The Copenhagen Post: St. Patrick's Day Supplement

ST PATRICK’S DAYSUPPLEMENT

We would like to wish all our readers a Happy St Patrick’s Day!

11 - 17 MARCH 2011

The Copenhagen Post St Patrick’s Day Supplement 2011

ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADEWHERE: City Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen), Cph KWHEN: from Thursday 13:00

PROGRAMME:13.00: Tullamore Dew Irish Co� ee Tent opens; St. Patrick’s Day Shop opens15.30: Live dancing and music from: Trad Lads, Green Steps and the Dark Green School of Irish Dancing16.00: Parade participants should arrive around this time17.00: Parade starts led by Tom McEwan as St Patrick17.45: Parade ends

REMEMBER: Wearing GREEN is an absolute must for parade attendees. Forgetful revellers can buy green gear from the St Patrick’s Day Shop.For more information contact: [email protected]

ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

Not many nati onal holidays have as much/the same universal appeal as St Patrick’s Day. What began in the 17th century as a religious feast day celebrati ng Ireland’s most common-

ly recognised patron saint, has long since become a secular holi-day, celebrati ng all that is Irish. Citi es globally see a sudden surge in sales of Guinness and stout and the sudden emergence of green-clad revellers singing and partying late into the night. They even dye the Chicago River green every year for the occasion.

Copenhagen will also see a river of green fl owing through the streets on the day as the St Patrick’s Day Parade returns to the city for its seventh year. While we are not lucky enough to be given the day off as they are in Ireland, the organisers have been considerate enough to start the festi viti es in the aft ernoon, giving us the chance to get almost a full day of work in before pulling on a green jumper and joining in the fun.

The day’s celebrati ons are focused on Rådhuspladsen, beginning at 15.30 with a selecti on of traditi onal Irish music and dancing to get us into the spirit. Green Steps, Trad Lads and the Dark Green School of Irish Dancing will be strutti ng their stuff and playing us traditi onal tunes while children can get free St Patrick’s Day face-painti ng. Green is the colour of the day and without it on your person you

can’t really be seen to be taking the celebrati on seriously enough. This might be alarming to those of us whose wardrobes are enti rely bereft of the colour. But don’t worry, you can sti ll join the fun as St Patrick’s Day hats and accessories will be available for sale at the St Patrick’s Day Shop from 13.00, ensuring everyone looks the part.

It might sti ll be a litt le early in the year to spend hours exposed to the elements. To keep the nippy spring air from dampening your spirits head over to The Tullamore Dew Irish Coff ee tent, also open-ing at 13.00, for an invigorati ng Irish brew.

The parade will start at Rådhuspladsen at 17.00, though if you are considering att ending you are urged to arrive an hour earlier so that the organisers can get a good idea of numbers before it kicks off .

With Tom McEwan at the helm as St. Patrick, the parade will head out from the square down Vester Voldgade before turning towards Christi ansborg, along the canal to Højbro Plads before turning back along Gammel Strand, right up towards Gammeltorv, over Strøget before returning to Rådhuspladsen along Vestergade (see pages 6-7 for details). An historic and scenic route, joining the parade would be a good idea for newcomers to Copenhagen not yet fully ac-quainted with the city - a rare and unique opportunity to celebrate and sightsee in tandem.

Lasti ng about 45 minutes, the parade should arrive back at Råd-huspladsen a litt le before six. While in previous years it would be followed by an aft er-party, this year your ti me is your own and with plenty of Irish pubs and bars in the city, fi nding somewhere to move on to shouldn’t be a problem.

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WHAT IS ST PATRICK’S DAY?

St Patrick’s Day is a holiday commemorating the death of Ireland’s pa-tron saint on March 17 in the year 461. It is thought that Patrick was born in Roman Britain and kidnapped by Irish raiders when he was 16.

After living as a slave in Ireland he managed to � ee and return to Britain. After becoming a priest he returned to Ireland as a bishop to spread the Christian faith. Folklore claims he banished snakes from the island though this is not thought to be true.

Though the earliest recorded celebrations of St Patrick occur as early as the 9th and 10th centuries, it was not until 1903 that the day became an o� cial public holiday in Ireland. Originally a religious celebration, the holiday has becoming increasingly secular over time and is now seen as a celebration of Irish culture more generally. In fact the Irish government of the mid-1990s developed a plan to use the day to promote the Irish brand globally.

While this may be the case, the day still remains the most important day in the Irish cultural calendar.

