Page 3. THE GAIETTE-TIMES, Heppner, OR, Thursday. Mar. ! ?97
Oiccntannijl Fcroni
OF SHAMROCKS AND SHEPHERDS AND
MORROW COUNTY'S KILKENNY FAMILY
By Justine We.therford
Last week we got to a bit of Irish writing with the Jamet G.
Doherty family. We had determined this column would really
"wear the green" this week and had gotten our copy of
"Shamrocks and Shepherds" off the shelf when Saturday's
mail brought us a letter and another copy of that
green-covered book from Judge John Kilkenny. His gift is
going to the Oregon section of the Heppner library. The
following Information is taken some verbatum from this
19 publication.
So, while gathering facts about the first of Morrow's
shamrocks, William Hughes from County Tipperary (Ebb's
grandfather) who came here around 1870, and planning to
gain more information about Charlie Cunningham, Jeremiah
Brosnan, Felix Johnson, Michael Kenny and others who
preceded John Kilkenny and James Carty, we are happy to
present some kilkenny history this St. Patrick's week.
John Sheridan Kilkenny was born In County Leitrim,
Ireland, in 1870, the son of Peter and Mary Ann (Sheridan)
Kilkenny. Both parents had made trips to American by the
early 1800s to obtain funds to support their family and lived in
both New York and Boston on those occasions. John's sisters
and brothers were Ellen, Rose, Bridget, Sarah, Katherine,
Frank, Patrick and Peter. All came to America with the
exception of Sarah.
John Kilkenny and Jim Carty arrived at Umatilla, Oregon
Railway and Navigation line in May 1890. They had learned
of a few Irishmen at Heppner and made their way there by
foot. The first night they spent In the vicinity of the future
Mike Kilkenny ranch on Butter Creek, the second at the forks
of Sand Hollow and by the third, reached Heppner.
At first they were employed on the completion of the
Heppner branch line of the railroad. Their early
acquaintance with William Hughes, by then a successful
merchant and stockgrower with money to loan, provided
them with a start in the sheep business in 1892 or '93. They
soon acquired three or four bands of sheep and took up a
permanent residence in Sand Hollow at the site later known
as the old Kilkenny Ranch and later became successful in the
sheep business.
Before the turn of the century Jim Carty and John
Kilkenny married Irish sisters, Maria and Rose Ann Currin.
By 1910 John started really expanding his operations,
buying the W.B. Finley rangcland. In 1911, Rose Ann
achieved a prodigious new home in Sand Hollow. She and the
first four children, Rose Ellen, Johnny, Sarah and Bill visited
Ireland. On their return, John took a trip to Ireland,
returning before the birth of Mary Ann.
John S. Kilkenny became a long time director and officer
of the First National Bank of Heppner, was very active
politically, was director and chairman of the board of the
Alpine Public School District and served as a county
commissioner for a number of years.
In 1914 he acquired the old George Currin ranch east of
Heppner, consisting of more than 20,000 acres of fine bunch
grass, dry farm and alfalfa land (where the Don Greenups
now live). In February 1915 tragedy struck the family when
Rose Ann was killed in an elevator accident in Pendleton.
John's sister Mary came to take care of the family until John
remarried in 1917. He married Lottie Russel, a daughter of
Gilliam county pioneers, who became the mother of Ilcne
tWyman), Colleen (Greenup) and Robert Emmett Kilkenny,
all county residents.
In 1918 the purchase of a hugh tract of summer grazing
land on the middle fork of the John Day River greatly
enlarged the Kilkenny holdings. In 1920 with the purchase of
what was known as the Bowman Alfalfa ranch on Butter
Creek. John achieved an ideal stock ranch setup, which he
operated until the start of the Great Depression when he had
to give up the mountain ranch.
John Kilkenny was no ordinary man. His industry was
prodigious Throughout his life he arose between 5 and 5:30
a m He drove his workmen and children, but he did not spare
himself. His impatience with the indolent was matched only
by his patience with the willing performer. He certainly
belongs in the front ranks of great livestock men of his or any
other time."
He died in 1939. almost 50 years after he first set foot on the
beloved soil of Morrow County and was placed to rest beside
Rose Ann in the Heppner Cemetery.
How Irish was he? He was deeply and wholesomely and
wholly Irish. There is no use in saying he was as Irish as the
Book of Kells. nor as Irish as an evening spent in a Dublin
public house, nor even as the man who destroyed Nelson's
slatue in Dublin Square. These references do not truly show
how Irish he was. But this might: if a century from now
someone else would say, that he. or she, is as Irish as John S.
Kilkenny."
John F. Kilkenny is the Senior Circuit Judge of the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals since his appointment by President
Nixon in 19. His court's circuit includes Oregon. Alaska.
Arizona. California, Idaho, Montana. Nevada. Washington.
Hawaii and Guam. He practiced law in Pendleton from 1926.
In t0 he was appointed a U.S. District Judge.
He loves his native county and keeps close to it in his
IhouKhts. He writes that his father encouraged him to
perpetuate the names of its early Irish families and says he
gathered Information for "Shamrocks and Shepherds" off
and on for more than 15 years.
The Spring Cotillion
April 3, 1976
lone American Legion Hall
Dancing to Admission:
Rod Esselstyn $12.50 per couple
tfj 9:30 1:30a.m. $7.50singles
Happy Hour 8:30-9:30p.m.
Midnight Buffet
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Spring Term Classes 1976
Adult Education And Community Service
A check for tuition payment must be mailed in to the college to reserve a spot in any class that is For additional information, call 276-1260, ext. 205.
noted (Preregister). .....,...!.,
Margaret Davis is serving as our coordinator in the Hermiston area. Her college telephone in
Students may enroll, pay fees, and purchase books at the first class meeting. A minimum of ten Hermiston is 567 9306.
students is required for each class. Anne pny j Mfving as our coordinator in the Heppner area. Her college telephone in
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Hermiston
COURSE
CREDITCOURSE STARTING DATE MEETING NIGHT
Cke Decorating (Lab fee $5) Mar. 29 Mon.
Macrame (5 weeks) Mar. 29 Mon.
Small Gas Engines 3.2133 Apr. 1 Thurs.
Financial Management for Small Business 2.1020 Apr. 1 Thurs.
Welding (Preregister) (Lab fee $20) 4.2062 Mar. 30 Tues.
Oil Painting 0.5120 Mar. 31 Wed.
Beginning Golf (6 weeks) (Preregister) 0.5820 Mar. 31 Wed.
Beginning Tennis (6 weeks) (Preregister) 0.5820 Apr. 5 Mon. & Wed.
Expectant Parent's Class 0.8920 Mar. 30 Tues.
Beginning Sewing 0.9253 Mar. 30 Tues.
Gardening (5 weeks) 0.8620 Apr. 1 Thurs.
Introduction to Film Eng 2133 Mar. 30 Tues.
Film Series 0.502(3) Mar. 30 Tues.
Photography (Preregister) (Lab fee $7.50) 0.5190 Mar. 31 Wed.
Private Pilot Ground School (Preregister) 6.4025 Mar. 29 Mon. & Thurs.
Jewelry Making (Preregister) (Lab fee $15.00) 0.5160 Mar. 29 Mon.
Business Machines (5 weeks) 2.9001 Mar. 30 Tues.
French Cooking (6 weeks) (Preregister) Mar. 29 Mon. .
Basic Electrical Code 0.7950 Mar. 29 Mon.
Figure Control for Women 0.5800 Mar. 30 Wed.
TIME
7-10 pm
7 9 pm
7-10 pm
7-10 pm
7-10 pm
7-10 pm
4:30-6 pm
7-8:30 pm
7 10 pm
7-10 pm
7 9 pm
7 10 pm
7-10 pm
7-10 pm
7-10 pm
710 pm
7 9 pm
7 10 pm
7 10 pm
7:30 9:30 pm
LOCATION
$15.00
$5.00
$15.00
$15.00
$15.00
$15.00
$10.00
$10.00
$20.00 (cpl)
$15.00
$5.00
$15.00
$15.00
$15.00
$25.00
$15.00
$5.00
$20.00
$15.00
$10.00
INSTRUCTOR
Green
Cullers
Johnson
Wilcox
Davis
Campbell
Bowen
Caplinger
Conklin
Fries
Miller
Soderstrom
Soderstrom
Hailing
O'Rourke
Carlos
Jenkins
Bishop
Miller
Dawson
For information about evening classes in Hermiston, Stanfield. Umatilla, and Boardman, call
BMCC Coordinator, MARGARET DAVIS 567 9306.
ADULT BASIC
For information,
EDUCATION. GED and ADULT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA PROGRAMS
call Margaret Davis 567-9306 -or- Fred Mclntyre 567-3327
Tola Painting (Preregister)
Boating Safety & Seamanship (6 classes)
Tole Painting (Preregister)
Beginning Golf (4 Sundays)
0.5820
Mar. 31
Mar. 31
Mar. 29
Apr. 4
Stanfield
Wed.
Umatilla
MAW
Boardman
Mon.
Sun.
7-10pm
7:30 9:30 pm
7 10 pm
1:30 3 pm
HS
Umatilla Marina
HS
Golf Course
$15.00 Smith
C.G. Aux. Flotilla
Heppner-Lexington
9418 12 Apr. 5 Mon. 7:309:30 pm s HS
4 206 2 Mar. 30 Tu.-s. & Thurs. 910:30 am Jr. Hi.
0 56 ' 0 M-'r 30 Tu.-v 7:30 9:30 pm HS
0.582 0 Mar31 Wwl- 7pm tc"1'
Apr. 1 Thurr. 7 10 pm
Apr. 1 Thurs.. 710 pm HS
0.5H20 Apr. 3 Sal. 9:30-11:30 am Golf Course
Apr. 6 Tues. 7 10 Pm Ux- Schol
Hospital Care Education
Welding (Preregister) (Lab fee $20)
Basic Spoken Spanish (Preregister)
Beginning Tennis
Photographic Projects Workshop (Preregister)
French Dessert Workshop (Lab fee)
Beginning Golf (Preregister) (Green fee $5 for
non members of Willow Creek Golf Course)
Tole Painting on Tin (Preregister)
Fr information about evening classes listed above, call BMCC Coordinator. Anne Doherty 676 5277
ADULT BASIC EDUCATION GED and ADULT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA PROGRAMS For information, call Madeline Buckendorf 676 9917
$15.00 Smith
$10.00 Wilson
$10.00 Pioneer Hosp. Staff
$15.00 Weatherford
$10.00 pKk
$10.00 Deford
$15.00 Toney
$5.00 Rawlins
$10 00 Edmundson
$15.00 PiperPadberg
Hermiston
CAFE DECORATING i Stud.nt. will learn baeie J"1" " J"'1? "J"
lot all occasions. Icing and sugar work in borders. flower., letters .
and other shapes will b. stressed.
wacrahEi Introduction to basic macrame knots and demonstrating the
SSBTsfiion into oeslgns. Several project, will be computed during
this five-week course.
SMALL CAS ENGINES. Course will include instruction In a variety of
TrTrenarnet"lncluding lawn mowers, chain saws, rototlllera, pipe
irST'c! 9".n?a will gain an understanding of the operation.
Mmeunce and repairing of 2 and 4 cycle gasoline engines.
WELDING. The course introduce. ..t-up OP"" ""ft!"
SSTITng equipment. Demon.tr.tion and practice in weld ing. "'"'l. ,,rv
I'd iold.ringferrou. and non-f.rrou. metal.. Pr.regi.tr.tion necessary.
Main tuition to BMCC.
OIL PAINTING. Introduction to sketching, transferring visual images to
canvas and oil painting.
prtMNiNG GOLPi A aroup golf instruction cour.e for men and women.
ScTTO-gofer Stance"? iP of thciub. and how W JjJ -Jj-instruction
will cover the u.e of wood;, iron.. "J t$u"' t
."ention -ill be given to the rule, of the game and golf etiquette.
BECINNINGJENNIS. Cour.e will include proper foot placement, .troke.
and rule. orTlTie game.
the couple for a controlled labor and delivery.
BEGINNING sewing i De.lgn.d for the beginning ..wer or ,hln'
tcTb?u.h up on -Ea.ic ..wing technique.. The
pattern .election and construction of a blou.e. pant, or .kirt.
and optional project.
GARDrNINGi Prepar. for .pring planting and car. of your plant., "'
itSrind U.ZY. The cour.2 -ill eleo cover preparing the ground for
a vegetable garden. Khat to plant and when to plant it.
INTRODUCTIONS ("VLifil" S?tll ftV?! '5uyn3 "
3iIoTiuITTtercyTnFeatur. film, will be viewed wee iy ana
d!icu.d in term, of ie.thetic, .ocl.ty. hi.tory. end director..
PHOTOCRAPKTi Thi. cour.e i. for the beginning nd amat.ur etudent of
aoToVFipnif. Theory and laboratory procedure, will be combined to
develop working knowledge of the U.le pilixipL. f-nd t.l.
of general photography.
p.tVATt PILOT Ground SC-ooLi The class will cover the principle, of
nnhrrtioToTyTivTgitlon. .ircr.ft .nd engine operation, flight
instrument., flight information., radio communication., and flight
proble? Student, completing th. cl... ahould have auf ic ent )
to pa", th. r.d.ral Aviation Administration wrltt.n examination for th.
