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AUGUST 2019 • Volume 13 - Issue 8
Brexit and the Irish Border:
will compete for the right to go to Na-
tionals. The host park is beautiful, the
E ditor s ’ hosts are some of the most active and
C orner giving Irish men and women around
and you know the craic will be 90. Lecture by Attorney Bruce J. L. Lowe
By John O’Brien, Jr. The week after is the Ancient Order
of Hibernians and Ladies Ancient By Neil J. Conway be finalized without Parliament’s ap- stay. This creates a green light for both
Order of Hibernians Ohio Convention, AUGUST 2019 Vol. 13 Issue 8 What better continuing education proval. This is the current impasse. Scottish and Irish Nationalists, though
Festifying!
Founders
held this year in Toledo, Ohio. Agen- Cliff Carlson & John O’Brien, Jr.
class could I opt for than to hear my Prime Minister May Resigns - reunification for Ireland is likely to be
das for the year, and other shenanigans old rugby football friend Bruce Lowe Bruce’s presentation is on the wings of blocked by a majority in the North.
Publisher John O’Brien Jr.
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will be discussed, but all joking aside, Editor John O’Brien Jr. address the current crisis on Brexit, the recent resignation of Theresa May Perspective Adding Graphics, Rugby
ow’s the festifying going? well. If it is a really great shot, it might the AOH and Ladies AOH are one of Design/Production Christine Hahn and its impact in Ireland? Namely, to as Prime Minister. Her exit followed and other Life Experiences - Bruce
Have you been to any new make our cover ~ so make sure it is the most active and impactful phil- Website Rich Croft @VerticalLift also be able to attend this event with a failed three-year struggle to deliver brought the class to laughter with a
places or ones that were High-Res and make sure you own the anthropic organizations I have ever Columnists my daughter, Attorney and Special the mandate of her citizens following a cartoon of Ms. May trying to force
special this year? With back surgery rights to it. been involved with. I am proud to be Akron Irish Lisa O’Rourke Prosecutor in Lake County Seanna 2016 referendum endorsing the will of an enormous plug into an unmatch-
An Eejit Abroad CB Makem
and complications, I have only been You’d think with a month on your a member and looking forward seeing At Home Abroad Regina Costello Conway. This was Seanna’s first event the people to leave the EU and com- ing outlet held by EU leaders. His life
able to make Cleveland, for one day. back, you’d have a lot of time for think- Toledo Irish, and When Irish Eyes Are Behind the Hedge John O’Brien, Jr. with the Irish American Law Society, mence a new relationship with Europe. experiences include being raised in
This was the first time I have not been ing, but too many challenges prevented Smiling columnist Maury Collins, on Blowin’ In Susan Mangan after having spent five years in Ireland. Ms. May’s failed campaign to take Brighton, England, and attending a
Cleveland Comhra Bob Carney
involved in putting it on since it start- that. Since 2007, the heart of our issue the steering committee, and many Cleveland Irish Francis McGarry
Bruce is a partner at the Taft, Stet- Britain out of the EU (aka Brexit) Benedictine High School there. He
ed, 37 years ago. Ouch! has been our advertisers, and our other friends. Columbus Irish Maureen Ginley tinius and Hollister LPA firm in Cleve- now raises the question of whether a went on to study history at Oxford
There is still much to come – Dub- readers. We don’t exist, we can’t exist, Cooking Up a Hooley Katie Gagne land. The class was approved for credit change in leadership will resolve the University and the Inns of Court in
lin, Ohio and Kansas City in August; without both. No amount of thinking Keep the faith, Crossword Puzzle Linda Fulton Burke by the Ohio State Bar Association, and current stalemate. Unresolved issues London. He also played rugby football
Fields of Glory Vincent Beach
then Pittsburgh, Michigan, Indy and sharpens that. Business owners you and keep up the fight, Illuminations J. Michael Finn included lunch in comfortable quar- include: against Queens (Belfast) and Law at
Ohio Celtic in September; you know know, should know, to advertise with Kids Craic Dottie Wenger ters at the Chop House in downtown Withdrawal without approval by the Inns of Court in London, where
we’re just getting warmed up! Sum- us ~ but if you don’t tell them …. Nuair a stadann an ceol, stadann Madigan Muses Marilyn Madigan Cleveland. a majority of Parliament; The EU’s he became a Barrister. He also played
mer; you shall not pass! So looking forward to the Midwest an rince Off Shelf/On This Day Terry Kenneally History of the European Union current position to refuse reviewing rugby football against Queens (Belfast)
Out of the Mailbag John O’Brien, Jr.
