel and golf resort in Limerick has been purchased by Irish businessman JP McManus for $34 million. Sellers were Americans Tom & Judy Kane. … Canada and New Zealand are offering (Formerly Dorchester House Multi-Service Center) inducements of visas and new jobs to attract Irish We wish you, your family and friends a happy & healthy New Year! residents to emigrate. … This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Butler Yeats. A Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Yeats died in 1939. … The New York Irish will be hosting likely presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at their St. Patrick’s Day William Butler Yeats event. It’s another sign that the former first lady and secretary of state is just an announcement away from a presidential Candidacy. … Line of the week via Bill Reynolds’ ProJo column on David Letterman’s remark to Bill Belichick “We invited Pete Carroll to be on the show. He passed.”… A good sign of Ireland’s recovery is the 2114 tourist spending there of about $4 billion and visitors of 7.3 million., both increases. ••• CELEBRATE St. Patrick’s Day by remembering those without shelter or enough food, especially the young. Emulate the Irish at home, the most generous givers in the world. 1353 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02122 www.dothousehealth.org @dothousehealth Page 14 March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com C e l e b r a t e ! at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

FREE PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN The Irish Balladeers March 14, 2015 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, take a musical trip to the Emerald Isle! The Irish Balladeers perform traditional stories and dances with authentic Irish instruments!

The Celebrate! series, appropriate for family audiences and children ages 5 and up, highlights America's rich cultural diversity through the arts. To optimize your comfort and enjoyment, reservations are required for this free program. Visit the Celebrate! page online at www.jfklibrary.org or call 617-514-1644 to make a reservation. All groups (including nursery schools, day care centers and scouting groups) are welcome, but the group leader must call one week in advance and speak to a Kennedy Library staff member to ensure that space is available. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Children are seated on a carpeted floor with their caretakers and space is available on a first come, first served basis.

Thanks to generous support from the Highland Street Foundation, this performance takes place in the Stephen E. Smith Center at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston. bostonirish.com March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 15

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Greenhills Bakery Open Monday-Saturday 780 Adams Street 5 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Dorchester, MA 02124 Sunday 6 a.m. - 2 p.m. 617-825-8187 www.greenhillsbakery.com Page 16 March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com High school students kick the tires at EMK Institute By Lauren Dezenski they’re all jabbery and group of friends, sup- Reporter Staff the front foyer is loud porters, and neighbors The best museums and they are having a from around Columbia give their visitors a take- good time. Then once Point will make a trial away message, some- they walk through the run through the institute thing that can stick with doors, it almost takes on March 7. them long after they the breath out of ev- When the institute offi- leave the building. At erybody,” DeWalt said. cially opens, a temporary the Edward M. Kennedy “They quiet down im- exhibit highlighting Sen. Institute for the United mediately because they Kennedy‘s career will be States Senate – slated feel like they’re in the available to visitors. to open on the 31st of presence of something The institute’s and this month on Colum- that is really important the senator’s focus on bia Point in Dorchester and really special. And participation, both in – that message will be we try to reinforce that its mission and its pro- participation, according with the experience.” gramming, can create to Museum Director Bil- DeWalt said that when a lasting difference, lie R. DeWalt. he first walked into the DeWalt said. “Unless “We want people to chamber, “I got chills people are participating say, ‘I am inspired here running up and down my and actively engaged, to go out and make sure spine. And I think that is the whole system is not that I am in contact with the kind of reaction that going to work. There’s my representative or just about everybody nothing more needed at senator or mayor and I’m The exterior of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, who walks in there gets.” this time, where you’ve shown above in this rendering, will officially open after a ceremony slated darn sure going to be vot- for later in March. However, select student groups are getting opportunities The wide halls around got such cynicism in ing on the next election to test-out the institute’s interactive tours in recent visits. the chamber feature the country about the day. In the meantime, interactive multimedia government ,and espe- maybe I can get involved tional programming that given tablets to guide final vote taken in the projections that have cially about the House in a civic organization.’ will perhaps identify them through the exhibit replica of the Senate been designed to allow of Representatives and Because that’s what kinks in the system in space as well as explore chamber at the Capi- visitors to use their tab- the Senate. We can only makes the system work,” return for a sneak peek specific policy issues tol in Washington, the lets to explore specific affect that a little bit, but explains DeWalt. at what’s inside. and historical events. institute’s crown jewel. topics that interest them. I think what we can do The EMK Institute, a Last Wednesday, two They also took “selfie” The Institute’s cham- All the technology cre- is inspire those kids who vision of the late senator dozen high school stu- photos of themselves ber, which is being kept ates an active museum come through here.” and the second Kennedy dents from UMass Bos- that accompanied them under tight wraps as the experience, DeWalt said. Admission to the mu- family institution to rise ton’s Urban Scholars throughout the museum. opening approaches, is “It’s just a means of get- seum will cost $14 for up on the peninsula, Program spent the morn- The students were commanding at first look ting to the point where Massachusetts residents will officially open its ing role-playing a US then assigned a Sen- with its detailed sense of guests think ‘Okay, I between 25 and 61, doors next to the John Senate immersion ses- ate district and guided authenticity right down have to think about and $12 for the state’s F. Kennedy Presidential sion where they worked through the process to the inkwell on the getting a provision on seniors, students, and Library and Museum on to pass comprehensive of understanding is- late senator’s wooden a bill and what kind of veterans. Admission will March 31. immigration reform, no sues important to their desk and the moldings provision would I like to be free to Massachusetts In anticipation of the small task, especially for constituents. They also along the walls. That introduce to make this children between 6 and opening, EMK Insti- the folks actually elected learned how to strike authenticity extends to bill pass?’ You have to 17. Regular admission tute’s officials have in- to do just that. deals and make com- the replica of Ted Ken- participate.” for out-of-state residents vited school groups to In a process that will promises on both sides ney’s Senate office that Following the pre- will be $16. visit the 68,000-square- be in effect when the in- of the aisle in line with is another signature opening tours by student foot facility for a trial run stitute opens to visitors, their issues before finish- feature of the museum. groups and array of of the museum’s educa- all the students were ing with a debate and “Kids get off the bus, elected officials, a select Ireland’s QUINNIPIAC Connection

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum, Músaem An Ghorta Mhóir The world’s largest collection of art devoted to the Great Hunger 1845–1852

Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute, a scholarly resource for scholars and researchers

Exchange programs for students and faculty with National University of Ireland Maynooth

Study abroad at University College Cork (undergraduate)

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Happy Happy St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day Grant me a sense of humor, Lord, the saving grace to see a joke, to win some happiness from life, and pass it on to other folks. – Irish Blessing from Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry and Family

Congressman Don’t miss the St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast michael capuano on Sunday, March 15, 2015 7th Congressional District WATCH LIVE ON NECN – 10 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. www.lindadorcenaforry.com

Your friends at City of Boston Credit Union wish you a safe and fun- lled St. Patrick’s Day! ay St. Patrick guard you Mwherever you go, and guide you in whatever you do, and may his loving protection be a blessing to you always. CityCity Councillor-at-Large Council President





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cityofbostoncu.com bostonirish.com March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 19 ‘Adventurous’ is the driving spirit at ‘Celtic Sojourn’

By Sean Smith would play the trad stuff but Special to the BIR also the form and content of The annual “St. Patrick’s the popular music of the day. Day Celtic Sojourn” celebra- In any case, we’re really happy tion hits the magic 10-year to be giving them a bigger place mark this year in character- in this year’s show.” istically adventurous fashion, Còig (the Scottish Gaelic with performances by Irish word for “five”) represents a folk-roots trio The Henry Girls, case of something too good hot Cape Breton quintet Còig, not to keep going. Colin Grant New England singer-guitarist (fiddle), Darren McMullen (and the show’s music director) (guitar, mandolin, banjo, Keith Murphy, and a special bouzouki, whistles, vocals), appearance by vocalist and Rachel Davis (fiddle, vocals), multi-instrumentalist Mick Chrissy Crowley (fiddle) and McAuley, a member of Irish Jason Roach (piano), accom- super group Solas. plished soloists all, originally Also featured will be Irish banded together a few years dancer Sarah Jacobsen and ago to do a promotional tour for members of the Harney Acad- Cape Breton’s Celtic Colours emy of Irish Dance. International Festival – and “A St. Patrick’s Day Celtic when the tour was over, found Sojourn” will be at Harvard they enjoyed the collaboration University’s Sanders Theater so much they decided to play on March 14 (8 p.m.) and 15 as an ensemble whenever (3 p.m.), following a March 13 possible. show at the Zeiterion Theater While Còig embodies the in New Bedford. proud Cape Breton tradi- Concert producer and host The Henry Girls, a trio of sisters from Donegal who wowed the audience with their cameo ap- tion, with plenty of marches, Brian O’Donovan, also the pearance last year, will have a larger presence at this year’s “St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn.” strathspeys and reels, their guiding spirit behind “A experimental, stretch things The Henry Girls – Donegal- as Elvis Costello’s “Watching repertoire also gives nods to Christmas Celtic Sojourn,” is a little. So we’ve had a little born sisters Karen, Lorna and the Detectives” (familiar to Irish and Scottish music – the pleased that the St. Patrick’s of everything over the years, Joleen McLaughlin – are a those watchers of the “History song “Mary and the Soldier” Day production has estab- from John McCormack-style perfect embodiment of that Detectives” TV show). (popularized by Paul Brady) lished its own identity – one songs to a Scandinavian har- two-way influence in Irish For “St. Patrick’s Day Celtic and Dougie MacLean’s “She that has clearly resonated danger fiddle. music, says O’Donovan. Irish Sojourn,” however, the Henry Loves Me,” for example. And with audiences over 10 years. “St. Patrick’s Day is a largely they may be, the trio has a Girls will feature more of their don’t be surprised if there’s a “It’s great that people have American phenomenon, after firm grasp of Americana styles traditional material, says flourish of French-Canadian been enthusiastic and sup- all, so that gives the show a and grooves, joining gorgeous O’Donovan, which went over in there, too. portive about what we’ve been different kind of perspective three-part vocal harmonies to well enough when they made “They are just a dynamic doing,” he says. “‘Christmas to begin with. For me, ‘St. an assortment of instruments a cameo in the finale of last representation of Cape Breton, Celtic Sojourn,’ of course, has Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn’ that include fiddle, banjo, year’s show. “They did just one and it’s wonderful to see the a unique purpose, celebrat- is intended as a journey, con- harp, ukulele, accordion, gui- song, and yet they sold more tradition in the hands of out- ing a particular, very special stantly looking at where the tar, mandolin and piano; most albums at the show than any standing young musicians,” time of the year and all its Irish have travelled, how the of their material is original of the other performers. In a says O’Donovan. traditions. But ‘St. Patrick’s Irish have influenced others – compositions, but they’ve way, you can think of them as Mick McAuley is familiar to Celtic Sojourn’ allows us some and in turn, been influenced also been known to throw in somewhat similar to the Irish Solas fans, but at “St. Patrick’s flexibility and variability to be by others.” some beguiling covers, such dance hall bands of yore, who (Continued on page 12)

Students from the Harney Academy of Irish Dance in “A Little Bit Of Ireland” at Reagle Music Theatre, March 14 and 15. Photo courtesy of Reagle Music Theatre / Herb Philpott Photo. Sharing ‘A Little Bit Of Ireland’ at Reagle in Waltham

By R. J. Donovan do here. People are so wonder- Special to the BIR 17th St. Patrick’s revue set ful up there. I can think of ten It all began with a backstage people right off the top of my “hello” more than a decade ago head that I could call and say, following a performance of for March 14 and 15 ‘Gosh, I’m in this bind, would Hal Prince’s acclaimed revival And later this month she Ensemble, students from the Originally from the Mid- you mind X-Y-and-Z and of “Showboat” when leading will return to Waltham to sing award-winning Harney Acad- west, Sarah and Rick cur- they’d be there in a moment’s lady Sarah Pfisterer met Bob in Reagle’s 17th annual St. emy of Irish Dance, comedian rently live with their two notice. … Bob Eagle has just Eagle, Founder and Producing Patrick’s Day revue, “A Little Jerry Walker, a full chorus, a children in Connecticut where created a lovely, lovely thing Artistic Director of Waltham’s Bit Of Ireland,” on March 14 live orchestra, and more. they co-founded the Wire Mill there.” Reagle Music Theatre. That and 15. In addition to her work on Academy, a theater school This year’s show is still brief greeting has led to an The show is a dynamic Broadway and in the national for young artists where they being fine tuned, but Sarah enduring personal and profes- celebration of Irish music, tour of “Showboat,” Sarah also teach. Despite their extensive said, “As far as I know, I sional connection that lasts to dance, and light-hearted com- starred as Christine Daae in work schedules, they both say think I’ll be doing ‘Come Back this day. edy based on what Bob Eagle more then 1,000 performances Reagle Music Theatre holds to Erin.’ Rick will be doing A Metropolitan Opera semi- modestly calls “a little idea of “Phantom,” which is where a very special place in their ‘Danny Boy.’ We’ll do ‘Great finalist with a master’s in I had.” This year’s enthusi- she and Rick first met. Rick’s hearts. Day For The Irish’ and some Music from Northwestern astic company of close to 70 extensive credits include per- Chatting by phone from sing-alongs to get everybody University, Sarah has become singers, dancers, and musi- forming as principal dancer home, Sarah said, “We still going . . . And then I’ll prob- a mainstay at Reagle in recent cians is scheduled to include and choreographer with Hub- work in New York, we do con- ably do ‘Mother Ireland’ (with years, regularly appearing everyone from Sarah and her bard Street Dance Company certs, we have the performing an arrangement) Judy Ross in summer musicals such as husband Rick Hilsabeck (star in addition to appearing in arts school down here, but we wrote a few years back for “Carousel,” “The Music Man,” of Broadway’s “Phantom of the “Ragtime,” “Billy Elliot: The talk a lot about the fact that her harps.” “The Sound of Music” and Opera”) to the Celtic ensemble Musical,” “Chitty, Chitty I think we have closer friends She added, with a laugh, ”My Fair Lady.” She has also Comhaltas, Judith Ross and Bang Bang” and Hal Prince’s in the Boston area because of “One of our dearest friends performed in the company’s the Massachusetts Harp “Parade,” among others. Reagle Music Theatre than we is Jerry Walker. I remember annual Christmas production. (Continued on page 23) Page 20 March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com COME TO THE CEILI Doyle’s in JP hosts the fun once a month Doyle’s Café is a Boston want to make sure they get institution – and more to together with the younger, the point, a Boston Irish less seasoned folks. The older institution, as anyone who dancers are very understand- has seen its Irish and Irish- ing and helpful; even though American memorabilia and someone is calling the dance, décor can testify. So there they really look out for those aren’t many more appropriate people who aren’t used to do- venues around for a good old- ing it.” fashioned Irish ceili than the This dynamic is a big part nearly 135-year-old Jamaica of what makes the ceili se- Plain establishment. ries so appealing for O’Riley On the second Saturday of and many of those who take each month, Doyle’s plays host part. “In this day and age, to the Jamaica Plain Ceilis, when life just seems to be so which brings together genera- busy for many of us, having tions for an evening of fun and these monthly dances is a fellowship that enlivens the chance for communion, for back room with set and ceili getting together and enjoying dancing. The series, which one another’s company,” she runs September through May, explains. “The ceilis aren’t is now into its second year. a competition, just a way to The organizers for the JP recognize joy and celebrate Ceilis are Jackie O’Riley, a life. I know it certainly makes Stoughton native who is an me feel happy and healthy.” Irish dance performer and The evening’s program in- teacher, and Los Angeles cludes a little break for people transplant Joey Abarta, a to catch their breath, and to widely recognized master of inject some variety – perhaps a the uilleann pipes. They were song from a willing singer, or a inspired by a one-off event few flourishes by step dancers a few years ago at Doyle’s who are present. It all depends organized by friends seeking who shows up, notes O’Riley, in particular to interest a and sometimes anything can younger crowd in ceili dancing. happen: On one occasion, a The space seemed to work fine, group of Greek students came and the turnout was good, but by, joined in on the set dance as O’Riley explains, at the time Above: Joey Abarta (far right) “Shoe the Donkey,” and even- recruits outstanding musi- no one was ready to spearhead cians like (L-R) Paddy League, tually wound up demonstrat- the next step: making it a Chris “Junior” Stevens and ing a Greek dance. regular event. Danny Noveck to be part Of There also are moments of “Finally, after about a year, the Jamaica Plain Ceili Train, true grace, O’Riley says, such Joey and I decided that we which provides music for the as when a particular dance is could do this as a team,” says monthly ceili at Doyle’s Cafe. running along smoothly and O’Riley, who often calls the At right: Jaclyn O’Riley calls she allows herself to relax a the dances at the JP Ceilis. dances at the ceilis but happily Photos by Sean Smith little and observe the tableau defers to special guests. “We’ve in front of her. “I look across been very fortunate to have a the floor, and I see the older team of volunteers to help us, welcoming to beginners,” says dancers who have loved doing as well as the cooperation from O’Riley, who adds that she this for years; I see young kids Doyle’s, to make it all work.” and her co-organizers make a who are there with their fami- Another valuable compo- point of referring newcomers lies, having a good time getting nent of the series is the to other set dancing events in caught up in the moment; I see Jamaica Plain Ceili Train, a the Boston area. my musician friends, many band with a shifting line-up, Once the evening gets going of whom almost never get a organized by Abarta, which in earnest, there are usually chance to dance; I see people provides the music, and a on average about 70 people who are new to the dancing, good part of the energy, for the participating. And it’s then and they’re getting the hang of event. “There’s nothing like that an important element – it. And my heart just swells.” dancing to live music,” says one that goes beyond the im- The next Jamaica Plain Ceili O’Riley. “Joey and the musi- mediacy of the event – kicks at Doyle’s will be March 14, at cians he invites are so great, in, she says. 7 p.m. (instruction begins at and they give everything such “One of our major goals with 6:15). For information, see the a lift.” the ceilis is to have mixed ages Facebook group at facebook. The ceilis are preceded and experiences. The core set com/thejamaicaplainceilis or by about a 40-minute crash dance community is Boston is e-mail O’Riley at orileyirish- course in the basics of set and aging, and they have a lot of [email protected]. ceili dancing. “We’re extremely wisdom to pass along, so we – SEAN SMITH ‘Adventurous’ is the driving spirit at ‘Celtic Sojourn’ (Continued from page 19) maximize it to the best year as our music di- sions of “Celtic Sojourn,” possible effect. That’s rector, and he’s been this year will add dance Day Celtic Sojourn,” he’ll what “St. Patrick’s Day just a great fit,” says director to her duties. be highlighting his “pure Celtic Sojourn” has in O’Donovan. “Keith un- “Sarah has stepped drop” persona. Keith Murphy, says derstands what we try to up to the additional “He’s an all-around O’Donovan – and, oh do, and does a wonderful responsibilities with performer, brilliant as yes, he happens to be a job in knitting every- gusto, putting together a musician on several gifted guitarist-pianist- thing together. And what the choreography for instruments and as a mandolinist and singer a bonus it is to have him this year’s show in ad- singer,” O’Donovan says himself. Murphy is a as a performer, too.” dition to preparing for of McAuley, who recently leading figure in the One of the more enjoy- her own performance. appeared in “The Last New England folk music able things about putting This is what you love to Ship,” a musical created scene, exploring facets of on a show that lasts as see, and we see it a lot by the pop singer Sting. the many traditions that long as “A St. Patrick’s in the Boston area: the “But as a straight-for- have graced the region, Day Celtic Sojourn,” tradition being passed on ward traditional player, including that of his notes O’Donovan, is the to a new generation that he’s just the best. We’ll native Newfoundland. opportunity to witness embraces it and keeps it be looking forward to He and his wife Becky young performers come going.” some good old-fashioned Tracy were two-thirds of age and begin to take For ticket informa- accordion from Mick in of the groundbreaking leadership roles in the tion and other details the show.” New England music trio traditional music and about “A St. Patrick’s All well and good to Nightingale, and he’s dance community. So it Day Celtic Sojourn,” see have such talent on also known for his stints “St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn” producer and is with Sarah Jacobsen, wgbh.org/celtic. one’s roster, but how with Childsplay, Han- host Brian O’Donovan says he sees the show as “a who having appeared in much better when you neke Cassel, and others. journey, constantly looking at where the Irish have both the Christmas and also have a top-drawer “This is Keith’s third travelled, how the Irish have influenced others – St. Patrick’s Day ver- director and arranger to and in turn, been influenced by others.” bostonirish.com March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 21 CD Reviews

