The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-06
LIFE IN CORK ROW.
How Cleveland Lost q Nanesake anA the
Barrys Lost Their Luck.

| How Cleveland Lost q Nnnesake anA the
Bnrrys Lost Their Luck.
| Cork row has pursued the even tenor Of it,
way for more than half century. Cork row 10
| Irish. and. though seldom mentioned in the
newspapers. yet. for all that. is on interest
| ing community. Cork row is rich. is practical.
| knows its friends and is happy.
| You've been to HarriGan's Theatre some time.
! II you've never been to Cork row. Well. Ned
! HarriGan was born in Cork row, his 1rishmen
| are Cork row Irishmen. and the larger part OF
| his people are from that vicinity. II you doubt
it. go up to Cork row Of an evening. or a Sum
day. and see il Harrigan has not duplicated
the Driscolls. the OConnors. and the Sullivans
that go to make up its population
Cork row Is proud Of ITSELF 1t first began to
emigrate from the county Cork in 1887. and ID
has kept 1t up uninterruptedly ever since. The
world. and especially that part of it on Man.
haitian Island. has gone forward. while Cork
row has stopped still. But that isn't true.
either. for Cork row. when it landed from the
| steamers of the Black Ball line. had not a cent.
and its worldly possessions were three or four
old saucppans and n bed tick or two Now 1t ID
rich The day it landed it settled itself down.
contented and happy, and next day 1t started
out in boats to ransack the river front for junk.
Queer place to get junk' Well. Cork row got
it there. aud plenty Of it. And it has kept on
getting plenty OF it until this day. That's how
it got rich.
Cork row votes tho Democratic tickettand
Senator John F. Ahearn is its political cham
pion. Ever been on any Of Ahearn's excur.
sions? No? Well you'd find enough Dan
Mulligans or Pawnbroker Reillys there to
stock a couple of hundred theatrical CONF
palies such as HarriGans.. Cork row never
goes to the trouble OF dividing its political
favors. 1t votes as it works and thinks That
is. as one man. 1t has two polling places
within block of each other; They are its ex-
elusive, property. There has never been .
poll lists have not all voted and all voted the
same ticket 1t would simplify matters at cleo.
sSn to sFS sas ss 9 RS si Il
Cork row speaks the Gaelic in its common.
everyday intercourse :. English; hoMeve5; is
morning. when resident meets another
resid ent. tho first. pulling the short-stemmed
pip, from his mouth. says:
Go maith. replies the other, after remoy-
custom tkereupon to adjourn to convenient
saloon and take q doch durri-h Like all the
part OF the az, that is gone, by rather than Of
the, present. lou don't ilnd any plate glass.
money and its salons are as profitable as any.
yet il. would feel hurt If its saloon keepers be-
just now Cork row Is agitated over the ques-
ton of christening and marriage.
The Driscols have the baby. 1t was bar.
should be named according to the wish OF the
SuIltvans. the moth G beinEa sullivan ivan The
strong supporters OF Cleveland ever since this
f;tat"-manl put one Of them in the Custom
Grover Cleveland Driscoll But old Driscoll.
the father IF al the Drseols pulled away at
t nif Ptn OF H the sya s'a'es and SAID with
tne nHtfs5 wd calling the sOssoon
oa briseo mad his mind that there
should be no Grover Cleveland in b S family,
End 30 when BE Pa reaehss
position at its head. He directed the whole
business giving the priest tip here and an
done. The priest followed his direction In
each instance; When it came to giving the
Name him Dennis after meselt There's
besn psnlise ism and p0nnses in our family
The SulIivans rebeied They insisted upon
nouns9d ths, to have the babe
Od DrlscolI dosbleI up his fist. and pulling
up the long sleeves OF his coat said. in a voice
WE lays the II be- named s Gro,
TINT tint il IS sin T. call child BY any name but
Th % Sali ti dropped into the background.
was directed to 90 ahead and call the child
insist. however.' ' that they will call the boy
ana Old DflstpU still says:
IN break tho Jaw Of the man that does It,"
In q measure. this threat has subdued the
Sullivans. but war may yet break out
The marriage that eXcites Cork row Is that
OF Michael Barry and Noraif Hoolihan. The
original Barry was great man in Cork Row.
but his descendants are unpopular because
they moved into another neighborhood. Now.
Hoolihan is proud and honored name. There
We're Hoolihans among the first settlers. Be-
sides. its good bit 81 money take 1t all in all,
that the Hoolihans have picked up in dribs and
drabS in the Junk business. Well. the whole
Hooihan family had their heart set upon it
that Norah should not marry young Michael
other neishtorhood. But ,Norah was equally
determined that she should marry NO other.
The other afternoon Sorah started out to do
some shopping, and when she returned
Michael was with her When she announced
that Michael was her husband Cork row was
much disturbed.
o, It vas very wicked thinG,, everybody said:
much more wicked for her to go 0n and marry
him on the sly. Cork row Is not to be cheated
OF the eating and drinking attendant upon
wedding So they say that the newly married
couple never Will have luck since they defied
OLD customs. Would Cork row have been tho
place II is i all its people thus flew In the face
OF fate asks Mr.. Dennis Discoli. the father Of
all the Driscols. No. indeed. says Cork row.