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Editors Corner returned, for the sun and Live a life less ordinary; another floatation or effect. There is a difference between scenery. I was part of that Live a life extraordinary, device, for the being nice, and being good. Be good. salad bowl of America: With me father. He could Want to figure out what to do with Hispanics, African- Live a life less sedentary; not swim either. your life? Be something beautiful Americans, Caucasians Live a life evolutionary, Then, another for God. That’s it. It is that simple. sat side-by-side and With me man burst across If you don’t believe in God, you no one cared. We were - Life Less Ordinary, the sand. With lose nothing by being good, but working on tans, or Carbon Leaf a long graceful gain respect, both spiritual and burns, or just enjoying leap, he dived in the eyes of other men, by do- what has been a spectac- across, and then ing good for others when there is ular summer, appreciated more for the into the water. He swam out. With no perceived reward for yourself. long cold winter in the rear view mirror. power, the man quickly reached the The greatness of a man can nearly When a child got in trouble, we all panicked boy and girl. Reassurance always be measured by his willing- John O’Brien, Jr. jumped in the water. A bright yellow in strength and skill, he calmed both ness to be kind. That only leads to inner tube drifted with the tide. Too late, siblings. The three made their way back more open doors, more rewards. Be a child saw the drifting with the tide; on the legs of the one who could swim. leaven for the world; plant seeds One Salad ... brother and sister went after it, using a By the time they got back to shore, the and nurture the flowers – what a We are many nations, but a descrip- brown inner tube to steady them. 300 Sheriff’s, Police and Rescue units were wonderful world it would be. tion that sticks in my head is the U.S. yards out, they realized the push of all on scene; secure everyone was ok Friendships break down; even is a salad bowl. For good health, lots wind and tide were faster, they would People are sometimes surprised tragedies break down, the self-im- of multi colored ingredients are mixed never catch the tube, and they let it go. when they see a newspaper column posed barriers between people. No together, dressed in choice of different They turned, to return, to the beach. of someone winning an award or one is born knowing how to hate. flavors. Add some nuts, or some flakes, 50 yards onward, the sister realized recognition, for a service or achieve- They learn it. They can unlearn it a mustard seed, music for the taste buds ment, above and beyond living. too. It is easier to act your way into a ... they all make for a great Perhaps we didn’t even know new way of thinking than to think your way to fuel the body and the about that portion of someone’s way into a new way of acting; work mind of a person, or a country. life, a defining part of their life. and action; matter and form. If you I think, when something bad What we know, how much aren’t the lead dog, the scenery never happens, Like Ariel Castro, or we know, of someone, is only a changes. So the learned hate, doesn’t 9-11, those pieces parts fall window view into a life; a trailer get unlearned, it is passed on to the next down the list of our priorities; in a movie, not the full movie. It is generation. Kids are our future and our they don’t matter. We become someone’s perception of the high- legacy. What’s it gonna be? Gonna lead? one: we unite to fight, or to lights, maybe all of them. Or there celebrate. Unfortunately, that may be more dramas, more excite- Slán, John... One voice; One message seems ment, more surprises, yet to come. to wear off, and we cheaply, We all know we should never sometimes anonymously, take “Follow me where I go, what judge a movie from a clip, nor can I do and who I know; a pot shot at our countrymen we judge a life from the window for no reason other than to try O’Bent Enterprises includes: seat. It is enticing, but it is not the www.twitter.com/jobjr to make ourselves feel superior; Did her brother, pushing her back to shore, full Monty. We don’t know their joys, it work? A land of immigrants should www.facebook.com/Ohio- was in trouble. She waved, she yelled, their sorrows; their trials and their tri- IrishAmericanNews be wise to the trials of their fathers, and suddenly, a peaceful, sunning umphs. We sit at the window, looking in, and not exact those same hatreds on www.linkedin.com/in/jobjr/ http:// beach, was galvanized. First her father but we don’t see past the walls. Be kind- songsandstories.net/myblog/feed/ the fathers to be, or their children. went in, but he could not swim. He er than necessary, for someone is always On the day after a beach wedding, I shouted, another relative went in, with fighting a battle unseen, in its fierceness, TREEHOUSE BAR 820 College Ave. Cleveland, OH 44113 216.696.2505

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simply that and not step toward a life filled with learn- the Irish legends that the children a whaling vessel. ing and education for teacher Annie and I read together: stone raths and In my later, sentimen- Sullivan and her pupil Helen Keller. fairy rings, hawthorn and rowan trees. tal teenage years, she Over the summer, my legion of read- The students learned of the Ballybog praised my attempts ing students, mostly first through fourth and the Banshee, the Brownies and at poetry writing and graders, have been studying all things the Nymphs, the Merrows and the told me that I put her in “fairy.” We have, of course, studied Selkies. The fairy world is vast and Children are masters at diversion. mind of the American the various Disney fairies. “But,” I makes for engaging study during the While finally settling down to complete poet Emily Dickinson. Great praise asked my students, “Did you know long and magical summer months. some assigned summer reading, my indeed. When I was a new mother, that Tinker Bell and Peter Pan were As a final activity, the students youngest son began to ask me compli- Mim encouraged me to write and to first created by author J.M. Barrie? “ will come together to create a giant cated questions about Jesus, Adam and imagine. “All children love a good We touched upon Shakespeare’s poster with fairy thoughts and ideas, Eve, and the dinosaurs. He wanted to story,” Mim remarked. “Put your A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the cumulative test of their acquired know about evolution and how we are child in the pumpkin seat and write the fairy queen Titania. The students knowledge. Spelling will not count, all linked to Adam’s rib. I scratched one of your own.” Above all, Mim collected acorns and daisies, pebbles but comprehension will. The students my head and tried to determine and pinecones, will then plant individual fairy gardens. how to proceed. Tripping over my maple leaves They will feel the soil between their logic, I explained the Ice Age and and flower pet- fingers and create thematic worlds for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. I als. The children their fairies and leprechauns, imagined attempted to make connections imagined and forests, hedgerows, and fairy rings. between apes and humans. My wrote about My only hope is that the students son wanted to know if dinosaurs ways that fairies will walk away with the notion that came before or after Jesus. could live be- learning can be enchanting. In time, the I am hardly a scientist or a neath the shelter students may realize that education is a theologian. I am simply a mom, of an acorn shell gift, and that one’s thirst for knowledge and an independent language and how a cone- can provide much fulfillment. Until that arts tutor who possesses the flower could be great awakening, I will be content if the same maddening trait as my son: a patio umbrella children remember one interesting piece wonder. Without further explana- for a fairy resort. of information about fairies, and that for tion, I finally replied to my child, In our explo- now, their sense of wonder is renewed. ”God. God made the dinosaurs, ration, there *Susan holds an MA in Eng- Adam and Eve, the cavemen, and were no right lish from John Carroll Univer- Noah. If you have any further ques- always encouraged me to dream. or wrong ideas. The children were sity and an MA in Education tions, sit outside beneath the light of At times, I question my educa- encouraged to imagine, to create, to from Baldwin-Wallace Univer- the full moon and listen. Listen to the tional strategies. Are my methods too dream. Yes, we studied phonics and sity. She may be contacted at symphony of crickets behind our shed. creative? Do my students understand vocabulary, but the words came from [email protected]. Listen to the wail of the mourning dove. my approach? Are they reading and Listen to the whisper of bat wings writing outside of our time together? I through the humid late summer air watch other tutors systematically plow and your questions will be answered.” through courses of sight words, pho- Miracles and science can exist together nics, and grammar rules. The students as long as we continue to wonder. respond, often correctly, but I often My approach to education is based question if such dissection of language upon introspection and explora- encourages students to wonder. tion, questions that do not always A teacher once had to educate a have answers, creative thought and student who could not see, hear, or creative action. At times, I question speak. The student expressed her our world and how we attempt to isolation and loneliness through fits educate our children. Children attend of anger. The teacher had to deter- school, but are they learning? Chil- mine a way to bring that student to 2014 International For example: The business panel is dren take tests, but are they confident understanding, to give that student Mayo Societies being moderated by Jim Boland and enough to succeed in life’s true tests? hope, to bring that student back to life. consists of Eddie Crawford, represent- Children are graded, but do they seek So, one day when the child was World Convention ing publicly held business; John Mc- knowledge? Children answer ques- peaceful, the teacher and the student Comes to Cleveland Cann representing Local Manufactur- tions, but do they question answers? walked around the meadows that The 2014 World Convention of Mayo ing business; and Ed McNamara of As a teacher, I have always sought surrounded the child’s house. They Societies will be held in Cleveland, OH Aon Risk Solutions to name a few. to encourage life long learning. My came upon water: a well, a pump, a USA this fall. Mayo-the global family National Geographic will be involved grandmother Mim was my inspira- pond. The source of this energy was in action provides a unique, affordable, as well, presenting on the findings of the tion. Every end table and sideboard insignificant; it was the water that and intimate conference experience Genographic study carried out in Mayo in her house held a book. When I was gave life to the student and hope to with international speakers offering in 2013. Representatives from each of the just a young girl, Mim talked to me the teacher. Without a thought, the high-quality panel sessions as well as Mayo Associations attending will have about Herman Melville’s great whale teacher poured the cool liquid over the networking opportunities. Distinguished an opportunity to have the test admin- Moby Dick. I pretended to be Captain student’s hand and traced the word experts from Ireland and the United istered (a cheek swab.) The results will Ahab himself aboard the Pequod. Mim “water” with her finger. At first, the States will lead discussion on the new- be added to the overall findings of the always played along and never once child was confused, but then under- est areas of collaboration and innovation ‘Gathering the Mayo Genes’ project. reminded me that her staircase was standing dawned. This was the first in business, health, and education. 6 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com SEPTEMBER 2014

