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est. 2006
April 2021 • Volume 15 - Issue 4
The Many Stages of
Melissa
Fitzgerald
Are you where everybody
Editor’s
Corner Do Tell: What’s the SAFE HOME knows your name?
New to Cleveland?
Craic in April?
By John O’Brien, Jr.
April 2021 Vol. 15 • Issue 4
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THOMAS BODLE teacher at both VASJ and St. Edward
hen you are this close in life experiences and writing, that Design/Production Christine Hahn February 1, 1952 - March 5, 2021 High School. He was a devoted basket- Help you get started,
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band of Margaret A. complications from COVID-19 on March The road has been paved, and
we are a celebratory paper - not the speak for itself, and surprises are Behind the Hedge John O’Brien, Jr.
Blowin’ In Susan Mangan “Margie” (nee Lack- 5, 2021. In lieu of flowers, memorial con- we pay it forward, by helping
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really great teachers. Sandy Dennis a year before they shot the pilot. My
Inner recommended The Neighborhood
Playhouse.
now ex was auditioning for some-
thing; his agent had given him the
View I went there (Neighborhood Play- script from that [and one from The
By John O’Brien, Jr. house School of Theatre), in what was West Wing]. He gave them to me to
an intense two-year Conservatory read.
Program, wonderful. It was full time; He asked what I thought. I said
Í@Jobjr you couldn’t work professionally Sports Night was brilliant. I also said
while you were there, because they The West Wing is going to be the best
The Many Stages of
don’t want you [to continue] your show ever on TV. I still stand by that
old bad habits. I am so glad I went to statement.
Melissa Fitzgerald, Part I
that, [I learned] so many incredible Aaron and the team that they built
life lessons and acting lessons. in every department, every single
It was intense: the first year we role, they just really committed to
had almost 100 in the class, then the excellence, and talented hardworking
From West Wing to the Non-Profit second year we had twenty-four or people who really wanted to put the
Justice for Vets, Irish Roots Fuel the Fire
twenty-five. Almost 3/4 of our class best work that we all could togeth-
got cut. It was really great training. er put out in the world. I feel very
Are there a lot of similarities lucky.
You know Melissa Fitzgerald. Your that. There is a joy to that, and a mel- between you and the character Carol The West Wing cast reunites for Justice for Vets.
mind immediately snaps to The West ancholy and sadness to that, that feels Fitzpatrick? There are so many space limits in
Wing when you see her face. The Irish to me. I carry that with me. I think she’s more organized than print. We are out of space for this
West Wing veteran, and now, Direc- So, you are a sap? I am! I think there are actually some really, really lucky. were doing. issue. Come back next month for
tor, Advancing Justice, lives a life of Total sap. I agree, I agree. Tyrone similarities. I was definitely drawn to I still feel lucky to this day, because My dad had started a treatment Part II of the great inner view with
passion and persuasion, whether on is part of my family’s [roots]. We’re The West Wing. First of all, it’s the some of the best people I’ve ever court as a judge; he was one of the Melissa, where we focus on her life
the West Wing stage as Carol Fitz- really from all over [Ireland], like best writing I’ve ever seen. Second- known, so many of the lessons that I people who started the mental health saving work with our Veterans.
patrick, or on the world stage, fight- Galway, Dingle and Cork. ly, I just felt that it was important. I learned working on that show and the court in Philadelphia many years ago. The full interview could easily run
ing for life changing justice for our I did an Irish play many years ago thought it was going to be, artistical- kind of set that was created, was un- He was a true believer in the power five issues, but instead, the long form
veterans. with Leo Penn, Eileen Ryan, James ly, obviously incredible, but also have like any other television show, I think and impact of these courts. can be found on our website: www.
Gandolfini, Robin Lange,. Laura Sal- social relevance and importance in before or maybe since. The environ- What do you think of the West ohioianews.com, with much more
When did you know that you were vato We did this modern Irish classic the world. I really wanted to be a part ment: that show is really a family. Wing following now, with so many text, pictures, insights and LARGER
Irish? called Remembrance, by Graham of it and I didn’t care how small my Everybody was treated with respect people still talking about it, being Print.
That’s a really good question. I Reid. It takes place in Ireland in the part was. I just wanted to be a part of and dignity. That comes from Martin influenced by it, and make another
don’t remember when I knew I was North. that show. Sheen and John Spencer; it comes round appearing on TV? Did you Get More to the Story
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Ireland. We are very fortunate to have Protestant family, kind of like a Ro- government. I think most people go and Tommy Schlamme; it comes special. I knew it was something spe-
that type of rich culture. meo and Juliet, but in reverse. It is the in because they believe in something from Warner Brothers and Peter Roth cial when I read the pilot script over
I think how important education older, the mother of the Catholic fam- bigger than themselves. I believe that that created this environment where
was in our family gave me a hint. ily and the father of the Protestant Melissa Fitzgerald government can and should be a force everyone is valued.
