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est. 2006
May 2021 • Volume 15 - Issue 5
WolfWalkers Book of Kells, The Ravine:
Kilkenny Based Cartoon Saloon Sweeping Academy Award®,
Golden Globe, BAFTA Nominations
Editor’s
Inner View with Éabha is on page 10.
Black 47’s Larry Kirwan’s new novel,
which follows two weeks later, on May
22nd. A Potato a Day Keeps
the Doctor Away?
Rockaway Blue, is a captivating read on Is it time for an Irish Unity Referen-
Corner an Irish American families’ Post 9-11 dum? An Irish Mexican Fusion Dish?
By John O’Brien, Jr. struggles with the loss of their cop son’s Does a potato a day keep the doctor
life in the collapse of the tower, and away? What happened to the Mass By Dr. Fredrick Peters not broken down and fully absorbed by
offers an excellent insider look at the Rock? Test your knowledge: Who are May 2021 Vol. 15 • Issue 5 Rich stews filled with dense carbohy- the body. Instead, it reaches the large intes-
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struggles and heartaches for a multiple the Patriots of Ireland? It’s a puzzle. Publisher & Editor John O’Brien Jr. drates and loaded with calories. When tine where it becomes a source of nutrients
Design/Production Christine Hahn considering healthy food options, the for the beneficial bacteria in your gut. Re-
first responder family. Is there anything better than live
So Much
Website Rich Croft cuisine of Ireland may not seem plausible. search has linked resistant starch to many
We are getting excited about the Irish music on St. Patrick’s Day? Will Columnists However, if prepared correctly, some of health benefits, including reducing insulin
return of live events, with Riverfront Ireland lead the way on Electric Ve- Akron Irish Lisa O’Rourke
the traditional Irish staples can actually be resistance, which, in turn, improves blood
Success!
Irish Festival, Carbon Leaf, Dublin, hicles? Is there always a Donnybrook An Eejit Abroad Conor Makem
At Home Abroad Regina Costello quite healthy! sugar control. The resistant starch in po-
Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee Irish fests somewhere? Will the Irish language be Behind the Hedge John O’Brien, Jr. Potatoes are a versatile root vegetable tatoes may also improve digestive health.
in new formats to comply with safety banned? What’s coming next month? Blowin’ In Susan Mangan found throughout Irish households. Pota- When resistant starch reaches the large
for all, while we wrassle this covid out What happened on this day in Irish Cleveland Comhra Bob Carney toes are relatively cheap, easy to grow and intestine, it becomes food for beneficial gut
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the door. We will have much more on history? Books and Music reviews, Cleveland Irish Francis McGarry
ave you seen all the press Columbus Irish Molly Truex
packed with a variety of nutrients. They bacteria. These bacteria digest it and turn
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about Cartoon Saloon’s that next month, with our 15th Annual Speak Irish lesson, opinion pieces, Me- Cooking Up a Hooley Katie Gagne are an excellent source of many vitamins it into short-chain fatty acids. Resistant
work? The Kilkenny based Festival Focus Issue. morials and Mother’s Day stories, plus Crossword Puzzle Linda Fulton Burke and minerals. However, their nutrition- starch from potatoes is mostly converted
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studio has multiple Academy Award®, Last Month’s feature story on Irish topics and activities for the kids are just Fields of Glory Vincent Beach al content can vary depending on the into the short-chain fatty acid butyr-
American actor (The West Wing) Me- some of the things you will find inside Illuminations J. Michael Finn variety and how they are prepared (frying ate — the preferred food source for gut
Golden Globe and BAFTA nomina- Kids Craic Megan Lardie
tions. We feature one of their works, lissa Fitzgerald was a big hit, and Part this month. Madigan Muses Marilyn Madigan potatoes adds more calories and fat than bacteria. Studies have shown that butyrate
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Blowin, In
another, unconditionally.
The path that leads to this rela-
ivory like the smoothest shell that sits
protected amid the sand.
purchased a set of binoculars and a
pocket guide to the birds of North Toledo Is There Anything Better Than Live Irish Music…
on St. Patrick’s Day?
tionship is long. It is fraught with the Interestingly, my younger cousin America. I love to flip through my
By Susan Mangan
sharpness of razor shell clams. At the also had a large round strawberry mother’s book and read the notes she Irish
end of the sunset, we love and accept mark directly in the center of his scribbled in the margins. She would By Molly McHugh
one another. I am most content with back. When we were children run- keep a running list of Indiana birds Matt Cassidy (bassist), Jim Burns (gui-
our walks along the beach path. Here, ning through his Missouri farm, the that she and Dad spied over the years. tarist) and Robert McMahon (whistle)
Í@SueMangan I point out the birds that soar above sun shone brightly, and our birth- Indeed, her spirit rises on the wings were already Ancient Order of Hiber-
our heads and the animals that scurry marks blended joyously with the of the birds; a bit of this magic lives nians (AOH) members, and they had
Beyond the
beneath our feet. flowers in the fields and the lily pads safely in my heart, assuring me of her Is there anything better than live played with Eric Hite (accordionist) and
Life is filled with fascinations and in the ponds. I felt free on the farm, presence. Irish music…on St. Patrick’s Day…. Betsy Grafing (banjo) at other events
mysteries. Our imperfections appear playing amid the young calves and I like to think that my mother after a year of lockdown? For anyone around Toledo for many years. Robert
Sunset to blend seamlessly with the wetlands the tall stalks of corn. At the time, walks beside me. I see her in the tilt reading this article, I will venture to and Eric had also previously teamed up
guess the resounding answer is, NO! playing Irish music as a duet. At that
and the slowly fading colors of sand I did not travel to the Gulf; I spent of my daughter’s smile and in the pale
On March 17th here in Toledo, we point, “We figured, since we were all
and surf. holidays with family in the farmland color of my eyes. Her strength resides
were finally graced with live Irish Mu- Irish and musicians, we should be able
Right now, I am looking out over As I stand barefoot in the ris- of southern Missouri. in my son’s arms when he gives me a sic again at the Maumee Bay Brewing
a darkened ocean. The sun has just ing tide with my daughter and her Recently, my aunt sent me a packet much-needed hug. I sense her gentle- to give it a go. Luckily, Matt had the
Company, by none other than Toledo’s music for quite a few standard songs,
set over the Gulf of Mexico. Pelicans friends, I am reminded of one of my of photos that I had never before seen. ness shining from my youngest son’s own, “The Men from the Bog”! The band and we were able to get started then.”
and white egrets have returned to the more distinguishing features, my In the image, I am a toddler in a dress eyes when he and his grandfather plays rollicking, toe-tapping pub songs
wet grass along the beach pass. High birthmark. It is perfectly oval, quite the color of a blue June sky, my birth- laugh through a tale told for the hun- When I heard Robert speak of “giv-
that energize their always large crowd ing it a go,” I felt a sense of warmth and
above me, the Little Dipper is shining large, and the color of chocolate. mark set proudly between the lace dredth time. of listeners. The performance was bril- familiarity; it immediately brought me
like a white flame. The day is over, It is a curiosity that elicited stares cuffs of my white bobby socks and the On my mother’s last day, she spoke liant, as they would say in Ireland. back to my days of living and going to
and it was quite perfect. throughout my tender years. folds of my linen frock. My mother is of yoga, magic teas, and Ozark black- The Men from the Bog are an Irish school in Ireland. If there was ever a
My daughter and her friends have As a child, I would close my eyes, reaching out her hand to steady me berries. These were her very last words folk band who mostly cover classic hits time where I may have been apprehen-
arrived at an age where they prefer count to ten and will my spot to from falling or perhaps grounding to me, images really. Even as her body from the Dubliners and the Clancy sive about something, whether it be
the company of my husband and me. disappear. I imagined that when I me to the earth on which she herself began to fold into itself beneath a Brothers & Tommy Makem, among going to a school function, meeting up Men From The Bog
We laugh, drink, share food, and play opened my eyes and looked down at toddled and grew. lifetime of labor, toil, and love, her others. After the live session, I sat down with unknown classmates, or even de-
card games. Mostly, we accept one my leg, it would be unmarked and Her smile captures a moment that spirit remained sturdy. A cement silo with band member Robert McMahon ciding if I should walk to class, know- they are a type of wetland that accumu- one to be sung in Irish, and “everyone
is not a part of my collective mem- that could withstand great wind and a to learn more about the them. It just ing it may start to pour rain, my uncle, lates peat, which has been used to fuel is thankful for that.”
ory, yet her love, unconditional and lighthouse that drew us to safe shores. so happens that Robert and I went to who I was living with, would always fires to heat homes for nearly a thou- I am thankful that Men from the Bog
all-encompassing is palpable even When her parchment thin lids closed grade school together, but Men from encourage me by saying, “Ah sure look, sand years. It was not uncommon for decided to “give it a go” five years ago,
from the stillness of the frame. My over her blue eyes, my mother knew the Bog were certainly not around at Mol, give it a go!” the men of the family in Ireland to reg- and were able to light up the stage with
relationship with my mother grew that she loved well and fierce. that time! That’s all it took - four short words - ularly go out to the bog to cut the peat music that everyone can sing along to,
with the green growth of silage At times, I am not sure that I will While talking with Robert, I found “Give it a go,” stated with Irish perspec- for the fires. While these Men from the and enjoy.
pastures. She taught me to seek joy ever possess the strength of her spirit, two pieces of information interesting: tive and reassurance; I knew everything Bog may not be cutting peat, they know Check out Men from the Bog online
1) how the band came to be and 2) how would work out just fine. Evidently how to ignite a spark. or email Robert at aohjohnpkellydivi-
in that which is imperfect and would but without doubt, I am graced with
the band got its name. We will start Men from the Bog felt the same way! When I asked about the set-list for sion@gmail.com.
always caution that “beauty is as a bit of magic; especially, when the
with how the band came to be first. So how did the band settle on the that night in particular, Robert said,
beauty does.” royal tern pauses in his sunset search “We were created out of necessity Get More to the Story
name? Well, the first name they consid- “We try to play the sort of music that
After my mother died, I clung to for food and looks at me with earnest about five years ago,” says Robert. “The ered was “Bogmen,” but Robert thought most Irish fans of all ages will know More pics, and larger print too!
nature, looking for signs that assured understanding, or when the snowy band that the Ancient Order of Hiber- and enjoy. He has only been asked for @www.ohioianews.com
me that my mother was still with me, egret hops alongside me on my morn- “that didn’t sound quite right.” The
nians booked for the St Patrick’s Day next variation was “Men from the Bog,”
though she no longer walked on our ing beach walk.
wned and Operate Festival had to pull out, so they needed and that stuck. I wonder, however, how
Family O d physical earth. Much like that little If I close my eyes and count to ten, music.” Banjo Betsy feels about that name? I
Gormley’s Pub / The Irish Barber
McMahon-Coyne-Vitantonio
girl who believed that magic could I know that when I open them, my
erase my pain, I looked for that same tears will have receded like the tide, AN IRISH FESTIVAL WITH NO MUSIC will have to ask her some day!