By Sean Smith “Once I Loved” is full of tender ity, supplying the bright ceili- Bernadette Morris, “All regret and release, Morris band hues for the barn dances the Ways You Wander” • adding a melancholy fiddle to and a trio of flings (“Casey’s County Tyrone native Berna- great effect. Favourite/Mary Brennan’s dette Morris defied that famil- Morris does as well with the Favourite/Casey’s Pig”), for iar axiom: She quit her day job two contemporary songs: the instance, or undergirding the – as a TV producer – to become title track, John Spillane’s melody in fast-paced modal a full-time musician. Actually, paean to steadfastness and or minor tunes in the “Brid in Morris’s case, it wasn’t that patience; and – as a sort of emo- Harper’s/Blossom of Ballis- much of a stretch, since she tional counterpoint – Barry O’Caoimh, has since gone on land/Princess Florence’s Jig” grew up in a musical family, Kerr’s “The Leaving Song,” to join Frankie Gavin and De and “One Horned Buck/Yellow started singing and playing which has a Nanci Griffith Dannan and been replaced by Tinker/Touching Cloth” sets. Caoimhin O Fearghail, who fiddle as a young child, and reedy voice, which has drawn quality to it, enhanced by Similarly, the now-departed perhaps most importantly, Richard Nelson’s dobro. in addition to guitar plays a O’Caoimh is equally adept at comparisons to Cara Dillon pretty mean flute – as he dem- through her work in TV – es- and Cathy Jordan. Morris even breaks out the furnishing nifty jazz chords pecially as an Irish language fiddle for a heady trio of jigs, onstrates on two of the tracks and bouncy rhythm for the first “Brocagh Braes,” “A Rov- on “Honest to Goodness.” programming producer – she ing on a Winter’s Night” (the given a boost by Hanna’s part of “One Horned Buck” or got to know Donal Lunny, Paul whistle and concertina and The band boasts quite a ver- an intense drive to the “Tie the latter based on an American satile sound, both in terms of Brady, the Black Family and version recorded by Doc Wat- an infectious groove from Ribbon” set; his use of an alter- other notables in Irish music Graham’s guitar. their instrumentation as well nating time signature on the son’s cousin, Dolly Greer), as their style and choice of who served as inspiration, “Molly na gGuach Ní Chuil- A very promising debut arpeggios he plays in “Seoladh example and counsel. here, one that turns the afore- arrangements – lending some Na nGamhna” make a compel- leanáin” and “Johnny Lovely old-fashioned swing to a trio of Judging from “All the Ways Johnny” (as popularized by mentioned axiom on its head. ling backdrop for Butler’s voice You Wander,” Morris knew Bernadette, don’t go back to barn dances on the one hand, – which, incidentally, deserves Dolores Keane and John and on the other fashioning a what she was doing with her Faulkner) set the bar high, your day job. applause of its own, especially career change, and that in- Caladh Nua, “Honest classic post-Bothy Band treat- for a captivating rendition of Morris’ vocals sailing along ment of a pair of reels (“Tie cludes tapping Beoga’s Sean to the able accompaniment to Goodness” • It’s the “Lough Erne’s Shore.” Óg Graham as producer and third album for this quintet, the Ribbon/Queen of May”); Incidentally, “caladh nua” of Niall McCrickard’s gui- or following a traditional co-arranger (he also contrib- tar, Ciaran Harris’ whistles, whose geographical roots are (coll-ah noo-ah) is Gaelic for utes guitar, bouzouki and centered on the neighboring song in Gaelic (“Seoladh Na “new haven”; Connecticut Rohan Young’s bodhran and nGamhna”) a few tracks later keyboard) for this album. Ruairi Cunnane’s bouzouki. counties of Carlow, Waterford, references notwithstanding, There’s a likeable flow to its 11 and Kilkenny. Caladh Nua is with a quirky but endearing, the name suggests a place of Elsewhere, Graham gives the and catchy, contemporary love tracks, an appealing blend of bleakly epic “Lord Donegal” a Lisa Butler (vocals, fiddle), sanctuary and repose – an traditional and contemporary Derek Morrissey (accordion), song by Cork’s Ger Wolfe, “The idyllic picture indeed, and one punchy, upbeat guitar back- Crackling Radio.” songs and styles – and selec- ing underscored by Young’s Paddy Tutty (fiddle, bodhran, befitting Caladh Nua. tion of familiar and somewhat viola) and Eoin O’Meachair O’Meachair’s banjo in par- bodhran, as Morris builds the ticular plays a valuable role in more obscure material – plus, dramatic tension; by contrast, (banjo, whistle); the guitarist/ of course, Morris’s pleasantly bouzouki player here, Colm defining the band’s adaptabil- Charitable Irish dinner features author Peter Quinn The Charitable Irish Society J. Walsh will respond to the historian, and journalist. His Scorcese on the film “Gangs of politics and society. of Boston, the first and old- traditional Toast to the City of 1994 novel, “The Banished New York”. Tickets for the dinner, which est Irish organization in the Boston while state Rep. Chris- Children of Eve,” is a riveting Quinn’s “Looking for Jimmy: will be preceded by a cocktail Americas, will host its 278th topher Walsh of Framingham portrayal of the challenges In Search of Irish America” is hourf at 6 p.m. are $175 per St. Patrick’s Day Dinner at will respond to the traditional that faced Irish immigrants an insightful personal memoir person and can be ordered the Fairmont Copley Plaza on Toast to the Commonwealth of in New York City from the and commentary on how poor by contacting the Society by March 17. Massachusetts. era of the Great Irish Famine Irish immigrants to New York March 13 by phone at 617- The renowned New York The Society will confer a through to the Civil War. This eventually acquired the skills, 330-1737, by email at charita- author Peter Quinn will be Life Achievement Award upon work was given an American education, and political influ- [email protected], or the keynote speaker for the Quinn for his outstanding Book Award in 1995 and led to ence to become crucial players through the Society’s website evening and Mayor Martin contributions as a novelist, Quinn’s working with Martin in New York city and state at charitableirishsociety.org.