That was true on both sides of the family, that fall in love, while they for good in people’s lives. Sometimes Now fifteen years later, you still
family. That felt Irish to me, maybe are tending their children’s graves. when life is really hard, we need gov- interact with each other frequently?
just because they were Irish, in my They’ve each lost children to the oth- you are and who think differently Shakespeare, I studied literature and ernment to step in and lift people up; We get together around service
family, my parents, my grandparents, er side, and yet they fall in love. Their than you do. I just think that is such I thought, why go to a University if give them the chance that they need. issues; the cast has come back togeth-
their parents were all Irish. They all remaining children can’t accept the an important piece; I think it is really you’re not going to study in one of Do you ever get tired of talking er to help so much with the treatment
valued education and that felt Irish to relationship. the only thing. [I wish] that we had a their better departments? Their [The about the acting part of your profes- court work that we’re doing. Martin
me, I guess because my Irish ances- It’s a beautiful play, really, really little more of that. University of Pennsylvania’s] En- sional career? [Sheen] is the reason I’m doing this
tors were educators. lovely play. That was nice to have that As a true SAP, I do feel hopeful, glish Department was really strong. I loved it. I had a great time work- work. Martin, my dad, and a couple
Also, storytelling, that is something opportunity to do that and kind of I really do feel hopeful. I think it is Nobody I knew was an actor. My dad ing on The West Wing. other people are the reason that I was
that I identified with as being Irish. get inside the skin of an of an Irish important to give other people grace, is a judge, and my mom is a nonprof- Was there an audition for West drawn to do this. Martin has been a
My father is a great storyteller, and family, an Irish person. and hopefully they will give me the it executive director; she worked at Wing? treatment court champion since the
my mother too actually. They enjoy You know I was talking with some same when I need it, when I’m not on universities too. I did audition for it. I really wanted early days of treatment courts, for
people, and they want to be around friends and we were talking about my best behavior. I moved to New York right after I it. I wasn’t always as ambitious about over a quarter of a century. He lost a
people. They are very charismatic and how, as we’ve gotten older, we really Was it a big leap to go from Fitz- graduated from college and I real- my acting career as maybe I could’ve friend to addiction.
entertaining. I always felt that was an appreciate kindness so much more gerald to Fitzpatrick? ly had nothing. I got the backstage and should’ve been, but this, I was re- He invited me to come to the
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north side of Cork, her exact date of gerous woman in America; she comes phia to Oyster Bay, New York with the THE LUDLOW MASSACRE Mine Workers of America. They felt
Cleveland birth is unclear, but we know she was into a state where peace and prosperity child workers, bringing the issues of On April 20, 1914, the Colorado they had acted in the spirit of Mother
'
Comhrá
baptized on the first of August in 1837.
Her family emigrated to America to
reign... crooks her finger and twenty
thousand men lay down their tools and
child labor to the forefront of the pub-
lic agenda. She continued to fight for
National Guard, supporting the min-
ing companies, fired machine guns
Jones, and by 1936 had raised $16,000
to erect a memorial at her grave.
By Bob Carney escape the famine when she was ten, walk out.” child labor laws the rest of her life. into a tent camp of 1,200 striking “Eighty tons of pink granite, with
only to find discrimination because By the age of sixty, Mary had as- miners and their families, killing bronze statues of two miners flank-
they were Irish-Catholic. sumed the character of Mother Jones;
THE PAINT CREEK – twenty-one, including miner’s wives ing a twenty foot column featuring
Í@BobCarneyGTR They moved north to Toronto, where she dressed in outdated black dresses CABIN CREEK STRIKE and children. Afterwards, Mary was a relief of Mother Jones at it’s cen-
Mary received her education at Toronto and allowed others to assume she was Mary was arrested again in 1912 at invited to meet with John D.Rocke- ter.” In Mount Olive, October 11 is
The Most
Normal School. Tuition was free, and older, and perhaps wiser, than her one of the most violent strike conflicts feller Jr.; that meeting was partially “Miner’s Day,” and in 1936, 50,000
even paid one dollar a week for every actual age. The workers she fought for, in The United Mine Workers history. responsible for Rockefeller’s visit to people came to see the monument.
semester a student completed. Mary did she refered to as “her boys.” The strike in West Virginia pitted the the mine the following year, and the Today in Mount Olive, October 11 is
Dangerous not graduate, but did complete enough
courses to land a teaching position at CHILD LABOR
U.M.W. against mercenaries hired by
the mine owners; armed conflicts and
introduction of long overdue reforms
in the mining industry there.
also Mother Jones Day, celebrating
the spirit of this rebelly woman from
Woman in
a convent in Monroe, Michigan, at the The mine workers were not the even bombing from bi-planes prompt- Mother Jones remained an orga- Cork.
age of twenty-three. She made eight only ones Mary sought to help. The ed martial law to be declared. Mary’s nizer for the U.M.W. into the 1920s,
America
dollars a month. U.S. Census of 1900 found that 1/6 trial was held in military court. She and spoke on union affairs almost to Bob Carney is a student of Irish histo-
of American children were employed was convicted and sentenced to twenty the end of her life. She celebrated her ry and language and teaches the Speak
THE INTERNATIONAL MOLDERS in various occupations, albeit at a years. one-hundredth birthday on May 1, Irish Cleveland class held every Tuesday
Mary G. Harris
much lower wage than an adult male. Mary was being held under house 1930 (even though the math doesn’t at PJ McIntyre’s. He is alsoactive in the
AND FOUNDRY WORKERS OF
There were many hardships for work- In 1901,workers in the silk mills in arrest, and after eighty-five days, add up), and passed away in Silver Irish Wolfhounds and Irish dogs organi-
ers in the early days of industry. Here in NORTH AMERICA Moulders. The moulder’s union would nesses; during one altercation between Pennslyvania went on strike over the she was diagnosed with pneumonia. Spring, Maryland on November 30 th zations in and around Cleveland. Wife
America, low pay and hazardous work- Later in life, she described it as a de- later expand and become The Interna- police and union members, a bomb was lower wage issue and the harsh condi- A Senate Investigation into mining of the same year. She was buried Mary, hounds Morrighán and Rían and
ing conditions were common in many pressing place. After a couple of years, tional Molders and Foundry Workers thrown by an unidentified person. tions the children were facing in the conditions helped her in obtaining her in the Union Miner’s Cemetary in terrier Doolin keep the house jumping.
fields. Miners, mill workers, shipyard she left and moved to Chicago, where of North America, representing the The Knights were already under mills. release. Several months later she was Mount Olive, Illinois. In 1932, 15,000 He can be contacted at carneyspea-
laborers, canal workers and railroad she worked as a dressmaker. Soon workers who built and repaired steam pressure from the police, management Mary felt that the long hours re- back at it, organizing miners in Col- mine workers assembled in Mount kirish@gmail.com
workers were largely comprised of new she moved to Memphis to open her engines used in the mills and other and others in the community who were quired by the mill operators deprived orado, at Rockefeller’s Colorado Fuel Olive to protest against the U.M.W.,
immigrants seeking a better life for own shop. There she met and married manufacturing. apprehensive of social change and the them of an education and any oppor- and Iron Co. Mary was arrested once and gain the reformations they were Get More to the Story
themselves and their families. George E. Jones, a member and orga- Her husband’s income provided for perceived anarchy that might arise tunity to improve themselves. In 1903, more, served time in prison, and on her fighting for. More pics, and larger print too!
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Mary G. Harris was born on the nizer of the National Union of Iron both of them; Mary devoted her time to as a result of the union’s efforts. The she organized a march from Philadel- release was escorted from the state. The U.M.W. became the Progressive
raising their growing family and house- bombing brought on the demise of the
keeping. In 1867, a yellow fever epi- Knights.
demic hit Memphis and Mary watched Mary, believed that a man should
helplessly as her husband and four make a wage that allowed women to
children succumbed to the disease. stay at home, raise their families and
Alone, the tragedy was a turning care for the home. This view did not sit
point for the young widow. She re- well with many of the female activists
turned to Chicago and started a dress- of the pre- nineteenth amendment
making business catering to the up- days.
per-class. Her business was doing well
when the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 SUFFRAGE & THE MINE WORKERS
occurred. Mary lost her business, her It was more important to Mary to
home and all of her possessions. Many see the working class itself liberated.
homes and businesses were destroyed Although she was not against it, she
in the fire, and Mary became very ac- remained uncommited to the sufferage
tive in Chicago’s rebuilding efforts. movement. Mary became active in the
United Mine Workers and involved in
ORGANIZING ACTIVISM the Socialist Party of America as an
Mary became more involved in her organizer and an educator. She was a
activism and joined the Knights of gifted speaker, charismatic and very
Labor. She started organizing strikes effective in delivering her message.
against manufacturing in support of Mary gained recognition for being
the laborers. Most were ineffective at able to organize the wives and chil-
first, and often would be put down dren of the mine workers in demostra-
violently, with the police shooting and tions and publicized their plight. In
killing strikers. 1902, she was arrested for ignoring
By the middle of the decade, the an injunction banning meetings by
union grew in power, with a member- striking workers. At her trial, West
ship of over a million workers. Divi- Virginia District Attorney Reese Bliz-
sions grew between management and zard pointed at her in the courtroom
laborers in the manufacturing busi- and said, “There sits the most dan-
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Irish agrarian organi- scope of Whiteboy activities began to against him. He said in his final speech
Illuminations zation in 18th century widen, and violence against landlords that he was being put to death for a
By J. Michael Finn Ireland who used began occurring. Whiteboy proclama- crime which had never been committed.
violent and non-violent tions were posted under such names The murder victim (John Bridge) was
tactics to defend tenant as “Captain Moonlight,” stipulating alleged to be in Cork after the date of the Save the Dates!
farmer land rights. demands such as that rent not be paid “crime” and it is thought that he immi-
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the fences at night, pants of land gained from eviction, de- the Whiteboys began to be too much
they were sometimes manding that they give up their land. even for the authorities. Lord Halifax May 28- Steve Mulloy Annual Reverse Raffle
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reason for the success of American ers” by the authorities. of Whiteboy activities, with march- sion was going too far. He noted that the
Revolution was that the British Army The Whiteboys es in military array preceded by the repression was creating “utmost con-
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was unable to supply sufficient troops sought to address music of bagpipes or the sounding of sternation” among the people and that
to the American colonies to adequately exorbitant rents, tithe horns. At Cappoquin they fired guns local farm laborers were fleeing to the
put down the revolution (the British collection, evictions and marched by the military barracks, mountains. He noted that lack of farm
were forced to employ the Hessians, and other oppressive playing the Jacobite tune, “The Lad laborers to harvest the crops was causing
who were German mercenaries). Why land was exempt from tithes (Church of eviction was used to vacate the fields acts by landlords. Over with the White Cockade.” famine to breakout in some areas.
were the British so shorthanded?
The reason was they had committed
Ireland taxes). for grazing. In order to defend the ten- time, Whiteboyism became a general
The landlords in Ireland leased their ants from eviction, and other abuses, term for rural violence connected to
More militant activities often fol-
lowed such processions, with houses in THE HEARTS OF OAK, THE RIBBON- BRENNAN'S
too many troops to Ireland. Ireland was lands to tenant farmers at a rate far
partially responsible for winning the above their value. As more landlords
several secret oath-bound societies
developed in Ireland.
secret societies. Because of this gener-
alization, the historical record for the
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in an attack on Tallow jail; and similar
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At the time, there was a lot going laborers and small tenant farmers were farmers and laborers. Local law was not always clear. Of course, the government could The Dublin Journal reported at the 3rd Thursday of every month Since 1931
on in Ireland to keep the British busy. forced off the land. administered by the landlords who, for The first major outbreak occurred in not stand by and allow these “illegal same time that the south east part of
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that the Whiteboys, claiming to be the
champions of the oppressed, emerged
from among the peasantry.
Initial activities were limited to spe-
cific grievances and the initial tactics
used were non-violent, such as the
of Drogheda, was sent to Munster to
crush the Whiteboys.
On April 2, 1761, a force of fifty
Some historians believe that White-
boy agitations ceased about 1787,
when there was a promise of tithe
C The Irish
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essary procedures” that the Irish police Cleveland worked diligently to make sure
Akron are looking for them in the airports.
Travel to many countries carries the
Madigan the day would be remembered by sharing
photos and videos of past parades. Exec-
Irish penalty of a mandatory two-week quar- Muses utive Director Linda Carney should be
By Lisa O’ Rourke antine for people entering the country. By Marilyn Madigan commended for her dedicated leadership
At this time, this is not an “honor during this challenging time, with two
system” process. There are government parades being cancelled during her term.
prescribed hotels and accompanying The parade in 2022 will be a wonderful
costs. celebration for the Irish community; we
Packing? Spring, New
It is hardly a surprise that protests all look forward to participating. In the
have surfaced, as they have in many past, the Irish in America concentrated
other countries. The first one happened on their local celebrations for St. Patrick’s
Beginnings
in the population hub, Dublin, on Feb- Day. A new beginning during this time
Oh, the plans that we have made ruary 27. Hundreds of people came out, is that the Irish Diaspora all over the
about the places that we will go! We people who are frustrated, maybe with world shared their plans for celebrating
planned barbeques and parties and
talked and talked about all the fun that
life in general. But they protested and
threw things and got arrested. Spring is one of my favorite times of
our Irish Heritage. Irish Heritage Month
has been a busy time for many of us, with Voted Best Stone Oven Pizza
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we will have, this summer, when this is Then it happened again in Cork on the year, when everything comes back to events hosted by the Irish Embassy, na-
all over. March 6, a little less violent, less arrests, life. I am hoping that this spring will be a tional organizations such as the Ancient
These discussions gave us all a boost; but more people. There is a sense that favorite time for us all. Many of us will be Order of Hibernians and Ladies Ancient
what is more fun than party planning? the average person is reaching a break- vaccinated and the end of this pandemic Order of Hibernians, and many local
But now, I kind of have a feeling akin to ing point. Eleven weeks is a heck of a will soon be over. In April, we will gather Irish clubs/museums.
face-planting on cement. long time to be on a Level 5 lockdown, with our loved ones to celebrate Easter.
All this fun may have to be delayed and it isn’t over yet. As a Resurrection people, we will remem- LET US CELEBRATE, TOGETHER
again, making this the longest period The government is going slowly and ber those we lost, and know that one day The highlight of March is the Feast
of time that we have not been in Ireland gauging infection rates as they go. The we will be reunited with them. We will Day of St. Patrick. This year all were able
in thirty years. Definitely a first world reason was made more public by the take the lessons learned during this time to virtually attend Masses celebrated
problem. We are so lucky that no one Health minister, who did confirm that to enhance our lives. Our priorities will both nationally by the Hibernians and
has been seriously ill, but not so lucky hospital capacity in Ireland is a huge center on those who are important in our in our local communities. I personally
that we are missing family and friends. concern. Their system could be over- lives; family and friends. hope these types of events will continue
This is happening right as we are whelmed quickly. A catastrophe that During April, the Irish community in the future. We are not in competition
beginning to see the light at the end of resembled the Italian outbreak could usually recognize those units winning with each other; one is not damaged by
the Covid tunnel in the U.S., at least it happen in Ireland and take an awful awards in our Annual St. Patrick’s Day another’s success; it is not pie. When one
seems that way. The light is appearing toll. Parade. There will be no parade or does well, we all do well. Let us celebrate,
in Ireland too, but it seems more like a
pinprick than the U.S. flashlight.
It is impossible to think that tour-
ism has not been hit hard and had a
Awards Banquet this year, but we still
should remember how we honored our
together. Mini Donuts, Bagels, Mitchells Ice Cream,
Why? Honestly, that is a good ques-
tion, especially considering that the They will remain on Level 5 lockdown learning.
large impact on the economy. Tourism
is down, but it is also playing a less
Irish Heritage Month, last month.
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade Com-
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pharmaceutical industry is so strong in until April 5th.
Ireland. Pfizer and AstraZeneca both
So, what are the penalties for violat- significant part of the Irish GDP, as
It sounds like double secret probation ing the Lockdown rules? They primari- other sectors of the economy continue
mittee of the United Irish Societies of
Great Harvest Bread Co.
have a large presence there. They are and it kind of is. Level 5 is a ban on ly hit you in the wallet. Being caught on to grow. That is good news for Ireland, (Located Next to the Wild Goose)
picking up speed on the vaccination all non-essential travel. Residents are the road outside the 5 K perimeter will at least in part.
process after a slow start and have just confined to remain within 5 kilome- cost you around $120. You can travel Of course, there are areas, the beauty
reached a half a million vaccinated. ters of their residence. Non-essential outside that if you have a very good spots and charming towns, that depend Packing? a Master’s in Reading/Elementa-
Proximity to the UK and fear of the businesses are closed. If non-essential reason, like being an essential worker more heavily on foreign dollars and Continued from previous page ry Education. Lisa is a student of
variations on the disease may have work cannot be done remotely, it is not or a caregiver. have missed the tourists. These places everything Irish, primarily Gaeilge.
helped kick them into gear. happening. Travel abroad is also out of the ques- and some cultural events are definitely Even with going to see family, part of She runs a Gaeilge study group at
A few months ago, I thought that This week, construction workers tion. Non-essential travel can net a fine feeling the pinch. what we do is go places. the AOH/Mark Heffernan Division.
Ireland encapsulated so many noble have registered their complaints on of $600. There is a small list of essential I am writing this in the hopes of If the restaurants and attractions are She is married to Dónal and has two
qualities that I believed were sorely this topic. Many of them have been off reasons, like an overseas medical pro- helping those of you, who like us, said still closed or a spike in cases occurs, sons, Danny and Liam. Lisa enjoys
missing here in the US. I thought that work for a year. They are threatening a cedure. Somehow dentists in Tenerife that they were packed and ready to we could be burdening those family art, reading, music, and travel. She
the Irish were better examples of the mass exodus if they cannot go back to are suddenly extremely popular with go back traveling as soon as possible. and friends? Even if we are vaccinat- likes spending time with her dog,
self-sacrifice that was shown by the work. While there is some government the Irish. The same is true with Turkish Maybe not. ed, we cannot be assured yet that we cats and fish. Lisa can be contacted
WWII “Greatest Generation.” Oops! assistance for them, it means getting by, hair transplant clinics. They both have The expression goes that everywhere cannot be carriers, especially of the at olisa07@icloud.com.
Turns out that we are all human, and treading water. reported a surge in appointments at we travel we leave a footprint. Anyone multiple variants. The weight that we Please send any Akron events to
globally fed up with the pandemic and One big change is in schools. Stu- their clinics originating from Ireland. traveling must be cautious that the have to carry to travel this year might my email!
Downtown Willoughby
shutdown of our personal lives. Ireland dents are easing their way back into the Patients make appointments, receive footprint that they leave is not germ just be too much.
was doing well until Christmas. The classrooms, starting with the prima- confirmation letters and do not show infested. OK, maybe that is overkill, but Get More to the Story
surge after that holiday put them back ry students. By the end of March, all up for the appointment itself. Offices it is hard to feel good about traveling. Lisa O’Rourke is an educator from More pics, and larger print too!
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that lush blooms would grow. vaccines offer us up to 95% protection, provide them with a fact sheet that they This time last year, we watched as
Blowin, In
When my children were small, we
spent spring days playing at the park Terry From we are not totally protected. It is import-
ant to confront their disinformation about
can peruse before going for their shot.
Hesitancy in making such a decision is a
many countries were in process of
lockdown, there were curfews, and mass
By Susan Mangan or walking through the nature trails in
Huntington Woods. I taught them the
Derry the vaccines with scientific proof. We are good thing. chaos. Most of us were afraid of touching
By Terry Boyle presently at a very important juncture What is not good is when people any hard surface. We washed everything
names of flowers and trees. As chil-
and the road back to any kind of normal- become choosy about which vaccine they we touched. We were afraid to come into
dren, they were receptive students.
ity requires trusting the right sources for should get. The efficacy of any drug has contact with those closest to us, and gen-
Í@SueMangan DIFFERENT FLOWERS information and not hearsay. already been rigorously tested. There is erally cut ourselves off from one another.