How could you have an Irish festival Interestingly, bogs in Ireland have
magic to bring my mother back to and that the birds of dawn will con-
with no Irish music! Band members been around for a very long time, and GormleysPub.com / The IrishBarber.com
me. tinue to sing with the clarity of my
Many people hold tightly to the be- mother’s voice. Joy always rises above
Funeral Homes lief that a cardinal perching in a May pain.
lilac bush is actually a visitation from
a deceased loved one. For others, the Susan holds a Master’s Degree in
spirit manifests in the ephemeral
wings of a dragonfly glinting irides-
English from John Carroll University
and a Master’s Degree in Education
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and mackerel have provided sustenance million people worldwide, leaving a garrulous kids and an indecisive husband our mothers for helping us become And tho’ I grudge them not, I weary, May 5, 1981:Bobby Sands
for many a family over the centuries and painful void and irreplaceable loss in too debating whether his first drink upon the individuals we are in service to weary May 8, 1916:Eamonn Ceannt, Edward
At Home, continue to be gratefully consumed; it many families. My thoughts are of the arrival will be a Smithwicks or a Bulmer’s, Madigan our communities and our country. Of the long sorrow-And yet I have my Daly, Sean Heuston and Michael
Abroad is a reminder of the Holy Water from
Baptism, the celebration and welcoming
survivors among us that may have a rocky
road ahead, as the long-term effects of this
is happily to turning into a soon to be
reality.
Muses In thinking of Mother’s Day and the
Memorials we hold in May, the poem
joy:
My sons were faithful, and they
Mallin
May 9, 1916: Thomas Kent
By Regina Costello By Marilyn Madigan
of new souls to the world; an appreciation determined microbe continue to unfold, I expect the next adventure to Ireland to Mother by Padraic Pearse comes to fought.” May 12, 1916: James Connolly, Sean
of this natural resource by Irish monks also come to mind. be most joyful, perhaps tearfully so, with mind. An excerpt: MacDiarmada
1,500 years ago, who upon learning about Good old Irish Catholic guilt is knock- spells of somber and poignant moments. I We remember the Heroes of Easter May 12, 1981: Francis Hughes
distillation decided to apply the process to ing on my door today, bringing with it look forward to some quiet time to appre- “I do not grudge them: Lord, I do not Week every year on the Anniversaries May 21, 1981: Raymond McCreesh and
“Go Gather by May, the
distill whiskey instead of perfume. uncomfortable questions and a disturbing ciate my life, think about my parents and grudge of their executions. This year is the 40th Patsy O’Hara
Interestingly, the beverage in the Irish mindset: “How do you get to be so lucky? family, the brutal times in Irish history My two strong sons that I have seen go Anniversary of the deaths of the Hun- July 8, 1981: Joe McDonnell
language is Uisce Beatha, which translates How did you manage to escape this? Why at the hands of both mother nature and out ger Strikers. July 13, 1981: Martin Hurson
the Humming Month of
into English as water of life. It has seeped do you deserve this vaccination while politics, and consider the survival of the To break their strength and die, they August 1, 1981: Kevin Lynch
into many aspects of our lives; water is millions of others around the globe living country, our people and heritage as a tes- and a few, WE REMEMBER: August 2, 1981: Kieran Doherty
May 3, 1916: Thomas Clarke, Thomas
Sea” Memorials
part and parcel of who we are. in compromised conditions are still waiting tament to the human spirit of mankind. In bloody protest for a glorious thing, August 3, 1916: Roger Casement
My love affair with water incorporates for the rollout?” The same can be said in a global fash- They shall be spoken of among their MacDonagh, and Padraic Pearse August 8, 1981: Thomas McElwee
all the above and more. It is on my mind I try to hush this futile noise by re- ion about 2020. We witnessed a year of people, May 4, 1916: Joseph Mary Plunkett, August 20, 1981: Michael Devine.
particularly so today, as I am scheduled to placing it with a more fruitful one of my turmoil both man and nature made. One The generations shall remember them, Michael O’Hanrahan and William
Water is a recurring theme in Irish po- receive a much-anticipated Pfizer Covid immense gratitude for good luck, appre- can somewhat understand the natural di- During the month of May, we honor And call them blessed; Pearse Get More to the Story
etry, literature, and life. Beyond its’ origin 19 Vaccine. A key ingredient of this vac- ciation of living in the best country in the sasters that occurred last year, from Covid our mothers and two major memorials: But I will speak their names to my own May 5, 1916: John MacBride More pics, and larger print too!
in and necessity for survival, there are a cine is – yes, water. world in my comfortable home abroad, 19 to the 400+ events of hurricanes, floods Police Memorial Day on May 15th and heart @www.ohioianews.com
multituade of reasons for its recurrence I am forever grateful to the monumen- and that I too am contributing to this and wildfires resulting in loss of life. Memorial Day on the last Monday of In the long nights;
in the Irish saga. Our beloved country
is surrounded by this beautiful natural
tal work and talent of researchers and
scientists around the world who worked
battle by getting vaccinated. In doing so
collectively, the global collaboration of the
However, one cannot excuse the con-
tinuing fabricated disasters of the wrath of
the month. I believe it is fitting that
these events are remembered during
The little names that were familiar once
Round my dead hearth.