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LEADING FROM THE FRONTI’ve had the honour to be asked to front the Paddy’s Day Parade through Copenhagen as Saint Patrick two or three times in re-cent memory. What a joy! What a total craic! To walk proudly at the head of a passionate swathe of lovely folk dressed from head to foot in emerald green: from the swirl of the pipes and drums on the ear and the twirl of the danc-ers’ dresses and long legs on the eye, to meeting smiles from all and sundry as we make our way through the city centre. If you’ve never joined in on one of these occasions I urge you to give it a go, particularly if it’s not peeing down.

I’m not Irish but Scottish. But who was St. Patrick? His birthplace is shrouded in mystery. Was he Welsh, Scots, or dare I say, even English? Ye Gods! The auld enemy? Surely not! The Scots and The Irish have stood side by side many times on the battle� eld ... very clannish are we Celts.

Slainté to you all and who knows I might bump into you in one of the pubs for a pint or three?

Ian Burns is currently performing in David Mamet’s ‘Oleanna’ at the Krudttønden theatre in Østerbro, just around the corner from Parken Stadium. Performances start at 20:00 (Saturday 17:00) and tickets cost 95–165kr. Contact 2840 0723 or see page G3 for more details.

THE FAMILY WHO KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE

For Americans of Irish descent Tim and Ra Chel Moran from Utah, this will be their fth pa-rade, and they - and their four daughters, all of whom are dancing mad - can’t wait for the festivities to begin. Here Tim Moran re� ects on last year’s parade and looks ahead to 2011.

Since moving to Copenhagen over four years ago the three eldest Moran girls - Madison (17), Mc-

Kenzie (13), McCall (11) - have participated in the Copenhagen St Patrick’s Day celebration every

year, dancing at Rådhuspladsen, walking in the parade and dancing at the after-party. We have

a fourth daughter, Kennedy (8), who’s still too young to walk the parade, but she does attend the

other festivities and has a great time as do all the kids. The girls really enjoy walking in the parade

and love showing o¡ their Irish dance solo dresses. You could say the Copenhagen St. Patrick’s Day

parade celebration has pretty much become a Moran family tradition. The girls have been dancing

for seven years, and often com-

pete in feiseanna [a feis is a fes-

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that generally centres around

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Organisers have introduced a new over-40s race where the emphasis is more on quantity than on speed. By Jimmy Fyfe

You wouldn’t believe it but it has been ten years since the fi rst beer-toti ng green people started running through the streets of Copenhagen on March 17 every year. That’s right, 2011 marks the tenth anniversary of the famous St Patrick’s Day three-legged race and it has come a long

way since only 36 people turned up to be ti ed together to hobble from pub to pub though the city in the fi rst running of the race back in 2001.

Since then the race has seen a huge growth in size and popularity, and last year saw more than 400 people turn up for the event.

The basic premise is that competi tors are ti ed together and let loose on the 3km course where they need to stop off at six ‘pitstops’ (Irish pubs) along the way. At each pub punters are required to down half a pint of beer and get their scorecard stamped by the bartender as proof.

This year the race will kick off at 14:30 and will once again leave from the Shamrock Inn, located at Jernbanegade 7, just around the corner from Palads Cinema. Although no longer on the drinking route, Kennedy’s Bar on Gammel Kongevej is sti ll one of the offi cial pitstops and the organisers are again using it as the point of registrati on and a place to get the racers ready, with registrati on starti ng at 13:00. The entry cost of a 50kr minimum donati on goes to this year’s chosen charity.

From the Shamrock Inn runners will head off on the route with stops along the way at the Globe, the Irish Rover, Bloomsday and the Dubliner.

In its decade-long history organisers have seen all sorts of shenanigans pulled, from cheats taking taxis, people stealing others’ scorecards to prevent them getti ng stamps, and competi tors trying their luck on skateboards (which they abandoned prett y quickly!). 2008 even saw competi tors run the race in blizzard conditi ons.

The race att racts all sorts so whether you be Irish, non-Irish, tourist, expat or Dane, all are welcome to join in the fun.

Although some of the original competi tors have hung up their boots as far as actually running the event, many conti nue to be involved in an organisati onal capacity.

This year, along with the regular race, there will be a special ‘over 40s run’ included in the day. This will take place aft er the main event, between 17:00 and 23:00. As one of the organisers Siobhan Kelleher says: “As the race gets older, we all get older, and racing three-legged through the streets of Copenha-gen is just not as easy as it was ten years ago! So we decided to cater for those long-ti me supporters of the race, who these days prefer a slower approach to life.” The over-40s race involves parti cipants accumulati ng points for every drink they have at the parti cipati ng pubs and starts at Kennedy’s for registrati on and leg ti es.

The race isn’t just about getti ng ti psy and having a good ti me though. Since 2007 organisers have used it as a fundraising event and have raised more than 100,000kr for various chariti es since then.

In the fi rst two years of fundraising almost 50,000kr was raised for the Rigshospitalet with money go-ing to the children’s cancer ward in 2007 and to the neonatal clinic in 2008, where blankets and other materials were bought for babies born prematurely.

2009 and 2010 saw the race work with BØRNEfonden, an organisati on that helps disadvantaged chil-dren in poor countries, with 30,000kr being raised in 2009 and another 25,000kr in 2010. Last year also saw an extra 5000kr being raised for a Cambodian organisati on that works with local communiti es.

The event is sponsored by Carlsberg, which is donati ng the beer that will be drunk for free.

Although the race is the main fundraising event of the day, there will also be stalls to get face-painti ng and tatt ooing done in return for a donati on. Limited editi on CDs featuring Irish rock music and Paddy’s Day three-legged race t-shirts will also be on sale.

For those that would like to contribute but aren’t so keen to run the race there will be collecti on boxes at each of the parti cipati ng Irish bars. Donati ons can be made on St Patrick’s Day itself and also in the weeks running up to the day.

PARTICIPANTS ACCOUNTS:By Lina Kirjazovaite

2008: First year dating an Irishman, � rst year celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day, � rst three-legged race. Noon. Grim and snow-ing. Many layers of clothing and thick socks – we’re on the way to Kennedy’s. We might even have a good chance of win-ning, assuming not too many bother to run in this weather. Already from far away, we can see a � ock of a good hundred people in green. Sign up. Legs tighten. Now we’re stuck together. Go! Shamrock. First beer: we’re doing well. Tactics - the Globe is next. First struggle with the stairs. Irish Rover, get-ting tired, but we’re still quite ahead of the others. Bloomsdays. Just want to sit and relax, but the others are catching up. “Run! Run!” – we hear everybody screaming. One pint and we are � nished. Came � fth, brilliant! This was hard, much harder than expected. Quite a test to a new relationship too, but it was worth it. Did we do the race again? Of course, next year we � ew in from London just to be part of it! Last year I had to work. Dave entered with a friend. But in 2011 we’ll be back tied together!


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SPEND A WHILE ON THE EMERALD ISLE DublinSti ll as fair as the day Molly Malone walked the streets hawking her cockles and mussels, Dublin is a fantasti c city to visit. As the capital you can imagine that a lot of tourists wind up here and being a visitor is certainly easy. Everywhere you look there are open bus tours (highly recommended) and signs explaining the historical signifi cance of diff erent buildings and places of interest. Not to be missed are the Temple Bar Area (great for catching a tradi-ti onal band) and the world-famous Trinity College campus, where you can catch a glimpse of the historic Book of Kells. And you must try the Guinness Storehouse Experience. The exhibiti on is housed in an old storehouse and stretches across seven diff erent fl oors, each with a diff erent interacti ve and informati ve exhibit.

Giant’s Causeway, County AntrimOne of the most recognisable desti nati ons in (Northern) Ireland, the sight of the Giant’s Causeway is not easily forgott en. There are thought to be about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns stretching along this piece of craggy coastline and out to sea. Legend has it that the path was built by a giant so that he could walk to Scotland and fi ght his counterpart there. And don’t forget the nearby Organ Pipes, another geological wonder that is well worth a look. The site is equipped with a good visitor’s centre and parti cularly in summer the views out to sea are beauti ful.

BelfastWith less obvious charm than its southern counterpart, Belfast oft en gets overlooked on the tourist trail, but Northern Ireland’s capital city has a lot to off er. Packed with clubs, bars and restaurants, you can always be sure of entertainment. If you’re looking for something a bit more cultural you can take one of the varied city tours on off er to you, whether that be a conventi onal city tour or a more adventurous mural tour that gives an insight into life during the Troubles. Alternati vely, the Stormont (Northern Ireland Assembly) estate is a nice place for a walk, and the view of the city from the Victoria Centre dome is unmissable.

Blarney Castle and the Blarney Stone, County CorkWith the original structure dati ng back to 1200 AD, the castle and the surrounding estate are a great desti nati on for any history lover. The castle has changed hands a number of ti mes over the centuries and during the Confederate Wars was seized by parliamentarian forces. Today some rooms and batt lements are sti ll accessible to tourists. The Blarney Stone is built into the castle’s foundati ons and it is believed that anyone who kisses the stone is endowed with the gift of fl att ery. Millions come each year from across the globe hoping to be a recipient of some of the stone’s gift .

Although Ireland may not be top of your summer holiday list, perhaps you should think again, as it really

does have a lot to off er. Admitt edly the weather can someti mes leave something to be desired (they do say

that the best way to work out which season you’re in is to measure the temperature of the rain), but there

is a lot to do, whatever you’re interested in, and the temperature has been known to reach more than 30

degrees on occasion (okay, once).

Regardless of what it is that you’re looking for from your holiday, Ireland has something to off er. And when

I say Ireland I mean the Irish land-mass, because Northern Ireland also has many great att racti ons. Person-

ally I think one of the best things about visiti ng Ireland is that you don’t have to decide on whether you

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THE A-Z OFIRELAND

From Angela’s Ashes to Zombie Computer Band, here’s another 26 reasons why Ireland’s fame has stretched far and wide across the globe. By Ruth Styles

A is for Angela’s Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiogra-phy by Irish-American author Frank McCourt. Bleak in parts,

Angela’s Ashes charts McCourt’s impoverished upbringing in Lim-erick, his father’s struggles with alcoholism, and his resourceful mother’s att empts to keep the family intact. Compelling, beauti -fully writt en and haunti ng, the book reveals a side of Ireland now largely consigned to the past.

B is for the Brazen Head, Ireland’s oldest pub, which opened in 1198 and has since played host to a starry clientele including

James Joyce, Jonathan Swift , revoluti onary Wolf Tone and, er, Van Morrison. Ageing rockers aside, the pub now boasts a youthful crowd thanks to the hearty Irish classics on the menu, live music and, of course, its perfectly poured pints of Guinness.

C is for Colcannon, a traditi onal Irish dish made from mashed potatoes and cabbage that has a Danish equivalent in Bikse-

mad. Although it might sound a bit dull, it’s usually enlivened with lashings of cream, leeks, garlic and bacon, making it one to try when dieti ng is the last thing on your mind.

D is for Dublin, the capital of Ireland and one of the world’s best places for a party, thanks to its wealth of friendly places for a

pint – currently 1,000 pubs and counti ng. Originally founded as a Viking sett lement, its English name comes from the Irish Dubh Linn or ‘Black Pool’. Packed with wonderful historical monuments such as Dublin Castle, built in 1204, Dublin also has more green spaces per square kilometre than any other city in Europe – 97 percent of its residents live within 300 metres of a park.

E is for Erin or Éirinn, the original name for Ireland. According to Irish folklore, the island was christened Erin by the Milesians

[Gaelic Celts] who named it aft er their mother goddess, Ériu. The name Erin is sti ll the name used in Welsh for Ireland and is among the country’s 20 most popular girls’ names.

F is for Colin Farrell, an actor famous for playing Alexander in the skirt-and-sandals epic of the same name as well as roles in

Tigerland, Miami Vice and Minority Report. Like fellow Irish thesp Jonathan Rhys Meyers, he’s also famously fond of a pint or three. Not to be confused with Colin Farrell, the similarly named New Zealand rugby player.

G is for Guinness, the Irish nati onal drink and fuel for many a wild night on the town. Invented by brewer Arthur Guinness

in the 1760s, Guinness has gone on to become one of the world’s most successful beer brands – a staggering 13 million pints of the black stuff are drunk every year.

H is for Jamie Heaslip, an Israeli-born Irish rugby player, widely considered to be one of the best around. His career has in-

cluded a litany of notable moments, including being the 1000th player to wear the Irish green, a nominati on for the Internati onal Rugby Board’s player of the year in 2009 and being part of the team which won the Six Nati ons, also in 2009.

I is for Ireland’s Call, the nati onal anthem used when sports teams represent the whole island (including Northern Ireland). Devoid

of politi cal connotati ons, it’s also quite possibly the catchiest na-ti onal anthem ever writt en.

J is for James Joyce, the world-famous Irish novelist and poet without whom no A-Z of Ireland could be complete. Though

much of his life was spent abroad, his fi cti onal universe never ex-tended beyond Dublin’s city limits, about which he famously said: ‘For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin, I can get to the heart of all the citi es of the world.’

K is for the footballing duo, Robbie and Roy Keane, two of Ire-land’s greatest players. Between them, they’ve notched up

171 internati onal appearances and scored an impressive 54 goals.

