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a story about a per- son, place or event West Side Irish American in Irish history; illu- minating them and explaining why it is Club by Bob Carney so important for us Upcoming Events: to know our history. OhIAN: Your re- search and writing Live Music & Food in The Pub every Friday Columnist isn’t limited to Irish history, what else J. Michael Finn, are you doing? “Illuminations” JMF: History, you might say, has 1 “25” Card Tournament by Bob Carney taken over my life. In addition to writ- 8 Mother’s Day Mass & Breakfast ing for OhIAN, I began contributing OhIAN: Mike, your history column articles to the monthly history bul- 22 1916 Commemorative Ceili Illuminations is always interesting, letin of the Catholic Record Society how did you become so passionate of the Diocese of Columbus. That led 27 Steve Mulloy Annual Reverse Raffle. about Irish history? to me being elected as Chairman of JMF: It all started with the Irish language, my wife Marion saw an ad in our parish bulletin in 1980 that said, “Learn Irish by St. Patrick’s Day.” As it was just before, she decided to enroll General Meeting 3rd Thursday of every month. me in the course as a Christmas gift. OhIAN: Did you learn Irish? Since 1931 JMF: Well I did learn a little Irish, but I was hardly speaking Irish by St. Patrick’s Day. Through that class, 8559 Jennings Road Olmsted, Twp, Ohio 44138 however, I became involved in the 440.235.5868 www.wsia-club.org Irish community; I joined the Ancient Order of Hibernians and eventually made two trips to Ireland. When my wife complains about all my books and history research, I remind her that she was the one who started it all! It was through the Hibernians that the Catholic Record Society. I am on I became really interested in Irish my third two year term as Chairman. history. I was appointed the histo- OhIAN: That must require a great rian for the Patrick Pearse Division deal of your time, is there space for here in Columbus. I must have been anything else in your life? successful at that because in 1996, I JMF: When I’m not working on was appointed AOH State Historian. something historical, I work for the Thanks to the support of succeeding State of Ohio as a Financial Planning AOH State Presidents, I have contin- Analyst for the Department of Com- ued to be reappointed to that position. merce. One of these days I’m going to OhIAN: You’re the longest, con- retire, which will give me more time tinually running columnist for the to pursue some Irish and Catholic Ohio Irish American News since its history research projects that have beginning, how did that come about? been calling to me from my file cabi- JMF: In 2007, some of the Irish net. A big part of my retirement plan history articles I wrote were float- includes hitting the lottery! I live in ing around the internet and Ohio Columbus with my wife Marion. We Irish American News Publisher John have one daughter, Kathleen, who O’Brien, Jr. asked me if I would write lives in Cincinnati. a few articles for an Irish paper he had started. He apparently liked what I wrote, because he soon asked me to write on a regular basis. I think my first monthly article appeared under the column Illuminations in May of 2007. I’ve been with John and his ex- cellent publication ever since. I hope my history articles have edu- cated the readers about the variety and complexity of Irish history. Most importantly, I try each month to tell MAY 2016 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 3

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Sandy Hain George Hudson, who had been a member of the Black Cleveland’s Gem, Watch and immigrated to Chi- Part II cago. George set up a Scottish By Barry Conway bakery called Gaelic Imports, which sold mostly meat pies The Cleveland Kiltie Band and other Scottish baked goods. was an extension of the Ma- Sandy and George partnered sonic groups in Cleveland. As a with a shop in Cleveland and result, the band did not permit one in Chicago, selling Scottish those of Roman Catholic faith baked goods through George to be members. Sandy was not and bagpipe supplies through in favor of this policy and over- Sandy’s contacts. In 1965, Cleveland International Tattoo, his compositions including: nel Freddie Burnaby-Atkins; came it in a way he describes as Sandy opened Gaelic Imports which saw pipe bands come Donald McKillop, a popular Freuchies March to Lords; and “back door”. Sandy had a stu- at W. 25th and Denison Avenue from across the United States jig Sandy wrote in 1951 for a Farewell to the Black Watch, a dent he brought down to the in Cleveland. and Canada to participate. The member of the Royal British piobaireachd composed follow- band and everyone assumed, In addition to bagpipes, San- Tattoo continues to this day. Legion in Scotland. It is some- ing the absorption of the Black because Sandy sponsored him, dy is also an accomplished An avid composer, Sandy times erroneously referred to as Watch into the Royal Regiment that he was a Mason. Sandy’s accordion player. In 1966, he has had a number of tunes Duncan McKillop. of Scotland in 2006. student became a member of started “Sandy Hain and The published. A few of his com- The Heroes of The Hook, As with many parts of this the band and, over a period Clansmen”, a Scottish dance positions are included in the written after a 1952 battle by country, those in Northeast of time, people discovered he band. This dance group became recently published Black Watch the 1st Battalion Black Watch Ohio owe the generation before was Catholic. But he was so a staple in the Scottish commu- Pipe Manual, which is limited in 1952, Korea; Lieutenant us a great debt of gratitude for well liked, no one thought to nity of Cleveland and played to tunes written by current Colonel B C Bradford, a famous passing along the passion of remove him. The band realized for 42 years. and former Black Watch mem- Colonel in the Black Watch 1st the bagpipes to us the effects that it was music that brought During the late 1960s, 1970s bers for Black Watch members. Battalion; Major General A L of which will be felt for many them together and religion and early 1980s, Cleveland had The Manual includes seven of Watson CB; Lieutenant Colo- years to come. soon became a non-factor as a vibrant Scottish Community, far as band membership. with many first and second During this period, Sandy generation Scottish and Irish competed at a number of High- taking up the instrument and land Games including new many groups holding events competitions held in Ligonier with dancing to Sandy Hain and Grandfather Mountain and the Clansmen. Sandy al- as well as competed at more ways encouraged those want- established competitions in ing to play at higher levels to Canada such as the Hamil- do so. In 1975, a small group ton Games. Sandy also began of players from the Cleveland teaching, which was his true Kiltie Band wanted to compete. passion, especially piobai- Under the direction of Tom reachd, which is his favorite Hastings, this group, combined music to both play and teach. with a few members from the His school was called the Red rival Cleveland Caledonian Hackle School of Piping and Pipe Band, formed the Western was registered with the Col- Reserve Pipe Band, which later lege of Piping under Seamus came under the leadership of MacNeil. Here, Sandy was Noel Slagle. approved to administer level Interest in bagpipes increased tests on behalf of the College in this period. To have more of Piping. time to teach, Sandy sold Gaelic At the time, it was difficult to Imports. Sandy suffers from Fo- get bagpipe supplies, as there cal Dystonia, which is a repeti- were no local bagpipe and tive nerve disorder. In pipers, pipe band product retailers. it effects hand control. Due to Sandy began selling bagpipe this, Sandy stepped down from products and, later Scottish the Cleveland Kiltie Band after jewelry, while working with 26 years of service. In 1987, he John Kirkwood from St. Cath- was asked to help the start erine’s, Ontario. the Greater Cleveland Peace Sandy sold bagpipe products Officers Memorial Pipe Band, and Scottish jewelry at the who had thirty players commit- various Scottish events, includ- ted and no one to teach them. ing “White Heather” concerts, This group quickly became the who brought in entertainers largest pipe band in Ohio, with such as Andy Stewart. At one more than sixty pipers. It was of these events, Sandy met this group who organized the 6 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com MAY 2016

