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It’s All-Star season! Watch Maury Loeb hit this spot out of the park for Major League Baseball and the upcoming All-Star Game ⚾️🌟 Are you tuning in July 19th? CLIENT // Major League Baseball SVP of Creative + Content – Scott Weisenthal SVP of Brand + Experiential Marketing – Lauren Fritts SVP of Audience Development + Marketing Operations – Barbara McHugh AGENCY // Observatory   CEO – Jae Goodman President + COO – Brendan Shields-Shimizu CCO – Linda Knight Head of Production – Omar Bustos Head of Brand/Group Account Dir – Caroline (Landry) Doyle Creative Director – Ben Majoy ACD – Kurt Warner ACD – Anthony Williams ACD – Christian Silva Copywriter – Darryl Frazier Executive Producer – Angelo Mazzamuto Brand Executive – Jessica K. Lee Production Coordinator – Elliot Britt Business Affairs Manager – Audra Brown PRODUCTION // SMUGGLER Director – Brian Beletic Executive Producer – Jaclyn L. Producer – Brian Quinlan EDITORIAL // P.S. 260 Editor – Maury Loeb Assistant Editor – Conor O’Sullivan Executive Producer – Rana Martin Managing Partner — Zarina Mak COLOR // Company 3 Colorist – Matt Osborne Senior Producer – Blake Rice VFX + FINISHING // Parliament AUDIO // Formosa Group Mixer – John Bolen Executive Producer – Lauren Cascio MUSIC // Consortium (Music for Film, Brands, & TV) Composer – Seth Olinsky Producer – Maggie Flatley

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Oregon Trees and Moss Trees covered with thick layers of moss. It's an eery yet beautiful sight to see. Found along the Salmon River Trail by Mt. Hood

by Quinlan Doyle

#landscape #oregon #moss #forest #curators on tumblr #usa #north america #quinlan doyle #cl #bridge

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Irish names

GIRLS

Tiffany, Molly, Shannon, Shawn, Fiona, Casey, Caitlin, Kathleen, Aidan, Brielle, Kennedy, Reagan, Delaney, Corey, Cassidy, Sheila, Bridget, Ciana, Alaina, Colleen, Maureen, Ciara, Siobhan, Shea, Maeve, Teagan, Aileen, Alayna, Fallon/Fallyn/Falon, Alani, Ahana, Adara, Agate, Aghadreena, Aghamora, Aghavilla, Aghna, Aideen, Aileene, Ailey, Aili, Ailia, Ailin, Ailis, Ailisa, Ailise, Aine, Aislin, Aisling, Alaine/Alayne, Alana/Alanna/Allana, Alina, Alma, Alona, Alvy, Annabla, Aoife, Ardala, Arleen/Arlene/Arline, Assana, Athracht, Avonmora, Brea, Breanne, Breck, Bree, Breena, Brenda, Brendalynn, Brenna, Bria, Brianna/Briana/Bryanna, Bryna, Cacey, Cacia, Cadee, Cait, Caitie, Caitlan/Caitlyn, Callaghan/Callahan, Callee/Calli/Callie, Carlin, Catlee, Cattee, Chiara, Christi, Cleonie, Cody, Colene, Conchobara/Conchobarra/Conchobarre, Connelly, Corene, Cory, Crissy, Dana, Darcey/Darci/Darcy, Deidra/Diedre, Derval, Dervla, Dubhain, Dubheasa, Eavan, Eibhlhin, Eila, Eilena, Eithne, Elva, Elvinia, Eny, Erin, Etain, Etney, Farran/Farren, Fidelma, Fineena, Finola, Flanna, Flannery, Gliona, Gobinet/Gobnait, Grainne, Henley, Hiolair, Honor, Honoria, Ida, Inis, Irvette, Izett, Jana, Kady, Kaitlan/Kaitlin/Kaitlyn/Kaitlynn, Kallie, Keanna/Keana, Keara, Kearney, Keeley/Keely, Keiana, Keilah, Keira/Kera, Kelly/Kelley/Kellye, Kellsey/Kelsee/Kelsi, Kellyn, Keri/Kerri, Keriana/Kerianna, Kerianne, Kerilynn/Kerilyn, Kerra, Kiandra, Kiani/Kianni, Kianna, Kiona/Kionah, Laetitia, Lana, Lil, Luighseach, Mada, Maille, Maire, Mairead, Maiti, Margaret, Maude, Mayra, Meghan, Mide, Mollie, Monahan, Moncha, Mor, Moya, Muirgheal, Neala, Neve, Niamh, Noreen, Noreena, Oilbhe, Olive, Oma, Ona, Oona, Oonagh, Orna, Quinn, Renny, Riley, Rory, Sadbh, Seosaimhthin, Shaelan, Shanahan, Shanessa, Shauna, Sheridan, Sinead, Sineaid, Sunniva, Tara, Teagan, Tiryns, Torberta, Torrey/Torrie, Tosia, Trina, Trudie, Tyyne