Thirty Years of
resource, where it greets the fortress of collaboratively and solely to make this a work that created this vaccine will not be man to his fellow man, in the form of dis- the same month. Lord, thou art hard on mothers: Traditional Irish Music
tall, jagged cliffs that forever protect our reality, in a ridiculously short amount of in vain. On a related note, those of you crimination and more, that also take away It is our Mothers that teach us about We suffer in their coming and their
green fields. It greets our far away home time. I find myself in an emotional tur- hesitant to join this collaborative should life. Words and actions that are deliber- love and service to others. We thank going;
with a thunderous welcome of crashing moil as this calendar entry greets my day check out the TEDx Hippos, measles & ately aimed at berating and hurting others
waves, wild weather and an ever-changing with reflection. Thoughts of the tumul- smallpox, oh my! with Clevelander Mi- for nonsensical reasons can never be
magnificent seascape. tuous past year that witnessed a deadly chelle Medina, M.D., who gives a defini- understood and should never be accepted. breakers on the shores of life, at home and
The water’s bountiful gifts of plaice, cod virus that shockingly stole life from 2.8 tive argument for the necessity of vaccines If only a vaccine was at hand to obliterate Go Gather abroad.
for the human race. the ill for once and for all. The antidote Continued from previous page Sources consulted:
Thoughts of family, friends, and things can only be found by reaching deep into The Song of the Happy Shepherd”. W.B. Yeats
Irish that live beyond the ragged shores that human spirit of mankind. A Short History of Irish Whiskey”. John Callely
that we revisit for respite and grounding. https://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/vk/vaccine-ingredients
of booming waves on the west coast and Ireland, my home and your home, is The land of a thousand welcomes is https://news.google.com/covid19/map
the humming sea elsewhere across the the foundation of who we are and how surrounded by a moat of water that The Role of Water in the Origin of Life and its Func-
Emerald Isle, are also in my head, as they we think. While we are far from it, Ire- safeguards and protects all that we come tion in the Primitive Gene. W. Good. Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Leeds,
have been sorely missed in the past twelve land lives in our hearts and minds. Our from. Like you, I cannot wait to cross it, England, 1972.
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Ocean bound for Shannon Airport to of award-winning Irish prose and poetry mountains of county Clare breaking https://quotabulary.com/interest-
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visit a much-loved family, with my two the horizon, tasting the salt on my lips,
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ple come to meet and enjoy conversation,
My husband can have his Bulmer’s or Regina is a postgraduate from the
food, drink, and, of course, the music. The National University of Ireland. Former
Pubs have become the focal point of their Guinness. My drink of choice will be the
uisce beatha from Achill Island Distillery, Curator with the Irish American Archives
communities, a place to celebrate life. That
preferably a Mayo Mojito at the hands Society, former Executive Director of the
is what we recreated here in Medina; we
took an old machine shop and gave it the of Seán McKay, a son of the Island, who Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Commis-
old world charm and warmth of Ireland’s continues the work of the Irish monks by sion and former Executive Coordinator of
favorite Pubs. From the antiqued plaster the Northern Ohio Rose Centre. Director
walls and tin ceiling to the hand finished Coffee Bar & Bakery distilling the only whiskey on the Irish
on the Boards of the Mayo Society of
oak woodwork and period light fixtures, Mini Donuts Rising Star islands.
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want people’s lives to get better. They the things that we’ve learned and individualized treatment for every
want to make a difference. carried on with us in other areas. It is person who needs it throughout the
Inner Shoutout to Connie Schultz also about the impact of the show on justice system, from entry to re-entry
View Can I just say a shoutout, to Con-
nie Schultz? She is a treasure. I love
audiences, on viewers.
Mary McCormick and I were
into society.
We can significantly decrease the
By John O’Brien, Jr.
that woman so much. Her book, The talking; we were interviewing one prison population, have so many
Daughters of Erietown, so beautiful, a of the directors from the show for more of our friends and family mem-
Í@Jobjr story that cheers. When I saw that her the book, and he said, you know, my bers and community members back
book was coming out, I preordered it. I daughter who is eighteen has discov- home, contributing to our commu-
posted a picture holding it on Twitter, ered the show, and she’s in love with nities and our lives, being parents to
The Many Stages of
and I started reading it. it. So many young people that I meet their children and children to their
This is such a good book. I ordered in DC right now, so many younger parents; friends and teachers and
Melissa Fitzgerald, Part II
it for my friends and my mom and people when I used to walk around, soccer coaches and our neighbors. I
everybody. I said, you know, I’m not in would come up and say, I’m here would love to see everyone have that
a book club, but this makes me want to because of the West Wing; I’m doing chance.
start one. Then all of these people re- this work because of the West Wing. You knew Melissa Fitzgerald, the
From West Wing to the Non-Profit sponded on Twitter, including Connie, It inspired me to go into politics; it actor, and now, the Director, Ad-
Justice for Vets, Irish Roots Fuel the Fire
saying, well if you do one, I’ll do it. inspired me to go into service. vancing Justice, still living a life of
Connie said, “Well, if you’ll have What would you say are your passion and persuasion, on the world
[To read Part I, pick up the print edition of the April Issue, or read it all online at me, I’ll stop by too.” Are you crazy? Of dreams or what your work aspira- stage, fighting for life changing jus-
www.OhioIANews.com] course, we will have you. tions? What would you hope to see tice for our veterans.