Send or post your favorite music or GAA Championships on August 10th, (When the music stops, so does the Speak Irish Bob Carney (EU) - Mr. Lowe’s class began with a Britain’s withdrawal; and without a and Trinity (Dublin) Universities in
moment from your journeys on our held this year in Akron, and hosted by dance) Terry From Derry Terry Boyle brief history of the EU, with the Treaty change in EU procedure, what can a Ireland, and later playedfor the Cleve-
Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages the Akron Celtic Guards Hurling Club. Toledo Irish Maury Collins of Rome in 1957, and the intent to new Prime Minister do? land Rugby Football Club locally. Bruce
When Irish Eyes Maury Collins
and we’ll run them in our Sweet Irish Football, Hurling, and Camogie John Young & Irish Mary Kate Campbell
create a Common Market for the free As Bruce pointed out, at present, mentioned in passing how Ireland has
Snaps column in print and online as teams from throughout the Midwest flow of goods for what became the Britain has an extension to October always played international rugby as
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tion and wondered if I was doing any Raptors population of eagles now provided we
Cleveland good.
Releasing these young raccoons, SAFE HOME Continued from previous page can sustain it.
We need clean waterways, because of
Comhrá they weren’t being raised as raccoons, because there was no one else. That was the mercury. It is not recommended to
By Bob Carney they were being raised by me. I can’t twenty-nine years ago and we’ve been at eat fish from the lake or our rivers more
Í@BobCarneyGTR teach them what they need to know [Editor’s Note: I have known Eileen Chambers all of my life. I have not known a it ever since. than once a week. But for many of the
to survive. So the last group I raised, more elegant, supportive person. So kind, always with a smile and a reaching hand How many birds come through the eagles along the lakeshore, that is their
everyone of them died after they were center each year? primary food source. Lawn treatments
Laura Jordan, Director,
to say hello, and a compliment, about the paper, the festival, or other events. Her kids
released. I began to think this was a Danny, Billy, Brian, Eileen and Connor are the embodiment of that class and generous When we first started, one or two a that are pet and children “safe” are toxic
waste of everyone’s time and resources. soul; I am blessed to know them, to call them friends, as well. I know heaven is full of year, now 400-600. They’re not all rap- to many birds; fertilizer run-off all factor
Medina Raptor Center
How did the Medina Raptor Center angels, no matter the sorrow in our heart.] tors. I’m trying to cut that number back; in to the state of the environment.
get started? Bill and I are getting older. Also I think How are you funded?
I was a member of the Ohio Wildlife EILEEN C. CHAMBERS people need to be educated before they The state provides us with muskrat
“I know he’d be a poorer man, if he Rehabilitators Organization. I thought August 11, 1935 - July 07, 2019 attempt to rescue baby birds. from trappers; other food items must
never saw an eagle fly.” there must be something I can do that EILEEN C. CHAMBERS (nee Gallagher), age 83; When you cut a tree down and a nest be purchased. Most veterinary bills
John Denver: Rocky Mountain High would help more than what I was do- beloved wife of the late Daniel B. Chambers, Sr.; much falls to the ground, you can fix that; put are donated, but some vets are bound
ing. There was no one helping birds at loved mom of Daniel B. Jr. (Kathleen), William (Mollie), the nest in a small plastic basket and by contracts that don’t allow pro-bono
Many years ago, I recall my uncle that time in Medina. There was a man Brian (Fiona), Eileen O’Malley (Brendan) and Connor hang it in a nearby tree. Better yet, don’t services.
pointing out a hawk to me and saying, in Lorain County who had a feder- (Brigid); proud “Meema” of Danny, Fiona, Emmett, cut trees in the spring. Eagles alone have a varied diet, de-
“It’s a good day when you see a hawk.” al permit, birds of prey are federally Ronan, Bridget, Owen, Jack, Maggie, Frances, Liam, How many of the birds are released? pending on where they live. That can be
In 1970 that was a much rarer oc- watched, not by the state, and he agreed Ailish, Clare, Grace B., Moira and Connor Chambers This year, almost all. We release the challenging for us as well, just figur-
curence than it is today. Now, if you’re to dedicate your life to rescuing birds to mentor me. You have to mentor for and Grace A., Annie and Nora O’Malley; daughter of adults where they were found and try ing out what they will and won’t eat,
observant and patient, you can spot a of prey? three years before you can apply for a the late Nellie (nee McDonnell) and John J. Gallagher; to find a place for the young where they anything from coyotes, fish, ground-
variety of raptors in our Cleveland area Laura Jordan: Many years ago, I permit. cherished sister of Margaret “Peg” Gallagher and the won’t be competing with established hogs even turtles. A bird that is used to
parks and neighborhoods. started the SPCA with another woman Bill and I went to the Minnesota Rap- late John Gallagher (Fran), Edward Gallagher, Mary adults. I’m sure our release rate will groundhog may not eat fish for instance.