BOYS

Ryan, Kevin, Sean, Connor, Riley, Quinn, Shannon, Haley, Nolan, Shawn, Declan, Shane, Keith, Aidan, Delaney, Griffin, Cassidy, Brody, Sun, Desmond, Keegan, Conner, Murphy, Shay/Shea, Rory, Tier, Cullen, Tag, Niall, Fallon, Flynn, Finnegan, Fay, Gael, Shayan, Agustin, Ahearn, Aiden, Aidrian, Ainmire, Amery, Amhlaoibh, Angus, Anlon, Ardal, Ardghal, Arlen, Artegal, Arthgallo, Auley, Baird, Barrington, Barry, Beamard, Beartlaidh, Berkeley, Blaine, Blair, Bohannon, Braddon, Braden, Bradon, Brady, Braeden, Bram, Brannan, Branson, Brayden, Breandan, Breen, Brenden, Brendan, Brennan, Brosnan, Cace, Cacey, Cain, Caley, Caly, Caolaidhe, Carey, Carlin, Carlus, Case, Cashel, Caspian, Cassian, Cavan, Cearnach, Channe, Cian, Cianan, Cillian, Cody, Coillcumhann, Colla, Collin, Colm, Conall, Conan, Conary, Conchobhar, Conn, Connell, Connelly, Conor, Conrad, Conroy, Corcoran, Corin, Cormac, Cory, Cowan, Cronan, Cuinn, Daegan, Dagen, Daire, Dallan, Darby, Darick, Darroch, Deegan, Dempsey, Dermod, Derry, Dilan, Dillon, Donahue, Donal, Donavan/Donavon/Donovan, Dorrin, Douglas, Doyle, Driscoll, Duane, Duante, Dylon, Eagan, Eamon, Egan/Egon, Evin, Ewan, Fachnan, Faiion, Farran, Farrell, Farren, Fiannon, Finian, Finn, Fionan, Fionn, Fionnbarr, Fiyn, Flainn, Flanagan, Flannagain, Flannery, Flinn, Floinn, Forba, Gairbith, Gallagher, Gannon, Garbhan, Garve, Gearoid, Geralt, Gil, Gofraidh, Gorman, Gothfraidh, Grady, Hagan, Harkin, Hayes, Henley, Hurley, Irving, Izod, Kagan, Kane, Kavan/Kaven, Keagan, Kealan, Keanan, Keandre, Keane, Keannen, Kearney, Keary, Keenan, Keene, Kegan, Keilah, Kier, Kieran, Kelan, Kelsey, Kenan, Kenny, Keon, Kerrigan, Kerry, Kevan, Kian, Kianni, Kienan, Kieran, Kierce, Kiernan, Kildare, Kiley, Killian, Kye, Kylan, Kylar, Kyler, Kyle, Kylen, Kyrell, Lacey, Lakeland, Laughlin, Lee, Lennon, Liam, Lochlann, Loughlin, Lughaidh, Lyam, Maher, Malone, Maloney, Malvin, Melvin, Melvyn, Mickey, Miles, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrisey, Murchadh, Murray, Murry, Myles, Naal, Nielan, Niell, Neven, Nevan, Noland, Nolen, Odell, Odhran, Oscar, Padraic, Paidi, Patrick, Payton/Peyton, Phelan, Pierce, Quaid, Quigley, Quinlan, Rayan, Regan, Reilley, Reilly, Rhyan, Rian, Rogan, Ronan, Rooney, Rourke, Rowan/Rowen/Rowin, Ruadhagan, Rye, Ryen, Rylan, Ryland, Ryleigh, Ryley, Ryon, Seanan, Shae, Shai, Shain, Shaine, Shamus, Shan, Shandon, Shanley, Shann, Shaughn, Shaun, Shaw, Shaylon, Shayne, Sheary, Sheridan, Shey, Suileabhan, Tait, Tate, Taveon, Tavin, Tavion, Tavis, Tavon, Teague, Teauge, Thacker, Thurstan, Torgeir, Torhte, Tormaigh, Torrey, Torsten, Tostig, Tuomo, Tyronne, Tyrus, Tyson, Tywysog, Ungus

#my writing #writers #name list #original character #characters

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surnames:

a abbott abernathy adair adams adkins alexander allen allison andersen anderson andrews archer armstrong arsenault ashby ashworth atkinson austin ayers 

b bailey bain baker baldwin ball ballard banks barnes barnett barr barrett barry bartlett barton bateman bauer beck bell bennett benson bentley benton bird bishop black blackburn blackwell blair blake bolton bond bowen bowers bowman boyd boyle bradford bradley bradshaw brady brennan brewer briggs brooks broussard brown bruce bryant buchanan buckley bullock burgess burke burnham burns burton butcher butler byrne 

c cahill caldwell calhoun callahan cameron campbell cannon cantrell carey carlson carney carpenter carr carroll carson carter carver casey cassidy castillo castro chandler chaney chapman chase chavez christian christie church churchill clancy clarke clay clayton clifford cobb cochran coffey cole coleman collier collins combs compton conley connell connolly conrad conway cook cooke cooley cooney cooper copeland corbett costello coughlin cowan cox coyle coyne craig crawford crockett cross crowley cruz cunningham curran curtis 

d daley dalton daly daniel daniels daugherty davenport davidson davies davis dawson day dean delaney dempsey devine diaz dickey dickinson dillon dixon dobson dodd doherty dolan donahue donaldson donnelly donovan dougherty douglas dowd downey doyle drake drew driscoll duckworth dudley dugan duncan dunlap dunn dwyer 

e eaton edmonds edwards egan elliott ellis emery erickson evans 

f fallon fanning farley faulkner ferguson fernandez finch finn finnegan fischer fitzgerald fitzpatrick fitzsimmons flanagan fletcher flores flynn foley forbes ford foster fowler fox franklin fraser freeman frost fry fuller 

g gallagher galloway garcia gardner garner garrett garrison garza gauthier gentry george gibbons gibbs gibson gilbert gill gillespie glass gonzales goode goodwin gordon grace grady graham grant graves gray greene greer gregory griffin griffith gunn gustafson guthrie 

h hackett hagan hahn hale haley hall halsey hamilton hammond hampton hancock hanley hanna hansen harding hardy harper harrington harris harrison hart hartley harvey hastings hatch hawkins hayden hayes haynes healy heath henderson henry hensley hernandez hewitt hickey hickman hicks higgins hill hodges hoffman hogan holbrook holden holland hollis holloway holman holmes holt hood hooper hopkins hopper horton houghton houston howard howe howell hubbard huber hudson huffman hughes hull humphrey humphries hunt hunter hurley hurst hutchinson hutchison 

i ingram 

j jackson jacobs james jamison jarvis jensen johnson jones jordan joyce 

k kane kearney keating keegan keene kehoe keith kelleher keller kelly kemp kendall kennedy kent kerr kidd kilgore kincaid king kinney kirby kirk kirkland kirkpatrick klein knight koch koenig krause 

l lacroix lafferty lake lamont lancaster lane larkin larsen law lawrence lawson leblanc lee leslie levesque lewis lindsay little lloyd lockhart long lopez love lowe lucas lynch lyons 

m macdonald macgregor mackay mackenzie mackinnon maclean macleod macmillan macpherson madden maher mahoney maldonado malloy malone maloney manning marsh marshall martin martinez mason massey matthews maurer maxwell may maynard mcallister mcbride mccabe mccaffrey mccain mccall mccann mccarthy mccartney mcclellan mcconnell mccormack mccoy mccullough mccurdy mcdaniel mcdaniel mcdermott mcdonald mcdonough mcdowell mcgrath mcgraw mcgregor mcguire mchugh mcintosh mcintyre mckay mckee mckenna mckenzie mckinley mckinney mckinnon mcknight mclain mcleod mcmahon mcmillan mcnally mcnamara mcneill mcpherson mcqueen mead meadows medina meier melton merritt meyer middleton miles miller mitchell molloy monaghan monroe montgomery moody mooney moore morales moran moreno morgan morris morrison morrow moss mueller munn munro murdock murphy murray myers 

n nash neal nelson neville newton nichols nicholson nielsen noble nolan norris north norwood 

o o'brien o'connell o'connor o'donnell o'grady o'hara o'keefe o'leary o'neal o'neill o'reilly o'rourke o'sullivan ogden oliver olson orr ortega ortiz owens 

p page palmer parker parks parrish parsons patterson patton payne pearson penn pennington pereira peters peterson phillips pierce pike piper pittman pollard pollock poole porter potter powell power powers pratt preston price prince pritchard proctor pruitt purcell putnam 

q quinlan quinn 

r rafferty ralston ramirez ramos ramsey randall rankin ray reece reed reeves regan reid reilly reyes reynolds rhodes richards richardson riley ritchie rivera roberts robertson robinson roche rodgers rodriguez rollins romero rooney rose ross rossi roth rowe roy russell russo ryan 

s salisbury sampson sanders sandoval santiago saunders sawyer schaefer schmidt schneider schofield schroeder schultz schwartz scott sears serrano sharp shaw shea sheehan shelton shepherd sheridan sherwood shields short simmons simpson sims sinclair skinner slattery sloan smart smith snow snyder somerville soto sparks spears spence spencer stack stafford stanley stanton steele stephens stevens stevenson stewart stiles stokes stone strickland strong stuart suarez sullivan sutherland sutton sweeney 

t taylor temple tennant thomas thompson thomson thornton thorpe thurston tierney tilley timmons tobin todd torres townsend trevino tucker turner 

u underwood upton 

v vance vaughan vega vogel 

w walker wallace walsh walton ward ware warner warren watkins watson weaver webb weber weeks wells welsh wentworth west whalen wheeler whitaker white wiley wilkinson williams williamson willis willoughby wilson wood woodard woodruff woods woodward wren wright wyatt 

y yates york young 

z ziegler

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Saw Doyle last night and got VIP, such genuine dudes they fucking ruled! @doylewvf @alexwolfmanstory @brandonstrate #doyle #doyleband (at RT Quinlan's)

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The names of an additional 27 Catholic priests accused of misconduct emerged this week in leaked Buffalo Diocese documents showing that a review board examined allegations against the priests. A copy of the June 27, 2018 meeting agenda of the Diocesan Review Board, obtained by WKBW-TV, included the names of nearly 100 priests whose cases were being reviewed by the board. Bishop Richard J. Malone in 2018 publicly identified most of the priests on that agenda as having been credibly accused of sexually abusing children. But Malone has remained silent on 27 of those priests, including a former superintendent of Catholic schools, Monsignor Ted Berg, and a former high-ranking diocesan administrator, Monsignor Albert Rung. The Diocesan Review Board’s primary purpose is to examine cases of alleged child sex abuse, but it's not clear how many of the 27 priests were accused of sexual abuse of minors or if the complaints were found to be credible. The 27 priests listed on the Buffalo Diocesan Review Board agenda in connection with misconduct complaints are: The Rev. James Bartnik, Monsignor Ted Berg, the Rev. Gerald Collins, the Rev. George Cotter, Monsignor Joseph Coughlin, Monsignor Edmund Dietzel, the Rev. John Donnelly, the Rev. John Doyle, the Rev. John J. Fox, the Rev. Ralph Frederico, the Rev. Joseph Garin, Monsignor Francis Growney, the Rev. Kiernan Haggerty, the Rev. Francis Hannah, the Rev. James H. Kasprzyk, the Rev. Francis Kealy, the Rev. Nelson Kimmartin, the Rev. William Lanphear, the Rev. Joseph M. McPherson, Monsignor Richard O'Brien, the Rev. Joseph Penkaul, Monsignor Albert Rung, the Rev. Paul Salemi, the Rev. Maurus Schenk, the Rev. CJ Westfield, the Rev. Gervase F. White and the Rev. Maurice Woulfe. PRIESTS ACCUSED OF ABUSE FEDERAL SUBPOENA SEEKS DIOCESE'S CLERGY ABUSE COMPENSATION FUND RECORDS Ellicottville priest's abuse allegation referred to Vatican; others cleared Diocese keeps priests off abuser list as it offers their accusers money Retired Bishop Kmiec criticized for not removing accused priest 'Onslaught' of allegations against priests predicted from Child Victims Act How priest's admission to a News reporter sparked clergy sex abuse scandal With at least 13 of those priests, the complaints involved sex abuse of minors, according to WKBW-TV's report. One complaint accused a priest of possessing child pornography; one priest was accused of sexually assault an adult woman; and another priest allegedly covered up a sexual attack on a victim, the television report found. Most of the 27 priests served years ago and are deceased. Two of the priests, Salemi and Westfield, were active in the diocese within the past decade. Lawlor F. Quinlan III, a lawyer for the diocese, said that one of the 27 priests was not publicly identified because he was cleared of abuse by a diocese investigation. Westfield, who is retired but still active in the diocese, did nothing to warrant being linked to an abuse allegation, Quinlan said. Malone issued a statement Thursday criticizing media reports that said the diocese has engaged in a cover-up of the names of accused priests. He did not directly address why he did not publicly identify each of the 27 accused priests. But he said the diocese "has made significant strides to increase transparency regarding child sexual abuse." "... I would note that by publishing names of credibly accused priests, this diocese was doing the very opposite of covering up," Malone said. "Last March, I decided, for the first time in the history of this diocese, to publish a list of diocesan priests with substantiated allegations of child sexual abuse." Malone acknowledged last November that they will not publicly identify all priests accused of sexual abuse or misconduct. The diocese revealed that it had received complaints against 176 diocesan and religious order priests. But Malone released the names of less than half of those priests. Kept off the list, for example, were 48 deceased priests who each had a single allegation against them. Diocese officials said the bishop didn’t want to tarnish a dead priest’s legacy when the priest had no chance to defend himself against a claim. If the diocese gets a second credible allegation against a priest, the priest’s name will then be added to the list, according to diocesan officials. "The diocese presents all reports of child sexual abuse (and other kinds of reports) to the Review Board," said Quinlan. "If, after a thorough investigation it is determined that that claim is substantiated, then the priest’s name is added to the public list. Even if a claim cannot be investigated because, for example, the priest is deceased or belongs to a religious order, then the priest’s name will still be added to the list if the diocese becomes aware of more than one claim against the priest." The bishop’s posture on which names get publicly released and which names are withheld has puzzled abuse survivors and parishioners. Just last month, a group of lay Catholics called the Movement to Restore Trust urged Malone to be more transparent about the full depth and scale of clergy abuses in the Buffalo Diocese. The group issued a report recommending that Malone provide a fuller accounting of what priests have been accused, similar to what has been done in the Archdiocese of Boston. Since 2011, the Boston Archdiocese has kept a list of accused clergy in five categories, including those found guilty of sexually abusing a child in church (canon) law, criminal law or both; those who were laicized after having been accused of sexual abuse of a minor; those who have been publicly accused of abuse where canonical proceedings remain to be completed; and those who are deceased and were publicly accused of abuse but where criminal or canonical proceedings were not completed. The list on the archdiocese website includes links to priests’ assignment histories. Malone said Thursday he has already disclosed the names of more accused priests than he would have if he had followed the Boston Archdiocese policies. In the Westfield case, a man who had made a complaint to the diocese about being abused as a child withdrew the accusation because he did not know for certain who the priest was, Quinlan said. "The man was sure that he had been abused as a child by a priest, but to his credit, he did not want to place an accusation against the wrong priest. When he reviewed the available information, he did not make an accusation against Fr. Westfield," he said. Quinlan called it irresponsible for WKBW-TV to "publicize an accusation that was not made, something that was very upsetting to the survivor and Fr. Westfield."