Now, I am not certain that they If I am in agony with pain, then it no drug that guarantees 100% protection. A lot has changed in this past year, and
Flowers of A Better
would know the difference between would not benefit me to take the advice Some offer more protection than others, much will continue to change, even as
a ditch lily and a rose. Still, like that of the local politician or witchdoctor. We but in reality, they all reduce your risk of we get to the end of this crisis. Covid-19
Chance at
spring child from Chicago, I continue see a doctor when we are sick. Why? becoming seriously ill. has become part of who we are, and we
Spring
to plant seeds and hope that they will Because we believe they are trained in When it comes to providing informa- will have to continue to be on our guard
blossom. the science of healing the body. tion on vaccines, it is this fact that makes against further mutations.
Survival
My three children have grown like a When we allow the scaremongers a all the difference. You have a better Vaccination before we travel to other
field of early spring dandelions. Each
platform to air their superstitious beliefs, chance of survival with a vaccine than countries may become compulsory.
“The spring is coming by day they turn their faces to the sun
we put the people who are most at risk in without it. We may need a booster shot to provide
a many signs: with strength and confidence, even in
the wake of disappointment or chal- It has been, without a doubt, a very peril. We need to target those communi- Viruses will continue to plague us. A further protection. Masks may still be
The trays are up, strange year. We have all had to adjust to ties who are afraid to come forward to get
lenge. My youngest child is graduating virus is a life form, like ourselves, that necessary in some situations. We face an
the hedges broken down . . .
from high school this May and my a reality that most of us have never had the vaccine because of fear, and concen- fights to survive. Its ability to mutate uncertain future and how we proceed is
And where sun peeps,
in every sheltered place, oldest is graduating from college. to face before. There is not a day that trate our efforts at educating those groups means that our scientists must try to still unknown, but we should count our-
The early buttercups unfold . . I reflect on the years that have goes by without being reminded of how on the facts. keep ahead of the increasing number of selves lucky to have come this far.
The edges of the blackthorn passed more quickly than the fleeting precarious life has become. When we first started to help with the variants. We can be proud that, given the
clumps in gold.” blooms of a magnolia tree. Though I think it is fair to say that we are all vaccination roll out, the reaction of most scope of this pandemic, our scientists Get More to the Story
zoomed out, and binge watching is no people was relief. At last, they had an op- have done an incredible job in providing More pics, and larger print too!
they are, all three, on the cusp of
“Young Lambs” by John Clare longer one of our favourite past times. portunity to claw back some of what they us with a way to fight back against this @www.ohioianews.com
adulthood, the fragrance of their
youth is present during this bitter- For a year now, we have been wishing had lost. People lined up, eager to receive viral predator.
As winter melts into spring, shadows
sweet spring. and praying for a miracle. And, it would the hope science offered. It was heart-
change with the light. Hope in the
Recently, I have been pouring over be fair to say, that since the arrival of ening to be able to help those already
guise of violet crocuses and laughing
pictures of our many family holidays. vaccines, we have all been hoping that we compromised in their health, some suf-
daffodils emerges from the darkness.
How I treasure the time when my finally have turned a corner. Our hope is fering from dementia, and others simply
Vulnerable shoots of new asparagus
mother and her sister met our fam- not unfounded, since the rate of infec- desperate to protect what time they had
timidly shoulder their way through
ily in Ireland. In company with two tions have been dramatically reduced in left to them. As the weeks have gone by,
layers of autumn detritus.
grandmothers and many great-aunts, areas abiding by the restrictions and who it is interesting to note some differences.
Birds usher in the dawn with confi-
the children spent precious weeks col- have access to vaccines.
dent song. Creatures great and small
know that the world is opening up to a
lecting bouquets of wildflowers and sat During this time, we need to consider VACCINE REACTION
among blooms of pale butterwort near those people who are not fairly repre- While there have been some cases
new day.
Born in May, I am a child of spring.
the shores of Keem Beach.
While the wild thyme danced, the
sented in the vaccine roll out. People of of reactions to the drugs, the majority MENTOR BROOKLYN MONTROSE WESTLAKE
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landscaped vistas, but apple blossom themselves last in the race to get a vac- the good news that the media love, but
goose bumps and shrill cries of laugh-
trees did dot the small green spaces cine. This inequity is a fact of life in most the sensational. An adverse reaction, a
ter. Sitting side by side on a perfectly
of our stout brick bungalows. Many ers and put the bells of the blossoms would last forever. countries and should be addressed. possible death among millions who been
smooth rock, my mother pulled a
of our neighbors grew efficient urban atop each of their ten fingers. Nature The years have passed like kaleido- Over the past weeks, Larry and myself vaccinated becomes a headliner.
fleece blanket around my daughter’s
gardens utilizing the narrow plots of provides games as well as a touch of scope portraits, morphing into new have worked at a local vaccine site, and The media outlet quickly forgets that
arms and cuddled her as if the mo-
land between garages. In summer, magic. images of dreams and realities that it is interesting to note that the people over half a million people and count-
ment would never end.
fronds of dill would sway in the heat will unfold like the spring before us.
Over the years, I have watched my GATHERING THE TURF Inevitably, darkness turns into light.
we are serving are, for the most part, ing have died from Covid-19 in the
and Italian plum tomatoes would trail Through the years we continued to white, educated, and certainly not under U.S alone. Media sources were happy
sons leap through fields of Irish furze
up the grids of chain link fencing. Yet, despite the hour or season, some privileged. Of course, this is reflective of enough to keep our minds on the death
and heather, while they followed their travel to Ireland. As teenagers, the boys
I enjoyed growing flowers. My flowers tilt toward the moon and others
father on a tour of his native soil. worked together gathering turf beneath where we live. However, there are other clock during the worst of the pandemic,
mother would buy me tulip and daf- toward the sun.