The President and Board of Directors of The Charitable Irish Society

Cordially invite you to attend the 278th Anniversary Dinner

1737 - 2015 Saint Patrick’s Day • Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Cocktail Reception at 6:00 p.m. • Dinner at 7:00 p.m. The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel • 138 St. James Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 Tickets: $175.00 per person • Black Tie Optional RSVP March 13, 2015 • Tel: 617-330-1737 • Email: [email protected]

Response to “The Day We Celebrate” Response to the toast and Guest Speaker: Peter Quinn Response to the toast Author, Banished Children of Eve, “To the City of Boston” “To the Commonwealth of Dry Bones The Honorable Martin J. Walsh Massachusetts” Mayor, City of Boston State Rep. Chris Walsh Page 22 March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com Catherine O’Neill to stage her second play, ‘The Fence’

By Eliza Dewey ageism, socioeconomic incident of the fence. She son College); and in real Special to the Reporter growth, and acceptance says with a laugh that estate (first for Corcoran Beginning on March among first-generation her brother Timothy, Jennison and now as 6, Dorchester playwright Bostonians.” the son in the episode, a consultant). Those Catherine O’Neill will By using her family as is fine with the character various endeavors, how- invite audiences to the her inspiration, O’Neill based on him because he ever, have largely been Boston Center for the gave herself a chance understands it’s “really a means to an end: the Arts see her most per- to reflect on the journey not him.” fulfillment of her love sonal work yet. In “The they took from Ireland to It was not always a for writing. Fence,” O’Neill recounts Boston. She is the young- given that O’Neill would “Because I got into how her father built a est of seven children and become a playwright. writing so late, I have chain-link fence for her the only one born in the Her resume recounts a a mortgage,” she says. brother as an act of love United States. path that is equal parts “I have financial obli- – only for the son to ask “My parents and my impressive and fluid. gations that perhaps to tear it down because of 6 brothers emigrated to She has worked in poli- a 23-year-old writer its ugliness and negative this country,” she says. Catherine O’Neill will stage her second play in tics (for Mayor Menino wouldn’t have.” Over reactions from neigh- “I never considered how Boston next month. and in the campaigns time, she says, she has bors. The ensuing drama brave that was, for a of US Sen. Elizabeth found a way to balance unearths what she de- long, long time. Americans.” more of the plot, but she Warren and state Sen. practical needs with her scribes as “a world full “The play is about In an interview with explains that she heavily Linda Dorcena Forry); passion. She works 40 of hate and secrets” that that, too – the shoulders the Reporter, O’Neill dramatizes everything in education (Milton hours a week – which highlights “the heart of that we all stand on as declines to reveal much following the catalyzing High School and Emer- she calls a “part time endeavor” – and uses her weekends and nights to be creative. The beginning of her journey to full-fledged writer was bumpy. While she always loved to write, she initially did it privately because she didn’t think she was good enough. The gender norms of that time did not help, either: “When We don’t know I grew up,” she says, “women were not encour- aged to be artists. They everything about you. were encouraged to be school teachers, nurses, or to work for the phone company.” O’Neill gained her first fan after she wrote a short story for a class she was taking at Suffolk University, where she had returned as an adult to complete an unfin- ished bachelor’s degree program. Her English professor had pulled her aside to give her feed- back and she thought, “Finally somebody is going to tell me that I am not a great writer, so I can stop this thought in my brain.” She says she secretly wanted to be “let off the hook” from her obsession. Instead, the professor told her it was Roberta the best short story she District Manager had ever read. While not fully con- vinced, O’Neill began to pursue writing more seriously. She sent an article about “being a woman in the ‘90s” to Ms. Magazine at the height of the Clarence Thomas- Anita Hill confrontation But we know this: after his nomination to the US Supreme Court. Peoples Federal Savings Bank is a well-loved, supportive, and valuable And during a stint of unemployment, she sent part of this community, and that will continue as Peoples joins a piece to the Boston Rockland Trust. We have our own tradition of deep understanding and Globe entitled “Jobless support of the communities we serve. And we do it by treating our and Humiliated” and was thrilled to see it neighbors just like our customers — we listen to them and make sure published in the op-ed we’re there when they need us. So stop in sometime. We can’t wait to section alongside Globe get to know you. columnist David Nyhan and Washington Post writer David Broder. If you have any questions, just stop by. Helping you find answers is Later, while working in what we do best. the Menino administra- tion, she began a talk show, The Dorchester Connection. And soon after, she began writing Where Each Relationship Matters a column for the Dorches- ter Reporter. Visit RocklandTrust.com/Peoples Now, with a master or call us at 800.222.2299. of fine arts in creative writing degree, the Member FDIC experience of a year- long graduate course in (Continued on page 22) bostonirish.com March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 23 Sharing ‘A Little Bit Of Ireland’ at Reagle in Waltham (Continued from page 19) crossroad of four towns so we theatrical producers are able have a unique situation where to do to ensure a fully staged the first year I did the Reagle kids from all four towns get to production. However, he said, Irish show, I (was backstage know each other. That nor- Bob Eagle “has maintained a and) thought ‘Well I’m going mally wouldn’t happen. But wonderful tradition of keeping to watch Jerry do his thing.’ I involvement in the theater and live music, a live orchestra and was laughing so hard I was the arts really kind of brings never skimping, never giving losing my voice. And the au- people together. It’s been a in to play things to a recording dience just screams, which, of really wonderful, completely or hiring just five musicians.” course, makes you laugh even different experience in the arts At the end of “A Little Bit harder.” for us. When you’re teaching, Of Ireland,” Rick said, he and Sarah and Rick believe the you really take yourself out of Sarah feel it’s important for popularity and longevity of “A the equation. And that has them to acknowledge to the Little Bit of Ireland” lie in the been so rewarding.” audience the gratitude and fact that audiences count on it Both Rick and Sarah come pleasure performers experi- as an annual family tradition from families of educators. ence when singing with a live that delivers a great night out. “We love teaching and desper- orchestra. “It’s something we Said Sarah: “It does change a ately want these kids (kinder- hope never dwindles.” bit from year to year – some- garten through college) to have R. J. Donovan is Editor and times we’ll add a new song, the same kind of experiences Publisher of onstageboston. or Judy will write something Broadway star Sarah Pfisterer and “Phantom of the Opera” we had,“ Rick said. “Sarah and com. new. Liam Harney will put star Rick Hilsabeck are featured in “A Little Bit Of Ireland” I were very fortunate growing ••• some new dances in. But what at Reagle Music Theatre, March 14 and 15. up to have good teachers – Reagle Music Theatre’s “A a collection, what a talented Courtesy of Reagle Music Theatre / Herb Philpott Photo. good, solid, dependable people, Little Bit Of Ireland,” March group. I am always blown arts in our area (was lacking),” good Irish girl, we founded inspirational people.” 14 & 15, Robinson Theater, 617 away. I stand in the wings said Sarah. School budgets – Wire Mill Academy. We’re Rick noted that the real- Lexington St., Waltham. Tick- and watch with my jaw on always the first thing to be in our fourth year and it’s go- ity of financial uncertainty ets: reaglemusictheatre.com or the floor because they’re all cut. We felt there was a real ing really well. We sit at the today sometimes limits what 781-891-5600. so talented. Rick and I are need. So along with honored to be among them.” a partner of ours, They are also very proud of Mary Jo Duffy, a their school. “Education in the Irish Film Festival set for March 19-22 in Davis Square Ireland’s feature films, categories of Best Film, documentaries, and film- Best Documentary, Best makers will be honored Short Fiction/Animation, at the annual Irish Film and Director’s Choice; Festival Boston from also included is the an- March 19th to the 22d at nual Excellence Award, the Somerville Theater honoring those filmmak- in Davis Square. ers whose work reflects In 1999, the non-profit the best of Ireland and Boston Irish Film Fes- the Irish. tival Productions was For information on formed to celebrate and this year’s program and promote global Irish other details, see irish- cinema. The festival, the filmfestival.com; updates largest event of its kind also are available on outside Ireland, provides Facebook [facebook.com/ exhibition, distribution, IrishFilmFestival] and and educational oppor- Twitter [@IrishFilmFest, tunities for filmmakers with the hashtag #irish- in addition to recogniz- filmfest15]. ing achievements in the O’Neill’s second act: ‘The Fence’ on stage (Continued from page 22) and the promises at screenwriting, and five hand: While “young professionally produced people have been priced plays under her belt, out”– two of her nieces O’Neill seems to have included – she thinks made it. She says she is that the mayor and the driven by characters who governor understand are close to her heart. “that in order to be the “All of my work is in- place we should be, we habited by strong women have to keep our young over forty,” she says in people here.” To that highlighting the scarcity end, she says, “they’re of such roles today. She making affordable hous- also portrays what she ing, they’re creating calls “regular, normal, a cultural mecca. So I neighborhood people” think that it’s all going to emphasize that “the- in the right direction. atre is for everybody,” And I have great hope.” not just the wealthy. To That hope, however, is that end, she is already mixed with some sharp at work on another criticism of the current project entitled “My situation for artists. “I Son’s Mother,” which she know what they pay the hopes to show some day actors and the directors at the Strand Theatre. – it’s disgusting,” she She wrote it with two says. “That’s probably local actresses in mind. why I denied myself for “They’re from our neigh- so long. Hopefully the borhoods,” she says, by next generation won’t which she means one is have to choose.” from Jamaica Plain and Having stopped deny- one is from Dorchester. ing herself her passion, O’Neill’s democratized O’Neill is now where she approach to art brought needs to be. “Of all of the up another topic for dis- spaces I’ve ever been in cussion in the interview: in my life, this is the the changing face of most comfortable,” she Boston as rents steadily says, “there is no greater rise. When asked about fulfillment I’ve ever had the changes, she takes in my life than when I note of the challenges write.” Page 24 March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com Center for Irish Programs - Boston College

Invites you to: BOSTON COLLEGE HUMANITIES LOWELL LECTURE SERIES WITH IRISH HISTORIAN DIARMAID FERRITER, PROFESSOR OF MODERN IRISH HISTORY AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

“Scrambling for the bones of the patriot dead.” Remembering the Irish Revolution, 1913-23

March 18th, 2015 Special Note: Aisling Gallery’s traditional St. 7:00 p.m. Patrick’s Day party is POSTPONED due to the Boston College, Gasson Hall - Room 100, weather. Check soon for a new date. 300 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467-3930. Happy St. Patrick’s Day

from The Sullivans of Bruce Street Dorchester bostonirish.com March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 25 A SAMPLING OF MARCH CONCERTS As usual, the Greater ers’ repertoires, as well Boston area offers an as audience favorites. Irish/Celtic smorgas- But O’Connell also has board of music and dance a firm, and entertain- during the month of St. ing, grasp of the Irish Patrick’s Day. Here’s a song tradition. Admis- look at some of the high- sion to the show is $15; lights: go to oldshipchurch. • Distinguished Irish org/coffeehouse-off-the- sextet Dervish, fresh square.html for more off its 25th anniversary information. celebration last year, • Celtic folk-rockers will present two shows B u r n i n g B r i d g e t Dervish will be at The Burren on March 22 for two shows. on March 22 as part of Cleary will perform vocals) and Elizabeth help mark the 75th anni- go on sale March 10. For Music’s Red Room at The Burren “Backroom” in Harvard Square’s LaPrelle (vocals). In versary year of Medford’s information, see bc.edu/ Café 939 will be the set- series: a “brunch-time” Club Passim at 3 p.m. addition to their musi- Chevalier Theater on theater. ting for a different kind concert at 1:30 p.m., and on March 8. The band cal abilities, all three March 7. [You can read • The Irish Cultural of Irish sound when it a late-afternoon appear- – named for the 19th- performers have been more about the event Centre of New England hosts 20-year-old Dublin ance at 4:30 p.m. Led by century woman immor- lauded for their scholarly in this Boston Irish (ICCNE) in Canton will singer-songwriter Orla dynamic singer Cathy talized in legends as devotion to tradition. Reporter article from host a dinner and concert Gartland on March Jordan, Dervish also the last witch burned March 19 will see a spe- last month at http://bit. on March 7 with Kate 12 at 8 p.m. Gartland features the talents of in Ireland – is distinc- cial CD release concert ly/16kNQso]. A new ad- Chadbourne, who will started out playing tra- Brian McDonagh (man- tive for its high-energy, at Passim for Boston- dition to the show will present a program of ditional Irish music as a dolin, mandola), Michael engaging stage presence area native Molly Pinto be appearances by local songs and stories to five-year-old, but at age Holmes (bouzouki), Tom driven by the twin fiddles Madigan, a singer- stepdancers from Jackie celebrate the coming of 12 began playing guitar Morrow (fiddle, viola), of Rose Baldino and Amy songwriter whose com- O’Riley Irish Dance. You spring. Tickets for the and immersing herself Liam Kelly (flute, whis- Beshara, and further positions are strongly can buy tickets online at event, which begins at 6 in pop music; since then, tles) and Shane Mitchell enlivened by Baldino’s rooted in the themes, brownpapertickets.com/ p.m., are $35. she has cultivated a (accordion). Their most charismatic lead vocals, motifs, and form of the event/1085185; tickets The ICCNE will hold catchy, quirky style built recent album, “Thrush with harmonies from folk ballad traditions also available at Medford its annual St. Patrick’s around guitar-driven in the Storm,” met with guitarist Lou Baldino, of America, Ireland, Electronics, 25 Salem Festival from March catchy melodies and her wide critical and public and the percussion of England, and elsewhere, St., Medford or by calling 13-15 and on March 17, compelling vocals. For acclaim. For tickets and Peter Trezzi. Burning which she sings in a 800-838-3006. with concerts, dancing, tickets and other infor- other information, see Bridget Cleary was a voice that’s been praised • Boston College and other activities. For mation, see cafe939.com. burren.com/Backroom- nominee for “Top Tradi- as “pure and sweet.” Irish Dance will pres- details on this and the • A little farther afield Series.html. tional Group in a Pub, Also performing will be ent its annual perfor- Kate Chadbourne con- from Greater Boston will • Much-loved Irish Festival, or Concert” in The Whiskey Boys, a mance on March 14 at cert, see irishculture.org. be a show by Celtic mu- singer-songwriter Rob- the Irish Music Associa- fun-loving Boston-based BC’s Robsham Theater • The Canadian Amer- sic duo Dan Ringrose bie O’Connell takes the tion’s 2013 Irish Music quintet (David Delaney, at 7 p.m. This year’s ican Club in Watertown, and Jeanne Freeman stage at Hingham’s Cof- Awards. Michael Warren, Mark show, “Radiance,” will meanwhile, has its own on March 5 in Ireland’s feehouse Off the Square On March 11 at 8 p.m., Whitaker, Jon Polit and once again feature the St. Patrick’s celebra- Great Hunger Museum on March 21 at 8 p.m. Passim will present a Jeff Butcher) that plays student dance troupe’s tion from March 13th to – home to the world’s (the show begins with “roots-and-branches” modern bluegrass/Amer- traditional and con- the 17th. Information largest collection of vi- an open mic). Many of type of evening, with icana-style music with temporary dance piec- on performers, events, sual art, artifacts ,and O’Connell’s songs, such Irish traditional music flourishes of Celtic and es; there also will be tickets and other details printed materials relat- as “Hard to Say Good- played by Boston area traditional folk. guest appearances by is available at canadia- ing to the Irish Famine – bye,” “Keg of Brandy,” uilleann piper Joey Ab- For information on the Dance Organization namericanclub.com or at Quinnipiac University “Islander’s Lament” and arta and a performance ticket prices and other of Boston College and via e-mail at canadia- in Hamden, Ct. “The Man from Conne- of Appalachian roots details, see passim.org. a cappella group the namericanclub@gmail. – SEAN SMITH mara,” have become part music by Anna (fiddle, • Cape Breton legends Acoustics. Tickets are com. of countless other sing- banjo, guitar, harmony The Barra MacNeils $10 plus service fee, and • Berklee College of We Banjo 3 will be in tune at Johnny D’s on March 12 One of the more highly age. I grew up listening sively. The album was anticipated music events to my father singing an organic extension of this month will be the and playing guitar every touring and the fun that March 12 Boston-area morning and evening. surrounds that. debut at Johnny D’s in He gave my brother Q. Is there a new WB3 Somerville of We Banjo and me a real love for album in the works? 3, a quartet consisting of music. We listened to A. Yes, we are the two pairs of brothers – everything from Paul middle of recording a Enda and Fergal Scahill, Brady to Garth Brooks, new live album as we and Martin and David and The Beatles to The speak. We are really Howley – that fashions Chieftains. I learned to excited about it. Fans an exhilarating blend sing to impress girls, but have been requesting of Irish with bluegrass/ quickly I fell in love with a live album for a long old-timey sounds, with singing in its own right. time. It’s four brothers banjo as the focal point Traveling and touring on stage having fun, and and catalyst. has allowed me to see that magic and energy is The band’s collective new places and meet new what we are trying to and individual instru- people in the last few capture and record. mental abilities are years, and that’s been Q. Here’s a very seri- equally matched by its the biggest source of new ous and important ques- vocal prowess, led by gui- music inspiration. tion: We all know how the tarist David Howley. The Q. Your most recent banjo is the butt of many Boston Irish Reporter’s CD, “Gather the Good,” jokes – as many as, or Two pairs of brothers make up We Banjo 3: (L-R) David and Martin Howley, Sean Smith caught up and Enda and Fergal Scahill. impressed a heck of a lot even perhaps more than, with Howley recently, of people, in America as accordions, bodhrans, a few days after We well as Ireland. What name is “We Banjo 3,” band called We Banjo 3 “there would be no blue- and bagpipes. What is Banjo 3 released its new was the band’s mindset but there are four of that only has two banjos. grass only for the Irish.” it about the instrument single, “The Fox,” with in recording the album? you, and only two of you Q. Over the years, Q. David, did you start that seems to provoke guest star Sharon Shan- A. Well, as the name actually play the banjo? there have been numer- off in Irish traditional such scorn? non (the accompanying A. We like to be myste- ous crossovers/mash-ups music and become se- of the CD implies, it is A. Jealousy! Banjovi video can be viewed at rious. When we started of Irish and American duced by bluegrass/old- all about gathering the and banjo-evangelists! the band’s website, we- the band, there were only music. How did you guys timey/Americana? Or good things together in The fact is, everyone banjo3.com). three of us, and we all hit upon your particular did you always have life and being grateful. secretly loves the banjo. Q. Have you guys been played banjo. We quickly take, and which bands/ a diversity of musical We’d had a huge year The world is filled with to Boston before? realized we needed a real musicians did you take interests? Whom do you of touring behind us, closet banjo players, A. This is our first instrument in the band, your cues from? consider your big influ- meeting new musicians and we are simply en- time to play in Boston so we asked Fergal to A. When we started ences, as a musician and and fans, seeing a host deavoring to make the and we are incredibly join us on fiddle and I the band, we made a a singer? of wonderful new places. banjo a weapon of mass excited. There’s a lot of switched from banjo to pact to always have fun A. Mandolin was my This informed and in- seduction. Irish heritage scattered guitar. It’s hard to carry with what we do. There’s first instrument, and spired our creativity no For information about around the US, but Bos- a third banjo across the a huge connection be- I quickly graduated to end, and much of what’s We Banjo 3’s March 12 ton holds a particularly US for 10 weeks for two tween Irish music and the banjo thereafter. I on “Gather the Good” is show at Johnny D’s, see strong connection. sets a night thus we bluegrass: Bill Monroe, loved the sound of the material that we started johnnyds.com. Q. OK, let’s get this became the four-piece father of bluegrass, said banjo even from an early playing on the road straight: Your band and performed exten- Page 26 March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com Traveling People Make no mistake – this is the month to honor the Saint

Mulranny Park Hotel, in Mulranny, Co. Mayo, recently opened for the 2015 season and is celebrating its 10th birthday this year with many offers and spe- cials. Photo by Judy Enright By Judy Enright Ireland nearly 40 years is available from the celebrating its 10th an- brunch. It’s a wonderful Westport, Co. Mayo, in Special to the BIR ago, St. Patrick’s Day Northern Ireland Tour- niversary with all kinds hotel and a lovely place years past. It’s March and, as our was a celebration with ist Board at discovernor- of specials, events, dis- to spend time and admire Aine plans to reopen readers know, March is a very different tone. thernireland.com. counts and promotions. stunning views across the cottage as a 50- all about Patrick – Saint The day was primarily Be sure to visit the Five years after the Clew Bay to the distant seat restaurant with a Patrick, that is – and religious and the greens Titanic Experience in hotel reopened as The mountains. special focus on seafood you’d have a hard time you saw were live sham- Belfast when you’re in Mulranny Park, the old Congratulations to and hopes to grow the finding anyplace in Ire- rocks attached to jackets that area. It’s fascinating railway line that ran the Park for being such restaurant’s herbs in a land – or here, for that and coats. Today, the and very well done. behind the hotel was a positive influence on kitchen garden. Be sure matter – who doesn’t greens in some of the MULRANNY PARK reclaimed and revital- the town of Mulranny to stop in as you travel celebrate the saintly man celebrations are classic HOTEL ized as a mostly off-road and for adding so much the Wild Atlantic Way. this month. buildings that have been There was a time in walking and cycling trail to the entire area. EVENTS Dublin marks St. Pat- flooded with green light Ireland - and also in called the Great Western MODERN There’s a lot going on rick’s Day for nearly a – quite different from the the US - when travelers Greenway. Planning TECHNOLOGY in Ireland this month week with a parade, 5K “old days.” relied on railroads and involved several years Internet hotspots? beyond St. Patrick com- road race, walking tours, NORTHERN booked extended stays of discussions and plans But, of course! This is memorations. street theatre, a floating IRELAND in resort hotels. Desti- and the result is a great 2015 in Ireland, after • March 4-8, Belfast, cinema on Grand Canal If you can manage a nations were chosen for tribute to the many all! We recently learned Northern Ireland, cel- Dock, a beer and whiskey trip to Northern Ireland their beauty as well as landowners who agreed that Dooley Car Rentals ebrates country music festival, boat races, all while you’re visiting, a activities and attractions to have the Greenway has Wi-Fi USB broad- with Andy Fairweather kinds of indoor and out- best bet is the St. Patrick available in the area. pass over their property. band modems you can Low and the Low Riders door musical events and Centre in Downpatrick, One such location was The Great Western rent for direct “in car” and Foy Vance topping much more. For details, Co. Down. It’s a good Mulranny, Co. Mayo, Greenway links West- connection via 3G to the the bill. For details visit visit stpatricksfestival. take at any time of year and in 1894, the Great port to Achill Island Internet through your belfastnashville.com ie online. The Dublin and not just in March. Western Railway built and is no doubt popular car’s cigarette lighter or • March 12-15, the festival began in 1996 There are coach tours a station there and three well beyond the wildest an electric socket in your Dingle International as a one-day event but from Dublin if you don’t years later opened the dreams of the planners. hotel or other accommo- Film Festival will be was obviously a big hit care to drive. Great Western Hotel Many businesses – such dation. It’s also a Wi-Fi held in Co. Kerry. See because the event was The Centre claims to be overlooking magnificent as bike rental companies Hotspot so other users on dinglefilmfestival.com expanded and this year the only museum in the Clew Bay. There were - have started up along Smart phones, iPod, and for more. it will run from March world dedicated entirely all kinds of amenities, the route, while other Android phones can log • March 18-22, The 14th to the 17th. to the story of St. Patrick including a causeway businesses such as res- on. And the modem can Silk Road Film Festival Cork City will be hold- and we found it very that was built down to taurants, pubs and the handle up to five users/ will be held in Dublin and ing its annual St. Pat- enjoyable, informative, the beach. The hotel Mulranny Park (the only devices at the same time focuses on Asian, Arab, rick’s festival on the and a fun place to stop. enjoyed many prosper- hotel on the Greenway) including those logging Persian, Middle Eastern, same four days. Events There is currently an ous years and greeted have flourished thanks on through iPads and and European films. See include a parade, music, exhibit in the art gallery many famous visitors to the many walkers and other tablets and pads. silkroadfilmfestival.com street entertainers and at the Centre called “In but as roads improved cyclists. It’s been a huge Even laptops can con- for more. more. See corkstpat- the Footsteps of Saint and car travel became win-win for the entire nect. • March 18-22, Moun- ricksfestival.ie. Patrick.” The gallery fea- more popular, the big area. The product is offered tains to the Sea, a liter- But it isn’t just major tures work by different resort hotels in Ireland SPECIALS in conjunction with O2, a ary festival, will be held cities that celebrate the artists throughout the lost popularity. The same Starting March 16, the provider of mobile phones at Dun Laoghaire’s sea- holiday or the saint. year. There’s a great gift happened here with Mulranny Park Hotel is and mobile broadband. side library. See moun- Almost every nook and shop at the Centre, too. some of the large hotels offering 10 special pro- Email info@dooleycar- taintosea.ie for more. cranny on the island has For more information, in New Hampshire and motions a week for 10 rentals.com for more • March 19-29, The some sort of commemo- visit stpatrickcentre.com other areas. weeks including rooms, details or visit the com- Jameson Dublin Film rative event. On Achill There are many other The Great Western dinners, discount card pany’s website: dooley- Festival will take over Island in Co. Mayo, for March activities to enjoy Hotel changed hands and and Gourmet Greenway carrentals.com and create a movie mecca instance, there’s a long- while you’re in North- finally closed in 1990, gift basket giveaways. Be QUAY COTTAGE in the capital city. See standing tradition of pipe ern Ireland, and there’s looming over Mulranny sure to visit the hotel’s We were delighted to jdiff.com for details. band parades marching much to see in the area. Village as a sad relic of website – mulrannyp- read that Aine Maguire, Enjoy Ireland when- through some of the The Belfast Spring an era of grandeur. But, arkhotel.ie - for more a Mayo-born chef with ever you visit and be sure small villages. Visitors Festival is on tap (March happily, in March 2005, information. a decade of experience to visit Tourism Ireland’s join islanders at the pa- 10-17), and, in Armagh the hotel reopened as The We can attest to the in Dublin, has taken website, discoverireland. rades and then celebrate City Center, there’s a Mulranny Park Hotel excellence of food at the over the Quay Cottage com or Ireland.com, for afterwards in hotels and St. Patrick’s Festival after extensive refur- Park – we’ve eaten there in Westport, Co. Mayo. information on activi- pubs around Achill. planned for March 12- bishing, rebuilding, and many times and par- We have enjoyed dinners ties, accommodations, When we first visited 17. More information renovation and is now ticularly enjoy Sunday at the Quay Cottage in and more. bostonirish.com March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 27 Pilgrims and tourists flock to St. Patrick’s mountain By Helen O’Neill tors flock to the slopes. ter pilgrims who have and the wooden staffs Associated Press “I do it for the graces it been flocking to the site that are ubiquitous on W E S T P O R T — gives me all year,” said since ancient times. the mountain. (Westport Shrouded in mist, the Patrick Breen, 51, of Ath- Long before Patrick, was also home to 16th sacred mountain rises lone, as he began his de- the Celts celebrated century pirate queen, above the countryside, scent last July, his bare the harvest festival of Grace O’Malley, who vies majestic, mysterious and feet bruised and swollen Lughnasa here, begin- with Patrick for local at- a little foreboding. after several hours on the ning in early August. The tention and lore.) Here, on this rocky mountain. “It’s a gift, a sacred mountain was Twelve miles (19 kilo- west coast promontory beautiful gift.” considered especially im- meters) from Westport overlooking the Atlan- All around, thick Irish portant for woman who is Ballintubber Abbey, tic, St. Patrick is said brogues mingled with would sleep on the sum- where Patrick founded to have fasted for 40 languages and accents mit during Lughnasa to a church and baptized days and nights as he from around the world. A encourage fertility. his earliest converts. Croagh Patrick ing at Croagh Patrick. any time of the day, any wrestled with demons family of four from Colo- Today St. Patrick is The present abbey has Along the way, pilgrims time of the year, it is pos- and banished snakes rado huffed up the final big business in the area been in daily use as a pass a round tower, a sible to make out a steady from Ireland. leg, the father celebrat- with dozens of Patrician church for nearly 800 holy well and a raised stream of climbers in the Every March 17, the ing his 55th birthday, statues, holy wells and years. Ballintubber also stone carved with Neo- distance, inching their world throws a lavish his teenage daughter shrines. Westport, a marks the beginning of lithic circles called St. way toward the summit, celebration for the fifth- dreaming of the spa pretty port town about an ancient pilgrimage Patrick’s Chair. hunched over their wood- century preacher who that awaited when they 6 miles (10 kilometers) route (now called Tochar But it is the mountain en crooks, little specks of tramped around Ireland got back to their hotel. from the mountain, is Phadraig) that winds for that remains the big humanity disappearing converting its people They passed a trio of filled with stores selling 22 miles (35 kilometers) draw for pilgrims and into the mist. and spinning endless 20something Gypsies Patrick memorabilia over hills and fields, end- tourists alike. At almost miracles along the way. from County Cavan, hik- Revelers around the ing barefoot in honor of globe slurp green beer, two toddlers from their host parades and wear community who had silly hats. drowned in a lake earlier But those who truly in the summer. A Ger- want to honor the patron man tourist with a back- saint come to Croagh pack helped his mother Patrick, a remote, rug- scale the rocks. A young ged mountain in County Englishwoman wiggled Mayo, which draws over her pink toenails and a million pilgrims and boasted about climbing tourists each year. barefoot just to prove to Elders and children, her boyfriend that “fancy believers and hikers, toes” could do it. An older tourists and locals. They Polish couple picnicked come with walking sticks at the summit with ham and hiking boots, guide sandwiches and flasks of books and rosary beads. hot tea. They come for the sweep- Although the moun- ing views of Clew Bay, tain is just 2,500 feet for the fresh air and high, even seasoned hik- camaraderie, for a day ers are surprised by its of fun — and penance. steepness and difficulty. Trekking to the sum- Over the years, climbers mit in the saint’s foot- have eroded the original steps, some climb in trail, so what remains is their bare feet, pausing rocky, unforgiving and at three “stations” along often slippery terrain. the way to recite a series The last leg, before the of prayers. There is a summit, is a formidable small oratory on the cliff of rolling rocks and summit where Mass is shale known as “the celebrated on certain scree.” Casualties are feast days and on the last common and every year Sunday in July — “Reek local rescue squads air- Sunday” — traditionally lift numerous injured the holiest day to climb, climbers from the slopes. when up to 30,000 visi- But that doesn’t de- Happy St. Patrick’s Day

