http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?freeformQuery%3Dirish;expand%3Dsubject;f1-subject%3DIrish%20American%20women%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland. Results for your query: freeformQuery=irish;expand=subject;f1-subject=Irish American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG532.xml The Burke School of Irish Dance was founded by an Irish American, Theresa Burke, in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1958. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of students from the Burke School of Irish Dance at a variety of Irish dance competitions. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG532.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4901.xml The Burke School of Irish Dance (f. 1958) was founded by an Irish American, Theresa Burke, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her father, Thomas Scott, (b.1906) immigrated from County Sligo in the 1920s to the United States, and initially settled in New York. Her mother was born in County Clare and came to the U.S. a few years after Thomas. Scott was a musician and dance teacher in Cleveland. According to Theresa, he was the first person in Cleveland to teach traditional Irish dancing to a competitive standard. Sharing her father's love for Irish dance, Burke followed in his footsteps as the founder and owner of two Irish dance schools in Ohio, one in Cleveland, the other in Youngstown (f. 1965), and one out of state in Pennsylvania, (f.1971). The collection consists of an honorary achievement award, certificate of appreciation from President Ronald Reagan, certificate of appreciation from Mahoning Valley Gaelic Society, a directory of registered newspaper clippings, programs, a resolution and a scrapbook. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4901.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4822.xml Lawrence Connelly emigrated from Newry, County Down, Ireland, to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1852. He was later joined in Cleveland by his wife, Ann, and their children. The family owned a farm in the vicinity of Ansel Rd. in Cleveland. Their son, James Connelly, served 2 terms on Cleveland City Council, 1885-1889, and was a successful public contractor and president of the Connelly Construction Co. A great-grandson of Lawrence Connelly, Thomas J. Connelly, became captain of the Bethlehem Steel vessel, Stewart J. Cort. Another descendant, Edward T. Butler III, was active in the leadership of Catholic Charities, the Cleveland Bar Association, and on the boards of St. Anthony's Home for Boys and the United Appeal Campaign. Another descendant is the author Robert Sam Anson. The collection consists of a six-generation genealogical chart, reminiscences given by women of the family throughout the century, a playscript re-creation of "The Tuesday Study Club," and copies of newspaper clippings about various members of the ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4822.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4870.xml Sara McLaughlin was born in 1928 in River, Achill Island, Ireland. She immigrated to the United States in 1952, settling in Cleveland, Ohio. She met her husband, Michael McLaughlin (also an Irish immigrant), in Cleveland, where they were married in 1958. Both have been extremely active in Irish American cultural and social affairs and clubs in Cleveland. In addition to her many volunteer activities with the Irish American community of Cleveland, Sara was named the 2001 Mother of the Year by the St. Patrick's Day Committee, and the 2000 Woman of the Year by the West Side Irish American Club. The McLaughlins established the Maureen McLaughlin Scholarship for Music, awarded annually at the Cleveland Feis cultural competition, in memory of their daughter Maureen. The collection consists of car banners, brochures from the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Irish Music Academy of Cleveland, Ohio, a birth certificate, a marriage certificate, a naturalization certificate, various congressional recognitions and res... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4870.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT