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By Peter F. Stevens other immigrants who have overstayed panic immigrants, Trump also pledged before they are endangering the status BIR Staff are low-hanging fruit for the govern- to deport all foreigners who have stayed of what for all practical purposes are Perhaps unwittingly, Irish Americans ment,” adding that “I’ve been doing this too long on their temporary visas. American kids.” who voted for Donald Trump have placed [immigration law] for years now, but I’ve Trump voters include millions of Irish According to the Irish Times, Anne a large number of Irish immigrants in never seen so much fear in the immigrant Americans who cheered him on with Anderson, Ireland’s Ambassador to jeopardy of immediate deportation. community.” his strident stance against Hispanics, the US, commented on the dilemma a The president-elect Trump, during his Foley relates that since Jan. 12, 2009, but many of these same people appear week or so after Trump’s victory: “The post-election 60 Minutes interview with Irish citizens coming to the United States taken aback at the prospect that men, immigration issue is, of course, so live. Lesley Stahl, reaffirmed some of his hard- through the Visa Waiver Program have women, and children from the “old sod” We know about the large numbers of un- line campaign rhetoric about moving been required to file an application face the nearing prospect of summary documented Irish that have been living firmly to deport millions of immigrants, through the Electronic System for Travel deportation by a Trump administration. in the shadows. Many of them now are a move that apparently would open the Authorization, or ESTA. In effect, this is Foley points out that throughout the living in fear, and that is a huge issue.” door for US Immigration Services to sum- their travel permit. ESTA is not a US visa presidential campaign, Trump asserted Several Trump surrogates claim that marily deport immigrants who came to and applies only to foreigners visiting that he will revoke every one of President his focus will be on illegal immigrants the US on short-stay permits but have the United States by plane or ship. Any Barack Obama’s executive orders, which who have criminal backgrounds. Those overstayed them by months and years. travelers entering by these modes must include Deferred Action for Childhood words ring hollow, however, to crit- A great many Irish men and women provide a “valid machine-readable pass- Arrivals, or DACA. To the fury of the ics who counter that Trump has not fall into this category, and under the port or ePassport,” according to ESTA Republican Congress, DACA has allowed backed away from his promise to kick strictures of the permit, those who signed guidelines. If someone from Ireland tries some three million children brought to out immigrants who have overstayed them agreed to waive any recourse to to take a US-bound flight without an the US by undocumented parents to their visas. On the campaign trail, he judicial process. Immigration officers approved ESTA Travel Authorization or come out of the shadows with legal sta- branded them as people who had played can arrest them, jail them, and summar- a valid US Visitor Visa, he or she might tus to remain in America without fear the system by grabbing every entitle- ily put them on a plane to their country not be allowed to board. If individuals of deportation. ment—welfare, food stamps, etc.—they of origin. overstay their allotted time—for the “If Trump keeps his promise to over- could find. Of course, aware that some John P. Foley, Esq., one of Boston’s Irish it was good for two years—they turn DACA,” Foley says, “he’s talking 40 million Americans claim Irish descent, pre-eminent immigration law attorneys, are considered to be permanently out about kicking out kids who all have he singled out Hispanics, conveniently told the BIR in a recent interview that of the system and subject to immediate clean records, are good students, and sidestepping any overt references to the short-stay visas contain “fine print deportation. are positive in every way to America.” Irish illegals. that means you [i.e., immigrants on As is the case with so many illegal He adds, “A lot of these kids are Irish.” Foley raises another issue: Trump’s these permits] have no right to tradi- immigrants from Mexico, Central and Obama is deeply concerned that Trump pledge that directly targets Irish stu- tional processing and can be removed Latin America, Asia, and other parts of will dispense with DACA. With regard dents in Boston and throughout the US. non-administratively from the US.” He the globe, overstaying Irish immigrants to the Irish-American immigrant com- During the campaign, he vowed to end adds that “the immigration courts are have worked and raised families over munity, the simple fact is those who have the J-1 Student Work Program. Given already overflowing, and going after the years in the US. Having launched overstayed their visas in recent years that, young Irish men and women study- people on short-stay permits offer the his successful presidential campaign face the same fate as undocumented ing and working here face the reality that government an easy way to remove a with a harsh anti-immigrant stance in Hispanics and other groups. they might be forced to return home even lot of immigrants.” which he vowed to build a wall on the In a post-election press conference though they have done nothing wrong. In other words, he says, “The Irish and Mexican border to keep out “rapists, Obama urged Trump and his pending drug-dealers,” and all other illegal His- administration “to think long and hard Four get Silver Keys Walsh: City to defend from Charitable Irish everyone’s civil rights Boston Mayor Marty that is happening in parts The Charitable Irish and Ireland over decades Walsh is pledging to sup- of America today and I Society presented Silver of service. A big ‘Thank port and defend undocu- think that we need to stay Key Awards to Gerard You’ to all those who at- mented immigrants living true to our roots and where and Marilyn Doherty of tended or contributed to in the city as the incoming we are from,” he told the Charlestown, Billy Hig- this important event. Trump administration is newspaper. “I am a very gins of South Boston, and “The Charitable Irish signaling a get-tough pol- proud to be the son of two Sister Maryadele Robin- Society’s Silver Key icy on illegal immigration. immigrants who came to son, director emerita of the Awards Reception is our “We defend and are this country in the 1950s, Laboure Center in South primary annual fundrais- going to defend people in who settled here and had Boston – at an evening ing event. Funds raised the city – our friends, our their family here.” reception on Nov.10 at are distributed to or on From the Charitable Irish Society’s Silver Key neighbors, family mem- Added the mayor, who Boston’s Fairmont Copley behalf of individual im- awards event: Charitable Irish Society President bers – from any efforts to also discussed his policy Plaza Hotel. migrants and provides Christopher A. Duggan and honorees Gerard exclude them from their last month in Boston with “We had a wonderful financial support and Doherty, Sr. Maryadele Robinson and William Hig- rights here in the city of Ireland’s Diaspora Minis- and highly successful services to those in need.” gins. Steve Allen photo Boston,” Walsh said in a ter Joe McHugh: “There is Silver Key,” said CIS The Charitable Irish Nov. 27 interview with the a lot of uncertainty right president Christopher Society was founded in days. From its beginnings, a new city and country. the Society’s mission has Consistent with the Irish Times. “Boston is a now and also a lot of con- Duggan in a next day Boston in 1737. It is the city of inclusion, welcom- fusion on what rights the email to society mem- oldest Irish Society in the been to provide aid and Irish traditions of hospi- assistance to newly ar- tality and charity, the So- ing diversity. 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Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA 02125 Page 4 December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com Publisher’s Notebook Commentary Modeling the spirit Ireland awaits Trump moves of Dr. Tom Durant on the corporate tax rate front By Ed Forry By Joe Leary subsidiaries in Ireland, creating some 140, 000 jobs Dr. Tom Durant, the man the late Boston Globe that are a huge benefit to the Irish people. They are columnist Dave Nyhan once called the “bantamweight Special to the BIR Senior Trump economic adviser Stephen Moore, there because Ireland offers an English-speaking archangel,” has been gone now for 15 years, but his environment to which American management can legacy is very much alive. formerly with the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, somewhat gleefully announced on BBC easily adapt, a superior, highly educated, and avail- The Dorchester physician found his medical anchor able work force, and very cooperative governments at Massachusetts General Hospital; his calling was radio the day after the election that Donald Trump’s new reduced tax rate would mean that many Ameri- that have all made inward investment comfortable bringing medical care to suffering people throughout and profitable as an entry point into Europe and other the world. can companies now in Ireland would be leaving and returning to the USA. Moore based his statement on locations outside the United States. In 1966, Durant began his humanitarian efforts as a The Irish corporate tax fate remains famously low, medical adviser for refugees in war-torn Saigon. Over Trump’s claim during the campaign that he will reduce the American corporate tax rate although it was raised to 12.5 percent in 2003. This the next 35 years, his mission took him to Cambodia, helps Ireland compete not so much with the United Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Central America, Bosnia, from 35 percent to 15 percent in order to bring back jobs. States but with Germany, Britain, and France all of Rwanda, Somalia, the Iraq/Turkey Border, and Afghani- whom have much greater resources. British Prime stan. This self-described “simple boy from Dorchester Nonsense! The United States accounts Minister Theresa May has just announced that Brit- – with a passport” always wore his Boston Red Sox cap ain is considering a lower corporate tax rate, maybe as he made his global rounds. for about 5 percent of the world’s population. For successful lower than Ireland’s, to prevent damage from the In 2011, his friend Joe Leary said, “Tom Durant Brexit movement. brought happiness and comfort to thousands, even tens of American companies to prosper they must consider all possibili- Pfizer arrived in Ireland in 1969 and now has 3,300 thousands, during his lifetime. Tom had gifts that few of employees there;, Intel came in 1989, and now has us have. He could be tough as nails ties for growth. Senior business executives managing profitable 5,000 workers; and Boston Scientific arrived in 1994 taking on authority figures who and now has 4,500 employees in Ireland. All three didn’t pay enough attention to the Joe Leary organizations would be making a significant mistake if they did companies have continued to make new investments weaker and poorer among us. And in plants and facilities over the years. he was a humble man, frequently not try to market their products in the rest of the world. Their stockholders and workers would demand it. Through the efforts of the IDA, more than 20 per- taking the overnight shift that ev- cent of America’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) eryone else avoided. He was the first Ireland, without any major natural resources except its people, has decided to compete for this inward in Europe comes into Ireland. That means, of course, to say, ‘I’ll go’ when a disaster of any that 80 percent goes elsewhere on the continent so kind presented itself… Yet through- investment business. Back 40 and 50 years ago, Ireland was a desperately Ireland has to work hard to maintain its competitive out his life, a bright sharp humor position. came forth with every step he took. poor country with its young people leaving by the tens of thousands. There were no foreign corporations The American tax laws that may be changed are Smiles and laughter lay in his wake wherever he traveled.” meant to encourage the growth of American compa- Before he died, MGH established the Thomas S. Durant interested in locating there. In 1950 Ireland was almost a brand new country. It had not participated nies throughout the world. Pfizer, Intel, and Boston Fellowship for Refugee Medicine, annually selecting Scientific must pay Ireland its 12.5 percent tax on a staff nurse or doctor as a “Durant Fellow” to work in World War II and its leader, Eamon de Valera, who was very protective of Irish sovereignty, kept profits and is liable to the United States for the dif- in a far corner of the world where the need is great. ference below the American tax rate of 35 percent, Fellows receive a stipend and expenses, and work 3-9 the country mostly closed. But at the same there were some very smart men but only if they bring the profits back to the United months with existing organizations in response to acute States. Many companies simply use these profits to humanitarian crises. in Ireland who wanted to modernize the country and its moribund economy. To encourage new corporations expand their operations overseas. So if Intel makes The 2016 Durant Fellow, Dr. Rachel Lampros, is a $100,000 in profit in Ireland, it must pay Ireland physical therapist who worked in Haiti, “the poorest they set a corporate tax rate of 10 percent. A new agency – the Ireland Development Agency (IDA) – $12,500 and can use the remaining dollars to build country in the western hemisphere where 80 percent another plant or invest in a sales office somewhere of Haitians live under the poverty line and 54 percent was set up to attract foreign investment. In the half-century since, their plans have been until they decide to bring the profits back to the USA. live in abject poverty,” she said in a report to Fellowship There may be some discussion warranted concern- supporters. “There is no public health infrastructure extraordinarily successful. Much to the envy of similar agencies. It was the Irish people’s natural ability and ing repatriating profits to the USA along with the making access to basic healthcare impossible for the reduction in the USA’s corporate tax. Campaign majority. Half of the children in Haiti are unvaccinated brain power and the ideas of far-reaching thinkers that made the difference. Superior free education for all, promises will require some change, but, in any case, and more than 10 percent die before the age of five. it is highly unlikely that after investing hundreds of Mothers provide two numbers when asked how many a government willing to create the right atmosphere for incoming companies, and a large diaspora in the billion dollars in Ireland any of the big companies children they have: how many born, and how many living. will close their operations there. And jobs at Intel, “This October, I embarked on my third trip to Haiti, my United States loyal to their home heritage