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“We don’t wear Ireland on our sleeves at the Land Ho; it’s kept within our hearts.”

By Greg O’Brien Irish pub atmosphere. The Special to the BIR home-cooked food is excellent Forget the snakes, when St. here. Patrick comes to Cape Cod Save the date for later in the on March 17, the locals hope spring, worth a mention here: he’ll chase the remnants of while not open St. Patrick’s the snow. And they will hoist Day, just about everyone in a pint to that! The Cape is these parts has heard of Cape brimming with the Irish. It’s Cod’s Irish Pub, 126 Main been said that the Sagamore Street, West Harwich, 508- Bridge, over the Cape Cod 432-8808 (capecodsirishpub. Canal, is the lost bridge of com). The pub, overlooking Dublin. Herring River and the bucolic So sláinte! To your good Herring Marsh, offers live health during the Saint’s music, dancing, food and an month on Cape Cod where extensive line of beers and there is plenty to chose from— wines to wet the whistle. an eclectic range of Irish pubs, Live music features Brendan restaurants, culture, and ac- O’Reilly, Mark Hennessey, commodations. Joshua Tree, the Slackers, For Irish music and fare, Casterbridge Union, 57 Heavy among the best are: Liam and others. Maguire’s Irish Pub and res- For premier Irish excellence taurant in Falmouth; O’Shea’s on March 17, stay, eat, and Olde Inne in West Dennis; The drink at the Cape Cod Irish Pub at the Cape Cod Claddagh Village on Route 28 in South Liam Maguire’s pub on Main Street in Falmouth is a popular spot for live entertainment. The Inn in West Harwich; the leg- Yarmouth, 508-771-0100 proprietor— Co. Tyrone native Liam Maguire— is one of the acts to catch. Above, the scene endary Cape Cod’s Irish Pub in (capecodirishvillage.com). during St. Patrick’s Day in 2014. Image courtesy Liam Maguire’s West Harwich; Mahoney’s At- Established in 1976 by Noel lantic Bar & Grill in Orleans; Henry and family, the Vil- and the Land Ho in Orleans lage offers comfortable guest and Harwich. rooms, a restaurant, along At Liam Maguire’s, 273 with the Irish Pub, featuring Main Street, Falmouth, 508- traditional Irish entertain- Co. Roscommon Assoc. of Boston 548-0285 (liammaguire.com), ment. On St. Patrick’s Day, one can find live entertain- listen to Fintan Stanley. Born ment and a menu of freshly in County Louth, Stanley is Annual Saint Patrick’s Banquet prepared Irish favorites and considered a master of the five creative contemporary cui- row button accordion. Saturday, March 14, 2015 sine, a large draft beer selec- On the Outer Cape, stop off tion and an extensive wine list. St. Paddy’s Day at Mahoney’s 5-10 pm Live entertainment features Atlantic Bar & Grill in Orleans the likes of Danny Quinn and or the Land Ho, which also Liam himself. Raised in Castle has a tavern in Harwich. Ma- Derg, County Tyrone, Maguire honey’s is a classic mahogany has traveled throughout Eu- tavern with ancient tin ceil- rope, Canada and the US as a ings, a range of food from fish professional entertainer. His to stews, plenty of codswallop, rich baritone voice captivates and Irish music to boot. and draws a crowd into a song. For among the best corned at The Boston Irish Social Club While in Falmouth, stay beef and cabbage and local overnight up the street at the Irish color, head to the Land 119 Park Street - West Roxbury, MA historic Palmer House Inn, Ho just down the street (also 81 Palmer Avenue, 508-548- a Land Ho on Route 28 in Music by Margaret Dalton and Erins Melody 1230, (palmerhouseinn.com) Harwich) where proprietor where owner Bill O’Connell John Francis Murphy wears serves a piping hot Irish the weathered face of County Traditional Corned Beef & Cabbage Catered Dinner breakfast, and will be offering Cork. The canvas at the Ho is tips on how to make genuine a mottled palette that includes Irish soda bread. a reviving mix fishermen, Guest of Honor - Bill Brett Further up Cape, you’ll come tradesmen, bank presidents, across O’Shea’s Old Inne, 348 physicians, stockbrokers, art- Advanced Tickets Only $40 Main Street, West Dennis, ists, writers, politicians and 508-398-8887 (osheasoldinne. Hollywood celebrities, all of com) with down-home Irish whom check their personas Call Richie Gormley - President entertainment and food from at the door, and all will be fish ‘n chips, to shepherd’s pie wearing the colors on St. 617-327-7777 and Irish Stew, washed down Paddy’s day. with great draft beers and The Land Ho is a catch fine wines. Proprietor Joseph basin for folks who O’Shea has attracted an im- share a common pressive lineup of Irish talent Irish thread—an over the years: Dave Hickey, abiding attachment Cats &Dogs, Sean Brennan, to a slender, mystical Photography by Beth Terrio, Patsy Whelan, land that is larger Terry Brennan and others. in soul than any “We always enjoy a bit of the of them, and has blarney,” says O’Shea. “Celtic humbled individu- Image Photo Service musicians are welcome to join als from Henry Da- the session. Bring your fiddles, vid Thoreau to John guitars, boxes, whistles and F. Kennedy. For a • Weddings • Anniversaries • Banquets dancing feet for a mighty time glimpse of Ireland at O’Shea’s Sunday Session!” and the soul of Outer • Portraits • Reunions • Groups As for the Irish sustenance, Cape Cod, come to “It’s real food for real people,” the Ho to celebrate • Families • Special Occasions O’Shea says. “The cheapest Gaelic roots, a place trip to Ireland!” where the late Tip The Pub at the Cape Cod O’Neill often hung Claddagh Inn, 77 Main Street, his hat. (617) 291-6609 West Harwich, 508-432-9628 “We don’t wear Ire- (capecodcladdaghinn.com) is land on our sleeves at also worth a stop. It’s part of the Land Ho; it’s kept Harry Brett • Margaret Brett Hastings the Claddagh Inn, which com- within our hearts,” bines a homey bed ‘n breakfast says Murphy. ambiance with an intimate The official photographers of the Boston Irish Reporter Page 30 March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com BRETT’S BOSTON By Harry Brett Exclusive photos of Boston Irish people & events

The Cape Cod Irish Village in South Yarmouth hosted a Ceili Weekend on January 23-26, 2015. The weekend pack- age included: two nights lodging with third night free, two full breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday morning, choice of menu dinner Friday, and a banquet dinner Saturday evening. The Northeast Ceili Band performed on Friday and Saturday evenings with dance 1. workshops for all levels.

Pictured are: 1.-Mike Ippolito, Sherri Junior and David Lavine, all Warwick RI; 2.-Jennifer Shaughnessy, Brockton; 3.-Jessie and Melissa Edwards, Warwick RI; 4.-Bill Laliberte, Provi- dence RI and Erin Edwards, East Greenwich RI; 5.-Pat Black, Bourne, Ted, McKenna, Kris- ten, Teddy Black, East Falmouth; 6.-Kennedy Black, East Falmouth, Bill Black, Bourne (her grandfather & leader, Northeast Ceili Band); 7.-Brad & Donna Thomas, Warwick RI; 8.-Judy Armstrong, Merrimac, Nora Bucko, Reading; 9.- Debbie Sherman, Robert & Linda Silva, all Warwick RI 10.- Deidre Eltzroth, Josh Edwards, East Greenwich RI. 2. 3.

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9. 10. bostonirish.com March 2015 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 31 The Irish Language by Philip Mac AnGhabhann

Tá sé an-fhuar anns i Bhostain sa ghemhreadh – “It’s very cold in Bos- ton in the winter.” Let’s review some of the very earliest things that we had in EIRE this course concerning the weather and “intensifiers”. First, we will have to review the forms of bí in its three tenses, the present, the definite past, and the future. There are other tenses but they are less pub frequently used than these three. These three are complimented by the Continuous Tenses – Past, Present and Future. These are formed by using the verb bí/tá, the subject, followed by ag and the Verbal Noun such as ith “eat” and ithe “eating” – Tá mé ag 795 Adams St. • Dorchester ithe, Bhí mé ag ithe or Táim ag ithe, and Beidh mé ag ithe - English equivalents of “I was eating”, “I am eating” and “I will be eating”. Although the verbal noun from ith is ithe, don’t think that all verbal “President’s Choice” nouns are made by simply adding –e. Not so, many are the same as their verb (meas, meas – “think” and ól, ól “drink”) while others are formed very differ- ently (oibriú, oibrigh), You must learn each as you go and I will tell you each as we go. Serving Lunch & Dinner

Recall that the verb bí/tá has four forms in each of the three tenses: a posi- tive, a negative, a question and a negative question. Every day, Tense Positive Negative Question Negative Question Present: Tá Níl An bhfuil? Nach bhfuil? Past: Bhí Ní raibh An raibh? Nach raibh? 7 days a week Future: Beidh Ní bheidh An mbeidh? Nach mbeidh? Here are words that some of you learned early on but we have a few new read- Irish Social Club of Boston, Inc. ers now. These are in reference to the weather, an aimsir. 119 Park Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132 617-327-7306 or 617-549-9812 fuar “cold” te “warm” Incorporated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, June 27, 1945 fluich “wet” tirim “dry” Socials every All held on SUNDAYS at 8 pm with $10 admission except where geal “bright” dorcha “dark” otherwise noted. Doors open at 6:30 pm for PUB NIGHTS: Sunday Evening live music from 8-11 pm. Admission free These can be made “stronger” or “more intense” by prefixing the particlean - at 8:00 pm as in fuar “cold” but an-fhuar “very cold”. Note that the hyphen is required SCHEDULE OF EVENTS and that words beginning with f- are lenited (“aspirated”). The n in an is typically not pronounced in spoken Irish but it is required to MARCH 2015 write it. 1 Sunday Mossie Coughlin and the 26 Thursday Members Meeting 7:30pm. Boston Irish 29 Sunday Denis Curtin 8 Sunday Andy Healy This rule, prefixingan - also is used to make the following words “stronger”: 13 Friday PUB NIGHT with Kelly’s APRIL 2015 Men, direct from Ireland. Free Admission. mor “big” /mohr/ an-mhor /uh vohr/ “very big” 14 Saturday Co. Roscommon 5 Sunday Fintan Stanley beag “small” /beyk/ an-bheag /uh veyk/ “very small” 10 Friday Lucy’s Love Bus. “old” /uh shan/ “very old” Association’s Annual St. Patrick’s Dinner at sean an-sean More info next month óg “young” /ohk/ an-óg /uh ohk/ “very young” the Irish Social Club. 5pm until 10pm. Tickets only $40. Tables can be reserved. NO TICKETS 12 Sunday Noel Henry Irish Show maith “well,good” /mah/ an-mhaith /uh vah/ “very well” will be sold at the door. Call Lord Mayor Richie Band tinn “sick” an-tinn /uh cheen/ “very sick” Gormley at 617-327-7777 for more information. Notice that prefixing an- to these words lenites those that begin with the lips – m, b and f. 15 Sunday Silver Spears 17 Tuesday ST. PATRICK’S Now, here are some more words that you should know by now – but begin- DAY! Music by Noel Henry’s Irish Show ners may not. Band. Admission: $20. maith “well” tinn “sick” 22 Sunday Andy Healy breá “fine” dona “bad” deas “nice” bocht “poor” (quality) Follow us on Twitter @irishsocialbos Follow us on Facebook: Irish Social Club of Boston álainn “beautiful” iontach “wonderful” Subscribe Today to Boston’s Own Hometown Newspaper These words are made “stronger” or more “intense” by prefixing the particle go (no hyphen required). Again, the best translation in English is “very”. Tá mé go maith, buíochas le Dia. /TAH mey goh MAH, BEE-uhk-uhs ley JEE- uh/ “I am very well, thanks (to God)”. Boston Irish REPORTER go maith “very well/good” go brea “very fine” A Subscription to the Boston Irish Reporter Makes an Ideal Gift for Any Special Occasion. go deas “very nice” go dona “very bad” Why Not Order One Today for Yourself, or for That Special Irish Someone in Your Life? go tinn “very sick” go bocht “very poor” (quality) go hálainn “very beautiful” go hiontach “very wonderful” Order today, and we will send a gift card in your name. Enclose $35.00 for each gift subscription. Notice that words beginning with a vowel insert an h to keep go from running Name______on to the word just as we say “a pen” but “an apple”. See if you can put these sentences and phrases into Irish. 1.) “The day is Address______very fine.” 2.) “That man is young but my father is very old.” 3.) “Isn’t she City______State______Zip______beautiful?” 4.) I am well, thank you.” 5.) “Wasn’t your daughter very sick?” Gift from______6.) “Won’t you-all be eating at a quarter to nine?” 7.) “Who is there?” 8.) “The afternoon was very fine.” 9.) “Yes. It was very beautiful.” 10.) “The policeman Charge to Visa______Mastercard______is very big.” Card #______Exp______Answers: 1.) Tá an lá go brea. 2.) Tá an duine seo óg ach tá m’athair an-sean. 3.) Nach bhfuil sí álainn? 4.) Tá mé go mhaith, buíochas le Dia. This year, give a gift that comes in the mail each month! 5.) Nach raibh d’iníon an-tinn? 6.) Nach mbeidh sibh ag ithe ceathrú chun a naoi? 7.) Cé atá ann? 8.) Bhí an tranóna go deas. 9.) Bhí. Bhí sé Mail to: Boston Irish Reporter, 150 Mt. Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA 02125 go hálainn. 10.) Tá an garda an-mhor. We accept phone orders with your Visa or Mastercard. Call 617-436-1222 Or Fax this order form to 617-825-5516

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