During quiet times, the children and an unusually sweltering summer sun. parts of the country where there is more but they seem less happy to report the
fodil bulbs each fall; I planted them Tired and hungry, they ate fresh ham
their cousins laid bouquets of flowers diversity and where there is less favour- reduction in infections and deaths. How-
beneath the heavy yew evergreens sandwiches and toasted their hard work Susan holds a Master’s Degree in En-
at the shrine of the Virgin Mary in able representation at vaccination sites. ever, on the positive side, such reports
that flanked our home. Inevitably, with cups of tea. glish from John Carroll University and
their grandmother’s childhood village. Some of this disproportion is due to have also made it easier for people to ask
only one or two flowers would bloom I doubt they were trolling for dif- a Master’s Degree in Education from
She pointed out the country names of the antivaxxers myth pedaling. With no questions-questions-not statements, such
in early April, as sunshine could not ferent varieties of wildflowers during Baldwin-Wallace University. She may be
familiar blooms; beautiful purple and scientific reasoning or knowledge, these as ‘vaccines kill people.’
penetrate the heavy shrubs plant- their work, but rather spent most of contacted at suemangan@yahoo.com.
pink delphiniums were called “fairy’s people embrace conspiracy instead of The consent form, which at the
ed for privacy rather than beauty. their time avoiding the stinging nettles
fingers.” truth. The scare tactics of such propagan- beginning was readily signed without
Nevertheless, with the joyful spirit of that lined the field fencing. Together, Get More to the Story
My mother-in-law told us how as da has dangerous results for all of us. a thought, has become an opportunity
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little children walking through the Not only do they put themselves at risk, for people to share their concerns about
seeds in summer and stayed hopeful while making priceless memories that
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fields, they would spy the lovely flow- but they also put us at risk too. While the the vaccine, which is a good thing. We
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shrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame rapidly growing “new” sport. sion of female and African American
Cleveland in Cooperstown. There are over fifty Baseball was an activity that the laborers. The Knights of Labor influ-
in the Hall now. That is factual; the immigrant Irishman could engage in enced workers across America, and in
Irish American baseball creation myth is to become part of his adopted country. American baseball.
By Francis McGarry not so much. While the older generation could not
Bat and ball games date to over always understand this strange new BROTHERHOOD OF PROFESSIONAL
4,500 years ago in Egypt. The Egyp- pastime and its appeal, their Ameri- BASE BALL PLAYERS
tian leagues did not have so many of can born children and the young Irish It was eight years after the Molly
the sons of Ireland either. They did immigrants embraced it with enthusi- Maguires were hung that nine players
Baseball in
play a game called “skeker-bemat,” and asm. By the 1880s, forty percent of the of the New York “Hibernian” Giants
even depicted the game on the walls of players in the major leagues were of formed the Brotherhood of Professional
America, at
their temples. Irish decent. Base Ball Players. Six of those founding
Europe in the late 16th century had a The Cleveland Spiders began in the members were Irish. At the end of the
game called “rounders” that involved American Association in 1887, playing 1886 season, there were Brotherhood
Carnegie and
a leather covered ball, a round wood- at Payne Avenue and East 39th Street. chapters at all the National League
en bat and four bases that had to be They joined the National League in teams, with over 100 members. The
Ontario
run in order to score. If it looks like a
duck, swims like a duck, and quacks
like a duck…
1889.
On May 18th, 1889, the new baseball
season was upon the city. Cleveland
players union was officially recognized
by owners in 1887.
The Brotherhood of Professional Base
The Captures of Cash Athassel Priory
So, the game predates the Irish has just defeated Indianapolis 11-2, Ball Players solicited financial support
The National League began play Americans who flocked to it. When it bringing their record to eight wins and a Players’ League was chartered on By John Cash The Abbey was extensively restored
in 1876, and the Irish presence was happened in America, the Irish were and seven loses. Just over 1,400 fans December 10th, 1889. The league was in the 1970s and early 1980s; it is
MUNSTER CAHIR CASTLE well worth a visit.
