This weekend is Halloween.
To all our friends and readers,
we wish you a delightful and benignly
frightful weekend. Halloween has
Celtic Roots so we devoted the last issue
of our new weekly
IRISHNEWS USA
to Samhain,
the Celtic New Year
as well as
Halloween!
We have two fine contributors;
Adrien Rain Burke
and True Thomas, the Celtic Storyteller.
For some of you that might not already
know, I have started a new weekly offering
to subscribers of my newspaper,
the Irish News & Entertainment.
Our intention is to get it out every
Tuesday by the end of the day
It is an Irish Interest E-mail Newsletter.
In it is information on how to subscribe
to the paper and/or the newsletter.
I'm also about ready to post a new piece on
my Economics of Chaos blog; that should be
up by Thursday Morning (November 5).
Since I usually post here erratically,
I suggest that you sign up as a follower;
that is best because BlogSpot will then notify
you of each new post.
One final note on the printed version of
the Irish News.
I am in need of someone to help with
the layout. We use Quark,
but in theory at least any program
that can save a pdf would do
if we assigned work page by page.
We also need sales and
marketing representatives.
I always appreciate comments
from our readers.
All the best,
Jim McDonough
Here is the link to the Irish E-Missive...
This blog segment is devoted to travel and history.
We have contributions and reviews from several sources.
We start with the The History of Gaelic games in
Irish transport which is the sub title and topic of
a new Irish book.
"Buses, Trains and Gaelic Games" (A history of gaelic games in Irish transport)
by John Cassidy
The book was launched in theCroke Park on Wednesday 21st October. It was launched by Dave Dinneen a grand-nephew of Frank Dinneen who bought Croke Park in 1908 for £3,500 and held it in trust for the GAA until 1913.
Picture L. To R.; Charlie McGinley, Donegal Association, Dublin. Christina McGinley. Aine and John Cassidy. Eddie McGinley and Noel Cassidy.
Irish Heritage in Montana
Travel with our Guest Writer
by Mary Pat Tuxbury
Shake your shillelagh in Montana and you will surely get a few smiles from the Irish Americans. The Irish came to Montana to be miner's, loggers, railroad builders and farmers. It has been said that by the early 1900's there were more Irish in Butte, Montana, than in the city of Boston. They brought with them names like Murphy, Daly, Sullivan and O'Reilly. A work ethic built on the American dream and a strong Catholic back ground proved them unstoppable.
Montana is 570 miles wide and 315 miles deep, the fourth largest state, giving its Irish population room to spread out and find a place to call home.
A success story in our area is that of Marcus Daly, who was born in County Cavan. He came to Montana and started the mining company that would be known as The Anaconda Company. The similarities of the landscape would entice his fellow Irishman to come to work for his company. When Daly needed lumbar for his mines he incorporated the City of Hamilton where the saw mills provided people with income and a sleepy town to raise their families, The Daly's kept a summer home in the city, and it is currently being restored as a historical site. Welcome to the Daly Mansion website .
In early August the city of Butte is over-run with Irish, Irish Americans and Irish-for-the-day folks who come for the craic of this wonderful celebration. From dawn to dusk there is an activity to interest all.
There are many pubs with an Irish flair, my personal favorite is Sean Kelly's, the Shepherds pie is wonderful.
The Celtic Connection in downtown Missoula, provides a shop with common Irish products like Tea and Crunchies. It carries an array of products from Ireland and crafts and food from locals.
And we cannot leave out , Pug Mahon's Irish Pub in Billings. I've not had the pleasure of visiting this establishment yet.....but some day~~
Montana is a great vacation spot, but as Granny would say, "Oh, you can come for a visit, but I haven't got the room for you to move in with me.
From the mountains of Montana,
Mary Pat Tuxbury
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