Private Pilot Certificate.
JEwvt.RV mar I no i Thi. 1. a cour.e which I. de.lgned a. an introduction
InialKeTien3worklng of non-f.rrou. metal. i .liver, oo br..., etc.
mLry conation -111 be in centrifugal eating end MM construct.
pieces, al.o aom. advanced work in atone .etting .nd flnl.hlng.
PUSINEU MACHINE! Instruction In the operation of 10-k.y adding machine.
AiroierTiIon.bF the machln. are .tudi.d. itudent. work at own rate
of ,c, pacing th....lve. .o a. to tlnl.h r.qulr.4 Job. by th. end of
the term.
FRENCH CoontNGi (Introduction to French Cooking) I
aLoutTovklng and ta.ttng dlshe. typical of French
ilettti, qulch., crepe., .na many more.
Student, will le.rn
Cul.lnet Muffle.,
BASIC ELECTRICAL CODE: Fundamental, of electrical wiring,
to code book and it. practical application, to dwelling, and farm u.e.
Kill cover code change, and r.vi.ion..
FIGURE CONTROL FOR WOMEN ! Thi. course 1. a personal improvement and body
conditioning program for women. Student, will learn to exercise properly
to get their body in good physical condition a. well a. to maintain it
after the conclusion of the class.
Stanfield
TOLE PAINTING : Designed to teach the student the basic elements of tole
and decorative painting. Work 1. done from pattern, with application to
a great variety of home decoration.. Student, doe. not need any back
ground in drawing or sketching.
Boardman
TOLE PAINTINGi De.igned to teach the .tudent the ba.ic element, of tole
and decorative painting, work 1. done from pattern, with application to
a great variety of home decoration.. Student, doe. not need any back
ground in drawing or aketching.
.. -nr. i nnif iniruri Ion course for men and women. Le.rn
ii.. grin of th. club, and how to .wing corr.ctly. In.truction;
will cover the u.e of wood., iron., and the putter. Some .ttentlon will
be given to the rule, of the game and golf etiquette.
Umatilla
BnATING SAFETY AND SEAMANSHIP Start. Mar. 31 - wedne.day and Monday -TilO-Si'lo
p.m. UmatilTaTuTTna - Coa.t Cuard Auxiliary Flotilla.
Heppner Lexington
HOSPITAL CARE EDUCATION i Cour.e will include instruction on recognition
an3reeTme7itrTraua and medical problem, on an .mergency ba.l. until
a doctor can be reached. Prerequi.it.i hospital personnel or hospital
work experience.
WELDING i In.tructlon in arc welding and the fundamental, of oiryac.t.l.n..
Demonstration, and practice In welding, brailng and .old.rlng ferrou. and
non-terrou. metal. Preregi.tration required, cla. .Is. limited.
BASIC SPOKEN SPANISH! Taught In listening-speaking method. tmphasle on
"proiuiRcTaVTon""anJiple sentence. Preregi.tration requlredi el...
lie limited.
TOLE PAINTING on TtNi Special technique for tole painting on metals.
k '.U-weei course. Pr.requi.it.i Beginning Tole Painting or ..perl.nce.
Pr.regi.tr.tion required) class site limited.
BTGInni vG TFNNlSi Beginning or intermediate tennia -til be taught. Clas.
hQurr-irrbeaetermlned at first session. Students will be grouped to
permit individualised instruction.
PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT workshop i Beginning or review class designed to
InvdIvesfuJeni"IirrunctIoniI project, utilising photography andor
photogr.phic proces. Student, will work in de.lgnlng and producing
their own postcard. , per ton 1 book, .nd c.t.ndar.. Sstra co.t. for
uppll.. and lab fee. No photographic experience nece.aary.
Preregi.tration neceta.ryi cla. li. llmlt.d.
pRrvCM prrRT Wormmopi A three-week work.hopi demonstration, and
pi.ctIcelnrencyFrench de.iert. "ek U creim puffs, .clalr., choua.
week it filled meringue., g.teau roll. ek Ji variation, of .pong,
roll. Preregim.tlon required! dm slie limited.
BrGtNHiNl cot.fi A five-week cour for .dult. with no prior experience
In golfing. PreregUtratlon required) cla. le umuea.
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