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To Fr. Tom Flynn, long time Cleve- KEVIN M. land priest, friend and energizer, who McGINTY October 2018 Vol. 12 Issue 10 passed away on August 27th. I can see October 30, 1939 - Founders him dancing across the clouds as we September 15, 2018 The Passage of Time Cliff Carlson & John O’Brien, Jr. speak. KEVIN M. Mc- ne wake too many has left me you to have that conversation with Publisher John O’Brien Jr. GINTY (age 78) (native Editor feeling the unstoppable passage them, before you can no longer, and John O’Brien Jr. REV. THOMAS of , Co. Mayo, O Design/Production Christine Hahn of time. I won’t do disservice to one can only wish for it. Website Rich Croft @VerticalLift A. FLYNN ), “Proud Eastsider”. Beloved lost friend by talking too much of an- Within, Halloween is on the kids May 19, 1932 - husband of the late Kathleen M. (nee Columnists other. Each hurt. Each has memories minds – learn how the tradition Akron Irish Lisa O’Rourke August 26, 2018 Hastings); loving father of Kevin (Sue), that have left me restless for one last merged with Samhain in Ireland as At Home Abroad Regina Costello R EV. THOM- Jean Humphrey (Bob), Christine Susnik conversation on one hand, and the the ancient pagan ways and days and Behind the Hedge John O’Brien, Jr. AS A. FLYNN, (Jonathan), CPT. Megan McGinty, Ph.D., Blowin’ In Susan Mangan easing of the decades of pain when I the emerging catholic ones evolved. Cleveland Irish Francis McGarry age 86, founding and Patrick (Jamie); proud grandfather go to join them, on the other. There are so many great concerts Cleveland Comhra Bob Carney pastor of The of Caitlin, Devan, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Columbus Irish Maureen Ginley

We are a nostalgic lot, though I sus- tours and more in October ~ check Photo courtesy of Chambers Funeral Homes Church of St. Diana, Christina, Kevin, Angelina, pect it is lessening with each genera- them out in the Out & About Ohio Crossword Puzzle Linda Fulton Burke Clarence. Be- Kathleen, Daniel, James, and Ronan; Fields of Glory Vincent Beach tion removed from Erin’s green shores section, on pages 25-26. Have you Heart of the Issue Bob Carney loved son of the great-grandfather of Riley Rose; brother – more focused on looking forward, tried Sully’s Angry Leprechaun Illuminations J. Michael Finn late Anna (nee Feeney) and Thomas of Kitty, Muriel Ainsworth, Jean Foy, rather than back. It is as it should be. Burger? The recipe is inside, bring a enjoy the issue. Irl. Past & Present Niamh O’Sullivan A. Flynn, Sr. Brother of John P. and Desmond, Gerry and the late Patrick, We look to where we are going, not chaser. Profiles, reviews, jokes and We are off to the INUSA National Madigan Muses Marilyn Madigan the late Michael F. and James. Be- Mary Ennis, and Monica (all of Ire- Off Shelf/On This Day Terry Kenneally where we have been. Still, I encourage special features abound; I hope you Convention this month, this year in Out of the Mailbag John O’Brien, Jr. loved uncle, cousin and friend of land); dear uncle, cousin and friend of New Orleans. I am looking forward TaraTrips Tara Quinn many. Fr. Flynn was ordained May many. Kevin was the founder of the to seeing old friends, and moving the Terry From Derry Terry Boyle 28, 1960 and served the parishes of Cleveland Irish Players, lifetime member “Follow me where I go, Toledo Irish Maury Collins what I do and who I know; Irish in America, forward. 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important men in her life will support depict her as saintly, beautiful, and Terry From her cause. But, she is sadly mistaken. To otherworldly. those in power, Joan is a rabble rouser, By objectifying and downplaying Joan’s Off The Shelf Derry whose political inexperience and ideal- ordinariness they elevate her in a way By Terry Kenneally ism makes her dangerous to the state. that detracts from her incredible talents By Terry Boyle And, her belief that anyone can hear as a leader. Her skills as a military strat- Í@TerryKenneally God for themselves puts her at odds with egist, bravery on the field, and genius are the Church. diluted and written out of her story. It is In contrast to those in positions of in- not until Shaw recasts her in his famous fluence, the populace see Joan as sincere. drama that we see that she is a woman THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY Volume III, which encompasses You Too She is a visionary, who, unlike the men before her time. the years 1730-1880, had their back- Every year, I teach G. B. Shaw’s play, Joan’s fervor cannot be quenched; de- in power, genuinely believes in what Her voice can still be heard in the ‘Me of IRELAND- Four Volumes drop in the Napoleonic wars. The Saint Joan, and each year it continues to spite the numerous attempts to alienate she says. To the ordinary people, she is Too’ movement. For while we continue Editors: Brendan Smith, James Kelly, twin ideologies of republicanism and inspire me. Shaw, a renowned atheist, her. Eventually, Joan is betrayed by those without guile. objectify and demean women, we add Jane Ohlmeyer, and Thomas Bartlett unionism emerged. According to one takes it upon himself to tell the story of a she believes she can trust (Church and It is inconceivable for us to imagine fuel to fire that took Joan’s young life Cambridge University Press Pub. 2018 writer, Ian McBride, “no constituent of 15th Century woman who dares to chal- state). Shaw’s Joan is formidable. She is what Joan faced as a woman in the 15th and branded her a witch. ISBN 1-107-16729-2. Over 2,000 pages eighteenth-century society was more lenge the male hierarchy. Not content to a threat to male supremacy and as such Century. Her biographers, mainly men, To finish, I would like to offer my own dynamic than its Presbyterian popula- be simply a dutiful daughter, Joan rejects must pay for it with her life. tend to romanticize Joan’s life. Uncom- homage to the patron saint of gender This is a mammoth tion.” the traditional role of wife and mother Writing at a time (1920) when women fortable with a female protagonist, they equality. four-volume history of Another writer, Peter Gray, and becomes a soldier. were sacrificing themselves for the right Ireland from 600 AD to writing on the subject of the For Shaw, Joan’s life is one of genius. to vote, Shaw demonstrates that the the present. One hundred Great Famine argues that She a military strategist, a forerunner spirit of Joan lives on. In Shaw’s play, Spit Fire historians, working in what happened was not the of gender equality, and she refuses to Joan’s solitary voice is highlighted by the Tripping on Jesus, fiery and stoned, With the smell of burning flesh, thirty-eight institutions, result of genocidal intent (as be silenced. Believing herself commis- fact that she is the only woman on stage. Joan irascibly expelled smoke rings, Meat for their fleshy minds, along with the editors, have some historians have noted), sioned by the Almighty, Joan rallies While the men seek to bully, mock, and Tiny halos of ethereal substance Men in love produced a magisterial but a mixture of “a providen- the French army to oust the English demean her, their attempts inevitably Sputtered into a gaping hole of nothingness, With their carnivorous egos, work that contains, in the tialist theodicy, a moralist ob- Mockingly, she laughed at the giant void, They would try to consume her passion, from her beloved France. Her passion is backfire. Silence was no friend of hers, And, spit out the grit of her humanity tradition of historians col- session with self-help, a liberal indomitable. Joan, naively it seems, believes that the Dwarfing her with reminders Into a hollowed piety, lectively producing works economy and the ascendency Of absence and stilled voices, in their areas of expertise, of British middle-class pres- The soul’s vigil began to wane in Creaking doors, rough voices full of intent and in the process rivaling sures for budgetary restraint the gathering darkness Moved closer, The New History of Ireland, and transferring the fiscal and And her ire began to smouldered, Rats, laid siege to her imagination, Wandering with the wispy plumes Scurrying across her naked feet, published between 1976 and 2006, with moral responsibility for the famine back Into abstraction The dank, cold, cell, closed about her, nine volumes. This project took only to the countryside.” Wondering, if that was all we left There was no escape, four years to complete. The final volume covers 1880-the The faint smell of existence, A ghastly smell of the dead and dying In Volume I, 600-1550, political, present. This volume deals politically Rose up from the slabs, artistic, religious, social and econom- with issues of sovereignty and freedom. Fondling a cross with sweaty palms The fragrance of the damned She massaged the dead Christ and Bound her to them, ic aspects of the medieval period are Emigration looms large in this volume, Prayed for martyrdom, delineated. The first English conquerors as does the brutal violence which exist- Endorsed by e Plain Dealer | Best Rated Candidte by Judge4Yourself.com Let them strip, whip and expose me A key in the lock, arrived by invitation in 1166 when the ed during the “troubles” in Northern on the solid Forced air from her lungs, exiled King of , Diarmait Mac- Ireland. Rock of faith, Hope and despair blindly Murchada, approached King Henry II Some subjects were omitted, such as Tis better than being crucified by Pushed past each other Time, and the predictable agony of Edging towards despair, for help in regaining his kingdom. There should there have been an Irish lan- multiplying seconds, As fear, oozed out of each pore, is an abundance of sources for the 14th guage chapter, but nonetheless it is a In thick blood droplets, and 15th centuries as Ireland became work of inspiring quality and would be She laughed at her confessors, From her hand, the cross dropped, more thoroughly integrated into larger a fine addition to anyone’s Irish collec- Thinking her religiously insane Lost to the darkness, worlds. tion. Unquestionably, it is a TOP SHELF And, dissatisfied with a world Abandoned, Full of self-interest and political snakery, Joan prayed, Volume II, 1550-1730, underlines read. ■ Her perverse sense of fashion, deemed to be transition. Ireland in the 1550s was Morally corrupt, Soon, the fire would lovingly kiss her face, seemingly medieval, but was slowly Terrence J. Kenneally is an attorney Christ, she even reeked with the And, with each rush of flame being integrated and involved in global and owner of Terrence J. Kenneally & odour of neglect, The sheer magnitude of her resolve expansionism. Historians have previ- Associates Co. in Rocky River, Ohio. Mr. She had become a smell that Would melt and peel away, lingered a little too long, Soon to be scorched, her unsteady purpose, ously estimated population loss during Kenneally defends insureds and insurance She cried, Soon, her body too would become the Cromwellian conquest at between companies in insurance related legal cases exhaled in a halo of smoke ten to twenty-five per cent. More recent throughout the state of Ohio. He received Soon, they would pinthe tail of her In the dark soul of the night, estimates suggest up to thirty percent of his Masters from John Carroll University Confession Leaving her spirit to hang on the tree of life, Ireland’s population may have perished in Irish Studies and teaches Irish literature On her donkey’s ass and expect her to pray, Charred, Another game, another rouse to belittle a Watching, as the fiery sprites during the conquest. But the key ques- and history at Holy Name High School. Simple maid, dance around her tion of who should govern Ireland and Mr. Kenneally is also the President of Holy Paid for by the Committee to Elect Brian Darling Judge; DarlingForJudge.com Cross bearers would tempt her Indestructible, evergreen heart. how it’s lands should be divided were Name for 2018-19. He may be reached at Patty Darling, Treasurer ■ 23823 Lorain Road, Suite 270, North Olmsted, OH 44070 answered, the decisive winners being [email protected]. @DarlingForJudge on Facebook the Protestants.

4 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OCTOBER 2018 OCTOBER 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 5 The above phonetics are in a Munster or Cad as duit? ( kahd ahs gwit) Where are At Mr. Kelly’s retirement dinner, Another Republican, Judge Harvey SÍpeak@BobCarneyGTR Irish Kerry dialect, in the middle of the coun- you from? Judge Robert Franklin described Mr. Straub, said “he is one of the best of try Dia would be pronounced with more Cá bhfuil cónaí ort? (ka will cone-ay ort) Toledo Irish Kelly as a politician with an outstand- the good guys.” Mr. Kessler, Mayor of By Bob Carney of a “J” sound (jee-uh) Dia Duit (jee-uh Where do you live? ing record, a maker of presidents, Toledo said, “John, the city of Toledo Í@BobCarneyGTR ghitch) Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú? (keh hee Is as ... dom. (iss ahs ...dom) Is as gCleve- By Maury Collins loved by Republicans and Democrats, is a better city because you have been [email protected] will too) would be used to ask How are land dom. I am from Cleveland. Í@MauryCollins a sincere, dedicated American with here.” you? In the north () Cád e mar atá Cén post atá agat? ( ken post ah-taw ah- an active fertile mind, competitive A recording, part of the collection tú? (kuh-jay mar uh-taw too) How are gut) What work do you do? spirit and dynamic leadership. His at the University of Toledo, consists Tosach Gaeilge you? Is the common way to phrase the Gabh mo leithscéal. (guh mo lesh-scale) achievements and effective service of two reels. One is of Kelly’s retire- question. All are correct, we should be Excuse me. John P. Kelly helped build Toledo and Lucas Coun- ment dinner on Oct. 30, 1966, at Beginning Irish and I’m often asked, “which dialect is aware of the differences but not make An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? (ahn will gall-ah- ty, making them a better place in which speeches were made by Frazier One of the most difficult things in easiest, which do you teach, which should a big deal of it, most people speak a gay ah-gut) Do you speak irish? which to live. Judge George Kiroff said Reams, Jr., then a gubernatorial can- learning a language for some adults is I study?” combination of the regional dialects and Tá beagáinin Gaeilge agam. (taw bea- of Mr. Kelly that when he was party didate, former governor and Toledo overcoming our fear of looking “foolish” John Handy of Irish Language Learners often move between the three. gon-ing gall-ah-gay ah-gum) I speak a John P. Kelly in 1916, when he became a stenogra- chairman, “In 25 years, he never asked mayor Michael DiSalle, Congressman (I personally don’t have an issue with this, recently addressed these questions; his little Irish. December 28, 1896 ~ June 16, 1989 pher for a neighbor, John O’Dwyer, anything of a public official except that Thomas Ludlow Ashley, Senator looking foolish is second nature to me!). response was spot on! He teaches an Tá mé go maith. (taw may guh mah) I am Tá sé sin go maith. (taw shay shin guh Never Let your friends down, then the Democratic Party boss. In he do his duty.” Edward M. Kennedy, and Mr. Kelly’s We sometimes tend to shy away or hold American dialect, a combination of all of good. mah) That’s good. 1935 he was appointed a County Judge John Potter, a Republican, brother Msgr. lgnatius Kelly. and never break your word back, afraid to make a mistake. them, after all, we’re learning Irish here. Go raibh maith agat. (guh rah mah ah- Tuigim (tigg-im) I understand Commissioner to fill the term of the said that Mr. Kelly “practiced the art Responding to the remarks of oth- – John P. Something I’ve noticed however, in our Why limit ourselves? gut) Thank you. Ní thuigim (nee higg-im) I don’t under- late George W. Lathrop. He ran for of politics in an eminently fair and ers, Mr. Kelly said that he was deeply Speak Irish Cleveland classes, is that those Agus tú féin? (ah-gus too fayn) and stand. I have been asked about the name, election to that office in 1936 as a honorable way. He devoted his life to touched and declared that, “this is who don’t hold back, who aren’t afraid of Dia duit (dee-uh gwit) hello literally: youself? Níl a fhios agam. ( nee liss ah-gum) I John P. Kelly, for the Lucas County write-in candidate. the political process and to making my shining hour. Thank you for the making a mistake, seem to be the ones God to you Is mise... (iss mee-sha) I am, Is mise Bob, don’t know. AOH division. I was present at the His campaign speeches all ended with this a beautiful country. Mr. Kelly is a memories. This is truly the best year who progress the quickest in learning Dia daoibh (dee-uh yeev) hello to more AdI am Bob Proof CadSheet is brí le ...? (kahd iss bree luh ...) initial meeting when the name was the line: “Can everyone here spell beautiful person.” I’ve ever had.” ■ Irish. So with that in mind I thought we than one Cad is ainm duit? (kad iss an-um gwit) What does ... mean? decided; John P. Kelly had died the Kelly – K-E-Double L-Y. He not only would review and add some words and Dia’s Muire duit (dee-uhs mora gwit) What216.647.1144 is your name? • jobrienohioianews.comCuir Gaeilge ar ... dom, le do thoil? ( year before. John donated his materi- swamped his Republican opponent, phrases we can use to initiate conversa- reply to hello lit. God and Mary to you ... is ainm dom. (iss an-um dom) Bob is cur gall-ah-gay ar ... dom, lay duh hull) als to the Ward M. Canaday Center, but set a new record for domination tions with others. Dia’s Muire daoibh (dee-uhs mora yeev) my name. How do you say.. in Irish please? University of Toledo Libraries, on July of a single precinct. It was the East A note on dialects before we jump into reply to hello to more than one Tá sé go deas bualadh leat. (taw shay guh Ná labhair chomh tapa san, más é do 17, 1985; listed as: JOHN P. KELLY Toledo precinct where he won 353 our vocabulary. We’ve talked about the Conas atá is tú? Proof (kun-us is uh-taw submitted too) How for editsjess boo-la or acceptance; laht) It’s nice to please meet you. let us knowthoil é. (your na low-er changes, cove ta-pa or san PAPERS, 1937 – 1983 MSS-055 votes out of a total registration of 355. regional and official dialects in the past are you?approval as soon as possible.Tá Please áthas orm reply bualadh to leat.this (taw email. ah-hass masha duh hol-ay) Speak more slowly Correspondence is largely incoming. There were five registered Republi- or-um boo-la laht) It’s nice to meet you. please. Major correspondents include Con- cans on the polling place staff. Agus ormsa freisin. (ah-gus orm-sa gressman, Michael J. Kirwan, Adlai He was elected a City Councilman fresh-in) It’s nice to meet you too. Here are a couple of old triads, you Stevenson, Harry Truman, John F. in 1939 only to resign in 1941 to return 1. AD IS APPROVED AS IS An bhfuilor cead agam súi2. anseo?AD (ahn IS NOT canAPPROVED use the pronuciation guide from Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Hu- to the Board of County Commission- will kayd ah-gum see ahn-soe)Please Can I replysit the ASAP July 2018 to issuethis toemail help with the bert Humphrey. Photographs, nearly ers to fill out the unexpired term of the here? to let us knowpronunciation what changes on the firstare one and your all of them 8” x l0”, are news photos late Raymond J. Sheahan. He was de- Cén t-am é? (ken tam ay) Whatneeded time is it? dictionary to translate the second one. of Presidential candidates, portraits feated in 1943 for the commissioner’s Cad atá ag titim amach? ( kahd ah-taw Teanglann.ie (teanglann also has an of Kelly’s political confreres, informal office and he retired briefly to private ag titum ah-mohc) What’s happening? audio section that allows you to hear the scenes of fund-raising dinners and life. Kelly was named clerk of the elec- An gcabhrófá liom? (ahn guh-row-fa words in all three dialects): the like. There are a number of good tion board in 1944 and elected county lum) Can you help me? photographs of Truman’s 1948 visit to Democratic chairman in 1945. Trí ghalar gan náire: Toledo and of John F. Kennedy’s visits Kelly was among the last of the old Three compusions that know no shame: in 1959 and 1960. Notable too is a col- time, paternalistic, big city bosses. 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6 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OCTOBER 2018 OCTOBER 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 7 Irishtown, on April 20, Michael O’Sullivan for that town. 1879, with an estimated turnout of Continued from facing page O’Sullivan then decided to follow Illuminations 15,000 to 20,000 people. O’Sullivan a different path in his vocation and was the most effective speaker at that of conspiracy against the country’s become a Catholic priest. He joined the By J. Michael Finn meeting. landlords, including “conspiracy to ex- Order of Preachers (the Dominicans) at is looking for the next He told the crowd, “If the landlords cite discontent and disaffection among St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky. who are now demanding exorbitant the Queen’s subjects.” Of the fourteen He was professed on the feast of St. Rose to send to Ireland for the rents do not lower them to meet the members arrested, five, including Dominic, 1890 and was sent to the Do- requirements of the times and the Parnell, were Members of Parliament; minican House of Studies in Somerset, Rose of Tralee International Festival! altered circumstances of the tenant nine of those arrested, including Mi- Perry County, Ohio for his theological farmers, let the tenant farmers them- chael O’Sullivan, were either officers or training. O’Sullivan was ordained by Michael O’Sullivan, Fenian, selves meet together, and consult members of the Land League. Bishop John Ambrose Watterson at St. together, and settle among themselves The show trial, held at the Four Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio on Land Agitator and Priest what would be fair, equitable rent, and Courts in Dublin, began on December January 25, 1894. He took the religious if that is not accepted by the land- 28, 1880 and ended on January 25, name Paul and became Father Michael Michael Malachy O’Sullivan was land leased from a landlord. Being “ten- lord – why, let them pay none at all” 1881. The defendants were released Paul O’Sullivan, O.P. born at Foilmore, Caherciveen, County ants at will” the Irish faced eviction for (followed by cheering from the crowd because the jury was unable to decide Following his ordination he was first Kerry, Ireland, on March 17, 1854. Little non-payment of rent or merely because and cries of “None at all!”). on their guilt. One result of the month- sent as a missionary to the northwest. is known about his early life in Kerry, the landlord wished them gone. The success of the Irishtown meet- long legal effort was the popularity of He served in parishes in Montana, Illi- but, at some point, his family relocat- The system produced less and less ing led Davitt to consider consolidat- Parnell and the Land League increased. nois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. ed to County Galway. He graduated food to both pay the rent and feed the ing the work of the various regional It also caused the passage of the 1881 In 1914 he was assigned as a professor from the National School in Galway at tenant’s families. By 1879, the land position at the seminary, O’Sullivan land organizations into one national Coercion Act by Parliament, which at the Dominican House of Studies in the age of fourteen. He later became a system had brought famine to parts was also editor of the Western News, organization. On October 21, 1879, empowered the government to arrest Somerset, Ohio where he served until teacher and then principal at the same of Ireland. Those, like O’Sullivan, “fighting nobly to alleviate the almost the Irish National Land League was and imprison, without trial any person his death on June 8, 1920. He is buried school. who took up the cause of land reform, incomparable sufferings of his coun- founded. “reasonably suspected” of treasonable in the Dominican plot at St. Joseph’s One source states that O’Sullivan was insisted that only land ownership by try-men.” Through the diligence of At the first meeting, Member of practices or agrarian offences. Cemetery in Somerset. It was written fired as principal at the National School the Irish would resolve the problems Harris and O’Sullivan, the Tenants Parliament Charles Stewart Parnell After the passage of the Coercion regarding Father O’Sullivan, “He was due to his political activities, notably, and they began a program of organized Defense Association became a model was elected president of the League. Act, Michael O’Sullivan decided to im- zealous, eloquent and possessed of his membership in the Irish Republican land agitation directed at the landlords for other tenant rights movements. Michael O’Sullivan was elected Assis- migrate to the United States. Coming a rare mind; he accomplished much Brotherhood (the Fenians). Another and the reduction or rents. A County Mayo man, Michael tant Secretary. It was said of the Land to America, he lectured on Irish land good in the various places where he source states that he resigned the posi- In May 1876, the first Tenants De- Davitt, was released from prison in League that, “The fire they kindled reform in various cities, and settled in labored.” ■ tion to pursue the study of law and the fense Association in the west of Ireland December 1877 after serving seven spread into a blaze which inflamed Colchester, Connecticut, where he ob- sciences at Trinity College, Dublin. was founded at Ballinasloe, County years for arms smuggling. Upon his all Ireland.” O’Sullivan became one tained employment. He spent his eve- J. Michael Finn is the Ohio State In either case, what we know is that he Galway, by Mathew Harris and Michael release, Davitt disavowed the violence of the National Land League’s most nings in the study of law. He secured a Historian for the Ancient Order of was a member of the Irish Republican O’Sullivan. Harris was also a Fenian of the Fenian movement and adopted aggressive and influential members, he state certificate to teach in Connecticut Hibernians and Division Historian for Brotherhood in County Galway and he and a member of the Supreme Coun- the belief that Irish land reform could travelled throughout Ireland denounc- and accepted the position of principal the Patrick Pearse Division in Colum- did leave his principal’s post to attend cil of the IRB. O’Sullivan was named only be achieved by working through ing British brutality and landlord of the Poquonock School in Windsor, bus, Ohio. He is also Chairman of the Trinity College. After graduation, he Secretary of the TDA. non-violent means. He established a greed. His activities and that of the Connecticut, which he held for three Catholic Record Society for the Diocese was hired as a professor of science and The organization urged tenants to re- land organization in County Mayo and League soon attracted the attention of years. of Columbus, Ohio. He writes on Irish the junior classics at St. Michael’s Semi- negotiate fair rents with landlords and, began discussions with James Daly, also the British. O’Sullivan successfully passed the and Irish-American history; Ohio histo- nary in Ballinasloe, County Galway. if necessary, to withhold rents. While from County Mayo, as well as, Mat- The government took action in law examination and was admitted to ry and Ohio Catholic history. You may At this time in Ireland, the oppres- promoting non-violent solutions to thew Harris and Michael O’Sullivan of November 1880, when 14 members the Connecticut bar in New London contact him at [email protected]. sion of the poor tenant farmers was at land reform, their rhetoric often came Galway. of the National Land League were on September 28, 1886. He then began its height, particularly in the west of very close to advocating violence. Davitt’s discussions led to the first arrested and charged with four counts the private practice of law in Windsor, Ireland. Most of the Irish poor lived on In addition to retaining his professor “monster meeting” that was held in Continued on facing page and was elected Justice of the Peace Saturday, February 16th, 2019 Trusted Leadership Apply at www.roseoftralee.ie

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8 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OCTOBER 2018 OCTOBER 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 9 in history and railways were yet to be people aboard became excited when they Superstition closed on September 30, 1937. blowin’ discovered, Rua Uí Cearbháin’s words first glimpsed the mighty SS Elm. They Continued from facing page Is the legend of Brian Rua Uí Cear- would have been cryptic to the old wid- rushed to the starboard side of the boat bháin coincidental history or the man- in ow with whom he shared his vision. to obtain a better view of the steam liner the barn. ifestation of a true prophet? Seekers of By Susan Mangan Were his ramblings the stuff of leg- and the Westport Harbor beyond. The Amid the hysterical cries of the girls tales and local historians may never be end or a true prophecy? Almost three hooker could not handle the weight and and the chaos of a night engulfed in fire, able to separate fact from fiction in this @SueMangan Í hundred years later, his words became soon capsized, drowning 32 passengers Scottish foreman John Mackie and Irish dark time of Achill history, but the truth reality. in its wake. Young Eibhlin survived, but supervisor, Thomas Duggan fought to remains that the lives of many young is a picturesque land she was never to see her brother Sean rescue the boys, only to find the bothy Achill natives were lost before their where tiny villages dot vast mountains again. had been padlocked. By then, it was too dreams even began. Superstition or that sweep down to rugged seas. In 1893, Now on board a carriage of steel and late. Ten young boys from Achill Island *Sources Consulted: Achill Prophecy. the Midland and Great Western Rail- fire, the bodies were taken back to Achill perished that night. Visitachill.com; Achill’s Railway Station Prophecy Fulfilled? way began construction to link the last for burial. The Mayo News described Originally, the boys were to be buried In History and Story. www.eu-train.net; section of the railroad from the east of the scene along the railroad passage: “A in hastily supplied coffins in a cemetery The Achill Tragedies. www.askaboutire- Fireside that which looks so familiar in the light Ireland to . mighty steam hearse moving quietly near Kirkintilloch, but the grieving vil- land.ie; Ryan, Aine. “An Irishwoman’s Always there would be stories of lights of day. It is easy to imagine how the The official opening of the final -rail along through mountain and bogland” lagers of Achill sent a telegram stating, Diary,” www.irishtimes.com. June 22, Hovering among bushes or at the foot rational part of our mind is held sway road link between and Achill as “the hills became black with people ”Beir Abhaile ar marbh” – “Bring home 2012. ■ of a meadow; maybe a goat by fear and superstition. How does one opened on May 13, 1895. However, the who kneel and pray as the train comes our dead.” With this second tragedy, the with cold horns distinguish between that which is fact or first train to run on that passage was a into sight.” After nearly three hundred 17th century prophecy of Brian Rua Uí Susan holds a Master’s Degree in pluming into the moon: fiction? year earlier, June 16, 1894 when 30 of years, the people of Achill bore witness Cearbháin was fulfilled. The first and English from John Carroll University a tingle of chains There is a well-known legend among 32 bodies of victims drowned in the to the first foretelling of the prophecy last journey of the iron carriage brought and a Master’s Degree in Education on the midnight road . . . the natives of Achill Island, County Clew Bay Disaster were brought home according to Brian Rua Uí Cearbháin. devastation and sorrow to all the inhab- from Baldwin-Wallace University She –Seamus Heaney: Wintering Out Mayo, Ireland involving Brian Rua Uí to Achill Island to be buried in Cill Forty-three years later, the prophecy This painting by Artist Jeanne Conway was itants of Achill Island. Two weeks after may be contacted at suemangan@ Cearbháin. During the 1600s, Brian Damhnait, Kildavnet Cemetery. would be completed. About the above image: this final journey, the Achill rail line yahoo.com. painted from a picture taken by her son, Clevelander Neil Conway, in the As the heart of autumn eclipses the Rua Uí Cearbháin prophesized that During the daylight hours of June 14, In September of 1937, a group of last vestiges of summer light, night “carriages on iron wheel, blowing smoke 1894, a group of young Achill workers young Achill villagers, aged 13-16, were 1970s. The picture was of a bridge across the road along the sea that goes comes early and winds chime with the and fire, which on their first and last were on board a hooker boat, The Victo- taking part in seasonal “tattie hoking,” thru Mayo to Achill Island. Neil took it while heading to Ballycroy to find approaching ghosts of winter. Brown journeys would carry corpses” to Achill ry, to connect with the larger freightlin- or potato picking, among the farms the home of his grandparents. Neil was informed that this particular aban- leaves scuttle along cold pavement and Island. As a bridge from the mainland er, the SS Elm, which was to bring them in Kirkintilloch, Scotland. At night, doned railroad line was part of a local legend from a prophesy by Brian moonlight casts eerie shadows upon to Achill was non-existent at that point to future employment in Scotland. the young lady workers would sleep in Rua Uí Cearbháin, that Sue wrties about in her column. One poignant first hand account cottages while the young men, often documents the reflections of survivor brothers of the girls, would sleep in the young Eibhlin, who with her brother bothy or cow byre. It was not uncom- West Side Irish American Club Sean was embarking on a journey to join mon for the lads to be padlocked into Live Music & Food in The Pub every Friday her brother Micheal and sister Niamh in their sleeping quarters “to keep them America. These siblings were among the away from the village girls.” Tragically, From small jobs to large home and corporate renovations, UPCOMING EVENTS many young Achill villagers who were this practice led to death. reclaimed wood and custom furniture — we do it all. starting on a new chapter in their lives, a A fire started in the Kirkintilloch 14th - Annual Pig Roast w New Barleycorn: Dan Flick 440-236-8539 Workshop located at 1400 E. 36th St. Cleveland, Ohio chapter abbreviated by tragedy. bothy. The sisters of the boys heard 19th - Kennedy & Riley in the Pub As The Victory wove between the screams as smoke and flames leapt from [email protected] 20th - Annual Chili Cookoff 2-5pm: Mo Dorsey @216-272-0609 Clew Bay Islands, the group of young Continued on facing page 914-907-9501 (Please mention this ad)

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These articles raged against the reckless But I can still wish that John Mitchel Thoughts on Spike Island neglect by, and harsh laws of, the British might have had even a single day’s en- “Walk in the footsteps of sinners and closed its doors forever in 2004: Fam- Government in Ireland. They represent counter with Frederick Douglass. Would DANNY saints,” so invites the excellent promo- ine victims, 19th century inmates to be tional video filmed on Cork’s Spike transported to the outer ends of the world Did Mitchel’s tired and tragic reasoning Island. This striking, verdant island con- for both paltry and dreadful crimes, 20th tains a star-shaped fort possessing what century young people found guilty of matter? How could he love one section of Congrats to all of the Bluestone AOH on their 5th Anniversary once was the largest prison in the world. ‘allowing themselves to be carried in a humanity to the point of self-destruction, Congratulations to Casey’s Irish Congratulations to Great Lakes It could hold up to 2300 inmates. Sinners stolen vehicle’, thieves and felons. Imports, celebrating THIRTY years Pipe Band, who took first at the O’CONNOR and saints. Or both? This prison’s history, like that of Ire- yet view others elsewhere with mean and of gifts and commemorating our 153rd Highland Gathering & Games For Ohio’s 12th District People, hurting, decent and ugly all at land, is principally the history of the poor. casual prejudice? weddings, baptisms, and rich heritage in Pleasonton, CA over the Labor Day once? People who tried, failed and paid a The fort standing today replaced two connecting us all, to Ireland. weekend. The event is one of the largest heavy price. Only, today, we accept noth- previous ones; work on it commenced in gatherings in the world. A Voice for Peace, Justice, and ing less than perfection from those who 1804 and was completed around 1850. Mitchel’s urgent attempts to highlight the the keen intelligence and sheer humanity Prosperity in Ireland. went before. Any ill-judgement, great or The fort, formerly Fort Westmoreland, plight of nameless hungry Famine souls of the illustrious agitator have changed small, practically disqualifies them from was ‘home’ to many prisoners. I visited desperately seeking food. the innately honest Mitchel’s now warped A Voice for Ohio’s Workers. the human race. Blessed is he who ex- because of one: John Mitchel. An out- In the years that followed, two other view of the world? Did Mitchel’s tired and Reader Recipes pects nothing, and remember - you only standing, fiercely acerbic and exceptional forts far across the Atlantic wrought tragic reasoning matter? 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In fact, hesitantly He arrived on the island in chains as he threw in his lot with the slaveholding I sat staring out at the sparkling sea on Where do YOU read your entering one of the fort’s oppressive, May of 1848 faded and was removed South. Spike Island this summer past. The island black-as-night corridors of cells, I found from both Spike Island and Ireland on Towards the end of the American civil fortress fully deserves every modern myself pleased that I was now standing in June first, a time period so short it hardly war, in July 1864, his eldest son John, accolade won. A fifteen-minute ferry trip OhioIANews? a prison not Kilmainham, which held no seems worth mentioning. Here, though, then a captain in the Confederate army, takes you from Cobh, giving you three troublesome memories for me. first appeared the seeds of his Jail Journal, was mortally wounded defending Fort hours to spend on the island with the However prisons, especially ancient his deeply personal recollections of what Sumter in South Carolina from Abraham option of joining a guided tour. ones, are meant to border on the bru- he might be expected to endure as he Lincoln’s Union army. Time flies past and you’ll find yourself tal and their existence is to punish? To stood on the threshold of his sentence of Mere months after that civil war ended, planning a fresh trip so you can also visit reform? The usual suspects show up in transportation. Mitchel returned to New York, where the prisoners’ graveyard, or the houses Spike Island’s prison fort, which finally He was the first person to be tried by the he persisted in publishing his views of former employees scattered on the regarding the Confederacy. Such was the island, in addition to studying the various exasperation of the Northern people that strands of stories about Spike and further NEW FALL Ulysses S. Grant arranged for his arrest artefacts on display. Then, as your return • Brioche hamburger bun • 1/8 cup nacho jalapenos HOURS! warrant for aiding the Southern rebellion. ferry approaches Cobh, you might glance • 6oz. burger cooked to personal sautéed with one tbsp. sugar IN Mitchel was imprisoned without trial backwards and catch sight of the Irish and one tbsp. butter POINT for slightly over four months in Fort tricolour flying high above the entrance preference, seasoned with 5 S 5 Monroe, Virginia, in a casemate cell next to the fort. Montreal Steak Seasoning • For sriracha mayo, combine to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Fort Westmoreland was renamed Fort • Bacon, cooked until crisp 1/8 cup mayonnaise with The conditions under which Mitchel was Mitchel in 1961, honouring the impas- ¼ tsp. sriracha held were so severe that he never fully sioned Young Ireland journalist. Another Assemble cooked jalapenos and bacon on top of burger and top recovered. member of Young Ireland, Thomas F. with sliced hot pepper cheese Nov. 16th May 27, 1848 – On this day, about four Meagher returned in 1848 from revolu- c o ea o’clock in the afternoon, I, John Mitchel, Toast brioche bun and spread with sriracha mayo ee & t tionary France having been presented Send us a pic of you with this or a past month’s copy of the was kidnapped, and carried off from with a silk-embroidered green, white East Side Mon - Fri 6:30am-6pm Mon - Fri 6:30am-6pm Dublin, in chains, as a convicted “Felon.” and orange flag by the women of Paris. 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12 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OCTOBER 2018 OCTOBER 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 13 Cleveland Cleveland Irish Comhrá By Bob Carney By Francis McGarry Í@BobCarneyGTR Unsex Yourself: Sean Gormley, Cleveland 1882 The Irish Barber This column has discussed 1880 in Scotch or Italian or English priests we OhIANews: Where are you from in teen years, before that I worked at a shop Cleveland in previous months. Irish had better shut down the whole lot.’ Ireland? in Fairview. Then I was able to acquire immigration increased in the early “Another addressed his Bishop Sean: I grew up in Derry City in the the property here and turn it into what 1880s, and Cleveland was a booming. as ‘Gilmour’ and the tone of all the on choosing between female modesty Parnell Hall, Cleveland, or in other northwest, on the border of Donegal. I it is now. Downtown in the 2nd Ward, Irish addresses is so flagrantly disrespectful and pretended patriotism, then I place hall, whether such meeting be held grew up in the mid-seventies and eight- Has the pub always been part of the women dominated the census in places of the Bishop and priest that it become myself on the side of female modesty; next Sunday afternoon, or hereafter, at ies in the heart of The Troubles. I saw a dream too? like the Kennard House. Education necessary to speak in terms that will and when it comes to defending the any other time or place. lot of everything that was going on, but It was definitely something I thought with two businesses to look after. I have the apartment used to be. So now we and economic opportunities increased leave no misunderstanding. So long as female modesty of my flock as against “I further declare excommunicated, it was just day to day life, almost normal. about, and every year it seemed to make a great staff, Joe and Marie have been have a place you can have private parties for second generation Irish American this Parnell branch of the Land League the brazen unwomanliness of female ipso facto, and within the limit of the Is that why you decided to come here more sense, so I started to plan for it, there since the beginning along with with an Irish twist. women as well. confined itself to the simple discussion politicians, I accept the gauge and will diocese of Cleveland cut off from the to America? and figure out how to approach it. A few most everyone else, which is important, Most of all, it’s the people that have Last month we looked at the Irish of the Irish question I passed them in see that no Catholic women within my communion of the Catholic Church, It was one of the reasons, I came over years back, before they built the condo- to build a rapport with the people that made it the pub it is today. Just like any influence in the public schools. New comparative silence, as I am strongly diocese shall turn herself into a brawl- any woman or women who shall join in 1985 with Project Children when I miniums up the street, I was going to do come in. We all like to feel that connec- sports team, they’re nothing without public and private spatial relationships in sympathy with the cause of Ireland ing politician. the said Ladies’ Land League. Fe- was twelve. It was a program to get kids it, but I’m glad I waited to see what the tion, hopefully it will remain that way their fans. It’s our customers who make were a result of this demographic shift and have ever spoken in clear terms “If there are women in Cleveland male modesty must be maintained let out of the north in the summer months. area was going to be like. Timing was for a long time. Gormley’s and we look forward to serv- ,as Irish women began to negotiate and upon the question both in Cleveland who will turn themselves into brawling the cost be what it may. No Catholic When I first came over it opened my everything, its been a year and a half We’ve got a lot of good music coming ing them good pints of Guinness well maximize these new constructions, and elsewhere, when time and place politicians, then they shall not be Cath- woman shall be permitted to forget her eyes, that there was another way to live. already! up and our upstairs is finished, where into the future. ■ albeit not without friction and attack. presented an opportunity. olic women, and, if heretofore they have womanhood; or, if she does, she shall, I knew then that I wanted to come here, The first time I was in Gormley’s, it The Land League united Cleveland “No man has ever spoken stronger so called themselves, then the public within the diocese of Cleveland, cease and everything I did was working to immediately brought to mind many of and brought Parnell to town. His visit words than I on the wrongs of Ire- shall know they are so no longer. No to be in communion with the Catholic eventually getting over here. the pubs I’ve visited back in Ireland, bore bare the bias of a Protestant city land, as seen in my late lecture on the women within the diocese of Cleveland Church. We hereby direct that next Did you come to Cleveland at that was that intentional? council and the strength of a united Land League. I resented, and today shall at the same time be a Catholic Sunday, fourth inst., this letter shall time? If you look at the old traditional Cleveland Irish community. After resent, the imputation and the charge and a brawling politician. The Catholic be read at all masses in all the En- No, I went to Almira in upstate New pubs back home, they weren’t the large C that visit, the Ladies’ Land League in so industriously made by the men of woman must live within the modesty glish-speaking churches of the city of York with Project Children for five storefront places, they were small, in Cleveland were considered a conten- this Parnell branch of the Land League of the home; she must be the ornament Cleveland, and we also direct pastors summers, and when I immigrated when gable houses, sometimes they’d take the tious liberation organization by some, that because I refused to advocate the of the family circle and her womanly to warn the women of their respec- I was nineteen, in May of 1992, I went house next to it. A lot of the houses were Trip Advisors 2015 Certificate including the Scottish Bishop Gilmour. no-rent policy so lately in vogue that delicacy and gentle nature shall not tive congregations against joining the there because I knew people there. Then attached, it always seemed the end house of Excellence 5th - Dan McCoy Winner The Irish American Archives Society therefore I am the enemy of Ireland. be tainted with the noisy brawl of the above Ladies’ Land League or in any I found out I had a second cousin here would end up a pub or a small shop of has an excellent page on its website “I reject such charge as simply virago. manner countenancing any movement in Cleveland and moved here in the some kind. That’s how it was. So that 6th - New Barleycorn neal omes entitled “Cleveland Women and Irish untrue. So long as this Land League “Woman must be women. Women with will tend to taint or lessen among summer of 1995. was what was in my mind, to create a 12th- The Other Brothers Nationalism,” which has background Society has confined itself to a male shall not be permitted to unsex them- us Catholic female modesty. Given I met my wife here in 1999, and by place in a house, I remember going into W 13th - Donal O’Shaughnessy on this missionary mêlée and Mary membership, they and I have probably selves and at the same time within the under my hand and seal at my episco- that time I’d already gotten my citizen- places like that with my dad, they were Full Service and Cremation Rowland, its president. This is Bishop had but a difference of opinion as to limits of the diocese of Cleveland re- pal residence, Cleveland, this 1st day ship and everything. quite small, but they had that feeling, 19th - Music Men Services Pre-Need Specialists Gilmour’s final public statement. the means to help the cause of Ireland. main members of the Catholic Church. of June, 1882.” Plain Dealer, June 3rd, Did you start to work as a barber that’s what I was trying to capture. 