UPCOMING EVENTS IAANWJ 34th Annual Feis - Sunday, September 13 8AM

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1 Next Monthly Meeting : Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 8 PM UPCOMING EVENTS IAANWJ 34th Annual Feis - Sunday, September 13 8AM Women of Saturday, September 26 7PM Sunday, September 13, 2015 Everything is ready for a great event. Issue: September 2015 In This Issue UPCOMING EVENTS Feis 1916 Rising Women of 1916 IAANWJ Cultural Committee Leslie's Recipe & Recommendations GAA update Facebook IAANWJ Classes Ceili & Set Dance Class Every Wednesday at 6:45 PM Contact: Jack Regan ajhack1@aol.com Irish Language Every Monday at 7 PM Contact: Matt Tully Set-up for the event will be on Saturday September 12th at 9:30 AM at Sussex County Fairgrounds Celtic Art Workshop Contact Pat Gallagher pgallagher45@optonl ine.net Celtic Knitting Class Contact Peggy O'Mahoney

2 Please return your 50/50 tickets to Chris Smith in the envelope provided. Checks should be made out to IAANWJ. If you would like to buy additional tickets, please write your check with the additional amount included and Chris will be happy to enter your extra ticket stubs in the drawing for you Tin Whistle Classes Thursday for children. Contact: Siobhan Kelly Irish Concertina Contact: Doug Barr Irish Harp Lessons are available for Irish Harp. Contact: Iris Nevins et Irish Fiddle Classes Contact: Willie Kelly Contact or quinnwilliam@optonline.net Check out our Feis web page for more details: How can you help? Help unlock the potential of our Facebook page to advertise the Feis. Just by going to the IAANWJ Facebook page and hitting 'share' for a Feis posting, you can help us reach thousands of people to let them know about our Feis. Facebook is a powerful tool so lets use it for some good, to advertise our 34th Annual Feis. By asking your Friends to share also, you can help reach an even wider audience. Feel free to add an uplifting comment about what the Feis means to you. This will increase the traffic on our page and more people will take notice.. If you are not a member of our Facebook page, please search for IAANWJ and join today. Coming in the Fall Irish Country Jive Dancing Class Irish Step Dancing Lessons are offered by Heritage Irish Dance Company Every Monday Contact: Meghan Epperly meghan.a.epperly@g mail.com

3 1916 Easter Rising: Maria Winifred (Winnie) Carney McBride Winnie Carney was born in Bangor, Co. Down on December 4, The family moved to Belfast when she was young and she was educated at the Christian Brothers School. Later on she became a teacher at the same school. Winnie was a suffragette, a trade unionist, a Socialist and a Labor activist. Wearing so many hats, belonging to so many different organizations, was not unusual for the strong women of her day. Most of the women who formed and joined Cumann na mban or the Irish Citizen Army began their political activism as a suffragette and/or a trade unionist. In 1912, she was in charge of the Irish Textile Workers' Union, Women's Section in Belfast. It was through this affiliation that she met James Connolly. Her biographer noted that she was the one person who really knew Connolly's politics. Winnie became his personal secretary. In 1914, she joined Cumann na mban and was at the first meeting. On April 14, 1916, Connolly sent a telegram asking her to come to Dublin immediately. She was mobilized on Easter Monday to the General Post Office (G.P.O.) and was the first woman to enter the building with the rebels. It is noted that she entered with a typewriter in one hand and a Webley revolver in the other. Winnie stayed the week at the G.P.O. taking Connolly's dictation of orders and having them distributed. She took his final dictation to surrender. Pearse gave the order for everyone to evacuate but Connolly was injured and she would not leave his side. She, along with Julia Grenan and Elizabeth O'Farrell carried Connolly on a stretcher from the burning building to a safe house on Moore Street. It should be noted that these three women were the last people along with Connolly in the G.P.O. and they carried the stretcher themselves without assistance. After the surrender, she was arrested and sent Kilmainham. After that she was transported to Aylesbury Prison in England along with Helena Moloney and Nell Ryan. They requested that their status as "internee" be revoked along with the privileges that went with it. The wanted the same prisoner status as Constance Markievicz. Their request was denied and they were released in December of She was awarded the 1916 Medal. At the 1918 General Election, she ran for Parliament as a Sinn Fein candidate for Belfast Victoria. She lost miserably to the Labour Unionists. Winnie was on the Anti-Treaty side of the divide and was arrested several times. In 1924 she joined the Labour Party and was an active member of the Labour Party in Northern Ireland (NILP). In 1928 she married George McBride. He was a Protestant Orangeman and a former member of the Ulster Volunteers. He was a fellow Socialist. Winnie continued to be involved in the trade union movement and worked for the Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU). She did not agree with the Free State government and was steadfastly opposed to partition. IAANWJ OFFICERS President Robyn Quinn quinnrobyn@opton line.net 1st Vice President Maureen Murphy Quinn mmqirish@optonlin e.net 2ndVice President Gary Boegershausen gary@boegershau sen.org Recording Secretary Patricia Flanagan flanaganpatty@aol.com Treasurer Theresa Davis tresann@aol.com Corresponding Secretary Iris Nevins irisnevins@verizon.net Sergeant at Arms Jack Regan ajhack1@aol.com Throughout her life she never changed her ideals and remained a nationalist and a socialist who was committed to the ideals of James Connolly and a Workers' Republic. Winnie died on November 21, 1943 and is buried in Milltown Cemetary. By Maureen Murphy Quinn