through in last year’s champi- but it remains difficult to see help the outstanding Cian Lynch onship. In 2015, Derek McGrath how they could mount a serious in attack. Another impressive introduced a hoard of young All-Ireland challenge. move by manager TJ Ryan has talent into his side, including Cork took on Tipperary on been the deployment of Declan All-Star Tadgh de Burca, and May 22 in Semple Stadium with Hannon at full forward, with the they ended up as league cham- the winners of that contest fac- Adare man topping the scoring pions and were unlucky not to ing Limerick who won’t fear charts for Limerick from the edge Kilkenny Remains the Team to Topple add the Munster title to their either side after a good league of the square. credentials. However, in their campaign. The Treaty men in- Once again the big champion- I remember a particular train hurling circles as being disre- last campaign, they became over troduced a host of the successful ship conundrum is Galway. Last of thought back in 2008. Kilken- spectable to the current cham- reliant on Maurice Shanahan for side that won the Under-21 All- year they were 30 minutes away ny had won their third All- pions, but they are not without from being champions. A player Ireland in a row after destroying merit. In last year’s final, Kilken- led revolt in the off-season saw Waterford by 23 points in the ny trailed an impressive Galway last year’s management team showpiece hurling final. In an outfit by three points at half time. jettisoned and the players will unprecedented move, in possibly The previous year they needed a have added pressure to perform the history of sports, the win- replay as Tipperary got to within in 2016. Despite some impres- ning manager, Brian Cody, was a whisker of victory in the drawn sive league displays where Joe awarded the man-of-the-match final of 2014. What had been Canning has been at his imperi- as his side had vanquished that noticeable in both victories has ous best, they managed to get year’s pretenders in the most been their ability to hurl at a relegated from the top tier of the one-sided final of recent times. higher intensity when the game league after losing the relegation The thinking at the time was looks like it can fall either side of play-off. that when this generation of a knife’s edge. This year they look as a likely Kilkenny players, which in- Loughnane’s comments were, to exit early as they are to win the cluded Henry Shefflin, Tommy in my opinion, by and large competition outright, but Can- Walsh, JJ Delaney, Noel Hickey taken out of context as he just as ning will need help once again and Eddie Brennan, had passed, effectively exposed the limita- from Cathal Mannion and Jason there would be a more regular tions of the chasing pack who Flynn in attack while they will changing of the guard on the have failed to wrestle the title also need to stop conceding goals, first Sunday in September when from Kilkenny’s grasp in recent which became their Achilles heel the hurling champions lift the years. It is true that the full back last year. Liam McCarthy Cup in triumph. line seems more exposed when For Dublin, the form of Eamon Kilkenny hurler Eoin Larkin, who serves in the Irish Despite Tipperary’s win in 2010 compared to when JJ Delaney Dillon has been particularly army, has been ever present on the successful Kilkenny and Clare’s victory in 2013, that manned the edge of the square encouraging. While they could sides of the past decade logic hasn’t come to pass. and it is also true that their scor- spring a surprise in the champi- With Cody yet at the helm, ing has mainly come through onship, is difficult to see the Dubs Kilkenny’s dominance of the Reid in the league this year. their scores, but the return of Pau- Ireland last year. contesting for the ultimate prize hurling landscape has continued. Despite this, Cody continues to raic Mahony from injury and the Diarmuid Byrnes and Ronan such has been their inconsistency That they have done it with a unearth new players, with James maturation of Patrick Curran and Lynch have strengthened up the throughout the league. A semi- new cast of players has been Maher at wing forward and Rob- the Bennett brothers, Shane and half back line, while Barry Nash final berth would seem the limit all the more impressive as only ert Lennon at centre back likely Stephen, should help increase and Tom Morrissey will look to of their ambitions. Eoin Larkin and TJ Reid remain to be highly involved come the their firepower upfront. Should constant from both the 2008 and summer. this come to pass, the Decies will Congratulations to The Harp - who won a 2015 final victories. Once again Contenders - The two sides be in All-Ireland contention. the Cats will head into the new that look most likely to stop It will be interesting to see if variance on having live Irish music, after a 4 championship season as favou- Kilkenny’s run are Tipperary and Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald year battle with 1 local resident. The Harp is rites with the added incentive of Waterford. Tipperary, despite can get his charges back to the the heart & soul of the Irish community in the another three-in-a-row within not making the league semi- form of 2013. After a successful their sights. finals, had a productive league league campaign that saw the historic Old Angle and Irish Town Bend areas. It shouldn’t be this way, ar- campaign. Ronan Maher looks Banner win promotion back to Congrats Karen & Crew! gues former All-Ireland winning to have cemented his place at the top division despite a lengthy manager, Ger Loughnane, who centre back, while Michael Breen injury list, the litmus test will ar- questioned how a side, without at centre field and John McGrath rive in their Munster semi-final the same number of great play- in the full forward line, both had tie with Waterford. The winner ers they had in the past, being outstanding spring campaigns of that fixture will have a Mun- able once again to dominate the for the Blue and Gold. If Tip- ster Final to play for in addition hurling environs. He said it was perary’s Seamus Callinan, John to having at least an All-Ireland especially so as this Kilkenny ‘Bubbles’ O’Dwyer and Patrick quarter-final place guaranteed. team are overly reliant on the ‘Bonner’ Maher can recapture Cork had an awful league scoring prowess of TJ Reid and the form they have shown over campaign, losing all five matches Ritchie Hogan, the last two play- the last two years, the Premier before surprisingly beating Gal- ers to be awarded ‘Hurler of the County look the best equipped way in the relegation playoff. Year’ respectively. to topple the champions. The management cut stalwarts Though his comments were Waterford have continued to Shane O’Neill and Pa Cronin seen as incendiary in Kilkenny impress after making a break- from the panel in recent weeks, MAY 2016 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 7

riot gear. As the host of the Republican [email protected] National Convention in July, the city has solicited bids for 2,000 sets of “Elite Defender” police riot suits, 26 inch collapsible batons and thousands of interlock- ing steel baricades.” No matter our political ideals, if we come out as a calm, A Nation of compared to the positive contributions of rational, informed com- other Irish-Americans. munity and remember our Immigrants Mathew Thorton of New Hampshire, own history in this great Some of the earliest known stories George Taylor and James Smith of Penn- nation, I believe we can and poems in Irish literature speak of sylvania were Irish born signers of the influence the atmosphere “enchanted isles to the west” or a “land Declaration of Independence. Five oth- surrounding the conven- of eternal youth” far off the west coast of ers were of Irish origin. The Secretary tion, making it a peaceful, Ireland. Some say St. Brendan of Kerry of Congress from 1774 to 1789, Charles successful event that show- sailed to North America in the seventh Thompson, came to America as an inden- cases the City of Cleveland century. The reality is the Irish have been tured servant. It was his duty to read the and all of its’ immigrant coming here as far back as any other Declaration of Independence before the sons and daughters. ethinic group, Columbus had a man from Congress for the first time and later to Síocháin (peace) Galway with him in 1492. notify George Washington of his election The Irish were here in Colonial days, to the presidency in 1789. Hercules Mul- they fought in the Revolution and helped ligan, an Irish born tailor, became Wash- build our nation. During the Great Hun- ington’s “confidential agent” or covert ger, hundreds of thousands came seeking operative, providing the American Com- a new life. The Irish became the backbone mander with information on the British of our early labor force, building canals, troops. Between one-third and one-half roads and railways across our land. of the Revolutionary’s forces, including Within one or two generations, they con- almost 1,500 officers and 26 generals,(15 tributed to all aspects of American society. of whom were born in Ireland) were of Architect Louis Sullivan, industrialist Irish descent. Henry Ford, novelist Henry James, Civil Abraham Lincoln instituted the Con- War hero Thomas Francis Meagher, if you gressional Medal of Honor, it was first look at the number of presidents, legisla- presented in 1861. Of the 3,469 recipients, tors, jurists, politicians, teachers, artists, two-hundred and two were Irish born, lawmen and entertainers it’s evident the the largest group of immigrants to re- Irish have made great contributions to ceive our nations highest military honor. this country. A list of New York City’s Eleven U.S. presidents can claim Irish Irish and German office holders, (the only ancestry. Clearly we have been involved two groups mentioned), published in in American politics. 1869, show the overwhelming dominance As Irish-Americans living in Cleveland, of the Irish in the local government. we celebrate our Irish heritage in a variety of ways. We have our annual St. Patrick’s Germans Irish Day Parade, two great Irish-American clubs, Cleveland’s Irish Cultural Festival, Mayor’s Office 2 11 Irish dance schools, Gaelic sports orga- Aldermen 2 34 nizations, Irish language, history, music Street Department 0 87 and Irish pubs and restaurants. We are a Comptroller 2 126 large , influential community of laborers, Sheriff 1 23 professionals, civil servants, clergy, writ- Police Captains 0 32 ers and social activists. We have an op- One hundred and fifty years later, the purtunity to let the nation and the world names of the firemen and police that per- know Cleveland’s Irish-Americans as the ished serving the people of New York in positive force we are. the wake of 9/11 were overwhelmingly In 1802, Alexander Hamilton wrote, Irish. Community service and activism “Men are rather reasoning than reasonable has always been strong among the Irish. animals, for the most part governed by An old Irish proverb says “falling is the impulse of passion”. July will bring easier than rising”, Henry McCarty, aka the Republican National Convention to Billy the Kid, was the son of an Irish- our city, not since 1968, have we had such woman. Cleveland’s Danny Greene had turmoil in the American political scene. his Irish background mentioned in almost William Falk – the editor in chief of the every news story about him. Fortunately Week Magazine, wrote in the March 18 for all of us, the gangster element pales , 2016 issue, “Cleveland is shopping for 8 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com MAY 2016

sexes. She contributed children. which led to the court-martial many articles in support Both Hanna and her husband of her husband’s killer, Captain of Irish women’s right were pacifists. Hanna strongly Bowen-Colthurst of the Royal to vote. opposed participation in the Irish Rifles. Hanna lost her teach- First World War which broke out Hanna refused compensation ing job in 1913 when she in August 1914. In 1915 she was for her husband’s death (it was was arrested and impris- prevented by the British govern- offered on condition of her ceas- oned for three months ment from attending the Inter- ing to speak and write about the after throwing stones national Congress of Women murder), and she travelled to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington at Dublin Castle and assaulting held in The Hague in April 1915. the United States to publicize Hanna Sheehy Skeffington established by the Dominicans in a police officer during a voting The following June her husband the political situation in Ireland. was born Johanna Mary Sheehy 1893, to study modern languages rights demonstration. While in Francis was imprisoned for anti- During the next two years she on May 24, 1877 in Kanturk, (French and German). She sat for jail she went on hunger spoke widely in sup- County Cork, Ireland. She was examinations at the Royal Uni- strike and was released port of Sinn Féin and the daughter of David and Eliza- versity of Ireland and received a under the Prisoner’s Tem- of Irish independence. beth (McCoy) Sheehy. Her fa- Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899 porary Discharge of Ill She spoke at over 250 ther was a member of the Irish and a Master of Arts Degree Health Act and was soon meetings and succeed- Republican Brotherhood. He with first-class honors in 1902. rearrested. This Act of Par- ed in raising significant was arrested six times during This led to her start her career liament was also known as funds for Ireland’s in- Hanna’s childhood for his part as a teacher. She might have the “Cat and Mouse Act.” dependence. in the Land War. Later he was continued her comfortable ca- Suffragettes like Hanna She published Brit- elected a Member of Parliament reer as an educator, but Hanna’s who were undertaking ish Militarism as I after which the family moved passionate concern about social hunger strikes would now Have Known It, which to Dublin. and political issues set her on a be released from prison was banned in Ireland Hanna was exposed to the re- different course. as soon as they became ill, and England until publican struggle from a young In 1903 Hanna married Francis rather than being force-fed after the First World age due to her father’s involve- Skeffington and they both took as had been the practice War. In January 1918, ment with the Irish Republican the surname Sheehy Skeffington before the act. The Act al- on behalf of Cumann Brotherhood and later his career (which was not hyphenated). lowed for the re-imprison- na mBan (pron: coo- as an MP. Her uncle, Fr. Eugene In 1908, they founded the Irish ment of the hunger strik- men nah mawn), she Sheehy, was famous as the Land Women’s Franchise League, a ers upon their recovery on personally presented League priest whose activities pioneering group that worked their original charges. Ireland’s claim for self- landed him in prison. to enact women’s voting rights. Being free from her determination to Presi- She was educated at the Do- In 1909 their only child, Owen teaching job enabled Han- dent Wilson. Upon her minican Convent on Eccles Street was born. In 1912 she and her na to devote more time to return to Ireland she in Dublin, where she was an husband founded the influential the fight for suffrage and was arrested and im- excellent pupil. She then enrolled paper the Irish Citizen, aiming to other social causes. In prisoned in Holoway at St Mary’s University College, promote the rights and respon- 1911 she was a founding mem- recruiting activities. Jail in England, together with a third level college for women sibilities of citizenship for both ber of the International Women Francis, though an Irish na- Kathleen Clarke, Countess de Workers Union (IWWU) which tionalist, did not participate in Markievicz and Maud Gonne- participated along with James the 1916 Easter Rising, as he was MacBride. They were released Connolly’s Irish Transport and opposed to the use of force. He after a hunger strike. General Workers Union (ITG- was arrested during the Rising Much of Hannah’s life was WU) in the 1913 Dublin Lockout. while trying to prevent loot- spent working for the right of During the lockout she worked ing in Dublin. He was illegally Irish women to vote. In 1918 her with other suffragists and wom- detained and the next morning efforts proved successful when en labor activists (Rose Hackett, was taken into the barracks yard women were given the right, but, Countess de Markievicz, and and shot without trial. Hanna they had to be 30 years of age and Helena Molony) in Liberty Hall, immediately began to campaign own property. In 1922, all Irish providing food for the starving for justice, forcing the Royal women over 21 were given the families of the strikers and their Commission to hold an inquiry, right to vote. In 1920 Hanna was an ex - Available now: Author John O’Brien, Jr’s 4th book ecutive member of the White Cross Fund set up to aid needy families of Volunteers involved The Lyrics of in the War of Independence. Irish Freedom With many other suffragettes, Hanna rejected the Anglo-Irish Notes of Treaty. She supported the anti- Turbulent Times Treaty side in the Civil War as a member of Women’s Prisoners’ Defense League. Subsequently songsandstories.net she became assistant editor of #livemorelifebemoreirish An Phoblacht, the paper of the Irish Republican Army. Continued on page 15 MAY 2016 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 9