20th - Mossy Moran “In answer to my grave and severe They had their views. I had mine, and Now therefore, I, Richard Gilmour, 1882.” when you moved here? It was hard to try to explain that to W criticism of last week on the formation we were free to differ, and as men act it by the grace of God and the appoint- These words I attempted and failed I started at fifteen back in Derry as an people when I was planning, but now, 26th - Island Doctor amilned and eated of the Ladies’ Branch of the Parnell out as men. ment of the Apostolic See Bishop of at analytically regurgitating like a apprentice, while I was going to school. after the fact they come in and under- 27th - Ray Flanagan & The Authorities ein eate leeland and Land League of Cleveland, the ‘Presi- “But when they bring women into Cleveland, hereby and by the presents good historian. This “Bishop’s Bull” I had two paper routes at night as well, stand. 28th - Sully’s 7th Annual Wake w otheast hio ine dentess’ thereof last Sunday informs her the political arena, and will attempt excommunicate and declare excom- was written on Thursday, published on I would cut hair around the neighbor- We’re not a restaurant, we’re a neigh- New Barleycorn 1-4pm audience and the public that they must to unsex the women of my flock; to municated, ipso facto, and within the Saturday and read at mass on Sun- hood in the evening and on weekends to borhood place, I’m happy that people 39150 ‘away with such dictation’ as their Bish- make them brawling politicians, and limits of the diocese of Cleveland cut day, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and make money. I knew it was a good trade have caught on to the concept and feel op gave them when he told them ‘the under the plea of patriotism attempt to off from the communion of the Catho- Tomorrow.” That is not a lot of time re- and something I could use over here. what I was trying to achieve. Its been OPEN 12-6pm on SUNDAYS 3 noisy political arena was no place for a destroy female modesty and so bring lic Church any woman now a member sex yourself no matter your modesty. Its treated me well and here I am thirty pretty cool to step back and see people 3440 women.’ In the same hall and by one of shame on every Catholic woman of of the Parnell Branch of the Ladies’ The excommunication did not silence years later. enjoy it as I do. the men who are pushing forward these Cleveland, then it is time to speak, and Land League, of Cleveland, who shall Mary Rowland and the Ladies’ Land How long have you been here at Any plans for the future? 1515 silly women, it was said at the same to speak in words that will end dispute. Wooster and Center Ridge Rd.? Sean: Not a one; I just want to keep attend any meeting of the said Ladies’ League in Cleveland, even if it meant meeting, ‘if they were to be ruled by the When the question is squarely raised Land League, in what is known as the sacrificing everything.■ Sean: I’ve been on the corner for six- things fun at the pub, it’s enough as it is

14 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OCTOBER 2018 OCTOBER 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 15 And I had to forgive myself every single and learned to keep my unsolicit- would mark her as having that po- when she drew the attention of the day. Forgive myself for what I had done, ed feedback to myself unless they tential in Irish tradition. Biddy and hot-blooded evangelical extremist TaraTrips had not done, said and hadn’t said. For- have asked; to heal my oldest child Akron Irish her practice were in frequent conflict Cotton Mather. Ann Glover was an syndrome and let them have their give myself for being human. For just By Lisa O’Rourke with local authorities during her life, immigrant whose family was forced to doing the best I could do. journeys; and cheer them on as but she must have done a great deal of leave Ireland by yet another celebrat- By Tara Quinn much as I can. Í@TaraQuinn22 Part of my recovery is learning my good for people because by the time of ed gentleman, . The worth and saying my worth out loud 3. I love my love for the ocean; that I her death, she was regarded as a local family was split up and she landed in with no guilt. Not caring who will go can play in it all day. So much that hero. Massachusetts. “oh God Tara, she just loves herself.” when I lay in bed at night, I can feel Sadder witch stories follow a similar Ann had the position of caring for Fun fact... I actually do really love the rocking of the waves. theme. Women who were outcasts and a family. When the children became myself! Took a lot of healing but we’re Which Witch had the bad luck of being too close to seriously ill, it was decided that When you love someone finally genuinely getting there. My 4. I love my ability to hold conver- Fall is an aptly named season. Yes, thing in common, they were all a disaster of some sort. They commit- nothing outside of demonic influence Oh October, I adore thee. Partly the theme of my growth has been. This self-love comes from an authentic place sations with anyone. And to really leaves fall to the ground, but more sig- non-conformists in some way. On this ted the sin of being in proximity when could have brought on the illness. because Scorpio season is the best zo- year, self-love has been intertwined in where I am not over compensating. listen without wanting to fix. My nificantly, the season itself descends point, the stereotypes are cemented, things went wrong for some commu- Ann was a woman who was guilty diac season, partly because you get the each month. This 32-year-old woman has done a ability to ask really good questions on us like it just fell from the sky. One for most all of them were women, nity member. A woman was heard to of being old, Catholic and an Irish perfect mix of weather, never knowing Each month I had to learn to pick my ton of work, so much self -examination, to gather more about people, be- minute you are sunbaked, barbe- were unfortunate in appearance, cir- mutter something days before some- speaker, which she spoke exclusively if we will get a few more days of sum- well-being over and over. I learned to and has bravery that never ceases to cause people are fascinating. quing, loving all those long evenings, cumstance or both or the other during her trial. It would be mer or snow on Halloween, and partly ask for what I need with people I found amaze me. She’s uncovered some ugly and then BOOM. Suddenly, it is cold, type, the temptress who lured hard to think of a worse com- 5. I love my hair. I did nothing to because my birthday is at the end of it. challenging to confront. I practice false beliefs and patterns of behavior dark, raining, with darkness dropping men to some kind of ruin. bination in the eyes of that earn it, and I know one day it’s not 32, what a wild number. 32 years that setting boundaries and honoring my and rewired them. going to look like it does now, and way too quickly, like you are enfold- A famous Kilkenny witch, crowd. has been packed with joy and heartache truth. I left when I needed to leave, and And when she stumbles with self- that’s ok. But for today, I love this ed into damp bat wings. No wonder Alice Kyteler, was the beautiful It is kind of strange to now and self -loathing and forgiveness. I I stayed when the lesson was still there doubt or shame, she has the best of lion’s mane. witches and spells are associated with daughter of a wealthy Flem- see these legends as part of enjoy reflecting on the year, and what to learn. friends and spiritual guides to remind this time of year, because it all seems ish immigrant. She had the Halloween. They are more sad her how precious and badass she is. So, 6. I love that I love children. I know to happen with supernatural speed. unfortunate luck of surviving than scary, for what seems to Steak • Seafood • Prime Rib to honor that hard work, I’m writing a how to play with them, talk to The gathering dark meant the end of four husbands, each of whom have survived is the demon- Irish Specialties and Spirits list of 10 things I love about myself and them, nurture them, listen and the year to the ancient Celts, culmi- increased her wealth with their ized version of more tragic I challenged you to do the same. Even if teach them. Each year I get better nating in the celebration of Samhain respective deaths. She was ar- tales. The thing about all it’s hard. Because what the world really at this. (sah’win) or Halloween. Somehow the rested and tried in connection of these stories is that even needs is more people who actually love Irish tradition of carving gourds to to this, but eventually allowed though I am telling them in a The Unicorn at least 10 things about themselves. 7. I have incredible passion for dis- ward off evil spirits has morphed into to disappear, certainly minus more reasonable manner than mantling racism and sexism and the season of Pumpkin spice here. some of her fortune. Her maid they were told in their own Restaurant Mine: 1. I love that I can encourage homophobia in this country. I’m Another unforeseen consequence however, Petronilla de Midia, time, the people in question & Pub other women, instead of tearing now able to be vocal about people them down; my phone is often being oppressed. As a result, I have of the Halloween season are two was the one who confessed and still have no voice. filled with texts and phone calls of some of the most open minded lov- costumes that are certain to appear, incriminated her mistress. We don’t know their side Open from 11:30 a.m. Tuesday - Friday women who feel safe sharing their ing and diverse friends. The fear of ghosts and witches. Ghosts make She admitted to such out- of things. They were, except & 4:00 p.m. Saturdays joys and frustrations with me. not caring what people think of my sense; Halloween was the day that the landish things as making spells for Biddy, alone and disliked. instagram posts, where I call out dead could roam the earth only to be from rooster intestines and Arthur Miller wrote The Cru- 423 Main Street (Route 57) 2. I love that I have nurtured my everything, is something I love. terrified by your ancient Celtic neigh- hair plucked from a bottom, cible in the 1950s about the Grafton, Ohio 44044 relationships with my siblings and bors’ pumpkin carving job. Doesn’t which earned her the privilege Salem witch trials, to remind 440-926-2621 that they are my best buds; that I 8. I take recovery seriously. I’m not seem too likely, but ... of being the first person burnt us to allow our calmer, cooler have learned to show up to have afraid to dig. It’s exhausting being We take the presence of witches for at the stake for heresy in Ire- and more compassionate na- Minutes South of 480 and Route 10 West (Elyria-Medina Exit) the tough conversations with them self-aware and self-examining, but granted at this time of year, but they land, on November 3, 1324. We tures to lead us and not let our I somehow I keep showing up to do seem to have been stuck into the scary don’t get to hear her side of the judgement fall like autumn Thirty Years of it. Halloween gumbo at a later date. The story, but Petronilla couldn’t leaves on our modern witches. Gormley’s Pub / The Irish Barber raditional rish usic Celts did not perceive witches in the have been much of a witch to Please forward Akron area T I M 9. I love my laugh. It changes con- GormleysPub.com / The IrishBarber.com stantly; I never know what one’s varieties that our costumes come end up like that. events to me to share with all going to show up. I love each one. in; sexy or monstrous. Early Celtic The good witch, or wise our readers! ■ witches were more spiritual entities woman, tradition follows a 10. I love my relationship with my for good or bad, often with some type positive theme but does not really one died in the house she passed by, it Lisa O’Rourke is an educator from Higher Power. That I can trust my of lamentation connected to them. have much of a costume. This type is must have been a curse from her that Akron. She has a BA in English and a Higher Power and trust the pro- Witches as we know them appeared exemplified by Biddy Early of Ennis, was responsible. Master’s in Reading/Elementary Edu- cess. This was not always the case. in Ireland earlier than our Salem Co. Clare. Biddy was born in 1798 One story from Antrim in 1710 par- cation. Lisa is a student of everything I had to work at losing old rules witch trials, but probably only due and orphaned at an early age. She also alleled the Salem witch trials. Eight Irish, primarily Gaeilge . She runs a and ideas of what my Higher Power to the fact that America was further survived four husbands. She differed women were tried for causing the Gaeilge study group at the AOH/Mark was. Today I know that my HP is from England than Ireland was. from Alice in that she was not made demonic possession of a teenage girl, Heffernan Division. She is married to loving and creative and hilarious Witch trials were spread over Europe wealthier by her husbands’ untimely causing this one in particular to have Dónal and has two sons, Danny and and in the corner routing for me; but seem to have taken hold in En- ends. fits, throw Bibles and vomit nails. Liam. Lisa enjoys art, reading, music, 440.990.PINT / 440.333.4418 440.356.2039 440.281.1536 for 32 years, is always routing for gland and Scotland and then spread to Biddy was also distinguished be- Explains a lot. and travel. She enjoys spending time 19500 Center Ridge Road 19512 Center Ridge Road Cleveland, Ohio me. Perhaps now going, “Ah sweet Ireland. cause she had developed a reputation The last “witch” killed in the with her dog, cats and fish. Lisa can be Rocky River, Ohio 44116 www.kilroyceiliband.com girl, you’re finally seeing what I’ve The supposed witches have one as a healer. Her early life misfortunes American colonies had her fate sealed contacted at [email protected]. always been able to see.” ■

16 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OCTOBER 2018 OCTOBER 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 17 The Artists Great Lakes Pipe Band Takes Top Honors Around Us at San Francisco Highland Games The Great Lakes Pipe Band placed first at the 153rd Highland Gathering & Games in Pleasonton, CA over the La- bor Day weekend. The event, sponsored Cindy Hudon by the Caledonian Club of San Fran- My Grandmother, Sarah Conn, was My grandmother was only 4 years old cisco, is one of the largest gatherings in born in Beragh (near Ballygauley) in at the time, and was so small and weak the world. County Tyrone on December 15, 1901. they didn’t believe she’d survive the Final placings for the weekend were Part of her family had already emigrat- journey. determined by the combined results of ed to the United States due to the well- My sweet grandmother did survive, the march, strathspey & reel and med- known hardships in that area of Ireland and as an adult settled in Middlefield, ley events, where Great Lakes PB first during that time. They were extremely Ohio, where I grew up. Sarah never and third respectively. Final Grade 2 poor, but my great-grandmother, a reached five-foot-tall, so she was a tiny results, the highest grade offered, were: widow at age 35, managed to scrape but feisty role model for me and my sis- enough together to bring her family ters. She spoke so fondly of her home- 1. Great Lakes Pipe Band of five children through Ellis Island to land and loved anything green. In fact, 2. North Stratton PB stay with that Irish-American relative. she had a miraculously green thumb (Edmonton, Alberta, CA) They traveled on the ship Invernia and could turn the smallest snippet of 3. Winnipeg Police PB across the ocean, in what was to be a any plant into thriving greenery. (Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA) long, desperate and arduous voyage. Although not an artist herself 4. Portland Metro (Oregon) she was extremely creative with any 5. Prince Charles PB Francisco’s Highland Gathering and The Caledonian Club of San Fran- Scottish & Irish food and drink, ven- handwork, especially crochet, and we (San Francisco, CA) Games are the largest in the U.S. cisco was founded in 1866, a year dors of Scottish & Irish memorabilia, still enjoy her afghans and doilies. My 6. Robert Malcolm Memorial PB and, in some years, the largest in the after the end of the Civil War, and its and Games attendees dressed in kilts artwork reflects her love of everything (Vancouver, BC, CA) world. It is not unusual to have more inaugural Highland Gathering and and other traditional Scottish & Irish Irish, from plants and wildlife to her 7. Wasatch & District PB (Utah) than 30 pipe bands at the event, plus Games, a family picnic with athletic attire. favorite beverage --tea (with milk in it, hundreds of athletes, dancers and contests, was held in a field at 12th The San Francisco earthquake of of course!). The Caledonian Club of San other participants. and Market Streets in San Francisco 1906 could not stop the Highland I feel extremely privileged to have on Thanksgiving Day 1866. Games from going on, nor could two descended from such brave and creative The Games themselves include pipe world wars or a Depression. The early Irish stock. I am thrilled to share my band competitions and performanc- Games were held in Petaluma, north work with other readers and all those ON THIS DAY IN IRISH HISTORY - OCTOBER es, Highland dancing competitions, of the Golden Gate Bridge, after with similar Irish heritage. Scottish country dancing and fiddle World War II, before moving to Santa More of my work can be found on 1 October 1761 - The first major outbreak of violence by “Whiteboys” begins in playing, athletics [heavy events], five- Rosa, in Sonoma County. In 1994, the Etsy -- search Cavahockey. Cavahock- Tipperary. The Whiteboys were a secret Irish agrarian organization that used a-side soccer, rugby, shinty, birds of Games moved again, to the Alameda ey is a mythical creature that my son violent tactics to defend tenant farmer’s rights. prey, historical re-enactments, sheep County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, created in elementary school.■ dog trials, musical entertainment, where they have been ever since. Cur- 5 October 1911 - Brian O’Nolan, alias Flan O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen, wit, Scottish clans and associations, a rent attendance at the Games is esti- novelist and Irish Times columnist, is born in Strabane, Co. Tyrone. children’s glen, Clydesdale horses mated at over 50,000 people during 5 October 1995 - Seamus Heaney, Irish poet, wins the Nobel Prize for Literature. and Highland cattle, whisky tasting, the two days of the event. ■ 6 October 1891 - Death of Charles Stewart Parnell, champion of tenant’s rights and co-founder of the Land League. Our families 8 October 1974 - Sean MacBride becomes the first Irishman to receive the Nobel and community Peace Prize. LORRAINE deserve a Judge 12 October 1975 - Canonization of Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh, the first with experience Irishman to be made a saint since Laurence O’Toole in 1226. and integrity they The Artists Around Us can count on. Are you an artist? A visual, literary, or physical crafter of poetry in word, song, 14 October 1882 - Eamon de Valera, nationalist campaigner, Fianna Fail leader, on palette or canvas, in sculpture or sequin? The OhioIANews is, heart and soul, Taoiseach and president of Ireland, is born in Brooklyn, New York to a Spanish local. If you would like your work featured in an upcoming issue of the Ohio father and Irish mother. COYNEVOTE Irish American News, contact Publisher & Editor John O’Brien, Jr., @ jobrien@ 16 October 1890 - Michael Collins is born in Clonakilty, Co. Cork. ianohio.com. 20 October 1870 - Death of composer Michael William Balfe in Dublin. He is best CommonFOR Pleas CourtJUDGE Cuyahoga County If we don’t stand together, divided we will fall, as Ben Franklin reminded his known for his opera The Bohemian Girl. Follow Me colleagues. There is no charge to be featured. 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18 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OCTOBER 2018 OCTOBER 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 19 Quinn Helping Kids Firm Foundation By Thomas Mulgrew and go to school. He continued to get plenty of choices of toys for all kids un- with The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s By Ken Callahan stronger. Quinn’s motivations to reach dergoing treatment. We want to bring a Association decided to reach out to the @KennethRCallahanJr On August 20, 2010, our son Quinn his goals were prizes he could pick out smile to the faces of each child receiv- community for their support in helping Í was diagnosed with a large benign of the treasure box, often times the box ing treatment to help brighten their children smile everyday even though at brain tumor. He underwent surgery to was very low or empty. day. Monies raised are given directly to times it can be difficult. remove it and endured several weeks We founded, Quinn Helping Kids to the hospital for distribution to needy Quinn understands with your sup- of inpatient therapy to return home try and sure that the treasure box has families and will also go towards the port and generosity their will be many Michael C. O’Malley purchase of gifts and gas cards for the bright smiles. Thank you for helping us, older children and their families to help to help the ones who need our help the To paraphrase a recently re-depart- rist, Eddie Corrigan of the Cleveland out in their daily expenses. most, our kids. ed small forward of some renown, for Municipal Court, who earned some con- Our first fundraiser was held in De- many Irish Americans, particularly first temporary media attention but who was cember of 2012. We were able to raise If you are interested in donating: generation Irish Americans, life expe- renown by lawyers who knew him for $1200.00 for the purchase of gas cards, rience has proven that nothing is given, his legal mind. He later became a Pro- gift cards for families traveling from Quinn Helping Kids Fund everything is earned. bation Officer for the City of Cleveland, out of town to the Cleveland area for C/O CPPA Charities For Walter P. O’Malley, father of cur- and, after a brief time in private practice, their child’s treatment, We also collect- 3515 Spencer Road rent Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Mi- Mike first ran for public office for a City ed over seven hundred items like toys, Rocky River, Ohio 44116. chael C. O’Malley, himself son of Walter Council seat in what was then Cleveland hats, scarf’s, socks , stuffed animals and Tax ID# 45-4660797. O’Malley of Corraun, County Mayo, Ward 16, the Old Brooklyn area. 200 books for the children. everything was earned. Like many of Mike O’Malley was hired as an Mike O’Malley and his Dad in Ireland After witnessing the overwhelm- For additional information please his, the greatest, generation, O’Malley assistant County Prosecutor and rose to and 2016, respectively. the greater community, on crime, punish- ing support and generosity from the contact Quinn Helping Kids (face book quit school early to join the service in the position of First Assistant under Bill The office of County prosecutor and its ment and policy. family and friends of Quinn, The page) or Thomas Mulgrew at 216-785- 1942, soon after Pearl Harbor (in patri- Mason. In this capacity, he supervised the view of its mission has evolved rapidly in Mike O’Malley and his many siblings Quinn Helping Kids committee, along 6900 or 216-664-4723. ■ otic zeal, he may have overestimated his prosecutions of some of the larger, high recent history—the public and the media’s were infused with the work ethic that is age to do so, perhaps by improving his profile criminal enterprises and homicide reaction to high profile police shootings, common to first generation Irish Amer- birth certificate). cases in the recent Cuyahoga County the advent of the Drug Court, perceptions icans, the knowledge that in American He returned to Greater Cleveland history. After serving as Safety Director of racial imbalance in prosecutions as well society, attainment is earned, not given. ■ Coming Next Month: afterward, settled in Brooklyn, where for Parma, Mike won election for County as the decline in the number of indict- he and his wife raised 11 children. Mike Prosecutor in 2016. ments have combined to effect changes November 2018 is the 11th. “The first batch attended Among his goals is to rehabilitate in the way cases are brought to the grand Bringing you the movers, shakers and music makers in Catholic High School,” Mike remem- low-level drug offenders so as to reinte- jury, and in O’Malley’s case a desire to our community each month bers, “but we later additions attended grate them into society without the stigma reach out to local and neighborhood Brooklyn High.” of a felony conviction. He recently noted communities. Every Sunday: Irish Music Sundays: 9th - Lord of the Dance @Rocksino 8pm. All of the O’Malleys attended St. the amount of crime in our community There seems to be a growing percep- @ PjMcIntyre’s / @Gormleys Thomas More elementary and were by drug users, a problem best remedied by tion, too, that merely being “tough on 11th – WSIA Annual Craft Show 9am - 4pm formed, spiritually and academically treatment and recovery. While O’Malley crime”—incarcerating low level, non-vio- 1, 8 & 29 – Ceili Dancing @WSIA 21st - Thanksgiving Eve w The Music Men by the Sisters of The Incarnate Word. is supportive of the highly successful lent offenders to State prison—does little 7:00pm to 9pm (Music Trivia) 8:30pm Mike recalls them as, “Nice but no-non- Drug Court run by the Common Pleas to prevent recidivism and perhaps wors- 4th – IACES Holiday Arts & Craft Fair sense—they were top notch. They in- Court, he believes the criteria for entry ens the crime problem. O’Malley seems 22nd – WSIA Annual Fund Raffle - Over 10am to 3pm stilled love for the Lord but also the need should be more inclusive. to understand this changed landscape. $14,000 in prize money - only 2500 tickets to do homework.” Michael later attended Mike has two sons, Shane and Evan, Not everyone outside the justice system 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th – Speak Irish Cleveland sold. Drawing held Nov. 22, winners need not Kent State University, and earned his both St. Ignatius graduates, classes of 2014 appreciates the vast effect the office has on Class @Pj McIntyre’s be present: Heather Harvey 216-440-0801. law degree from Cleveland-Marshall. Of his upbringing. Mike remembers the sacrifices made by parents to feed, clothe and educate 11 young souls on the income that a job in the trades then provided. His Dad recognized that the key to success in the larger community was through education and hard work; his fondest hope that his offspring would River Terrace Building 19111 Detroit Rd., Ste. 200 all surpass him in their various life Rocky River, OH 44115 endeavors. 440-333-8960 Michael was not the first Irish Amer- [email protected] ican lawyer to begin his career in the courthouse. He was hired as personal Deborah M. Turner for Judge, Common Pleas Court | P.O. 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20 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OCTOBER 2018 OCTOBER 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 21 A beautiful gift of a Chalice and gold Armed Forces, the Irish College in paten modeled after the celebrated Rome, Shrine of Our Lady of Knock, When Irish Eyes Madigan Kilmallock Chalice was donated to the All Hallows’ Seminary and victims of Muses Shrine in Memory of the Nuns of the many natural disasters. Many churches Are Smiling; Battlefield. Other items donated were a have also benefitted from donations Be Very Afraid By Marilyn Madigan replica of the Cross of Cong Crucifix, of vestments, mass items and church an illuminated Missal and Missal stand Windows from individual members By Maury Collins made from the wood of the pews where and local divisions. the Sisters treated their patients. In 1978, the Ancient Order of Hiber- At the Baltimore Convention in nians and the Ladies Auxiliary joined Ladies Ancient Order of 1935, Fr. Edward Galvin addressed the together to establish the Hibernian delegation about the Columban Mis- Chair at the University of Notre Dame. Smile and be Happy sionaries. Fr. Galvin requested financial In the History of the LAOH written by Hibernians and Catholic support for the Missionaries to assist National President Sally Murphy, she I used to feel like a man trapped in shrieks the king, “I don’t have any in this important work. The Delegation states the benefits of the relationship a women’s body, but then I was born. enemies in the west!” “Oh”, said the Institutions passed the following resolution: “We between the Hibernians and the Uni- knight, “Well you do now!” recommend that the suggestion of our versity of Notre Dame. Funds collected The Cohens were at the dentist of- During the 124 year history of the ers and Nurses. National Chaplain, Bishop Griffin, that by the Hibernians have been donated fice. Mr. Cohen made it clear that he Two cannibals are eating their Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Ellen Ryan Jolly served the Order as our National President appoint a Na- to the Cushwa Center for the Study of was in a big hurry. No gas or needles dinner and one cannibal says to the there has been a special relationship the National Irish Historian from 1908 tional Chairman of Missions to direct American Catholicism and the Hiber- or any of that stuff, just pull the tooth other, “I don’t like my mother-in-law with various Catholic Institutions. The until her election to National Presi- this work within our ranks, be adopted. nian Scholarship Fund. and get it over with. The dentist com- very much.” The other cannibal re- Order has also promoted Irish, Irish dent in 1912. President Jolly was a true It would be understood, however, that The centerpiece of the endowment plimented him on his bravery and plies; “Well, just eat your chips then!” American and Catholic History. lover of History and wanted to remem- such National Chairman of Missions is the Hibernian Research Award to asked “which tooth is it?” Mr. Cohen At the 1902 Convention, held in ber the contributionsAd of the Catholic Proof work under the direction Sheet of the Nation- provide grants to encourage the Study turned to his wife and said; “Show A man came home after working Denver, Colorado, the delegation Nursing Sisters of the American Civil al President and the National Board.” of Irish America. In 1982, the Cushwa him your tooth honey.” the night shift and went straight to passed a Resolution to establish the War. She recommended 216.647.1144to the mem- National • jobrienohioianews.com President Anna Bryant Center started the Hibernian Lecture the bed room. He found his wife Trinity College Scholarship. Fundrais- bership that the Order should erect a appointed Past National President Series, where distinguished scholars A husband and wife who worked asleep with the sheet pulled up over ing efforts were started immediately Monument to honor these Sisters. Mary McWhorter to serve as the first share their knowledge of Irish and for the circus went to an adoption her head. He is aroused and crawled after the Convention. The early is leadersProof isThe submitted Nuns of the for Battlefield edits or acceptance;Monu- Chair ofplease Missions. let Atus this know Convention, your changes, Irish American or History. Many sons agency. The social workers there under the sheet and made love to her. valued education and saw the impor- ment was dedicated in Washington the Columban Missionary Order was and daughters of the Hibernians have raised doubts about their suitability. Afterward he hurries downstairs to tance of educational opportunitiesapproval for asD.C, soon on Septemberas possible. 20, 1924. Please In addi reply- toestablished this email. as the principal charity of received scholarships to attend this The couple then produced photos get something to eat. He was startled women. tion to the Monument, Ellen Ryan Jolly the Ladies Auxiliary. The Columban prestigious Catholic University. of their 50-foot motor home, which to find breakfast on the table and his The membership raised $10,000 over wrote a book, The Nuns of the Battle- Fathers continue to be the primary A joint program of the Ancient Order was clean and well maintained and wife pouring coffee for him. “How a two-year period. The donation was field, to share the stories of the various charity and the Columban Sisters were of Hibernians and Ladies Ancient equipped with a beautiful nurs- did you get down here so fast?” He given to Trinity College at 1.the 1904 Communities of Religious Sistersor and added2. in 2006. The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians to assist in reli- ery. The social workers then raised asks. “We were just making love.” Convention held in St. Louis, Missou- their service in the Civil War. Order ofeae Hibernians rey have donated o eagious vocations is Project St. Patrick. concerns about the education a child “Oh my God,” his wife gasped. ri. The LAOH became sponsors of a The Nuns of the Battlefield are also more thano eone million ko dollars a since ae This are program was started to provide would receive while in the couple’s “That’s my mother up there.” She Grant at the College that would enable remembered in a Religious Manner. the adoptioneee of the Columbans as our financial support to Seminarians and care. “We’ve arranged for a full-time complained about having a headache young women to benefit from a good The Order was asked to donate to the primary charity. Religious men and women during their tutor who will teach the child all the when she came over. I told her to lie Catholic education. Many of those National Shrine. President Mary Timon Charitable donations and corporal formation. This project was established usual subjects along with French, down for a while.” Rushing upstairs, who benefited from this grant have presented $10,000 to the Most Reverend works of mercy have been the trade- to continue the vision of St. Patrick “to Mandarin, and computer skills.” the wife ran to the bedroom. “Moth- given back as Religious Sisters, Teach- Thomas J. Shahan, Rector of Catholic marks of our Order. During our long bring the Gospel and the Eucharist to Then the social workers expressed er, I can’t believe this happened. University. The Order donated the St. history, we have made financial do- all people.” concern about a child being raised Why didn’t you say something?” The Brigid Altar and other Religious items nations for many causes, including a We are proud of our history. This in a circus environment. “Our nanny mother-in-law huffed; “I haven’t spo- in memory of these Sisters. Fund for Catholic Chaplains of the history can be found at many ar- will be a certified expert in pedi- ken to that jerk for fifteen years and I MENTOR BROOKLYN chives, including the University of atric care, welfare, and diet.” The wasn’t about to start now.” 7861 Reynolds Road 10310 Cascade Crossing Notre Dame, Catholic University and social workers were finally satisfied. the Irish American Historical Soci- They asked, “What age child are you A man comes home from the doc- 440-942-6611 216-362-7700 ety. John J. Burns Library at Boston hoping to adopt?” “It doesn’t really tor’s office with a new hearing aid. It’s College has one of the largest col- matter ... as long as the kid fits in the the latest miniature electronic model ELECT EMILY lections of Irish History. Since 2006, cannon.” with a silicon chip and all the works, Irish American Cuisine this library is the archival site for our worth five thousand dollars. He organization. 