divided racially the festivities surrounding the Irish provincial teams; that One Team Ireland: Soccer/Football/FÚTBOL in both their par- the World Cup in Brazil in is, Ulster, Leinster and Mun- By Neil J. Conway ticipants, fan base 2014. Many other countries ster, who regularly contend The 2014 World Cup is over. some participating countries. and entry level opportunities. field national teams aside for the crown of European Kudos to victor Germany This year Nigeria (the African South Africa’s divisions run from volatile national politics. rugby—The Heineken Cup. and the event’s organiza- Champion) suspended its deep in a history of contention The Irish Rugby Football Mr. O’Dowd hopes that the en- tion by FIFA, the govern- soccer board, allegedly for the for control of a region rich in Union has represented North- thusiasm generated by World ing body. The entire series team’s disappointing per- mineral resources. Its merg- ern Ireland and Ireland as a Cup participation would have was hosted by Brazil, with formance, and in turn, FIFA ing of sports accompanies its single team since 1879. The a similar effect on soccer in So plenty of excitement, as the suspended Nigeria for violat- unity as one nation at present. team systematically, and with- the question naturally arises single most watched sport- ing its prohibition against In contrast, Ireland’s partition out incident, brings together as to why the divide in Irish ing event in the world. government interference. At into two countries remains. a pool of players from all 32 football/soccer runs so deep? During the World Cup pre- the same time, it is common In 1995, President Mandela counties. Its essential differ- It is contrary to the practice of liminary rounds, author and for nations to field a single orchestrated the hosting of the ence from soccer is that an other nations, who generally publisher Niall O’Dowd re- team, even when torn by in- Rugby World Cup. The coun- All-Ireland team has existed look for every opportunity to leased an article calling for Ire- ternal strife, poverty and war. try’s division over rugby as a at this level for this length of expand their potential player land to field a single team for One admirable effort at symbol of white supremacy time, while soccer has existed pool with every eligible player. international competition. Mr. turning athletic division to a faded with the upset champi- with separate infrastructures Could it be traceable to the O’Dowd reasons that this pros- symbol of unity was by the onship victory over the New in Northern Ireland and the games’ fanatic fan base? If pect has many positive aspects late President of South Africa, Zealand All Blacks in the Republic of Ireland for an you doubt this international for Irish football and its play- Nelson Mandela. President final by South Africa’s inte- even longer time frame. appeal, catch a game at PJ Mc- ers. He also notes the absence Mandela changed South Af- grated team, The Springboks. The success of Irish rugby Intyre’s Irish Pub in Cleveland, of the Republic of Ireland’s rica’s divided sports loyalties Subsequently, in 2010, Man- enhances player development Ohio on a given afternoon. team from World Cup play to forge a unified perception dela similarly steered South by regular participation in elite Great Britain was a found- since 2002, while Northern of national pride amongst his Africa’s hosting of the World tournaments, like the Triple ing member of the Interna- Ireland last qualified in 1986. previously polarized people. Cup in “futbol” with an inte- Crown and the Six Nations tional Ice Hockey Federation World Cup soccer has a He did this over considerable grated team. Its prior futbol (England, France, Ireland, Italy, in 1908. While not as popular reputation for impacting na- resistance in his own country. participation was organized Scotland and Wales). This also as soccer, professional ice tional pride like no other game. South Africa was not only into four separate associations gives its players a chance to hockey is a relatively recent This includes its alleged effect divided into internal colonies based on race, for which they compete at high levels. Con- rage in the United Kingdom. on presidential elections by the previous apartheid gov- were suspended by FIFA. The comitant with Ireland’s player Its teams are from England, ingrained in the politics of ernment, but its major athletic world witnessed a celebra- development program at the teams, rugby and soccer, were tion in South Africa much like national level is the success of Contined on Page 10 Elect Sherrie Miday for Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge

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England or they played soccer the draw. “Germany are the matches and 4 four ball themselves in Ireland. I am outstanding team in the group (better ball) matches sure there are other stories out but there’s plenty to fight for. • Day 2 (Saturday) – 4 there just waiting to be told. Let’s be positive and let’s go foursome matches and What I’d like to do, with your for it. With the exception of 4 four ball matches help, is start gathering info on Germany, it looks like a group • Day 3 (Sunday) – 12 mainly Irish immigrants who where lots of teams will be able singles matches are now living here, or Irish- to take points off each other On the first two days there American’s who have a similar and I think it will be tight right are 4 foursome matches and the area that at one point in story to tell and help get the until the end. O’Neill added 4 four ball matches with the Where Are They their lives where successful on word out about the unknown “To reach France, especially out home captain choosing which Now? the sporting front back home achievements of many of these of this group, would be the are played in the morning and I was reading the Cleveland in Ireland, or beyond. So it great people – many of them utopia. It would be amazing which in the afternoon. With Plain Dealer who were doing got me thinking … thinking are people you’d never expect but we have a lot of fighting a total of 28 points available, a series on former Cleveland about having a ton of ready- to hear such a story from, such to do between now and then.” 14½ points are required to win Browns players, stories on made material for upcoming are their humble personalities. Rory McIlroy and Ryder Cup: the Ryder Cup, and 14 points their careers and ultimately articles basically sitting here If you fit the bill as one of Irishman Rory McIlroy was are required for the defend- these people or know some- crowned the king of golf for ing champion to retain it. All one that I should be talking to, 2014. It’s amazing what a break matches are played to a maxi- please contact me at the email up can do for certain athletes! mum of 18 holes. If a match address below – I’d love to The timing could not be better is level after 18 holes, each hear your stories and I’d love not just for Rory but for Team side is awarded half a point. to share them with our readers. Europe as they aim to retain the The team captains for Republic of Ireland Euro Ryder Cup later this month in this year’s Ryder Cup are Qualifying: The Irish team Scotland, following victories at Tom Watson (USA) and led by new manager Martin Medinah, Illinois in 2012 and Paul McGinley (Europe). O’Neill and the legendary at Celtic Manor, Wales in 2010. Trivia: First last month’s assistant manager Roy Keane For the first time since 1973, question: When Ireland played will commence their campaign and for only the second in in the 1994 World Cup in the to qualify for the 2016 Europe- the history of The Ryder Cup, USA, only 4 players were an Championships this month Gleneagles plays host to the Irish born – who were they? when they take on Georgia in greatest tournament in match They were Roy Keane (Cork), Tblisi (Georgia) on September play golf. With a 7th. The Republic of Ireland history stretch- will begin their 2016 Euro- ing back nearly where they ended up in life. It waiting to be tapped into. pean Championship qualify- a century, the coincided with recent conversa- Over the years I’ve heard of ing campaign against Georgia tournament is tions with several friends in the or spoken to folks that have on Sunday September 7. the most highly- Irish community here regard- won All-Ireland U21 med- Martin O’Neill’s side were anticipated team ing the wealth of possibly als, ran (track) for Ireland, drawn in Group D and will match in the stories on Irish immigrants in their brother played soccer in face newcomers Gibraltar in sport’s calendar. Dublin a few weeks later on This year, The October 11 before travelling to Ryder Cup is top seeds Germany four days returning to its later. A trip to Scotland will roots in Scotland finish the year’s qualifying fix- and the very place it started 93 Packie Bonner (Donegal), tures on Friday November 14. years ago at Gleneagles. Back Steve Staunton (Drogheda) Ireland will not face the then, an unofficial warm-up and Denis Irwin (Cork). third seeded Poland until 2015, match prior to the British This month’s question: With when they meet on March 29 at Open between an American the Ryder Cup upon us, origi- the Aviva Stadium. A double- and a British team consist- nally the competition pitted the header against Gibraltar and ing of 12 players a piece, the USA against representatives Georgia follows in September, meeting on the King’s Course from Ireland and Great Britain before the campaign concludes at Gleneagles in June 1921 has – at which tournament (year) with games against Germany gone down in sporting his- were golfers from continental and Poland in October 2015. tory as the birth of one of the Europe included in the team? O’Neill was not involved in most prestigious golf titles. *Mark Owens is originally the scheduling of the games, The Ryder Cup runs from from Derry City, Ireland and with the fixtures being deter- September 26th to September has resided in the Cleveland mined by Uefa for the first time. 28th. For those not familiar, area since 2001. Mark is the However, the Ireland boss is the Ryder Cup is a match play Director of Marketing for looking forward to starting the event, with each match worth Skylight Financial Group in campaign, and believes his one point. The competition Cleveland. Send questions, side can qualify. “It’s a difficult format will be as follows: comments or suggestions group but an exciting one, nev- • Day 1 (Friday) – 4 for future articles to Mark at: ertheless,” O’Neill said after foursome (alternate shot) [email protected] SEPTEMBER 2014 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 9

Dead or Alive? was seen by many as backward, ignorant By Lisa O’Rourke and old-fashioned, mainly because of its links to the rural West, famine and poverty. This July, a mid-term government Things began to change around cabinet shuffle generated a surprising 1990. Ireland was a member of the uproar; there was a new Junior Minister of EEC. They also were receiving im- State, Joe McHugh. The Minister of State migrants for a change. The Irish im- has direct responsibility for the Gael- migrant population went from 1% in tachts, the Irish speaking areas, primarily the1980s to the present, approximately on the West coast of Ireland. This story 12% immigrant population. Some of expanded when it was revealed that Mr. the former emigrants also returned to McHugh had very bad “Irish”. Irish is Ireland during the Celtic Tiger years. one of the terms that the Irish people use For various reasons, the tide turned for for their native tongue, or Gaeilge. Gaelic the Irish language. One of the significant refers primarily to the similar language signs of the rebirth of the language is that is spoken in Scotland, Scots Gaelic. the gaelscoil movement. These schools Such appointments usually appear in are mainly primary schools that sprang

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the news for a day and then fade away. up around the country and offered an The revelation was met with fall-out education “as Gaeilge”; all subjects and protest. The criticisms came from taught through Irish immersion. sources as diverse as Gerry Adams of Sinn The schools boast that their students Fein and The Irish Times. The protests will be both fluent Irish speakers and concerning the minister’s lack of the more accomplished, and test scores mother tongue, organized by Conradh confirm that boast. These schools al- na Gaeilge (the Gaelic League), featured most immediately became so popular protesters who were mainly in their that it was joked that children should teens and twenties. The Irish millenni- be signed up at birth if the parents re- als are diverging from the path of their ally wanted them to be able to attend. parents. Like their US counterparts, they There are around 34,000 students at- embrace the native and organic. Gaeilge tending these elementary schools, be- is the verbal Irish organic. They also tween the Republic and Northern Ireland. know the language much better than While there has been some criticism of their parents; many of them are fluent the schools, suggesting that they are speakers. They follow several genera- used as fortresses against the increasing tions that were primarily lost to the Irish. tide of immigrant children, this censure The Irish Census of 1851 states that does not seem to be deserved. Ireland is there were 1,485,050 Irish speakers at that increasingly a multi-national country, but time, and 3,626,507 non- Irish speakers. they are also one that is welcoming. More The Irish language was banned during significantly is the fact that the all-Irish British rule and lost many speakers to schools out perform their English famine and emigration. The percentage only counterparts. Regardless, as these of Irish speakers declined steadily from students from the gaelscoileanna enter that point on, experiencing a little boost universities and the workforce, they are from the Gaelic Revival in the 1920s. starting Irish language clubs and us- However, the boost was short-lived, the Continued on Page 10 Irish language had fallen out of fashion. It 10 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com SEPTEMBER 2014

Where do you read One Team Ireland: Soccer/Football/FÚTBOL Dead or Alive? your OhIAN? Continued from Page 6 Continued from page 9 Scotland, Wales and Northern Ire- history of divided play in Ireland has ing the language that they learned. land. The EIHL league recognized prevailed for so long, and to such an So what is the average national use the problems inherent in a divided extent, that many football fans pre- of Irish? In the 2011 census, 1,777,437 fan base from its very beginning. It sume the North will never consider people claimed to be Irish speakers, has thrived, in part, by staying away anything but the status quo. Many about 25% of the population. In 2007, it from mascots, religious affiliations fans feel that the prevailing mood became an official working language of and colors that could conjure fan vs. in Ireland is similar. The paradigm the EU. However, consider the follow- fan divisions. (i.e. the Belfast Giants of simply blaming the other side for ing anecdote, bearing in mind that the and the Braehead Clan of Glasgow). intransigence, when neither wants to Guarda (police) are supposed to have a Many sports fans feel that World concede control, is equally stagnating. knowledge of Irish for just such incidents. Cup soccer brings more to the table Whatever that part of all sports The number of Irish really able to com- than any other sport in terms of rivalries that makes you despise your municate in their native tongue seems national pride, relentless passion and rivals to the soul, it fuels a schism in more aspirational than actual. But, the overall grandeur. Its appeal is broad Ireland that defies logic. Niall O’Dowd influence of the Irish language is felt in ranging and regularly crosses class sees its direct result by hindering multiple ways. There are so many turns- Dublin Irish Fest Volunteers lines. It has taken root in even the the chance for World Cup participa- of-phrase, which are idiosyncratic of the poorest countries where kids can be tion. It also restricts the chance for Irish, which have their roots in the Irish Send us a pic of you with found on any street kicking or head- team recognition, and has a similar language. There is no verb to own in Irish this or a past month’s copy of ing a round shaped orb at each other, effect on players looking to advance and bad feelings are simply on or off of the Ohio Irish American News while one protects a makeshift goal. to higher levels. It will be interesting you. As a result, the language contributes or post it on our Facebook Niall O’Dowd’s call for a single to see if the enclave at the center of to the reputation of the Irish people. page and Winners will receive Irish team has such obvious merit on the Irish football/soccer community So is the use of Irish dying out? Can the a $20 gift certificate for the its face that he may be hoping that ignores or considers Niall O’Dowd’s current of vanishing native speakers be Hooley House, Pj McIntyre’s sectarian divides compromised in challenge. His proposal is intended stopped? Looking at the erosion of areas or any of our other OhIAN the 1998 peace accord will further to enhance performance by forming a claiming to be Gaeltacht, it is easy to see advertisers, courtesy of your dissipate at the prospect or merging single Irish team to represent Northern that the native speakers are vanishing. But Ohio Irish American News. Irish sports talent. But football’s own Ireland and The Republic of Ireland. it really does not seem to be the case. The children are the future, and very present.

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Coffee shops, such reductionist way of think- was, as usual, full of unanswerable restaurants, and shops were thriv- ing, and when you speak about Southern Italy Tour- May 21-31 questions, some more trivial than ing in the August sunlight. Along such complexities you lose your Itinerary includes: Rome: Colosseum, Roman Forum, Vatican others. Who would be the most the riverfront, across the Peace audience. I’ve been at this cul Museum and Sistine Chapel; Cantine di Marzo, Pompeii Excava- annoying drunk at my brother’s Bridge, joggers, cyclists, power de sac in discussions so many tions, Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, Positano, a boat ride and over- 60th birthday party? Who among walkers and foreigners were a far times, and it’s easier to ‘give nights on the Isle of Capri, a tour of Anacapri, Naples sightseeing, the usual suspects would insist on cry from the city I’d grown up in. them what they want to hear’. St, Restituta Basilica, the National Archeological Museum, a singing another god awful senti- The demilitarization of the I’m reminded of a friend who Pizza School lesson, Cassino and Montecassino Abbey, and more mental ballad? And, while these city centre has made way for was asked to speak to a group questions are best met with igno- the developing tourism. Gone of North Americans about the rance, and a couple of drinks, they are the obvious signs of conflict. troubles. After spending 40 min- Portugal/Spain land and can, at times, surpass the larger British Army barracks vacated, utes giving an in-depth history to River Cruise- Oct 9-20 questions regarding political and the police service in casual at- the Troubles, and satisfied he had Itinerary includes: Lisbon, Sintra excursion, Fatima, Wine economic change thus weighing tire (relatively speaking), and done a good job, his confidence tasting at Quinta de Seixo, Douro Museum, Lamego tour, Sala- heavily on the mind. The weather, the question of the ‘border’ ap- was shattered when someone manca excursion, Flamenco show, Castelo Rodrigo tour, Palacio which normally is high on the list proached with less aggression. came up later and asked him ‘why de Mateus tour, Alpendurada Monastery, Porto, and more of concerns, was quickly dealt As I took a couple of my Ameri- are they fighting?’ To be honest, with the sun splitting the heavens. can friends around the city walls, my frustration of not being under- Contact: Returning to Ireland has its through the Bogside, and the stood was fueled by the trivial con- Debra Fitzgerald own emotional wrangling for me. Protestant area of the Water- cern surrounding the party. I had Fitzgerald Tours The longer I’m away, the more side memories of barbed wire, to admit to myself that I was pos- 47 Mentor Avenue displaced I feel on returning. The Saracen tanks, and riots flashed sibly becoming a grumpy old man! Painesville, OH 44077 familiar world of ‘home’ changes through my mind. The constant The friends left, and I returned (440) 796-3529 in significant and less significant interrogation by British forces, to devising a plan to leave the party [email protected] ways, while you yourself change the paranoia of venturing into early. My sister and I entered into in a similar fashion. It’s too simple the territory of the ‘other’ side, a conspiracy to leave at the first Full itinerary and details at www.FitzgeraldBB.com an observation to believe the home and the random violence of riots sign of crass sentimentality. We place has changed and not see the had now become war stories. would give it one hour, then slip changes you’ve undergone. Deep, As we wandered around the city out before we were held hostage huh? But these deep thoughts with ease, I wondered if they could to the weary drone of the drunken would not dispel my preoccupa- possibly conceive the volatility of balladeer. Derry may be a city of tion with the party. I was still the recent past. Centuries of politi- culture, but sometimes it’s hard to wondering who would sabotage cal struggle lay within and without believe in this wonderful gift amid the wedding with a teary dirge. those walls. Could they imagine the cloying sounds of a bad rendi- Easing back into Derry life was this friendly, bustling city as a war tion of The Town Love so Well. pretty unspectacular. It’s amazing zone? Their questions regarding With the escape plan hatched how invisible you become when the stability of the peace agree- we would arrive at 9 and leave at you’re no longer part of people’s ment, and the future of Northern 10. But, you’ve probably guessed psychological landscape. People Ireland were impossible to answer. it already; the best-made plans I’ve known for years would pass Again, life is rarely one thing. are rarely realized. From the me by without a second glance. Beneath the surface of this time we entered the pub, we Had I changed so much? It would peaceful visage lies a monster were absorbed into the welcom- seem not. Just when I thought that will not go away. Derry has ing embrace of friends and fam- that my theory of invisibility was the largest rate of unemploy- ily. Separated from each other, tried and tested, friends I hadn’t ment in Northern Ireland. The our resolve to leave weakened. see for years rubbished my theory border, while free of a military At the exit time, one hour later, with their ‘Hi Terry, what about presence, remains and contin- we were out on the floor dancing. ye? What’s the craic?’ My ra- ues to divides the island into Two hours later we were among tionalism disassembled and in two distinct political territories. the worst of the singers belting tatters, I reminded myself of how Faced with such realities, the it out with gusto, and four hours life is hard to compartmentalize, answers one offers are never later we were among the last and rarely is simply one thing. satisfying. Those outside of the to leave. Ironically, it was the In that first week home, Derry conflict cannot conceive the finer best night of the holiday. Life is glistened in the sun. Tourists complexities of a society in which never simply one thing, so here’s were everywhere. The 17th Cen- the centuries old battles of the past a tip of the hat to life’s surprises. SEPTEMBER 2014 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 13

