Louisiana Immigrants: Going back to Dublin LbNA #59572 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | dancingpecan  |
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| Plant date: | Aug 4, 2011 |
| Location: | Fontainebleu State Park |
| City: | Mandeville |
| County: | St. Tammany |
| State: | Louisiana |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | ninaoliveandpickles |
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| Last found: | Jan 16, 2012 |
| Status: | FFr |
| Last edited: | Aug 4, 2011 |
Paddy is a Dublin Man,
His brogue no one can understand
It's been a while since he left his green isle,
But he's Irish as they come.
Sometimes when Paddy's in the mood,
When the Celt within him fires his blood,
He'll drink some drams and sing a few songs,
And dream of home.
CHORUS
Paddy's singin' well tonight,
Head thrown back and eyes closed tight
He sings his songs of Ireland far away.
And how he's going back to Dublin one fine day.
But Paddy sings a fading song,
He knows he never can go home;
A stranger there and an exile here,
He lives somewhere in between.
And the Ireland of his heart's recall,
If it ever did exist at all,
Now only lives and wistfully moves
Through Paddy's dreams.
CHORUS
Words by Eric Bogle, Music by John Munro
Copyright 1988, Larrikin Press
New Orleans has always held an appeal to the Irish due to its Catholic traditions and because French and Spanish residents also harbored anti-British sentiments. An early wave of Irish immigrants, fleeing British persecution at the end of the 1700s, landed in New Orleans and became well integrated into the economy and social life of the city. The first St. Patrick’s Day celebration was held in 1809. Irish social and benevolent organizations were formed, and Irish theater thrived. The still existing St. Patrick’s Church was founded in 1833 because Irish parishioners wanted to attend services in English, not French.
Immigrants from Ireland started arriving in significant numbers as famine began to drive them out of their homeland in the 1820s, a famine which peaked in the 1840s. As New Orleans was a thriving port city, the itineraries of many boats ended here and the passengers simply stayed. In addition, Irish immigrants often found cheap passage to New Orleans because after cotton ships unloaded their cargo in Liverpool, captains needed to load their holds up with human ballast for the return trip. Conditions, needless to say, were far from ideal.
Living conditions for the thousands of Irish immigrants once they arrived in New Orleans were also far from ideal. Poor and living in slums, the Irish were particularly susceptible to a series of epidemics that periodically swept the city. Many Irish labored on the New Basin Canal, a dangerous project which claimed thousands of lives. Still many more immigrants came, shifting the racial balance of the New Orleans population from black to white.
CLUE: Park near the beach area and walk through the grass along the traffic circle until you get to the trailhead for Bayou Cane, Alligator Marsh Boardwalk and Sugar Mill Nature trails. You will see a gravel path with a bulletin board on your left and a plaque with information about local epiphytes on your right. Follow the trail a short way until you reach a wooden bridge with brick posts. Cross the bridge, then turn left on the gravel path along the creek. There is a large oak tree next to the bridge. After you walk a short distance, you will see a second large oak tree on your left (the creek side). Ahead and on the opposite side of the trail is a large dead tree still standing, but the bark is stripped from the tree. Approximately 21 steps past this dead tree, on the same side of the trail is a huge oak located about 15 steps off the trail. On the right side of the tree, as you stand facing it, are several concrete beams and an upright concrete pipe. There are two pieces of concrete that form a small lean to. Paddy is sleeping here,hidden under leaves and twigs, dreaming of Dublin.
Please rehide as well or better than you found it.
His brogue no one can understand
It's been a while since he left his green isle,
But he's Irish as they come.
Sometimes when Paddy's in the mood,
When the Celt within him fires his blood,
He'll drink some drams and sing a few songs,
And dream of home.
CHORUS
Paddy's singin' well tonight,
Head thrown back and eyes closed tight
He sings his songs of Ireland far away.
And how he's going back to Dublin one fine day.
But Paddy sings a fading song,
He knows he never can go home;
A stranger there and an exile here,
He lives somewhere in between.
And the Ireland of his heart's recall,
If it ever did exist at all,
Now only lives and wistfully moves
Through Paddy's dreams.
CHORUS
Words by Eric Bogle, Music by John Munro
Copyright 1988, Larrikin Press
New Orleans has always held an appeal to the Irish due to its Catholic traditions and because French and Spanish residents also harbored anti-British sentiments. An early wave of Irish immigrants, fleeing British persecution at the end of the 1700s, landed in New Orleans and became well integrated into the economy and social life of the city. The first St. Patrick’s Day celebration was held in 1809. Irish social and benevolent organizations were formed, and Irish theater thrived. The still existing St. Patrick’s Church was founded in 1833 because Irish parishioners wanted to attend services in English, not French.
Immigrants from Ireland started arriving in significant numbers as famine began to drive them out of their homeland in the 1820s, a famine which peaked in the 1840s. As New Orleans was a thriving port city, the itineraries of many boats ended here and the passengers simply stayed. In addition, Irish immigrants often found cheap passage to New Orleans because after cotton ships unloaded their cargo in Liverpool, captains needed to load their holds up with human ballast for the return trip. Conditions, needless to say, were far from ideal.
Living conditions for the thousands of Irish immigrants once they arrived in New Orleans were also far from ideal. Poor and living in slums, the Irish were particularly susceptible to a series of epidemics that periodically swept the city. Many Irish labored on the New Basin Canal, a dangerous project which claimed thousands of lives. Still many more immigrants came, shifting the racial balance of the New Orleans population from black to white.
CLUE: Park near the beach area and walk through the grass along the traffic circle until you get to the trailhead for Bayou Cane, Alligator Marsh Boardwalk and Sugar Mill Nature trails. You will see a gravel path with a bulletin board on your left and a plaque with information about local epiphytes on your right. Follow the trail a short way until you reach a wooden bridge with brick posts. Cross the bridge, then turn left on the gravel path along the creek. There is a large oak tree next to the bridge. After you walk a short distance, you will see a second large oak tree on your left (the creek side). Ahead and on the opposite side of the trail is a large dead tree still standing, but the bark is stripped from the tree. Approximately 21 steps past this dead tree, on the same side of the trail is a huge oak located about 15 steps off the trail. On the right side of the tree, as you stand facing it, are several concrete beams and an upright concrete pipe. There are two pieces of concrete that form a small lean to. Paddy is sleeping here,hidden under leaves and twigs, dreaming of Dublin.
Please rehide as well or better than you found it.