4 September 26, 2015 Trustees Rosemary Harrington com Peter Ecklund hoo.com Ed Hansberry mail.com Rental of Hall Contact any IAANWJ Officer IAANWJ Cultural Committee Club Calendar Maureen Murphy Quinn net Classes continue at the IAANWJ. Music classes include Penny Whistle, Harp, Concertina, and Fiddle along with Celtic Art, Celtic Knitting, Irish Language, Set & Ceili Dancing. If you are interested in Traditional Irish Music Lessons or classes in Fiddle (Willie Kelly), Whistle (Siobhan Kelly), Concertina (Doug Barr) or Harp (Iris Nevins), please send an to or Ceili and Set Dancing We celebrated our 8th monthly Ceili of the year on Sunday, August 23rd. The annual Ice Cream Ceili was a huge success and great fun. Whether we have the Ceol Na gcroi Ceili Band or the Pride of Moyvane Ceili Band or our very own Ceol ag Jack as Bhosca the music is always great and the food at the Break by our kitchen ladies very, very tasty. Our next monthly Ceili will be Sunday, October 25th at 3pm. Once again we will have great music and great food at the Break. Wednesday evening classes resume on September 16th at the IAANWJ. Beginners and improvers are always welcome. Jack Ajhack1@aol.com IAANWJ Committee Contacts Membership Kathy Hansberry kathyhansberry3@gm ail.com Building Gary Boegershausen gary@boegershausen. org Good & Welfare Patricia Jones pat838a@gmail.com

5 Pot-Roasted Pork with Root Vegetables and Apples By Leslie McGlynn (serves 6) Ingredients 2 TBSP Butter 5 strips bacon, finely chopped 2 onions, quartered 3 carrots, coarsely chopped 3 parsnips, coarsely chopped 6 cloves garlic, peeled One 2-LB boneless Pork leg or shoulder roast, rolled and tied Salt and pepper 2 cups apple juice or cider 2 apples, peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped Boiled potatoes (for serving, optional) Source: The Country Cooking of Ireland By Colman Andrews Leslie's Recipe & Recommendations Directions Preheat oven to 400 F Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook for minutes, stirring frequently, until well browned. Remove bacon from skillet and transfer to a baking dish large enough to hold the pork roast, with room to spare. Put onions, carrots, parsnips, and garlic into skillet and cook in the butter and bacon fat for minutes, stirring frequently, or until well browned. Remove vegetables for the skillet and transfer them to the baking dish, stirring to mix them with the bacon. Snip the twine off the pork and season it with salt and pepper. Put pork into the same skillet, raise heat to high and cook, adding more butter if necessary for 4-6 minutes, turning frequently, until browned all over. Transfer pork to the baking dish. Deglaze the skillet with the apple juice or cider, letting it boil for 3-4 minutes. Put the apples in the baking dish, around the pork. Drizzle reduced cider or juice over all, then roast in oven for about 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 275, cover the baking dish and roast for about 1 hour more or until the meat is tender Remove meat from baking dish, let sit for 5 minutes, then carve. Serve with vegetables and any cooking juices on the side and with boiled potatoes, if you like. Session Iris Nevins irisnevins@verizon.net Cultural Jack Regan ajhack1@aol.com Newsletter quinnwilliam@optonlin e.net Web Site Maureen Murphy Quinn mmqirish@optonline.ne t Parade Theresa Davis tresann@aol.com Feis quinnwilliam@optonlin e.net During my visit to Ireland in July 2015, I had the opportunity to meet a harpist at the Cliffs of Moher. Tina Mulrooney is a harpist and traditional Irish ballad singer from Co, Clare in the rugged west of Ireland. I first heard her music on a CD that our CIE tour guide was playing and when we arrived at the Cliffs of Moher, there was Tina playing her harp. It was beautiful and so I bought her CD, "A Memory of Ireland". Her music is beautiful and I have not stopped listening to her yet. And if you ever go back to Ireland, stop at the Cliffs of Moher and meet Tina. To listen to Tina: s&toggle=1&ilc=1&fp=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&p=tina%20mulrooney%20harpist To order Tina Mulrooney's CD:

6 GAA update GAA Hurling All Ireland Senior Championship 2015 Final Sunday September 6th, 2015 Kilkenny vs.galway GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship 2015 Final Sunday September 20th, 2015 Kerry vs.semi-final Winner GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship 2015 Semi Final - Replay Saturday September 5th, 2015 Dublin vs.mayo Facebook We have 843 members on our IAANWJ facebook page. Look for the latest information on our IAANWJ events and much more. Please visit our page and re-post / share the information with all your friends. Irish American Association of North West Jersey Editors Note Don't forget to check us out on Facebook! If you have something to contribute to the next issue of the newsletter, please send it to me by October 1st. You can now view previous newsletters on our web site: