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ages who share the same love for our finding your roots is inside. As I am loved ones the tools and the tips, the Editor’s Corner heritage and interest in understand- sure you know, 2016 marks the 100th peace and the love to fight back. ing it better. Join now; learn forever. Anniversary of the Easter Rising. Mike On December 4th, we will hold a fun- The winds of November certainly Finn’s column Illuminates Eoin MacNeil draiser at the West Side Irish American came early this year. The 39th anni- and Anne Waters presents one of the Club here in Cleveland to help the RISE versary of the sinking of the Edmund Forever Seven Signers of The Proclama- Foundation build another home for Fitzgerald made famous in the Gordon tion, Patrick Pearse. You will find, in the loved ones of those struggling with Lightfoot song is the best storytell- book and column, from Cleveland Irish addiction. Will you open your heart ing a song can offer. Cleveland had to Achill, with Christmas Wrappers too. and send a gift home to Ireland this so many connections; sailors lost, its The Mass of Christ, Christmas - Send Christmas? Tickets are $65, with music Port the Fitzgerald’s destination. The a gift home to Ireland this Christmas: by The Roundabouts, Brady Campbell banshee cry, links every vale, and I am delighted to serve on the board School of Dance, dinner and remarks John O’Brien, Jr. reminds me of the song as we brace of Frances Black’s Rise Foundation with Frances. Ticket or donation checks ourselves from Samhain to celebration. here in the U.S. The internationally to: Friends of RISE-Ireland, Inc, c/o The Irish Within … We sweep right into Thanksgiving known singer has fought her own battle Ohio Irish American News 14615 Tris- We’ve been learning Irish – 36 stu- kett Road, Cleveland, Oh 44111-3123. dents gather once a week for classes Let your light shine so at sponsor Pj McIntyre’s Irish Pub’s brightly that others can see basement Party Room, and once a their way out of the dark … week or so for a study group. The root Slán, John of any country is its language, ours plays out on signposts and in story, in song and sayings, we only kind of got. That’s changing. A new intro Featuring Róisín O; Róisín O re- class comes after the first of the year, leased her debut album in 2012 to great and this class moves on to 2nd level. reviews; “brilliant and addictive” **** My memory is getting the exercise (Hot Press), “A strapping debut” (The it needs, and quietly my understand- Irish Times), “represents an impressive ing of words, songs, signs and saying calling card” (The Irish Independent). surprises me when challenged. This Since then, Róisín O has launched her- class has given me glimpses and un- and blink, it’s Christmas. The mes- against addiction; saw the damage self as an international artist, with per- derstanding, teasing me to learn more, sage of a new day, gratefulness and and devastation it incurs, both in formances in the US, the UK, Germany, but the best surprise has been meet- letting others know they matter, not the addicted and in those who love France, Japan, Dubai and more, as well ing people of like mind and interest; just this season, but throughout the them. Though leaving school at a as a couple of performances in the Áras they are a fun, and funny group of all year, has always echoed for us at this young age, she returned, and got her an Uachtaráin at the personal invitation time of year. This is our final issue education in addiction counseling. of Irish President Michael D. Higgins. “Follow me where I go, what of 2014, and of our eighth year. We The most important support an Performances on national TV and I do and who I know; hope ninety-six issues illuminate and addict can be offered is from their radio both in Ireland and abroad O’Bent Enterprises includes: celebrate a vast range of topics, past families, but Frances saw there was have helped her star to continue to www.twitter.com/jobjr and present. We search and find roots no support for those families. Much rise; Watch Róisín O perform her www.facebook.com/Ohio- and better understand of the people like American Cancer Societies’ Hope hit single ‘How Long’ for Presi- IrishAmericanNews and events that made Ireland and its Lodge, RISE offers a place for the loved dent Michael D. Higgins in Áras an www.linkedin.com/in/jobjr/ http:// widespread Diaspora, what it is today. ones to catch their breath, to cope and Uachtaráin - http://youtu.be/qfxm- songsandstories.net/myblog/feed/ Katherine Boyd’s second column on to understand what to expect, to give nf5E4Y or visit RoisinO.com for more.

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and heather amid the ful with all the lovely holly your cried young Thomas Flynn. Run- candles in the humble dear Da found for Noel and me!” ning up to the collie, Thomas startled church. After she “Honor, sure it’s only the beginning! Wren and the dog backed into An- tended to the polishing Don’t Francis, Kate and meself have thony the donkey with a yelp. Quite of the simple tin chalice a great Christmas surprise for ye and old, the donkey became confused until it shone like gold, your fella Noel Jack!” teased Michael. and started to trot toward the open Margaret would bring The villagers sympathized with doors. Before anyone could grab the hot tea and steam- Honor these many years and watched lead on the donkey, Anthony knocked A Tale for Christmas ing currant buns to Father Colm as he her grow into a gracious young woman. over the candles near the entry, set- prepared the homily for morning mass. They wanted her wedding to be special ting the old wooden door aflame. “Father, sir, beg yer pardon Fa- Typically, Father Colm would not indeed as they planned to decorate “May the Holy Family help ther Sir,” stuttered Francis Fahey. be inclined to share the solemnity the rocky path to St. Patrick’s door us,” shouted Father Colm as he “Right yourself lad, take your of our Lord’s birth with a marriage with soft hay and maypoles dancing rushed toward the commotion. time, confessions don’t start for an- ceremony, but Honor was different. with white ribbon and holly. Honor “Hurry lads, run round to the well and other hour,” chuckled Father Colm. “Sure didn’t I lose my only sister and and Noel Jack could not afford a fancy bring some buckets,” Noel Jack shouted Donned in a black woolen cloak, with Honor her mother on the to the other men of the parish. a heavy ginger beard trailing over eve of Christmas? Time Luckily, the men were strong worn leather buttons, Father Colm to right the wounds with and the flames were soon was as large as Finn McCoul and hope and what better way doused, but not without dam- had a heart to match his stature. than with a yuletide wed- aging the church’s vestibule. “The village is all astir with ding,” reflected Colm. “Dearest Lord, Father, what the news, “cried Francis. Everyone in the village are we now to do?” cried “Never before has the parish was busy preparing for Widow Margaret. at Rock Strand hosted a wed- the Christmas wedding. With confidence, Father Colm ding on the eve of our Lord’s “Oh Dermot! Won’t St. announced to all present, “The birth, but sure aren’t we now!” Patrick’s just look grand Lord helps those who help them- “And me cousin Kate told me that our with the lovely holly selves. Make haste and gather cousin, your niece, Honor, wishes that I boughs ye found in the field the maypoles, when the bride assist you as server, Sir, uh Father,” “If above the town!” cried arrives with Niamh and Dermot, thas’ sound wit’ ye Father Colm?” Francis’ aunt, Niamh. we will walk the hill above St. “Young Francis, wasn’t it you who Niamh was the darlin’ of Patrick’s Church. There stands an saved your Da Owen during the storm Rock Strand and widely old mass rock hidden in the side that hit our shores on Christmas Eve known for her cooking. Come Christ- wedding tea. The villagers, helped of the mountain since the days when five years ago?” “A fine fisherman your mastide, the pleasing fragrance of by Niamh Fallon and her cookery we Catholics were denied our rightful Da is and a tribute to Rock Strand. Not spiced barm brack scented her cozy skills, organized a surprise wedding prayer. Sure, didn’t our kin steal to the sure what the village would do with- cottage. For the villagers who felt espe- feast to be held in Rock Strand’s only mass rocks to worship in peace? Seems out him,” mused Father Colm. “Sure, cially downtrodden during the holi- public house, The Downy Hen. a sensible place to hold a wedding as I’ll ne’er forget the tale the village days, Niamh always included an extra “Michael, Francis, hurry ye two the day is cold, but the wind soft!” ladies told of ye and Michael Fallon handful of dried currants in their cakes. with those beasts,” Kate Fallon urged. “Father Colm, seems fitting that and your brush with the Divine.” One night during the autumn harvest, Christmas Eve had arrived and it was Me and Honor will marry be- It would be many a year before a small fire from Old Man Willie’s one short hour until the villagers were neath the free sky and in a holy Francis and his cousin Michael would hearth had burned the thatch clear to gather in celebration of Honor and place,” agreed Noel Jack. stop shivering with the memory of off the top of his cottage. Kate sat Old Noel’s wedding in St. Patrick’s Church. Accompanied by Niamh and Dermot, the treacherous gale that rose up on Willie by her hearth and fed him warm As a surprise for the bride and groom, Honor finally arrived. With a single Christmas Eve when Francis’ only parsnip soup with wheaten scones. Kate, Michael, and Francis staged a live bough of holly tucked into her long sibling, Stephen, came into this world With a tear in his pale blue eyes Wil- nativity scene in front of the church. plaited hair, Honor peeked at the scene with a wail as loud as thunder. lie lamented, “Och, Niamh, don’t ye Michael and Francis both thought no through her ivory veil, smiled, and “Young Francis, I would be remind me of my own love Maureen. celebration was complete without offered Noel Jack her gloved hand. honored to have a man of grace Always was bustlin’ round the kitchen an animal or two. Rather than an ox, Francis, holding a surviv- like yerself assist me on that most like yerself mind. I do miss her so!” Michael brought his prized donkey ing candle, led Father Colm and holy and special of days!” Smiling, Niamh replied, “Sure Anthony, while Francis brought his pet the procession up the steep hill “Ah Father, sure won’t it be Willie, doesn’t happiness find its mourning dove in a cage made of sea of St. Patrick to the mass rock. great to help ye bestow blessings way through a full stomach!” rushes, and his dog Wren instead of a After the final blessing, Michael, now on Honor O ’Shea and her beau Niamh and her husband Dermot were lamb. As the day was too cold for a live holding Anthony by the lead, walked Noel Jack on Christmas Eve!” called upon to care for Honor O’Shea baby, Kate was to nestle a wee sack of over to the couple. “Sure, Honor, didn’t With a thoughtful tug of his beard, when her mother and Father perished potatoes in the Baby Jesus’ crèche. The I tell ye we had a great surprise!” Father Colm wished Francis Godspeed during the same Christmas storm that cousins were delighted with their ef- As if on cue, the bells of St. Pat- and sent him home to his Mam, Eileen. nearly claimed the life of Owen Fa- forts until the unthinkable happened. rick rang with tidings of hope Beloved by the young and the old of the hey. Between themselves and Honor’s After she had lit the candles lining the as the villagers wished one an- village, Father Colm found much peace uncle, Father Colm, Honor was looked aisle to the altar, Widow Margaret had other and the happy couple bless- in his parish of St. Patrick’s Rock Strand. after with compassion until she met her left the church door open to welcome ings filled with Christmas joy. At dawn each day, the widow own true love Noel Jack. It is said that the groom Noel Jack and his family. *Susan holds a Master’s degree in Eng- Margaret would leave the warmth of time heals and truly it did for Honor The first of the congregation began to lish from John Carroll University and her bed and sweep the wooden floor as she prepared for her wedding day. arrive as well, and the children were a Master’s degree in Education from boards with fresh rushes from her field, “My Heavens Kate and Michael all delighted with the nativity scene. Baldwin-Wallace University. She may scattering fragrant dried chamomile Fallon, won’t the church be beauti- “Mammy, isn’t the dog a wee dote,” be contacted at [email protected]. 6 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com DECEMBER 2014

John Bruton believes that Home Rule is reported as saying: “I have just would eventually have been achieved done one of the hardest tasks I have without bloodshed. This conveniently ever had to do. I have had to con- ignores the exhortations at the time, demn to death one of the finest char- for Irishmen to join the British army acters I have ever come across. There to secure Home Rule, and the thou- must be something very wrong in sands of Irishmen who perished as a the state of things that makes a man result. John Redmond, leader of the like that a rebel. I don’t wonder that Irish Parliamentary Party in 1916 and a his pupils adored him.” (Ref 6). able middle class home. He studied major advocate for Home Rule, urged An enduring legacy of Patrick Pearse Patrick Henry Pearse law and was called to the bar but his young Irish men to join the British army is the pride he attempted to instill in preference was education. He opened in his speech in Woodenbridge in Co. the Irish nation and the value he placed There are few who can name all a school for boys which eventually Wicklow when he proclaimed: “a denial on its language and culture. Pearse seven signatories to the Irish Proclama- moving to St Enda’s Park in Dublin. In of the lessons of her history if young believed self -determination was a tion, but the one name easily recalled this school many volunteers were both Ireland confined their efforts to remain- requisite for Irish-ness to prosper. He is Patrick Pearse. He was the figure- nurtured and trained. His vision of ing at home to defend the shores of hoped his oratory would be inspira- head whose oratory so inspired; it Ireland was bound up in Irish language, Ireland from an unlikely invasion, and tional and resurrect a nation that had proved a catalyst for the Rising. It was music and culture and this was ad- suffered centuries of oppression. Pearse who read the Proclamation, the vocated through his editorship of the Conversely, at the time Pearse was document that first asserted Ireland’s newspaper An Claidheamh Soluis or extolling the Irish language, it was independence, from outside the General The Sword of Light. He was critical of seen as the language of the poor. Post Office on the 24th April 1916. the British education system, viewing Although by 1916 overt English op- It was not the first time that Pearse the system implemented in Ireland pression had ceased, the Irish were spoke prophetic words. It was his as a repressive tool of the British. a poverty stricken people. Many oration that rang at the graveside of ‘The English thing that is called families rejected Gaelic and encour- the old rebel O’Donovan Rossa and his education is founded on a denial aged their children to learn English. immortal words resonated through the of the nation. It has succeeded in The English language was believed centuries of Ireland’s troubled history. making slaves of us” (ref 2) to be a language of advantage that ‘They think that they have fore- He attempted to foster within St would enhance job prospects, espe- seen everything, think that they have Endas’ an education that nurtured cially as the route for many people provided against everything; but the the soul and creativity of the child was emigration. In 1916, the Rising fools, the fools, the fools! — they have claiming that, “Education has not to and consequently Pearse, did not have left us our Fenian dead, and while do with the manufacture of things popular appeal as the daily grind to Ireland holds these graves, Ireland but the growth of things.” (ref 2) survive took precedence over nation- unfree shall never be at peace’ (Ref 1) It would seem that initially Pearse hood. It would be interesting to hear Patrick Pearse grew up in a comfort- had a more mystical view of Gaelic Pearse’ views on the prevalence today Ireland, whereas James Connolly of Gael Scoils (Irish Schools) and (another signatory) understood the to shrinking from the duty of proving how they are almost the total preserve struggle and grind of poverty. Pearse on the field of battle that gallantry and of the middle classes. The popular- position may have been shifting in courage which has distinguished our ity of Gaelic games and music would line with Connolly as the following race all through its history.” ( Ref 4) make him proud but would the unend- words would seem to imply: “There The supporters of the Rising maintain ing troubles of a still divided country have been States in which the rich that Ireland would have remained part make him question his sacrifice? did not grind the poor”(ref 2). of the United Kingdom in a position not As the centenary of 1916 ap- Patrick Pearse was a complex unlike that of Scotland, and not have proaches, there are many loud voices character, inspirational yet somewhat become a fully independent Republic. wishing to deny and denigrate the solitary and aloof. Yet this mysti- This position was reiterated by another significance of the Rising. Argu- cal, thought- provoking and spiritual former and highly esteemed Taoiseach, ably by denigrating those who died man was also a soldier He has evoked Dr Garrett Fitzgerald, from the same po- for us, we devalue ourselves. Pat- much controversy, not least because litical party as John Bruton, in an inter- rick Pearse and the other Signatories of his call for a “Blood Sacrifice”. It view in his eightieth year with the Echo: gave us the tools to stand proud and was this call to shed blood for Ire- “Without 1916, you wouldn’t have become an independent nation. Gaelic Imports land, at a time when Home Rule was had independence in 1922,” (Ref 5). 5633 Pearl Rd. a strong possibility, which draws the Pearse was Commander-in-Chief Ref 1 http://www.thefuture.ie/ Parma, OH 44129 criticism of his detractors. However, of the Rising and stationed in the reference/oration-at-the-graveside-of- 440-845-0100 the call for a blood sacrifice was not Headquarters at the General Post Of- odonovan-rossa-given-by-p-h-pearse/ fax 440-845-0102 unique. Europe was engaged in a fice. After consultation with the other Ref 2 http://www.cym.ie/docu- 800-450-2725 war to free small nations and “Blood signatories and due to the extent of the ments/themurdermachine.pdf 
 

  Sacrifice” was very much the mantra bloodshed amongst his men and civil- Ref: 3 Irish Times Sept 18 2014 and part of the jingoism of the time. ians, he called for a surrender. He knew Ref 4 http://waterfordireland.tripod. Irish Sausage, Irish Bacon, Soda Bread, Criticism of Pearse pertains today as did the other signatories that they com/woodenbridge_speech.htm Black Pudding, Sausage Rolls, Pork as the comments of former Taoiseach would be executed. It is doubtless he Ref 5 //irishecho.com/2011/05/one- Bangers, Potato Scones, Imported (Irish Premier) John Bruton clearly anticipated his brother Willie and anoth- familys-rising-interview-with-garret- Groceries, Flags, Buttons, Jewelry, testifies: “if the 1916 leaders had er eight men would also face execution. fitzgerald-in-2006/manent over time Music and much more! more patience a lot of destruction Major General Blackadder, who Ref6 http://en.wikipedia.org/ www.gaelicimports.com could have been avoided” (Ref 3). chaired a number of the Court-martials wiki/Charles_Blackader DECEMBER 2014 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 7

a Top Shelf Selec- father, and didn’t at all just buried with his father. In tion. The Carni- understand him. He Ballyturan, the priest and prince val at Bray is the never thought to ask don’t want it dug up, and a battle Helen Sheehan if there was more, and of will and want force Matt to Prize-winning YA now it was too late. In either fight for the truth, or go debut book. Jes- putting it all to rest, home much as he came, alone. sie is a fantastic Matt finds a single Grant is a great storyteller, Great Gift new YA writer; I reference, to Ballyturan, bringing the town and the time look forward to reading her next book. Ireland, and he wonders. alive, with a rich and satisfying Ideas for Christmas http://www.jessieannfoley. A letter, a lie, Matt’s story. Unpredictable, eloquent com/ https://www.facebook. instincts tell him there and easily relatable to anyone of The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann com/pages/Jessie-Ann-Foley is more, and he soon Irish descent, A Letter to Bal- Foley, Elephant Rock Books, 2014. realizes the truth wasn’t lyturan is a Top Shelf Selection. I met Jessie at the Irish Books, Arts & Turas: Adventures on Ireland’s Wild Music Showcase (iBAM) 2014 in Chi- Atlantic Way by JP Lindsley, Alex- cago. She and her husband Denis, with ander Fedoryka, Danylo Fedoryka. their newborn, had the table next to Ruffles Travel Guide 2014 mine. A few short chats The brothers Fedorynko and I bought The Carni- and their brother from another val at Bray, Jessie’s first mother Joe Lindsley set off book, a Young Adult title. to Ireland to see the places of Jessie is a high school friend and fan legend they have English teacher, and has heard about all their musical the ability to turn what lives. Alex and Danylo are the she hears into young heart and soul of the Celtic adult thought processes rock force that is Scythian. that click in authentic- World music heavily influenced ity and voice. Jessie by their ethnic roots of mad ses- captures the teenage siúns, friendships and great faith, angst, the hurry to grow the boys are determined to ride up, to not miss the next thing, while a rush along the west coast, seeing as still working through just who you are. many sites, sharing as many tastes, and We often fail to give teenagers credit toasting as many ghosts and heroes as for their intelligence and insight into they can intentionally stumble into in life. That rush to the next thing can Carnival at Bray author Jessie Ann Foley the short time allotted to the trip. Full burn. Though it is not yet refined with her family at iBAM Chicago of amazing photography, rich stories of by experience, out of the mouths humor and revelation, and coincidences of babes is still observant and unfil- too meaningful to be chance, Turas, tered, if you slow down to listen. which is Irish for journey, is a laugh Maggie’s look alike cousin has com- out loud, so wish I was there too, brave mitted suicide, at least that is the hushed and touching trip to the Wild Atlan- story whispered around. Suddenly tic Way, and to the important things Maggie and her perpetually unlucky in that make the boys men I admire. love mom, with a new husband, leave A Scythian show is mad energy. But Chicago for Bray, Ireland. Her appear- if you listen to the songs, you will ance creates a stir and Maggie soon grasp that they were forged from roots, finds inconsistencies, jealousies, and a chances and a dedication to jump at mysterious boy that opens the sun. The trip along the way unexpected doors in the has to be wild fun; the concerts town, and her heart. are dance-inducing forays that Out of sorts and way escape time, and definition. out of her comfort zone, Turas is full of great pictures, independent Maggie great stories and the chance to must quickly figure things glimpse foundations of faith and out and find her place friendship that such a journey amongst new friends and reveals. It is a Top Shelf Selection. rivals, who keep switch- A Letter to Ballyturan ing places, or, by accident by Michael Grant 2014 or intent, she’ll end up over the same This is Michael Grant’s fif- cliff as her cousin. The boy reignites the teenth book. I did not have the thing most important of all to Mag- fortune to read his first fourteen, gie, to live, just as she begins to figure but I am glad I read this one. out and follow her cousin’s footsteps. A young and restless Matt McCarron Subtle writing, forks in the road, comes home from World War II just in friendships new and old and the sharp time for his father’s funeral. When it wit of a character not content to fade comes down to it, Matt barely knew his into the fog make The Carnival at Bray 8 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com DECEMBER 2014