L is for Leap Castle, a 15th century pile that is also believed to be Ireland’s most haunted building. Built by the O’Bannon family,

the castle has played host to some bloody moments, including the murder of one O’Bannon brother by another in the chapel. Ghostly residents are said to include a small grey spectre with black holes for eyes whose appearance is heralded by the smell of decompos-ing corpses and sulphur.

M is for Munster, an Irish province that includes some of the country’s most picturesque coastal areas, and the town of

Tralee, famous for its annual ‘Rose of Tralee’ festi val that celebrates Ireland’s most beauti ful women.

N is for Nosferatu, the name given to the 1922 German fi lm based on Irish writer Bram Stoker’s classic gothic horror novel,

Dracula. Starring Max Schrek as the sinister Count Orlok, the fi lm is considered to be a masterpiece of the German Expressive genre.

O is for Orla Kiely, an Irish designer famed for her graphic prints and astute use of colour. Other brilliant Irish designers

include Paul Costelloe, John Rocha, Philip Treacy, Louise Kennedy and Lainey Keogh.

P is for Pádraig Harrington, an Irish golfer who at the relati vely young age of 39 has already got two Opens and one US PGA

under his belt. In total, he’s won a staggering 26 tournaments dur-ing the course of his professional career and was also part of the European Ryder Cup team which saw off Team USA last year.

Q is for Quidditch, the fi cti onal sport in which Ireland won the World Cup in the novel Harry Pott er and the Goblet of Fire,

beati ng off competi ti on from Bulgaria with the help of live lepre-chaun mascots. While the Danish team’s fortunes are unknown, England, running true to form, got knocked out by Uganda in the quarter-fi nals.

R is for Ryanair, Ireland’s biggest airline and Europe’s second largest in terms of passengers carried. Its epic success has

been matched by the epic number of controversies associated with it, most recently when a party of Belgian students staged a sit-in on board one of its planes in protest at the airline’s extra charges.

S is for Shamrock, a three-leafed white clover and one of Ire-land’s nati onal symbols. Oft en confused with the lucky four-

leafed clover, the shamrock actually symbolises the Christi an Holy Trinity.

T is for Terry Wogan, a radio and television presenter born in Limerick, who at one point att racted eight million listeners to

his daily Radio 2 breakfast show, making him the most listened-to broadcaster in Europe. Loved for his scathing and hilarious Euro-vision commentary, Wogan received a knighthood in the Briti sh queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2005.

U is for U2, one of Ireland’s most famous musical exports. Singer Bono, guitarist The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer

Larry Mullen have together racked up an astonishing 150 million record sales worldwide and have picked up 22 Grammy Awards – more than any other band – along the way.

V is for Vincent O’ Brien, a race horse trainer who, in 2003, was voted the greatest ever infl uence on the sport by readers of in-

dustry mag, The Racing Post. His longti me friend and stable jockey, the Englishman Lester Piggott , came second.

W is for Wolfe Tone, a leading fi gure in the 18th century Irish independence movement who is widely considered to be

the father of Irish Republicanism. Wolfe Tone’s legacy can also be seen in the plethora of Gaelic athleti cs clubs, such as Wolfe Tones CLG, County Meath, which bear his name.

X is for Xileafón, the Irish Gaelic word for xylophone. Tenuous, yes, but it did beat ‘x-gha’, the Irish Gaelic word for x-ray.

Y is for Yseult of Ireland, the famously beauti ful Irish princess who married King Mark of Cornwall only to fall in love with

Arthurian knight, Sir Tristan. Like Shakespeare’s Juliet, Yseult came to a tragic end, crushed in the arms of her beloved Tristan at her request. She is believed to be buried at Chapeliziod in Dublin.

Z is for Zombie Computer Band, an electronic rock band from Cork. Formed last year, the band has already tasted success with

Indian Summer, the ti tle track from their fi rst album that is gaining ground with Ireland’s cool crowd. Z is also for Zombie – a classic track by Irish rockers, The Cranberries - and for Zooropa, the Gram-my-winning 1993 follow-up to U2’s hit 1991 album, Achtung Baby.

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Many good stories have been lost over the years due to immigrati on, oft en because it is too challenging to keep track

of who was who and where they started their lives. The historical fi gures on this list of unsung Irish men and women

did most of their work outside of Ireland itself or, at least, just off its coasts. They played sports, hacked out a living in

the colonies, fought pirates or were pirates themselves, and survived society scandals. The only common trait of the

six is that they were born in Ireland. Just as the railroad baron in the 1939 fi lm Dodge City tells his workers: “Well, it

takes all kinds of men to build a railroad.” They swift ly reply: “No sir, just us Irish.” By Alexis Kunsak

THE UNCELEBRATED

BEHIND THE PRESIDENTIAL POWERAn Irish architect, who was born in County Kil-kenny and trained at the Dublin Society’s Draw-ing School, won the competi ti on to design the White House in 1792. President George Wash-ington had already seen Hoban’s work in South Carolina and greatly admired his Charleston County Courthouse of 1790. Hoban’s winning design for the competi ti on looked very much like the courthouse: a three-storey building with nine bays, or recessed areas, going across. Washington preferred a two-story building faced enti rely in stone, with 11 bays across, and so the design was changed accordingly. In August of 1814 the Briti sh invaded and set fi re to the White House. Aft er the war, Hoban was assigned the task of restoring it to its original design. Although commemorati ve stamps have been released in America and Ireland and James Hoban’s Irish Restuarant and Bar sits on the embassy-lined streets of the capital, no detailed portrait of Hoban exists. In the 1880s most of his documents were destroyed in a fi re, including his designs and personal lett ers. The only image sur-viving from his lifeti me is a profi le in wax made by an iti nerant German arti st.

THE INFAMOUS SPIDER DANCERLola Montez was the stage name of one of the 19th century’s most infamous characters. She herself encouraged confl icti ng reports on the facts of her life, so although her real name defi -nitely was Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, she may have been born in 1818 or 1821, either in Limerick or in Grange, County Sligo. Her documented trav-els, performances and love life were extraordi-nary enough to inspire rumours by themselves, though she remains most famous for her ‘Spider Dance’, a kind of tarantella that off ered revealing glimpses of her body as she shook rubber spiders out of her dress. Eliza Gilbert disti nguished her-self early on with her dark beauty, fi erce temper and wild ways. Her family moved to India when she was a toddler, but sent Eliza back to England for school when she turned 10. She eloped with an army offi cer when she was 16, but separated with him fi ve years later in Calcutt a and cre-ated her act as a dancer. Under the name ‘Lola Montez’ she debuted on the London stage as a dancer, but was recognised as Mrs Eliza James, causing a scandal. She became known publicly

as a courtesan, accepti ng favours from wealthy men, and moved widely within European cul-tural circles, which included Franz Liszt, George Sand and Alexandre Dumas. Her aff air with King Ludwig I of Bavaria won her the ti tle Countess of Landsfeld, but created such a scandal she had to fl ee as the king abdicated his throne. Work-ing as a dancer and actress, she resurrected her reputati on in the United States with her ‘Spider Dance’, entertained miners in Australia, and tried to sett le down again in San Francisco, be-fore dying of pneumonia in New York in 1861. She is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brook-lyn under the name ‘Mrs Eliza Gilbert’. In 1955 German director Max Ophüls made her story into a criti cally-acclaimed fi lm called ‘Lola Mon-tes’, starring Marti ne Carol and Peter Usti nov, and she is one of the central characters in Royal Flash, the second book in the Flashman series by George Macdonald Fraser.

FIRST OLYMPIC CHAMPIONJohn Mary Pius Boland was a spirited Irish na-ti onalist and parliamentarian, who is most re-membered for being in the right place at the right ti me. An avid traveller and tennis player, Boland happened to be in Athens at the same ti me as the fi rst modern Olympic Games in 1896. He was visiti ng his friend Thrasyvoulos Manos, who was part of the organising committ ee, and was persuaded to enter the tennis singles and doubles competi ti ons. He defeated Friedrich Traun of Germany in the fi rst round, the Greeks Evangelos Rallis in the second and Konstanti nos Paspati s in the semi-fi nals, and then Dionysios Kasdaglis of Egypt in the fi nal round. Aft erwards he partnered Friedrich Traun to gold in the dou-bles as well. Ireland was sti ll part of the United Kingdom at the ti me, so the medals were credit-ed to the UK, but Boland asked the committ ee to raise the Irish fl ag in honour of the achievement. Unfortunately, they did not actually have one at hand for the awards ceremony. Boland went on to represent the Irish Nati onalist Party in the Briti sh Parliament for the consti tuency of South Kerry from 1900 to 1918.

THE PIRATE QUEENGrace O’Malley is the anglicised version of Gráinne Ní Mháille, and as chieft ain of the O’Mháille clan, Queen of Umaill and as a fi erce

pirate in 16th century Ireland, she would have hated anything Briti sh. As a child she begged her father to let her join his trading expediti on to Spain, and when he joked about her long hair getti ng caught in the rigging, she cut it off to shame him into taking her along. The nickname her father gave her aft erwards was ‘Gráinne Mhaol’ or ‘Bald Grace’, which stuck in the angli-cised version ‘Granuaile’. Despite being a staple character in Irish folklore – let’s face it, an Irish noblewoman leading a band of 200 raiders off the coast of Galway sounds like a fi cti onal char-acter straight out of the pages of Robert Louis Stephenson – she was anything but. She charged taxes to ships passing through her waters, fought other clans over her territory, and was a con-stant thorn in the side of the Briti sh. Ní Mháille was imprisoned twice and had an audience with Queen Elizabeth I, where they spoke in Lati n and negoti ated the removal of the Briti sh governor in Ireland. She gave birth to four children, the last one while at sea, and according to legend she fought Turkish pirates alongside her men the day aft er the birth. Her ships att acked other trading ships and fortresses along the coast of Ireland and yet she died peacefully on land in 1603. Irish historian Anne Chambers brought Ní Mháille’s story back to life with a series of contemporary books about the legendary pirate queen.

THE SAINT OF THE SOURDOUGHSNellie Cashman was a gold prospector and a nurse in the American West, described as being “prett y as a Victorian cameo and, when neces-sary, tougher than two-penny nails”. She earned a string of nicknames through her charity work helping other miners and her bravery in rescu-ing those stranded in the mountains. The ‘An-gel of Tombstone’ was born in County Cork in 1845, but travelled to America with her family someti me in the 1850s. By 1865 she had arrived in San Francisco with her sister Fannie, who got married and sett led there. In 1872 Nellie and her elderly mother moved to Pinoche, Nevada, a new mining town, and set up a boarding house. Nellie must have enjoyed the town atmosphere of gun fi ghts and altercati ons because she con-ti nued moving to new mining areas for the rest of her life. First in Nevada, then north in Briti sh Columbia, later at the bott om of Arizona along the Mexican border, and fi nally she stayed in

Alaska in the area around Klondike and Fair-banks. Her reputati on as a courageous woman began with her rescue of 26 stranded miners in the Cassiar mountains in northern Briti sh Co-lumbia. It took her and a search party of six men 77 days of searching through deep snow to fi nd the miners, and she nursed those suff ering from scurvy back to health with vitamin C. From 1880 to 1887 Nellie lived mostly in the silver mining town of Tombstone, Arizona and became part of its outlaw lore. She ran a restaurant and hotel called Russ House, and together with the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday has become as much a part of the history of the American West as those gunslingers.

A TRUE SEA-FARING MANWilliam Hobson became the fi rst governor and commander-in-chief of the Briti sh Crown’s new colony New Zealand in 1841. He had spent most of his life at sea, before becoming a representa-ti ve of colonial interests on land. He was born into an old Irish family in Waterford in County Waterford, but lied about his age and joined the Royal Navy. He shipped out of London in 1803 at the age of nine, and spent years at sea, fi ghti ng Napoleon’s French blockade and pirates in the West Indies. Aft er Napoleon’s defeat, Hobson was unemployed unti l Lord Auckland organised a surveying trip to Australia. Once there Hobson was charged with helping Briti sh interests in New Zealand where sett lers reported being threat-ened by tribal warfare between the Maoris. In 1837 Hoban met with the Briti sh sett lers and the warring Maori chiefs, Pomare II and Titore, warning them not to harm any Briti sh subjects. His work there won him an appointment as lieu-tenant governor in New Zealand and the task of obtaining land from the Maori people “by fair and equal contracts”, according to instructi ons from England. The Briti sh recognised the sover-eignty of the Maori people and asserted that the crown would protect their lands from European sett lers through the Treaty of Waitangi, which Hobson prepared in 1840. Aft er threats of Maori uprising and two strokes, Hobson died in 1842 during his second year of offi ce. Although intel-ligent and disciplined, the combinati on of inept advisers and the Colonial Offi ce’s unrealisti c pol-icy towards New Zealand undermined Hobson’s eff orts to keep the peace.


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IRISH

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

The leading lights and dramati c deeds that made history on March 17

45 BC: Julius Caesar, conqueror of Britain and

eternal friend of the Irish, chalks up another vic-

tory, this ti me against Titus Labienus and Pompey

the Younger in the Batt le of Munda, but the clock

is ti cking and the old fella only has another 363

days to live.

180: Emperor Marcus Aurelius dies: a cracking day

for his son Commodus, but not good for Maximus

Decimus Meridius - commander of the armies of

the north, general of the Felix Legion, and loyal

servant to the true emperor - who becomes a fa-

ther to a murdered son, husband to a murdered

wife, and decides he will have his vengeance in

this life or the next.