So, we had a nice, big, book club – I long-term?
think around 100 people came. We I would like to see a treatment The full interview could easily
run five issues, but instead, the long
You know Melissa Fitzgerald. Your mind immediately interviewed Connie for the book. She
was just so great, so great. Personal,
court be available for every single
person who needs one throughout form can be found on our website:
www.ohioianews.com, with much
snaps to The West Wing when you see her face. The West Wing veteran, with no airs. She is just a genuinely this country. I would like to see some
more text, pictures, insights and
good person. of the things that work in treatment
and now, Director, Advancing Justice, lives a life of passion and persua- for the courts and fighting for fund- Malina, any of them - Can you retweet You know Mary McCormack. She courts be applied throughout the LARGER Print.
ing, is that we have a whole division this? It just gets a much, much, bigger and I are writing book, called, What’s justice system, treating people as
sion, whether on the West Wing stage as Carol Fitzpatrick, or on the that trains the court staff on how to do reach [that way]. Get More to the Story
these court programs, how to adhere I believe you know Judge Joan
Next? A Citizen’s Guide to the West Melissa Fitzgerald and individuals, seeing the hope and More pics, and larger print too!
Wing. It is about the ripple effects of Martin Sheen humanity in each and every person.
world stage, fighting for life changing justice for our veterans. to best practices. People who adhere to Synenberg? the show, certainly on all of us, and [I’d like to see] evidenced based
@www.ohioianews.com
the model strictly do the best. When I came out there [to Cleve-
What do you think of the West in every department, every single role, There are over 4,000 treatment land, Ohio], I was out for a couple of
Wing following now, with so many they just really committed to excel- courts around the country. The days, and I spent quite a bit of time
See the
people still talking about it, being lence, and talented hardworking peo- National Association of Drug Court with Judge Synenberg; she’s really
influenced by it, and make another ple who really wanted to put the best Professionals has faculty all over the wonderful, really wonderful. Com- Celebrating St. Greater The Lyrics
round appearing on TV? Did you work that we all could together put out country. mitted, smart, great what she does; Patrick’s Day Cleveland of Irish Freedom
have some idea? It was something spe- in the world. I feel very lucky. When I started working at Justice and really cares. She’s well known, of
Irish Irish Directory
History, Traditions, Notes of
cial. I knew it was something special I work with a group of people like for Vets, I called my castmates and I course, in Cleveland. and Activities A directory of Turbulent Times
when I read the pilot script over a year that now in the job that I have; so said, nobody knows what these are; She is just such a personable, gen- A Holiday Book performers, by John O’Brien, Jr.
before they shot the pilot. My now ex hardworking, and really care about for Kids Restaurants, Pubs,
hardly anyone has reported on them. uine person. Those are the kinds of Tells the story and
World!
Businesses &
was auditioning for something; his putting our best work out in the world. Will you guys come together and do a people that I get to interact with, and I by John O’Brien Jr. Resources of and the history behind
agent had given him the script from We know that the work that we all do rebellious bard & ballad
couple of videos that really talk about am so lucky I got to sit in on her court. for the Irish in and
from the beginning
that [and one from The West Wing]. together is impacting people’s lives. what we do? Everyone said I’m in; I’m I got to go to staffing meetings, where around Cleveland
of Irish time.
He gave them to me to read. I work for the National Association in; I’m in; I’m in. They show up for the interdisciplinary core team meets
He asked what I thought. I said of Drug Court Professionals (NA- everything. prior to court time, to just discuss
Sports Night was brilliant. I also said DCP). Justice for Vets is one of the We’ve had fundraisers they have each participant in the treatment court
The West Wing is going to be the best divisions. In Advancing Justice, which come to; everything I’ve asked for program. They really care; they are
show ever on TV. I still stand by that is the initiative that I head up now, one [they do]. They are the most giving, thorough; use the best, cutting-edge
statement. of the main things that our organiza- generous group of people; it really is a treatment. Festival Fine Irish
First Generation
Aaron and the team that they built tion does, in addition to advocating family. We hold a national conference every A book of original poetry Legends: Pubs of
Do you think your work with NA- year, the largest conference in the by John O’Brien, Jr. Songs and Stories Greater
DCP is more successful because of world on the intersections of addic- by John O’Brien, Jr. Cleveland
what you did in West Wing? tion, mental health, and the justice A biographical look A poster of great
The support of The West Wing and system. I think last time we had close at the people who pubs where history
was made and
SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS Hollywood in general has certainly
elevated the work that I’m doing now;
to 6,000 attendees for four days, hun-
dreds of hours of training. They take
made the music that
defines a people memories created.
Let them know you saw their ad in it is a bigger platform. Sometimes if
we have some important thing that we
the training that we do very seriously,
so I think she is just terrific.
the Ohio Irish American News! [NADCP] want to get out in the world,
I’ll ask Mary [McCormack] or Brad
[Whitford] or Richard [Schiff] or Alli-
Most of the people that I get to inter-
act with, they are looking longer term.
They are drawn to doing this kind of
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son [Janney]or Janel [Maloney] or Josh work, as they really believe in it and An O’Bent (O’Brien Enterprises) & Author John O’Brien, Jr. website ✵ www.facebook.com/OhioIrishAmericanNews ✵ www.twitter.com/jobjr.
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ed, she left to pursue her solo career, “The album is greatly inspired by the wished it went on far longer. so worth it ….” We too often hurt in late 1989 after a jam in Paddy
and is off to a splendid start, with her sea, and the feeling I get in those mo- Real characters and real experience the ones we love, just because we
Out of the just released solo debut, Wildflower. ments after jumping in first thing in of how things work within the city, can’t get out of our own way. The
Reilly’s Pub in Manhattan. The band
has released thirteen CDs and have
Mailbag Éabha continues the centuries old
Irish tradition of storytelling through
the morning. Each song represents my
passion for the earth, equality, the Irish
and the cops and fire so integral to
the story of the Irish in New York is
brotherhood way of life plays an at
times detrimental part of everyone’s
performed over 2,000 shows. Kirwan
By John O’Brien, Jr. has carved a legacy in Irish American
song, bringing her own modern con- language and the importance of unity, crafted and creates characters the actions. culture and is especially noted for
temporary style to the art and seam- family and friendship.” reader will root for, even when they Breaking out of the lethargy of his passionate fight in his music and
Í @Jobjr lessly blending English lyrics with her Rhythm of Earth ~ In Irish, Éabha screw up. great personal hurt and loss, Detec- written word for justice and human
means Life. How fitting, true to her Kirwan traces a fictional tive Sargent Jimmy Murphy fights rights. Kirwan has also written and
core; grace, elegance and a powerful multi-generational safety forces fam- to draw the love of his life, his wife,
Ava Wildflower
produced eleven plays and musicals.
instrument in her vocals, of that ties to ilies’ journey through their struggles out too; he fights for his surviving The plays center around Irish history
by Éabha McMahon earth, and its joys. The warmth of both is
evident from this very first song.
with each other and situations be-
yond their control, trying to over-
younger son; widowed daughter in
law, and grandson; and he fights the
and politics. Five of the plays: Liver-
pool Fantasy; Days of Rage; Mister
2021 13 Tracks 41 Minutes. Wildflowers ~ “a song that will forever come great loss and heartache during brass who wish the legendary Jimmy Parnell; Blood; and Night in the Gar-
Éabha (AYE-vah Mac-MA-hon) remind me of the women in my family. and after the terrorist attack in New would just let the mysteries of his den, are published in the book, Mad
began her singing career in 1998, when, Particularly my grandmother. I am so York on 9-11. The story touches on so son’s’ death lie unresolved and undis- Angels.
at the age of nine, she was chosen by close to her and as a child she would many points expected from a cata- turbed, even if the one stirring things He also writes a weekly column for
Veritas to record an album for Beo go show me dried flowers that were so deli- strophic event, and so many of which up is the father of the dead hero. the Irish Echo.
Deo, a children’s book. She then began cately kept between two sheets of grease will surprise readers and non-first I’ll say no more, beyond saying, Other Books by Larry Kirwan:
singing in sean nós, a traditional, less Éabha McMahon proof paper in an old book. They were responders. Rockaway Blue is a great read, Highly Liverpool Fantasy
demonstrative, and unaccompanied so beautiful. She told me that she found Rockaway Blue is a well-told, emo- Recommended, and a Top Shelf Se- Rockin’ the Bronx
Fairview Feis Ceoil five times. them years after her mother had passed lection.
style, taught by such singers as Moya tional journey, marked with charac- Green Suede Shoes
Éabha joined Anúna in 2007, becom-
Rockaway Blue
Brennan, Máire Ní Choilm, Íde Mac away. Her mother, my great grand- ters filled with good intentions, and 16 Plays and musicals, including:
ing the group’s youngest member at mother would tell the story of the Kirwin’s Celtic Crush is a SiriusXM
Mathúna, and Séamus Mac Mathúna. bad actions, regrets for the past and Hard Times
the age of sixteen. In 2008, she record-
At the age of fifteen, Éabha won the ed the PBS Holiday Special, “Anúna:
wildflowers and I loved hearing about By Larry Kirwan vows for the future. We all resolve to radio show he has hosted since 2005. Rebel in the Soul
Under18 All Ireland Oireachtais final. how they ended up in this book.” do better; yet fear, physical, emotion- It airs each Sunday morning from To find out more, see: Black47.com
Christmas Memories”, released that
oft forgotten indigenous Call My Name ~ Probably my favorite ©2021 253 Pages. al, or both, can cloud, delay or derail 9am-Noon on SiriusXM Channel
From age thirteen to seventeen, she was year on DVD and CD. and on Facebook
language that adds a poetic rhythm to song on Wildflower, the rhythm and Author, playwright, singer, song- intentions, seemingly so obvious to 710. “The Loft replays the show each
the reigning Leinster champion in the Éabha joined Celtic Woman in July writer, Black 47 Rocker, radio host*
Irish music competition Fleadh Ceoil. her songwriting. meaning are deeply connecting for me. us outside, but reading the story. Tuesday evening at 9pm. Get More to the Story
2015, replacing Lisa Lambe in the Heartbeats – “this song was written and journalist Larry Kirwan’s latest From Wexford, Kirwan
From the ages of fourteen to eighteen, “I am making this album because it’s In many ways, it is a story of More pics, and larger print too!
ensemble, and recorded seven CDs as a during the lockdown. With so many book, Rockaway Blue, is a pure formed Black 47 with Chris Byrne
she was the Dublin champion in the the most honest expression of who I am, redemption; in many ways, readers @www.ohioianews.com
member of Celtic Women. As 2019 end- news stories covering stories about in- winner. I read it in two sittings, and
what I stand for and my intentions for will say, “stop, just tell her, it will be
the world that we live in. I sing to heal, equality, discrimination and fear, it really
and it heals me too. It is the purest form upset me to see how people can be so
Irish
of emotion that I have ever experienced,
so I want that in my life every day… It is
cruel to one another.