On June 20, 1782, the American Bald in Medina. Cooney (John), Frank “Bud” Gallagher, Thomas “T” Gallagher, Patrick “Doc” drop as the year progresses. We have an For all these additional costs we rely on
Eagle was added to the Great Seal of the In the beginning we wore a number Gallagher (Coletta), Eleanor Miller (Robert), Robert Gallagher (Peggy) and Nancy adult male bluebird with us we use for donations.
United States. With an olive branch in of hats getting that established and Ahern (Jack); dear aunt, great aunt and dear friend of many. Eileen’s selflessness educational programs; He has fostered I believe this is my calling; I’ve never
its right talons and thirteen arrows in eventually it grew. We had a great and devotion to her family was an inspiration. Her positive spirit and drive and twenty-three bluebirds. had to ask for money; we always seem to
its left, the eagle is said to represent a board of directors and volunteers and I unquestionable faith will never be forgotten. Passed away surrounded by her family When he raises them we know they scrape by. That is why we’re not open to
strong desire for peace, but readiness was able to back away from many of the Sunday, July 7, 2019. Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Joseph Academy can be released; imprinting is very easy the public; it would require spending to
and the strength for conflict if need be. “Na seabhaic nár staon ó ghleo,” the duties, but you see things, how cruel Scholarship Fund, 3470 Rocky River Dr., Cleveland, OH 44111. with a bird, they respond to who feeds meet insurance and public access guide-
In Celtic mythology, the eagle was warriors who did not shirk battle. Even some people can be to animals. Obituary courtesy of Chambersfuneralhomes.com them. If that’s a human, their chances lines; money better spent on the welfare
regarded as one of the oldest of crea- today these birds are held in a place of Anyway, because we live on a farm, I are less when they are able to be re- of the birds. ■
tures, surpassed only by the salmon in respect by the Irish. had been working with a game warden MARGARET MYLETT leased.
wisdom. The eagle was often considered Here in Ohio, raptors have seen a re- who asked for help rescuing a deer and MARGARET MYLETT (née Joyce) 86 of San Diego (formerly of Rocky River, Education is a big part of what you For more information, visit www.
the druid’s bird and was believed to surgence in population since The Clean that kind of locked it for me. We started OH) died June 8, 2019. Native of Galway Ireland. Beloved wife of the late John M. do? MedinaRaptorCenter.org. For help with
have great power. Water Act and other measures were with mammals; back then they had a Mylett (formerly of Rocky River). Loving mother of Cecelia Mylett, Tom (Edith) and We have twenty educational birds, an injured bird: 330-591-7300 leave a de-
In Irish, the word for hawk is established to restore habitat. It is still a raise and release permit, so when you John J. Proud grandmother of Chelsea, Yvette and Chris- most are older and we have retired tailed message and contact information.
seabhac, pronounced shaaw-ahk, and very fragile existence that could turn at had a rabbit come in we’d raise it and tine. Sister of Catherine (dec.), Agnes Hogan, (Cleveland) some. We do programs in schools, the Ohio Division of Wildlife: 330-664-2293
is also used figuratively for a warrior. any time. Bill and Laura Jordan recog- then they’d sign off after the release. Theresa (dec.), Delia and Nellie. Aunt to 23 wonderful park systems and libraries. The center or www.OWRA.org. Medina Raptor
nized the fragility of our wildlife many I did that for a couple of years. Soon nieces and nephews throughout the US and Ireland. operates with a volunteer crew of thirty Center is on Facebook.
years ago and have worked diligently to I was overwhelmed with mammals, Margaret was past president and lifetime member of The people, some have been with us a long Get More to the Story
help maintain the population of these squirrels, rabbits and living in the Pioneer Association, the 1979 Co-chair of the Cleveland time, and have developed a relationship More pics, and larger print too!