also helped make that difference. Pfizer, and Boston Scientific may not be duplicated first trip as a Durant Fellow, revitalizing my purpose here in the United States. and polishing my practice,” Lampros wrote. “When Today 700 American companies have created we arrived, [hurricane] Mathew was still a tropical storm warning. Our team anticipated some rain, road closures and flooding; a recipe for inconvenient travel Off the Bench days at worst. “Unlike the States where we were inundated with latest satellite imagery on Matthew’s trajectory, there was little to no awareness that we were on the threshold The plot has brightened considerably of possible disaster. Despite closing the clinic for the day, we were swarmed with patients seeking medical By James W. Dolan I introduced her to my entire family at our annual attention. We triaged the patients that required emer- Special to the Reporter reunion and, as expected, she was a hit. Her easy gent care and sent the remainder home emphasizing It was quicker than anticipated. After lamenting the manner permits her to fit comfortably into almost the severity of the storm. Projected winds of 145 mph loss of my wife and pondering the chances of meeting any situation. That she obviously makes me happy and 25 inches of rain meant our neighbors living in tin someone else, it happened. A friend told me about a helps. There may be some unspoken misgivings, but sheds and tents would literally be swept away. widow I might like to meet. Why not? I figured; it’s my children and grandchildren profess to be happy “The forecast was devastating. After Matthew deci- better than sitting at home feeling sorry for myself. at my good fortune. mated the southern peninsula, it took a hard westward I called and as luck would have These are uncharted waters for both of us. After turn away from our clinic. We sustained little to no it, she agreed to go out to dinner, long and successful marriages, it isn’t easy to turn damage and minimal surge. Our community was spared my first blind date in almost 60 to someone else without hesitation. The death of a and our clinic reopened. years. I was as nervous as was spouse does not end the relationship. The love, the In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, this devastated she. She told me later that she shared experiences, the joys and sorrows remain. country will become even more vulnerable to disease kept my number to call in case They are to be cherished and preserved in memory. outbreaks and less equipped to manage its long-term she chickened out. Fortunately But the capacity to love is never exhausted; the heart sequelae. As more post-hurricane relief efforts re- she didn’t, and the date went very remains open, ever willing to expand. The love of spond and the devastating aftermath of the hurricane well. I brought flowers (I may be one child is not reduced by the birth of another. In manifest, our work in Haiti surges to the forefront. out of practice, but I didn’t just a similar way, the love of a deceased spouse is not “It is a privilege to represent the fellowship and to fall off a turnip truck). replaced or reduced by loving a new friend. serve the victims of humanitarian disasters in our life, It turned out that we have That’s not to say that all love is the same. In this most complex of emotions, there are different depths, garnishing the spirit of Dr. Thomas S. Durant.” James W. Dolan much in common and she has For more on the Durant Fellowship, contact its direc- many of the qualities I admired feelings, and variations. Love can be shallow and self- tor, Dr. Larry Ronan, at [email protected]. in my late wife. We are both Democrats, although she ish or deep and generous. True love is unconditional; claimed she was a liberal independent, which to me you want to make the objects of your affection happy was the same as being a Democrat. She is ecumeni- and do whatever you can, even at great sacrifice, to cal; a summer Catholic and winter Episcopalian. She assure their well-being. Boston Irish is a nurse, a mother, and a grandmother. I like her Love is intimidating; it involves exposing vulner- independence. Between family, a wide array of friends abilities. In so doing there is the risk of rejection, and homes in Massachusetts and Florida, I doubted disappointment, or exploitation. It is trusting another REPORTER she’d have time to fit me into her schedule. person to a degree that can be uncomfortable. We The Boston Irish Reporter is published monthly by: Early on we established that neither of us wanted are reluctant to love unless we know we are loved Boston Neighborhood News, Inc., to re-marry. Having both had very good marriages, we in return and even then, we often find it hard to 150 Mt. Vernon St., Suite 560, Dorchester, MA 02125 were looking for a connection, a special friendship that express. “Shower the people you love with love” is a [email protected] www.bostonirish.com would enable us to be close without interfering with grand sentiment, but too few are willing to openly Mary C. Forry, President (1983-2004) embrace it. Edward W. Forry, Publisher the lives we had already established. A comfortable Thomas F. Mulvoy Jr., Managing Editor relationship, that is, more like a summer romance So here I am with a special friend in what I feared William P. Forry, Editor in the autumn of our lives. would be the last gloomy chapters of my life. The plot Peter F. Stevens, Contributing Editor At times I felt a little awkward, but I was having so has brightened considerably. The end of this book News Room: (617) 436-1222 much fun after many lonely months that there was may just turn out to be as interesting as the earlier Ads : (617) 436-1222 chapters. Who knows? But for all those who have lost Fax: (617) 825-5516 [email protected] no way I would return to the gloom. Having finally got off the cancer train, I enthusiastically boarded a spouse on the cancer train, be patient: There may On The Web at bostonirish.com the merry-go-round. It has been a long time since I be better days ahead. Date of Next Issue: January, 2017 had a girl friend and I had forgotten how enjoyable James W. Dolan is a retired Dorchester District Deadline for Next Issue: Monday, December 19 at noon it could be. “Get a life!’ was a favorite expression of Court judge who now practices law. Published monthly in the first week of each month. my wife when people started to complain about their The Boston Irish Reporter is not liable for errors appearing in advertisements beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. The right is reserved by The Boston Irish situations. I take that as a form of approval since Reporter to edit, reject, or cut any copy without notice. that’s what I’m doing. bostonirish.com December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 5 City hails Ray Flynn; It’s now Flynn Marine Park in South Boston By Ed Forry acre site reaching out rights of all working fami- BIR Staff to Boston Harbor from lies. This historic port Speakers at the Sat- Some 400 family mem- Summer Street. Flynn’s symbolizes what Ray has urday event included bers, friends, and political father worked there as represented throughout Bishop John Borders of and community leaders a longshoreman and the his public life: reaching the Morning Star Baptist assembled last Saturday former mayor himself still out and welcoming people Church; US Rep. Stephen morning in South Bos- holds an ILA union card from every background, Lynch; state Sen. Linda ton as the city officially from the time when he working with people to Dorcena Forry; MassPort re-dedicated the Marine had his first job working build one city, with one chief Thomas Glynn; state Industrial Park on the the docks there. set of rules for all. Rep. Nick Collins; former waterfront in honor of The park includes the The dedication came state representative and former Boston mayor and Massport-owned Black at the recommendation 1983 mayoral finalist Mel ambassador to the Vati- Falcon terminal, where of a city commission es- King; City Councillor Bill can Raymond L. Flynn. dozens of cruise ships tablished to recommend Linehan; and Rev. John The 90-minut e ceremo- put into port while visit- ways to honor Flynn Casey, representing Car- ny, led by Mayor Marty ing the city. The terminal that was co-chaired by dinal Sean O’Malley. Walsh, featured remarks was also named in honor City Councillor Bill Line- Numerous dignitaries by a number of current of Flynn. In a surprise han of South Boston and from government and announcement, Walsh Mayor Martin Walsh and former Mayor Raymond longtime Flynn confidant organized labor, including and former officeholders, L. Flynn are pictured in front of a new sign at the including 1983 mayoral revealed that the Sum- Frank Doyle of Dorches- Angela Menino, widow of mer Street bridge that Marine Industrial Park that has been re-named in ter. the late Mayor Thomas rival and frequent Flynn honor of Flynn. Don West photo/fotografiks partner Mel King. connects the waterfront “Naming this facility for M. Menino, and dozens The newly named Flynn district with the larger and bridge for Ambas- public life,” said Walsh. Ambassador Flynn is sym- of former Flynn Adminis- Marine Park, once the South Boston neighbor- sador Flynn is symbolic “Ray Flynn, with his fam- bolic of so much of what tration officials attended. site of the Boston Army hood has also been named of so much of what he ily roots in Ireland and he has fought for every Ray and Cathy Flynn were Base and a US Navy dry- in honor of Flynn. has fought for every day the labor movement, has day over a 45-year career joined by their six children dock facility, is a 191- “Naming this facility over a 45-year career in fought every day for the in public life,” said Doyle. and 17 grandchildren.

Commentary He won; now let’s FACTS, FALSEHOODS, get back in the arena AND AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE By Bill Forry Wading through the swamp of the 2016 presidential election Editor Is the American experiment in democracy equipped By Peter F. Stevens Hillary Clinton could have stumped in Michigan, Wis- to survive a Trump presidency? Our E-day-plus-one BIR Staff consin, and Pennsylvania until she was blue in the face, answer is, “Of course it will.” And it is the responsibility “Facts are stubborn things.” In his defense of the but those states would have still gone red for Trump. of our leaders, especially the vanquished Democratic British soldiers on trial for the infamous Boston Mas- If the Democrats refuse to acknowledge that they ticket, to re-affirm this bedrock belief. sacre (1770), John Adams used those words, which are taken the vote of blue-collar whites for granted and Our republic has weathered numerous constitutional often attributed to him even though they appeared long have ignored utterly real economic angst, those same crises, including a secessionist movement leading to before he deployed them with telling effect. In regard men and women who went twice for Obama will never a four-year-long armed conflict to restore the Union; to the presidential election of 2016, a slight revision is return to the blue fold. invasion by a foreign army; obscene acts of terror- all too apt: “Facts are fleeting things.” Donald Trump thumbed his nose at the nation by ism both homegrown and imported, including chattel Voters—Republicans, Democrats, and spurious In- refusing to release his taxes. He never will. slavery; and economic depressions so grave that they dependents alike—and much of the media willingly or Donald Trump thumbed his nose at the nation by many times threatened to engulf much of the nation blindly parted ways with the facts throughout perhaps refusing to let voters view his labyrinth of foreign busi- in abject poverty. the most discouraging and cynical presidential cam- ness entanglements. He never will. This was not a crisis, it was an election. The win- paign in recent memory. Another adage contends that The media gave nothing but lip service to Trump’s ner, Mr. Trump, earned his title of president-elect on people get the leaders they deserve; Donald Trump’s bizarre bromance with Putin or Trump’s ties to him— Wednesday morning and, in proper sequence, Hillary and Hillary Clinton’s “status” as the two most disliked which his son Donald actually blurted out months ago. Clinton and President Obama spoke eloquently and and mistrusted candidates in American history reflect In 2013, Trump bragged about his “personal relation- with dignity about what we— as loyal Americans, even that “Make America Great Again” and “Better Together” ship” with Putin to MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts. In 2016, those of us dismayed by the outcome—must do next. are equally false. Trump denied any relationship with Putin. Which time “That’s the way politics works some times,” observed There are a handful of truths that Trumpites, Clin- was Trump lying? the president, who noted that he’s been on the losing tonites, and the media can’t deny: Trump’s most fervent supporters expect him to im- end of elections before. “If we lose, we learn from our Donald Trump won the Electoral College and the prison Hillary, overturn Roe vs. Wade with his Supreme mistakes, we do some reflections, we lick our wounds, White House—no ifs, ands, or buts. Court nominees, repeal Obamacare, throwing over 20 we get back in the arena.” Voters who cast their ballots for Hillary did so for million people to the healthcare curb, deport millions Suck it up, we’re told. Choose to engage with our an ethically challenged, secretive, tone-deaf candidate. of illegal immigrants, use his “secret plan” to destroy political foes, not as one would with a bitter adversary Gender had little to do with the public perception of Isis, and on and on and on. Trump’s supporters will but as a competitor in an “intramural scrimmage,” as Clinton as dishonest. Her own ham-handed approach demand that the Republican Congress do that in lock the president put it on Wednesday. to her private server handed her GOP foes a gift from step with him. What happens if they fail to deliver? That’s tough medicine for those of us — including the political gods. What happens if they do? this writer — who are horrified by the reality of a once- Although Clinton was the first woman to head a US The steel and coal jobs Trump has promised to return unlikely Trump presidency. It’s particularly disheart- presidential ticket, Trump beat her among white women to America are never coming back. ening in the context of the eight years that preceded by 53 percent to 43 percent. The self-same Republicans who obstructed Obama this moment. It seems incomprehensible that the same Voters who cast their ballots for Trump in the name of from 2013 and will continue to do so until January electorate that brought us the Obama family now offers “change” are willing to embrace a president whose own 20, 2017, are demanding that Democrats must “give us the Trumps. words reveal a racist, a religious bigot, a misogynist, Trump a chance.” It’s a bitter reminder that the ebb and flow of our fed- and a pathological liar. Republicans and the media are largely ignoring eration rarely allows for the sustained empowerment of Donald Trump’s crude mouth, boorishness, and that Clinton won the popular vote and proclaiming a any one side— progressive or conservative— beyond two flamboyance drew the media to him like the proverbial mandate for Trump. terms. The instinct of the voting populace is predictable moths to the flame. Willingly, all too many reporters Trump’s appointment of Steve Bannon as the admin- only in that they will regularly choose to disrupt the and so-called pundits followed Trump into his realm of istration-in-waiting’s chief strategist in the White House control of any one party after a certain amount of time. lies, half-truths, insults, and fear-mongering. guarantees that bigotry and sexism will always have It is a shame that the beneficiary of this wave of change Few will admit, but to many in the press, bucking a prominent place in Trump’s agenda. Do not believe is a candidate who has engendered such divisiveness Trump was, is, and will remain too terrifying to con- media types and Trump supporters who assert that the in his remarks and their tone, who seems hard-wired template. Steven Bannon who boasted that his Breitbart News to insult and demean; and whose personal behavior — Despite the US intelligence community’s collective operation is “a platform for the Alt-Right” is a “good as revealed on tape and by accusers— is revolting and agreement that the Kremlin launched the hacks on the guy” or “not the Steve Bannon [they] know.” More lies dishonorable. Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign from Kellyanne Conway. The American experiment in democracy will be tested, chief John Podesta’s emails and meddled in our election It does matter that the Ku Klux Klan, David Duke, and perhaps to its limits, in the comings weeks and months. by releasing the hacked messages to Wikileaks, the me- White supremacist groups of all types have embraced But we must resolve that no one individual or admin- dia downplayed that, searching the daily dump of leaks Donald J. Trump. istration— however distasteful—can compromise its for “bombshells” against Clinton. The hunt for those If FBI Director James Comey did believe that Hill- future. Our republic is built of far sturdier stuff than that. additional scandals trumped—all puns intended—the ary Clinton broke the law, he should have indicted her To friends and neighbors given to despair in the af- fact that Vladimir Putin’s Russia scoring a frightening back in July. termath of this election, find a way to make peace with intelligence coup against the US was judged worthy of Comey’s unprecedented incursion into the race eleven it on your own terms. only cursory attention by reporters and pundits. days before the election was either a grievous error in Andre Kearns, an African and American friend who Media myth: Pundits and Sanders supporters posit- judgment or blatant support of Trump. dedicates much of his time to the study of his family’s ing that Bernie Sanders would have beaten Trump are Donald Trump and his brood have no intention of ancestral roots, put it this way in a note online that also delusional or dishonest. Within minutes of a Sanders separating the White House from their board room . admonished friends contemplating an escape from the nomination by the Democrats, Trump and the media CNN’s John King, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd and Steve United States after the Trump win: would have painted Bernie’s socialism as Communism. Kornacki, Charlie Cook, and every other “expert” who “My ancestors have lived in this country since 1619 How would that daily drumbeat have played in the touted their high-tech “election maps” and polls should when the first ‘twenty and odd Negroes’ arrived in James- Midwest? be laughed off the political stage. Any non-expert could town on slave ships and since before then as indigenous According to Irish Central, legitimate polls revealed have told these “gurus” that people lie to pollsters. peoples. For the last 400 years they lived through times that Trump carried the white Catholic vote—including Kellyanne Conway did tell the truth at least twice: much more difficult than these and through their lives Irish Americans—by 51 percent to 39 percent. she stated that Trump would win and that “shy” voters they’ve helped to bend the arc of the moral universe in A Tale of Two Irish-American Women: An indication would hide their true intent until it really mattered—in America a little bit closer to justice for all. of just how the election was fodder for an additional the privacy of the voting booth. “My commitment to them is to do the same, no matter chapter to “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” one of Unquestionably, a new era is breaking across America. who sits in the Oval Office,” he wrote. the very few journalists with the temerity to call out Let’s hope and pray that it’s not the launching of a He’s right. We must follow President Obama’s counsel Donald Trump’s lies and misogyny was Megyn Kelly— four- to eight-year pajama party between Trump’s to adhere to the “presumption of good faith in our fellow of Fox News. Conversely, one of the chief facilitators White House and Putin’s Russia or the draining of the citizens…a respect for our institutions, our way of life, of Trump’s racist and sexist patter was his campaign Washington swamp to create a global sinkhole. of the rule of law.” manager, Kellyanne Conway. Page 6 December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com Boston Irish Reporter’s Here & There

By Bill O’Donnell Fletcher ‘Flash” Wiley, former longtime leader formerly Breitbart News head, as chief strategist Hillary’s Defeat Spawns a Thousand Conclu- of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, caught and counsellor to the president. In so many words, sions – Where did it all go wrong? And why were the the flavor of the day, saying: “The Ray Flynn legacy Trump’s chief aide is a white supremacist. polling by so-called “experts” and the similar num- has yet to be written. But a lot of people are forgetting There have been worse hires in White House history, bers within the Clinton campaign so sure of victory what a difference he made in his time. On the racial but you would have to go back to Richard Nixon’s on Nov.? Why are American voters calling Donald harmony side, on the economic development side, “anything goes” era to find comparable available tal- Trump’s win “the biggest upset since the 1940s?” on the spreading of wealth side, Ray Flynn made a ent. Ask the klansman David Duke, who is smitten I have been talking with, and receiving assess- difference in transforming the city of Boston. with the Bannon selection. One small consolation: ments from, a number of seasoned observers since An apt description of the Flynn contribution to the Trump hasn’t named former House Speaker Newt the election about what contributed to the collapse city he loves to this day. And isn’t it right that Ray Gingrich to anything yet and it’s late November. Of of what was seen as the could be there and not have far at all to travel. Bannon, Boston and national truth-telling bloggist Hillary Clinton jugger- Will Trump Kill the J-1 Visa? – Back in August Charles Pierce said “Let us be clear. The hiring of naut. Some reasoning is 2015, Donald Trump said if he were elected presi- Steve Bannon as a WH policy advisor is exactly the straight forward, as this dent the J-1 visa would be terminated. At the time, same as hiring David Duke. Please do not normal- well-connected political he described the valuable, hands-across-the-water ize this.” onlooker opined a few relationship as a jobs program for “foreign youths” Another familiar name and face, Rudy Giuliani, days after the fall: “Hill- and wanted it replaced with a program that created has made millions since 9/11 advising terrorist orga- ary’s negatives were too jobs for young people in America’s inner cities. nizations, one of them a cult-like arm of the Marxist high. Can’t change it. On Would someone who has Trump’s ear tell him that Iranian opposition group, and others that attacked the other hand, there’s the J-1s are essentially temporary and are not in and killed US citizens in 1970 and 1992, according something called the Bill conflict with existing urban youth programs. The J-1 to Media Matters. Giuliani has moved up in the big Clinton syndrome: When Visa is a boon to both Ireland and the US. time in style and Mideast revenue sources since his people like you they will Having worked with young people from Dublin, days as the Mayor of the World. ignore just about anything Belfast, Derry, and other communities in Ireland, Rudy, who ran a one-state primary race for president negative. A lot of people north and south, I know how helpful this visa program a while back, has been trailing Trump as if he were Bill O’Donnell liked Trump despite what is to both countries. in training for an opening on the Secret Service WH he said and did, and would If the end of the program is envisioned, maybe detail. And maybe he is, but it seems at this writing defend him. Trump is remarkably unqualified to be someone like the outgoing vice president Joe Biden that Rudy may have schmoozed Trump into consider- president. He seems to have lived his whole life in a could become active as an advocate for J-1, and ing his as the next US secretary of state. God forbid! spoiled rich boy’s bubble and learned nothing along bring a hint of reality to the incoming Republican And finally, and deplorably, we come toJeff Ses- the way. administration in an advisory way. At the moment sions, rejected years ago by Congress for a federal “Also, he’s a total fraud as a businessman. When it is doubtful that people now on J-1 visas would not judgeship, current US senator, and racist. For the the sharpies on Wall Street had a dog to sell, they be allowed to complete their time here. past 30 years Sessions has made a name for himself could always sell it to Trump. He’s surrounded by First Minister Charges Republic With “Poach- as one of the Senate’s most extreme anti-immigrant awful people, people you thought were long gone ing” – Relations between political leaders in the North voices by attacking the Constitution’s guarantee of and now they are back and in charge. When they and their counterparts in the south are not always birthright citizenship. are not hating you, they hate each other. Note that smooth, but lately they are getting a bit more edgy In the US Senate, he has voted for torture pro- Christie has already been knifed. Got that for saying with charges of poaching from Stormont. Short on grams and opposed hate crime protection for LGBT something good about Obama after Hurricane Sandy. specifics,Arlene Foster has charged that the Irish individuals. They never forgave him.” government is going around the world “to talk down The people of Alabama may deserve him but his Another keen politics-watcher, and former elected our economy and to attempt to poach our investors.” selection by Trump as attorney general is a hor- official for many years, had this to say just before The Dublin government has vigorously defended its rendous nomination, just a step behind or aside of the vote totals came in: “Aging blue collar workers, actions while denying Foster’s charges as “untrue,” the disgraceful naming of Bannon to a seat in the residents of rural areas, remnants of what Leon adding that the Republic is working alongside the White House. Hadar refers to as ‘the shrinking white English tribe North to attract investment to the island. The IDA UK PM Urged to Allow Brits To Retain EU –patriotic, god-fearing and hard-working’ – have lost claims that the charges of poaching “have no justifica- Citizenship – British Prime Minister Theresa May their jobs in the declining manufacturing industries tion,” pointing to the large number of trade missions is considering allowing UK nationals to retain their that never recovered from the great recession. These that the North and the Republic share together in European Union citizenship after the Brexit depar- are the people who will be the deciding voters in support of an All Ireland approach. ture is complete. Proponents argue that it would be non-metropolitan Michigan and central Pennsylva- Since Brexit, there has been a degree of aggressive unprecedented for Britons to be stripped of their EU nia, reliably blue states for a generation, as well as marketing by the Republic, but that has been mostly citizenship against their will. The right to retain of- in Wisconsin and Ohio. We do not know how many all directed to London, which is actively seeking post- ficial links to the EU by Brits would be optional. The angry people will vote for Donald Trump to send a Brexit business sites outside the mainland. And these original effort to wrangle continuing links to the EU message, just as they did in the UK.” type of inquiries are obviously encouraged. A SDLP for disenfranchised Brits involved something called Wrapping up this brief roundtable is a veteran Assembly member in the North, Patsy McGlone, European Associate citizenship. A Luxembourg MEP Irish journalist who has closely watched American said that figures show “just how petty and foolish” suggested that option. elections for many years. His take: “Assuming that the first minister’s comments really are.” RANDOM CLIPPINGS stats are correct, the conclusion is undeniable: Donald Paddy Power Makes Rare Bad Move – Irish The word around town and in the Irish Times is Trump did not win, Hillary lost. The results show bookmaker Paddy Power is one of the more successful that Sinn Fein supporters in America were rooting that Trump did not perform any better, in fact he did gambling chains in Ireland. It sets the bettor’s line for Hillary because labor was unhappy with what slightly worse, than his two most recent Republican on everything from horse racing to political contests, they knew about Donald Trump’s bad treatment of predecessors. But Hillary Clinton’s vote dropped such as the American presidential race. They usu- his contractors. Normally, they would have voted dramatically from the levels reached by Obama in ally get it done smartly and their finances are in top Republican. … An appeal against the operation of a the past two elections.” shape. Paddy Power also has an early payoff system ferry on Carlingford Lough has been rejected. Does Add to that the blistering reality that voters, espe- that is activated when the odds are not volatile, or that mean planning permission will be granted. … cially in troubled areas, were desperate for change, are too long or unrealistic to attract customers. In The cost to the Irish government for the women and given the historic difficulty for a party to win a the recent betting on who —Clinton or Trump –would who spent time in children’s homes and laundries third straight national election, you had a melange be elected, the Irish punters, not unlike American is estimated to be $340 million, with final recom- of misery that would likely have defeated any Demo- gamblers, assumed that Hillary Clinton would romp mendations due this coming January. … Charlie cratic candidate running for president this year.” home a winner. Haughey and Margaret Thatcher had a vicious Vandalized: Home of Respected Priest of the The odds three weeks before the US election favored feud over the Falkland Islands and Charlie withdrew Troubles – A well-respected and widely beloved Hillary by very short odds, she was a strong favorite, support for sanctions against Argentina. Thatcher Catholic priest came home to his house in Ferman- and Clinton bettors faced a low payout if she won, never forgave him. … The new director and visiting agh to find his home vandalized with considerable on the order of 2-11, versus Trump’s long odds of 4 professor of Irish Studies at BC is James Murphy damage by person or persons unknown. Father Joe and 5-1. In short, Clinton backers had to put up 11 of DePaul. … The actor Domhnall Gleeson is the McVeigh, 70, a champion of human rights and social euros to win 2 euro. latest Irish personality to be claimed as British for justice for decades, was a powerful force during the Well, as you may have heard, Hillary was defeated his star role in a Burberry Christmas ad. … Fine Troubles. He has many friends across Ireland and and Trump supporters a big payday at the Paddy Gael’s Heather Humphreys doesn’t speak Irish in the United States who may read this and reach Power Win windows. and Gaeltacht groups are upset she doesn’t meet out to him. He can be reached by friends who know Initially, Trump was on the board at 100 to 1 and with them. She was guest of St. Patrick’ Day in of his good works over the years at Tattgar House, he later advanced to 13-8. The long odds meant that Boston. … Martin McGuinness refuses to rule out Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland. the bookmaker had to pay out hundreds of thousands Sinn Fein taking seats in Westminster. … There’s a Boston Comes Together to Honor Ray Flynn of pounds and euros to those punters who bet on the short railroad in Tipp with 70 passengers a day at – It was a reunion of happy faces, a splendid day long shot. a cost of $600 per person. … Belfast-born Michael and a perfect reason for a large number of friends Maze Site Looked At for NI’s First Air Ambu- George is being touted as our next ambassador to and former City Hall faithful to join with joy and lance Base – The Maze Prison site has had a stormy Ireland. He’s managing director of Fortress invest- memories to honor former Boston mayor and Vatican recent history as Irish republicans and loyalists ments in New York. Ambassador Raymond Flynn at the Marine Park clashed over the meaning of a museum about the The reports are out saying London’s property mar- dedication to this son of Southie, a lifetime neighbor Troubles in the North and the implications of how ket is “tanking by the day.” … Another good finish: BC of the park to which his grandparents came from to exhibit the artifacts and philosophy of two hostile ranked fifth nationally in the NCAA graduation rate Ireland in search of the American dream. The nam- political viewpoints. While they were failing to arrive for college sports. … Terry Francona (Indians) and ing is a lasting memorial to this mayor of the people at a compromise, the site has lain fallow. Dave Roberts (Dodgers), both with Red Sox links, who worked on the docks there when he was a young The latest answer to the impasse is to build not a have been named the top managers in baseball. … man. (Disclosure: I worked for Mayor Flynn during museum but the North’s first air ambulance base. Belfast police officers have begun wearing body cam- his administration). Ten years ago, a master plan for the Maze site was eras. A good move but how about juicing up training Co-chairs for the dedication were Rosemarie San- unveiled, including a 45,000-seat national multi-sport for incoming police recruits? … The latest numbers sone and Frank Doyle, both close aides to the mayor stadium for football, rugby, and Gaelic games. There show that half the Irish people favor decriminaliza- during the Flynn years. Also attending and speaking has been a stalemate over conflicting views of the tion of drugs for personal use. … US Sen. Elizabeth were Mayor Martin Walsh, City Councillor Bill facility where specially designed medical helicopters Warren is gathering together opponents of the Ban- Linehan, Congressman Stephen Lynch, state would be permanently based in Northern Ireland. non appointment to speak against him in hearings. Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, Rep. Nick Collins, Unsurprisingly, it is uncertain how and when this … FBI Director James Comey is a good man with 1983 mayoral candidate Mel King, and Thomas new proposal will become a reality. a solid reputation but he blew it with his actions on Glynn, CEO of the Mass. Port Authority. Also A Late November Glance at Trump’s Early Clinon’s emails issue near the end of the election. His on hand were former Senate President Bill Bulger, Choices – Donald Trump’s first choice for his White moves cost Hillary her solid momentum, and maybe former state Sen. Joe Timilty, James O’Donnell, House inner circle tells you just about all you need the election, but it looks like it would have been ultra former executive officer of the Boston Retirement to know about his strange obsession with white close if Comey had taken a walk. Board, labor leader Tom McIntyre, and many former nationalist ardor in the West Wing. He has chosen City Hall department heads during the Flynn years. Stephen Bannon, an apparent anti-semite and bostonirish.com December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 7 Irish International Immigrant Center Immigration Q&A An agency accredited by US Department of Justice Overstaying a visit 100 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110 Telephone (617) 542-7654 Fax (617) 542-7655 to US – a bad idea Website:iiicenter.org Email: [email protected] Q. I came to the US for a visit under the Visa Waiver Program and was given permission to stay here for 90 days. I was thinking of staying on for a while longer Standing up and working and maybe getting a job to support myself here. I heard that staying past the 90-day limit could result together after the election in a bar on my reentry to the US in the future. Is this true? In light of the recent presidential election, many Yes. If you entered the US on the Visa Waiver immigrant and refugee families and the young A. Program as most visitors from the 38 eligible coun- Irish J1 students whom we serve are experiencing tries (including Ireland) do today, you normally are deep concern, and fears over their future. given up to 90 days to remain in this country -- but Since the election, the IIIC has been doubling down you are not allowed to work here during that time. on our advocacy work and reassuring the commu- If you overstay this 90-day period by 180 days to one nity that the IIIC has been helping immigrants for year, you face a three-year bar from reentering the decades, and will continue to do so. We are not going IIIC Learning Exchange Director, Paul Pelan US. Overstaying the 90-day period by more than one away, and our mission remains the same. We, along and Steve Greeley, New England Director of the year subjects you to a ten-year reentry bar. This is with many other community-based organizations, will American Ireland Fund, at last month’s AIF Annual the case irrespective of whether you work in the US always be here to advocate on behalf of immigrants Dinner. The Fund is a strong supporter of the IIIC without authorization. and on the issues that affect their lives. J-1 Intern visa program. Do not misinterpret the 180 days It is great to see leadership at the city level such as Please note well: as any kind of “grace” period that allows you to remain Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, whose officials genuine care for Irish at [email protected]. in the US beyond the 90 days granted under the Visa have reaffirmed their commitment to all residents, citizens living in Boston. Attorney General Es- Waiver Program. Any period of overstay at all may regardless of legal status. IIIC Learning Ex- tablishes Anti-Hate Ho- affect your ability to reenter the US at a later date. This is the time for us to stand up and work together change Program up- tline! – Late last month, Aside from the problem of the three- and ten-year for the protection of all our neighbors - regardless of dates – IIIC Executive Massachusetts Attorney reentry bars, if you overstay a visit under the Visa immigration status or religion. Now is not the time Director Ronnie Millar General Maura Healey Waiver Program even by a few days, you will no longer for us to be shrugging our shoulders. Regardless recently announced that released a statement, be allowed to reenter under that program in the future. of what lies ahead, we will be a strong voice for the the United States Depart- “Our job in the Attorney Instead you will have to make a formal application for families we serve, and for immigration reform. Let ment of State has granted General’s Office is to a B-2 visitor visa at the nearest US Embassy, which us all work side by side to help build a society where a request to increase the protect people’s rights, requires a fee and can take time. You can expect close all people are welcomed and valued, and enjoy equal number of visas available fight discrimination, and scrutiny of your application, and if you have a compel- opportunities and protections. to the IIIC for the J-1 In- keep people safe. In recent ling reason for a prior brief overstay, you should include To get involved in our work, please see our website, tern Work and Travel pro- days, we’ve seen reports evidence of it with your application. Holders of visitor iiicenter.org, for volunteering opportunities, or call gram. The increase, about from around the country visas usually are admitted for up to six months and, 617-542-7654. one-third, allows the IIIC of harassment and in- before the expiration of the visa, they can apply for Ronnie Millar, Executive Director Irish Interna- to offer five hundred visas timidation of racial, ethnic an extension if they have a good reason for wanting tional Immigrant Center annually to Irish univer- and religious minorities, sity graduates to live and women, LGBT individu- to stay longer in the US as a visitor. work in the United States als, and immigrants. Such Employment in the US, either while in status un- IIIC NOTEBOOK appointed Vice-Consul of der the Visa Waiver Program, while here on a visitor Minister of State Joe the Consulate General of for a one-year period. conduct runs against our Said Millar: “Students values as a society, and we visa, or during an overstay, is another issue. People McHugh TD Visits the Ireland in Boston. temporarily in the US are not allowed work without IIIC – Last month, the The delegation met come from all 32 counties are acting now to ensure and intern throughout the that our residents are specific authorization from the US government like Irish International Im- with IIIC Board members, a work visa (such as an H-1B) or an Employment migrant Center welcomed staff, and volunteers to United States. We know protected.” this program is a win-win Reportedly, the Attor- Authorization Document (issued while an application Joe McHugh TD, Minister discuss the Center’s work for adjustment of status to permanent residence is of State for the Diaspora with Irish immigrants for students and employ- ney General’s office has ers alike, and that these already received several pending). If you do work here without authorization, and Overseas Develop- and J1 students and the that is considered a violation of your status by the ment in the Irish Depart- challenges of the current students return home to hundred calls to the hot- Ireland at the end of their line: 1-800-994-3228. US immigration authorities, and you render yourself ment of Foreign Affairs post-election environ- inadmissible to the US in the future in almost all and Trade. With Minister ment. The delegation also year to be future leaders.” IIIC Legal Clinic – The program is supported Dec. 12 – Green Briar circumstances. McHugh was Galway na- enjoyed a private tour of Note, finally, that the 90-day Visa Waiver period tive Billy Lawless, Sr., the Old State House led by the US State Depart- Pub, 304 Washington ment, the Irish Govern- Street, Brighton. For fur- of admission to the US normally cannot be extended. who has lived in Chicago by an Irish J-1 student, Only in extreme situations where you can document since 1998, and, in 2016, Laura Gillespie, who hails ment’s Department of ther information, call us Foreign Affairs and Trade, at 617-542-7654. the need to stay with compelling evidence will you be was appointed to the Irish from Letterkenny, County granted an extension. An example of such a situa- Seanad (the Irish Senate) Donegal. She is interning and the American Ireland The IIIC Has Moved! Fund (AIF). We are now located at tion would be hospitalization in the US following an by Taoiseach Enda Kenny. at the Old State House, accident or serious illness. Also joining in the visit our new next-door neigh- The IIIC helps Irish the heart of the historic graduates find paid, one- Freedom Trail District, were Rose Gaughan, pri- bor. If you have questions about this or any other aspect vate secretary to Minister The IIIC appreciates all year, internships in the adjacent to the Old State United States. If you House, and close to both of immigration law, you can have a free, confidential McHugh, Amal Kaoua, the support of the Irish consultation at one of our weekly legal clinics. deputy director of the Government’s Depart- have any employment the Orange and Green opportunities available, Line MBTA stations. We Irish Abroad Unit, and ment of Foreign Affairs Disclaimer: These articles are published to inform Aoife Budd, the newly and Trade and for the please contact Paul Pelan look forward to seeing you at our new location. Our generally, not to advise in individual cases. US new address is: One State Citizenship and Immigration Services and the US Street, Suite 800, Boston, DepartmentBoston Irish Reporter of State frequently amend regulations and MA 02109. 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Federally insured EQUAL HOUSING by NCUA OPPORTUNITY bostonirish.com December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 9 BRETT’S BOSTON By Harry Brett Exclusive photos of Boston Irish people & events The documentary, 1916: The Irish Re- bellion was screened for an audience of parishioners and neighbors at St Mary of the Nativity church on Scituate Harbor on Nov. 12. Narrated by Liam Neeson, the film tells the story of the events that took place in Dublin during Easter Week 1916, when a small group of Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire. The documentary also uncovers the untold story of the central role Irish Americans played in the lead-up to the

rebellion. 1. 1.) Marty O’Toole, Scituate Selectman; Fion- nuala Quinlan, Irish Consul General; John Sul- livan, Plymouth AOH; 2.) Jim and Fran Bailey, Scituate; 3.) Al Cafferty, Whitman; John Caf- ferty, Hingham; 4.) Maureen Alcott, Scituate; Jim Colbert, Pembroke; 5.) Peter And Suzanne Lincoln, Scituate; 6.) Margaret Stapleton, Sci- tuate, Mary Kelley O’Toole, Mayor of Scituate Parade; 7.) Bill And Marilyn Slattery, Norwood; 8.) Anita Herne, Patricia Mc Carthy Jacquart, both of Scituate; 9.) Tom Allen, Mark Sullivan, both of Hanover; 10.) Skip Toomey, Scituate; Leo Stapleton, South Boston; 11.) Eva Gilarde, Marshfield;E mily Green, Scituate; Liz Lees, No. Providence.

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10. 11. Page 10 December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com New BSO violist Leah Ferguson, 22, joins the Pops holiday concert series Pops this year. And she’ll ert Vernon, who is the just that’s not the best feeling had [soprano Camilla Till- be doing it from center retired principal violist of . . . But all of us won. . . ing and baritone Thomas stage. the Cleveland Orchestra. . It was unique and nice Hampson] were just unbe- Viola player Leah Fer- He’s a renowned and very to share that with them.” lievable. Really beautiful guson joined the BSO this incredible teacher.” Before beginning her singers.” past September. Doing Her relocation to New first BSO season, Leah Knowing how equally double duty, she’ll also York to study at Juilliard had the opportunity to respected the Boston Pops be playing with The Pops came with a stepped up visit Ireland last summer. is nationwide, she has throughout the month of pace of life. “Cleveland is Her father’s ancestors are been excited about the December. a very kind of calm place,” Scotch Irish from Belfast. holiday shows and admits Originally from Chi- said Leah. “It’s easier to She called it “easily the she loves playing Christ- cago, Leah earned her focus there. In New York, best trip I’ve ever taken. mas music. bachelor’s degree from there’s just so much going Unbelievable. So gor- Her favorite selection? the Cleveland Institute of on . . . It’s very hectic . . . geous. We went all along “I like “Sleigh Ride” she Music and subsequently But once I got used to it, I the west coast to all those said, which, no matter the earned a diploma from felt, if I can do this, I can little towns. A lot of fish- mix of music at the holiday The Juilliard School. live anywhere.” ing villages, and the Aran performances, has been a Her impressive list of When she learned last Islands, and the Cliffs of mainstay with the Pops credits include being a winter that the BSO was Moher. It was just too since the very beginning. guest artist with the Acad- screening new musicians, much to describe.” Arthur Fiedler and The emy of St. Martin in the she was very much in- When she returned to Boston Pops introduced Fields Chamber Ensem- terested. Describing a Boston, her official debut the Leroy Anderson classic ble and a guest associate possible viola position as came in the fall. “It was to the world in 1949. principal of the Montreal “absolutely incredible,” amazing,” she said. “The Beyond the holiday Symphony; playing con- she said, “It was defini- first concert we did was concerts, she’s looking certs at Boston’s Isabella tively a no brainier that the Gala toward the end forward to the BSO’s up- Stewart Gardner Museum I wanted to audition for of September. It was really coming winter schedule. BSO Viola player Leah Ferguson is performing and New York’s MoMA; them.” special and my parents “In 2017 we’re playing her first season of Holiday Pops concerts with The and ensemble perfor- Auditions involved mu- were able to come out for Shostakovich’s Symphony Boston Pops. Diana Lake photo mances with the Chicago sicians being asked to that. So that was really No. 7, which has been on Symphony, the Cleveland perform selections from nice.” my ‘favorite piece’ list By R. J. Donovan ues stronger than ever. Orchestra, and the New a predetermined list of Leah plays a viola made for a really long time.” York Philharmonic. 10 to 15 standard orches- by the renowned German- She’s particularly excited Special to the BIR The 2016 holiday series at The Boston Pops an- Symphony Hall, featuring All of this by age 22, tral excerpts. “Sometimes born, London-based crafts- because the piece is “not nual holiday concerts The Tanglewood Festival which ranks her as one there are whole pieces that man Stefan-Peter Greiner. commonly done. We’re rank among the city’s Chorus, encompasses of the BSO’s youngest you have to know,” she “I had known for a while playing it here in Boston most enduring Christmas 40 evening and matinee musicians. said. “They usually leave that I really wanted to try and also at Carnegie hall, traditions. They began in concerts, including seven Leah’s parents are wind a concerto movement up one of his instruments,” so that will be really fun.” 1971 under the baton of special Kids Matinee musicians and she was to you . . . You can choose she said. “And often times, In the meantime, it’s all venerable Arthur Fiedler performances, through surrounded by orchestral a movement of Bach, any they’re not easy to get. He about those sleigh bells with a three-concert series December 24. music throughout middle solo Bach piece. But aside doesn’t make a lot of them jinglin’ at Symphony Hall. at Symphony Hall. Those Loyal fans attend every and high school. She also from that, it’s kind of a set and they’re in demand. … R. J. Donovan is edi- initial performances, ti- year, applauding the fes- joining a musical youth list that they give you.” They are beautiful to look tor and publisher of on- tled “A Pops Christmas tive mix of carols, sing- group in Chicago. After four rounds of au- at and they sound great.” stageboston.com. Party,” were enthusias- alongs and a visit from In an interview with ditions last February, she One of her favorite BSO ••• tically embraced by the Santa. However, there’s the BIR, she said she was hired along with two performances so far was Holiday Pops, through public. one young woman, new decided to study at the other tryout colleagues. “It a concert showcasing the Dec. 24, Symphony Hall, More than four decades to Boston, who’ll be expe- Cleveland Institute of was just the three of us in Brahms Requiem. “It was 301 Massachusetts Ave. later, the tradition contin- riencing her first Holiday Music because “I really that room . . . Usually just an amazing performance Info: bostonpops.org or wanted to work with Rob- one person gets the job and and the two soloists we 888-266-1200. bostonirish.com December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 11 Christmas Celtic Sojourn director’s role: ‘You stay out of the way and let it happen’ Pilatzke, as well as the Harney Academy of Irish Dance. New to the roster is the Acadian trio Vishten. And serving as host and inter- locutor will be the “Christmas Celtic Sojourn” creator, Brian O’Donovan of WGBH-FM’s “A Celtic Sojourn,” which serves as a template for the show. Last month, finishing up a tour with Solas, Egan paused to reflect on his tenure with “Christmas Celtic Sojourn,” and what the annual three-week interval – from rehearsal to final bow – encompasses. “When I started, the show Seamus Egan, music direc- wasn’t as involved as it is now tor of “A Christmas Celtic – definitely had less moving Sojourn.” parts,” he says. “When Brian spoke to me about becoming By Sean Smith music director, he had a desire to Special to the BIR have ‘Christmas Celtic Sojourn’ When you’re the music di- be a show, rather than a concert. rector for “A Christmas Celtic He was looking for a consistency, Sojourn,” says Seamus Egan, a unified vision for how things Christmas comes early. “Ac- should run, which would require tually,” he quips, “Christmas a lot of planning and coordina- tends to last all year.” tion – not just gathering people Egan is finishing up his first the day of the event.” decade overseeing the musical In fact, the planning process end of things for the popular for the next “Sojourn” begins not holiday-themed showcase of all that long after the curtain Cara Butler and Nathan Pilatzke -- shown during the 2012 “Christmas Celtic Sojourn” -- are music, dance, songs, and stories falls on the previous show’s back again this year, with Butler serving as director of dance. in the Celtic tradition, which final performance: Given the takes place for the 14th year busy schedules of high-caliber plan for the show.” this is where the individual and way and let it happen, and you this month with performances performers who appear in E-mail, Skype, and other collective creativity truly starts take advantage of the unique- in Providence, New Bedford, “Christmas Celtic Sojourn,” technology has made it easier to to flow: Egan doesn’t have writ- ness that someone brings.” Worcester, and Rockport, as it’s a necessity to start identi- discuss or experiment with mu- ten parts to hand out – he doesn’t By now, Egan’s pretty well well as its run at the Cutler fying potential candidates well sical ideas over long distances, read or write music, and in any used to having these type of Majestic Theatre in downtown ahead of time. As this goes on, but for Egan the work doesn’t case that’s not the approach he leadership roles, whether for Boston [the schedule is available Egan says, he will have regular really begin in earnest until prefers. “Christmas Celtic Sojourn” or at wgbh.org/celtic]. conversations with O’Donovan, that first day that the musicians “I come in with some concepts. other collaborations, and he’s A virtuoso on banjo, flute, artistic director Paula Plum, and singers are gathered in the I might say to Maeve [Gilchrist], learned a thing or two. “There’s mandolin, whistle and guitar, and the dance director – in this Cutler Majestic practice room. ‘OK, I want the harp to do this,’ always way less time than you Egan will once again be perform- case, Butler. “It is kind of like waking up and she’ll instantly have a far hope for, and probably more ing at the show with members “For me, the main job is know- on Christmas morning,” laughs better idea as to how to accom- people than you’re prepared of Solas, the Irish-American ing who we have playing and Egan. “You go into that room, plish what I might have in my to work with,” he says, “so the super-group he co-founded. Also singing,” he says. “That’s how I and there are all these brilliant head. See, that’s what this all equation is usually the opposite returning to “Christmas Celtic can start to figure out arrange- people there and you think to comes down to: These are all to what it should be. Really, it all Sojourn” are harpist Maeve Gil- ments – what’s a ‘highlight’ as yourself, ‘Oh, this is fantastic!’” excellent musicians and singers, comes down to what happens in christ, singer Eilís Kennedy and opposed to a full ensemble per- But there’s not much opportu- and you trust what it is that they that rehearsal room – that has cellist Natalie Haas, as is dancer formance, for example, or which nity for ooh-ing and aah-ing, be- do. It definitely helps to have to work most of all.” Cara Butler – newly minted as song or tune set should go where. cause it’s time to roll up sleeves some notions beforehand, but Fortunately, it has worked the show’s dance director – and I want to plan a nice musical arc and get down to business. And ultimately you stay out of the her longtime partner, Nathan while contemplating the overall (Continued on page 13)

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Half Page Advert.indd 1 17/11/2016 10:17 Page 12 December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com Tip-top musical ability, sweet-voiced singing mark the polished ‘Socks in the Frying Pan’ By Sean Smith Special to the BIR Understand, it’s not as if Aodán Coyne and brothers Shane and Fiachra Hayes – known collectively as “Socks in the Frying Pan” – had some grand scheme to become one of the most in-demand Irish bands to make the trek to America. For a good while, they were quite content to play in and around their native Ennis in Co. Clare. But through a succession of happy events, and the requisite hard work, the three – ranging in age from 25 to 30 – saw their popularity mushroom, culminating in their first American tour in 2014. They’ve returned to the US twice since then, including a visit this year that brought them for the first time to The Burren in Somerville, where they performed in the early fall to a full house Socks in the Frying Pan (L-R Fiachra Hayes, Shane Hayes and Aodán Coyne) warming up for their show as part of the pub’s Backroom series. at The Burren Backroom series earlier this fall. “I love the gigs in places that have a history to them, “It all just came out of nowhere,” said Coyne, as he like here,” says Fiachra. Sean Smith photo and the Hayeses relaxed prior to the show, reflecting The Burren concert, though, offered the fullest por- on the last couple of years. “We made an album pretty trait of Socks in the Frying Pan, including not only their much for the sake of making it – so we’d have something artistry but their flair for entertainment. Coyne’s voice to sell in the pubs – and it found its way into the right was in fine form, as was his guitar accompaniment, and hands. Then when we got over here, we met all these as a bonus he played on a set of tunes with his fiddle- bands and performers we’d looked up to, and we got to playing uncle Eamon, a Massachusetts resident. Shane, tour and play together on the same stages. And that meanwhile, did a solo spot in which he announced his just got everything rolling.” intention to get an entry in the Guinness Book of World It’s not hard to discern why they’ve become so popu- Records “for having the fastest fingers,” and proceeded lar among audiences, in the US and elsewhere: tip-top to play that much-exalted reel “The Mason’s Apron” musical ability by all three – Coyne on guitar, Shane at ever-increasing speeds. The Hayes brothers also on accordion, and Fiachra on fiddle and banjo – and indulged in their good-natured sibling rivalry, trading polished, sweet-voiced singing to match, plus a stage quips about everything from their respective wardrobes presence that rides on showmanship, humor, and, above to their musical abilities (during Shane’s accelerating all, an ability to connect with audiences. accordion solo, Fiachra remarked, “I can finish it for These virtues are certainly apparent on their most you if you want”). recent album, “Without a Paddle,” released earlier As they revealed in the pre-concert conversation, the this year. The instrumental sets are invigorating, and Hayes’ musical co-dependence started very early on, illustrative of the trio’s traditional roots, as evidenced when Shane decided he’d teach Fiachra – who could by “113.5874” (many of their set titles are in-jokes or barely walk yet – how to play the piano in their grand- amusingly self-referential) comprising the reels “John mother’s sitting room, and helpfully drew numbers on O’Dwyer’s/Maids of Castlebar”; “No Relation,” which the keys with a magic marker to make it easier for his combines a Scottish strathspey, a reel from Cape Breton little brother to get the notes right. and another from the repertoire of Clare fiddle doyen “Then he tried to blame it on me,” said Fiachra, Martin Hayes; and “Little Red Rocket,” a bracing trio “even though I didn’t know what numbers were yet.” The band’s new album, “Without a Paddle,” displays of jigs that climaxes with the regal “Sweet Marie” (a “And because it was a permanent marker,” added all the trio’s assets. favorite of the Hayeses’ grandmother). Shane, “the numbers were still there on the keys Their song repertoire ranges far afield, from the years later.” not as much pressure to ‘do a performance’; you can be traditional “When First I Came to Caledonia” to singer- But when it comes to formative musical experiences, more relaxed about it.” songwriters like Americans Ricky Skaggs (“How Moun- the ones they’ve had these past few years have been However irreverent they may seem at times, Coyne, tain Girls Can Love”), Guy Clark (“Dublin Blues”) and considerable. Shane, and Fiachra understand very well that they’re Joe Newberry (“Missouri Borderlands”) and Irish per- “That first tour, we went over very innocent, not really part of a continuum in Irish music, and express a sincere former Foy Vance (“Guiding Light”). Coyne’s honeyed, knowing what we were doing,” said Shane. “But it was appreciation for the many individuals and bands that charismatic inflection, delivery, and tone, along with cool, and we seemed to take to it naturally, I suppose.” have served as role models and sources of inspiration. the equally charming harmony vocals of the Hayeses, “You have to latch on pretty quickly,” added Coyne. “If you just look around here,” said Shane, indicating are very much in keeping with the contemporary folk “When you get to a festival, you see all these bands The Burren’s massive collection of assorted flyers, post- vein of Irish bands like Grada or We Banjo 3. (Boston- who’ve been on the circuit for ages, and they just know ers and photos of Irish music’s most renowned figures, area progressive bluegrass/Americana band Crooked how to interact with an audience – that’s something “you can see who we looked up to.” Still is a favorite, according to Fiachra.) you really pick up on when you’re starting out.” “I love the gigs in places that have a history to And their sense of fun also comes through to a certain One of the most important lessons they learned was them, like here,” said Fiachra. He nodded at a draw- degree on “Without a Paddle,” such as Coyne’s funk- how to fashion one’s act for different kinds of venues. ing, mounted on the nearby wall, depicting scenes in flavored riff underneath Shane on “Distraction Tac- “The big festivals are great: It’s such a cool atmosphere, Ennis. “I can see some of the pubs where we used to tics,” a tune by American flutist Nolan Ladewski that when you’re playing for 5,000, 6,000 people and there’s play,” he said, and then pointed to a poster on another opens the “Funky In Theory” set; Shane and Fiarach’s such a lot of energy going around,” said Shane. “But wall. “And that pub right there? That’s where we got flourishes on the aforementioned “Sweet Marie”; and the gigs in smaller places, where it’s 70, 80, maybe 100 our start. The same poster is up in that pub – it’s the the pregnant pause (and daffy coda) at the end of the people, those are lots of fun in a different way. You can only other place I’ve ever seen it. There really is a lot “Angry Bees” set. get away with more stuff, do more chatting, and there’s of history on these walls.” DECEMBER PERFORMANCE CALENDAR In addition to “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn” (see – will perform “The Holly Bears the Crown,” a selec- separate story), several other holiday-themed Irish/ tion of holiday-themed traditional and contemporary Celtic performance events are on tap in December. songs from Ireland and the British Isles, on Dec. 14 at • Aine Minogue, a premier Irish harpist and singer 1 p.m. at the David Friend Recital Hall (921 Boylston who conveys the lyricism and richness of Irish music, Street, Boston). The event is free and open to the mythology, and poetry, will present “To Warm the public. [berklee.edu] Winter’s Night,” a program of music and spoken word •F ormer “Celtic Woman” star Chloë Agnew will to mark the winter solstice and Christmas, at venues team up with Emmy-winning Irish-born tenor Eam- throughout Eastern Massachusetts: mon McCrystal for a concert of holiday favorites on Dec. 3, 7 p.m. One World Coffeehouse, Essex; Dec. Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Calderwood Pavilion at the 5, 7 p.m. Jonathan Bourne Public Library, Bourne; Boston Center for the Arts on Tremont Street in Boston. Dec. 12, 7 p.m., Peabody Essex Library, Peabody; Dec. Ticket information and other details at bostonthe- 18, 4 p.m., Coffeehouse on the Square, Hingham; Dec. atrescene.com/venues/calderwood-pavilion-at-the-bca/. 21, 6:15 p.m., First Church Boston; Dec. 23, 7:30 p.m., • The Burren in Somerville’s Davis Square will hold Club Passim, Harvard Square. its annual New Year’s Eve party, which will include For information about these shows, go to ainemi- a session led by area fiddler Helena Delaney with nogue.com. One-time Boston resident Hannah Read returns many guest musicians. Go to burren.com for more • The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse in Franklin to the area for a December 6 show at Club Passim. information. will host a “Celtic Christmas” with popular singer- • This month’s non-holiday-themed events – not ac- songwriter Robbie O’Connell and Cape Cod fiddler the Halls” and “The Little Drummer Boy.” counting for the odd Christmas carol or wassail song – Rose Clancy on Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. (doors open at 7:30). •“ Christmas with the Celts,” a stage production are highlighted by an appearance by guitarist/vocalist See circlefolk.org. originally broadcast on PBS, will come to the Cabot John Doyle at Boston College’s Gaelic Roots series •A cclaimed fiddlerE ileen Ivers, whose credits in- Theater in Beverly on Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. It features Ric on Dec. 8. Doyle, an original member of the pioneering clude “Riverdance,” will present “A Joyful Christmas!” Blair – the show’s creator and producer – on vocals, band Solas, is part of several ongoing collaborations at two venues: on Dec. 8 at the Larcom Performing guitars, bodhran ,and piano and Scottish fiddler- with such distinguished musicians like Andy Irvine, Arts Theatre in Beverly [thelarcom.org], and on Dec. vocalist Laura McGhee, backed by an ensemble of Martin Hayes, Donal Lunny, Nuala Kennedy, and 10 at Cary Hall in Lexington [caryhalllexington.com]. musicians on uilleann pipes, whistles, drums, bass, Kevin Crawford. He also has pursued a successful Known for her cross-genre, world-music style, Ivers and mandolin; adding to the spectacle are a children’s solo career which has seen him emerge as a talented and her band will perform songs such as “Don Oiche choir, lush string arrangements and Irish step danc- songwriter as well as interpreter of traditional songs. Ud i mBeithil (One Night in Bethlehem),” “Go Tell It ers. See thecabot.org. The concert, which is free, takes place at 6:30 p.m. at On The Mountain,” “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desire,” “Deck • The Berklee Celtic Vocal Ensemble – a group of student vocalists at the Berklee College of Music (Continued on page 13) bostonirish.com December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 13 An interview with vocalist prodigy Chloe Agnew Her ‘Coast to Coast’ tour will wrap up in Boston on Dec. 20 By Maureen we’ll both be performing Forry-Sorrell our own songs; Eamonn BIR Staff from his PBS special Dublin born-and-raised “The Music of Northern Chloe Agnew was the Ireland,” and I’ll be per- youngest member of Celtic forming some music that Women when she joined people will know from the group at age 14. Now, “Celtic Women” and some 24, she is poised to blaze of my favorites that I love her own path to stardom to perform. Then we’re through writing and per- going to join together on forming her own songs and some duets and then, of collaborating with other course, some Christmas young Irish musicians songs, because why not? like the tenor Eamonn We’re in the month of McCrystal. December! The BIR sat down with BIR. You’ve been Agnew to discuss her up- all over the world; are coming “Coast to Coast” you looking forward to tour with McCrystal, coming back to Boston? which will land at Bos- A. I got to celebrate my ton’s Calderwood Pavil- eighteenth birthday in ion on Dec. 20. Boston! It’s one of my BIR. How did you favorite cities. I’ve been get involved in the Chloe Agnew and Eamonn McCrystal in performance. Photo courtesy Hedge Hog Entertainment visiting for over 10 years, phenomenon that be- and I have great friends and great family. The au- came Celtic Women? and another when I was contemporary side of Wilson. we are living in right now. A. I was born into the diences are like nowhere 14. It was after that that music. I loved the pow- A. I love collaborating. The only escape for us is else in the country, just business. I grew up in a the creative team came erhouse female singers I think being a solo artist music; it’s the only thing musical household. My this wild, receptive audi- up with the concept that - Celine Dion, Aretha can be somewhat isolat- that allows us to trans- ence. And Boston is the grandfather used to say became Celtic Women, Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, ing. Working with other port ourselves somewhere that if you hang around last date of our tour! We which was originally sup- Doris Day. I’m so inspired artists keeps you inspired else. And the words in knew it would be special wet paint long enough, posed to be a one-night by incredible women who and takes you outside this song are so uplifting! some of it is bound to to wrap up there, so close show. We had no idea are songwriters, the likes your comfort zone. Lines like “Let us think to Christmas and so close stick. I didn’t plan on go- that it would become the of Adele and Sara Ba- When I heard Pray before we speak” and “Let ing into the business, but to home. success that it did. It was reilles. I’ve fallen in love for Peace the first time, it start with me.” It was a Fans of Chloe, or I followed in my parent’s very natural; one thing with songwriting over the it was around the time real honor and a thrill to footsteps. “Chlovers,” as they call kind of led to the next in last few years and I’m of the Orlando (Pulse lend my vocals to a song themselves, can follow I got a start with a my life in the industry trying to bring that into Nightclub) shooting that like that and I’m looking wonderful woman in her on Facebook and In- and has brought me to my own act now. happened earlier this forward to performing stagram. Also be sure to Ireland who took me on where I am. BIR. The song “Pray year, and Eamonn said to that song each night on when I was only 11, and check out her videos on BIR. Talk to me about For Peace” in Eamonn’s me, “You need to listen the tour. YouTube and Vimeo. Go she basically released one your musical idols. new album, “And so it to this track; I think we BIR. What can au- of my singles which was to bostontheaterscene. A. My dad was a classi- goes,” seems like a true need to record it.” And I diences expect to see com for ticketing and for charity. Then on the cal oboist and my mother show stopper. The song cried the first time I heard and hear at your perfor- back of that, I did a solo information on the “Coast was very involved in features you, Eamonn, it because these words are mances? to Coast” tour. album when I was 12, musical theatre, the more and the actress Rita so important for the time A. We’re both soloists so ‘You stay out of the way and let it happen’ (Continued from page 11) opens. I am so lucky to student at Berklee College Acadian-French songs in “Christmas Celtic So- have him as a partner in of Music, is known for and instrumentals as well journ,” he says. “There’s this endeavor.” the jazz and world-music as their own compositions, a moment I really love, Here’s a look at the influences she brings is steeped in the culture when I watch someone performers Egan will be to her interpretation of and history of the Cana- give just a fantastic per- collaborating with in this Irish and Scottish tradi- dian Maritimes. formance. We’ve been do- year’s “A Christmas Celtic tions. Among her ongoing • A featured singer in ing all this work, and you Sojourn”: collaborations are with the show this year, Eilís know that this person gets • Certainly the most dancer Nic Gareiss, and Kennedy, from Dingle, it, and then you see him or familiar faces for Egan bluegrass fiddler Darol Co. Kerry, won Female her achieve a whole other will be Solas mates fiddler Anger. Vocal Album of the Year level. That’s the mark of Winifred Horan and gui- • Natalie Haas, re- honors from LiveIreland. a truly great performer: tarist Eamon McElholm, cently returned to the com for her 2005 CD “Time They take whatever rough with special guest accor- Boston area after several to Sail.” Kennedy was part idea I might have and dionist Johnny Connolly; years in Montreal, who of the 2014 “Christmas make it completely their they’ll be aided by bassist has been a major reason Celtic Sojourn” as half own.” Chico Huff and percus- for the cello’s emergence of the duo Lumiere, with Says O’Donovan, “Sea- sionist Steve Holloway. as a “Celtic” instrument, vocalist Pauline Scanlon. mus has been a big part The boundary-pushing notably through her part- • A former student of the artistic growth of band recently wrapped up nership with fiddler Alas- of venerable Irish step the show over the years. its 20th anniversary year, dair Fraser and guest dancer Danny Golden, His sensitivity to the which included an exten- appearances with, among Cara Butler has toured tradition, combined with sive tour and the release others, Solas and Cape regularly with The Chief- an ear for contemporary of a new album, “All These Breton fiddler Natalie tains and was featured in context is pretty unique, Years,” featuring appear- MacMaster. the 1999 stage production and we have benefited ances by former members • Vishten is the LeB- “Dancing on Danger- greatly as a result. He like John Doyle, Karan lanc sisters, Emmanuelle ous Ground.” She and also has a unique way of Casey, Deirdre Scanlan (whistles, octave mando- Nathan Pilatzke have and John Williams. lin, bodhran, keyboards, drawn accolades through Eilís Kennedy is the featured singer for the 2016 working with musicians edition of “Christmas Celtic Sojourn.” in what can be a stressful • Scottish native Maeve jaw harp, percussive their involvement in The Gilchrist, a one-time res- dance, vocals) and Pas- StepCrew, a high-energy period of bringing things Liam Harney, has been 15-16 category in 2012 together before the show ident of Boston and former telle (accordion, piano, show that spotlights Irish percussive dance, vocals) and Ottawa Valley step a fixture of “Christmas – regularly take part in from Prince Edward Is- dance and tap. Celtic Sojourn” for years. regional, national and in- land, and Pascal Miousse • The Harney Acad- The school’s students ternational competitions. New eNglaNd auto delivery, iNc. (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, emy of Irish Dance and alumni – including For information about vocals) of Magdalen Is- from Walpole, founded in Melissa McCarthy, who “A Christmas Celtic So- good drivers waNted land. Their music, which 1990 by two-time world won the World Irish Danc- journ,” see wgbh.org/ ing Championship age celtic. 617-269-3800 x102 or encompasses traditional champion step dancer [email protected] DECEMBER PERFORMANCE CALENDAR Quick hires, who have copies of their driving record the Theology and Ministry Breton traditional music Berklee College of Music, Polwart, Eliza Carthy and can come into our office at 50 voN HillerN st., between Library Auditorium on that has been frequently will perform on Dec. 6 at Mary Macmaster. Read’s BC’s Brighton Campus; captured in the record- 8 p.m. in Club Passim, second solo album is due Andrew and JFK UMass Stations see bc.edu/gaelicroots for ing studio; Betty Lou Harvard Square. Read out next year. Also on further information. (along with guitarist Dave has traversed many dif- the bill with Read will be moNday - Friday • 7:00 am – 3:30 pm • Mother-daughter MacIsaac) appears on ferent styles of music, Rachel Ries, a singer- We move cars for the Cape Breton duo Betty Andrea’s recent release, from traditional to folk to songwriter from middle rental car companies at the airport. Lou and Andrea Beaton “With Betty and Dave.” contemporary/pop; one of America known for pen- Transportation and free parking visit the Canadian Ameri- Go to brownpapertickets. her recent collaborations ning “sly and compassion- provided at our location can Club in Watertown on com/event/2713357. was “Songs of Separation,” ate songs for the crooked 21 years or older with Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. to play •Scottish singer-song- a recording project with hearted.” See passim.org 4 years of driving experience for dancing and listening. writer Hannah Read, an all-star cast of English for ticket information and The two represent a rich a one-time Boston resi- and Scottish female sing- other details. we keep cars rolliNg….siNce 2002 family heritage of Cape dent and student at the ers that included Karine Page 14 December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com and Paul Meehan, Brian Morrissey on bodhran and hit No. 1 on the Irish iTunes CD Reviews multi-genre American fiddler Jeremy Kittel. chart, their second reached But the focus, of course, is on Cillian, whose piping No. 12, and its video ver- By Sean Smith style reflects the influence of his roots – via his father, sion has topped 1 million Cillian Vallely, “The Raven’s Rock” • “About Brian, and fellow Armagh piper Mark Donnelly – as viewings on YouTube. The time!” exults a grateful Irish music nation. After some well as the venerable Paddy Keenan of Bothy Band band’s salient features are 20 years of showing himself renown. You don’t have to be a piping geek to appreci- the vocal range and qual- to be one of the finer uille- ate the clear, strong tone, command of all facets of the ity of lead singer/acoustic ann pipers of his generation instrument, and innate rhythmic mastery you hear guitarist Patrick Sheehy – through his work with on the album: the march-to-reel transition on “The and the piano-playing of Lúnasa and luminaries Bull’s March” track, for example; the stirring “Cottage Sorcha Durham, as well as ranging from Bruce Spring- in the Grove” reel medley, which displays his skill on a rhythm section distinguished by the often propulsive steen to Tim O’Brien to the pipes’ regulators; and what many say is the true drumming of Evan Hadnett. the Prague Philharmonic test of a piper, the ornamentation on slow airs, as At the risk of sounding snarky, there isn’t exactly Orchestra – and appearing demonstrated on “Port na bPucaí.” much in the way of rainbows and lollipops as far on more than 60 recordings, It’s nigh impossible to ignore the quality of his ac- as the band’s songs go. They are, for the most part, the Armagh-born Vallely companists, especially brother Caoimhin and his agile observant and sometimes diametrical meditations has at last released his first touch, simultaneously conforming to and enhancing on love, or the promise of it, and the swings between solo album. Its 10 tracks not only showcase his piping the textures of each tune, particularly on “The Boys optimism and pessimism we often endure under its but his brilliance on whistle and low whistle, the latter of Ballycastle,” a minor-key hornpipe featuring Cilian various incarnations: instrument for which he can arguably be credited as on whistle. McGiver’s gentle, harmonious backing on Take me by the hand helping popularize. Just as importantly, “Raven’s Rock” “O’Reilly from Aithcarne” – the opening tune on the But please don’t want to know me represents a furthering of the Vallely family imprint “Leitrim Thrush” set – is nothing short of exquisite. Cos I’m a little bit scared of life on traditional music in Armagh: His parents founded There’s even a bit of a local connection on the al- And vulnerable is all you need to know… the Armagh Pipers’ Club, which helped to sustain and bum: In the notes for the closing reel medley, Vallely (“Catch Me If You Can”) invigorate traditional music in that area, and provided explains that he learned “The Nine-Pint Coggie” from Advertise my secret no small inspiration for those of younger generations, a recording of piper Robbie Hannon performing more I don’t really need it including Vallely himself. than a quarter-century ago at Boston College – where I know you can feel this The familial ties are apparent in other, magnificent Vallely played with Lúnasa mate Kevin Crawford this (“Speeding Car”) ways on “Raven’s Rock,” in the presence of Vallely’s past spring. [cillianvallelly.com] Even though you’re gone I’ll always call you mine brothers Niall (concertina) and Caoimhin (piano), Walking on Cars, “Everything This Way” • This I’ll always be with you both of whom have enjoyed their own success. And alt-pop-rock quintet from the seemingly unlikely launch I saved you a seat on the picket line the Vallelys are in turn bolstered on various tracks by point of Dingle in Co. Kerry has enjoyed legitimate suc- As it goes around about a thousand times guitarists Sean Óg Graham (of Beoga), Ryan McGiver cess by 21st century metrics: Their 2012 debut single (“Always Be with You”) No I’m not calling you crazy I’m just calling out Sometimes you amaze when you bring me down (“At Gunpoint”) If the overall tone of “Everything This Way” is decidedly somber, it’s hardly depressing, and that’s because of the energy and craft the band brings to their material. Sheehy alternates between a grit-throated middle range and a soaring, vulnerable falsetto that often injects a startling urgency into the proceedings, such as on “Catch Me If You Can” and “Speeding Cars,” while the classically trained Durham provides a graceful but substantial accompaniment (and at times ethereal backing vocals), adding body to the instrumentation of Hadnett, guitarist Dan Devane and bassist Paul Flannery; Hadnett, for his part, helps push shifts in tempo and time signature with a reined-in but intense forcefulness. And at various junctures, Devane, Flannery and Durham join voices with Sheehy in chillingly beautiful fashion, such as on the chorus-cum-chant (“Are you gonna lead your love down?”) on “Love Backs Down.” On one song, Sheehy sings “Some days I’m flying high I’m falling low,” as if to suggest the lack of distinction between height and depth. On “Everything This Way,” it’s all about that blurred line between emotional ex- tremes. [walkingoncars.com] “Titanicdance” • Almost 20 years after DiCaprio and Winslet set hearts a-fluttering on board one of history’s largest meta- phors, a 2014 stage show based on that ill-fated big ship’s brief life had its US debut last month. As we know, James Cameron’s “Titanic” had significant Irish music content: the famous ceili scene (which made the band Gaelic Storm practically a household name) and that ubiquitous theme song, which introduced the soulful-tin-whistle-solo as an Irish/Celtic trope in popular entertainment media. While that might suggest “Titanicdance” is a late- to-the-party rip-off, it bears mentioning that this production carries a luster of Northern Irish civic and cultural history, including its 2014 premiere in Belfast – which, of course, was where the Titanic was built and launched. That being said, judging from the show’s website and video clips, there appear some common elements between “Titanic” and “Titanicdance,” such as the star-crossed lovers from opposite sides of the tracks plot device and the ceili-in-steerage part (along with the fact that – spoiler alert – yes, the boat sinks). But if this CD is any indication, the show seems pretty solid musically, and a refreshing contrast to the procession of glitzy Irish/Celtic stage extravaganzas. With a few exceptions, the instrumental and vocal selections are traditional: tunes like “Man of the House,” “Cregg’s Pipes,” Dunmore Lasses” and “Gravel Walks,” and such songs as “The Water Is Wide,” “I Know My Love” and “The Parting Glass,” voiced quite capably by Olivia McTernan. No sumptuous orchestrations or big-band sound – instead, an ensemble led by Ste- phen Doherty (accordion, flute, whistles) and Richard Neylon (uilleann pipes, whistles, saxophone). Doherty and Neylon are demonstrably brilliant musicians and well-supported by guitarist Kevin Corbett, keyboard- ist Conal Early and percussionist Jim Higgins (a co- producer along with Doherty and Early). Some of the set pieces sound inspired: the clanking industrial rhythms that undergird “Boiler Room,” for example, and Doherty’s composition “Lahardine Waltz,” both rakish and stylish. But the songs in particular just seem like selections from the Irish greatest hits jukebox, rather than inspired choices to support or supplement the narrative. Still, context matters. When we can see the dancing, costumes and staging as well as listen to the music, we’ll be better able to judge how much depth there is to “Titanicdance.” [titanicdance.com] bostonirish.com December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 15 William Trevor, ‘storyteller’ of the downside, is dead

By Robert Barr Associated Press Irish novelist and playwright William Trevor, a master of short stories that often explored life’s disap- pointments, died last month in his adopted English home at age 88. Trevor set his tales mainly in his native Ireland or in England, where he had lived since graduating from Trinity College Dublin in 1952. He won one of Britain’s top literary prizes, the Whitbread, three times; was short-listed four times for the Booker Prize, most recently in 2002 for “The Story of Lucy Gault”; and was a perennial object of speculation as a potential Nobel literature laureate. Trevor studiously avoided the spotlight, even in his own works, where his voice melted away into the inner worlds of his often scarred, socially isolated William Trevor was 88 protagonists. “My fiction may, now and again, il- luminate aspects of the human condition, but I do not consciously set out to do so,” he told one interviewer. “I am a storyteller.” Born William Trevor Cox on May 24, 1928, in Mitch- elstown, County Cork, Trevor’s themes often seemed to reflect the difficulties of his early years, growing Jay Hooley, Chuck Clough, Margot Connell, Jack Connors, The American Ireland Fund New England up with parents stuck in an unhappy marriage. “It Director Steve Greeley. wasn’t so much that they quarreled; I never heard my father shouting or anything like that. They just simply didn’t get on. There was no respect, nothing,” he told American Ireland Fund the Guardian. “I’ve always thought that something actually happened, the way that quite often in a marriage or a relationship something happens, and nobody knows salutes the Connell family because it’s kept away from the rest of the world, because there’s shame or something. There’s a big Some 1,000 guests gath- talked about her family’s Said AIF New Eng- community and for her question mark.” ered for The American Ire- story, highlighting their land director Steve Gree- support of The American His family was Protestant in a newly independent land Fund’s 35th Annual deeply felt commitment ley: “Once again, Boston’s Ireland Fund. nation dominated by the Roman Catholic Church, a Boston Dinner Gala at the to supporting many local friends of Ireland, many Irish flutists Jimmy minority regarded as “strangers and visitors” as he put Westin Boston Waterfront nonprofit institutions and from the Greater Bos- Noonan and his young son it in the short story “The News From Ireland.” on Nov. 17. Nearly $2m the significant Irish influ- ton business community, Seamus brought a little bit Trevor’s own marriage to his Trinity College sweet- was raised for the AIF’s ence on the Connell fam- gathered to enjoy a night of Ireland to Boston with heart Jane Ryan in 1952 was happy and endured, work to support nonprofit ily’s journey. She added: of celebration and culture their rendition of classic but the gloominess of his childhood stuck to him. His organizations across the “Our Irish family while saluting a remark- Irish reels and soloist characters tended not to triumph over their problems. island of Ireland and thrives because my hus- able honoree, Margot Con- Celia Walsh, a junior at Trevor also flourished in the theater and television, around the world. The band’s values mirror the nell, and raising nearly Walpole High School, and in 1973 he had three plays staged in London. annual gala is one of the mission of The American $2m to support vital non- closed the evening with a Although he remained an Irish citizen, he won three largest of The Worldwide Ireland Fund: helping profits across the island memorable singing of “Oh honorary titles in Britain: Commander of the Order of Ireland Funds’ 100+ inter- people, having faith, lov- of Ireland and here in the Danny Boy”, a Connell the British Empire in 1979, Companion of Literature national events. ing each other, promoting US. It was quite a celebra- family favorite. in 1994 and a knighthood in 2002. The event, chaired by family values and peace. tion of Ireland and quite He is survived by his wife and two sons. Chuck Clough, Jr., with I am proud to be a part of an impactful one as well. vice chairs John E. Drew this generous tradition; Among others who sa- and Michael R. Minogue, and thank you, American luted the honoree were honored the philanthro- Ireland Fund, for keeping Gov. Charlie Baker and pist Margot Connell. The those Irish eyes smiling.” Boston Mayor Marty Connell family’s philan- Dinner chair Clough Walsh. Past Honoree Jack thropic partnership with thanked the assembled Connors presented Mar- AIF goes back decades as guests for their generous got Connell with a com- Bill Connell, Margot’s late support of vital funds memorative Waterford husband, chaired the 1988 that will assist charitable Crystal bowl and thanked Boston gala. initiatives both across the her for her commitment In her remarks, the island of Ireland and lo- to numerous educational night’s honoree, who is a cally within the Greater and healthcare institu- Trustee of Boston College, Boston community. tions serving the Boston Irish Education Academy sets Donegal camp for teens The Irish Education Ireland and the United few simple phrases of Irish Academy has announced States. Gaeilge. its latest international The teens will enjoy a There are two sessions program: a 14-day camp plethora of unique activi- with 45 camper spots based in County Donegal ties that include surfing available. The first session during the summer of 2017 on the Wild Atlantic Way, starts on June 10, and the that will offer Irish-Amer- climbing up Mount Errigal second on July 3. Campers ican teenagers a chance to and down the Poisoned will be accompanied on visit and learn about their Glen, cliff hanging, is- their flights to and from ancestral homeland. land hopping, exploring Ireland. Open to Irish Americans castles, wood burning, turf For more information aged 13 to 16, Generation sculpting, Celtic design, and pricing, contact The Ireland will give its camp- and traditional Irish cook- Irish Education Acad- ers a look into Donegal ing. Also, since the camp emy’s Chief Executive folklore and an overall is located in the heart of Sinéad Muldoon at 401- understanding of Irish the Donegal Gaeltacht 484-6750, or by email at history, including the (Irish-speaking region), info@generationireland. strong connection between the campers will learn a com. New Crotty exhibit set for Aisling Gallery Dec. 9 Aisling Gallery will host ter, will be on hand for the an opening reception of a reception, and a selection new exhibit, “Irish Light”, of his recent works will be by Vincent Crotty on Fri., available for sale. Dec. 9, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 The gallery is located p.m. at 229 Lincoln Street The Cork-born artist, (Rte. 3A), Hingham. now a resident of Dorches- Vincent Crotty Page 16 December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com Traveling People Irish treat: Harry Clarke’s exquisite stained-glass church windows By Judy Enright Special to the BIR The season of peace and tranquility is