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ST PATRICK’S DAY

11 - 17 MARCH 2011

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ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

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GO GREEN AND JOIN IN THE FUN!

WHERE: City Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen), Cph K WHEN: from Thursday 13:00

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13.00: Tullamore Dew Irish Coffee Tent opens; St. Patrick’s Day Shop opens 15.30: Live dancing and music from: Trad Lads, Green Steps and the Dark Green School of Irish Dancing 16.00: Parade participants should arrive around this time 17.00: Parade starts led by Tom McEwan as St Patrick 17.45: Parade ends

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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: info@stpatricksdayparade.dk

ot many national holidays have as much/the same universal appeal as St Patrick’s Day. What began in the 17th century as a religious feast day celebrating Ireland’s most commonly recognised patron saint, has long since become a secular holiday, celebrating all that is Irish. Cities globally see a sudden surge in sales of Guinness and stout and the sudden emergence of greenclad 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 flowing 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 festivities in the afternoon, 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 celebrations are focused on Rådhuspladsen, beginning at 15.30 with a selection of traditional Irish music and dancing to get us into the spirit. Green Steps, Trad Lads and the Dark Green School of Irish Dancing will be strutting their stuff and playing us traditional tunes while children can get free St Patrick’s Day face-painting. Green is the colour of the day and without it on your person you

can’t really be seen to be taking the celebration seriously enough. This might be alarming to those of us whose wardrobes are entirely bereft of the colour. But don’t worry, you can still 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 still be a little 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 Coﬀee tent, also opening at 13.00, for an invigorating Irish brew. The parade will start at Rådhuspladsen at 17.00, though if you are considering attending 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 Christiansborg, 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 acquainted with the city - a rare and unique opportunity to celebrate and sightsee in tandem.

Lasting about 45 minutes, the parade should arrive back at Rådhuspladsen a little before six. While in previous years it would be followed by an after-party, this year your time is your own and with plenty of Irish pubs and bars in the city, ﬁnding somewhere to move on to shouldn’t be a problem.

WHAT IS ST PATRICK’S DAY?

t Patrick’s Day is a holiday commemorating the death of Ireland’s patron 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 flee 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 official 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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For Americans of Irish descent Tim and Ra Chel Moran from Utah, this will be their fifth parade, and they - and their four daughters, all of whom are dancing mad - can’t wait for the festivities to begin. Here Tim Moran reflects 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), McKenzie (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 off 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 compete in feiseanna [a feis is a festival celebrating Irish culture that generally centres around

LEADING FROM THE FRONT I’ve had the honour to be asked to front the Paddy’s Day Parade through Copenhagen as Saint Patrick two or three times in recent 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 dancers’ 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 battlefield ... very clannish are we Celts.

Irish Dancing competitions], not only in the States but Europe as well. As my wife Ra Chel often mentions, I used to dream of becoming a Baseball

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

Dad and having a son play for the New York Yankees. So much

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for that dream with four daughters! Now I’m a Feis Dad and wouldn’t trade it for anything.

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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

The race isn’t just about getting tipsy and having a good time though. Since 2007 organisers have used it as a fundraising event and have raised more than 100,000kr for various charities since then.

In the ﬁrst two years of fundraising almost 50,000kr was raised for the Rigshospitalet with money going 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.

ou wouldn’t believe it but it has been ten years since the first beer-toting 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 tied together to hobble from pub to pub though the city in the first 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 competitors are tied 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 still one of the official pitstops and the organisers are again using it as the point of registration and a place to get the racers ready, with registration starting at 13:00. The entry cost of a 50kr minimum donation 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 getting stamps, and competitors trying their luck on skateboards (which they abandoned pretty quickly!). 2008 even saw competitors run the race in blizzard conditions. The race attracts 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 competitors have hung up their boots as far as actually running the event, many continue to be involved in an organisational capacity. This year, along with the regular race, there will be a special ‘over 40s run’ included in the day. This will take place after 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 Copenhagen is just not as easy as it was ten years ago! So we decided to cater for those long-time supporters of the race, who these days prefer a slower approach to life.” The over-40s race involves participants accumulating points for every drink they have at the participating pubs and starts at Kennedy’s for registration and leg ties.