Butler family’s 14th century, ___-style Ormond Castle in Carrick-on- Suir. 30 Explore the Athassel Answers on Page 17 Priory, largest medieval priory in _____ near the village of Golden. 31 Stop for a short break in Ahenny for a look at the beautifully carved Ahen- ny ____ Crosses. 33 Get a brief history of pre- historic Ireland as you walk amongst magical plantings of rare _____, shrubs, and plants at the Celtic Plantarum in Dundrum.. 34 Take a free tour of the 13th _____ Nenagh Castle, once a seat of the Butler family. 35 Visit the beautifully re- stored Holy ____ Abbey in North Tipperary.

DOWN 2 Catch a performance at The Source Art _____ in Thurles. 3 Tour Lar na Pairce Mu- seum, a ___ museum in Thurles, near the pitch. 4 Do some indoor ____ climb- ing at Upper Limits in Tipperary. 6 Take a walk and pic- nic at Bay _____ near Clogheen. 8 Collect some holy wa- ter from Clonmel’s St. Patrick’s ___. 11 Place a wager on the ____ at the Tipperary 9 Take a look into the past Cashel to Ardmore, Co. Wa- Racecourse during the ACROSS at the Nenagh ______terford to end up at St. summer season. 1 Take the guided tour at Museum and look up ge- Declan’s Well. 12 Drive or cycle the Vee the ____ of Cashel to nealogy records from 19 Visit Marlfield Lake, a na- Mountain ___ in the learn the history of this 19th and 20th centuries. ture preserve filled with Knockmealdown Moun- site dating back to the 10 Visit Roscrea’s Monain- many species of ____. tains near Clogheen. 11th century. cha Abbey, the sight of a 20 Watch the dogs run 13 Visit Fancroft Mill and 5 Take a _____ tour and religious massacre and an and place a bet at the Garden, Roscrea’s do a little shopping at amazing experience of Clonmel Greyhound ______. extremely interesting re- Tipperary Crystal in Bal- what people were will- 22 Visit Clonmel’s former cently conserved ____ mill lynoran, Tipperary. ing to sacrifice in order to gaol, The Main Guard, & acres of gardens. 7 Stop at the Cashel ___ Vil- ______. reputedly the _____ build- 14 Visit the eccentric Far- lage to see historical 13 Shoot a round at the Bal- ing in Ireland.. ney Castle in Thurles for a artifacts from the 1916 Eas- lykisteen ___ and 24 Climb the Devil’s Bit in tour led by the Cullens, re- ter Rebellion, the War Country Club in Monard, Tipperary. Templemore for beautiful nowned ______and of Independence, and the 15 Explore ____ Castle on views of the Galtee porcelain artists. Great Irish Famine. the River Suir where part Mtns., and Lough ____. 16 While in Cahir, walk 8 Take a nice, long ____ of “Braveheart” was filmed. 27 Explore the ruins along the River Suir to the along the stream from 16 Walk or cycle the 100km of ___ Abbey in Cashel unique, thatched. ____ Cottage.. Clonmel to Carey’s Castle. __.. _____’_ Way from 28 Take the free tour of the 17 Stop in at Leap ____ to 14 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com SEPTEMBER 2014

Friends like These By Richard Lardie, in memory of Timothy J. O’Brien

In the early 1990s, Debbie Hanson and Tom Heffernan resurrected the old golf league of the Irish American Club East Side. We met on Thursday nights, golfed and then went to the pub for a few. After the golf season, a few of us decided to continue the libations part every Thursday night. Because of our tendency to be mischievous and boisterous, Debbie (The usual volun- teer bartender), began to refer to us as the Choir Boys, as in “Oh no, the choir boys are here again”. The name stuck. Tim and Josie called him over while We actually had songbooks and met Jack called the barmaid to bring a shot for choir practice every Thursday. This of wild Turkey for the groom. Tim and went on for about ten years. To the best Jack gave him three shots and a beer of my recollection we never sang a lick. before the bridesmaids came in and Most of us had served on the board collected him. They almost had to carry of the club at one time or another and him out. Jim yelled after him, “Come four of the choirboys were founding back if you escape.” He did come back members, so it got to be funny that we and Jack bought him another drink were the Irish choir that never sang. before he was hauled off again. The Lafayette Hotel in Marietta, Ohio The guys then started in on me is a great place to host a golf weekend again, about how far the drive was to for the Choir Boys. As we headed to the Continued on Page 15 first course, the weekend was cold. Josie McLuskey, Tim O’Brien, Bill Carney and Jim Corcoran made up the first Things to See and Do foursome. Joe Cahill, Bill Homan, Jack in County Tipperary Carroll and I were in the second. Tim commented that he noticed I was missing continued from page 13 two hubcaps on the driver side of my car. “Yeah” I told him, “I have been mean- ing to replace them but keep forgetting.” hear some great stories It was so cold that Josie sat out the back and few songs with the nine in the clubhouse. The guys were re- owner, Sean Ryan in ally giving me the business because I had Roscrea. done most of the planning and they loved 18 Catch a ______blaming me for everything, especially the music show sponsored by weather. We finished the round and head- Comhaltas Ceoltoiri ed back to the hotel for dinner and a few Eireann at the Bru Boru drinks; it was like being at Choir Practice. Cultural Centre in Cashel. There was a nice cocktail lounge at 21 Go horseback riding at the hotel that we retired to after din- the Tipperary ______ner. We were enjoying a live band and Trekking Centre. some livelier conversation; this was 23 Have a _____ at Rockin going to be a good choir practice. Joes Diner after a day of There was a wedding going on at the shopping at unique stores hotel and while we were sitting at our ta- in Showgrounds ble two bridesmaids came in. They asked Shopping Center in Clonmel. if we had seen the groom. We hadn’t. 25 Take a foodie class at “Well, if you see him don’t let Cloughjordan House him get a drink,” she said. “He ______School has had too much already.” 26 Have a picnic and take Jim assured her we would send a walk through the him back to the reception as soon Glengarra ____ near Cahir. as we saw him. They left. 29 Explore the stalag- Then I heard Jack say. “Hey, mites and stalactites of You the groom?” Mitchelstown ____ near Cahir. A blurry-eyed bearded guy in 32 Drive, cycle,or hike through a tux slurred, “Yesh, I am.” the ___ of Aherlow for truly beautiful scenery. SEPTEMBER 2014 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 15

“Finally, home from the front, a Black and Tan, please God... got together, chipped in, and the ex-soldiers, many now jobless and now sir, is it one book or bought you something that we civilians, struggled with emo- two you’d like me to sign?” know you will appreciate.” tional malaises and economic So, in conclusion and with He pulled a large bag from frustrations. They yearned for the summer on the wane, I’m hold- under the table and called me up thrill of the hunt (battle). They ing out hope for a long, mild au- to the front. This group doesn’t longed for the close comrade- tumn. Until then, I wish you all do nice things for anyone, but ship war triggers. Absent too the very best of everyday, Cathal they thought enough of me to Imagine my surprise when I variance of beer gravities, the was the sense of power, the get me something. I was be- heard the RTÉ announcement, two liquids stay separated. The ability to dictate the terms of life Friends ginning to feel like Sally Field “Guinness cancels Arthur’s Day darker stout just floats on top and death. They hungered for when she got her Oscar, “You after five years!” The early July of the lighter coloured lager. In Like These like me, you really like me.” the adrenalin-induced excite- Coninued from page 14 [2014] statement went on to re- Ireland, the traditional combi- ment of danger now missing I took the package from port, “Guinness has cancelled its nation, that’s seldom ordered in their lives...lives envisioned the courses, and why hadn’t I Tim and opened it. It was two Arthur’s Day drinks promotion and for good reason, is either with no immediate prospects of done a better job of research- hubcaps for my car. I was almost but the brewer insists it did not Guinness and Harp [lager] or fulfilling their missing desires. ing the weather, etc. I was moved to tears as Tim explained give into pressure to abandon the Guinness and Bass [ale].” “Suffering from varying feeling quite unappreciated. how they sent Jack out to get the one-day drinking celebration.” But your man, still looking degrees of emotional and To make matters worse, the hubcaps. They were all smil- As you might recall, in my perplexed, frowned, so I con- psychological posttraumatic hotel was right on the Ohio River ing up at me and happy about last November’s letter to you, I tinued, “Now, sure if you don’t stress, the ex-soldiers received and a barge was heading upriver how much I liked the gift. How related a conversation I recently want to appear naive, don’t order an unexpected reprieve. Pre- at about 6 a.m. The foghorn was lucky I was to have friends had with my friend Tom ‘the a Black and Tan in Ireland. If sented with an opportunity to so loud it felt like the boat was like these. I mumbled some Publican’ Richardson about you must, simply call for a ‘half feed their craving for adven- in our rooms; one more thing thanks and bought everyone drink in Ireland. At the time, we and half.’ Better yet, just order ture, they headed for Ireland. for the guys to yell at me about. a beer. This was a good trip. talked of the current debate go- a Guinness or some other Irish “Often viewed as an inferior, The next day’s golf went much When we went to the park- ing on in Ireland that revolved beer...that’s what the Irish do.” ungrateful lot with an insubor- better. I had left my car back at ing lot the next morning they around the criticism of Diageo’s Of course, he hadn’t a clue dinate, revolutionary penchant, the hotel and rode with Bill to were all there smiling at me as Arthur’s Day beer promotion. and wanted to know more. the Irish suddenly became the the course. The weather was I went to the car and put those The event seemly had little to “Why,” I said, “because the targets for their present life’s sunny and pleasant. When we nice shiny hubcaps on. They do with furthering Irish cultural Black and Tan or simply ‘the dissatisfaction. With Ireland were finished we were having a snapped into place like they were tradition, as the beer distribu- Tans’, as they are still called to ‘on the stir’, what better calling beer on the patio. Suddenly, Tim made for the car. How lucky I tor proudly stated, and more to this day, were the hated SOBs was there than satisfying their stood up and started talking, was to have friends like these. do with encouraging excessive sent to Ireland from England troubled psyches while restoring he had every ones attention. Once I put them on Tim asked drinking, which was closer to to enforce the king’s writ back order in the ‘offending’ colony. “Dick, we all feel bad that we if they matched the ones on the the fact. In what seemed like almost a hundred years ago.” So over the Irish Sea they came have been picking on you this passenger side. I said I thought a paradoxical position for a Opening the book before me, by the thousands...Englishmen whole weekend, we know how so and went around to check. man dedicated to the dispens- I read a handful of paragraphs to ‘put things right’ in Ireland. hard you work to put these trips There were no hubcaps on ing of alcoholic beverages, the to the inquisitive stranger. “Away from Mother England, together.” Everyone applauded. the passenger side. That’s Galwegian pub proprietor and “Contrary to popular belief, absent of family and friends and Wow, some appreciation. I when I discovered they had intellectual said, “Sure, everyone the Tans [former British en- lacking the normal inhibitions was feeling a little embar- presented me with my own loves a hooley, but to elevate listed soldiers who] arrived in of human constraint, the Tans... rassed. Tim went on, “We all two hubcaps. How lucky I am Arthur to ‘sainthood’ for a one- Ireland in 1920-1921 were not went about satisfying their own to have friends like these. day party is more about making the sweepings of British jails. selfish, anti-social needs in an un- money, selling beer and exploit- However, by the time they left controlled setting. Backed by the ing the demons of drink than it is at the end of the War for Inde- ‘authority’ of the State, they took about Irish cultural edification.” pendence, they were criminals, off the gloves and ran amuck. Speaking of drink, I was guilty of many heinous crimes. “Unequipped to analyse or flogging one of my books at the “Much is written and remem- deal with the complex human Dayton Celtic Festival a few bered of their despicable deeds dynamics suddenly coming to weeks ago when a youngish man and rightfully so, but before bear, the IRA reacted in ways walked up to my table at Pat Fal- final judgement is passed, I offer that might be expected when lon’s Irish Import’s International one possible explanation for lives, families and country are vendor’s booth. After exchang- their vile contemptuousness. threatened...they fought back... ing pleasantries, he asked me “Ex-soldiers, down through the tooth and nail. Blurred standards about the beer in his hand. ages, are a unique breed. Some of right and wrong quickly Looking at his plastic cup, I become addicted to war. Having emerged on both sides of the could see it was what’s popu- the power of life and death over struggle. Self-survival became larly called a ‘Black and Tan.’ another is intoxicating liquor paramount. What choice did “Why does the black stuff indeed. Life, overshadowed either party have as the conse- stay on top? he asked. by combat, laced by fear and quences of the use of violence “Because they sprinkle fairy death, can lead to an opiate-like further escalated matters, inflam- dust on it before serving?” addiction...an appetite for more ing the conflict even more?” “No, you’re joking, aren’t you?” of the same. I imagine many of Putting the book down, I “Yes. Actually, it’s all about these British imports, arriving looked up and said, “A word to science,” I replied. “You see if the in Ireland, suffered from post- the wise, my friend. Enjoy your concoction is poured correctly combat withdrawal after the visit to Ireland and certainly and taking into account the right Armistice in November, 1918. your pints, but no mention of 16 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com SEPTEMBER 2014

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constitutional law meant that the In addition, Canada broke an was the first and last cross-party only functions remaining to the agreement that there would be declaration against partition by King were: 1) signing Letters separate toasts for the King and the Oireachtas. The revival of of Credence accrediting Irish for the President of Ireland. The an Irish Republican Army in the ambassadors to other states; Irish position was that a toast early 1950s has been attributed and 2) signing international to the King would not include to the strength of popular feel- treaties on Ireland’s behalf. Ireland. At the dinner only a ing among nationalists on both In 1936 de Valara used the ab- toast to the King was offered, sides of the border against the a stepping-stone to an eventual dication of King Edward VIII as to the fury of Costello and the Ireland Act. The Good Friday The Republic republic, the ratification of the an opportunity to remove all ex- Irish delegation. After the dinner of Ireland treaty began a bitter Civil War. plicit mention of the British mon- Costello announced his plan Under the Treaty, as the Irish arch from the constitution of the to declare Ireland a republic. Establishing Ireland as a Free State, Ireland achieved Irish Free State. Soon after this The subsequent Irish legisla- republic and separating the only Dominion status within he began the drafting of a new tion, the Republic of Ireland Act country from English rule was the British Commonwealth, constitution for Ireland. This new 1948 provided for the abolition the goal of the 1916 Easter Ris- which left the Irish relatively constitution came into force on of the last remaining functions ing. At the beginning of the free from direct interference, but December 29, 1937 following a of the King in relation to Ireland Rising, the Irish Republic was the British monarch, as King of national vote held on July 1, 1937. and provided that the President proudly declared from the front Ireland, continued to be the head De Valera’s constitution recog- of Ireland may instead exercise of the General Post Office by of state. The 1921 Treaty also nized the entire island as Ireland these functions in the King’s Patrick H. Pearse, leader of the reinforced the separation of the (in Irish as Éire), intentionally place. When the bill was intro- Rising. It would take another six-county statelet of Northern choosing to ignore the separate duced by Costello, he said, “This thirty-three years before republic Ireland, which remained con- status of Northern Ireland. The Bill will end, and end forever, in status was achieved. This year nected to England under the new constitution also added a simple, clear and unequivocal we commemorate the 65th An- 1800 Act of Union and the 1920 the position of President (in way this country’s long and trag- niversary of the Irish Republic. Government of Ireland Act. Irish, Uachtarán na hÉireann). ic association with the institution Agreement 1998 altered this act, The 1916 Rising was not suc- Eamon de Valera, who had This position replaced the old of the British Crown and will and the dissolution of Northern cessful, its leaders were executed boycotted the Free State over the Governor-General, who was the make it manifest beyond equivo- Ireland is now linked to a vote of and hopes of a republic were terms of the 1921 treaty, came resident representative of the cation or subtlety that the nation- the people of Northern Ireland dashed. New leaders emerged back into the government in Crown under the Free State. al and international status of this and the Republic of Ireland. from the ashes of the Rising, 1927. Upon becoming President During World War II, Ireland country is that of an independent The Republic of Ireland who attempted to bring about of the Executive Council of the remained neutral and de Valera republic.” The bill was approved became a member of the United republic status. With the sub- Free State in 1932 he began a as Taoiseach held off the forces unanimously by the Oireachtas. Nations in December 1955, sequent Irish War of Indepen- process of systemically dis- of the Allied Powers who pres- When the Act came into after previously being denied dence, republican hopes were mantling various parts of the sured him to abandon his neutral force on April 18, 1949 (Easter membership due to its neutral again raised as the new leaders 1922 Treaty (in his way, imple- status. In 1945 de Valera was Monday, in commemoration stance during the WWII. brought the British to the confer- menting the Michael Collins asked if he intended to declare of 1916), it effectively ended While republic status for Ire- ence table. Although Michael vision of stepping-stones). Ireland a republic. He replied Ireland’s status as a British land was a great achievement for Collins, the leader of the Irish By 1936 his systematic at- “We are a republic.” After the dominion. It also ended Ire- all parties and a necessary move delegation that negotiated the tempts to remove references to war the status quo remained, land’s membership of the British to separate it from the British 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, saw it as the British monarch from Irish with Ireland participating little Commonwealth of Nations. crown, it left open the status of in the British Commonwealth, In response to the Irish ac- Northern Ireland. Subsequent and with de Valera still operat- tion, the Ireland Act 1949 was agreements (the Downing Street ing under the 1937 constitution. passed by the British Parlia- Declarations and the Good The bill to declare Ireland a ment and was intended to deal Friday Agreement) have made republic was introduced to the with the consequences of the progress to further defining the Irish Oireachtas (Legislature) Republic of Ireland Act 1948 role of the 26-county Republic in 1948 by the new Taoiseach as passed by the Oireachtas. in the partitioning. The issue John A. Costello of the Fine The British act created outrage of the remaining 6-counties A full service law firm providing Gael party. Costello made the in Ireland because one of its of Ireland has yet to be fully quality representation throughout Northeast Ohio announcement that the bill was provisions guaranteed that parti- resolved. 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13920 Triskett Road 13801 Triskett Road Cleveland OH 44111 Cleveland OH 44111 Phone (216) 251-3130 Phone (216) 251-4242 22 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com SEPTEMBER 2014 iBAM Chicago Cleveland’s Last World Boxing Champion 6, and two grandsons, John K O’Toole Continued from Page 11 and Thomas J O’Toole. He died on May Johnny Kilbane was born in Cleveland, neighborhood in St. Malachi Parish. 31, 1957, in Cleveland, Ohio, of cancer. Ohio on April 9, 1889, to John and Mary Training with boxer Jimmy Dunn, Boxing historian Jerry Fitch (Cleve- Gallagher Kilbane. Mary Gallagher was Johnny fought his first fight in 1907. He land’s Greatest Fighters of All Time) and born in Cleveland to Irish-born parents, became World Featherweight Cham- Johnny Kilbane’s great-grandson Kevin pion on February 22, 1912, by defeat- O’Toole team up to present an overview ing Abe Attell in a of Johnny Kilbane’s 20 round bout in Boxing historian Jerry Fitch fighting career on Vernon, California. (Cleveland’s Greatest Saturday, September 6, He returned home Fighters of All Time) and 2014, 4 pm PJ McIntyre’s to Cleveland on St. Irish Pub 17119 Lorain Patrick’s Day to the Johnny Kilbane’s great- Road, Cleveland 44111 largest gathering in grandson Kevin O’Toole Their presentation the history of the city, team up to present an over- will feature vintage film you in stitches, a great way to start an estimated 200,000 view of Johnny Kilbane’s footage from Kilbane’s off the iBAMChicago2014 weekend! people. During WWI fighting career on Saturday, first title fight in 1912 And, yes, we finish off the iBAM- Kilbane worked as September 6, 2014, 4 pm PJ and his 1921 League Chicago2014 weekend with the High a boxing instructor McIntyre’s Irish Pub 17119 Park victory over Danny Kings in Concert on Sunday, Octo- for the U.S. Army. Lorain Road, Cleveland 44111 Frush, including foot- ber 5th at 5pm in the Irish Ameri- Johnny fought over age from the O’Toole can Heritage Center auditorium. 140 fights in his career family collection that There will be live music all day in losing only 4 and has just been restored the Fifth Province as well as work- held the Featherweight title longer and never been shown publicly before.. shops, readings and more by the than anyone in the history of boxing in Screening of Johnny Kilbane docu- authors, artists and musicians featured. and John Kilbane Sr. immigrated from any weight class. He retained the title mentary “A Fighting Heart”: Thursday, There is a lively kids activity area and Achill Parish on the west coast of Ireland. until losing at the Polo Grounds in New September 11, 2014, 7 pm. West Side kids 12 and under are admitted free. Johnny Kilbane’s mother died when he York to Eugene Criqui on June 2, 1923. Irish American Club, 8559 Jennings Rd, The Fifth province is a nice was 3, and his father became blind when place to have a nice cup of tea, a he was 6. He had to drop out of school frosty pint, a nice lunch or din- after the sixth grade to help support his ner and listen to live music. family. He was raised in “the Angle”

Kilbane (right) and Dundee pose before the start of their bout

After his boxing career, Johnny became Olmsted Township, OH 44138. Suggested a referee, operated a gym, and taught donation $10 cash at door to benefit physical education at local schools. He the Johnny Kilbane sculpture fund. entered politics and was elected a state Cleveland will boast a new work of senator in 1941. He was elected state public art by Dublin-based sculptor Row- representative in 1950 but resigned his an Gillespie, honoring Kilbane, who held post when he was elected as Municipal the world featherweight title from 1912- “Clerk of Courts” in 1951. Johnny lived 1923, longer than any boxer at any class. in Cleveland his entire life growing up Gillespie’s sculpture design features in the Angle on W 28th Street, and living three figures representing Johnny Kilbane on W 74th and Herman Avenue, W 105th as a boy, a champion, and a public Street, Fry Avenue in Lakewood, and servant. Titled “Johnny Kilbane: Fight- Laverne Avenue in West Park later in life. ing Heart,” the dedication is planned Johnny Kilbane was married to the for September 28, 2014, at noon at West former Irene McDonnell. They had two 74th and Fr. Frascati Blvd. in the Battery daughters, Mary Kilbane O’Toole and Park Townhouse Development within Helen Kilbane who died at the age of the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood. SEPTEMBER 2014 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 23

it was planted to attract the form; Stich and Amy, two tiny lots of compost, so the earth monarch butterfly, which has Chihuahuas, were clearly at is extraordinarily fertile. Two become a threatened species home in the leafy plot, greeting years ago, the Squash Blos- in these parts. “There was a newcomers with a few barks. soms switched completely monarch sighting!” she exulted “Normally we don’t have to biodynamic farming. as she pointed to a note in the an agenda, but tonight we’re “The plants seem to have garden journal. “We’re really working out the menu for found their natural cycle,” excited that we’ve been able to the upcoming dinner we’re said White. “They just strut I arrived early. The garden all gather to compare notes attract them to our garden.” hosting at the garden,” said their stuff. It’s magical.” was alive with activity; bugs and celebrate their successes. Anne White, a planner who Everyone grew silent darted behind large green The rain gauge on the pulled out her notebook and nodded in agree- leaves and plants added South end of the garden and calendar and called ment as they gazed at their another centimeter to their was the first item for in- the group to order. bounty cast in the glow strong roots. Straw paths spection. Busking recorded White and Sunny Hall of the late evening sun. neatly divided the many plants, 2-and-5/8 inches of rainfall. passed around recipes they many identifiable, others a “I’m an engineer, so I’m had cut from magazines, mystery. A strong aroma of going to be precise about which inspired a flow of Chocolate Beet Cake (from dill wafted through the air. it. They’ll know who ideas across the table; the Zephyr Community Farm) I snapped a few photos of wrote this entry,” Busk- menu quickly took shape. The Squash Blossoms are the tomatoes, still green on the ing smiled knowingly. “We could use our mystery serving this cake for dessert vine due to the lack of summer She poured the rainwater plant!” exclaimed White. at their garden party dinner. heat. Cathy Busking arrived from the gauge into a vase The mystery plant had with a warm welcome: “Hello! that she later filled with eventually been identi- 2 cups sugar I’m so glad you made it.” fresh-cut flowers from the fied as a melon, but for 2 cups flour Then the tour began. garden. In the hour that fol- months, the Squash Blos- ½ teaspoon salt Busking started by show- lowed, Busking introduced soms hadn’t known what 2 teaspoons baking power ing me the gardening jour- me to every plant in the had been planted, since 1 teaspoon baking soda nal, which is typically stored garden, her depth of botani- it resembled the zucchini ¼ cup oil in a weathered shed. cal knowledge on full display. varieties planted next to it. 3-4 ounces unsweet- “We started keeping this The Squash Blossoms grow “We don’t know where ened chocolate journal to coordinate our beets, carrots, onions, garlic, As we finished our tour, the it came from,” remarked Hall. 4 eggs gardening activities,” she said. tomatoes, melons, poblano pep- other six or so Squash Blos- “It was probably a stray seed 3 cups shredded beets The Squash Blossoms, as pers, Hungarian sweet peppers, soms retrieved chairs from from a grocery store melon,” they call themselves, are a two different kinds of eggplant, car trunks and deep corners said Sharon Storbeck, a found- Combine dry ingredients, group of five women (and dragon tongue beans, zucchini, of the garden, gathering them ing member of the garden sifting or mixing them well. one man) who are passionate leeks, savory, tarragon, purple around a small wooden table and an experienced farmer. Melt chocolate very slowly horticulturalists. Together, they basil, mint, sage, dill and where refreshments and snacks At that moment my mind over low heat. Allow chocolate farm the small plot in Oak chives, to name many of the were shared in the back- formed a picture of someone to cool then blend thoroughly Park, Illinois, and are part of a 40-plus plant varieties. Their yard city plot that is tucked eating a slice of melon in the with eggs and oil. Combine growing trend toward biody- pride and joy: the Cherokee away behind a café, clothing garden, seeds falling from flour and chocolate mixture namic and heirloom farming. Trail of Tears bean plant, which shop and a yoga studio. the juicy fruit and implant- alternating with shredded At different times during the produces a hearty, medium- Freshly picked samples from ing themselves into the soil. beets. Pour into 2 greased week the Squash Blossoms take sized, maroon-and-purple bean. the garden were, of course, Normally, a stray seed may 9-inch cake pans. Bake at 325 care of the garden – apart from Busking stopped for a mo- sliced and passed around. not sprout so easily, but the F for 40-50 minutes or until Tuesday evenings, when they ment in front of the milkweed. We also were joined by a few Squash Blossoms spent five fork can be cleanly removed A new addition to the garden; garden mascots in the furry years remediating the soil with from the center. Serves ten. Steak • Seafood • Prime Rib Irish Specialties and Spirits

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Sorrento and the jaw-dropping by two rivers and a bay, the alternating up the hillsides with Fitzgerald Tours 2015 Include Amalfi Coast. You’ll even learn city has developed an excellent ancient olive groves will still Chicago, Italy and Portugal/Spain to make pizza in Naples, where system of transportation mak- be lovely. The ship is sublime, the dish originated. Despite ing it easy to see the sights from with free wi-fi, superb dining Choices abound once again to accommodate busy work the many attractions, the pace a ferry boat, streetcar or subway and complimentary local wine, as Tom and Debra Fitzgerald schedules. Breakfasts are seems leisurely since two on free time. A labyrinth of and beverages throughout the take their hospitality on the included and a first class hotel nights are spent in every hotel narrow streets in hilly areas voyage. You’ll enjoy in-depth road in 2015, with a girls visit to downtown is the headquarters - including a rare and unusual of the medieval districts make lectures, cooking classes and Chicago, a 10-day Italy visit and from which explorations by overnight on the legendary good footwear an important live entertainment all week. a Portugal and Spain combo on mini-bus will depart. A river Isle of Capri. All breakfasts consideration. After transfer by The cost begins at $4,169 and land and by elegant riverboat. tour will give the best views and most dinners are included motorcoach to Porto, travelers does not include airfare. Trips include roundtrip of Chicago’s amazing archi- and free time is built in for board the AmaVida for a seven- Further details about all airfare from Cleveland and tecture in the city where the shopping and other endeav- day cruise along the Douro three trips can be found at the consecutive nights in the same skyscraper originated after ors. The group size is limited River - a valley embracing the Fitzgeralds’ website: www. hotel. A pre-departure orienta- the famous fire begun by Mrs. and this tour is expected to world’s oldest legally defined FitzgeraldBB.com. Call 440- tion evening the couple hosts O’Leary’s cow. Price is $739, fill quickly. Price is $5,889. wine district. The grape harvest 796-3529 to reserve a spot at their charming Painesville based on double occupancy. The timing is just as perfect will be largely completed at or for other information. bed and breakfast introduces Ten fabulous days in Italy for an Oct. 9-20 visit to Por- tour time, but the vineyards travelers to each other and begin May 21 and span Memo- tugal and Spain with AMA gives them the information they rial Day weekend to better ac- Waterways - a company the Nancy Corrigan: The Model Pilot need to pack wisely and make commodate travelers’ vacation Fitzgeralds have found to pres- the most of their adventure. schedules. Timed just before the ent extraordinary value and ac- from Achill & Cleveland to be Deposits are due now, crowds and heat descend on commodations. The first three featured at International Women’s but consider these trips for Rome, Naples and Capri, the nights are spent in a top Lisbon Air and Space Museum New Exhibit your Christmas wish list. escorted and guided motor- hotel with daily tours of that The April 23-26 Chicago trip coach tour includes highlights city, which pays tribute to the is aimed at girlfriends groups of those three areas, including many explorers launching their and planned for a weekend the Sistine Chapel, Pompeii, journeys from there. Bounded

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SEPTEMBER 25- 28,2014

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The International Women’s minal of Burke Lakefront Air & Space Museum is cel- Airport, within sight of the ebrating one of Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame own aviatrix with an exhibit. and Museum and the Great Nancy Corrigan—originally Lakes Science Center. The from Owenduff, Ireland— mission of IWASM is to pre- came to Cleveland with her serve the history of women mother and three sisters in the in aviation and space and late 1920s. The exhibit exam- to document their continu- ines her life as a woman pilot, ing contributions today and highlighting the Air Races in the future. The museum she attended and participated opened in Centerville, Ohio in, with photographs, a brief in 1986. IWASM came to the video of one of the races City of Cleveland in 1998, and Nancy was in and research their home at Burke Lake- For a more information and a detailed agenda visit done by the Corrigan family. front Airport. Exhibits are are The International accessible seven days a week. www.clevelandmayosociety.org Women’s Air & Space Mu- For additional information seum is located in the ter- please visit www.iwasm.org. The Great Hunger (An Gorta Mor) increasingly after 1847, systematically and (especially Co’s Dublin, Kildare, Car- deliberately so. …There was no shortage low, and Wexford) and northeast, Ulster, By: Terrence J. Kenneally Fermanagh. Panic struck in October in of resources to avoid the tragedy of a fam- where the economy was more diversi- the west of Ireland as the blight destroyed ine. Within Ireland itself were resources of fied, the effects were far less severe. The great potato famine of 1845-49 is healthy potatoes harvested in August. food which, had the political will existed, Mortality was also significant in the generally regarded as one of the most sig- The blight continued to ravage Ireland could have been diverted, even as a short- towns and cities, partly because of the nificant watersheds in Irish history. While term measure, to supply a starving people. ease with which the fever, including crop failures, food shortages, and mass There can be no doubt that the combined cholera, typhus, relapsing fever, dysentery emigration were not new to the Ireland of resources of the United Kingdom could and scurvy, which accompanied the food the 1840s, the scale of the catastrophe that either completely or much more substan- shortage, spread in an urban environment. was the Great Famine had never been felt. tially have removed the consequences Those who suffered most severely According to the Irish census of 1841, of consecutive years of potato blight in were the labouring classes, followed the population of Ireland exceeded 8 Ireland.” - Christine Kinealy, This Great by small-scale farmers. On the eve of million. By 1851 the population, which Calamity: The Irish Famine 1845-52, 1995. the famine the population of Ireland should have been about 9 million, had The Effects of the Famine: Those parts of stood at 8,200,000, and by 1845 and dropped to 6 million. Thus, close to 3 the country most affected by the Famine 1851 this was reduced by 2,250,000. Of million people were lost to The Great were primarily in the west (especially these, approximately 1,500,000 emi- Hunger; more than 1 million to death Co’s Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon, Gal- grated. The exodus continued, so that by starvation and related diseases, and way, and Clare), and southwest (Cork), throughout the twentieth century the more than 2 million to emigration. while Co’s Cavan and Leitrim were also population remained at not much more Beginning in the 16th century and badly hit. In the southwest, Leinster than half of its pre-famine level. continuing into the 17th century, re- peated invasions of Ireland by England Mayo Society Announces Person of the Year drastically changed the demography By JC Sullivan his leadership, the garden has be- of Ireland. By military force, especially The Mayo Society of Greater Cleveland come the jewel of Irish Cleveland. under Oliver Cromwell, thousands of has named Edward (Eddie) F. Crawford At a breakfast meeting, the process was Irish were either killed or driven off their as the 2014 Person of the Year. Crawford is begun to do the necessary fund-raising to land in Ulster and forced to resettle in in the following years. The potato had Chairman and CEO of ParkOhio Hold- get our garden back to the grand stature the west of Ireland (Connaught), where been the mainstay of agricultural laborers ings Corp. and The Crawford Group, both it held at one time. “We really hoped that the land was less productive and suit- and cottiers class and dominated the diets headquartered in Cleveland. With $1.4 bil- by getting it in ship-shape to where it was able for only the potato crop. Meanwhile, of at least two-thirds of the population. lion in sales worldwide, they employ 4,800 originally that maybe it would interest lands previously populated by the Irish No other country in Europe depended associates the U.S., China, those responsible for other in Ulster were being re-settled by Prot- on the potato as extensively as Ireland. Japan, India, Australia ethnic gardens along MLK estants loyal to England. In part, this is The Government’s Response: The and Ireland. ParkOhio Boulevard to do the same. the reason Northern Ireland today has a British response to the Famine was tepid specializes in integrated As far as I can determine majority of Protestants in their population. at best. The government of Sir Robert logistics systems and it’s been about four million The Potato Failure: The potato was a Peel initially ordered the purchase of manufactured products. dollars invested in those stranger to Ireland until after the discov- 100,000 pounds of Indian corn in the As he drove on Martin other gardens,” he said. ery of the New World (the Americas). It is United States for shipment to Cork; but Luther King Boule- The final jewel has occasionally credited to Sir Walter Raleigh, not to feed the hungry. Rather, it was vard a few years ago, been the construction of sometimes to a ship wreck off the Irish to keep food prices down. A Relief Crawford was shocked a fountain in the garden. coast in 1588, to the introduction of the Commission was set up with the task to see the deterioration While in Dublin on busi- potato to Ireland. As it turned out, the of establishing local Relief Committees, of the Irish Garden. “I ness he saw a beautiful cultural, political and biological environ- who would raise funds and distribute couldn’t believe it. The fountain outside in the ment could not have been more ideal food. A third measure introduced was stones were upturned, garden of St. Patrick’s for its proliferation. Cereal grains grew the provision of employment by having the grass wasn’t get- Church. Fascinated by, it poorly on the island, wheat hardly at all, a Board of Works construct new roads. ting cut regularly – it he approached the Fred and Cromwell seized what little arable The man given the task of overseeing looked pretty beat up.” Lennon foundation about land there was for English landowners, the program was Charles Trevelyan, a He remembered all of funding an effort to get a forcing the Irish to eke out their existence name burned in infamy in Irish history. Cleveland’s ethnic Cultural Gardens and duplicate fountain built for Cleveland’s from soil that was so rain-soaked, noth- His name is mentioned in the well-known the boathouse that was located on what Irish Garden. The result is the spectacu- ing would grow in it… except the potato. Irish song, The Fields of Athenry. Trev- was then Liberty Blvd. “Growing up in lar fountain. “I grew up with the Len- The Irish discovered that a few areas elyan and others of his ilk in the British Cleveland Heights in the 50s and 60s, the non family and they have never sought of marginal land could produce enough government ascribed to the callous phrase, gardens were still in pretty good order. any public recognition in any way.” potatoes to feed a large family and its laissez faire, which discouraged large- They reflected the diversity of Cleveland Phase One has now been completed. livestock. The potato gave the Irish a wel- scale state intervention in economic affairs. and I thought it was very special.” “Phase Two is maintaining it at the level comed measure of control over their life. Trevelyan was especially vilified over A couple weeks after first witnessing that we expect,” said Crawford. “A lot of Many contemporaries were concerned an anonymous piece he wrote entitled, the deterioration he saw some volun- volunteers; a lot of contributions. Ev- about the reliance on one crop, the potato, “The Irish Crisis” in which he sought to teers working in the Irish Garden as he eryone shares it; a lot of great people…. which was a staple of the poorer Irish diet. justify the continued export of food from again drove by. He got out of his car and surely it’s the greenest garden.” In August of 1845, the fungus that invades Ireland, while the masses starved, and spoke with them. “After that I got on the Crawford’s grandparents both emigrat- the potato plant, plytophtora infectans, who implied that the famine was simply phone and called some friends and that’s ed from Cork. His grandmother, Cath- was first recorded at the Dublin Botanical God’s way of relieving over-population. when I formed the Irish Garden Club. erine McCarthy, was from New Market, Gardens. Within a month, a total failure “…The response of the British govern- The restoration of Cleveland’s four Boherbue. His grandfather Healy was a of the potato crop was reported in County ment to the Famine was inadequate acre Irish Cultural Garden is Eddie’s Corkman. “We have plenty of Crawford in terms of humanitarian criteria and, most recent volunteer passion. Under and Hennessey first cousins there yet.” Irish American Heritage Center 4626 N Knox October 3-5 Chicago

iBAM Chicago 2014 Presents Celtic Arts Rising: Leaders, Legends and Legacies

iBAM Chicago is a comprehensive weekend of Celtic culture in all its flavors and variations. iBAM!2014 is Saturday October 4 and Sunday October 5th from noon-6pm each day at the Irish American Heritage Center 4626 N. Knox Chicago IL 60630. The IAHC spans four floors packed full of Irish activities for this unique weekend, all under one roof. Additionally, iBAM Chicago is offering two mighty evening shows: Irish American Heritage Center October 3-5 4626 N Knox Chicago

iBAM Chicago 2014 Presents Celtic Arts Rising: Leaders, Legends and Legacies

Celtic Women International Film The Minnitts Theater: Titanic and Britannica Survivor! Literary Salon A first-person historical portrayal based on the true story of the only of Anabeg Written and directed by Alan Brown. Jamie O’Reilly: Miles to go be- survivor of both the HMS Titanic and the HMHS Britannic sinkings During the famine years, Joshua Minitt fore I sleep *Kathy O’Neill: The worked Crumbling Blacktop*Mary Kunert: Raffle: Win a Carribean Cruise for two! to save a Irish Fiber Arts*Mark Piekarz: January 18-24 community, Favorite Ballads from the Irish but had to disinherit his Song Tradition*Mary Malloy: Join Andy Cooney and his Cruise with Irish Stars! only son when Mary Justita Coffey*Rita Em- on board Royal Carribean’s Explorer of the Seas. * Round Trip Airfare * Hotel Room and Pre- Cruise Reception he married a mett: Blast Away Procrastination local Catholic * Special Entry to All Irish Shows * All taxes and Transfers - Even if you are Irish!*Theresa girl. Filmed Choskey: Clara Driscoll*Mary buy online at www.ibamchicago.com or call 847-872-0700 on location in Pat Kelly: Of Irish Blood*Joan Ireland 96 mins Kramer: Celtic Meditation*Maureen Smith: Prendergast’s “Cromwellian Authors - Meet your favorites! Settlement”*Katya Maslakowski: Donal Ryan, Frank Delany, Jessica Ann Foley, Jim and Jay Padar who Dance Irish 19th Century Spies!*Mary Learn how to dance a jig or a reel Wagner: If the Shoe Fits, Wear penned On Being a Cop, Carmel Harrington, Martin Dowling, Joe on Sunday with the Identity Dance it!*Maureen Flannery: Poems about Murphy, Rita Emmett, Mary Pat Kelly, Monica Dougherty, Marybeth troupe. They will also perform in the Her Parents WWII letters from her Sammons, Dr. Eileen Timmons, Brenna Briggs, new book*T.E. Williams: Eleanor, Fifth Province and with the The Rebel Countess of Desmond Arthur Cola, Sandra McCone, Rex Owens & more tba! High Kings at 5pm.

Music- All Day Storyteller Artist Sean Cleland, Jim Dewan, Danny Tim O’Sullivan Collins, Roisin Comer,Deirdre Barry Jazz Finnegan Millane,Rob McLeod, Rosemary Telling tales and Direct from Ireland O’Malley, Jim DeWan, Pauline talking treason! Conneely and Gerry Carey Drawing LIVE Sat & Sun!

iBAM Chicago Irish Awards Gala Dinner Saturday October 4th Liturature Performing Arts Being honored for their Outstanding Contributions: Person of the Year Frank Delaney John Mahoney Martin J. Healy Jr Visual Arts Barry Jazz Finnegan

Music Legend Paddy Reilly Information? call 847-872-0700 or go towww. ibamchicago.com Special room rates available at the Hyatt Rosemont PERFOMANCES ARE RESTRICTED TO GUESTS BOOKED THROUGH TRAVEL CONCEPTS ONLY