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H.A.R.P. Museum Patrick
Condon Exhibit Opening

The H.A.R.P. Museum at the Irish Cultural Center
of the Mohawk Valley in Utica will have a month-
long exhibit on the Life of Patrick Condon (Padraig
Cundun, in Irish). The exhibit will be available to the
public for viewing throughout the month of June. You
may wonder ‘Who is Patrick Condon?’.
Patrick Condon was a tenant farmer in Ballymacoda,
County Cork, Ireland in the late 1700s-early 1800s.
Times were tough for Patrick as his farm was in an area
that often flooded. He emigrated from County Cork
Ireland to Deerfield, NY in 1826 with his wife Margaret Celebrating James Joyce at the
and their 6 children. Patrick chose Deerfield as he had Irish Cultural Center of the Lunch & Learn –
3 cousins living there already. After a few years, Patrick Mohawk Valley “Dreams of Freedom”
successfully farmed the land and soon owned his farm.
Patrick Condon never learned to speak or write in on Bloomsday, Friday June 13 Please join us at the H.A.R.P. Museum as it continues
English; he only knew the Irish language. Beside being Join us in Dublin’s fair city inside the Irish Cultural its popular “Lunch and Learn” series on Wednesday,
a farmer, he was also a poet and writer. He wrote letters Center of the Mohawk Valley and the HARP Museum June 11th at 11am , where local author Marilyn Higgins
home to family and friends back in Ireland, including for one day on Friday, June 13th at 5 PM, as they host presents her most recent work of historical fiction,
stories as well as poems. These were written all in Irish. their eighth annual “Bloomsday” event. “Dreams of Freedom”.
In more recent times in Ireland, there has been great In James Joyce’s monumental classic “Ulysses,” June “Dreams of Freedom” is about the promise of
interest in the writings and poems of Patrick Condon. 16 is the date that the book’s protagonist, Leopold America, and one Irish woman’s determination to see
His letters from America to Ireland in the Irish language Bloom, undertakes his one-day sojourn through the her new nation live up to its creed, despite slavery,
during the pre-famine era are a significant body of streets of Dublin. Since the first two-man Bloomsday Indian removal, anti-Catholicism and her own lack of
work mainly for the content and style of his writing. celebration in 1954, that date (or as near as practicable) the right to vote, own property or attend University. In
Tony O’Floinn, a professor of Irish Language and continues to be celebrated throughout the world, with this chaotic setting, twenty-year old Aileen O’Malley
Literature at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick a range of cultural activities including readings and came in search of her indentured father and kidnapped
completed his doctoral thesis on Condon’s writing. dramatizations of scenes from the novel, (as well as younger siblings.
After Tony made a presentation at the Irish Cultural the responsible partaking of adult beverages.) And this Marilyn Higgins has served as Chief Economic
Center in Utica via Zoom a few years ago, a group of year Utica, NY, will once again play host to its own Development Officer for National Grid and Syracuse
local people have been helping him with research into Bloomsday event. University as well as a twenty-year volunteer with the
Patrick Condon’s life here in the Deerfield area, his The event will consist of a presentation of the Dublin Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. Her passion
descendants, the location of his farm etc. sites visited by Bloom at different locations throughout for the area’s rich history and belief in its profound
Now, Dr. O’Floinn is coming to Utica to meet his the building, each accompanied by dramatic readings impact on America’s national identity motivated her to
co-researchers and some of Patrick Condon’s living by accomplished local actors and scholars, interspersed write “Dreams of Freedom”.
descendants! His visit will coincide with the H.A.R.P. with traditional Irish music performed by the Craobh A $20 registration fee will cover the program and
Museum’s exhibit about Patrick Condon’s life in Ireland Dugan-O’Looney chapter of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri lunch (tax and gratuity are included). All those
and here in the Utica area. Eireann. Theme-appropriate refreshments will also be interested in attending are asked to register at https://
All are welcome to stop in at the H.A.R.P. Museum available and don’t worry, none will be from Bloom’s bit.ly/453PnEq or leave a message at (315) 733-4228,
anytime the 5 Points Pub is open to view the exhibit breakfast! Ext 6. The H.A.R.P. Museum is located on the second
and learn all about Utica’s Irish Poet, Patrick Condon. The $15 registration fee will cover the program and a floor of the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley,
Who knows, maybe you will be inspired to research Bloomsday 2025 glass to ferry your favorite beverage, 623 Columbia St, Utica. All are welcome to attend this
your own family’s roots. first one included with the registration, throughout program and the museum is wheelchair accessible.
Dublin city. All those interested in attending are asked
to register at https://bit.ly/3Zhq3Hi or leave a message
at (315) 733-4228, Ext 6. The H.A.R.P. Museum is
located on the second floor of the Irish Cultural Center
of the Mohawk Valley, 623 Columbia St, Utica. All are
welcome to attend this program and the museum is
wheelchair accessible.
HELEN M. SARANDREA, P.T.

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