visible from the start. Some of that is there and ready to participate. watched the game on the eastside supported by the American Federation The Castle you see in the town of
due to the confluences of history and a In 1837, an Irish hotel owner in New of Cleveland. O’Brien, McKean and of Labor and had teams in Boston, Cahir today is a wonderful exam- THE PRIORY OF ATHASSEL
game of numbers. York named John Murphy helped McAller scored multiple runs for the Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, ple of late 15th or early 16 th century Situated again on the west bank
The Irish in America had begun to found the Gotham Baseball Club. Spiders. New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. architecture in this Munster county. of The River Suir is Athassel Pri-
witness the emergence of its second Most teams at that time were com- They were not the only Irish stars Forty percent of the Players’ League However, you must go back further ory. This Augustinian priory was
generation after the Famine immi- prised of fellows who had another job. in Cleveland. Pitcher Jim McCormick players, five of the managers and six of for its origins. There was a castle founded circa 1201 by the Norman
grants had established a foot hold. In the 1860s, teams would compete twice led the league in wins. The the owners were Irish. built here in 1142 by Conor O’Brien. Lord, William De Burga. The priory
Populations of the Midwest and East for a city or state championship. In Spiders were contenders and moved to The Cleveland Infants signed Irish The Castle is positioned on a rocky was dedicated to St. Edmond by its
had large segments of Irish Ameri- New York, a team of Protestant clerks a new stadium at Lexington and East players like Ed Delahanty. Ed wore an outcrop, now an Island in the River founder, who was married to the
can males, and those fellows took to played a team of Irish workingmen. 66th Street. Cy Young joined the Spi- Irish harp pinned to his uniform. The Suir, surrounded by water; this daughter of Donal mor O’Brien.
baseball. Teams like the Troy Tro- The best of three championship ders in 1892, one of only two teams in Cleveland Infants lost money and so played a major part in its defence. At its most powerful, Athassel
jans, Holyoke Shamrocks, Cleveland games ended in the third game with the black that year. Cleveland finished did the rest of professional baseball, In the early 13th century, the castle was very important; the prior of this
was granted to Philip of Worchester, monastery even had a seat in Parlia-
Spiders, St. Louis Browns and Chicago some of the clerks getting hit by 2nd in 1895 and 1896. Frank DeHass the Players’ League and the National
before being granted to the Butlers ment in England. It was an attempt
White Sox all benefitted from their stones after a few questionable calls. Robison was their owner. He was League. The Cleveland Infants were not
in the 14th century. The castle in by the Norman conquerors of Ireland
Irish stars. The game was called due to the riot; a unhappy with the attendance at home allowed to join the National League to show that they could also estab-
The years of 1880 to 1920 witnessed precursor to Ten Cent Beer Night in games, and he “traded” players to his after the demise of the Players’ League Cahir was, for a long period, consid-
ered to be the only Castle in Ireland lish lavish and large religious sites,
over two dozen Irish Americans en- Cleveland? other team in St. Louis. in 1890. and it was not just Irish royalty that
The 1899 Cleveland team was not On April 5th 2021, the Kansas City virtually impregnable.
could do so.
BASEBALL’S FIRST CURVEBALL good at all, going 20-134. Perhaps to Royals come to Cleveland at Progres- However, it was surrendered to
Like many medieval sites in Ire-
Oliver Cromwell in 1649, during his
It was not until 1869 that the Cin- add insult to injury for Robison, who sive, even if I still call it “the Jake.”
campaign here in Tipperary. The land, the site has a varied history of Holy Cross Cahir Castle
cinnati Red Stockings became the first had established streetcar systems Perhaps a few less Irish on the field, good times and bad. By the time it
Castle now has many refurbished Brian Boru was the only King of name, so they chose to take Uibh
all professional team to be organized. across America and in Cleveland, 1899 but many more in the stands. came to the dissolution of the mon-
rooms; if you wanted a f lavour of Munster to become High King of Brien as their surname, meaning of
Two years later, ten teams met on St. witnessed the Streetcar Strike as well. asteries in the 16th century, Athassel
living in 15th or 16 th century Ireland, Ireland. It is because of his patron- or from Brian. This was eventually
Patrick’s Day to plan the first profes- The streetcars stayed in Cleveland, the Francis McGarry holds undergradu- you will get it here. had already seen better days, with
The Home of Fine sional baseball league. Andy Leon- Spiders did not. They were dismantled ate degrees from Indiana University in only a few religious left there. age of the Harp that we still use the anglicized to O’Brien.
European & American HOLY CROSS CISTERCIAN ABBEY
LIVE ard was the first Irish-born, County in 1900. Anthropology, Education and History harp on Irish passports and coins The O’Brien’s were a true Irish
Comfort Food The Cistercian Abbey of Holy THE O’BRIEN’S today. Boru died after the Battle of family who left us an incredibly
MUSIC!
Cavan, player in the league. He was This was not the only intersection and a Masters in Social Science from
TUESDAY: Tacos & Margaritas joined by Irishman, Arthur “Candy” of protest and sport. In June of 1877, the University of Chicago. He is an Cross was founded circa 1180. It You will notice the Clontarf in 1014. built heritage here in Co. Tipperary;
WEDNESDAY: Wing Night Cummings, the first pitcher to throw a the Molly Maguires were arrested in assistant principal and history teacher. is situated on the west bank of the name O’Brien is asso- At the time, the I have only shown you a selection.
THURSDAY: Burger Night River Suir, in Co. Tipperary. It was ciated with all of this tradition was to take By 1332, Brian O’Brien had recap-
SUNDAY: Brunch, 9am-2pm Daily Happy curveball. Pennsylvania. All of the arrested Mol- Francis is a past president of the Irish
founded by Donal Mor O Brien, month’s sites. This one your father’s first name tured much of Tipperary from the
Hour Baseball paid more than most more ly Maguires were also members of the American Club East Side. He is the
the King of the Thomond region of family played an im- as your surname. This Normans. While the O’ Brien’s were
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