461: Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland,

dies. Although the year is disputed, the date is

defi nitely not.

1040: Harold Harefoot, one of the few Danes to

rule England, dies. His father, Cnut, was the one

who ordered the sea to retreat - God knows what

he would have made of Janteloven. Harold is suc-

ceeded by his brother Harthacnut, who as his

name implies was only half as big a twat as his

dad.

1737: The Charitable Irish Society organises the

fi rst ever St. Patrick’s Day parade in …. Boston,

USA. Ireland eventually follows suit in the 19th

century.

1762: New York hosts is fi rst procession - a parade

that has subsequently gone on to be the world’s

largest with 150,000 parti cipants, two million

spectators, and fi ve hours of marching. Some

Irish soldiers serving in the English army march

through the city, play some music and grumble

about the weather.

1780: George Washington grants the soldiers of

Irish descent under his command the day off ‘as

an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fi ght for

independence’. Wishful thinking from the king of

revoluti onaries as they have to wait another 141

years.

1861: The kingdom of Italy is proclaimed, an ex-

cuse you might think for American Italians to

have their own parades. Not anymore; the Italian

monarchy lasted just 85 years, surviving a coup by

Mussolini before accepti ng the country’s declara-

ti on as a republic in 1946.

1880: Captain Oates, the Antarcti c explorer, is

born.

1888: A cartoon appears in Harper’s Weekly pre-

senti ng a scene from a St. Patrick’s Day parade

in New York City. It depicts the double standards

of an American of Irish descent frowning at the

thought of celebrati ng a saint who wasn’t even

born in Ireland. He inexplicably tells a passing

woman that Patrick was French. So, useless at

history as well as geography.

1905: Franklin D Roosevelt keeps it in the fam-

ily when he marries his distant cousin, Eleanor

Roosevelt, in New York City. Another cousin, the

current president Theodore Roosevelt, gives Miss

Roosevelt away.

1912: Aft er a few renditi ons of Happy Birthday,

Captain Oates, the Antarcti c explorer, tells the po-

lar expediti on: ‘I am just going outside and may

be some ti me.’ Anything to escape Captain Scott ’s

singing.

1937: Dublin hosts the fi rst parade held in a free

Ireland. Annually the parade att racts an att end-

ance of 500,000.

1949: Patrick Duff y, the American actor best

known for playing Bobby Ewing in the US soap

Dallas, is born in a conventi onal delivery room,

unaware that he will one day be reborn in a

shower scene. Duff y, who converts to Buddhism

in the 1970s, unsurprisingly sees nothing wrong

with the reincarnati on storyline, despite the fact

it writes an enti re series off as a dream and costs

half the cast their jobs.

1949: Arsenal assistant manager Pat Rice is born

in Northern Ireland. His parents show their alle-

giance to the old country and name him aft er St

Patrick, not because, as some have claimed, they

like Chinese food. Rice, Paddy meanwhile grows

up enduring years of squinty eye jokes.

1969: Golda Meir becomes the fi rst and only

female prime minister of Israel. In fact, has any

country ever had two?

1984: the start of the Oxford-Cambridge boat race

is delayed by a day aft er the Cambridge vessel col-

lides with a barge and sinks. Apparently the boat’s

cox, who is only 163cm tall, failed to see the barge

due to a view obstructed by the protruding chins

of the rowers.

1992: Moscow hosts its fi rst ever parade, featur-

ing Russian marching bands, Cossack horsemen

and 15 fl oats representi ng Russian businesses.

And Boris Yeltsin falls over att empti ng the River-

dance.

1995: Briti sh gangster Ronnie Kray dies aft er a

career in which he committ ed every crime in the

book, including murder, extorti on and sleeping

with men - an off ence in Britain unti l the passing

of the Sexual Off ences Act in 1967. A year earlier

Ronnie had shot George Cornell in the Blind Beg-

gar in Whitechapel for calling him a ‘fat poof’, in

fear that Cornell was going to grass him up to the

authoriti es for being a homosexual. Once inside,

buggery is made legal, which might explain why

the penal authoriti es decided Mad Ron should

share a cell with Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliff e

in Broadmoor.

1999: The Internati onal Olympic Committ ee ex-

pels six of its members following a bribery scan-

dal, apparently over its decision to grant offi cial

Olympic status to drug taking. Although initi ally

controversial, it goes on to be the event’s most

popular discipline.

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