armada notes that two Irish Americans physically participated in the Easter Rising. In March of 1916, Clan na Gael estab- lished The Friends of Irish Freedom (FOIF) There are over 1.4 and both organizations supported Irish million people of self-determination. In 1917, the United States entered the war and Irish Ameri- Irish descent in Ohio; cans mobilized their support for the war 475,000 in Greater effort. This dispelled British fears that Cleveland; 176,000 A Nation of Immigrants predecessors. It attracted many prominent the execution of the leaders of the Rebel- Irish Americans including the first Irish lion would push the US to the Central in Cuyahoga County: Less than a month after the outbreak Catholic mayor of Chicago, John Hopkins. Powers. Regiments like the Irish Fighting of World War I there were almost 200,000 Clan na Gael donated $60,000 from 1876- 69th continued the glorified history of Want to reach them? Irishmen in the British Army. They formed 1871 to John Holland’s submarine research regiments comprised of Irish blood. Like Advertise in the three divisions: the Irish 10th, the Irish 16th, as they envisioned sinking British ships. their brethren in the Irish 16th, it was their and the Ulster 36th. Irish Politician John John Devoy became the leader of Clan hope that military sacrifice would lead to Ohio Irish Redmond called upon the Irish to volun- na Gael in 1871 and a transatlantic partner- a voice in the political process and self- American News: teer to secure the implementation of the ship amalgamated in 1877 with the Irish determination. Home Rule Act. As the Irish volunteered, Republican Brotherhood. Devoy’s goal The Friends of Irish Freedom elected [email protected]. the British Army placed Protestant officers, was to prepare for revolution by expand- three representatives to the Peace Confer- both English and those from Ulster, in com- ing their membership and authenticating ence at Versailles. President Woodrow mand of the Irish Catholic nationalists who armed struggle as an ideological possibility. Wilson stated that self-determination only composed the battalions. Over 85% of all It founded the Irish National Land League applied to the lands of the former Central the officers were Unionist and Protestant of the United States to solicit funds for the Powers. It was also President Wilson who who directed forces that were 98% Irish nationalist cause and to apply political delayed official US support for the lives and Republican. pressure on both sides of the Atlantic. By of the leaders of the Easter Uprising. The On Monday April 24th, Easter Monday, 1880, the Land League was comprised of Wilson family had its roots in Protestant 1916, Irish Republicans led an armed upris- over a half a million members. Ulster. Wilson refused the participation ing that lasted until Patrick Pearse agreed Charles Stewart Parnell was elected head of the FOIF representatives just as the Brit- to an unconditional surrender on the 29th of the IPP in 1880 and toured America for ish refused members of the Dail Eireann, of April. The Battle of Hulluch on the West- almost three months to gain economic including American born Eamon DeValera. ern Front occurred during the Rebellion, and political support. When Parnell was DeValera travelled to the United States from April 27th to the 29th. The Irish 16th jailed by the British government, his sisters, instead to garner Irish American patron- Division suffered heavy causalities during Fannie and Anna, formed the Ladies Land age. It is estimated that over five million the battle as a result of German gas attacks League and travelled to the United States dollars was obtained by the American and poorly made British gas masks. More to form chapters and to obtain monetary Commission of Conditions in Ireland Irish would have died if not for a shift in donations. While in Cleveland they were and the American Commission for Relief the wind that blew the gas back at the Ger- opposed by Bishop Gilmour, who was not in Ireland. DeValera then launched the man lines. The 16th experienced over 4,000 a friend of Irish freedom nor their efforts. American Association for the Recognition causalities during the war that claimed a This did not stop the Parnell sisters. Their of the Irish Republic. Edward Dohey was total of 35,000 Irish lives. The narrative of brother’s relationship with a married the leader of this association which had the Irish in the British Army is just one of women did. over 700,000 members in the United States. the complexities of the Rebellion and of Irish Americans were more than an eco- They contributed nearly ten million dollars Irish Nationalism, a nationalism that led to nomic force; they were politically active in towards the Irish republican movement. rebellion in Ireland and converged nation- the years leading up to the Rebellion. Sec- The Atlantic has never served as an alists within the Irish Diaspora. retary of State John Hay noted that Clan na obstacle to Irish Nationalism. Irish blood Redmond and his Irish Parliamentary Gael assisted in defeating proposed treaties was shed in transnational spaces with a Party (IPP) were funded by the United Irish with Britain in 1897 and 1904. Collectively, singular goal: the Irish Republic. Irish League in America. Irish Americans paid Irish American political pressure defeated Americans consistently funded self-deter- for over half the allowances of the IPP in three of the four proposed treaties in the mination and the Irish Republic. Today, the early 1900s. This type of funding was early twentieth century. My grandma organizations like Irish Northern Aid and emblematic of a shift from individual and Grace McGarry went to Hay High School, the Ancient Order of Hibernians work for a family remittance to political and nation- by the way. Their colors are green and free and united 32 county Ireland. It is our alistic remittance by Irish Americans. The gold. Just sayin. time to support the Irish Republic. Irish Nationalists were well aware that their Clan na Gael supported a neutral United For additional reading please see; Ire- North American cousins were an economic States during the beginning of World War I. land’s Unknown Soldiers, The 16th (Irish) necessity and worked directly with Irish The Ancient Order of Hibernians initially Division in the Great War by Terence American organizations and the sophisti- supported Germany and entered into for- Denman, Irish Terrorism and the Atlantic cated funding network created to support mal agreement with the German-American Community, 1865-1922 by Jonathan Grant, an Irish Republic. alliance. Irish Americans were disturbed by The Spirit of Resistance, a History of Physi- In the post-civil war period Fenians in the British executions of the Easter Rising cal Force Republicanism in Ireland and America threatened British officials and leaders. Clan na Gael was the sole Irish America, by Seamus Metress, The Green attacked Canada in the name of Irish Na- American association to have knowledge Flag, A History of Irish Nationalism, by tionalism. Clan na Gael was founded in of the Rebellion beforehand. It gave Roger Robert Kee, and Irish-American Diaspora 1867 with the demise of the Fenians and Casement $10,000 for arms to be used in Nationalism, The Friends of Irish Freedom hoped to learn from the experiences of its the Rebellion. Professor Briona NIc Dhi- 1916-1935, by Michael Doorley. 10 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com MAY 2016

another time. that site now and click on the Har- Francois Hardy. My research dy/Lardie button you will find all Jean Hardy was indentured on the Lardie that I discovered. There is a picture to the Sulpiciens for 3 years in Living With Lardie name found it on the opening page of the Hardy Montreal. The Sulpiciens seem to by Richard Lardie was most likely button of 11 people and a dog. The be similar to the Jesuits. He came Scotch/English. picture looks to be from about 1880. from Normandy and his service I actually found When I saw that picture I almost contract was signed on June 13 a Richard Lardie fell out of my chair because I have 1661 in France. He will receive 165 in 17th century a copy of that picture. pounds for the three years. He then I Want a Refund both her parents came from county England. I could only trace our What I found was that a group of married Marie Poire, who was a These are piercing words when Leitrim, Ireland. My dad’s side line of Lardie’s back to about brothers by the name of Hardy left Fille Du Roi. spoken by my daughter-in-law was going to be more difficult. 1860. I was busy on the internet Quebec and went to Ontario. They The King of France arranged for Megan McGinty Lardie. She was My grandmother on his side checking Ancestry.com etc. but got renamed by the census taker as young women to go to New France referring to the information that was Isabelle Brady. She died when mainly searching message boards Lardie around 1861. I have the bap- (Quebec) to become wives of the my son, Joe Lardie, was not 100% my dad was 6 months old and on genealogy sites. I found a nice tismal certificate of my great, great men who went there. As a King’s Irish as we all believed. Let me he had no more contact with her man named Ron Lardie up in grandfather as Edouard L’Hardy Daughter, she had a dowry of 950 explain. family. He knew she was Irish Michigan and we began messaging in Montreal in 1835. His death livres and 50 from the King. The I got the bug to look into our and that was all he knew. When each other, finally establishing our certificate reads Edward Lardie in marriage Contract: Signed before family tree when I received word asked about the Lardie name, my grandfathers were brothers. Detroit Michigan. M. Duquet, notary, Oct 14, 1669. that my dad’s last living half-sister dad just said the family was Irish He told me he had an 89 year old died. I wish I had gotten the bug and that was the end of it. My dad aunt, still living, who was willing earlier, but better late than never. I was raised in Cleveland. His father, to talk to me. I called her and she wrote down all that I knew on my half-sisters and half-brother all was telling me about her grand- mother’s family. That was easy as lived in Detroit. That is a story for mother and grandfather (My Great grandparents). She told me great Grandpa John died at her house in 1929. She told me how everyone wanted to be near Grandma Mary at a party because she was so sweet. I jokingly asked if no one wanted to sit next to Grandpa John. She said no and in a whisper said “He was a drinker you know.” Who would have guessed? Then she said something that took me aback. She still remembered some of the phrases she had to memorize when visiting them as a small child. “Phrases?” I asked. “Yes, French phrases”. She responded. It seems that the French Ca- How did the Joe Lardie descend? “Why would you need French nadians would have written the Jean Francois Hardy 1641-1715, phrases to talk to Irish people?” I Hardy name and pronounced it Pierre Hardy 1672-1728, Francois queried. “Irish? Oh no, they were as if it was The Hardy or L’Hardy. Hardy 1721-1753, Jean Francois French Canadians.” The English speaking census Hardy 1749, Francois Hardy 1777, To say I was stunned would be taker wrote it down as on old Jean Baptiste Hardy 1804, Edouard a gross understatement. “They Scotch/English name of Lardie. L’Hardy 1835-1917, John Lardie spoke very little English.” She The French didn’t give much sig- 1864-1929, Joseph W Lardie 1887- added. I thanked her and we nificance to last names. They didn’t 1969, Joseph F Lardie 1912-1968, agreed to talk again. That changed seem to care so all the brothers Richard W Lardie 1941-, Joseph all my searching as I now started changed their names to Lardie. T Lardie 1968- (Megan’s Potential including Cana- It also may have been more po- refund). Near as I have been able to da. Searching litically advantageous to have an verify, Edouard L’Hardy married the internet late English name in Ontario. an Irish girl in Ontario around 1855 one night I ran At this point I e-mailed Peggy (This is still a work in progress). across a website Large and told her we must be This will most likely be contin- called “Behind related because I have an 8 X 11 of ued next month as I have had a Nellies Clock”. the photo on her web site. I had no great adventure with this search. The enticement idea where I got it or who it was. In regards to the refund requested was she, the web We began messaging each other by my daughter-in-law Megan Mc- host; (Peggy and after a while we determined Ginty Lardie; the math works out Large nee Lar- we were 4th cousins. She helped to my son being 91.5% Irish and die) had done me document who I descended 8.5%French Canadian. No refunds some research from and with her help I traced will be forthcoming. I will consider on the Lardie the Lardie/Hardy tree back to the letting Joe sleep at our house 8% of name. first person in that line to come the time but I think he might enjoy If you go to to North America in 1661. Jean the peace and quiet. MAY 2016 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 11

An Unexpected Moment: My By the time I was 13, I was being lazy when I got tired, even I loved again. However, my pride known at my dance school as though that was not the case. and joy quickly dissipated when Favorite Irish Dance Memory the “one step wonder”: I would But their opinions didn’t matter. the results were announced and I by Annemarie Cunningham dance a beautiful first step, then Dancing was something I was in- did not place. championship level after six years become tired so quickly in my credibly passionate about. I made Despite my setback, I was de- “In 4th place, from Leneghan of hard work and determination second step that I couldn’t finish the decision to return to com- termined to improve and began Academy, Annemarie Cunning- was an incredible accomplishment. it. After extensive testing (and a petition that day. I immediately practicing even more. I was moti- ham!” ‘Um, did I just hear that It still is, and I think will always be, muscle biopsy), I was diagnosed stepped up my practices, working vated to do well for myself instead correctly?’ ‘Did that announcer my favorite dance memory. with lactic acidosis brought on by longer and harder than I had in of to impress others for once. At say my name?’ ‘Is he reading the I started taking Irish dance les- a mitochondrial disorder. Basically, several years. My first competi- my next competition, I started right results?’ sons shortly after my 6th birthday. lactic acid builds up in my legs tion back occurred in August of my first dance feeling like I was Those three thoughts were the I fell in love with the sport about because my mitochondria do not 2010. I finished my steps and was flying. But I soon tired, and was first to enter my mind when I five minutes into my first class. I function properly, and my legs get so proud of myself! When I came practically walking by the end of heard my name called as a top practiced every day at home and I very tired and heavy. off the stage, my mom had tears my second step. I came off stage placer in my competition at the danced everywhere I went: down For people who don’t have this in her eyes, because it made her so upset with myself, and beginning 2011 Akron Feis (pronounced fesh), the aisle at the grocery store, under problem, imagine putting a 10 happy to see me doing something a local Irish dancing competition. the pew at church, and in the hall pound ankle weight on each leg Continued on page 13 and trying to run up and down stairs. Then add 10 pounds to each leg after 15 seconds, 20 pounds to each leg after another 15 seconds, 30 pounds after another 15 seconds, etc. My doctor warned me that my body would not be capable of performing as I needed it to for dance, but I decided to keep competing anyway. After all, dance had taught me that good things require hard work and perseverance. Maybe if I worked a little harder, did more cross-training, and paid closer attention to my diet, I could find a way to overcome my disorder. Unfortunately, nothing worked. There is no cure for lactic acidosis, and it seemed like the harder I tried, the quicker my legs tired. I competed for 2 more years before decid- ing that I could no longer continue. I had grown Even as I made my way toward between classes. I was blessed weary of the sympathetic looks the stage to receive my award, the with what my dance teacher and murmured comments at com- reality of achieving a goal I had set called natural talent; I had an in- petitions about how great I would for myself six years earlier did not nate understanding of the music be if only I had more stamina. I feel real: I placed at the champion- and rhythm, a graceful style, and was frustrated knowing that I ship level. excellent footwork skills. I quickly had great rhythm and excellent For most dancers, placing at the advanced through the competitive footwork, but would not place preliminary championship level levels and competed in my first because I could not finish my steps. is exciting, but not a monumental regional competition at age 9. I still attended class, but gave up accomplishment. For me, it meant Shortly after my first major competing in 2006. the world. You see, I have a condi- competition, I began experiencing In 2010, I was at a feis with my tion called lactic acidosis, brought pain in my legs when I danced. sister and happened to see the on by a type of mitochondrial The pain was a dull, achy pain that girls in my age group dance. I myopathy. When I was diagnosed, caused me to tire quickly and left thought, “I can do that!” The main my neurologist told me I would me unable to complete my dances. reason I gave up competing was probably not be able to compete It felt like my legs turned to lead that I was tired of pitying looks at a normal level. My body simply and became impossible to lift. The and comments from other people. would not physically allow it. So, longer and harder I practiced, the I hated the thought that they were to achieve my goal and place at the worse the pain became. watching me and judging me for 12 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com MAY 2016

pattern repeated in those times. In his ab- He seemed to be taking a great interest in the house sence, the Tans terrorized his wife and family, in which we were. Gerald O’Connor who was my Bn. treating her roughly and threatening to burn O/C decided to follow him and find out who he was the house down. and so he set out after the man. Some few minutes later They made several attempts to get Dan I decided I would follow O’Connor in case he got into O’Rourke but he always succeeded in get- trouble. About a mile down the road I found O’Connor ting away from them and his house and the had this strange man held up. He had got in front of school where he taught were being con- him and then held him up. I stood behind the man and Dan O’Rourke stantly raided for him. (Witness statement of Matthew Gerald O’Connor then relieved him of a Webley revolver Davis, p.4, bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie). and some ammunition. Dan O’Rourke now came on the Everything Irish is about the Easter Rising these days, These are stories that friends and family enjoy; the scene. Although this man, whom we now knew to be as well it should be; it is a monumental thing to gain elusive hero, trying to do his job, being harassed by the a Black and Tan, professed no religion he agreed to see independence. The men and women who risked life a Catholic priest. We got the priest for him and he was and liberty to achieve that deserve nothing less than baptised. We bound him and drowned him by throw- to be remembered and celebrated. As so many things ing him into the river Suck at Dunammon. He admitted are though, it is never that simple. One man’s patriot is that he was on intelligence work for the enemy. (Witness another’s terrorist. statement of T. Crawley, p.12, bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie) The question, “What did you do in the war?” is one Another statement on the same website recounts that many of us don’t have to answer. However, once the same sad tale, but adds the detail of allowing the you are compelled to answer that question, your an- prisoner to compose a note to his wife that the men swers can never be simple either. promised to deliver. Certainly these are kindnesses of a My husband’s grandfather was a man named Dan sort. In a way, it makes the killing more difficult. Those O’Rourke. He fit the prototype of last century’s Irish men acknowledged that their prisoner had both a soul revolutionary; he was an educated man, and a National and a partner who would certainly mourn him: he was School teacher. Inspired by the poetry of Thomas Ashe, fully human. That acknowledgement shows the grav- he became involved in the IRA of the time. After the ity of the situation and how they dealt with it at least in dust of war settled, he found himself the Roscommon some part. They tried to treat the man as decently as they representative in the first Dail (doyle- the Irish House of could but still, they ended his life and participated fully Representatives). He was the Roscommon TD, (Senator) in war. What if they had let him go? Would he have fled several times during his lifetime. These facts are broad Dan & Mary ORourke or would he have betrayed them or worse yet, friends parochial knowledge, but I was curious about the specif- and neighbors? ics. Neighbors always tell a few of the same stories from I never met Dan O’Rourke, and my husband has only the time of the Rising, most of which involve the Black vague memories of him. The remembrances that have and Tans. The Black and Tans were a notorious British, terrifying Tans. Another of the local stories was that Dan been shared with me by family and neighbors are that Stasi-type force that seemed to operate with their own played a part in blowing up the local landlord’s house. he was tall and had the long confident stride of a big brutal rule book. The house was across the road from where Dan eventu- man. He always had Fox’s Glacier Mints in a pocket The Black and Tans came looking for Dan one day ally built his house and that property is still sprinkled somewhere. Dan loved cats, to the extent that he allowed when he was teaching in the local one-room National with the stone remains of its former glory. But there had a favorite to sit on his shoulder at the dinner table. School. The other teacher in the school, Mae Ford, stalled to be more to the story, and that led me to the witness He loved everything that was part of the Gaelic the Tans long enough for Dan to bolt out the back door account below which is not part of any local lore that Revival at the time, especially the language and foot- and across the field. Shots were fired at him and luckily was ever shared with me. ball, both of which were the practiced in his home. He missed him. Around the month of June 1921 Dan O’Rourke, Gerald coached the Roscommon team the only two times that However, knowing that he was being pursued, he O’Connor and I were in a house between Castlereagh it won the elusive Sam Maguire Cup. He may not have could not go home. He had to go into hiding, “on the and Ballangare. We noticed a strange man passing the run” in the terms of the day, for several weeks and this house. He was in civilian attire and riding a bicycle. Continued on next page

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Terrence J. Kenneally Named Superintendent for of its Advisory Board. He Secondary Schools is Board Certified in Civil President of Holy Name High School and Newman Cam- Trial Advocacy by the Terrence (Terry) J. Kenneally, made today by Margaret Ly- pus Ministry. National Board of Trial who for the past 18 years has ons, Secretary for Catechetical “It is a privilege Advocacy (NBTA) and a been the Owner/President of Formation and Education and joy, in the name Diplomat of the American Terrence J. Kenneally & Asso- and Superintendent for the of Bishop Richard Board of Trial Advocates ciates in Rocky River, OH, has Catholic Diocese of Cleve- G. Lennon, to wel- (ABOTA). He has also been named as the President of land. Kenneally will report come Terry to assist been recognized for six Holy Name High School. to Eugene Boyer, Associate in the leadership of consecutive years as an The announcement was one of the Bishop’s Ohio Super Lawyer. own schools. Terry “I have been a Holy Na- An Unexpected Moment: My joins a long list of mer since I attended the those whose love for school,” said Kenneally. Favorite Irish Dance Memory Holy Name High My wife and I, my old- Continued from page 11 School led to a key est three children, have role for its ongoing all graduated from Holy to think I made a mistake return- have never more proud of you!” I success,” said Mar- Name and, hopefully, my ing to competition. started crying and realized that garet Lyons. received his bachelor’s degree two grandsons and grand- When it came time for results, I all the extra hours of work I put Kenneally has been practic- in political science from Cleve- daughters will have the same was ready to leave. I did not want in finally paid off. It might have ing law for 38 years. He is land State University in 1973. experience.” to put my costume on for awards taken me six years to do it, but currently teaching a course He also obtained his Juris Doc- Kenneally has been married because I was convinced I was I achieved my goal. I defied the in Irish studies at Holy Name. torate from the University of to his wife, Susan, for 48 years. not going to place. There were 22 odds to accomplish something He also writes two articles for Akron in 1978 and his master’s They have four children, Terry dancers in the competition, which that for so long had seemed like it the Irish American News, and degree in Irish studies from Jr., Sean, Erin, and Brianne and meant 11 would place. After sev- could never happen. has written articles for various John Carroll University in 2013. four grandchildren. He is an eral dancers were called, I was After that day, I went on to legal publications as well. Kenneally was inducted into active member of St. Martin certain I would not place. I had win a couple competitions and He is a 1967 graduate of Holy the Holy Name Hall of Fame in of Tours Parish in Valley City, never placed at all at this level; advance to open championships, Name High School. Kenneally 1979 and is a former member where he also serves as a Lector. how on earth could I place in the the highest level in competitive top 5 dancers? Irish dancing. I have danced at Then, it happened. My name the Regional, National, and World was announced for fourth place. competitions. But whenever some- Time seemed to slow down. All one asks me what my favorite Irish of my friends crowded around dance memory is, I always answer me, screaming and hugging me. “Akron Feis 2011.” Even though it It felt like I had been crowned was not the highest placement or World Champion with all the the biggest award I have ever re- fanfare. My mom managed to ceived, I have never been prouder break through the crowd around of myself and what I can accom- me and whispered into my ear, “I plish than I was that day.

Dan O’Rourke faced with the duty of executing two British soldiers with whom Continued from last page they had become acquainted. One of the IRA men in “Guests of felt that he paid the full price of the Nation” says, “And anything independence but he had an idea that happened to me afterwards, of the cost. It is like many stories I never felt that same about from that time. again.” It sits in stark contrast to a *Lisa O’Rourke is an educator remembrance occasioned by the from Akron. She has a BA in death of her killer this week; the English and a Master’s in Read- story of Kitty Genovese, whose ing/ Elementary Education. Lisa horrific murder in New York in is a student of everything Irish, the 1960s was made legendary primarily Gaeilge . She runs because it was witnessed by a Gaeilge study group at the many apathetic neighbors. That AOH/Mark Heffernan Division. is almost unimaginable in Ire- She is married to Dónal and has land, where to take a life, even two sons, Danny and Liam. Lisa in a time of war, is significant. enjoys art, reading, music, and Some of these actions were travel. She enjoys spending time realized in works of fiction like with her dog, cats and fifty fish. “Guests of the Nation” by Frank Lisa can be contacted at O’Connor, where IRA men were [email protected]. 14 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com MAY 2016

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nothing better to do than sit Great Big Sea often sings of the As the tide rose in the early beneath my all-encompassing plight and romantic wander- hours of the evening, the gulls floral sun hat slathered in ings of the sailor: dismissed the bits of popcorn 75+ sunscreen, while chewing and chips scattered by the on sand with a beach full of So over I jumped and she sunbathers and sought their spring break revelers. Typically, pulled me down, down to her meal in the rolling waves of for me, a successful holiday seaweed bed . . . the sea. On shore, I gathered involves cities with trains She fed me shrimp and caviar shells, abandoned sarcophagi and well-worn cobblestone Upon a silver dish. of scallops and shards of spent Perfect Haunt neath a jagged canopy of li- footpaths. I enjoy touring the From her head to her waist sand dollars. To the birds, I chen and diminutive mussels, homes of famous authors and She was just my taste, was no more a threat to their for a Mermaid searching for emerald sea glass searching out the most inti- But the rest of her was a fish. dining than the uninhabited in the wade pools that dot the mate of bohemian coffee shops (“The Mermaid,” by Great sandcastles protected by phan- I have never spent an entire outlining shores of Achill’s a city has to offer. I relish fine Big Sea) tom sentries. holiday by the sea. Granted, I Keem Beach. At the end of each dinners and pastries, not bear- The traces of mollusk life have waded knee deep in the day, I would make my way ing my body in a bathing suit In folklore, the role of the that I gathered demonstrated cold waters of the Pacific in back to a house in an Irish field I never thought that I would mermaid is one of savior or both the artistry and mystery of Laguna Beach, California and or a hotel padded against the enjoy air humid enough to temptress. Like the mythi- Mother Nature. How is it that a climbed rocks in Maine’s Bar feel of the ocean. Never have I curl my already curly hair, cal Sirens, beautiful half-bird, conch is perfectly coiled and se- Harbor. I have made unsuc- awoken to the siren song of sea shellacking it with a fine coat- half-human creatures, known curely striped? Or the ridges of cessful attempts to skip rocks birds and salt spray for more ing of ubiquitous sand. As a to steer captains off course a clam are symmetrical, while amid the tide as it approached than a day or two, until our figurehead, my mane could with their bewitching voices, others cast a blush of the palest the shores of Bognor Regis, recent family trip. have either launched the virgin mermaids smitten with hand- pink? The creative mind can England. On one brilliantly Admittedly, I was reluctant voyage of a doomed vessel or some sailors have lead their almost imagine the skillful mer- blue day, I even lingered be- to spend an entire week with tangled up a crew of novice unrequited lovers to watery maid painting images of the sea pirates. I never appreciated graves in ill-fated attempts to on her trove of treasured shells. the untamed quality of my win their hearts. Aside from my own musings, I hair, until I sat in the company In other instances, mermaids still did not bear witness to a of the pelicans and sandpip- were thought to deliver drown- mermaid sighting, until I went ers, seagulls and egrets, along ing sailors to the safety of solid in search of the perfect Café con the white-sand strands of Si- shores, forever holding a place Leche at Lelu’s Coffee Lounge. esta Key, Florida. Indeed, I felt in the heart and imaginings of Before the air turned too sul- rather mermaid-like. the rescued man. try, I tiptoed out of our condo Mermaids have long cap- Shakespeare writes of the over the sleeping tumble of tured the imaginations of wea- loyalty of the sea spirit in “The teens and beach towels. As I ry sailors, folklore enthusiasts, Tempest.” The shipwrecked meandered toward Lelu for and Hollywood directors alike. duke, Prospero, both father my daily coffee, I spied a cano- There is something so pro- and magician, bids his spirit pied souvenir shack where I vocative about a creature that Ariel to “go make thyself like witnessed a mass of mermaids! possesses both human beauty a nymph o’ th’ sea,” and cause Albeit, they were carved of and the mysterious attributes a great tempest to upset the wood or stone resin, but finally of a fish. Though impossible to ship upon which his rivals sail. my wish came true. Without sh M prove, mermaids have report- Ariel honors her master Pros- hesitation, I traded my coffee Iri u edly been sighted everywhere pero saying, “I come to answer money for a mermaid the color Live sic! from Holland to Newfound- thy best pleasure: be’t to fly, to of an ivory oyster. land, to Israel and Nantucket. swim, to dive into fire.” Journeying through a tu- Like the quest for the Loch Is it any wonder that the multuous twenty-three hour Ness Monster or Sasquatch, famed Disney mermaid gifted car ride and the snows of early seekers with fantastical theo- with long red hair, a devoted if April in Ohio, I brought the ries have devoted their lives to conflicted heart, and a most en- mermaid back to my bookshelf. mermaid research. chanting voice is named Ariel? There she lingers, reminding Throughout history, sailors From where I lay on the hot me of the salty rush of the tide and fishermen, pirates and sands of America’s number one and the whisper of siren song pirate queens, dealt with the beach, surrounded by bodies beckoning me back to the sea. Hours: threat, the isolation, the vio- perfect and not, I could con- *Internet Source Consulted: Mon-Wed lence, the calm, and the allure jure neither mermaid nor sea Radford, Benjamin. Mermaids of the sea. Understandably, nymph. Still, I went searching and Mermen: Facts and Leg- 11am-Midnight 414 South Main St. when darkness shrouds a ship for traces of primitive folklore ends. LiveScience, November Thur-Sat Findlay, OH 45850 the mind does play tricks on amid the pristine sands of Si- 14, 2014. 11am-2am the seafarer, especially during esta Key. *Susan holds a Master’s De- Sun 10am-10pm 419-420-3602 the violet hours before dawn. 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ecuted for no reason. Fortunately, Bowen-Colthurst’s actions were reported by a fellow officer and he was later court martialed and found insane. The book also con- tains a good mixture of original photographs taken at the time of the Rising, enough historical narrative by the author and nu- The 1916 primary source material con- merous quotes from various wit- Irish Rebellion tained in it. nesses to the events surrounding As an example, there is the de- the Irish rebellion. By Briona Nic Dhiarmada / Uni- scription by the Royal Commis- The movie is scheduled to River Terrace Building versity of Notre Dame Press /ISBN sion of the Arrest and Treatment come out in DVD format in 19111 Detroit Rd, Ste 200 9780268036 2016 205pp. of Francis Sheehy Skeffington, May. I highly recommend get- Rocky River, OH 44115 ting a copy as well as reading 440-333-8960 The 1916 Irish Rebellion is the companion volume. This is [email protected] the companion volume to the a TOP SHELF selection. documentary film of the same **Terrence J. Kenneally is an name which was shown at the attorney and owner of the Ken- Cleveland Art Museum on April neally Law Firm in Rocky River, 7, 2016. It is written by Briona Ohio. Mr. Kenneally defends Nic Dhiarmada, an Irish studies insureds and insurance compa- professor at the University of nies in insurance defense cases Notre Dame. 2016 marks the cen- throughout the state of Ohio. He tenary of one of the most iconic received his Master’s Degree in events in Irish history. This book Irish Studies from John Carroll and the film version (narrated who was a civilian, arrested University and teaches Irish his- by Liam Neeson) of it presents a while making his way home tory and literature at Holy Name balanced account from all sides, from an unsuccessful attempt to High School. Mr. Kenneally including the Irish rebels, the stop the looting which was going has been named President of British army, and the civilians on in the aftermath of the British Holy Name High School for the affected by the Rising. shelling, along with two other 2016-17 school year. He may be There are several things stand- civilians. Captain J. C. Bowen- reached at out, especially the amount of Colthurst ordered them ex- [email protected]. 18 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com MAY 2016

The Battle of Ashbourne 1916 and one of the only successful Despite having only fifty sentenced to death for his lead- battles to take place during the men, Ashe divided them into ership role. His sentence was By Terrence J. Kenneally to capture Dublin Castle are Easter Rising. four sections, which acted like later commuted to penal servi- While most of Ireland, and just two examples of things Ashe and Mulcahy led a flying columns, a term which tude for life. Ashe was released the world for that matter, are which would have at least group of about fifty men from would become famous during in 1917 but later rearrested on commemorating the cente- enhanced the rebel’s ability to Baldwinstown to Ashbourne the War of Independence. The charges of sedition and impris- nary of the Easter Rising in sustain the rebellion for a lon- on Thursday, April 26th on a men surrounded the barracks; oned in Moutjoy Gaol. He went Dublin, the fact remains that ger period of time. mission to destroy the Midland Ashe demanded that the police on a hunger strike and died the rebellion in Dublin was a However, while the rebellion Great Western Railway line “surrender in the name of the while being force fed. failure. There is no question in Dublin lasted just six days which went through Batter- Irish Republic.” The police The five and one half-hour that the event had a huge sym- and ended in unconditional stown. Intelligence suggested response was to open fire on battle at Ashbourne was dif- bolic importance in Irish history, surrender to the British, the British troop reinforcements Ashe’s men. A 5 ½ hour battle ferent than that of the Rising however, if one looks at it from successful battle at Ashbourne, were being sent from Athlone ensued, with the RIC men in Dublin. Whereas in Dublin a strictly military standpoint, in County Meath, was one of to Dublin. Ashe’s plan was to eventually surrendering. measures taken were defen- it was a disaster waiting to the only successful battles to sabotage the line and thereby Later, after learning of the sive in nature i.e. seizing key happen. occur during the Easter Ris- disrupt the flow of troops into order from Patrick Pearse, in locations and waiting to be No less a person than Mi- ing. Often mentioned only in Dublin city. The route towards which he unconditionally sur- attacked; Ashe’s battalion went chael Collins felt that it was passing in the history books Ashbourne led the battalion rendered to the British, Ashe on the offensive guerilla style, poorly planned and executed on the subject of the Rebellion, to Rath Cross where an RIC surrendered to the British cav- setting the example of the fight- and doomed from the start. the action carried out by the (Royal Irish Constabulary) bar- alry. The men were taken to ing displayed during the suc- The fact that the telephone/ fifth battalion of the Dublin racks were located. Richmond jail and Ashe was cessful War of Independence. telegraph lines between Dublin Brigade, under the leadership and the Curragh were not cut, of Thomas Ashe and Richard coupled with the rebel’s failure Mulcahy was the biggest battle

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Achill gatherings in Cleveland. They were Looking east, Achill’s mountaintops married in 1919 at St. Patrick’s Church on (the second highest on Europe’s West Our Immigrant Story Cleveland’s West Side. Coast) overlook a land dotted with by J.A. Gallagher Patrick and Margaret’s family started mountain lakes and towns with genera- without delay in 1920, with the birth of tions of families and family history. While Patrick Neil Gallagher IV. As a new fa- scenic and peaceful, Achill is an arduous ther, Patrick worked tirelessly as a grocer environment of demanding land and Patrick and Margaret cottage, raising just enough funds to pay and eventually opened his own store in rough sea that has a history of shaping Part II: From Achill for passage and a set of fresh clothes for the children, fearing that their father to America: Their Not would be ashamed by their appearance Uncommon Story when they arrived at Ellis Island. The Healy family’s journey and resettlement My grandmother never spoke of her in America would be part of the third and life in Ireland, even when pressed by the final wave of significant Achill migration family historian. When questioned, she to Cleveland that occurred between 1900 would look away, ponder, and quickly and 1910. By all accounts, one could say change the topic of conversation, but the that they were “late to the party,” but sorrow she did not convey with words they fared well during their first years was clearly expressed in emotion. In in America. With her family whole once addition to missing her extended family, again, Margaret enjoyed a childhood I suspect her last memories of Ireland full of siblings, cousins, and friends. She were difficult. Achill Island’s train station spent her teenage years in school and her would be a scene of unforgettable sadness summers working at Ohio’s Cedar Point for young Margaret and her sister as they Amusement Park with her sisters. watched their mother weep when saying While Patrick’s and Margaret’s child- Gallagher Farm, Sraheens, Achill Island, foreground and right, circa 1880. goodbye to her siblings and parents for hood homes were in clear sight of each Courtesy of the Lawrence Col what they knew would be the last time. other across Achill Sound, they did not Just days before, Margaret’s mother meet until after a few years of living painfully selected only those family in Cleveland. Margaret Healy, now a Cleveland’s West Side. Margaret tended her inhabitants into individuals of inde- possessions that would fit into a single Cleveland native, met “fresh-off-the-boat” to the raising and education of their pendence and strength--my grandparents steamer trunk. She had sold the family Patrick Gallagher at one of the many children: Patrick, Michael, Harold, Jack, were of this cloth--warm, welcoming, and and Margie. She was known to run her never without a word of kindness, a keen household with diligence and assigned interest, or a story of old. chores to each of her children. For nearly Patrick and Margaret’s forefathers seventy-five years, Patrick and Marga- had survived the Great Famines of 1845 ret’s Cleveland home would serve as the and 1874, family tragedy, English land- “center of the universe” for their family, lords, and the migration and permanent relatives, and visitors, until Margaret’s separation of their families. Their parents death in 1995 at age 103. were nearly illiterate, but their children When England’s Oliver Cromwell would be the first natural-born American conducted his brutal crusades and exiled citizens of their clan who would serve as the Gallaghers from Northern Ireland to American soldiers, tradesmen, engineers, west of the Shannon River, he knew Achill lawyers, and company presidents, all Island was a place like no other, and that while raising successful families of their a difficult life would ensue there. Her own. barren, rocky land of mountains and steep Patrick and Margaret’s story is not cliffs provide mesmerizing Atlantic sea uncommon. Migration to America from views west over the horizon to America. Achill has been occurring for hundreds of years, beginning with the draw of steady work digging the Erie Canal. The migra- tion has been so significant that Cleveland has been named Achill’s twin city. The commonalities between Achill and Cleve- land are clearly evident in the families and family names. It is said that “every Achill home has family in Cleveland.” Patrick and Margaret are gone now, and their one-way journey to America and life in Cleveland are a distant memory to very few. Today, their descendants live in many locations far from their Achill past, but they are unknowingly connected by a single point in time long ago when Patrick and Margaret began this story. MAY 2016 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 21

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length – about the characters, potential plot holes, and cliff hangers at the end of each installment. He encouraged me to take this love of literary debate and transfer it into my academics, hence my Happy Birthday, Dad! Bachelor’s in English and soon-to-be MFA in Creative Writing. Without his example of persevering though My Dad’s birthday is May 22nd; I like to honor those late-night studying and paper writ- I care about through my writing. What better way to ing, I would have never had the celebrate the man that gave me an intense love of hum- courage to pursue the degrees of my mus, hot sauce, and all things JCU-related than to pen dreams.There are many memories an essay dedicated to him? I share with my Dad that I cherish, Besides teaching me what being a Bluestreak was but none stick out in my mind as about, my Dad has taught me about the value of fam- much as a warm late April afternoon ily, and caring for those that are close to you. He is not in 2010. only an incredible father to my four siblings and I, but It may shock some people to a dedicated son to his parents and supportive brother know that I was initially not thrilled to his siblings. He goes to my Grandma’s house to mow about going to John Carroll for the lawn/rake leaves, and stays for hours reminiscing my undergraduate coursework. I on trips to County Mayo and other memories they share. was worried about its proximity He helps with family gatherings by making sure to Rocky River, where I had lived everyone gets to where we’re sharing a meal for Thanks- and attended school my whole life, giving/Christmas/Easter/etc. And by offering to bring and the amount of my Magnificat a pint or two! He is always laughing or joking around, classmates that would be attending. sharing photos from holidays of the past, or attempt- College was supposed to be a time ing to keep up with the raucous round of Heads Up! of new experiences and exploration, started post-dessert. so I worried that while being sur- I credit my father (along with my mother) with teach- rounded by the familiar, I’d continue ing me the value of education, and instilling in me an to hang out with the same people intense love for the written word and all things related doing the same things, not really to learning. He attended intense undergraduate and veering from my high school routine. graduate degree programs, followed by a competitive One afternoon, on Accepted Stu- stint at Ohio University’s medical school, so since before dents’ Day, to be exact, this worry I could spend time in a classroom of my own, I knew got the best of me and I had an embarrassing meltdown him about my concerns, and he reacted in the most my- an education was something that was not to be taken in a back hallway in the Student Center at JCU. “I don’t Dad-way. He said, “Maureen, the years I spent at John for granted. want to go here!” I cried, looked at my parents desper- Carroll were the best of my life.” Growing up, between the afternoons spent hearing ately, silently begged that they’d agree with me. Though it took me some time to realize the impact about labs and lectures and his residency, my Dad They exchanged a look and after a few more minutes, of these words, I am still floored by them to this day. always made sure I was surrounded by books. Babysit- my Dad took me outside. We walked towards the Quad, Concise, but impactful, they embody the bond I share ter’s Club, Harry Potter, you name it. He and I would a place that in future years would become one of my with my father, one that was made even better by the read each Potter book together, conversing – at great favorite places to spend time reading and writing. I told two of us being John Carroll Bluestreaks. MAY 2016 “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com 23

smwir a yeev). Most of the Ní mórán (nee more onn) not much time we are less formal Is mise... ( iss meesha) I am.... Speak Irish greeting one another, even Ana-mhaith (annah mah) very good in English, so let’s try some Go raibh maith agat (gorra mah agut) Thank you Labhair Gaeilge of these phrases instead. Tá beagán agam (taw bee a gone ah-gum) I speak a little GREETINGS Tá tú ag féachaint go hiontach You look great By Bob Carney Conas atá tú? (ko- (taw too fay-caynt guh hee un tahkh) nass ah-taw too) How are you? FAREWELLS Tá lá breá ann (taw law Slán (slawn) Goodbye bray ahn) it’s a fine day Níos déanaí (neese dee uh nee) Later Last month in this column, we discussed a brief history Dia duit ar maidin (dee-uh gwitch er modjin) Caithfidh mé imeacht (ca-hid may ah macht) of the Irish language. In Cleveland Comhrá we had a good morning I have to go conversation with John Handy of Irish Language Learn- Dia duit san iarnóin (dee-uh gwitch sa nair nown) Feicfidh mé thú (feck-ee may who) ers. Hopefully, he inspired others, as well as myself to good afternoon see you later continue or begin our study of Gaeilge (Connemara) or Dia duit ar tráthnóna (dee-uh gwitch ar tran-no na) Feicfidh mé sar i bhad thú(fek-ee may sar ih fahd who) Gaelainn (Munster). good evening see you soon Gaeilge or Gaelainn, depending on the regional Cén scéal agat? (cayn schale agut) what’s up? Go n-éirí leat (guh nye ree laht) Good luck dialect, are the words for the Irish language. With that Cén t-ainm atá ort? (kayn tn-im atay ort) Oíche mhaith (ee-hah wah) Good night in mind, I thought a return to the basics of everyday what’s your name? conversation would be in order. In the first class of each Cád as duit? (kad as gwitch) where are you from? The next few months will give us ample opportuni- Speak Irish Cleveland session we ask participants to An bhfuil Gaelainn agat? (ahn will gawlinn agut) ties to use our cúpla focal (coo-pla foe cull) couple of greet family, friends and co-workers in Irish. This helps do you speak Irish? words at Irish festivals throughout the area. Look for us to speak right away and allows us to put into practice Tá sé deas bualadh leat (taw shay jess boola laht) us, the members of Speak Irish Cleveland, at the Hooley our newly found link to our past. it’s nice to meet you at Kamm’s Corners on May 14 and at Cleveland Irish The formal greeting for hello, Dia duit (dee-uh gwitch) Agus ormsa freisin (ah-gus or-um fresh-in) Cultural Festival at the Cuyahoga Fairgrounds July 22-24. to one person, or, Dia daoibh (dee-uh yeev) to more than and it’s nice to meet you We would love to tell you about our group and the study one person is just that, a formal greeting. This is the greet- of Gaeilge in Cleveland. In the meantime, use your Irish, ing taught in most Irish classes and in most self-learning RESPONSES you just might impress your friends and family,but most materials. Loosely it translates to God to you, the cor- Tá mé go hiontach (taw may guh hee un tahkh) of all,I know you’ll impress yourself! rect response is God and Mary to you, Dia’s Muire duit I’m wonderful Slán go Foill! (dee-uh smwir a gwitch) or Dia’s Muire daoibh (dee-uh Tá mé go breá (taw may guh braw) I’m fine Bob Carney [email protected] Thank You for advertising in The Ohio Irish American News. I am patronizing your business because of it! Please Cut Out and present it the next time youpatronize one of our advertisers 24 IAN Ohio “We’ve Always Been Green!” www.ianohio.com MAY 2016

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