I wanted to write a song that we can all Éabha Mc Mahon Running away, why are we running away? TUESDAY
Guests: Gavin Murphy, piano and key- 6pm-8pm: All Things Irish
the greatest privilege to be able to make relate to. No matter who you are, where Continued from previous page boards; Bill Shanley, Guitars; Noel Eccles,
music, and something that I want to do you are from, what you believe in, what I wanted to write lyrics that made a safe percussion; Liam Bradley, drums and WOBC-FM 91.5 w/Anita Lock
for the rest of my life. colour your skin is, who you love, who space to reminisce and remember all of percussion; John O’Brien, Whistle.
SATURDAY
Radio
“It was like a breath of fresh air going you identify as. No matter what you may the special moments that life offers us Wildflower is a musical journey to find
back into studio after months of working believe is right of wrong, we are all just every day.” peace, in the night, and when retrospect
from our homes. I have never been so heartbeats. Know that no matter what 9am-11am: stonecoldbikini,
One More Day ~We must keep trying, overtakes us in our quiet moments. Being
thankful to once again feel that feeling you stand for, love is the only universal fight one more day, for that is when we are drawn to the light, we sway with Éabha’s WRUW FM 91.1 w/Christine Hahn
you get in the studio. The slight feeling of language. And I will forever stand for closest to our goal. songs, lending ourselves to being open,
nerves mixed with lots of excitement and love and equality.” You Are Home ~ Be the Light, be the and then being able to find the connec- 10am-11am: Johnson Brothers
the wonderful anticipation of how the Seas Suas ~ “I wrote [this] when I vision, look not to the past, Sweet freedom tions we need.
songs will develop after singing them. was away touring. I missed home and Irish Hour WKTL-FM 90.7
at last. At our most basic, we are so similar, in
Carbon Leaf
Most of the album was written in the my family and husband so much at the Native Call ~The earth often speaks to the quest for life, connection, a bit of light
west of Ireland. I am so thankful to have time. I wanted to write a love song to all us, sometimes symbolically, sometimes that we all need, in trying times. Éabha
SUNDAY
been living there for that creative time
because it is the most inspiring and sce-
of those who were at home and I wanted
them to know that although they were
we just have to be patient, to listen to the
whispers around us.
is a songwriter who walks along with us,
with stories and experiences we have all 7am-9am: Sweeney Astray SATURDAY & SUNDAY
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June 10th @ 7:30pm
Tell Me Now ~ Tell me now, Are you come through. Wildflower is a Top Shelf 12-6pm ET/9am-3pm PT on SiriusXM
the beaches every day for an hour and the from my heart. I love this song because lonely? Tell you something, so am I. Selection, and highly recommended.
sound of the waves crashing against the it really is who I am and my love for the For more than this review and the Inner 10am-12pm: Gerry Quinn’s Irish Hours Classic Vinyl, channel 26.
Around the world, love endures, even
shore centered me in a way that I have Irish language and our tradition.” when we might not be in close proximity. View, see Éabha’s appearance on iIrish WHK-AM 1420 w/ Colleen
$
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The cold sea air allowed me to access a loves, that visit us in the night, and linger
Runaway ~ This is not a leaving from Songs, Stories & Shenanigans Podcast27,
available on OhioIANews.com or on
Corrigan Day & Eddie Fitzpatrick iIrish: Songs, Stories
THE KENT STAGE mindful part of my soul which I hadn’t into the light.
something, but rather of embracing the
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175 East Main Street, Downtown Kent had time to tap into for a while. Now
listening back to my songs, I realise that
In the Quiet ~ “A song of reflection.
A moment of quiet and leave for anyone
them, try something new. Do one thing book and Twitter, and Patreon. WCWA-AM 1230 w/John Connolly Podcast posted every second Friday on
that will scare you … It’s good for the soul.
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beaches in Salthill and it will forever be a to them. In a world that is so fast paced, More pics, and larger print too! and archived forever!
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a point of no return. Still, we are not doing
enough. All of our land, it is drying out. @www.ohioianews.com
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Home Sweet Home
and dice the meat into bite-size chunks
or get thick slices from the deli and cut
Cooking Up up).
a Hooley ½ cup Shredded Irish Cheddar Cheese
By Katie Gagne ½ cup Shredded Swiss Cheese
2 cups Coleslaw Mix By Dan Coughlin In his eulogy, Jim’s brother told
1/3 cup Dill Pickle Juice Here’s what I really missed during us how Jim and his wife Alberta got
1 cup Sour Cream the pandemic – saying goodbye to old together. They were both teaching
3 tbsp Ketchup friends and acquaintances who died. confraternity classes at St. Ignatius of
2 Dill Pickles – diced small Almost all wakes and funeral ser- Antioch Parish. In those days it was the
Irish Mexican
1 tsp Black Pepper vices were postponed. People died in name for religion classes for kids who
1 tsp Garlic Salt obscurity and they took their stories went to public school.
with them. During my eighteen years It was no surprise that Alberta caught
Fusion
1 tsp Season Salt
1 tsp Kosher Salt writing sports at The Plain Dealer and Jim’s eye. Jim didn’t think that a class-
1 cup Diced Hash Brown Potatoes – later writing books, I heard many sto- room at St. Ignatius of Antioch grade
Irish Quesadillas
fully cooked ries at funeral homes that later became school was an appropriate place to ask
½ cup Green Salsa Verde newspaper columns and chapters in my Alberta for a date, but he did ask her for
and Burritos Cooking Spray
Cook Potatoes until brown and crispy.
books.
