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have found are played for on Friday nights at the West winner of the game (A very money. Not a lot, but they Side Irish Club has welcomed sweet attractive grandmother- Living With will kindly teach you that us generously. They are ly lady) said to me: ”Pay the the best way to learn is to mostly from Ireland (Imag- lady or leave the bed.” WHAT? Lardie pay for your mistakes. ine that!) and remind me of I asked her to repeat it by Richard Lardie That being said, I like the watching my Grandma Flynn and she did while holding game. I enjoy the people play; quick with a smile, and her hand out with a smile playing it and the joy they quicker with a witty saying, on her face. I laughed all “We should learn to play because the Irish like a high find in the game. It is a fast just as my grandmother was. the way home on that one. I 25”, my wife said. “It will be scoring game. When a card game (only 5 tricks per hand). I have found myself enjoy- was later told that it was a fun,” she said. “We will meet is lead you must follow suit It can be played as singles or ing the quips as much as familiar phrase to those from new people,” she said. “It will unless you want to trump. with partners and everyone is the card playing. Phrases Ireland, but it sure hit me give us something to do on I have heard on the abil- funny. The best tip I ever had Friday nights,” she said. Then ity or lack of ability to take on what card to play was the clincher, “you will like it.” a trick are: 1.You can’t pull lead your second card first. Of course being the man up your socks if you don’t I have had a little fun talking of the house, I then made have any on. 2. You can’t about the game of 25 but let the decision. “Yes dear,” I answer the door if you’re me assure you it is a fun game said with authority. not home. 3. It’s nice to be at and can keep you entertained How hard could this game home when a visitor calls. for hours. The strategies of the be? Grandma Flynn played Two of my favorite com- game are not easily discern- it when we were little. If ments had me laughing long able but Kay and I are working Grandma Flynn played after I left the game. One was hard to learn them. They have it, I should have no trouble said after someone sat con- tournaments twice a year that learning this card game born templating which card to lead I find I am looking forward to in the west of Ireland in the while they were only hold- with anticipation (not dread 1500s. I think I underesti- ing 2 cards. The clock was as I did the first tournament). mated Grandma Flynn. ticking and finally another The best part of the game Here is my description of person said, “You have two is the people you get to play learning 25: Let us start with cards, chose one. You have a with. They are always cheer- the Aces. In all card games, the 50% chance of being right.” ful and easy to be with. If you Ace is a powerful card. In 25, If you can’t follow suit, you gentle on newcomers (other My most favorite comment want to learn a fun challenging the Aces, if they are trump, are don’t have to trump, unless than taking your money for was said to me: I had just lost game to wile away the hours, the 4th highest card, unless trump is lead. If trump is lead your learning experience). a game and was discussing then 25 is for you. I’ll teach hearts are trump. Then the Ace you must follow suit unless The game Kay and I play in the play of the hand when the you, just bring your money. of hearts is the third highest you have one of three highest card, which is always the case trump. (One of which is the no matter what is trump. If Ace of hearts. Remember?). your ace is not trump and is If you have one of the 3 not a heart then it is the fourth highest trump, you only highest card in the suit, unless have to follow suit if the it is the Ace of Diamonds, then trump lead is higher than the it is the lowest card in the deck. trump you hold. In which That sounds simple enough. case you can keep your We must also talk about the trump and throw off. O.K., order of the cards. The red we having fun so far? cards are normal, the only So by now I am sure you thing normal in this game, have figured out what the 1st other than the Ace of Hearts, and 2nd highest cards are. We which is always the third high- know that the ace of hearts is est card at all times. I told you always 3rd (I told you that) so that before but I figured you of course, the 2nd highest card forgot because I always do. is the Jack of trump. No need The black cards are ab- to tell you then. The top card normal (?). The numbered in the hand is the 5 of trump. cards rank in reverse order, The game is so logical, huh? meaning the 4 of clubs beats There is also a thing called the 8 of clubs. The black Ace robbing, involved if you do beats all the numbered cards have the Ace of trump. You but loses to the King Queen get to discard your worst Jack. O.K., that’s clear now. card and add a trump to The object of the game is your hand, but if you don’t to be the first to get to 25 and rob your hand is dead. each trick is worth 5 points. I The thing I learned very think it is not called 5 with quickly is you don’t learn each trick being worth 1 point for free. The only games we 4 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com JULY 2015

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and committed the people to repaying the unjustly put on their shoulders. Their billions borrowed to support the banks. alienation and the cementing of inequal- Others maintain that these billions were ity will impact the next general elec- not the people’s responsibility and the tion due in the year of the centenary of scandalous borrowing and lending by the 1916. Results should be interesting. banks should not become their burden. References: Ref 1 http://www.irishtimes. They maintain that the reckless lending com/news/politics/british-royal-expected-to- by the Irish banks was fueled by the easy attend-1916-centenary-event-1.2149158 Ref 2 http://www.iolie/~dluby/ availability of cash from Germany and poclaim.htm Ref 3http://publish.ucc. Centenary of 1916 dominated the landscape from indepen- France and argued that if the Irish banks ie/ijpp/2010/01/moran/01/en by Anne Waters dence with little or no notable differences, failed, so too would German and French Ref 4http://www.irishcentral.com/ other than civil war alignment. The banks. Not only would Europe not allow news/enda-kenny-blames-celtic-tiger- The centenary of the 1916 Rising will collapse-on-mad-borrowing-by-the- occur next year. This critical period in space on the left was mainly occupied this to happen, but the burden would by James Connolly’s Labour Party. The be spread equally across all Europe’s public-138191569-237428601.html# Irish history was a pivotal event with Ref 5 repercussions that still resound to- hegemonic power and control of the citizens. This argument fell on deaf ears http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/ day. Whether one agrees or disagrees Catholic Church was supreme and the and, regardless, the burden was imposed bertie-ahern-i-wish-i-had-foreseen- with the actions of these men, a suit- Catholic Orders were fundamental to the on the Irish people alone. Enda Kenny’s the-financial-crash-30166225.html able commemoration is essential if provision of both education and health- (Irish Premier) supposition that the Irish Ref 6http://www.irishtimes.com/ opinion/letters/is-teaching-profession- only to aid us to move beyond a very care. Without their input the state could people were responsible caused uproar being-casualised-1.2218442 chequered and painful history. not have coped but too much power and and has been resoundingly rejected. There are diverging views as to how control was both taken and surrendered. ‘“What happened in our coun- it should be celebrated. One view is that Catholicism dictated a ‘groupthink’ try was that people simply went that excluded many Irish who were non- mad borrowing‘ (Ref 4) the Rising in 1916 should be celebrated Lackey & Company as a stand- alone event whilst others feel Catholic believers. Poverty was endemic Further investigation confirms that it is more apt to include a reference to and its eradication stunted by the insti- only the few borrowed to speculate and it Certified Public Accountants those who fell in World War 1. (Ref 1). tutionalisation of the poor and the class was lack of oversight by those voted into based education of the better off. The power, to diligently oversee and steer the 1916 was a turning point, a time when Sean P. Lackey, CPA a group of educated, passionate men Church’s objection to Dr Noel Browne’s country, that caused the unsustainable ‘Mother and Child’ bill was a demonstra- boom. 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Conversely, there emigration became a lifeline for many to be sovereign and indefeasible.’ (Ref 2) is also a growing discontent among a people and the Irish diaspora, is far flung There are conflicting opinions as to how sizable group who believe they did not across the globe, although the United such an unprecedented recession should benefit through the ‘Tiger’ years but Kingdom and the United States were have been handled. The country demo- are still required to pay the price. They the primary destinations of choice. cratically elected the current neo-liberal see no improvement in their current A conservative middle class ideology government, who continued the policies circumstances and are continuing to of those previously in power, Fianna Fail, pay for borrowings they believe were 6 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com JULY 2015

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versed into field of diversity, and proven her equalitarian spirit. She is not the grieving mother desiring retribution, the defied goddess who demands worship, or the whore selling her financial welfare out to a false economy, instead Mise Eire has taken on also captured by Joyce in his short the injustices of huddled masses My Dark Rosaleen story Two Gallants). The maternal and paraded her pride for all to aspect of the motherland has meta- see. It seems that this lady is no Ireland once again hit world news. morphosed throughout the ages. She tramp, but nor is she a bigot who The referendum regarding same sex who nourishes, also bays for the blood believes in legitimizing disparity. marriage has taken center stage, and, of her young men and seduces them Ireland in the 21st Century, to the surprise of many, the ‘Yes’ vote to their destruction. The mother, while still in debt, is no diva. She has signified a significant shift in the whore, or figure of nobility and na- is beginning to make her voice post-clerical island of Ireland. As tional pride, is adored and despised heard. With new families being stated many times over, the Ireland according to the attitude of the time. created, new parents being recog- of the 21st Century is no longer hang- Cathleen Growing up during the time of Civil nized, and differences embraced, ni Houlihan ing on the gallows of eponymous Rights in Derry, Cathleen ni Houlihan Ireland stands on the threshold title of land of saints and scholars. took on her nationalist incarnation to of emerging into its true poten- needs ‘the priests’ nor the ‘royal Pope’ Ireland has set, as the New York Times inspire the heart of the Republican tial. Irish Americans who love freedom to determine her choice in matters of puts it, the benchmark for the rest of the movement. She was sentimentalized and liberty must surely be proud of the morals or state. The people of Ireland world. The people have spoken, and, in the lyrics of Four Green Fields as the motherland as she makes this stand. have looked into their hearts, and for once, their voice runs counter to the weeping old woman appealing to the The ‘dark Rosaleen’ no longer needs acted accordingly, making it become wishes of the church. It is perhaps no sons who have sons. The pagan wor- to ‘sigh’ or ‘weep’. She no longer a land of the brave and the free. surprise to find that a nation who has ship of the land and piety struggled for centuries for autonomy of the Irish Catholic knows is siding with those who have been no significant tension. Both victimized and treated unfairly. The the pagan and religious are recognition of same sex marriage is a synchronized into a cry for profound declaration of independence, freedom and equality. With and an affirmation of the separation of the cessation of violence church and state. I’m sure that we will in the late 90s, Cathleen soon see T shirts in rainbow colours has become a medium for with the slogan ‘Proud to be Irish’ political power sharing, and being sported all over the country. cultural understanding. Much has changed in Ireland in What has she become recent years and one senses a new now? Or as the woman in face appearing from behind the mask Four Green Fields would of Mise Eire. Throughout the cen- put it: What have I now? turies the nation of Ireland has been Both questions have been sentimentalized, idolized, and bru- answered in the recent ref- talized. She is the motherland, and erendum. She has become the inspiration for some of Ireland’s a woman of substance, an greatest poets. Mangan in the beauti- inspiration for Civil Rights, ful poem My Dark Rosaleen writes: regardless of sex, race, or religion. What she has now O MY Dark Rosaleen, is a prophetic nation willing Do not sigh, do not weep! to lead other nations, larger The priests are on the ocean green, than itself, into the future. They march along the deep. The struggle for Civil Rights There ‘s wine from the royal Pope, has evolved beyond that Upon the ocean green; of religious or nationalist And Spanish ale shall give you hope, equality to become a mani- My Dark Rosaleen! festo for the rights of all. Irish Americans in Yeats takes up the veneration of particular should be proud the land in his Countess Cathleen, as of this referendum. The she evokes a call for freedom, and is country of their choice, transformed by the sacrifice of young symbolized by the lady of Irishmen. Her need for bloodshed, as liberty, a statue, a symbol envisioned in the poetry of Pearse, is has found those aspira- brutally satirized by O’Casey in his tions realized in the home play The Plough and the Stars. country. Cathleen has tra- The dark Rosaleen becomes Rosie Redmond, a prostitute (an image 8 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com JULY 2015

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him about the outcome our adult paths to lead to one another. live far away. Recently, I have connected of Golding’s “Lord of the How do we explain this connection to with my cousin and she has shared Flies.” My youngest son our children? How do we convince them amazing photos of our uncles who have longs to go to Pittsburgh. of the longing we feel for a summer place, passed away in recent years. Here they He always has been the a place to gather far from the confusion of are young again, soldiers setting out to easiest to please. For twenty-first century life? A place where the seas and battlefields of World War now, we are stymied nothing more is needed than the fragrance II; brothers embracing, each uncertain by finances and lack of a farm, the sweetness of hay in the field, as to what the future would hold. A Place to Gather of compromise. A weekend trip to and the steam rising from a cup of hot tea. In another photo, I viewed the image Pittsburgh may be as good as it gets. Perhaps our children have heard our of my grandmother Mim on her eighth Early morning air intoxicates and Rather than rush headlong into a “3- pleas for simplicity, both spoken, and our grade graduation. Poised and beautiful, vivifies. Just after dawn, sweetness Day, $10,000.00, all-Inclusive” promise wistful imaginings, yet unspoken. Driv- with long dark hair and pale eyes, she is settles upon flowers punctuated with to have the holiday of our dreams, we ing home after a double- header baseball not the white-haired grandmother that dew. Birds sing and a lull suspends the are trying to tell the children about the game, my youngest son unrolled the car I ever knew. Mim is young and ready to sounds of suburban cars and city sirens. old times; how a strong kitchen table window and breathed deeply. A look of embark on a journey that will last until For a few minutes, the early riser can and the laughter of family is all that remembrance settled upon his face. I said she is almost one hundred and two. pretend that she is wading in the wa- is needed for summer enjoyment. to him, “You smell Ireland, don’t you? “ Perhaps the answer to my need for ters of a forgotten woodland lake, or Growing up, I looked forward to Sure enough, the smoky essence of a grill simplicity is there in the eyes of my watching the tide pull on sandy strands. spending three weeks every summer sent him to another time and place where children: their longing for adventure, Mostly, this early riser is content to savor in Billings, Missouri with my mother’s he gathered with Irish family amid bon- their need for independence, their un- the moment: lush pink roses growing family. Mornings in my grandmother fires on St. John’s Night many years ago. spoken memories, not so very different Mim’s house promised the reassuring Having spent a month last summer from their kin whom they never truly chatter of my mother and aunts plan- in Ireland with her grandmother, my knew. I will continue to search for that ning the day. The tireless chug of Mim’s daughter now frequently travels through vacation spot of our dreams, but in all washing machine always playing har- the streets of Newport and the hills of likelihood, it will be a reunion around mony to the sound of their voices. Buckagh via Google Earth. Given the the kitchen table in the Irish aunt’s home Travelers were met with homemade miracle of modern technology, one can or along the perimeter of a makeshift pancakes shaped like turtles and too- gather with family over a virtual table fire pit in Crooked Lake, Indiana. More sweet sugar syrup. A coffee tin of black filled with pictures and commentary likely than not, our family will con- walnut orange cookies lay hidden in through Facebook and Instagram. tinue to gather in our own home to plan up a dilapidated trellis, the sight of a the cupboard, while iced pitchers of Though I have shunned such technol- and to argue, to share and to dream. skittish hummingbird drinking from tea quenched our throats parched after ogy for a long time, my daughter decided *Susan holds a Master’s Degree in a bloom of catmint. If remembrance days spent in the blistering Ozark sun. to create a Facebook page exclusively English from John Carroll University and graces the already perfect mood, she is For me, these were the vacations of my for me. Though hesitant at first, I have a Master’s Degree in Education from apt to imagine a farmhouse filled with city dreams. Chasing after Junebugs and enjoyed sharing photos of my garden and Baldwin-Wallace University. She may be family enjoying a moment of together- bullfrogs, I looked forward to quiet eve- family with my aunts and mother who contacted at [email protected]. ness with a side of toast and grape jam. nings beneath vintage hand sewn quilts My family has spent the last few weeks listening to the adults play pinochle. The of school arguing about summer vaca- mornings promised much of the same, al- tion. The Mangan’s don’t do big events ways accompanied by toast and grape jam, well. Christmas sends us into an emo- and of course, a side of turtle pancakes. tional maelstrom, first communions and Perhaps that is what ultimately drew graduations evoke passive-aggressive my husband and me together: our innate behaviors, and planning of family trips, need for simplicity. My husband spent well, that leads to defiance disorder. summers on the farm in Ireland, shearing In truth, my husband and I enjoy sheep and trying not to be in his uncle’s simple means of relaxation: watching way. I did the same, except I would feed blue jays bully the weaker sparrows the calves, and likewise, attempt to not be at our bird feeder, basking in the il- under my own uncle’s well-worn boots. luminated splendor of the first flocks At the end of the day, we both shared the of fireflies, listening to the crowds of camaraderie of family around tables filled children who gather in our yard for a with food and laughter. Our accommo- game of manhunt. There is always a crisp dations were far from posh, but offered glass of wine present on a hot summer’s comfort, charm, and lasting memories. evening and lively conversation. For all Memories of hot Missouri breezes lifting this, we only need to walk outside our soft window panels in Mim’s dining room, back door and convene with family and and cool ocean winds blowing over furze friends around our patio furniture. scattered fields of sheep and lambs, still Our children though, have different haunt my husband’s and my daydreams. ideas. My daughter wishes to be pam- It is ironic and quite serendipitous to pered poolside, not just any pool will do imagine the bark of the Irish border collie though, an infinity pool that skirts the blending with the howl of the Missouri Caribbean is most preferable. My old- beagle, while our future destinies en- est son just wants to hang out with his twined. This alignment of fate occurred friends, presumably in Florida, far away in worlds, so geographically distant, from any adult supervision. I must tell across seas and prairies, just waiting for 10 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com JULY 2015

exposed a web of intrigue within the Blood Runs Green: organization. Although considered the The Murder That number one suspect by many, Sullivan Transfixed Gilded Age managed to escape prosecution. Three other members of the clan took the fall Chicago for his murder and were prosecuted. By Gillian O’Brien Cronin’s case was followed exten- The University of Chicago Press sively by journalists at the time. Con- River Terrace Building ISBN 978-0-226-24895-0 2015 303pp. spiracies, foreign allegiances, spies, 19111 Detroit Rd, Ste 200 corruption, and violence all fueled the Rocky River, OH 44115 This is a well researched book that dailies and were brought out by the 440-333-8960 deals with the murder of Dr. Patrick author. John DeVoy, who worked with Henry Cronin, a prominent Irish physi- Cronin, and was the national leader of [email protected] cian in Chicago in the 1880s who was the Clan na Gael, claimed that Cronin’s also a member of the Clan na Gael. The murder “did more Clan na Gael was a national- harm to the Irish cause ist organization founded in than any other single New York in 1867 by mem- incident for many bers of the Irish Republican generations and put Brotherhood in an attempt to obstacles in the way of end the factionalism of Amer- the success that were ican Fenianism, which had not fully overcome fragmented in 1865 over the until the sacrifice of question of military tactics. Easter Week 1916 gave Cronin was a member of the Irish Race at home the Chicago Clan na Gael. and abroad a new out- Outspoken, yet respected, look and brought back Cronin became suspicious of the Soul of Ireland.” the actions of another promi- Blood Runs nent Clan na Gael member, Green is a me- Alexander Sullivan. Sullivan ticulously researched and elegantly was a lawyer who took over the reins written book by Gillian O’Brien. and ran the clan like a dictatorship. I rate it a TOP SHELF read. Cronin’s suspicion centered on Sulli- *Terrence J. Kenneally is an attorney van’s handling of the funds earmarked and owner of Terrence J. Kenneally & for the organization to help finance Associates Co. in Rocky River, Ohio. He Ireland’s efforts to gain independence represents insurance companies and from Britain. There was no ‘love lost’ insured’s in insurance defense cases between the two men and their respec- through the state of Ohio. Mr. Ken- tive factions within the organization. neally has a Masters Degree in Irish In 1889, Cronin’s naked, beaten body Studies from John Carroll University was found in a sewer. A world-wide and teaches Irish Literature and History media circus followed the investigation at Holy Name High School. He may and subsequent trial, as Cronin’s death be reached at [email protected]. JULY 2015 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 11

herself, marked how she her nose in it and threw it in in the political struggles of lived her entire life. As a the fire. The Queen told her Ireland at the time, but was teenager, she made what ap- that it was meant as a gift and more concerned with providing pears to have been a po- for herself and her children. litical match with a local She was determined to keep bigwig, Donal O’Flaherty. some level of property and The O’Flaherty’s were a influence. She was able to prominent Connemara outmaneuver the English Walking in our neighborhood, nist, independent, pirate, and clan, notorious as rough governors that were sent to it is hard to miss the sounds single mother, to name a few. and ready people. This rule over Connaught. Grace of children playing: stepping Grace O’Malley was born in fellow had a particularly had her share of hardships on hapless insects and loudly Ireland in 1530, on or around tough reputation, known too: she was imprisoned for imagining all sorts of heroes to Clare Island. She was born to mainly for his bad temper. a time and lost one of her emulate. Little girls can often a wealthy family who exacted He and Grace had three sons to battle. Legend has be left to think that their lot their living from the sea, both children: Owen, Mur- that she died at the age of 73 in life is to assume the role in sailing and trade and also, rough and Margaret. Donal in the castle that she shared of the witless princess. They possibly, piracy. Grace was an was eventually killed; his with Burke. That is certainly could not know about one of early tomboy who wanted to disposition led him into an old age for that time. the most feared and fearless sail with her father. When he the last quarrel of his life Her legacy is all over the buccaneers in history; Grace refused her due to a fear that with a member of another West of Ireland. There is a mu- O’Malley, who was the legend- her long hair would get caught local family, the Joyce’s. seum in Westport, complete ary Pirate Queen of Ireland. She in ship riggings, she quickly This was the making of with a statue. There are songs has become one of those iconic cut it all off. This readiness to Grace; being alone pushed and stories. It was the Saw objects that reflect what the buck the female stereotypes her to assert her strength Doctors song, “Clare Island”, admirer wants to see: femi- combined with knowledge of and independence. Where which first introduced me to Donal was the “Cock of the legend of Grace O’Malley. the Castle”, Grace became “the reprimanded her for her rude Clare Island is a little island off Hen”. The Joyce clan believed behavior. Grace replied that in of the coast of Co. Mayo, where that, widowed and alone, she Ireland, their standards would Grace had a castle.There is not would give up the lands that not allow them to keep a soiled much there now, a two pubs, and she and her husband shared. cloth in their pockets. The rest a few houses. But hundreds of Irish custom at that time did of the court was utterly shocked, years ago, it had strategic value allow a woman to keep mu- and expected the Queen to as an outlet to the seafaring ven- tual property as a widow, but execute her for insulting the tures. However, it still maintains the lands were not small and Queen. However, the Queen the elusive glamor of Grace. would have to be defended. was so fond of O’Malley that Plenty of people are drawn there The Joyce clan underestimated she actually started laughing just to see it or visit one of the two Grace and was sadly mistaken (Staley). “Although in Ireland pubs on the island. There was a in that. She was both feared and she was believed to have Pirate Queen Music festival on respected and she earned it, she been battling with someone the island for a few summers, was as robust and ruthless as or other for years, when she attracting several days’ worth any of her male contemporaries. was questioned by Elizabeth, of music and camping. So on One of the really intriguing she replied that she was oc- one of these Summer days when aspects of Grace’s life was her cupied with “maintenance you are imagining pirates sailing infamous meeting with Queen by land and by sea”, a quote over the seas, think not only of Elizabeth I. Elizabeth has a very close to the O’Malley the English Captain Morgan or reputation of not being kind to motto of powerful on land Edward Teach, but think of the the Irish. Somehow, Grace met and sea. In this story, Grace is brave and daring Grace O’Malley. with the Queen and was able to seen displaying the pluck and persuade Elizabeth to pardon lack of pretense that the Irish References: her and give her protection to have used to charm so many. Grace O’Malley site: https:// live her life on her own land. The legend and reputation sites.google.com/a/uconn.edu/ What is more, she seemed to of Grace O’Malley have only sfm13002/home receive the protection of the grown. She seems so modern; Artist rendering from Queen. The Queen commanded strong and a bit edgy, that it -http://www.ancient-origins.net/ one of her own lords to oversee makes her irresistible. She liked sites/default/files/grace-o-mal- the safety of Grace. A funny to swear, gamble and was fond ley-pirate-queen-ireland-depiction. anecdote from that meeting of men. She demanded that she jpg follows, “According to legend, be treated like an equal among Malachy McCourt’s History of the Queen and O’Malley spoke both men and leaders, and she Ireland, Malachy McCourt, MFJ to each other in Latin and enforced her requests with Books, 2004. related to one another. In fact, battle and reproaches if she Staley, J. (2007). Grace some stories say that O’Malley was crossed. She did remarry, O’malley-notable women sneezed, and was offered an a man named Richard Burke, ancestors. Retrieved 11/01, 2014, expensive handkerchief as a with whom she had another from http://www.rootsweb.an- polite gesture, but rudely blew son, Tibbot. She was involved cestry.com/~nwa/grace.html 12 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com JULY 2015

that he never knew he had. And the The Sign You Have craziest thing? He looks exactly like Been Waiting For his genetic grandfather! Exactly! Through online census, mar- This is it! This is the sign you’ve been riage, birth and death records, I un- waiting for. Now is the time to start covered the stories of my ancestors learning where you come from! When that I never knew. Like that my 5x I was a child, my mother told us we great grandfather was an inden- were a mix of Swedish, Irish, Scotch and tured servant who immigrated to Norwegian. With a smidgen of German the colonies from Lorraine, France. (I The Official Sign Company of thrown in. Last year, I learned through had no idea I was partly French!) DNA analysis that my ancestors really I also learned my great grandfather, came from a wide-range of places. who emigrated to the U.S. from Swe- Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival Yes, we were 51% Irish and 26% Great Brit- [email protected] ish. But to my shock, we were TEL 440.238.0135 8% Finnish/ Northwest Rus- CELL 440.336.6119 sian, 5% West- ern European, FAX 440.238.0208 and only 5% Scandinavian. 15290 Pearl Rd. I was also shocked to Strongsville, OH 44136 learn the remaining 5% of my DNA is a mix of Eastern European, Ital- ian/Greek, Eu- ropean Jewish, and Western Asian with a drop of Middle East thrown in! Who knew? So, what are Notice a similarity? Turns out the man on the left is you? I mean, Katherine’s husband’s genetic grandfather; her husband where are is on the right. The family had no idea until they had your ancestors their ancestral DNA done this year. really from? And what are their stories? den, left behind a twin brother… whose Having your DNA done is simple. ancestors still live in Sweden to this You can buy a kit from Ancestry.com day! Someday I hope to meet them. or National Geographic for less than Another wacky tidbit I learned on $100. You either swab inside of your my ancestral quest? The Irish ances- cheek, or spit in a tiny vial, then tors on my mother’s side are from pop it in the mail and a few weeks the same tiny Irish town where the later you’ll get a link to your DNA co-publisher of this fine newspa- profile.Then the fun really begins. per, The Ohio Irish American News, Once you have that information, you descends; Athlone. In fact, his dad can compare it to the stories you’ve knows my ancestors’ Irish family been told by family: “Grandpa and well. What are the odds of that? Ha! Grandma were both born in Italy. So U.S. history has become much more why am I 40% Polish?” my husband important to me, now that I’ve learned asked me when he got his DNA results. my ancestors fought in so many of We decided to ask his grand- its wars. In the last year of research, I mother. And, well, let’s just say learned there are civil war soldiers in she came clean after more than 50 my family tree… both Yankees and years. Turns out his grandfather… Confederates. There were ancestors wasn’t really his grandfather. who fought in WW1, WW2, the Revo- But now we know who his genetic lutionary War, the French Indian War grandfather really is. And we’ve con- nected to his half-aunt and half-cousins Continued on page 30 Festival Focus!

Pipe & Drum. recognized (and newly expanded) Vampires, The Fighting 69th, Brian Live plays, Song & Story Temple Bar & Museum Entertain- Boru, Visiting Howth, The Irish 33rd Annual Cleveland each day in our own Abbey Theatre, ment District, with craft beers, & Cancer, Exploring the Burren, Irish Cultural Festival featuring works by Irish playwrights sessions, sing-alongs, Beer Gar- Irish Folklore & Ghosts, Biking July 24 - 26 and presented by The Cleveland Irish den, Whiskey Tastings, workshops, Ireland, Bodies in the Bog & More. Players, Jack Kilroy and Irish language and our famous And Profiles on such Irish Featuring: Ronan Tynan, High more. Learn to Irish Step Irish storefronts. luminaries as: The High Kings, Kings, Frances Black, Cherish the Dance, play the whistle Explore over 200 Dervish, Solas, Frances Black, Ladies, The StepCrew, Seven Nations, or simply sing an auld exhibits cover- Goitse, Slide, Christy Moore, Derek Runa, Carbon Leaf, Ashley Davis, En- Irish song. Mad sessions, ing the land, Warfield, Donal Clancy, Mary nis, Rory Makem, Patrick O’Sullivan, Harpist/historian Den- events, people Bergin, Clannad, Full Set, We Banjo James Kilbane, Brigid’s Cross, Dennis nis Doyle, Fiddle maker and places of 3, Liz Carroll, Eleanor McEvoy, Doyle, Dermot Henry, The Kilroys, Studio Strings, Bodhran our Emerald Finbar Furey and much more. New Barleycorn, Guaranteed Irish, & Bagpipe Maker Michael Isle, including: Cuyahoga County Fair- Marys Lane, Leneghan Academy of Vignoles and Dogs Native Remembering grounds. 440.331.4233 www. Irish Dance, Tesse Burke School of to Ireland too. Patrick Kavana- clevelandirish.org www. Dance, Campbell Brady School of Plus: Tir Na nOg Chil- ugh, Holy Places facebook.com/clevelandirish Dance, 87th Pipe & Drum, West Side dren’s area; Food Court; of St. Patrick, Twitter: @clevelandirish Irish American Club Pipe & Drum, More than fifty Irish gift The Bard of Cleveland Firefighter’s Memorial and import vendors; Internationally Armagh, Seamus Heaney, Irish Continued on next page Festival Focus!

Continued from Other Weekend previous page Highlights include: Ama- per Band, Red Hand Paddy, teur Highland Games, Kids 16th Annual RichPatrick, Nagaels, Hooley 14th Annual Highland Games, Sheep Muskegon Irish w Liz Shovlin, Corned Beef Herding, Dub Crawl and Music Festival and Curry, Mike Gallagher, Dayton Burke Conroy School of Celtic Fest September 17 - Irish Dance, Pittsburgh Ceili 20 Club, Pittsburgh Irish Reelers, July 24 - 26 Featuring: Slide, High Bell School of Irish Dance, Kings, Sharon Shannon, Shovlin Academy of Irish Featuring: Gaelic Runa, We Banjo 3, Tupelo, Dance, Terry Griffith, Ballet Storm, Scythian, Seamus Kennedy, Black- Academy of Pittsburgh, Pitts- Socks in the Frying thorn, JigJam, Moxie more. burgh Police Emerald Society Pan, We Banjo 3, The Strings, Kennedy’s Kitchen, Plus: Cultural displays Pipes and Drums Band, Mac- Tri-Tones and more. Barleyjuice and much more. & interactive workshops, donald Pipe Band of Pitts- Plus: Enjoy MIMF is kicking off Tourism Ireland’s Culture burgh, Patrick Regan, The Celtic arts and lan- the festival a day earlier Café, Comedy Stage, shop- Wild Geese. PLUS: Work- guage, Celtic Marketplace, IGS Energy/Dublin Irish this year by adding a Pub ping, ethnic food, genealogy, shops and performances, cultural demonstrations, Festival 5K, Irish Dancing Preview Party on Thursday Whiskey Tasting, Beer Tast- ceili dancing, Irish dogs tent, children’s activities, food, and the Columbus Feis, Shop ing, Children’s Village, Rock special Irish Mass Sunday beverage, 5K Run/Walk on till You Drop, an Traditional Climbing Walls, inflatables, at 10 am, Irish conversation, Saturday, Whiskey Tasting, Irish Wake, Irish Sports dem- Irish Marketplace, Art in Irish musical instrument Bike ride, Irish Ceili Dance onstrations, Whiskey Tasting, the park, Catholic Mass 9:30 demos, Irish Extreme Zone, Saturday, a traditional Gaelic Dublin Wine Cellar, Sun- a.m. Sunday, Art in the Park, Hedge School, Curragh Rac- Mass and Celtic breakfast day Mass, Contests, dancing, The Snug, Boulevard beer ing, Blarney Bingo, Irish Bri- on Sunday and lots more Celtic Canines, Brian Boru’s tastings and Jameson Irish gade (Civil War re-enactors), FREE family-friendly fun! Ireland, and of course, a great Whiskey tasting. and more. Celebrate Gaelic RiverScape MetroPark, 111 cup of Irish tea! “Like Ireland, Crown Center Square – Mass on Sunday. Visit www. E. Monument Avenue, Day- Except Smaller.” www.dub- Downtown Kansas City: pghirishfest.org for info. Fun ton Ohio and surrounding linirishfestival.org www.kcirishfest.com for the entire family. streets in downtown Dayton. night. Irish & Celtic mu- United Irish of Dayton, Inc. sic on four covered stages! St. Malachi Parish 937-372-9788 or www.day- 4th Annual Ohio Continuous live music, Plus: 24th Annual Celebrates 150 toncelticfestival.com Celtic Fest the Celtic Kitchen and Pub Pittsburgh Irish Years with August 7-9 serve authentic Irish food Festival and drink, an Irish Mar- Festival July 18 28th Annual ketplace, Highland Games, September 6 - 8 St. Malachi Parish is cel- Dublin Irish Fest children’s activities, cultural ebrating 150 years of service July 31st – center, and session tent. The in the Old Angle with a Michigan Feis, an Irish dance homecoming festival on July August 2nd competition, is held on Satur- 18, 2015. day. Sunday features a 9am Fr. Anthony J. Schuerger, Catholic Mass, followed by pastor of St. Malachi Parish: a traditional Irish breakfast. “For 150 years, St. Malachi has Located at Heritage Land- been a vital part of the com- ing in downtown Muskegon. munity. A church exists not www.michiganirish.org. only for its members but to serve the whole community. We want to share the joy of 12th Annual our anniversary celebration Featuring: The Willis Clan, Kansas City with the whole community!” Featuring more than 75 Celtic Thunder’s Emmett O’ Irish Fest Join St. Malachi’s as we bands, including: High Kings, Hanlon and Emmet Cahill, celebrate past, present and Gaelic Storm, Drwosy Lads, Ciaran Sheehan, Off Kilter, September 4 - 6 Featuring: Gaelic Storm, future in the Old Angle at Homeland, We Banjo 3, Socks American Rogues, Leahy & Makem & Spain, Screaming the Homecoming Festival on in the Frying Pan, Tannahill the Next Generation and Featuring: We Banjo 3, Orphans, High Kings, Red July 18, 2015, from 2-8 pm ET. Weavers, Skerryvore, Lu- more. Gaelic Storm, Mundy, Byrne Hot Chili Pipers, We Banjo The Festival will be held on nasa, Ladies of Longford, Plus: Dancers, food, & Kelly, Socks on the Frying 3, Willis Clan, JigJam, Den- the parish grounds and will Shamrock Club Pipe & Drum, crafts, Bagpipes, Dart Com- Pan, Daimh, Baile an Salsa, nis Doyle, Cathal Dunne, feature: Friday Night Ceili, Carbon petition, Dogs of Ireland, Carswell & Hope Eddie Dela- Alan Irvine, Bastrd Bearded 150 Years of Service and Leaf, Brigid’s Cross, Dance vendors and more. Classic hunt, Jim Cosgrove, Flash- Irishmen, Slua, Donnie Irish, History from the “Old Angle” Groups, Pipe Bands, Local Park, Eastlake, Ohio. www. point, Ceili at the Crossroads, Corned Beef & Curry, Mat- and St. Malachi’s groups and More. OhioCelticFest.com dance schools and many thew Craig & The Kerry Tip- Continued on page 31 Festival Focus! Festival Focus! JULY 2015 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 17 18 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com JULY 2015

Irish Sports Cleveland Prepare to Take St. Pat’s Vs. the Fields of Pittsburgh Celtics Glory, in the USA Gaelic Football Answers on page 30 I grew up playing Gaelic Match Report Football, as my father did before me. Ohio and the By Brian Royer, surrounding areas have a Cleveland thriving Irish sports com- St. Pat’s munity. We will show highlights each month as On Saturday, June 6, Cleve- we support the Midwest land St. Pat’s opened their Division of the GAA, of 2015 season with a rematch of which Akron, Cincinnati, last year’s Mid-West Division Columbus and Cleveland Championship against the are members. The Midwest Pittsburgh Celtics. For Bain- Division is made up of the isteoir Martin Wall, this game following eleven clubs: could not come soon enough. After an undefeated sea- Akron Celtic Guards son and a Mid-West Division Albany Rebels Championship win last year, Buffalo Fenians the club suffered a heartbreak- Cincinnati GAA* ing loss in the opening round Cleveland:* of the NACB Championship Cleveland St. Jarlaths Tournament to Tyrone Phila- Cleveland St. Pats* delphia GAC. Wall wasn’t sure Cleveland St. Pats Ladies how the club would react, but Columbus Nagh- he knew they had to retool. ton Street* “In all honesty, last year was a great disappointment for my- Detroit: self and the players,” said Wall. solid. Our scoring was much be a whole lot of fellas who ball player,” said Wall. “But he Detroit Wolfe Tones “We played well in the Mid- improved. We still have work know who Jack Walsh is, but has an uncommon toughness Detroit St. Annes West Championship season, to do, but this was good.” they will soon,” said Wall. and fitness that enabled him to Kalamazoo GAA but our weaknesses were ex- The club was led by Mid- While there was much to be in on practically every play. posed once we got to nationals.” Fielder Chris Weimar, who celebrate after the victory, the You don’t find a lot of lads like Pittsburgh:* The loss to Philadelphia led dominated the middle and game did close on a bit of a Max. We’re going to miss him.” Pittsburgh Celtics Wall and his backroom team to ensured that St. Pat’s kept the somber note. Long-time club- Next up for the lads in green Pittsburgh Banshees re-evaluate their entire lineup. ball in good hands. “Weimer man and a key component and red is a road trip to Buffalo Pittsburgh Pucas In time they came to a simple is a different sort of fellow. I of the team’s run to the title to take on the Fenians. “We cer- Rochester Erin’s Isle conclusion: Score more points. don’t care what sport you are match in 2012, Max Laverty, tainly aren’t taking them lightly. Syracuse Gaels “We had a defense that could playing, he’ll be the best man played his last match for St. They’ve played us close in the stop a freight train, but if you on the field. He’s pure athlete.” Pat’s before moving to Boston. past. I don’t expect this game to Match Results: can’t put points on the board it Center half-forward Kevin “Nobody would accuse Max be any different,” said English. won’t make a lick of difference.” Pap and the full forward line Laverty of being a stylish foot- Tom O’Donoghue To remedy the issue, Wall of team captain Colm Eng- Cup Championship and his club set about mend- lish and Conor O’Dea also ing fences and reaching out turned in a strong offensive May 30th - Cincin- to other area players who performance. “We moved nati 5-12 vs. Buffalo 1-2 had been inactive the past well out there today,” said (Photos are cour- few seasons. The results English. “It was a good start. tesy of Brian Royer) were immediately evident in Having Kevin out there, he’s Buffalo Fenians 5-12 their opening round game. a difference maker. He can vs. Cincinnati 1-2. Under perfect Saturday distribute the ball, he can score. (Photos courtesy of Aidan afternoon conditions the It gives us a lot of options.” Keenan & Seamus Conway) newly remodeled St. Pat’s The defense was anchored June 6th Cleveland wanted to score points, and by St. Pat’s stalwart center St. pats GFC 9-14 vs score points they did. With a half back Vincent Beach, who Pittsburgh Celtics 0-6 final line of 9-14 to 0-6, Wall turned in another strong per- June 13th - Cleveland couldn’t be more pleased. formance, and newcomer Jack St. Pat’s defeats the Buf- “For an opening match, it Walsh. “Anybody who’s been falo Fenians 3-15 to 0-7. couldn’t have gone better,” following Mid-West football said Wall. “Our ball control knows that Vince Beach is one Future football stars begin at Cleveland St. Pats Summer was sound. Our work rate was of the most imposing players Sundays Youth Program at the West Side Irish American Club. out there, and there may not Photo courtesy of James Taylor JULY 2015 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 19

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Above: Cincinnati GAA 2015 Team Photo. Photo by Aiden Keenen & Seamus Conway.

Right: Cincinnati Vs. Buffalo. Photo by Brian Royer.

Below: Cleveland St. Pat’s 2015 Team Photo. Photo by Thomas Paine. 20 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com JULY 2015

Las Vegas, Los Angeles, remaining stoic. All the like a badge of honor. Boston, New York, Toronto while it became apparent Yet to paint McGregor as and London. Each stop that he could not stand to some brazen brute or as was highly entertaining, be in the same room as an uncouth chancer is to with the outspoken Irish- McGregor. He grew to hate do him a disservice. For man trying with increas- his upcoming opponent. part of what makes Mc- ing success to get under He couldn’t even bear to Gregor enigmatic is that smash all UFC records. the skin of the champion. hear his voice. The more behind all the bravado and McGregor The Interest: Brazilian McGregor goaded and Aldo got rattled, the more the gamesmanship, he is Jose Aldo grew up tough jeered Aldo with an im- it encouraged McGregor to an inherently decent fella; Laughing His and in 2010 be- a sportsman living his Way to the Bank came the inaugu- dream who doesn’t see ral Featherweight interacting with fans or He’s the bearded mouth- UFC champion. So the man on the street as ster. He’s bold and he’s far has remained a chore. He is a guy who brazen. He’s brash and he’s unbeaten, conquer- happily makes time for all boastful. Yes he’s naughty ing all his main the different people he as well. Cocky? Absolutely. adversaries in the meets on a daily basis. Cheeky? Oh that too. As division. Two years If Jose Aldo was com- any Irish mammy will ago, McGregor was peting at a different tell you, he’s got a neck a nobody in the weight class, Conor would like a jockey’s bollocks. sport. His detrac- readily meet and greet And on top of this, Conor tors’ claim he has the Brazilian with respect McGregor wants you to love talked his way pre- and affection. But that is him, but he’s not an easy maturely into a title not how he has chosen to man to love. If you can’t shot, for McGregor play his hand. For Conor muster affection, McGregor can certainly talk. is also a very smart man. wants you to hate him. Or But such claims You can see his intel- at the very least dislike seem unwarranted, pressive array of industrial continue the verbal battery. ligence in the way he him. Just don’t ignore him. considering the Dubliner language and humor that The Embedded se- fights. He’s a predator, a On Saturday July 11, has dominated his last might cause a hardened ries (readily available on hunter, a stalker of his Conor McGregor will fight handful of opponents sailor to blush; he was YouTube) was entertaining prey. He has every chance longtime featherweight without breaking a sweat. incessant, like a schoolyard and the exchanges helped against Aldo. For Conor is champion Jose Aldo for the The main reason for the bully poking fun for the stoke the flames on this also a man who can keep UFC title at the MGM Grand interest in this contest has satisfaction of his audi- meeting of two warriors. his calm in the heat of in Las Vegas. It has be- come from what can be ence. The lights were on, As the programs went on, battle, only to erupt after come the most anticipated jestingly called the ‘bud- the cameras were roll- Aldo’s mental state was the battle has been won. fight in UFC history. For a ding friendship’ between ing and Conor McGregor edging closer to breaking McGregor has deliber- sport that has long has McGregor and Aldo in the enjoyed providing the point. There were times ately chosen to play the its own dedicated follow- build up to the contest. In theatrics expected of him. the exchanges became so game his way. A more ing, there is the expecta- March this year, the pair He joyed in giving his title ill tempered, they threat- cynical man might point tion that this fight will go embarked on a two week aspirations the hard sell. ened to come to blows. out that win or lose the a long way in bringing promotional tour that At first Aldo tried to be And there were times bout at the MGM grand, mixed martial arts (MMA) started in Rio de Janeiro dismissive of his chal- when you had to laugh. Conor will be laughing all to the masses. It is the and finished in Dublin, tak- lenger. Next he tried to Like when after spend- the way to the bank. For pay-per-view fight set to ing press conferences in trash talk. Then he tried ing the day trading barbs, he is smart enough to McGregor, while flying on realize it can all get taken a private jet from LA to away quicker than it has Boston, gets his pilot to begun. Smart enough to contact Aldo’s plane with get the most out of his a message that the Irish- sport; he needs to make man is coming for him. his time count so when the The Man: McGregor is television cameras come the reason this fight has a rolling; he can turn it on become so big. Yet he like a click of a switch. remains a conundrum. In doing so, McGregor He grew up on ‘sticks has brought UFC, a sport and stones may make with no history or tradition my bones but names in Ireland, to the forefront will never hurt me.’ He’s of the public consciousness. been bred in a country In America he has put the where to take yourself UFC further to the attention overly seriously is seen of your everyday sports fan. as a fault. It gives him an And with it has become a advantage against fighters hero around the world to who wear their triumphs the smartphone generation. JULY 2015 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 21

have begun their training in March. Cleveland St. Pat’s Vs. The early work has paid off as Buffalo Fenians their strength and conditioning has Match Report improved dramatically over the past few season. If they are to sur- By Brian Royer, Cleve- vive the Mid-West Championship land St. Pat’s tournament and advance on to the national championship tournament, On Saturday, June 14 St. Pat’s they’ll need to maintain a work rate travelled to Buffalo for their first that far out paces their opponents. road game of the season and The next match for St. Pat’s ground out a hard fought 3-15 to will be a home game against the 0-7 victory against a very deter- newly formed Cincinnati GAA. mined Buffalo club. Although the It’s a game that many expect play from the lads’ in green and red St. Pat’s to win, but Wall would was a bit uneven at times, when caution anybody who is look- the final whistle blew Bainisteoir ing too far down the road: Martin Wall was satisfied with the “These boys from Cincinnati results, “They fight like dogs to the didn’t just pick the game up yes- final minute. There is no quit in terday, “said Wall. “They started them. They are a very proud club.” the club with some transplants The ability to survive the rigors of who played football with the road games is a big part of build- Buffalo and Pittsburgh, and they ing success within the Mid-West have a handful of Irish born play- Division. With games in Buffalo, ers. They’ll be handy enough.” Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati, clubs must deal with hours and hours of travel before throw-in. For St. Pat’s Irish born players, the level of travel required to play in the States is something that would be unheard of back in Ireland. “We probably left about 10-12 points on the field,” said Wall. “When you have road games it takes lads a while to get dialed in. You have to work through it. Keep attacking. Keep taking your points. They’ll eventually fall.” Lead by 2013’s Young Player of the Year, full back Jake Turner, the St. Pat’s defense turned in another solid performance. “We want to put the offense in a position where they have time to work,” said Turner. “We try to keep the defense pretty simple. Be aggressive to the ball. Stay away from silly fouls. We want to work the ball up the wings and make sure we can get it in the hands of the forwards. Pretty simple.” For the past few season’s St. Pat’s

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sive annual potato crops in duced in Ireland continued to rejected another boatload of Ireland, deaths from starva- be exported from Ireland as the Indian corn already headed tion and disease began. The government refused to interfere for Ireland. Peel had imported English government under with shipments. Meanwhile only about £100,000 worth of conservative Prime Minster the Irish people were starving Indian corn from America and Robert Peel proposed a shaky and dying in large numbers. Trevelyan made no effort to and miserly relief effort to Prime Minister Peel came up replenish the limited supply. aid the Irish. He became the with his own solution to the Trevelyan’s reasoning, as he was a British civil servant who single most important British food problem. Without inform- explained in a letter, was to Trevelyan’s Corn became one of the most hated famine administrator during ing his own government, he prevent the Irish from becom- The Irish ballad Fields of men in Ireland. He was born in the years of the Great Hunger. secretly purchased two ship- ing “habitually dependent” Athenry, by Pete St. John, is Taunton, Somerset, England on Trevelyan was stubborn, self- ments of inexpensive Indian on the British government. set during the Great Hunger April 2, 1807. He was the son righteous, overly bureaucratic, corn directly from America to Despite its many shortcom- in Ireland. It tells the sad of a Church of Ireland clergy- and he did not have a favor- be sold to the Irish. But prob- ings, the Indian corn was the story of a young man pun- man. He was educated at Char- able opinion of the Irish. He lems arose as soon as the corn only food available and the ished for stealing food to feed terhouse School and the East arrived in Ireland. The corn Irish gradually grew accus- his starving family. For this India Company College. needed to be ground into tomed to the corn meal. With crime he is to be transported It was said of the young digestible corn meal and there supplies dwindling, the Irish via a prison ship to Botany Trevelyan, “... his early life weren’t enough mills avail- who had no money often broke Bay in Australia, far from his was influenced by his parents able. Mills that did process the into the food storage depots beloved family in Athenry, membership of the Clapham corn discovered the rock-hard to obtain food for their starv- County Galway. The first verse Sect – a group of sophisticated grain had to be ground twice. ing families. Many, like the of the song reads as follows: families noted for their sever- To distribute the corn meal, fictional Michael in the song By a lonely prison wall, ity of principle as much as for a business plan was devel- Fields of Athenry, were arrested, I heard a young girl calling their fervent evangelism.” oped in which the British jailed and exiled to Austra- Michael, they have In 1826, the young Trevelyan Relief Commission sold the lia for stealing what became taken you away, joined the East India Company meal at cost to local relief known as “Trevelyan’s Corn.” For you stole Trev- as a writer and was posted committees which in turn Trevelyan was returned elyan’s corn, to the Bengal Civil Service sold it to the Irish at one to India in 1858 as gover- So the young might at Delhi, India. There, by a penny per pound. But the nor of Madras. In 1859 he see the morn. combination of diligence and Irish soon ran out of money was recalled to London. He Now a prison ship lies self-discipline he achieved and most landowners failed again returned to India as waiting in the bay. rapid promotion. He served to contribute any money to Finance Minister, where he in India for 14 years, return- maintain the relief effort. served until 1865. He died in Michael, the fictional char- ing to England in 1840. On is quoted as saying, “The real The starving Irish also London on June 19, 1886. acter in the song, was being his return to England he was evil with which we have to found Indian corn to be an British mismanagement of punished for stealing “Trev- appointed as assistant secre- contend is not the physical evil unsatisfying food substitute. It the Great Hunger has been elyan’s corn.” You might tary to the British Treasury. of the famine, but the moral was difficult to cook, hard to compared to an “ethnic cleans- be wondering, just what is In 1845 he was placed in evil of the selfish, perverse digest and caused diarrhea (it ing” or “genocide” by many meant by “Trevelyan’s corn?” charge of administering famine and turbulent character of the was often known as “Peel’s historians. Charles Trevelyan’s Charles Edward Trevelyan relief In Ireland. With the people.” Trevelyan applauded Brimstone”). Most of all, it mismanagement of the mea- failure of the first and succes- the fact that starvation encour- lacked the filling bulk of the ger relief efforts contributed aged migration and supported potato. It also lacked Vitamin to the deaths of well over a the view that the famine was C (potatoes are a rich source million Irish and made him a punishment inflicted by of Vitamin C) and this resulted as infamous a character God upon the Irish for their in scurvy, a disease previ- in Ireland as Cromwell. A superstitious ways and adher- ously unknown in Ireland. portrait of Trevelyan by Irish ence to Catholicism. He was On June 29, 1846, the artist Michael Farrell hangs knighted by Queen Victoria resignation of British Prime in Ireland’s Great Hunger for his work on the famine. Minister Sir Robert Peel was Museum in Hamden, Con- A full service law firm providing Trevelyan visited Ireland announced. He found himself necticut. It bears the dedication, quality representation throughout Northeast Ohio just once during all of the in big trouble with the British “For crimes against human- famine years, venturing only business community for daring ity, never brought to justice.” as far as Dublin, far from to propose feeding the Irish *J. Michael Finn is the Ohio the suffering west of Ireland. with their own grain. Peel’s State Historian for the Ancient Patrick T. Murphy, Esq. Remoteness from the suffer- departure paved the way for Order of Hibernians and Divi- ing, he once stated, kept his Charles Trevelyan to take full sion Historian for the Patrick judgment more acute than that control of the famine relief Pearse Division in Columbus, www.dworkenlaw.com of his administrators actually policy under the new Lib- Ohio. He is also Chairman of working among the people. eral government, led by Prime the Catholic Record Society 60 South Park Place 950 Illuminating Bldg. 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laborers settled in Cleveland. of the immigrant gutter is no pub once did for those Irish They typically clustered longer with us. The pub has immigrants that lay the foun- around the east and west been adopted by American dation for the generations banks of the Cuyahoga culture and some pubs are that followed them. Maybe River’s mouth. Whiskey Is- pubs in name only. Such is this is just my rant for having land, named as such because the story of the Irish. Yet, to drink a Guinness in a plas- of a distillery, was home. it is a story of success. tic cup while bellied up to Whiskey Island was tough Today Irish pub could the bar. I thought that would The Irish Pub and defined by their con- living and the Irish pub was be a chain of franchises. It pass once I made the pilgrim- The Rapid is my choice of nection to the land and by there, brought with the Irish is a locale for Irish nachos age to Boston, a city whose transportation when heading custom; the pub was an inte- from the country to the city. and Irish egg rolls. As an Irishness is never ques- to Hopkins. I catch the 7 to gral part of that custom. The Irish settlement in Cleve- institution it functions as tioned. We went to Paddy’s University Circle to the Red Irish pub provided an indoor land mirrored Irish settle- a ritual of nostalgia for its in West Newton. I asked Line. The University Circle culture where discussion, ment In America. The major- patrons; a space that has the bartender what was the stop was just renovated and music, drink and a shared ity of the Irish immigrants the right signs, mirrors and best meal on the menu and is a beautiful stop. The Red sense of camaraderie existed. settled in urban centers and spirits made in Ireland. It she said the pizza. Instead Line allows one see the city. When the Irish immigrated followed employment. They looks and feels like what I ordered the fish and chips It is not every day I ship up to America in large numbers, could not bring their old we think a pub should be. and a pint, and I watched to Boston; it is not every day they brought with them their lives with them, but they did It does not function as the the Cavs win Game 3. I pass on Cavs Finals tickets. sense of Irishness. Once here bring their culture. The role As I began that journey, I they reproduced their culture of the Irish pub in America imagined myself reenacting in a new context within a took particular importance. Steinbeck’s “Travels with much broader milieu of In cities like New York and Charlie” in a condensed form. cultures. It did not take long Boston, publicans had a posi- I took a slight detour in order for the Irish to contribute tion of influence and con- to get a bite to eat and a pint, to the building of industry, nected the political, economic ESPN was setting up on education, politics and the and social live of the Irish East 4th and Flannery’s was Catholic Church in America. immigrant. Individuals like pulling the glass for plastic But, before they could John Morrissey in the Five cups and specials on domes- make those contributions, Points section of New York tic beer. It is Game 3 of the the Irish had to emerge as a City used that position to NBA Finals. Flannery’s will voice in American society. As take a bare knuckle-fighting be crowded. It was for the Oscar Wilde put it, “We are career and become a United NCAA Tournament when all in the gutter, but some of States Congressman. Notre Dame should have us are looking at the stars.” Cleveland has its fair share defeated Kentucky and it was That gutter for the Irish in of Irish pubs on both sides for Indians Opening Day. America had a pub. Like of town. Today, the Flats Flannery’s is an Irish pub the immigrants who would is still home to Cleveland’s that happens to be adjacent follow, the Irish started at the oldest Irish pub, the Flat Iron, to Quicken Loans Arena bottom of the economic lad- which hosts the United Irish and the Jake. I still call it der, willing to do the jobs that Society’s meetings and is a the Jake. On game days it no one wanted and willing to contemporary manifesta- might seem slightly less of do those jobs for less money. tion of the place of the pub an Irish pub. I am weak for The Irish worked in large in Irish American society. fish and chips and a pint. numbers as laborers on the My visit to Boston will The Irish pubs of today Erie Canal, using picks and include a few pubs as well. tend to seem slightly differ- shovels to earn $5 per month Mr. Dooley’s and Doyle’s are ent from the Irish pubs of the plus temporary housing, pubs in a traditional sense. past. The pub was once the board, and daily rations of However our understand- social and political center whiskey. They would volun- ing of what the traditional for the Irish immigrant in teer to work with dynamite sense is skewed to what we America. The Irish had left and on the demolition crews believe to be authentic. The an island and a culture that for slightly more money pubs of the 19th century are was more rural than urban despite greatly increas- no longer with us. The Irish and left a life that was known ing their chances of a work pub that combined with the fatality. Many of these Irish parish to bring the Irish out

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Panel discussions focused common mission to engage the Irish Network on Irish identity and heritage, Irish community. The time in USA Meets with reaching out to Irish citizens Dublin also offered an oppor- Irish Government abroad, and challenges fac- tunity to spend considerable ing new emigrants. Steve time with decision makers in Members of nine Irish Net- Lenox moderating one of the Government, to share suc- work USA chapters joined over the panels that also included cesses and to discuss our plans 200 delegates from 17 countries Nancy Wormington from for future growth. INUSA’s in Dublin for the inaugural Irish Network Kansas City. relationships with the Irish Global Irish Civic Forum. “The Global Irish Civic Forum Government and with the Irish Hosted by Minister Jimmy proved to be an awesome op- Embassy and Consulates across Deenihan and the Depart- portunity for INUSA to meet the US are stronger than ever. ment of Foreign Affairs, this and learn from others across forum was an opportunity the globe that share our com- Finally, the Forum afforded for leaders from within the mitment for engaging Irish, no fore the gavel even went down from near and far to be there.” an opportunity to invite Irish community around the matter where they are living,” to close out the Forum, it was The forum was a great oppor- counterparts from around the world to come together to Steve Lenox, President, Irish clear that the time we spent tunity for INUSA to network globe to join in continuing speak about engaging the Irish Network USA. “Based on ac- together was as meaningful for and build relationships with these conversations at the an- Diaspora, estimated to include tions Minister Deenihan and the Irish government as it was organizations from across the nual INUSA conference, taking 70 million people worldwide. his team had already taken be- for the delegates that travelled US and the globe that share a place November 5-8 in Boston.

and all of the kids.” That voice grade, I did a big report on came to present my work, I had school, our dreams for the Growing Up belonged to Gerry Quinn, the Ireland. I beat out sixty other my Grandma by my side, and future, and what we wanted to Irish: Twenty- anchor of a radio show that students for the opportunity several loaves of soda bread accomplish during the rest of would become a staple in my to write and present on the to share with my classmates. our time at Magnificat. Dur- Three Irish household for years to come. incredible nation, and I’d like 5. Often during grade school, ing the day’s celebrations, I Memories: Part 2. Around the same I was called in sick vowed to live life more fully time as my time out/ on St. Patrick’s Day in honor of my Irish heritage. One listening to the Gerry so I could either go 8. My junior year at John By: Maureen Ginley Quinn show for the downtown with my Carroll was the only year first time, my Grandma Dad for the parade St. Patrick’s Day didn’t fall As I turn twenty-three this fitted me for a coat, say- or spend the day in on a day I had class. I was Summer, the age that rock band ing it was for “a young Westlake with my so excited to celebrate that I Blink-182 says makes you un- girl in Ireland.” (It was Grandma attempt- dug through my closet and likable in the eyes of everyone, actually a Christmas ing to make a loaf pulled out every piece of green I think back on what exactly gift for me that she of soda bread all on clothing that I owned. After has made the last twenty three wanted to make sure my own. She usu- settling on just a few green years as challenging, wonder- fit, but that’s beside the ally swooped in and items, I set off for downtown ful, and exciting as they have point.) As she made saved the day when Cleveland with my roommate been. When I reminisce on sure the sleeves weren’t I tried adding way and her family. We attended these memories, there is one too long and that more sugar than the a party for her brother’s high strong constant – all of my chal- everything buttoned recipe called for. school track team, ate some lenges, successes, and happy up okay, she told me 6. When I was in soda bread (it wasn’t quite as moments have been a result of about her childhood high school, I had good as my Grandma’s), and my Irish heritage. I’ve made in County Mayo and the option of get- took in the sights of the 2013 it to 23 because of the people how she used to have ting a class ring or parade. It was a simple day, but involved in these memories a coat just like the a claddagh ring. I the getting to share a part of and the lessons I’ve learned one I was trying on. obviously went for my heritage with others was from them, so I thought I’d 3. I’ve never been the Claddagh ring, incredibly special and some- share twenty-three of these a dancer. Sure, I did as I had wanted one thing I’ll cherish for some time. reminiscences with my Ohio simple routines for for quite some time. 9. When my Grandpa passed Irish American News readers. musicals I was in I chose a ring with a away during the Spring of 1. When I was five or six, I during grade school green stone, in honor 2013, I struggled with how I was put in time out on a Sun- and high school, but of my Grandpa. would honor his memory and day morning because I decided I have never had the (Green was his fa- all of the lessons he taught me. to make the living room wall ability to be coordi- vorite color.) To this Growing up, told me stories of my art canvas for the day. As nated enough to be an day, it remains one his family, who hail from Achill, I sat on the floor, wonder- Irish dancer. I attempted the to think it was my lengthy of my favorite gifts of all time. and I remember being inspired ing why my parents would style once, but after a knee to essay on my family’s history 7. I was given my Clad- by the people in these stories even think of putting me in the face and a bloody nose, I that got me the gig, but now dagh ring on Class Ring day and how proudly they lived time out for such a ridiculous discovered it wasn’t for me, that I look back on it, it was my junior year of high school. their lives. My Grandpa was reason, I heard a voice say the and that I’d have a better probably the note my Grandma The day included a mass, a following, “and a very happy time cheering my friends sent my History teacher that brunch, and lovely conver- birthday to Thomas Ginley of on at their competitions. did the trick. I researched, I sation with my family and Continued on next page Westlake, Ohio from Tom, Sue, 4. When I was in the 6th learned, and, when the big day classmates. We talked about JULY 2015 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 25

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Growing Up this new ring as a gift from my parents was equally as Irish: Twenty- special, and looking down at it Three Irish every day is a gift on its own. Memories: 11. Filling out my 2015 Ohio Rose application was one of the Part One most interesting experiences Continued from last page I’ve had as of late. I got to think the same – a proud man that back on all of these memories loved his heritage, his life, and and look towards my future his family. After much debate, as a young Irish woman in I finally discovered a way to America. The questions helped honor both him and what he me to realize a goal of mine taught me about being Irish – I that I’d merely dreamed about gave him my Claddagh ring. before – moving to Ireland 10. I received a new Clad- to pursue a PhD. This was dagh ring the evening before something that was always my graduation from John Car- at the back of my mind, but roll. For many, this wouldn’t because of the application (and seem like a big deal, but for subsequent Ohio Rose Selec- me it was. I love everything tion events), I was able to get the Claddagh symbol stands one step closer to my dream. for; love, loyalty, and friend- I will break here. My ship are the pillars I live my journey to twenty-three is life on, so having a reminder of largely shaped by these eleven that on my person every day memories, but also by what is something I cherish. Going came after I filled out that without a Claddagh ring for a Ohio Rose application. Ev- year was strange for me, but its erything following that has absence helped me to remem- shaped me in so many differ- ber my Grandpa and every- ent ways, and I cannot wait thing he taught me. Receiving to share them with you. Katie Sienz, far right, and her Rose sisters 26 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com JULY 2015

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Traditional Irish oberlin.net/~irishsession Claddagh Irish Pub - Sundays 6:00pm- Gaelic Imports Sessiúns 9:00pm. All experience levels welcome 5633 Pearl Rd. Akron Hibernian’s Ceili Band Sessions, 585 S. Front St. Columbus, Ohio 43215 Parma, OH 44129 Akron Hibernian’s Ceili Band Sessions, Tara Hall -Traditional Irish music w 440-845-0100 Wednesdays 7:30 pm. Mark Heffernan General Guinness Band & Friends 2nd fax 440-845-0102 800-450-2725 Div 2 Hall 2000 Brown St, Akron 330- Friday 8:00 - 11:00pm. 274 E. Innis Ave. 724-2083. Beginner to intermediate Columbus, 43207 614.444.5949. 
 

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of raspberry. I’ve treasured the capital; and finally, Maynooth, a television documentary paying delights from this shop for years university town and home of St tribute to the 1916 Rebellion. and only wish I lived closer. Patrick’s College, Ireland’s main Today, the Irish Government and Happily, I’ll have something Catholic seminary. The last twen- the Indiana school are work- tasty to enjoy back home. ty-five kilometres to Dublin fly by ing together on this project. Back on the R446, I make even though I encounter heavy With special thanks to Ron- for Ballinasloe. I’ve been there afternoon traffic around Phoenix nie Daly, I’ve recently received The road from Galway to her tasty bacon and cabbage. I before, especially in October Park and down along the quays, the Government’s 1916-2016 Dublin isn’t the same anymore. wave but she doesn’t see me. when the annual horse fair bordering the River Liffey. Centenary Programme [64 Progress, road tolls and some Carefully navigating the next is held. One of the oldest in That’s it! A great old journey pages]. It boldly states: “2016 is EU money have seen to that. roundabout, I spy the Hunts- Europe, it often proves to be a indeed and a nice way to see the centre-piece of the Decade of Gone is the old, tedious two-lane man Inn beside the old Dublin wild time especially when the the countryside regardless if Centenaries and Ireland, through highway, the N6. In its place is Road. Stories abound that some King of the Fair is crowned. you are heading east or west. this Centenary Programme, is the new M6. It’s a modern four- fifty years ago, ‘the boys’ from Tempted to revisit ancient Speaking of tips, you must extending an invitation to all lane, dual-carriageway, stretch- the North would come down to Clonfert Cathedral and Clonmac- admit my predictions about the of the people on this island, to ing across our ancient land for recruit Volunteers in its carpark. noise, I resist the pull and drive recent British general election our families and people of Irish some two-hundred kilometres. Ignoring the temptation of on to Moate. In days gone by, I’d were partly spot-on. The Scottish ancestry living abroad who Intended to encourage busi- the new motorway, I follow the often stop there for a cup of tea National Party [SNP] did very share our cultural identity and ness growth and boost tourism, signposting for the village of and a scone. Steeped in history, well behind Nicola Sturgeon’s heritage, and to all of Ireland’s this modern thoroughfare has Craughwell on what was once this still thriving old market town leadership. They won fifty-six friends, to join us in an intensive reduced travel time from over the ‘old’ N6, now renamed the dates back to Norman times. seats, mostly at the expense of year of remembrance of the past, three hours to less than two, if R446. It was along this stretch Named for its defensive motte- Labour, and will prove them- of reflection on our achieve- you keep your boot down, that of road that I staged an action and-bailey bulwark, its early selves a force to reckon with in ments and of re-imagining our is. [The well-enforced speed limit scene in my first book, Con- fortification is still visible behind London. The biggest disappoint- Republic for future generations.” is 120 km/hr.] All this is for the sumed In Freedom’s Flame. the buildings on Main Street. ment, however, was the Tories I’ve talked with Barry, secre- better, I suppose. Sure, it shortens Just think, I used to peddle my Now struggling to maintain winning a twelve-seat majority, tary of the Ireland 2016 Centena- the journey, but speed isn’t the bike along here a lifetime ago. their identities, I drive through thus likely diluting some of the ry Programme. He’ll happily post end all, at least in my book... With the old road mostly to the villages of Kilbeggan, famous NSP’s newly-won influence. you a copy of the Programme, at just ask those living/working myself, I press on to Loughrea. for its whiskey and the old ford Now, maybe you’ve read about no cost. Write to him at 2016 Proj- in the little villages now cut off Pulling over in the village, I nip on the River Brosna; Tyrrellspass the 1916 tribute the University ect Information Office, 23 Kildare by the revamped highway. into an old bakery on the Main where the Irish gave it to [bat- of Notre Dame, in conjunction Street, c/o National Museum Heading out, the roads around Street. Delighted they are still tled] the English at the end of the with the Keough-Naughton of Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland. Galway are often congested... in business, I purchase a pot 1500s; Kinnegad, now a Dublin- Institute for Irish studies, is sometimes unbelievably so. Driv- of their wonderful homemade bedroom community some sixty planning. Scheduled for airing Keep well and God bless, ing past Eyre Square, I spy my marmalade and a second one kilometres away from the Irish next spring, it is to be a three-part Cathal friend Tom ‘the Publican’ Rich- ardson pulling up to the front door of his establishment on a bicycle. He’ll open up and have the kettle on in just a few min- utes. I honk, but he looks down toward the rail station not up Prospect Hill. I’m out of sight be- fore he can turn in my direction. After a quick zigzag, I turn onto Forster Street and head up College Road hill. There, just to my left, was the former home, better depicted as a penal institu- tion, of Galway’s Magdalene Sisters. Back in its day, it was once home to some unfortunate women from Ireland’s dark past. Breasting the hill and heading east, I keep a sharp lookout on the chance I’ll spot Mrs. Rich- ardson, Tom’s mother. Their house is on the right and to my surprise, the kindly woman is out chatting with some passerby on the footpath. 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St. Malachi Parish Brigid’s Cross life events, faith sharing and forma- Papa Nick’s and Tony’s Truckstop tion, and liturgical celebrations! This Festival July 18 Food Trucks work has been going on in many Continued from page 14 forms throughout their 150 years, and is continuing onward. St. Malachi Church Join us as we celebrate 150 Years, and see a new angle on the Old Angle! For more information, go to http:// www.stmalachi.org, https://www. facebook.com/StMalachiParish, or https://twitter.com/stmalachipar- ish.

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Land & Air Price: $3,334 per person, based on twin occupancy Single Room Supplement: $350 Showcasing the storied history and Air departure tax, fuel & surcharges are subject to change until entire group is confirmed and ticketed. archival materials of the parish The parish was originally founded Displays of neighborhood history in 1865 in the “Old Angle”, the inter- Tour Includes:  Exclusive transport by luxury motorcoach with a driver/ Interviews with local residents section of W. 25th and Washington guide  Visits and admission fees to: Glasnevin Museum sharing memories, knowledge and Street near St. Malachi. The parish  Meet and greet service with one group transfer upon Kilmainham Jail arrival and departure at the airport Guinness Storehouse stories has served as a presence in the Flats Trinity College (Book of Kells)  Hotel accommodation based on twin bedded rooms James Joyce Centre Mass at 4:30 pm and the Near West side, working with private bath for 7 nights Dublin Writers Museum Garden of Remembrance Games and prizes for children, to provide programs and services  Full breakfasts (8), includes breakfast on arrival at Titanic Belfast Glasnevin Museum Carrickfergus Castle Giant's Causeway sponsored by several organizations for the poor, the homeless, the ill, Old Bushmills Distillery  Dinners (5): Kilmacduagh Monastery Table d’hôte dinners (4) including Malachi Center children and families. St. Malachi’s Bunratty Folk Park Medieval banquet at Bunratty Castle Cakewalk most notable ministries include the  Hotel porterage, service charges and government  Tour of Dublin & Belfast with a local guide taxes Cornhole Competition Monday Night Meal, the Back Door  Guided walking tour of Galway  Flight bags, ticket wallets, baggage tags and Irish Soda Bread and Brown Bread Ministry, the Clothing Ministry, the identifying strap  Tour of the Aran Islands with Dun Aengus Fort contest Friendly Visitor Ministry, and the For more information Contact: Tim Vaughan

Live performances from: Samaritan Ministry. St. Malachi’s 3041 Hilltop Parma, OH 44134 Phone: (216) 210-0828 DJ Paul Farace tireless volunteers and parishioners Email: [email protected] Guitarist Kevin McCarthy work together to meet the needs of This tour is subject to CIE Tours’ booking guidelines and cancellation penalties. Refer to General Conditions on website (cietours.com) or back cover of current brochure Leneghan Academy of Irish Dance many, whether through a program CST# 2021285-20. Westside Irish American Club Pipe like those listed above, the spiritual Band offerings of stewardship and parish 33rd Annual CLEVELAND

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