thankfully upon us after a tumultu- ous, wild, and wooly year. No matter your faith or lack of same, this is a truly lovely season for almost everyone. The lights, color, music, scents, giving, and kindness – and couldn’t this world use so much more kindness? HARRY CLARKE At this time of year – actually, at any time of year - I like to direct visitors to the many magnificent stained glass windows in churches around Ireland that were created by the late Dubliner Harry Clarke. If you step inside a church and see a series of windows that include some by Clarke, you can spot his immediately. The rich colors, craftsman- Two visitors from Ohio meet one of the residents of the Donkey Sanctuary in ship, imagination, and Liscarroll, Mallow, Co. Cork. Judy Enright photos intricacy make them eas- the second window was “The Skellig Ring is a MULRANNY, CO. ily recognizable. Clarke “destroyed by livestock.” coastal drive that is an MAYO windows are in many The stained glass extension of the famous Congratulations to locations throughout the treasures were probably Ring of Kerry on the Wild Mulranny, Co. Mayo, island, in other countries, stashed in someone’s shed Atlantic Way – described which was recently cho- and even in the US, at or barn – much to the de- in Lonely Planet’s Best in sen “Best Destination for the Wolfsonian at the light of the parish priest Travel 2017 as “perhaps Responsible Tourism” and University of Florida in in Lahardane - a Father Ireland’s most charismat- will now be long-listed for Miami. They are well McGuinness - because ically wild and emerald world awards. worth traveling to see. they were never installed stretch of coastline. Skel- The Irish Responsible One such lovely window in the new Lacken church. lig Michael, a UNESCO Tourism Awards, judged is in St. Patrick’s Church The priest recovered and World Heritage Site and by a panel of experts, are in Lahardane, Co. Mayo, a restored the remaining a ‘remote, wave-pounded part of a growing family town and parish noted for Clarke window and had it hunk of rock rising out of of honors linked to the having the largest propor- installed in St. Patrick’s. the Atlantic like a giant World Responsible Tour- tionate loss of life when You may have heard triangle,’ made the new ism Awards, originally the Titanic sank in 1912. of Castlelacken – now Star Wars’ location list. founded by travel com- Fourteen people from the known as Lacken –es- As the book recognizes, pany, responsibletravel. parish boarded the ship pecially if you’re a fan of ‘Glimpsed at the end com. in Cobh (then known as “The Year of the French,” of The Force Awakens, Other winners includ- Queenstown), and only the story about the French Skellig Michael will play ed: Silver, Inishbofin three survived. A plaque forces landing at Kilcum- a bigger role in this year’s Island, Co. Galway, and was placed in the church min Strand on Aug. 22, sequel and local business- Sheep’s Head Way, Co. in 2002 in memory of the 1798: 200 French soldiers es are gearing up for the Cork; Best for Natural 14 Titanic passengers, a came ashore that day, expected visitor bump.’ Heritage Tourism, Gold, memorial garden there and the rest disembarked “Also highlighted in the Doolin Cave, Co. Clare; honors their memory, and close to the current pier to book is Skellig Michael’s Silver, Burren Nature two stained glass win- begin General Humbert’s sister isle, known as Small Sanctuary, Co. Galway dows – the Emigration march to Ballina. Skellig, ‘an even craggier and Sea Synergy Marine Window and the Titanic We also love the story outpost that hosts a colony Awareness & Activity Rescue Window - were of the three-light Harry of 50,000 gannets.’ Both Centre, Co. Kerry; Best installed there in 2011. Clarke window in St. Pat- are located on the Wild At- for Accessible & Inclu- LAHARDANE rick’s Church, Newport, lantic Way, often referred sive Tourism, Gold, Gle- WINDOW Co. Mayo, commissioned to as the world’s longest neagle Hotel Group, Co. There’s a great story by then- Canon Michael coastal touring route – a Kerry; Silver, Mobility behind the Clarke win- MacDonald, who sold his 2,500 km stretch of glori- Mojo, Dublin; Best Lo- dow, which is set in life insurance policy to fi- ous rugged coast along the cal Authority Initiative the western nave of the nance the project. He and west of Ireland.” for Responsible Tour- Lahardane church, and Fr. McGuinness certainly Lonely Planet spokes- ism, Gold, Lough Muc- it speaks to the appre- recognized artistic bril- person Nóirín Hegarty kno - Monaghan County ciation even then of his liance when they saw it. tells Tourism Ireland, Council; Silver, Westport amazing work, especially SKELLIG RING “The Skellig Ring should Smarter Travel Bike Buf- by the religious. KUDOS be on every traveler’s fet, Mayo County Council. The window, depicting The Irish Tourist Board must-see list. It’s a spot Also, Best Tourism Ac- the Madonna and child, (Tourism Ireland) ad- of timeless beauty and commodation for Local came from a Castlelacken vises that the Skellig Ring now that it’s coming to Sourcing, sharing Gold church on the North Mayo drive, on the southwest- prominence on the silver were Sea View House, Co. coast, where it had been ern tip of Ireland’s Wild screen, 2017 really is the Clare, and Fuchsia Lane installed but removed, Atlantic Way, has been year to get out there and Farm Holiday Cottages, along with a second Clark chosen as one of the top see it for yourself.” Co. Tipperary; Silver, window, when the parish regions in the world for It’s sometimes worrying Hotel Doolin, Co. Clare; rebuilt the church. One travelers next year. The to have these beautiful, Best Innovation in Re- Lovely stained glass window in St. Patrick’s has to wonder where region receives the kudos wild places so widely sponsible Tourism, Gold, the builders stored the Church, Lahardane, Co. Mayo, by the late, great in Lonely Planet’s Best in promoted for fear that Blackfriary Community Harry Clarke. elegant Clarke windows Travel 2017. excessive tourism may Heritage and Archaeology since history tells us that Tourism Ireland writes, destroy them. Project, Co. Meath; and See a Nativity scene all-weather nature trail is Silver, Great Lighthouses with live animals you stroller and wheelchair of Ireland. can feed, visit Santa in friendly, too. The Irish Centre for his grotto, and enjoy CHRISTMAS Responsible Tourism other treats at the Winter IN IRELAND was founded in 2013 to Wonderland, which opens There are many Christ- Handmade since 1925 encourage tourism busi- Dec. 2. Be sure to visit the mas events and festivities nesses that benefit local website (turoepetfarm. planned all over Ireland, communities and the com) because opening North and South. Be sure environment. hours vary from week to to visit the tourist board’s We mention awards like week. website – ireland.com – to these for future Ireland Turoe is a fun place to find details on places you travelers who would enjoy visit at any time of year, plan to visit and the dates visiting some of the many especially if you are trav- and times various events places cited, especially if eling with children. But are planned. There truly they are ecologically and even adults would have is something for everyone environmentally focused. a hard time not being in Ireland so enjoy your TUROE PET FARM wooed by the adorable pet trip whenever and wher- Looking for something animals for which Turoe ever you travel. fun to do while you’re provides food for you to Best wishes to all for in Ireland in Decem- feed (with hand sanitizer a happy holiday season ber? How about stopping afterward): varied breeds and festive dawn of a by Turoe Pet Farm in of birds, ducks, sheep, po- new year. Loughrea, Co. Galway. nies, goats, and more. The bostonirish.com December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter Page 17 Boston’s Irish maidservants – looking back

By John P. Rattigan their island homeland. IIIC Outreach By the mid 1800’s, in- Coordinator heritance laws decreed It would have been that farmland would be impossible to run a 19th- passed on to the eldest century urban home with- son rather than being di- out domestic servants, vided among all sons. For and in Boston that usually women, the dowry system included Irish women who is one of the reasons for found work as cooks and the drop in population maids in houses belong- after the Great Hunger. A ing to wealthy families woman could only marry if on Beacon Hill. she had a dowry in an ar- There are many factors ranged marriage and this to explain how this all was usually reserved only came about and, of course, for the eldest daughter. it was the Famine that The younger female sib- initiated the mass migra- lings had fewer options – tion of Irish people. The remain at home as unpaid outward flow continued labor, enter the convent, after the Famine and or emigrate. Even nursing throughout the second and teaching religious half of the 19th century orders required a dowry as the decline of the Irish so, the choice was clear: category of Irish female and enjoyed a standard ture would be sent home to employment. In 1888, he domestic industry and The main attraction of employment in the United of living far better by take a place of honor above granted their request and farming as well as chang- America was, therefore States – approximately 70 comparison to the life they the family hearth for all of many small contributions es in inheritance laws - work. percent. had known in Ireland or the neighbors to admire. helped to pay for the build- contributed to draining By 1900, the number of Most Irish maids were in the tenement districts. Moreover, they always ing in 1894 of the so-called the country of its “best and female Irish immigrants between the ages of 16 and There were advantages – managed to save a little “Maids Church,” Saint brightest.” Between 1850 exceeded male immi- 25 and unmarried. Many a servant did not need to money out of their salary Cecilia’s. and 1913, more than 4.5 grants. Domestic service lived inside the homes worry about buying food for those back in Ireland. Most of the women left million Irish people left was the largest single in the servants’ quarters or fuel for heat, and most From 1850 to 1900 an es- domestic service when employers provided some timated $260 million was they married and started Newly named Irish-born cardinal likes form of medical care. sent back to Ireland from to raise families. Their The hours were long and America, money that in stories are the stuff of Pope Francis’s preaching on compassion the wages were meager, turn brought more family courage, hard work, and but these thrifty women members over and helped perseverance. They were Associated Press and months. Four promi- sion among the faithful. almost always managed those who remaining the “bedrock” of the Irish VATICAN CITY – Pope nent, disgruntled cardi- Asked asked about the to set some savings aside. behind. community back then and Francis warned against nals, including a US car- tensions, Farrell seemed Often, once settled and Irish Catholic staff in an awesome inspiration what he called a ``virus of dinal, Raymond Burke, more open toward the employed, a young wom- the service of fashionable to the many generations polarization’’ and hostility who is one of Francis’ pope’s prescription for an’s first big expenditure Back Bay families ap- of their Irish-American in the world targeting most vocal critics, used more compassion.“There was to have a formal pho- pealed to Archbishop John descendants who followed. people of different nation- a letter to the pope to air is no situation in life tograph taken in a newly J. Williams for a church alities, races or beliefs, their doubts about his that’s black and white,” purchased frock. This pic- nearer to their live-in as he led a ceremony on more compassionate ap- he said. “Anybody that’s Nov. 19 giving the Ro- proach to the contentious lived in this world will man Catholic Church 17 issue involving divorced have encountered those new cardinals from six Catholics. They fear his situations in their per- continents. approach could sow confu- sonal lives.” Among the new prel- ates is Dublin-born Arch- bishop Kevin Farrell, who The Eire Society & the led the Dallas, Texas, Charitable Irish Society archdiocese before Fran- cis appointed him to head cordially invite you to a the Vatican office dealing Seasonal Celebration of with family issues. At a post-ceremony reception, Celtic Christmas Cheer Farrell acknowledged & Chanukah Light Geraghty that polarization is felt within the church, too. 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By Maureen proved too heavy for the posed to me in our living celebrate the occasion I am heartbroken. The the shots and, though I’m Forry-Sorrell little guy, and when he room, Rocky punctuated went uneaten. But he medical folks at Angell pretty sure he couldn’t Wed., Nov. 9, 2016 went to grab a drink the pivotal moment by was my buddy. Animal Medical Center hear me, told him he was, 12:30 a.m. – In the ER of water, his hind legs letting out a fart so foul It was time: Early were wonderful, han- in fact, a “good boy.” with my elderly Maltese would slowly rise up until that our eyes watered this morning we had to dling his euthanasia with I love you, my little who is not doing well. he was in proper “keg and we both gagged. say goodbye. Heart fail- respect and ensuring his buddy. Enjoy your re- We’re in line behind a stand” position. The pumpkin cheese- ure, respiratory distress, comfort to the end. I held union with Grandma Shi-tzu who ate a tam- We had our ups and cake Aaron bought to possibly a brain tumor. him as they administered Mary. pon, presumably while downs over the years. watching the election He was with us through returns. my mom’s illness and Memories: In 2001, subsequent death. He my family (including my and his feline associates mom, who was healthy helped me slug through at the time) said a sad the mourning of her goodbye to Joe Morgan, passing. He was with me our sweet and neurotic through the purchase of 11-year-old Maltese. He my house. After the birth had been named for of my first human baby, the manager of the Red he adjusted to that new Sox in 1988, because he role especially well once had been brought home said baby began eating during a particularly solid foods and he real- dramatic team winning ized the best seat in the streak. The day he died, house was under the high I watched my mother chair. The love affair dig a hole in the back ended when the baby was yard on Richmond Street able to practice his fine and proclaim that she’d motor skills by grabbing never again let her heart at Rocky’s fur (hence why be broken by an animal. I kept him groomed with Roughly two months his fur short). The crate later, she arrived home he’d always refused to with a tiny ball of white sit in then became his fur that had thrown Happy Place, away from up on her twice on the sticky fingers. ride home. He curled up He was, on paper, a around my neck like scarf terrible pet. He never and began snoring. We figured out the whole named him Rocky and “house breaking” thing he was so cute I couldn’t completely, and once his stand it. hearing went as he aged Rocky was, in a word, and senility kicked in, we ballsy. Weighing in at could forgot any sort of three pounds, he would obedience. He had a clas- taunt the cat, who sic Napoleonic complex START NOW weighed five times what and would challenge any he did. We got him a little dog larger than him to a QUINCYCOLLEGE.EDU/SPRING license with his name duel; as to smaller dogs, on it that we attached to he took no notice. his collar, But the charm The night Aaron pro- Page 20 December 2016 BOSTON IRISH Reporter bostonirish.com