2009 and 2010 saw the race work with BØRNEfonden, an organisation that helps disadvantaged children 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 organisation that works with local communities. The event is sponsored by Carlsberg, which is donating 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-painting and tattooing done in return for a donation. Limited edition 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 collection boxes at each of the participating Irish bars. Donations 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, first year celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day, first three-legged race. Noon. Grim and snowing. Many layers of clothing and thick socks – we’re on the way to Kennedy’s. We might even have a good chance of winning, assuming not too many bother to run in this weather. Already from far away, we can see a flock 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, getting 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 finished. Came fifth, 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 flew 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

Although Ireland may not be top of your summer holiday list, perhaps you should think again, as it really does have a lot to oﬀer. Admittedly the weather can sometimes 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 oﬀer. And when I say Ireland I mean the Irish land-mass, because Northern Ireland also has many great attractions. Personally I think one of the best things about visiting Ireland is that you don’t have to decide on whether you want a city break or some down-time because you can combine the two. Here is my personal top four of the things to do and places to visit on the Emerald Isle. By Catherine Gordon

Dublin Still as fair as the day Molly Malone walked the streets hawking her cockles and mussels, Dublin is a fantastic 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 significance of different buildings and places of interest. Not to be missed are the Temple Bar Area (great for catching a traditional 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 exhibition is housed in an old storehouse and stretches across seven different floors, each with a different interactive and informative exhibit. Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim One of the most recognisable destinations in (Northern) Ireland, the sight of the Giant’s Causeway is not easily forgotten. 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 fight 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 particularly in summer the views out to sea are beautiful. Belfast With less obvious charm than its southern counterpart, Belfast often gets overlooked on the tourist trail, but Northern Ireland’s capital city has a lot to offer. 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 offer to you, whether that be a conventional city tour or a more adventurous mural tour that gives an insight into life during the Troubles. Alternatively, 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 Cork With the original structure dating back to 1200 AD, the castle and the surrounding estate are a great destination for any history lover. The castle has changed hands a number of times over the centuries and during the Confederate Wars was seized by parliamentarian forces. Today some rooms and battlements are still accessible to tourists. The Blarney Stone is built into the castle’s foundations and it is believed that anyone who kisses the stone is endowed with the gift of flattery. Millions come each year from across the globe hoping to be a recipient of some of the stone’s gift.

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THE A-Z OF

IRELAND 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

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is for Angela’s Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography by Irish-American author Frank McCourt. Bleak in parts, Angela’s Ashes charts McCourt’s impoverished upbringing in Limerick, his father’s struggles with alcoholism, and his resourceful mother’s attempts to keep the family intact. Compelling, beautifully written and haunting, the book reveals a side of Ireland now largely consigned to the past.

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’ festival that celebrates Ireland’s most beautiful women.

is for Nosferatu, the name given to the 1922 German ﬁlm based on Irish writer Bram Stoker’s classic gothic horror novel, Dracula. Starring Max Schrek as the sinister Count Orlok, the ﬁlm is considered to be a masterpiece of the German Expressive genre.

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, revolutionary 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.

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.

is for Colcannon, a traditional Irish dish made from mashed potatoes and cabbage that has a Danish equivalent in Biksemad. 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 dieting is the last thing on your mind.

is for Pádraig Harrington, an Irish golfer who at the relatively 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 during the course of his professional career and was also part of the European Ryder Cup team which saw oﬀ Team USA last year.

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 counting. Originally founded as a Viking settlement, 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.

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 after their mother goddess, Ériu. The name Erin is still the name used in Welsh for Ireland and is among the country’s 20 most popular girls’ names.

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.

is for Guinness, the Irish national 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.

is for Jamie Heaslip, an Israeli-born Irish rugby player, widely considered to be one of the best around. His career has included a litany of notable moments, including being the 1000th player to wear the Irish green, a nomination for the International Rugby Board’s player of the year in 2009 and being part of the team which won the Six Nations, also in 2009.

is for Ireland’s Call, the national anthem used when sports teams represent the whole island (including Northern Ireland). Devoid of political connotations, it’s also quite possibly the catchiest national anthem ever written.

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 ﬁctional universe never extended 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 cities of the world.’

is for the footballing duo, Robbie and Roy Keane, two of Ireland’s greatest players. Between them, they’ve notched up 171 international appearances and scored an impressive 54 goals.

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 decomposing corpses and sulphur.

is for Quidditch, the fictional sport in which Ireland won the World Cup in the novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, beating off competition from Bulgaria with the help of live leprechaun mascots. While the Danish team’s fortunes are unknown, England, running true to form, got knocked out by Uganda in the quarter-finals.

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.

is for Shamrock, a three-leafed white clover and one of Ireland’s national symbols. Often confused with the lucky fourleafed clover, the shamrock actually symbolises the Christian Holy Trinity.

is for Terry Wogan, a radio and television presenter born in Limerick, who at one point attracted 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 Eurovision commentary, Wogan received a knighthood in the British queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2005.

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.

is for Vincent O’ Brien, a race horse trainer who, in 2003, was voted the greatest ever inﬂuence on the sport by readers of industry mag, The Racing Post. His longtime friend and stable jockey, the Englishman Lester Piggott, came second.

is for Wolfe Tone, a leading ﬁgure 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 athletics clubs, such as Wolfe Tones CLG, County Meath, which bear his name.

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

is for Yseult of Ireland, the famously beautiful 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.

is for Zombie Computer Band, an electronic rock band from Cork. Formed last year, the band has already tasted success with Indian Summer, the title track from their ﬁrst 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 Grammy-winning 1993 follow-up to U2’s hit 1991 album, Achtung Baby.

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THE UNCELEBRATED Many good stories have been lost over the years due to immigration, often because it is too challenging to keep track of who was who and where they started their lives. The historical figures 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 film Dodge City tells his workers: “Well, it takes all kinds of men to build a railroad.” They swiftly reply: “No sir, just us Irish.” By Alexis Kunsak

BEHIND THE PRESIDENTIAL POWER An Irish architect, who was born in County Kilkenny and trained at the Dublin Society’s Drawing School, won the competition to design the White House in 1792. President George Washington had already seen Hoban’s work in South Carolina and greatly admired his Charleston County Courthouse of 1790. Hoban’s winning design for the competition 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 entirely in stone, with 11 bays across, and so the design was changed accordingly. In August of 1814 the British invaded and set fire to the White House. After the war, Hoban was assigned the task of restoring it to its original design. Although commemorative 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 fire, including his designs and personal letters. The only image surviving from his lifetime is a profile in wax made by an itinerant German artist. THE INFAMOUS SPIDER DANCER Lola Montez was the stage name of one of the 19th century’s most infamous characters. She herself encouraged conflicting reports on the facts of her life, so although her real name definitely was Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, she may have been born in 1818 or 1821, either in Limerick or in Grange, County Sligo. Her documented travels, performances and love life were extraordinary enough to inspire rumours by themselves, though she remains most famous for her ‘Spider Dance’, a kind of tarantella that offered revealing glimpses of her body as she shook rubber spiders out of her dress. Eliza Gilbert distinguished herself early on with her dark beauty, fierce 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 officer when she was 16, but separated with him five years later in Calcutta and created 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, accepting favours from wealthy men, and moved widely within European cultural circles, which included Franz Liszt, George Sand and Alexandre Dumas. Her affair with King Ludwig I of Bavaria won her the title Countess of Landsfeld, but created such a scandal she had to flee as the king abdicated his throne. Working as a dancer and actress, she resurrected her reputation in the United States with her ‘Spider Dance’, entertained miners in Australia, and tried to settle down again in San Francisco, before dying of pneumonia in New York in 1861. She is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn under the name ‘Mrs Eliza Gilbert’. In 1955 German director Max Ophüls made her story into a critically-acclaimed film called ‘Lola Montes’, starring Martine Carol and Peter Ustinov, and she is one of the central characters in Royal Flash, the second book in the Flashman series by George Macdonald Fraser. FIRST OLYMPIC CHAMPION John Mary Pius Boland was a spirited Irish nationalist and parliamentarian, who is most remembered for being in the right place at the right time. An avid traveller and tennis player, Boland happened to be in Athens at the same time as the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. He was visiting his friend Thrasyvoulos Manos, who was part of the organising committee, and was persuaded to enter the tennis singles and doubles competitions. He defeated Friedrich Traun of Germany in the first round, the Greeks Evangelos Rallis in the second and Konstantinos Paspatis in the semi-finals, and then Dionysios Kasdaglis of Egypt in the final round. Afterwards he partnered Friedrich Traun to gold in the doubles as well. Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom at the time, so the medals were credited to the UK, but Boland asked the committee to raise the Irish flag 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 Nationalist Party in the British Parliament for the constituency of South Kerry from 1900 to 1918. THE PIRATE QUEEN Grace O’Malley is the anglicised version of Gráinne Ní Mháille, and as chieftain of the O’Mháille clan, Queen of Umaill and as a fierce

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pirate in 16th century Ireland, she would have hated anything British. As a child she begged her father to let her join his trading expedition to Spain, and when he joked about her long hair getting caught in the rigging, she cut it off to shame him into taking her along. The nickname her father gave her afterwards was ‘Gráinne Mhaol’ or ‘Bald Grace’, which stuck in the anglicised 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 fictional character 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 constant thorn in the side of the British. Ní Mháille was imprisoned twice and had an audience with Queen Elizabeth I, where they spoke in Latin and negotiated the removal of the British 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 after the birth. Her ships attacked 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 SOURDOUGHS Nellie Cashman was a gold prospector and a nurse in the American West, described as being “pretty as a Victorian cameo and, when necessary, tougher than two-penny nails”. She earned a string of nicknames through her charity work helping other miners and her bravery in rescuing those stranded in the mountains. The ‘Angel of Tombstone’ was born in County Cork in 1845, but travelled to America with her family sometime in the 1850s. By 1865 she had arrived in San Francisco with her sister Fannie, who got married and settled 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 fights and altercations because she continued moving to new mining areas for the rest of her life. First in Nevada, then north in British Columbia, later at the bottom of Arizona along the Mexican border, and finally she stayed in

Alaska in the area around Klondike and Fairbanks. Her reputation as a courageous woman began with her rescue of 26 stranded miners in the Cassiar mountains in northern British Columbia. It took her and a search party of six men 77 days of searching through deep snow to find the miners, and she nursed those suffering 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 MAN William Hobson became the first governor and commander-in-chief of the British Crown’s new colony New Zealand in 1841. He had spent most of his life at sea, before becoming a representative 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, fighting Napoleon’s French blockade and pirates in the West Indies. After Napoleon’s defeat, Hobson was unemployed until Lord Auckland organised a surveying trip to Australia. Once there Hobson was charged with helping British interests in New Zealand where settlers reported being threatened by tribal warfare between the Maoris. In 1837 Hoban met with the British settlers and the warring Maori chiefs, Pomare II and Titore, warning them not to harm any British subjects. His work there won him an appointment as lieutenant governor in New Zealand and the task of obtaining land from the Maori people “by fair and equal contracts”, according to instructions from England. The British recognised the sovereignty of the Maori people and asserted that the crown would protect their lands from European settlers through the Treaty of Waitangi, which Hobson prepared in 1840. After threats of Maori uprising and two strokes, Hobson died in 1842 during his second year of office. Although intelligent and disciplined, the combination of inept advisers and the Colonial Office’s unrealistic policy towards New Zealand undermined Hobson’s efforts to keep the peace.

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1949 1880-1912

45 BC The leading lights and dramatic deeds that made history on March 17 45 BC: Julius Caesar, conqueror of Britain and eternal friend of the Irish, chalks up another victory, this time against Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda, but the clock is ticking 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 father 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 definitely 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 succeeded 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 first ever St. Patrick’s Day parade in …. Boston, USA. Ireland eventually follows suit in the 19th century. 1762: New York hosts is first procession - a parade that has subsequently gone on to be the world’s largest with 150,000 participants, two million spectators, and five hours of marching. Some

1969 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 ﬁght for independence’. Wishful thinking from the king of revolutionaries as they have to wait another 141 years. 1861: The kingdom of Italy is proclaimed, an excuse 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 accepting the country’s declaration as a republic in 1946. 1880: Captain Oates, the Antarctic explorer, is born. 1888: A cartoon appears in Harper’s Weekly presenting 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 celebrating 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 family when he marries his distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt, in New York City. Another cousin, the current president Theodore Roosevelt, gives Miss Roosevelt away. 1912: After a few renditions of Happy Birthday, Captain Oates, the Antarctic explorer, tells the polar expedition: ‘I am just going outside and may be some time.’ Anything to escape Captain Scott ’s singing.

1937: Dublin hosts the first parade held in a free Ireland. Annually the parade attracts an attendance of 500,000. 1949: Patrick Duffy, the American actor best known for playing Bobby Ewing in the US soap Dallas, is born in a conventional delivery room, unaware that he will one day be reborn in a shower scene. Duffy, who converts to Buddhism in the 1970s, unsurprisingly sees nothing wrong with the reincarnation storyline, despite the fact it writes an entire 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 allegiance to the old country and name him after 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 first 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 after the Cambridge vessel collides 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 first ever parade, featuring Russian marching bands, Cossack horsemen and 15 floats representing Russian businesses. And Boris Yeltsin falls over attempting the Riverdance. 1995: British gangster Ronnie Kray dies after a career in which he committed every crime in the

book, including murder, extortion and sleeping with men - an offence in Britain until the passing of the Sexual Offences Act in 1967. A year earlier Ronnie had shot George Cornell in the Blind Beggar in Whitechapel for calling him a ‘fat poof’, in fear that Cornell was going to grass him up to the authorities for being a homosexual. Once inside, buggery is made legal, which might explain why the penal authorities decided Mad Ron should share a cell with Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe in Broadmoor. 1999: The International Olympic Committee expels six of its members following a bribery scandal, apparently over its decision to grant official Olympic status to drug taking. Although initially controversial, it goes on to be the event’s most popular discipline.

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