great birds. country, you can imagine the raccoons. Irish Parade, 20 year Delegate of the Irish Parade Com- with those birds. We have a healthy @www.ohioianews.com
OhioIANews: What prompted you One day I kinda looked at the situa- mittee, Secretary of the United Irish Societies, Member of
West Side Irish American Club, Irish American Cultural
institute, Cleveland Irish Feis Society and member of
numerous Irish cultural and service organizations. She
tor Center and we attended classes up built and entered numerous floats in the Cleveland St. Patrick Day Parade. Margaret Aggressive
there to make sure this was something volunteered for many years with Christ Child Society, St. Christopher Church guild,
we were able to do. When we came Magnificat Mothers club, The Catholic Daughters of America Society, Meals on Creative.
home, Bill started to convert the stalls Wheels and The American Cancer Society. Successful.
to make them suitable for birds. She was a member of numerous committees at Our Mother of Confidence Catho- Patrick T. Murphy, Esq.
Meanwhile I was mentoring in lic Church in San Diego. Margaret worked setting up Annual Christmas Dinners,
Lorain, and one day this man had a Lenten soup kitchens, Hospitality for families’ funeral mass, Chairman of the Grief Cleveland Office Painesville Office
massive heart attack on his way home and Healing committee and in addition a certified Eucharistic Minister for Our 1468 W. 9th Street • Suite 135 60 South Park Place
from work. So the Feds called me and Mother of Confidence Church. Margaret was a past member of OMC CCD religious Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Painesville, Ohio 44077
said they were giving me his permit education committee for 15 years. She was a previous member of the Mystical Rose 216.861.4211 440.352.3391
Guild and St. Mary Magdalene’s Rosary making committee.
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dubbed the Dark Hedges in the North, We have to admit that there is good,
is the most visible victim. An inability bad and just plain foolish behavior in
Akron Irish to cope with the masses of people who the world today. As people travel in
By Lisa O’Rourke want to visit and their accompanying record numbers, they are affecting the
bus fumes combined with vandalism to world for good and for bad. They are
the trees as people carved their names both increasing economies and tram-
in them have already killed a few of the pling around like awkward elephants.
trees, and left locals wondering how to We need to remember the rules of good
Be a Good Tourist manage the remains.
These problems are not unique to
Ireland. In the US, the national parks
hospitality and leave a place, at worst,
as we found it. ■
The cliché that the world is our oyster indigenous industry employing 265,000 struggle with the same things. Visitors Lisa O’Rourke is an educator from
has never been truer. We are spinning people, with 68% of jobs outside Dub- have loped off pieces of Joshua trees, Akron. She has a BA in English and a
around the globe and going places at a lin. 9.3 million overseas visitors came tried to pet bears and walked danger- Master’s in Reading/Elementary Edu-
pace that would amaze people a hun- to Ireland in 2018, spending €5.1 billion ously close to cliff edges. Ecotourism cation. Lisa is a student of everything
dred years ago. Social media like Insta- while they were here. It is estimated espouses that travel should be done Irish, primarily Gaeilge. She runs a
gram have made geo-tagging a way to that 23c of every euro is returned to the carefully, with consideration for how Gaeilge study group at the AOH/Mark
share all the hidden treasures that we Exchequer in direct tourism-related your visit affects the environment, Heffernan Division. She is married to
find. That ability, in addition to the de- taxes.” ranging conceptually all the way from Dónal and has two sons, Danny and
sire to get the great photo or thrill, have In context, that means that the just staying home to traveling mindful- Liam. Lisa enjoys art, reading, music,
created a layer of jeopardy for countries
and tourists alike. When we travel we
equivalent of the population of Ireland
also visits Ireland, and that is a lot of
We are your connection to Ireland and the W
ly, considering your footprint in your
destination.
and travel. She enjoys spending time
with her new puppy, cats and fish. Lisa
are guests. We may be guests on a quest people. But Ireland is a country famous Cliffs of Moher. The Irish approach to know what it is, they aren’t in a hurry Many travel writers have an ethos can be contacted at olisa07@icloud.com.
to see different things, or to see things
differently, but we are guests.