ing not a single parochial in the history of the diocese. In the school. Then, the first Bishop In 1870 Cleveland had Beginning … of Cleveland, Bishop Louis fourteen parishes. By 1908 it Rappe, established sixteen had sixty-five parishes. That One of the first Irish Catho- parishes, each with a school. expansion corresponds to the lics in what would become From the beginning of the largest migration of Irish born Ohio was Daniel Sheehy from Diocese, the importance of the immigrants to the Diocese County Tipperary. He was a Nativist Party was enraged during the riots and, follow- parish school was critical in since the Famine. In the years surveyor of land in the Ma- with Bishop Patrick Ken- ing the bloodshed, abandoned the growth and celebration of between 1901 and 1907, over honing River Valley in the wick’s objection to the forced his arguments for religious the Catholic faith in the area. 12,300 Irish immigrants settled 1790s. That was almost thirty use of the King James Bible tolerance in the public schools. Bishop Rappe had assisted in Cleveland. They joined years before the Irish Catho- in public schools. Nativists As the Irish Catholic Church- at the First Plenary Council their brethren and filled the lics would have a parish at St. also campaigned to extend es in Philadelphia burned, the of Baltimore and his commit- pews in historical Irish par- Mary’s of the Flats. Daniel’s the naturalization period to Nativists threatened Irish ment to Catholic education ishes and also established new relative, Father Sheehy immigrants in was made clear as parish and parishes like St. Philomena in of Clogheen, would New York City. parish school were built in East Cleveland in 1902 and St. never make it to Ohio. Tyrone-born tandem throughout the Diocese. Ann’s in Cleveland Heights He was executed by the Bishop John Rappe brought to Cleveland in 1914, now combined as English authorities in Hughes warned the Ursulines, the Sisters of St. Communion of Saints. the 1760s for rebellion. the Nativist Joseph, the Immaculate Heart The Irish in Cleveland, like Father Sheehy’s head Mayor of New of Mary Sisters, the Humility their immigrant brethren, decomposed for twenty York, if one of Mary Sisters, and the Sisters fought for their right to practice years on a pike above Catholic Church of Notre Dame. All were their religion and raise their the gates of Clonmel Jail. was burned, here to teach in the parishes. families in the tradition of Father Sheehy was “New York And teach they did. My Ma their parents and their par- perhaps an extreme would be an- was a product of the parochial ent’s parents. As a result, the example of the vio- other Moscow,” school system in Cleveland. Cleveland landscape is full of lence against the Irish a reference to She attended St. Margaret quality Catholic schools, col- in Ireland, perhaps not. twenty-one years, to elect the Battle of Borodino and the Mary, Regina and Notre Dame leges and universities. Our He was an example of the only native born to all politi- Napoleonic invasion of Russia. College, then the University of community, our today, is better experience that Irish immi- cal offices and to reject foreign Bishop Hughes sent Irish vol- Notre Dame. She is the smart- due to the sacrifices of those grants carried with them. Our interference in all institutions; unteers to defend the Church. est person I know. Thank you, who came before us and laid brethren were familiar with social, religious, and political. At St. Patrick’s Cathedral, he Sisters of Notre Dame! such displays of “justice” in The tension erupted and armed the Ancient Order of Hi- As the public school Ireland. That “justice” did not Nativists attacked and burned bernians and positioned them system maintained a restrict itself to the Emerald to the ground St. Michael’s around the walls. The Ancient hostile approach to the Island. The violence against Church, St. Augustine’s Church Order of Hibernians had been Catholic faith, parochial the Irish followed immigrants and St. Charles Seminary. Irish founded in 1836 in Schuykill schools continued to across the Atlantic and reared families were attacked and County, Pennsylvania and in gain in attendance. In its ugly head in America. their homes burned down New York City at St. James 1857, ten years follow- In 1844 Philadelphia, the as well. In the end, over Church, just up the Bowery ing the formation of the Kensington Riots pitted the twenty lay dead and 100 were from St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Diocese of Cleveland, anti-Catholic movement in wounded. Dublin-born Bishop The Catholic Churches of New the Ohio Teacher’s America against Irish Catholic Kenwick had urged peace York City were not harmed. Association urged the immigrants. The American One of the results of daily use of the King this violence and exclu- James Bible. That further sion was that Bishops increased the demand like Patrick Kenwick for parochial schools. turned to education in In 1872, Bishop Rich- the parishes and not ard Gilmour assumed the the public schools. The leadership of the Cleve- First Plenary Council of land Diocese. He championed the first cornerstones at their Baltimore in 1852 for- the movement to maintain the new parish and its school- malized that approach tax-exempt status of the Catho- house. It is fitting that the in instructing each new lic school and he established members of the Ancient Order parish to construct a the first Diocesan School Board. of Hibernians across the coun- schoolhouse first, even During his tenure, 1872-1891, try venerate that history and before the construction St. Ignatius College, which award scholarships to Catholic of the Church. Hence, was to become John Carroll school students. We still are the Catholic Church University and St. Ignatius positioned around the walls. in America began High School, were established. *Francis McGarry is Presi- building the Catho- Bishop Ignatius Horstmann dent of the Irish American lic School System. succeeded Gilmour in 1892 and Club East Side and the Blue- In 1847 the Diocese served as Bishop until his death stone Division of the Ancient of Cleveland was in 1908. 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kids on the other. She remembers her Irish dancing, and her mother who did learn to adapt (perhaps had to learn Lackey & Company how to adapt) ensuring her daughter Certified Public Accountants changed into her Irish dancing costume away from the house, so her father Sean P. Lackey, CPA would not need to know that Erin had been among those chosen to dance at one of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee events 27476 Detroit Road, Ste. 104 Westlake, OH 44145 Identity What were her thoughts at the taking held at Elland Road, home of Leeds Tel (440) 871-0609 Fax (440) 808-8955 It’s the sign. It is rather large, and of that photo, seated in a small garden United football team. Erin speaks with it evokes in me a great pride and in a large city? Young Achill people pride of learning, then singing, old and Cell (216) 509-8291 a desolate sadness alike. The sign finding themselves scattered through- new Irish songs which taught her how stands guard on the roadside as you out the world in huge cities – did they to both feel and appreciates her his- www.lackeycpa.com drive onto Achill Island. It explains tory, even to this day. She speaks with how Achill is twinned with Cleve- anguish of the occasionally frighten- land, Ohio. It compels me to reflect ing existence the family endured in Marianne on my family in Cleveland, and my England in the 1970s and early 1980s, Mangan father, and then I have to think about whilst the ‘Troubles’ raged at home. virtually an entire region, transplant- Erin’s aunt used to practice her ed. Those few words on that sign English accent in their home in Leeds to lessen any possible abuse she might Flashes of tell the story of native Achill families the moment... stretching back well over one hun- encounter serving English customers at work. A corner shop at the end of Images for dred years, embarking on a farewell a lifetime. adventure with an unknown ending. the street where Erin lived featured a They had to trust in their dreams sign which earlier might have been and in their despair that their new so familiar to Annie McMenamin in life might be better. Their leav- America: No Blacks, No Dogs, No ing also meant that the island, even Irish. A man from Pakistan owned that mariannemangan.com today, is still vast and – empty; so corner shop – perpetually terrified at many people having emigrated in the thought of trouble breaking out. the remote, and not so remote, past. When I was a child, my own fam- Visiting Achill again last September, I ily emigrated for a five year period to was struck anew by its utter, spectacu- the Netherlands. Three events stand lar glory. In my admittedly biased opin- out in my memories: we lived near ion, it is the most incredibly beautiful Rotterdam and at the end of January place in the world. Not luxuriously so, miss the waves, the mountains, the 1972, my father flew his Irish tricolour it boasts instead a raw, blunt splendour; space they had left behind? How did sporting a sombre black ribbon over our a magnificence that allows you to feel they adjust to their concrete surround- front door, to mark the Bloody Sunday The Shamrock Cottage the scenery in addition to seeing it. The ings, let alone the loss of their culture? shootings in Derry. I remember feeling An Irish, Scottish & Welsh Gift Shop desolation of windswept bogs, the bare A new and dear friend of mine from hugely apprehensive, scared that they lonely mountains, that feeling of space, the West of Ireland wanted to know would want to know why at school. I GUINNESS MERCHANDISE what the land is like in Kilkenny where had no idea how to explain. 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You’re don’t have to try to prosper despite ever helpful, I explained to him that John M. Luskin, Owner walking where they walked. them. Erin was born in Leeds, Eng- we couldn’t fully understand the One soft evening I stood on the land, where her parents had emigrated English. He stated instantly and very moonlit beach in Keel, listening to several years previously. Her stories distinctly, that he had not left Cleve- gentle waves whispering back and lend flesh and blood to my imaginings land for his four children to become Ahern Ca tering forth, thinking of all who had been of how my family fared after Achill. Dutch, however much the entire family Banquets, forced to leave this island, includ- Erin speaks of her father, a man with loved Holland! We were going home. an intense love for Mayo who never A favourite memory of mine was We ddings, ing my father’s early 1880s family. I Clamba kes or recalled a timeworn black and white lost his longing for home when living one Saturday when only my father Your Special E v ent photo taken in Cleveland featuring abroad. A man who had to answer to and myself sat down to lunch. He had my great-great grandmother, An- Paddy throughout his entire time in waited, I’m sure, until I was thirteen To ny Ahe rn nie McMenamin, surrounded by her Leeds, hugely ironic, as his Christian years old. Then he asked me that 440-933-7500 daughter, granddaughter and small name, Basil, was undisputedly Eng- Saturday had I ever heard of a young Fax : 440-933-7507 children. Annie was born in Achill in lish. Erin tells how in the early 1970s girl my age, who had lived in Holland [email protected] the closing year of the Great Hunger, at school, the Irish kids sat down one during the war, named Anne Frank? ww w.Ahe rnCaterin g.com 1852. 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or we have directed him to the local Why Hunger Strives food bank or soup kitchen in the town to Make Hunger History he’s performing in. Music is a very Inspired by the stories she heard big part of the organizations identity.” of her grandparent’s struggles, Nor- On Springsteen’s charitable endeav- een Springstead rose from an ad- ors, Noreen said, “When he does charity, ministrative assistant to managing you don’t get a big press release about director of WhyHunger, an organi- it, he just does it. We’ve been fortunate zation seeking to ensure everyone enough to partner with him in a way has access to nutritious food. that has generated millions of dol- Though born and raised in America, lars to fight hunger on the frontline.” Noreen’s Irish heritage formed a Noreen thinks that solving the global large portion of her upbringing. food crisis is possible, but it will require “Four of my grandparents were a drastic change in the current system. born in Ireland in four different coun- “I think it’s realistic if we get back to ties. They met when they came over basics on food. A lot of it is address- to America. My grandparents didn’t ing what’s wrong with the global food grow up with much, and so they came system. There’s about 5 companies that to America looking control global for a better life, very agri-business, much like the im- and more or less migrant experience dictate what we’re of most people.” going to eat, and One of Noreen’s have much of us, grandmothers was particularly in named Joanna Quill, America, addicted the first cousin of to processed food.” Michael Quill, the One way of transit worker union providing nu- leader in New York; tritious food is Noreen says she was through grassroots “very motivated by community pro- his tireless work for grams, which Why the working man.” Hunger organizes Hearing her throughout the grandparent’s United States. accounts of the “I’ll give you hardships of liv- Noreen Springstead an example in ing back home Detroit, where inspired Noreen to join WhyHunger. all of these brown fields have been “We believe nutritious food is a hu- turned into growing gardens that man right, and that no person in the empowers people in the community to world should go hungry, and no person grow healthy food and create access to should be told politically or economical- healthy food. It has a holistic approach, ly that this is the box you should live in.” not like a food aid approach where a In Noreen’s experience, the federal relief agent dump commodity reasons behind famine often go type food to solve a problem, it needs beyond ecological factors. to come from within the community.” “When there are environmental disas- Noreen says certain government ters such as drought or something else initiatives could also do a lot to people can understand it,” said Noreen, curb hunger in the United States. “but there are often political reasons for “SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutri- why people are oppressed and unable tious Assistance Program, is looked at to provide food for their families.” more as a wage support program rather In their quest to combat world than a dependency program or an allot- hunger, WhyHunger has partnered ment of money to supplement a families up with many big names in music to food budget,” she explained. “Its an en- help raise awareness of global hun- titlement program so there’s guaranteed ger issues. Among these are Paul federal dollars. A mother of three living McCartney, Yoko Ono and the Len- in Chicago gets her snap allocation for non Estate and Bruce Springsteen. the month, and those federal dollars Noreen said, “Bruce Springsteen had provide local economic stimulus.” a long standing relationship with the If you or someone you know is WhyHunger. On every single tour Bruce having difficulty accessing nutri- has done in the last 25 years WhyHun- tious food, call The National Hun- ger has either been a direct beneficiary ger Hotline at 1-866-3486479. 12 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com DECEMBER 2014

Join Fitzgerald Tours Christmas 2015 Tour Schedule: Wrappers Girls Weekend Getaway to Chicago Southern Italy Walking into a bookstore on Portugal/Spain River Cruise November 1st, my vision was assaulted by a crazy cornu- With Tour Hosts Dera & Tom Fitzgerald of copia of holiday images that Fitzgerald’s Irish B&B and Tours definitely did not fit together; try areas. The Wrenboys are a is the old Wrenboys rhyme: skeletons, turkeys and nativ- makeshift group of children or The wran, the wran, the king Girls Getaway Chicago Weekend - April 23 – 26 ity scenes. Really? The idea of adults which perform tradi- of all birds, On St. Stephen’s Great location, tours of city, Magnificent Mile shopping! retailers advertising Thanks- tional music, whilst wearing day was caught in the furze. giving and simultaneously some type of disguise, expect- His body is little but his family Southern Italy Tour- May 21-31 making the national holiday ing some type of donation in is great, So rise up landlady Itinerary includes: Rome: Colosseum, Roman Forum, Vatican of gratitude a day to shop was return, on St. Stephen’s Day. and give us a trate. And if Museum and Sistine Chapel; Cantine di Marzo, Pompeii Excava- disheartening. Is it really as if The link to the wren is not your trate be of the best, Your tions, Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, Positano, a boat ride and over- no one can wait a day to buy certain. Theories range from soul in heaven can find its nights on the Isle of Capri, a tour of Anacapri, Naples sightseeing, a bigger television? Are we the idea that this ritual wren rest. And if your trate be of the St, Restituta Basilica, the National Archeological Museum, a saying that the gathering of all is linked to a druid ceremony small,l It won’t plaze the boys Pizza School lesson, Cassino and Montecassino Abbey, and more of those people at a single table or to the rumor that a wren at all. A glass of whiskey and to be grateful is not significant? betrayed St. Stephen by beat- a bottle of beer, Merry Christ- The Irish are truly baffled ing its wings on his shield and mas and a glad New Year. So Portugal/Spain land and at how our many of our revealing him to his pursuers. up with the kettle and down River Cruise- Oct 9-20 holiday celebrations have In olden times, an actual wren with the pan, And give us a Itinerary includes: Lisbon, Sintra excursion, Fatima, Wine morphed into commercial was hunted, killed and put on penny to bury the wran”. tasting at Quinta de Seixo, Douro Museum, Lamego tour, Sala- “somethings” they would some type of display by the The last two sentences of manca excursion, Flamenco show, Castelo Rodrigo tour, Palacio neither recognize nor want. travelling musicians; in a box, the rhyme would be recited at de Mateus tour, Alpendurada Monastery, Porto, and more My first Christmas in Ireland on the end of a stick, or a holly the door of the house when it was the full twelve days of branch. It used to be a matter opened. The penny or collec- Contact: Christmas celebration. There of honor to have a real wren tions were traditionally used Debra Fitzgerald was no such thing as after accompany the Wrenboys on to fund a local house party or Fitzgerald Tours Christmas sales or Christmas their holiday travels, but that dance, with a keg of porter 47 Mentor Avenue returns…..those would have has been abandoned in favor and other holiday treats, along Painesville, OH 44077 to wait until after January 6th. of, at most, an artificial bird with dancing and music. (440) 796-3529 The only people who were or some ornamental feathers. The modern Wrenboys do [email protected] going to work selling things What does remain is the link exist. They are not just boys were grocers and public house to music and donations. The or men now, girls and women Full itinerary and details at www.FitzgeraldBB.com employees. Those twelve Wrenboys were traditionally are included in the groups. days really stretch wonder- a group of young boys who The practice of going house to fully out and give people went from house to house house has been left in favor of time to visit, call at houses for playing traditional music Wrenboys appearing in pubs tea, meet out for drinks and and dressed in some type or other places where they generally, relax together. The of costume. The groups of might find a crowd, includ- Irish cannot fathom the hype musicians have ranged from ing nursing homes. Now, the that we put into a holiday the mature and or talented to collections are more often that lasts for only one day. the young and aspirational. donated to a local charity. The holidays in Ireland They dressed in old clothes Where they do travel to are steeped in old tradition, and marked their faces with homes, they are greeted with starting with the celebra- shoe polish or wore masks. much enthusiasm. It is a tion of the twelve days of The mature groups were welcome tradition. A record- Christmas. A significant day dressed much the same, look- ing about this tradition is in the Christmas cycle is the ing more like hobos, wearing Liam Clancy’s recording of day after Christmas, Decem- old clothes often dirty, with the “Wren Song”,1955, consid- ber 26th. This day is known their identities concealed, and ered a classic of the Wrens. in Ireland as St. Stephen’s often including feathers in their In the spirit of welcome Day. It is the day that the na- dress. In the southern part of traditions, enjoy your holidays, tion’s pubs are packed with Ireland, around Dingle, the cos- celebrations and families. I people. If you go out but one tumes include the straw man wish for us all that we can en- day a year, this one is it. Mummer outfits. Ceili music joy time with those around us! Another tradition linked was played; the traveling musi- Nollaig shona duit!!! with St. Stephen’s Day is that cians would include a fiddle, Sources: Photo-leg- of the Wrenboys. While the flute, melodeon, bodhran and acyirishmusic.com Wrenboys are not as wide- at least one singer. The Wren- http://www.slighoheritage. spread as once they were, it is boys would travel house to com/archwrenboys.htm something that you might see, house, knocking on doors and http://en.wikipedia. with a bit of luck, in the coun- looking for an audience. This org/wiki/Wren_Day DECEMBER 2014 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 13

Gore-Booth family. Things to Do and See in County Sligo 4 Get a photo of the ___ by Linda Fulton Burke Cross, one of the best in West Ireland, at Drumcliff Church. Answers on Page 17 5 Walk the sand ___ of Culleen- amore Middens at in Ballysadare. 6 View the galleries or at- tend a performance at The Model, home of The Ni- land Collection, one of Ireland’s leading ______arts centres. 12 Explore the Sligo _____, a 16th century ruin in Sligo Town. 13 Dooney Rock Forest ___ is a magnificient, tranquil Solution on page 17 site with well marked trails, shade and great views. 14 Drive around ____ Gill for some outstanding scenery. 17 Drive along the Mullgh- more ____ to see stunning scenery, wild white hors- es, giant waves, great walks, nice beach and a castle on the hill. 19 Take the boat to the Isle of ______in Lough Gill. 20 Do some research on your family history at the County Sligo Heritage and ______Society 21 Take the forest walk on the plateau atop Ben ____ overlooking Yeats’ Country. 23 Take in a performance at Hawks Well _____ in Sligo Town. 24 Take a walk or enjoy a ____ in Slish Wood near Lough Gill. 26 Bring your boat Take the ____ to Inishmurray Island and check out the old monastic ruins ACROSS poet in Drumcliff. the dogs, feed the ducks 27 Take a walk on the beach 2 Take some rifle or ar- 11 Take a walk or drive out to Strand- and check out Hazelwood at Dunmoran _____ and chery lessons at Lough Bo hill’s Coney ____when the tide is out. House, a Palladian mansion. even go for a swim in the summer. Shooting Center in Drumnacool. 15 Tobernalt ___ Well, on the 29 Rosses ____ is a great place 5 Try some fishing or scuba shores of Lough Gill, is a for a family beach day ____ at Offshore Waters- beautiful place to reflect, pray or picnic or just a walk. ports in Mullaghmore. and enjoy an hour or two. 30 Visit Carrowkeel in Castle- 7 Shoot a round at the beauti- 16 Try some ______riding on baldwin the old ancient ful Enniscrone Golf ___. the beach at Island View dolmens and stone ____ 8 Eagles ____ gives an hour-long Riding Stables in Moneygold Grange. 31 Spend some time in En- interactive flying demonstration 18 Bring your tent and spend a few niscrone Village, a _____ with eagles, hawks, falcons, and days ____ and surfing at Easkey. village orientated to fami- owls in Ballylmote 22 Climb Sligo’s Knocknar- lies and surfers. 9 Drive Ballintrillick’s ea _____ for some stunning DOWN Gleniff Horseshoe, a horseshoe views. 1 Picnic at Glencar Lake shaped ___ formed on 3 25 Attend ____ at the Cathe- and take a walk to the sides by dramatic hills and dral of the Immaculate beautiful Glencar _____. check out the “magic hill.” Conception in Sligo Town. 3 Tour Drumcliff’s Lissadell 10 Visit ____’ grave and me- 28 Hazelwood ____ is a great ____, a restored mansion, morial to Ireland’s greatest spot to walk, jog,walk once the home for the 14 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com DECEMBER 2014

he couldn’t receive any money, so Senator Glenn had presented him with Living With the clubs as a thank you. Lardie Joe Cahill and I, along by Richard Lardie with my son’s father in law, Tom McGinty, were fascinated; his stories were Achill, Home our left. Lavelle’s had a huge captivating. He described parking lot and as we pulled in great detail how he had been of the Blarney in we saw a fellow on a ladder awarded the golf clubs by Sena- repairing something under the tor Glenn. My son, Joe Lardie, Our first and only trip to eaves of the pub. Joe got out and looked over, gave me a wink, Achill Island was in the summer yelled to him: “Do you know and whispered “listen carefully”. of 1997. We went to Ireland with where we could play some Another round of drinks and a large group (28) of intercon- golf?” He climbed down from the stories continued. He said nected extended families. The the ladder and approached us he had originally immigrated to weather for the three days saying we could go right into the States in the late 60s and had we were on Achill was great. Keel and play. “No, we can’t gotten drafted. “Really?” we Sunny and 65-70 degrees, I was seem to get any clubs there.” chimed in. “Yes,” says he, when told this was not the norm. Joe replied. To this, the gentle- I got to Viet Nam, I was so good We had decided that our trip man blustered some colorful at killing the enemy they were to Achill could only be complete words and told us to go back. afraid I would end the war too if we got in a round of golf. My “If Christy (I believe that fast so they sent me home.” wife Kay, my friend Joe Cahill was the name) didn’t rent He said this with as much and I went to the golf course you some clubs you tell him seriousness as when he told us in Keel to rent some clubs and I will kick his butt (or words about the golf clubs. A quizzical get in a quick nine. The club- similar but way more color- look from Tom and Joe, and then house was a small shed that ful).” We all had a laugh at that. another sip at our drinks. I men- was locked up. There was a He then said if clubs were tioned that there was a group note on the door telling us to the only thing preventing us of Achill guys coming to golf in put five punts in an envelope from golfing he could solve Cleveland that September and and have a good time. The that problem. He popped open was wondering if he was com- problem was we did not have the trunk of a car and dug ing with them. “Ah no”, says clubs. There was no one around out two decent sets of clubs. he. “When I was working with to rent clubs from so we thought “Here you go, bring them back John Glenn I also received some we would just drive off the when you’re done,” says he. Astronaut training. The Russians island and play elsewhere. “You don’t even know have asked me to help with As we were driving east we our name and you are giv- their space program so I have saw a large establishment on ing us your clubs?” to go to Moscow that week.” “Not to worry,” he says. “Peo- We had been had. He kept Irish or Any Stew Cook Off ple don’t steal things on Achill, telling taller tales till we got The Sean MacBride Division AOH Trumbull County, Ohio teamed up with Trum- off with ya.” We were amazed on to him. We all had a good bull Mobile Meals to sponsor the 1st Annual Half Way to St. Patrick’s Day Party and by him. This was only the laugh at how gullible we were. Irish/Any Stew Cook Off. With live music by the Lords of Leisure Band, food, re- beginning of him amazing us. Our group split up and went freshments, gift basket raffles and the Burke School of Irish Dance, sixteen contes- As it turns out, we were going our separate ways for the next tants in the Stew Cook Off competed for over $600 in cash and prizes. Proceeds ben- there for dinner that evening. few days. When we next caught efited the Sean MacBride Division Scholarship fund and Trumbull Mobile Meals. We went in with our large group up with Tom and Mary Mc- and after getting our drinks we Ginty, we were at Durty Nel- located the gentleman who had lies the night before our flight given us the clubs and returned back. Tom said he had one more them. We invited him to share encounter with McCaferkey. a drink with us and he told us Tom, Mary and their family his tale. (Or should I say tales). were walking thru Galway City If memory serves me, his when they heard someone yell- name was Tom McCaferkey ing “Vote for George Voinovich, or something along those Vote for George Voinovich.” Tom lines. He informed us that one turned and there was our man of the sets of clubs we bor- from Achill on the steps of a rowed had been given to him building yelling to Tom that he by Senator John Glenn of Ohio. had just been appointed George We were quite impressed. Voinovich’s campaign manager. It seems he had traveled to Pictured left to right are: Sean MacBride Division AOH’s Rick Ritchie, Trumbull Mobile The Blarney Stone may be in Cleveland in the early 80s and Meals’ Sandy Mathews & Barb Petiya, Susan Lombardi, 3rd Place Winner Mandie County Cork but the keeper of worked on his campaign. Since Schall, 2nd Place and People’s Choice Winner Joe Sylvester the Blarney resides on Achill he didn’t have a work permit, & 1st Place Winner Martin McQuaide. Island at Ted Lavelle’s Pub. DECEMBER 2014 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 15

ber, when I first took former opinion in a recent issue of concrete information on what Irish leader John Bruton to the Irish Times [18 October]. the plans are and we have task for some of his critical Writing under the headline been stonewalled.” Ferriter 1916 comments, I stated that “Mystery of €4 million Budget concluded his observation by Ireland fought a “twenty- allocation to 1916 commemora- stating: “Either those plans do month” War for Independence tions,” Ferriter wrote: “Aside not exist, or they are an even [1919-1921]. Shame on me. It from funds previously commit- bigger secret than were the Ah, Big Ian, sure you spent tumult and loathing, I still find wasn’t a “twenty-month” war ted to capital projects, includ- plans for the Rising itself.” the lion share of our life a it difficult to believe the new but a “thirty-month” conflict. ing a GPO interpretive centre, It’s time for you to put pen to roaring bigot, spewing your you was for real, but that’s my For the life of me, I don’t know €4 million was allocated in this paper or email Taoiseach Enda hateful, anti-Catholic vitriol problem. With your death, at how I made that mistake... week’s budget for 1916 com- Kenny. Time is growing short. wherever you went. Vowing 88 years, on 12 September in must be creeping old age. memorations, but what such Now, with Samhain threaten- ‘No Surrender,’ you poisoned Belfast, your legacy, for good Again referencing John Bru- commemorations will involve ing to ensnare me in its winter Ireland, nay even the world, or ill, will live on. For my ton, a man who has a habit of remains a mystery. In Dublin blanket of cold, I bid you all with your own brand of venom, part, I can only add, please getting up republican noses, a last weekend, 250 relatives a most Happy Christmas. My promoting sectarianism and God, may you rest in peace. loyal reader wrote, reminding of 1916 combatants gathered the good Lord keep a bright widening the political/social Last month I wrote of my me that as a former taoiseach, to complain that they had flame burning before you; may schism already dividing the disappointment regarding John Bruton commands a very received no information on He keep a guiding star shin- people of Northern Ireland. Scotland’s failed vote for in- generous annual stipend of what was being planned. They ing above you; may a smooth Whether from the podium or dependence. To quote Michael €140,000 from the Irish govern- are not the only people being path stretch onward beneath the benches of parliament, you Cummings, writing in The Irish ment. Wow, talk about biting kept in the dark: members of your feet; and may a kindly were relentless in your indict- Echo: “At stake was noth- the hand that feeds you! The the Government-appointed shepherd always have your ment of attempts to mollify the ing less than the vanity of the reader also mentioned Bru- expert advisory group on com- back...today and evermore. Up torment that characterised life British political establishment ton’s public gaffe committed memorations, myself included, ’16, no royals and Éire Abú, in the North. For over thirty and their ‘major world power’ during a radio chat show in have repeatedly asked for Cathal years, Mr. Paisley, you did your delusions.” I certainly share Cork City back in the mid- damndest to stir the pot of civil that opinion buoyed by all the 1990s. When a reporter asked unrest while oddly enough last minute ‘panic’ clearly on Bruton about the on-going denouncing the use of violence display by PM Cameron and northern Irish peace process, from your pulpit. But the infec- his political cohorts during the he replied, “I am sick of an- tious acidity of your words final run-up to polling day. swering questions about the often spurred others to act, fan- I also mentioned that despite f**king peace process.” He later ning the flames of hatred and the defeat, other countries apologised for this rudeness. distrust that frequently erupted harbouring similar inde- Another reader wrote encour- in destruction and bloodshed. pendent desires might be so aging me to continue “stirring Such was your legacy for inspired. Scotland’s failure the pot” over the Irish govern- most of my life and the lives to seek separation will likely ment’s failure to champion a of many. Then, something dampen some efforts, but the definitive 2016 commemoration happened. Life in the North Scottish concessions granted plan. Most recently, Diarmaid changed. You changed. The by England may offer a ray of Ferriter, a professor of modern political fortunes of your hope. For the moment, though, Irish history at University Col- party, the Democratic Unionist a push by Northern Irish for lege Dublin, penned a strong Party, surged to the fore. The autonomy is unlikely. With the divisiveness between national- Principle of Consent [sustain- ists and unionists, Catholics ing the will of the majority of and Protestants, North and the people of NI to remain South seemed to soften, at a part of the UK or not] is a least a bit in the late 1990s. cornerstone element of the Backroom talks led to para- Good Friday Peace Agreement. military ceasefires. Negotia- To threaten that clause of the tions between opposing parties accord would be to jeopardize finally resulted in an agree- the still fragile peace process ment. A fledging Northern Irish currently forged between government slowly emerged. nationalist and unionist In 2007-2008, you seemed to parties. Differences between make peace with your former the two communities still enemy, Sinn Féin. The result- remain volatile as reflected in ing thaw saw a kinder, gentler the difficulty they’re having man emerge. In your defence, resolving the controversial Big Ian, you said you were questions surrounding the only following the will of the flying of flags, the holding of people, your people. Maybe parades and the settling of so or maybe you experienced issues regarding NI’s past. a God-moment, who can Speaking of recent letters say, but you changed. to you, I must confess a small Now, after such a lifetime of but significant error. In Octo- 16 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com DECEMBER 2014

thing elegant and refined, paused for a moment while with artfully crafted frost- everyone took pictures of ing flowers cartwheeling up our glowing faces, then we and down five epic tiers. pressed down it was like As a wedding server cutting concrete. I quickly let during my last summer go of the knife and Michael before university, I sampled pressed into the white rock upwards of 20 different with all of his strength, My wedding cake was a tradi- cakes. After the nuptial celebrations and finally, the cake gave tional Irish Christmas cake, all three had come to an end, there were al- way. I sighed with relief. white-fondant-covered tiers of it. ways leftovers, and we servers would To this day, on Christ- When I was 18, I had a very different sneak slices in the kitchen prep room mas trips back to the idea of what my wedding cake would between dirty dish drop-offs. (Bus- home country, I bring back look and taste like. I imagined some- ing was the worst and stickiest part that delightful cake from Marksy’s (as Marks & Spencer’s is fondly called in Ireland). I then proceed of the job, but cake was our reward.) to eat every last bit of that My favorites included marble with Christmas cake during the first and rich vanilla frosting; vanilla sponge bleakest weeks of January in Chicago. cake filled with layers of fresh berries For those of you who are wondering, and topped with chocolate frosting; and we did not save the top tier for our first- chocolate-on-chocolate-on-chocolate born’s Christening. It was devoured cake (a rare but fantastic combination only a few days after the wedding. for the bravest of chocolaphile brides). I have my cake and eat it too. As you can see, Irish Christmas cake was not on the list. When my fiancée Carol’s Fruit Cake and I decided to get married in Belfast, This is a family recipe and an however, I quickly realized that my American version of fruitcake. cake expectations needed to change. ¾ cup brown sugar For one thing, wedding cakes in 1 cup butter Ireland are not all the rage like they 4 well beaten eggs are in America, where love-struck 2 tbsp. sour cream couples pay upwards of $1,000 or 6 tbsp. cold water more for the fanciest of cakes. 2 tsp. cinnamon So in an effort to make a potentially 2 tsp. nutmeg (freshly expensive and complicated process ground if possible) much simpler, I walked into the 2 ¾ cups flour local Marks & Spencer’s two days 1 tsp. baking soda before we tied the knot and retrieved 2 tbsp. whisky three round and differently sized 1 oz. orange extract Christmas cakes, which my future 1 oz. lemon extract mother-in-law had pre-ordered. ¾ cup maple syrup These round white discs would 1-2 tsp. vanilla later be organized on a silver des- ½ lb. pineapple sert tray, each wrapped at the base ¼ lb. cherries with aubergine ribbon, the very ½ lb. citron or cherries top tier adorned with an assort- 1 lb. dates ment of autumn-colored flowers. 1 lb. seeded raisins or My cake set me back 100 pounds, mixed dried fruits less than $200. I got a deal. 1 cup nuts (walnuts recommended) What I wasn’t expecting was that I‘d like it. I loved it actually, all the Cut up fruit and soak in liquid* over- dark, crumbly, dense, Christmas-fruity night; make cake as usual** and fold mess that is firmly held together with in fruit; grease fruit cake pans and line fondant (edible, of course, although with wax paper; fill pans around 2/3 sometimes, it seems like it shouldn’t full; bake in the oven at 275 F for 1 ½ - 2 be). It looked simple, but beauti- hours with a pan of water in the oven. ful. And even though it wasn’t what I’d imaged at 18, it was perfect. *Soak fruit in water, just enough The funniest moment came when it to cover fruit; cover with plas- was time to cut the cake. In my mind, tic wrap and set in refrigerator. the beautiful silver knife would slide **‘Usual’ refers to mixing the right through the cake as Michael wet ingredients together and the and I gripped the handle, hand over dry ingredients together and then hand. Just before the actual event, we slowly combining the two. DECEMBER 2014 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 17

The Strangled Impulse O’Neill has thoughts about leaving but By William King somehow is able to overcome them. The Lilliput Press 2014 ISBN: The issue of celibacy is not the only 978 1 84351 6217 189 pp. thing that the book portrays. Events in the hierarchy of the church itself The Strangled Impulse, by priest also trouble him, though they pale in and writer William King, takes its comparison with more recent events: a title from the quotation: ‘For the bishop fathers a child, another bishop strangled impulse, there is no redemp- absconds with his housekeeper, and tion.’ a quote by Patrick Kavanaugh. the widespread priestly abuse cases It is a fictional story of an Irish priest and their cover-up by the church. who was ordained in the early sev- Eventually Fr. O’Neill is able to right enties. He was young, idealistic and himself, and strive to become the man eager to shatter the image of the staid of God he always dreamed of becoming. generation of priests who had gone This book was originally published before him. Priests like in 1997, but reissued him made a concerted in 2014 by Lilliput effort to bond with their Press. I found it to be a parishioners, especially TOP SHELF read and with the youth clubs highly recommend it. where teenagers called them by their first names. **Terrence J. Kenneally Over time, the gloss is owner of Terrence began to wear off and the J. Kenneally & Associ- demands of the sacrifice ates Co. in Rocky River, of celibacy, in particu- Ohio. He specializes in lar, began to be felt. Fr. representing insured’s Brian O’Neill, the book’s and their insurance protagonist, becomes companies throughout enamored of a married the state of Ohio in teacher in the parish insurance defense litiga- school. Realizing the tion. He also has a Mas- path he is headed down, he prays ters of Irish Studies from John Carroll constantly for guidance. Eventually he University and presently teaches Irish succumbs to the impulse for sex and Studies at Holy Name High School. He has a torrid affair with the teacher. Fr. can be reached at [email protected]. Traditional Irish Sessiúns -Play along! All ages and experience welcome. 16719 Detroit Road, Lakewood, 44107 Akron Hibernian’s Ceili Band Sessions, The Harp – 1st Friday of every month, Wednesdays 7:30 pm. Mark Heffernan 9pm Div 2 Hall 2000 Brown St, Akron 330- Logan’s Irish Pub – 3rd Wednesday of 724-2083. Beginner to intermediate River Terrace Building the month, 414 S. Main St., Findlay, 7:30 Croagh Patrick’s - 2nd Tuesday of every pm 19111 Detroit Rd, Ste 200 month 8 - 10pm Oberlin’s Traditional Irish Session – Rocky River, OH 44115 Bardic Circle @The Shamrock Club 2nd Monday of the month 7 - 9 Slow of Columbus Beginner - friendly, 440-333-8960 Train Café, 55 East College St., Oberlin. intermediate level Irish session meeting [email protected] Informal all experience welcome: www. every other Thursdays 8:00 pm - 11:00 oberlin.net/~irishsession pm Claddagh Irish Pub - Sundays 6:00pm- Irish Eyes Heavenly Pub, 1st 9:00pm. All experience levels welcome Wednesday of month. 3324 Secor Rd, 585 S. Front St. Columbus, Ohio 43215 Toledo Tara Hall -Traditional Irish music w Stone Mad – 1st Sunday of the month General Guinness Band & Friends 2nd Holleran Traditional Irish Session, 7pm Friday 8:00 - 11:00pm. 274 E. Innis Ave. Plank Road – Every Thursday 7 – 10. Columbus, 43207 614.444.5949. 18 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com DECEMBER 2014

Ireland. The Covenant signing The O’Rahilly (Michael Jo- as Honorable Secretary. The was followed in January 1913 seph O’Rahilly), assistant editor IRB had successfully seeded the with the formation of the Ulster and circulation manager of the organization with its members. Volunteers, an organization Gaelic League newspaper An The manifesto of the Volun- composed of armed Union- Claidheamh Soluis (The Sword teers, approved at the No- ists specifically to oppose the of Light), encouraged Mac- vember 25 meeting, stated the implementation of the Home Neill to write an article for the organization’s objectives were Rule bill in Ireland by force. paper. The O’Rahilly suggested “to secure and maintain the University College Dublin. Bulmer Hobson, a member to MacNeill that it should be rights and liberties common to Eoin MacNeill and On July 31, 1893, Mac- of the secret Irish Republican on some wide subject rather the whole people of Ireland.” The Irish Volunteers Neill and Irish language Brotherhood (IRB), believed the than just the language. It was The manifesto further stated Part 1 scholar Douglas Hyde IRB should use the formation this suggestion which gave that their duties were to be de- Eoin MacNeill is noted for founded the Gaelic of the Ulster Volunteers as an rise to MacNeill’s article The fensive, contemplating neither many positive contributions League (in Irish, Conradh na “excuse to try to persuade the North Began, which gave the “aggression nor domination.” to Irish history, though his role Gaeilge) in Dublin. The League public to form an Irish volun- Irish Volunteers its public In the following months the has been controversial and is became the leading organiza- teer force.” The IRB could not origins. On November 1, 1913, movement spread throughout often obscured by other more tion promoting the Gaelic move to organize a volunteer MacNeill’s article suggest- the country, with thousands revolutionary figures of his Revival through the medium of force themselves. Any action by ing the formation of an Irish more joining every week. time. Because he had such an the Irish Language. Its impact an organization favoring physi- volunteer organization used to Shortly after the formation interesting career, we will look was felt on Irish literature, the- cal force against the Crown defend Ireland was published. of the Irish Volunteers, the at his life in two columns, the ater, dancing, and sport. It was would be stopped, even though Hobson then asked The British Parliament banned the first dealing with his life up to through the League O’Rahilly to sug- importation of weapons into the formation and arming of that many future gest to MacNeill Ireland. Then on April 25, 1914, the Irish Volunteers and the political leaders and that he call a the Ulster Volunteers success- second part dealing with the rebels first met, lay- conference in fully imported 24,000 rifles into balance of his life, including ing the foundation order to make Larne in County Antrim. Mac- his controversial involvement for other nationalist arrangements for Neil and the Irish Volunteers with the 1916 Easter Rising. groups. It was the first publicly starting realized that they would have MacNeill was born John major Irish organi- the new move- to follow suit. The O’Rahilly, Sir MacNeill on May 15, 1867 in zation to accept the ment. MacNeill Roger Casement and Bulmer Glenarm, County Antrim, Ire- membership of wom- was unaware of Hobson worked together to land. He was the sixth of eight en on an equal footing the IRB’s pre- coordinate a gun-running expe- children born to Archibald with male members. planning, which dition into Howth, just north of MacNeill, a baker, sailor and From 1893 to 1897 had secretly been Dublin, on July 26, 1914. Ers- merchant, and his wife Ro- MacNeill acted as conducted, but kine Childers brought nearly setta (Macauley) MacNeill. secretary to the Gaelic he was aware of 1,000 rifles, purchased from The MacNeill family attached League. MacNeill Hobson’s politi- Germany, to the harbor and considerable importance to edited the various cal leanings. He distributed them to the waiting education as evidenced by the newspapers of the was aware of Irish Volunteers, without inter- success of all of their children. League: the Gaelic the purpose as ference from the authorities. MacNeill was profoundly Journal (1894–1897), to why he was Now the Irish Volunteers, influenced by his upbringing in co-edited Fáinne an chosen to lead under the leadership of the Glens of Antrim, a Catholic Lae (1898–1899), and the organization, MacNeill, were armed. But area which still retained the became the first editor but he was also many more challenges awaited Irish language. MacNeill re- of An Claidheamh Eoin MacNeill determined not MacNeill as he attempted to ceived his early education in lo- Soluis (1899–1901). In to be a puppet. control the organization he cal schools, and his college edu- 1898 he nominated The Irish had created, while its more cation at St Malachy’s College, Patrick Pearse as a Volunteers was revolutionary members sought Belfast, where he received a member of the Gaelic League the Unionists in the North had publicly launched on Novem- to use it for other purposes. Modern Languages scholarship. executive, and they worked done the same thing. Thus, the ber 25, 1913, with their first Next month we will look at He received degrees in consti- together on the publications IRB began secret discussions public meeting and member- MacNeill’s coming struggles tutional history, jurisprudence committee. They subsequently regarding the creation of an ship rally held at the Rotunda as Easter 1916 approaches. and political economy in 1888. became good friends. open organization of the Irish in Dublin. The hall was filled to Beginning in 1887, MacNeill Ireland at this time was expe- Volunteers in January 1913. its 4,000 person capacity, with *J. Michael Finn is the Ohio took up the study of the Irish riencing both a Gaelic and a po- Hobson knew he would need another 3,000 outside. Speakers State Historian for the Ancient language. In 1890 he began to litical revolution. On September a highly regarded figure as a at the rally included MacNeill Order of Hibernians and Divi- study Old and Middle Irish in 28, 1912 at Belfast City Hall public face that would con- and Patrick Pearse. Among sion Historian for the Patrick his spare time. This led him to 250,000 Unionists signed the ceal the reality of IRB control; the first members enrolled at Pearse Division in Columbus, study Irish history and to learn Ulster Solemn League and Cov- he found Eoin MacNeill the the meeting were well known Ohio. He is also Chairman of spoken Irish through regular enant (some signed with their ideal candidate. As Professor nationalists and future revolu- the Catholic Record Society visits to the Aran Islands. He own blood) to resist, in arms of Early and Medieval History tionaries (and IRB members) for the Diocese of Columbus, also began using the Irish form if necessary, the implementa- at University College Dublin, like Patrick Pearse, Joseph Ohio. He writes on Irish and of his first name, changing his tion of Home Rule in Ireland. MacNeill’s academic creden- Plunkett, Thomas MacDonogh, Irish-American history; Ohio name from John to Eoin. In The Home Rule Bill had been tials, integrity and reputation Eamonn Caennt, Sean MacDi- history and Ohio Catholic 1908, he was appointed profes- passed by Parliament, but had as a political moderate had armada, Liam Mellows and The history. You may contact sor of early Irish History at not yet been implemented in widespread public appeal. O’Rahilly. MacNeill was elected him at [email protected]. DECEMBER 2014 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 19

land in the past fifteen years, is one of the very few genuine- McQueen, who in 2008 made is done with malicious intent. ly Irish films ever to squarely Hunger (for my money one View Only the stone altar remains face issues of the meaning of of the best “Irish” films of the after the arson attack. It is set life. So it is a pity that Mc- past decade) happened to be an From Ireland against the sea as a sym- Donagh wants to distance him- Englishman, although he made bolic sole remnant of a ruined self from the Irish film-making no to do about the fact. At the By Maurice Fitzpatrick church, still somehow stand- tradition. As he stated in an risk of tempting fate it seems ing in spite of such assaults. interview: “I’m not a fan of likely that BIFA will give Calva- Through exploring such Irish movies, I don’t find them ry an award, but will do so for elevated at moments by gor- themes in Calvary, McDonagh to be that technically accom- the film’s own proper merits. Calvary Redux geous images captured by shows a new form of Catholi- plished and I don’t find them Whether or not BIFA claim The credits had hardly rolled cinematographer Larry Smith. cism possible in Ireland in 2014: that intelligent... So I’m trying McDonagh as their own, and on John Michael McDonagh’s In Calvary, too, Patrick the church’s ecclesiastic dog- to get away from the descrip- whether or not McDonagh new film, Calvary, before a Campbell’s magisterial music mas are exchanged for the pas- tion of the movie as an Irish wishes to acknowledge Cal- pointless spate of controversy, score and his choice of songs toral sympathy of a priest such film in a way.” That wasn’t very vary’s self-evident Irishness, it generated by the director sees ‘The Beatitudes’ in Irish as Fr. James, who embodies a nice, and neither is it accurate. still feels like the second ex- himself, threatened to sub- followed by Calvary’s theme capacity to endure the worst The film is set in Sligo with an pression of an Irish film trilogy. sume the genuine worth of his song, which, in sounding al- abuses of a disaffected com- Irish cast, and McDonagh is of A better line of inquiry than all sequel to The Guard (2011) in most foreign, was just the musi- munity. Gleeson is at his most Irish extraction. McDonagh’s this speculation about national a public row. At issue was the cal transportation that the film solid and convincing in this comment is implausible. appropriation might be: if quality or otherwise of Irish required. And foreignness is a respect: he holds his character’s How will the BIFA (British McDonagh makes another films. More about that later. desirable effect since Calvary position with dignity and has Independent Film Awards) Irish film what subject matter Calvary is in every sense a sets the most unlikely charac- clear concern for the hurt that assess Calvary in early De- will spark his interest next? follow-up to McDonagh’s first ters side-by-side. Some sensi- people have experienced. That cember, remembering that its feature, The Guard (a third film bilities may be offended by the said, the director is careful not counterpart, IFTA (Irish Film would certainly be welcome presence of a lippy New Jersey to allow matters to become and Television Awards) gave Support OhIAN to form a trilogy). This film rent boy in small town Ireland overly solemn. The dialogue it the Best Film plaudit? Does involves just as equally compel- beside a frighteningly insensi- sparkles, moving the action at a this film present an Ireland Send Your stories, for Britain, with its director ling a performance from the tive hospital doctor. Then there good tempo, leavened through- photos and tell protagonist as its predecessor, is a misanthropic Celtic Tiger out by the McDonagh trade- jeering Irish films and film- played by Brendan Gleeson on aristocrat, determined to regain mark wit for which his play- makers along the way as a your friends! both occasions. In Calvary he his soul, using Fr. James as a wright brother is also famed. bonus? Surely it is possible to is a priest. The priest’s sway- handler. Another character who Now back to McDonagh’s analyse films, including those ing soutane and the Garda comes closer to the bone in this comments on Irish film: he who set in Ireland, independently [email protected] uniform in small town Ireland film is a pub owner, played by damns shall be saved? Calvary of such limited criteria? Steve are still the clearest symbols of Pat Shortt, whose premises is community, and touchstones of about to be repossessed by the communitarian common cause, bank, and who instances the h M although trust in them has been Catholic Church’s theft of Jew- ris ish wealth and collusion with I u greatly diminished by scandals Live sic! in the recent past. It is therefore the Nazi regime as adequate appropriate that McDonagh, in evidence that the church has his demythologisation of small no moral authority to pon- town Ireland, cast Gleeson first tificate to those who overex- as a guard and now as a priest. tended themselves financially. In neither role does Glesson Scenes in Calvary switch fulfill the stereotypical func- very rapidly and, for the most tion of his uniform or cloth: part, effectively. One scene that instead, he restlessly seeks to sounded a rare duff note saw rehabilitate the role and make Fr. James passing the time of it meaningful in a changed day with a young girl, a visitor Ireland. Just as the Garda to the locality, only to have her was irreverent and brutish, father pull up in his car in high Hours: the priest is flawed, yet both dudgeon, concerned that his Mon-Wed characters are good people daughter is being pumped by determined in their own quirky a priest. The personal insult, 11am-Midnight the condemnation by associa- 414 South Main St. manner to serve the public. Thur-Sat Many other parallels to The tion, the harsh public percep- Findlay, OH 45850 Guard come to mind—in both tion of a very individual and 11am-2am films, a black man, a deliberate private priest, pushes Fr. 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will be cherished equally. Mayo Sinn Féin Councillor Rose Conway-Walsh sues including Ireland is still one of the Invites Irish Americans to be part of Movement for Change parades, flags and wealthiest countries in Europe. emblems. These “However, the gap between Mayo Sinn Féin Councillor the Republic as envisaged For those who have only recommendations the richest and the poor- Rose Conway-Walsh enjoyed in the 1916 Proclamation. become aware of this tax, the were accepted by Sinn Féin but est continues to widen and her first ever visit to Cleveland “These were the most suc- bill now amounts to €7,200 --a were rejected by Unionists. the disparities between the in October. As well as partici- cessful elections for Sinn Féin €1,000 principal sum of €200 “The arms-length approach regions is more pronounced pating fully in all of the events since the landmark elections over five years and €5,200 in by the two governments that ever. We have vast associated with the 2014 World of 1918. We now have four penalties and interest! The suits those who are opposed natural resources, including Convention of Mayo Societies MEPs covering all corners of penalties imposed on those to Peace and opposed to the our oil and gas off our coast, held in the Westin Hotel, she the 32 counties and 159 County who genuinely did not know Good Friday Agreement. The which Sinn Féin believes attended a welcoming recep- and City Councillors working about the NPPR tax is unjust focus of the two govern- belong to the Irish people and tion at PJ McIntyre’s, organized with a team of 14 Sinn Féin and unfair. We cannot pretend ments, who, after all, are the should be processed for the by Jack Kilroy and Friends TDs, and 3 Senators in the to welcome emigrants with joint guarantors of the Good benefit of the Irish people. of Sinn Fein in Cleveland. Oireachtas, joining with 5 Sinn one hand and fleece them with Friday Agreement with joint “More and more people Speaking at the reception Féin MPs, 29 MLAs and 105 the other. Our relationship and co-equal responsibility for are turning to Sinn Féin; there she said, “For years I have Councillors in the North. Sinn with the Irish Community its implementation, is on the is now a real movement for heard about the great welcome Fein is truly an all Ireland party. living abroad must be based forthcoming Elections. The change. I invite you to sup- in Cleveland for people from “So why did almost half a on sincerity, honesty, open- British General Election will port us in Sinn Féin and grasp home and how the Con- million people give their first ness and mutual respect. be held in May 2015 and the this chance to shape the real way’s, Campbells, Leneghans, preference vote to Sinn Féin “While recent years have Irish General Election has to Republic, to contribute to the Conways, Murrays, Morans , in May? Why have the Irish seen very many positive be held before March 2016. building of a new Ireland. McGowans and others looked electorate deserted the Govern- changes in the lives of people “We have called on the US “Irish Americans need to after visitors and emigrants ment they voted for in such living in the North of Ireland, to use its positive influence be part of this change – it is alike. Now I have experienced huge numbers just 36 months the full and proper implemen- to get the governments and the vision that we all share. it myself I know it’s true. The ago? The message continu- tation of the Good Friday and those blocking progress to We are rapidly approach- home baking, so traditional ously repeated by the Fine other Agreements must be live up to their commitment to ing the 100th Anniversary of to Achill and brought to PJ Gael/Labour government to a priority for all of us. Right the Good Friday Agreement, that seminal moment in Irish McIntyre’s, combined with the Irish citizens living abroad from the beginning of the which provides for peace- history, the Rising of 1916. As warmth, humour and kind- and indeed to those living at Peace Process, Irish America ful and democratic routes individuals, as families, as ness of those I met made for home is that we have turned and the US Administration to the solution of political Diaspora communities and a truly memorable evening. I a corner and we are now on have played a vital role. Most and constitutional issues. as organizations, we invite want to sincerely thank you the way up with increasing recently Richard Haass and “Sinn Fein will continue to you to get involved in 1916 all for your good work and growth and employment and Megan O’Sullivan brought offer an alternative based on Centenary Commemorations Jack Kilroy and Friends of Sinn a reducing deficit. The truth is forward recommendations equality and fairness. As laid and to claim your right to have Féin in Cleveland for choos- that the devastating impact of to resolve outstanding is- out in the 1916 Proclamation, your say in the shaping of the ing the “Bridgie Ned” Room. crippling the nation by all the children of the nation Country we all call home.” “Indeed, when I first ran for austerity measures has election in 2004, Dan Camp- left thousands of fami- bell, who enjoyed many happy lies and communities years in Cleveland before struggling to survive. returning to Ballycroy, was “The reality is my Campaign Manager. He that almost 250,000 often talked about Cleveland Irish citizens have and his brother John, who I emigrated in the had the pleasure of meeting last six years. This a couple of years ago. We is not normal in any remember them both and the first world country. contribution they made to High unemployment, a better Ireland. Although inequality in access- they and many others who ing basic healthcare, believed in the reunification education and welfare of Ireland are no longer with support, coupled with us, their legacy lives on and is ever increasing taxes now gathering momentum. and levies is intoler- “As we come out of the able for many indi- Local and European Elec- viduals and families. tions in Ireland where I was “Many Irish people re-elected to Mayo County living abroad will 13920 Triskett Road 13801 Triskett Road Council, covering the West have experienced Cleveland OH 44111 Cleveland OH 44111 Mayo Area stretching from some of these taxes Blacksod to Leenane, we now with the second Phone (216) 251-3130 Phone (216) 251-4242 more than ever need to think home charge – the about how we can play our Non-Principal Private part in ensuring we shape Residence Tax (NPPR). 22 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com DECEMBER 2014

