est. 2006 July 2021 • Volume 15 - Issue 7 Editor’s Corner Hear Ye, Hear ye, we have SAFE HOME By John O’Brien, Jr. very exciting news! Í@Jobjr Irish American News name no longer series, Green & Gold Web, featuring July 2021 Vol. 15 • Issue 7 smile, we wept over the judges Publisher & Editor John O’Brien Jr. NOREEN O’BRIEN BEARDMORE fits! We’d like to share with you, our Irish music, dance, song and sto- The green crash and Roger Fallon, Design/Production Christine Hahn To our readers, listeners, engagers rd FIRST: readers, listeners, and followers, our ry, culture and so much more from the IA at West 93 new name: Drum roll please … We across the Irish Diaspora, released Website Rich Croft and more, thank you for all of the hugs, Camogie, The Jerk, the front porch, Our covid on hold expansion plans Columnists will now be known as iIrish! once per month, and available online, well wishes, shared stories and friend- the sounds I never heard are finally coming out of the dark- Akron Irish Lisa O’Rourke with your subscription. An Eejit Abroad Conor Makem ship. At Noreen’s passing, she was sur- At times we had like-minded magic, ness. Do you know a writer who lives There are a lot of offerings to reach At Home Abroad Regina Costello rounded by all of her kids, grandkids, at times we had Dairy Queen in the Greater Cincinnati, Pittsburgh the Irish not just locally, though that Behind the Hedge John O’Brien, Jr. siblings and our parents. And of course, we had St. Patrick’s or Detroit area? We are looking for Blowin’ In Susan Mangan is a large number of people, but to She said several times as we all Day, laughing over everything, so ob- new writers based in those cities. Cleveland Comhra Bob Carney stretch across this great land, and a prayed together, that she was at peace, noxiously green Please send them on to us to chat Cleveland Irish Francis McGarry few others too. Columbus Irish Molly Truex and I believe that she is. We each told with. Now that I’ve gotten both jabs, I Cooking Up a Hooley Katie Gagne of what will always remind us of her, of The stories of Mike, the depths of Yes, we are starting with Pitts- hope I will see you Out & About, safe Crossword Puzzle Linda Fulton Burke how we know she is near when we see love, the hope running ever eternal burgh and Detroit in our expansion, Fields of Glory Vincent Beach We feature such a wide variety of and sound. If you need a speaker, it, and she smiled as best she could. She Watching you raise your kids, trying but Cleveland to Clearwater is our Illuminations J. Michael Finn outlets to reach the Irish in Amer- call. Contact us with your story, sub- Kids Craic Megan Lardie could hear our conversation, though not to laugh, while eyes seemed fire opportunity corridor. Fourteen states ica, and all across the world, with mission, event or speaker needs, and Madigan Muses Marilyn Madigan her oxygen assisted breath was labored. infernal from CLE to shining CLE. Digital, Print, Video, Web, Podcast, we’ll do our best to be of service. Off Shelf/On This Day Terry Kenneally “I am fine, I am fine” she said. Instilling the love, of God & country, Out of the Mailbag John O’Brien, Jr. We cannot do justice to her heart, her SECOND: eBulletin and social media content There are many more songs and Speak Irish Bob Carney and the one across the pond ing as she attended dances, organized was central to their lives together. In Ohio, eighty-five Giant Eagle, and hard earned expertise. stories; I hope we will write new Terry From Derry Terry Boyle fight, her grace, her faith, her smile, her The door always open; the kettle al- fundraisers, and navigated the city Noreen served as a member of the active support of so many, and her deep Marcs, CVS and Drug Mart stores AND FOURTH: ones - of joy, of unification. Here, Toledo Irish Molly McHugh ways boiling, of this we are inordinately working various jobs to earn money for Governance Board of the Catholic from Cleveland thru Columbus will and across the pond. We are closer OhioIANews is published monthly love for God. fond In partnership with John Del- school. Schools and started a Catholic moms now carry the Ohio Irish American to a One Ireland than we have been (12 issues a year) on the first day of each month. aney, who you all know as a founder Noreen attended Duquesne University group called “What Would Mary Do?” News. in more than 800 years. And in that Subscription is by first class mail. 1 year $36, This is Noreen’s Alliteration I see you in the church, and the bish- of Barleycorn, and now, The New to study nursing. While at Duquesne, Unofficially, she was known for seeking vein, Let’s unite for America, too. 2 years at $70, 3 years $100. 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She of, par for the course for a friendship newspaper are entirely those of the authors, and do was tender with patients and loved her with Noreen. not reflect in any way the opinions of OhioIANews. Name: NOREEN O’BRIEN BEARDMORE 1961 and was the oldest of four chil- career as pediatric nurse. It is how she Recently Noreen was given the “He Circulation: 9,500 For a list of distribution April 28, 1961 - June 13, 2021 dren. As a devout Catholic family, the met her husband, pediatrician Mike Leads, I Follow” Award from St. Bon- Address: points, go to www.OhioIANews.com and “Follow me where I go, click on the word “Distribution.” Noreen Theresa (O’Brien) Beard- O’Brien’s never missed Mass. When they Beardmore. iface Principal Sr. Lenore and former what I do and who I know; City: State: Zip: more passed away on Sunday, June 13 moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1963, their Noreen married Mike in 1990 and pastor Fr.