for their hospitality, and they behave
accordingly, sharing their treasures
managing these has been a laissez-faire
one historically, in contrast to the
to tell you. They don’t want too many
people tramping around unsupervised
like that of the late Anthony Bour-
dain’s. They don’t reveal a small restau-
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The Tea Room has non-alcoholic Kelly, Red Hot Chili Pipers, Enter the This year, the Pittsburgh Irish Festival
choices and treats in a relaxed atmo- Haggis, Doolin’, Dave Curley, Pigeon will feature live music and dance on
sphere. Other activities include the Kings. Wallis Bird, Irish Mythen, The three stages, an Irish Marketplace with
Irish Market and Irish Store, children’s Moxie Strings, Shane Hennessy, Ash- 40+ vendors, traditional Celtic cuisine
activities, a cultural center and a session 24TH ANNUAL INDY IRISH FEST ley Davis, One for the Foxes, Carswell and beverages, dogs native to Ireland,
tent. SEPTEMBER 13– 15 & Hope, Eddie Delahunt, Bob Reeder, Genealogy pavilion, children’s crafts
Saturday, FEIS, an Irish dance As one of the largest cultural music The Maguire Brothers, Gerald Trimble and games, Ancient Celtic Axe Throw-
competition, and the Highland Games festivals in the state, Indy Irish Fest is & Jambaroque, Jump 2-3’s, Dancers, ing, cultural displays and demonstra-
are held. Sunday, a Catholic mass at 9 excited to welcome a variety of new in- Pipers & So Much More. tions, and so much more!
www.michiganirish.org a.m. will be followed by a traditional ternational and national talent to Indy Plus: Cultural displays & interactive Headliners include Doolin’, Eileen
Irish breakfast. Celtic Canines, where this year, spanning a mix of genres. workshops, Tourism Ireland’s Culture Ivers, Colm Keegan of Celtic Thun-
Heritage Landing I Downtown Muskegon patrons meet and learn about Irish dog Highlights include: The High Kings, Café, Comedy Stage, shopping, ethnic der, JigJam, The Steam Trio featuring
breeds, also is Sunday. Pappy with a Hatchet, The Irish Music food, genealogy, Whiskey Tasting, Pittsburgher Katie Grennan, Makem
In addition to live music, the Celtic All Stars, Runa, Boxing Banjo. The Beer Tasting, Children’s Village, Rock & Clancy, Scythian, The Screaming
OVER 20 BANDS! Kitchen and beverage stations serve
authentic Irish food and beverages, in-
cluding Pigeon Hill Brewing Company’s
Fenians, Billow Wood, The Fighting
Jamesons, The Irish Aires, The India-
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Climbing Walls, inflatables, Irish
Marketplace, Art in the park, Cath-
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Orphans, Bastard Bearded Irishman,
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Festival Focus
An Gorta Mor Memorial
Photos by John O’Brien, Jr.
pghirishfest.org. Battery Park, Manhattan
Plus: Celtic Cuisine and Beverag- The Memorial, located at Vesey Street and North End Avenue in New York The 96’ x 170’ Memorial, designed by artist Brian Tolle, contains stones from
es, Live music and dance on 4 stages, City, represents a rural Irish landscape with an abandoned stone cottage, stone each of Ireland’s 32 counties and is elevated on a limestone plinth. Along the base
Cultural displays and demonstrations, walls, fallow potato fields and the flora on the north Connacht wetlands. It is are bands of texts separated by layers of imported Kilkenny limestone. The text,
Irish Marketplace, Celtic Canines, Free both a metaphor for the Great Irish Famine and a reminder that hunger today is which combines the history of the Great Famine with contemporary reports on
whiskey tastings, Children’s crafts and often the result of lack of access to land. world hunger, is cast as shadow onto illuminated frosted glass panels. ■
games, and Genealogy. —Information courtesy: bpcparks.org
PLUS: Workshops and performances,
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Irish Mass Sunday at 10 am, Irish
conversation, Irish musical instrument
demos, Irish Extreme Zone, Hedge
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(Civil War re-enactors), and more. Cel-
ebrate Gaelic Mass on Sunday.
The Lots at Sandcastle, Pittsburgh, PA.
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Lenawee County, Michigan.”
Patrick writes further; “It’s been
Toledo Irish almost two years now since Adrian St.
Patrick Division came to the conclu-
By Maury Collins sion that due to the division’s declin-
Í@MauryCollins ing membership base, the future of the
division was not looking good. Since
the Adrian division generally looks
Michigan An Gorta Mor Monument
after the good and welfare of the mon-
ument, its’ future could be in jeopardy
unless we prepare for the upkeep in
Annual Mass & Special Maintenance Fund the years to come.” Donations for the
first year (2017) were good, but were
way down on 2018.
The St. Patrick’s Division #01 of the honor of our ancestors who perished State Boards and many divisions and This Memorial is something we
Ancient Order of Hibernians in Len- during that dreadful time in Ireland’s other groups, along with the Toledo should all be proud of and I know that
awee County is celebrating its annual history. Hibernians donated as did many indi- we are, but it needs to be there for
memorial mass and ceremony at its The Irish Hills has a large num- viduals. Their names are inscribed on future generations so they can learn
An Gorta Mor Monument on Sept 15, ber of Irish Immigrant descendants a large bronze placard located on the what the Irish endured and overcame,
2019 in the Irish Hills of Michigan. living in the area, in part because the grounds at the monument. and what the An Gorta Mor was all
The mass will take place at St. Joseph’s scenery reminded them of the lakes The Monument was designed and about. My fellow Hibernians and fel-
Shrine located in the heart of the Irish and green rolling hills of Ireland. The built by Sculptor Ken Thompson low Irish men and women, ask your-
Hills district on route 12 in Brooklyn An Gorta Mor Memorial, also known owner of Flatlanders in Blissfield, selves; If the Irish don’t take care of
beginning at 2:30 p.m. Following the as the “The Great Hunger Memorial” Mich. Its primary focus is a post and this, then who should we expect will?
mass, a short ceremony will take place was a project of the Lenawee County lintel structure constructed from two Please consider making a donation
on the church grounds of Michigan’s St. Patrick’s Division spearheaded limestone columns that support a lin- towards this fund. To donate, please
only An Gorta Mor Monument. All by Patrick Maguire, president of the tel. The lintel, originally from Penrose make check payable to the “Lenawee
are welcome to attend. At this cere- division at the time. The fundraising Quay in Cork Harbor, Ireland is one Community Foundation”. On the
mony, attendees will be encouraged efforts to build this monument began of several steps emigrants crossed memo portion, make sure to write “An
to place a wreath of remembrance in in 2002. The Michigan AOH & LAOH before setting sail for a new life in a Gorta Mor Irish Famine Monument
new land. It is suspended over a large, Fund.” The address is: The Lenawee
empty bronze bowl that symbolizes Community Foundation, P.O. Box
the absence of food during the “Great 142, 606 N. Evans Street, Tecumseh,
Hunger”.
The sculptor is immediately sur-
Michigan 49286.-- Donate on line;
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Join us as we explore “The Enchanting Rhine” from Switzerland to Amsterdam
rounded by cobblestones from Do-
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button and put in the amount. In “Add
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with wonderful stops in France & Germany!
cobblestones is a circle or “path” of name a specific fund or cause, which
slate that represents the journey from
Ireland to America. The hardscape
in this case will be An Gorta Mor Irish
Famine Monument Fund”
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dered by 32 pavers bearing the names a tax-exempt organization located in
of the 32 counties of Ireland in Gaelic Tecumseh, Michigan and is responsi-
and English. Beneath each paver is ble for administering the “An Gorta
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Colorado and is no doubt generating sentative would like information to touch with you to confirm your spot on the tour. It’s that easy!
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AOH Division in Denver, wrote to me contact Pat Maguire at 517-270-4296
recently. He writes: “I am writing to / pmam8@yahoo.com or Sue Ham-
you about a matter that concerns me, mersmith with the Lenawee County
Thomas J. Scanlon Kenneth R. Callahan
Tim L. Collins Matthew C. Rambo and I hope that as a fellow Irish Amer- Foundation at 517- 423-1729 / sue@ 435 Worcester Rd. Framingham, MA 01701
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Harvey Labovitz Elizabeth Collins (of counsel) ican is also of concern to you, which is
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guilty and selfish by not going. useless thoughts. Copping on to myself, brought home liance. was so happy to have them home safe,
Although Deepak was only required I drove home. the best fruit! The week was plodding along for me, happy and delighted to be back.