Katherin Mary V married, had children, lost children, Continued From Page 3 and died in a poor house. To this day he has no stone marking his grave. But his son rose to the highest It was time to research. Through fam- echelons of U.S. society, playing ily tales, I’d heard the names Ganley, squash-tennis at The Harvard Club Burgoon, and Duncan tossed around. in New York City; opening country My mother says her mother, Kath- clubs across the U.S. and having his erine Ganley, was Irish, born in Bos- name printed time and time again in ton. My father says his mother, Irene the New York Times, the New Yorker Burgoon, had Irish roots, too,though and other high-brow publications. she was born in Pennsylvania. In one generation, my ancestors That would add up to me went from what my mother called being about 51% Irish. “shanty Irish to lace curtain Irish.” With their names and birth dates and They lived the American dream. A birth locations, I logged onto Ancestry. tale I hope to share with you in this com again, and started to research. very column in months to come. And for the past nine months, I’ve To learn more about Ancestry.com devoted every free minute to research- and its DNA kit, visit www.Ancestry. ing my ancestors. It’s been tough; com. To order the National Geographic and frustrating; and painstaking. genome-project and its DNA kit, visit But it’s also been incredibly reward- www.NationalGeographic.com. ing, because I now know where I’ve *Katherine Boyd is an Emmy- come from, and whom I have to thank award winning writer and reporter. for being in the U.S. here today. She’s worked in TV, radio, news- I discovered a story of a dirt-poor paper and the web. She’s a proud 11-year-old boy who came to the U.S. fourth generation Irish-American. from Ireland. He became a blacksmith, Email: [email protected].

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that parish for thirteen years ent capacities since, for half a Cregan Chapel at EnnisCourt.” the Cregan family and Cathy A Life of Service, before being named as Pastor century. He truly embodied Currently, EnnisCourt does not Sabolik was held at Our Lady of Serves On of Our Lady of Angles Church his high school’s mission and have a chapel. Mass is offered Angels Linus Hall. Over 400 tick- By Dennis Joyce in West Park in 1987. Father famous motto, “men for others.” daily in the main dining room, ets were sold and another $22,000 Cregan remained as Pastor of Shortly after his retirement which means every day the room was raised for the chapel fund. Father John J. Cregan spent OLA for twenty-three years, from Our Lady of Angels in must be prepared for Mass and his life serving others. Born before retiring in August of 2010. 2010, Father Cregan’s health then transformed back into the Additional fundraisers have June 2, 1935, he was the fourth The priesthood wasn’t the began to decline. When he was dining room afterward. A chapel also been held by Emmett Do- of six children born to Joseph only way that Father Cregan no longer able to live alone; he fund was established in 2007 by nelon and family to help raise and Florence Cregan. Joseph, served the residents of Cleveland moved to EnnisCourt Assisted Robert Gallagher, longtime friend money for construction of the their only other son, died as an during those years. In 1968 he Living and Skilled Nursing of EnnisCourt, after the death of chapel. Beginning in March of infant. John Cregan and his four began serving others in a differ- facility in Lakewood, Ohio. his mother, Lila Gallagher, who 2013, Mr. Donelon has arranged sisters, Mary Therese, Marga- ent fashion. That year, he was While at EnnisCourt, Father was a resident of EnnisCourt. “A Night of Irish” for residents, ret, Rita, and Florence, were named as the Catholic Since that time, dona- family members and friends of raised in Cleveland’s West Park Chaplin of the Cleve- tions have been made EnnisCourt. These fundraisers, neighborhood and attended St. land Police Department. to the chapel fund in held two times a year at Ennis- Vincent De Paul grade school. It was a role that he memory of departed Court – in March, near St. Pat- The Cregan family later became served with honor and loved ones. In 2013, as rick’s Day, and September, half- parishioners of St. Mel Church pride for over 40 years. the one year anniver- way to St. Patrick’s Day – include once it was established in 1945. It was not an easy as- sary of Father Cregan’s a concert by Cleveland’s popular After graduating from St. signment and he spent death approached, Mr. favorite Irish band, The New Bar- Ignatius High School in 1953, he many hours counseling Gallagher suggested leycorn, as well as performances had a career choice to make – police officers and their that the planned cha- by The Brady Campbell School of follow in his father’s footsteps families during the most Father Cregan pel be named in honor Irish Dance. These very success- as a Cleveland Police Officer, or difficult times of their of Father Cregan. ful and entertaining events, have become a Priest. The priest- lives. He was there with No date has been also helped raise several thou- hood won, and the soon to be them when they were injured Cregan spent a lot of time talking set for construction of the chapel, sand dollars for the chapel fund. Fr. Cregan went on to complete or suffering and, unfortunately, with residents, staff and many although EnnisCourt is com- There is still much work to be his studies St. Meinrad Minor on many occasions, he had the visitors. While able, Father mitted to building the chapel done and plenty of money still Seminary in Indiana, Borromeo unbearable task of informing a Cregan concelebrated daily soon, hopefully in the coming needed to be raised, but once Seminary, and St. Mary Seminary. family, often a young wife and mass at EnnisCourt. Even as his year. The estimated cost to “The Rev. John Cregan Chapel at Father Cregan was ordained a mother, that their loved one health worsened, he never lost construct the chapel is $800,000. EnnisCourt” is built, it will be Priest in the Diocese of Cleveland would never be coming home his legendary sense of humor Fund-raising efforts have been a dedicated space for Mass, the on May 20, 1961. He celebrated again. Father Cregan spent much and ability to tell a joke. Father put into full force over the past Rosary, prayer, and other devo- his first Mass at St. Mel Church of his time with officers and their Cregan was a resident of En- year and a half. In October of tions for the residents, family and the next day, May 21, 1961. families praying, crying, consol- nisCourt for five months, prior 2013, family and friends of Father friends of EnnisCourt. The cha- Over the next fifty years, ing, and counseling; 24 hours a to his death on May 17, 2012. Cregan held a fundraiser, led by pel will be a sacred place that will Father Cregan selflessly gave of day, 7 days a week - whenever Father Cregan made such a Cathy Sabolik, long-time friend serve others for years to come, himself and served others in so they were in need, he was there lasting impression to the entire of Father Cregan, and parish- just as Father Cregan devoted many capacities. He served as for them without hesitation. EnnisCourt community that at a ioner of OLA. The fundraiser his life to the service of others. Associate Pastor at St. Joseph in Serving as both a Priest and memorial Mass on the one year was held at the Cleveland Police If you wish to make a dona- Strongsville, Blessed Sacrament Police Chaplain, he was able anniversary of his death, Ennis- Patrolman’s Association Hall and tion: to “The Rev. John Cregan in Cleveland, and St. Thomas to combine both of the career Court president and administra- sold over 600 tickets and raised Chapel at EnnisCourt”, send More in Brooklyn. In 1974, he choices he contemplated after tor, Patrice Campbell, announced $30,000 for the chapel fund! to EnnisCourt, 13315 Detroit returned to Blessed Sacrament high school and was able to EnnisCourt’s planned chapel The following year, on October Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107. Church as Pastor and served serve others in many differ- would be named “The Rev. 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