Many years ago, I walked across the
her phone number.
“She wrote it on the back of a holy
Drain on a paper towel and set aside. You can roll them into a Burrito shape Guacamole adds an additional green street from The Plain Dealer building card,” Jim’s brother revealed.
PLAYING WITH YOUR FOOD Combine Coleslaw Mix, Black Pepper, or fold over into a Quesadilla. flair. to St. Peter’s Catholic Church for the “No,” said Alberta, “I wrote it on the
These days you see many recipes that Season Salt, Garlic Salt, and Pickle Juice For the Quesadilla, spray a baking Enjoy! funeral service of a man named E. J. back of a bookmark that I picked up
combine delicious ingredients that in a small bowl and let sit for several sheet with Cooking Spray and place the Kissell, a police reporter for The Plain off the desk. But it did have a picture of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 1964
come from different cultures and culi- minutes. folded Tortilla on the tray and bake in Katie Gagne teaches English at Trinity Dealer. Kissell, a life-long bachelor, was Mary or Joseph on the front.”
nary traditions. This recipe is a playful Chop up Corned Beef and Pickles and the over at 350* for approximately 5-6 High School in Garfield Heights. She is a very mysterious man. He worked the They wound up married for about an Italian name. Her husband was
but I also can find my way to Schulte &
blending of two tasty and simple styles shred any Cheeses if needed. minutes until cheeses melt and the Tor- also the owner of her in-home bakery late night shift out of the press room in sixty years. Mahon-Murphy on the East Side, and, Bob Randazzo, known popularly
that when mixed together are a delight Mix Sour Cream, Ketchup, Pickles, tilla start to brown just slightly. Flip over Sassy’s Sweets and Oh So Much More. the old Central Police Station on Payne I walked out of St. Angela Merici as I just mentioned, Berkowitz-Kumin. as Bob Roberts, The Plain Dealer’s
to the palate. and a dash of Garlic Salt in a bowl. With and cook for another two minutes. Cut You can contact her at (440) 773-4459
Avene and actually entered The Plain church that morning knowing that Most people groan when they walk horse racing handicapper, also known
a knife, spread a thin layer on one side Quesadilla into triangle pieces. Sprinkle or at mkbluebows@aol.com, or find her
Ingredients of each Tortilla. The rest is used as a Dealer only once a week at midnight to someday I would use that story in my into a wake and are confronted by long as The Railbird. Joanne worked for
with remaining Kosher Salt. on Facebook at @sassyssweetsandmore.
4 Spinach and Herb Tortillas Dipping Sauce. Serve the Burritos or Quesadillas with pick up his pay check. Virtually no one next sports book - and I will. Jim cer- lines. Not me; I rejoice. At McGorray’s thirty years in the main office of Lake
½ lb Cooked Corned Beef (For this, Layer the Cheeses, Corned Beef, Cole- the Dipping Sauce and Salsa Verde. Get More to the Story saw him. tainly qualified. He was, after all, a soft- the serpentine line sometimes stretches Catholic High School. To say she was
you can cook an actually corned beef slaw, and Potatoes on each Tortilla. This recipe makes 4 medium size Que- More pics, and larger print too! About twenty reporters and deskmen ball player in the Charlie Sheets Sunday from the casket, where the family lines beloved is an understatement; she was
sadillas or Burritos or any combination of @www.ohioianews.com attended his funeral service - like me - morning League. up, and into the hallway where it dou- revered.
the two. out of curiosity. Some of them walked After the service for another old friend bles up like the mazes at Cedar Point. I asked Kevin to put a number on
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I began conversations in one direc-
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the mourners.
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Published 12 times yearly, the first of each month The last person who spoke was a enties, which made her age appropriate. I set my personal record for longest of bases. There wasn’t a gambler or
woman we did not know. She said she She made no attempt to hide her line in May of 2018 at St. Mary of the horse player in the crowd.
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One Year $36 Two Years $70 Three Years $100 years and told tender stories about him. was a good-looking woman. And here wasn’t in church and it wasn’t in the turnout?” I asked the Railbird.
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Heights.” she had to tell somebody. Since we were line stretched from the far wall of the I’ve spent more time at funeral homes
Address: It was the funniest line I have ever standing on the fringe of a group of community room out the door into the than at movie theaters. As a matter of
heard at a funeral - and she was serious. family members, I was her go-to guy. parking lot and around two sides of the fact, I met my wife, Maddy, at a wake
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the Corona virus and attended the gave me her card. “I’ve been a funeral director for twen- years ago. Yes, funeral homes are pref-
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old friend who had everything good she said. ever seen,” said Kevin Coyne of McMa- which is a story for another time.
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