At Home, to be at the conference for short spells It was horrible. I don’t know what I Stopping at and I was ploughing through my proj- Such was the week of a Galway Girl
Abroad of time, and the hotel was a few doors
down from the conference, I was a still
was thinking when I was actually look-
ing forward to this week. I had roman-
the bakery next
to the hotel, he
ects and meeting the goals I set out for
myself. The days were still a little long,
Home Alone. While it is one that I will
not be encouraging again any time
By Regina Costello a little unnerved by the whole situa- ticized the notion of time to myself, picked up freshly but I was doing ok. I was so looking soon, I will not shut the door on the
tion. The kids did have passes for the long hot baths with burning aromatic made warm forward to them coming back. idea of a weekend … home alone. ■
conference, and that helped calm me candles, the bottle of Malbec within chocolate crois- The house was so clean, one could eat
Galway Girl Home Alone
somewhat. arm’s reach, walking Boo! aka Ashley, sants to accom- off any surface and everything was in Regina is a graduate of History and
Finishing up the packing themselves, our wheaten terrier in the woods, relax- pany the fruit its’ rightful place. I stocked up on good- Philosophy from the National University
I watched them and looked at them ing with books that were long overdue array. He brought ies for them and had a special dinner of Ireland, Galway and a post graduate
Last year, Deepak got news that the much more to be happy. with a new set of eyes. Two beautiful to be read and otherwise having a week them this break- waiting for all of them. I couldn’t wait of Library and Information Studies from
2019 Society for Reproductive Investi- So, the three of them were a little 14 year-old adolescents, confident and of general debauchery. fast in bed in to pick them up from the airport. the National University of Ireland, Dub-
gation (SRI) International Conference bit taken aback by my decision to stay mature and more than ready for this Placing my keys on the counter, I did every morning. At last we were all together again. lin. She is the former Assistant Librarian
was scheduled to take place in Par- home, and with a little encouragement, adventure. Me? Not so much. not like how I felt. Not only did I feel Both kids Boo! worked herself into a frenzy as the of the Economic and Social Research
is, France in March. Both kids were they made plans for the trip. I took care My feelings of looking forward to guilty about not going, but I also felt grumbled to four of us entered the house. She want- Institute, Dublin; former Curator of
thrilled and really wanted to go. I had of the logistics for the kids, - school, eight days home alone began to dis- a little scared for them. I’m not really me “Mom, you ed to say hello to all at once. It was a Irish American Archives of the Cleve-
zero interest in going. Been there. Done shopping, packing, and if I’m honest, I sipate. Suddenly I felt both alone and sure why. There probably were a whole wouldn’t do wonderful sight to see the joyful love in land History Center; former Executive
that. Got the t-shirt. really was looking forward to them go- lonely. host of reasons. I did not want this that in a million her wet licks and high jumps for all. She Director of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’
While I have enjoyed the many trav- ing, but my words to them were some- I dropped them to the airport the anxiety to get ahold of me, so instead I years.” They were is such an integral part of our family. Monument Commission and former
elling adventures I embarked upon in thing along the lines of…... “This will next morning, and luckily, we did not decided to fill my diary with substan- right! Deepak and the twins were talking at Executive Director of the Northern Ohio
years gone by, I prefer adventures of a be a great opportunity for you three dawdle with our goodbyes. I would not tive work and projects that would fill Deepak did the same time, correcting one another Rose Centre. She serves on the Board of
different nature today. Parking myself to bond, spend quality time together, have been able to have kept the tears the 8 days. a great job and as they regaled me with tales, arguing Directors of the Mayo Society of Greater
on a Caribbean beach or perhaps a trip which can be a challenge sometimes at bay. Seeing them enter the airport My days were full and I was exhaust- made sure the over the facts. I couldn’t keep up with Cleveland. She can be reached at rcostel-
to Ireland just might make the current with Dad’s hectic schedule.” made me feel like I had somehow disap- ed each night as Boo! and I arrived trip was memora- the conversations. I just basked in all lo@ameritech.net
bucket list. That’s pretty much it. I love However, I started to feel a little peared from their lives. home from our final walk of the day. bly including lots the noise and wrangling between them.
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Deepak sounded calm and happy so with me that he thought the Mona Lisa
that reassured me that all was well. I was the worst painting in the Louvre
lived for those phone calls each night. Museum. I whispered back to him
Neil sent me photographs of his meals. that I agreed, but the painting must be
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Bombs and Eggs membership, business owners,
Cleveland Continued from previous page National Guard and rioters all
included members of the Irish
Irish county courts on more severe state
charges was at the bequest of the
community. How do you go to the
next Irish organization meeting with
By Francis McGarry streetcar company’s lawyer. the person on the other end of the
The rioting continued throughout airborne rock?