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22 OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OCTOBER 2018 OCTOBER 2018 WWW.OHIOIANEWS.COM OHIO IRISH AMERICAN NEWS 23 According to Regina Hansen, we are edly get married first, and whoever got fascinated by monsters and the unknown the coin would become the wealthiest in At Home, because “it’s a way to experience the the family. None of us wanted the ring. Irish Network USA is looking forward to Abroad supernatural without having to believe in We all wanted the coin. it. Stephen King once said that horror is a The harvest was incorporated into the By Regina Costello way to face death. It’s an existential thrill, tradition. Bowls of fruits and in-the-shell hosting our 6th national conference a way to laugh at death and be fine after- nuts adorned the kitchen counters and wards.” I have experienced the likes at the aroma of baking apple tarts sprinkled This year’s will be held October 18-21 in New Orleans haunted houses, never mind the cinema! with cloves was delectable. Apples were Fond childhood memories remind me placed in a basin the sink, and we took At Home Abroad Part 7 of the respite Hallowe’en bestowed on us. turns trying to bite chunks out of them Mam’s freshly made hot potato pancakes with our hands behind our backs. This slid from the was not as easy task. Hallowe’en Traditions greased frying Whoever managed to pan onto our successfully consume Summer ends and Fall quickly turns History teaches us that the October welcoming break- the most out of the apple to winter in Ireland. We don’t have 31 Holiday is based largely on the Celtic fast plates. Butter got a prize. much of a Fall season in the Emerald pagan feast of Samhain (the new year). knives clanked as My Cleveland abode Ambassador Dan Mulhall Isle. This is probablyAd due to our geoProof- Hallowe’en marks the endSheet of the Celtic we fought to get has different Hallowe’en Addressing the INUSA graphic location, temperate 216.647.1144 climate and Calendar, • a jobrienianohio.comnight where the veil separat- globs of butter to traditions. We don’t 2017 National Conference the abundance of ever green trees. It is ing our world from that of ghosts, is at its slather on them. carve turnips, or dunk in Chicago a wet, windy, cold season with shadows thinnest, thus allowing strange creatures Waiting for the for apples. My friends of gloom and darkness that dampen with supernatural powers to wander the glaze to melt, from the Philippines the day and obscure the picturesque earth. cups of tea were come to our house every is Proof islandscape. submitted for edits or acceptance;Celebrated please for let centuries us know by the your Celts, changes, poured or and the Hallowe’en with their daugh- Connecting My memories of Fall are wrought with this enchanting night is aroused with kettle was set to boil again for refills. ter. She and my kids trick or treat, and approval as soonthe misery as possible.of getting up Please in the pitch reply to cracklingthis email. bonfires and assorted sweets Lunch appetites were whetted by the we enjoy a hot Shepherd’s Pie upon their Irish, Irish black mornings, walking to school in to appease the dead. The original jack- colcannon warming on the stove top - return that warms cold fingers and frosty lousy weather, with dawn breaking in the o-lanterns were carved from turnips mashed potatoes intertwined with fried noses. The kids spill out the candies in Americans horizon and dusk upon us in the evening and lit with burning lumps of coal. They cabbage and green onion, flecked with front of a glowing fireplace and a some- 1. walk home. The drudgery of ordaily living 2.were placed outside homes to welcome parsley and moistened with cream - was what friendly exchange ensues. and friends was relieved by the mid-term break. A the deceasedeae loves rey ones and also o offered eaeagerly consumed. Hallowe’en was a I’m lucky if I get a Reese’s, but my hot week free from school and academic protectiono e from malevolent ko a spirits. ae What arefamily celebration, and we stayed home port is all I need to consume. A friendly of Ireland responsibilities found us lounging in de- a job is must have been to carve those for the evening. My mother used to bake neighbor tries to scare the daylights out bauchery, culminating in the Hallowe’en indestructibleeee root vegetables! a báirín breac, (barm brack), which liter- of us by banging on our French doors to the holiday. With the arrival of Christianity to the ally translates to speckled loaf. donning a scary mask. We quickly This pagan tradition oddly enough Isles and to ensure conversion, Samhain It’s essentially a light fruit cake with forgive him and have good craic as we Global originated in Catholic Ireland and the was merged into the new Faith with sultanas and raisins and candied peel. share our Middleton to calm the nerves Many thanks to Steve Lenox and all the great team in Irish Network USA for this British Isles, and arrived in America with November 1 celebrating All Souls’ Day. Fortune-telling and witchery are stirred and enjoy the laugh. Evolving traditions article promoting their upcoming national conference. We hope you can attend! Irish Irish immigration in the late 19th Centu- Immersed in the superstitious and mys- into the yeast batter with a coin and a at home abroad. ■ ry. There it burst forth into a considerable terious other world, a reality described as ring kneaded into the bread. Devouring Sources: Regina Hansen, Ph.D. Boston Community. and lucrative national holiday. It has “the fantastic,” the holiday is further cele- the bread was done so carefully to avoid University College of General Studies. What started as a gathering of less global footprint by 2025. ble without the support of Minister since become a billion-dollar industry for brated with the creation of horror, fantasy smashing a tooth on the silver. Whoever Deseret News - Amy than 50 Irish Network USA chap- We will be attending, and will re- of the Diaspora, Ciaran Cannon, Irish Network USA candy and costumes sales. and science fiction writings and movies. got the slice with the ring would suppos- Laskowski, 10/31/2013 bbc.co.uk ter leaders and members in Washing- port back all the craic near and far. the Department of Foreign Affairs ton, D.C. in 2012 has grown into one We are also thrilled that Samantha & Trade, and all of our friends and has over 21 Welcome to our Newest Regina is a Graduate from the Na- of the most anticipated “Global Irish” Kelly, one of Ireland’s most sought supporters in the Irish Embassy and chapters in cities Advertisers: tional University of Ireland, Galway events of the year. As always, attend- after speakers on topics related to Consulates all across the U.S, and it is across the United and a Post Graduate from the National ees can count on impactful network- both social media engagement and with their unrelenting commitment Nickie Antonio for State Senate University of Ireland, Dublin. She is the ing, plenty of opportunities to explore women’s empowerment, will join us to collaboration and connectivity in States fostering T A V E R N McMahon-Coyne-Vitantonio former Curator of the Irish American local culture, and a guarantee that from Dublin and is part of a lineup of mind that Irish Network USA en- investment in Funeral Homes Archives at the Western Reserve Histor- after our time together there will be attendees and speakers that already thusiastically invites all members of Ireland through EVERY THURSDAY IS ical Society, former Executive Director no strangers among us, only friends includes members from across the US the “Global Irish” community to join IRISH NIGHT 7-10pm Tomaseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument who haven’t met yet! as well as key leaders from some of us October 18-21 in New Orleans! ■ business, sport Greenspan for State Representative Commission and former Executive Once again we look forward to the most robust “Global Irish” orga- and culture. Open Sessiún Irish Democrats for Danny O’Connor Coordinator of the Northern Ohio welcoming high level speakers, not nizations such as the Ancient Order https://www.dfa.ie/global-irish/stay- TRADITIONAL MUSICIANS OF $ Rose Centre. She serves on the Board of the least of which is Ambassador Dan of Hibernians, the Irish American ing-in-touch/latest-news/newsarchive/ 3 GUINNESS & JAMESON Jennifer O’Malley for Juvenile Court ALL AGES WELCOME! ON THURSDAY NIGHTS Directors of the Mayo Society of Greater Mulhall who will join us and share Business Chamber & Network, and irish-network-usa-national-confer- The Ohio Centre Rose of Tralee Cleveland. She can be reached at insight into the plan announced by the British and Irish Trading Alli- ence-18-21-october.html courtesy of the Learn More @: Come Enjoy our Patio, Expanded Wine Selection and New Dinner Menu! [email protected] An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar earlier ance. 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Francisco St. Joseph’s 0-11 (11), Junior The other winners of the weekend: Camogie – Coastal Virginia 4-5 (17) Men’s Senior Football – Philadelphia over Seattle Gaels 1-1 (4); Junior B A Summer Summary Donegal-St. Patrick’s 5-19 (34) over San Men’s Football – Philidelphia Done- Francisco’s Young Irelanders-St. Bren- gal-St Patrick’s 2-14 (20) over Dallas This year’s USGAA (United States were actually about 30 miles west of dan’s 0-10 (10); Ladies’ Senior Football Fionn mac Cumhaill 0-7 (7); Ladies Gaelic Athletic Association) National Philadelphia, at the Greater Chester – Chicago St. Bridget’s 6-12 (30) over Junior B Football – Austin Celtic Cow- Finals tournament was held in Phila- Valley Sports Complex. defending champs Charlotte James boys 1-13 (16) over Philidephia Notre delphia over Labor Day weekend. The The Midwest sent Pittsburgh Celtics Connolly’s 5-14 (29); Senior Hurl- Dame 2-7 (13); Hurling Junior B – tournament has at Men’s Junior B ing - Boston Tipperary 3-21 (30) over Allentown 2-17 (13) over Hew Hamp- grown to over 100 football, Pittsburgh Vancouver JP Ryan’s 1-19 (22); Senior shire Wolves 1-8 (11); Junior C (Group teams in the four Banshees at Ladies’ Camogie – San Francisco Cu Chullainn 1) Men’s Football – Orange County codes of men’s Gaelic Junior B football, 4-9 (21) over New York Liberty Gaels Wild Geese 1-13 (16) over Cayman Is- football, women’s Cincinnati GAA 6-2 (20); Intermediate Men’s Football lands 1-5 (8), Junior C (Group 2) Men’s The squad also held at team meeting an, tender of ale at PJ’s, to become Gaelic football, hurl- at Men’s Junior C Congratulations to goalkeeper Steve Pepin and Lidsay Trotter Pepin on – Austin Celtic Cowboys 2-11 (17) over Football – Atlanta Clan nan Gael 2-6 days before deciding to hold Satur- the official Hill 16 cheering section ing, and camogie football, Buffalo their Wedding! 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