Cleveland. Streetcars were derailed The American social, political and
Bombs and Eggs and showers of rocks greeted the
crews of the derailed cars. Riots
economic context added variables
to the Irish American life that
erupted in Newburgh and troops were did not exist in Ireland. Gleason
It has become habitual for me employees worked for the Cleveland called out on July 31st. Newburgh was a Republican and Foran was
every time I pick up a work on Irish Electric Railway and the Cleveland merchants were boycotted if they a Democrat. They continued their
American history to page straight to City Railway. In 1892 the Knights of served National Guard troops or work for Ireland regardless of their
the index and look up Cleveland. The Labor formed a local of motormen rode on the non-union cars. A fire American politics. The dichotomies
vast majority of the time it results in and conductors. On June 13th, large crowds of union strikebreakers sleeping quarters. department captain was fired after created by the 1899 strike would
a passionate and righteous diatribe A strike soon followed and supporters stopped streetcars on East Twenty-five pounds of dynamite had it was determined he insulted police change the Cleveland Irish ethos and
on the lack of sources and research on Pinkertons were brought in from 9 th as well on Euclid Avenue. “Solid been stolen from a Newburg quarry. and gave aid to rioters. how it expressed Irishness.
Cleveland. Chicago. These were not members of objects” began to fly at Euclid and Mayor John Farley called the Cleveland union members For additional reading please
On December 19 th, 1900 Daniel William Pinkerton’s force, but from East 40 th. Replacement motormen and Ohio National Guard; the city was supported the boycott of non-union see To the Bitter End: The 1899
Dwyer published The Cloven Foot: the Matt Pinkerton agency. police were hit with rocks. Crowds effectively under martial law. On July streetcars and those who rode them. Cleveland Streetcar Strike by John
Showing the Manipulations of the In 1899, management imposed pulled non-union replacements into 24th, a streetcar was blown up with They did not support the violence. Stark Bellamy II.
Clan-Na-Gael and Other Irish faster streetcar schedules. In the street and beat them. nitroglycerin. Non-union motormen Cleveland police arrested those who
Organizations by Scotland Yard, the the spring of that year, fourteen The Plain Dealer estimated over and conductors were given arms for openly participated in the boycott, Francis McGarry holds
Secret Service Bureau of England. The motormen were charged with 10,000 Clevelanders in the crowd. protection. technically unlawful. Bombing undergraduate degrees from Indiana
50-page work does not contain an noncompliance of the speed Protestors greased tracks with butter July 25th saw the strike’s first continued into the second week of University in Anthropology, Education
index. It does have multiple mentions ordinance and a few were arraigned and oil, placed trees and tires on the casualty. A nineteen-year-old August. The courts increased the and History and a Masters in Social
of Cleveland and Clevelanders. for deadly collisions. The death of tracks and threw eggs. was shot in the head by an armed seriousness of prosecutions. Science from the University of
William Gleason and Martin Foran 3-year-old Roy Paley resulted in a Twenty-four men were arraigned conductor. Two other conductors October brought inclement weather Chicago. He is an assistant principal
are mentioned and would have been crowd of 5,000 attacking a streetcar the following day, seven for throwing were arrested for violating the city and a city exhausted. People got back and history teacher. Francis is a past
“on the list” of American citizens on East 22nd . eggs. Local merchants reportedly sold gun ordinance. on the streetcars. Motormen and president of the Irish American Club
and believed Clan-na-Gael members Union officials requested official out of eggs and rotten produce along Bishop Ignatius Horstmann was conductors went back to work, at East Side. He is the founder and past
compiled and maintained by Scotland recognition, slower and safer the protest routes. Ten streetcars were aware that his flock was involved least most of them. Others found new president of the Bluestone Division of
Yard. Dwyer cautions members of the schedules, a board of arbitration, destroyed, but only minor injuries on both sides of the ubiquitous careers. The city tried to rebuild and the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
AOH that the “British mercenaries” the end of swing runs. There was no were listed by those involved in the municipal mayhem. The Bishop rebound.
are responsible for internal issues and agreement and on June 10 th at four melee. characterized the riots as sinful. The Cleveland Irish found Get More to the Story
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the AOH and Clan-na-Gael. of Harry Bryan, Robert Thompson, Others attempted to cut power the laws.” Cleveland newspapers and police, fire, union leadership and
They were both in Cleveland during Lyman Whitney, Thomas McHugh, lines to the streetcars. As the strike throngs of non-Catholic preachers
the 1899 Street Car Strike. Horse- George Gilmore, Evert Todd, continued, conductors were pulled had warnings to share and calls for
drawn streetcars began service in Clarence Pratt and International from their streetcars and beaten; at more troops for anyone who would
Cleveland in the 1860s. In 1893 the President W.D. Mahon of Detroit. least one conductor fired his revolver listen.
streetcar companies consolidated They represented 860 union at the crowd. A group of 8,000 Union members claimed they
from eight to two. Over 1700 members. attacked streetcars on West 30 th doing
substantial damage, but not personal
were not involved in the violence.
City Council attempted to broker a
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