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JQM LITERARY CHAT Welcomes M K Wiseman

Tell us about yourself:

  Hello, I’m M. K. Wiseman. Came into writing from a rather roundabout way—the idea for my first novel came while I was transitioning my professional aims from animation to librarianship. (To this day, I still storyboard before I write.) I engage in steampunk happenings whenever I can (TeslaCon, in Madison, WI is epic!) and it is through a steampunk chat session on Twitter that I found my publisher. I’ve a disparate collection of hobbies and interests: I unicycle, draw, paint, and perform with a Croatian folk ensemble. I’m a Parrot Head who dreams of having a sailboat of my own. And I absolutely love the Rocky Mountains and hot hot New Mexican cuisine.

    Tell us about your book:

  The Bookminder series is a YA historical fantasy revolving around the story of Liara – 16-year-old orphan whose life is bound by the Laws of Magick – and Nagarath – a reclusive mage hiding from magick itself. Of course, fate throws these two together. Needless to say, their pairing is both volatile and delightful, especially when the past catches them up in the form of Nagarath’s former friend, Anisthe – a war mage with grand aims and few scruples. Book 2, The Kithseeker, is due out at the end of August 2018 and takes our heroes out of 17th century Istria and over to the court of King Louis XIV.

  What influenced you to write your current genre?

  All sorts of little bits of my life fell into The Bookminder – my profession, my heritage, my quirks of humor . . . I really like a good, solid magic system when I read fantasy. To this day, some of my favorite books are YA and younger—perhaps there’s some simple nostalgia in there for me, who knows. And as for the historical angle? I credit that with my trip to Croatia in 1997 and all the years I performed with the youth tamburitza orchestra in town. That, too, held a sort of magic. In the end, it all blended together and led me to YA hist fantasy. Book-wise, I’d say that Tolkien has influenced me by his attention to little details—through him I think of stories differently. Some people say they skip bits of Lord of the Rings, but I stop and linger over every description of every hillside, each vast tract of lane and beautifully wrought detail. Little Women also tends to stop and invite us to smell the roses. Same with, to a point, Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes – though to a lesser extent, of course. I guess I’ve always really feel at home in a grounded story, content within the old prose. That’s my favorite sort of literary adventure – far from cell phones and Twitter (which, don’t get me wrong, I adore!)

(These two two images are from the Castle at Ozalj from my 1997 Croatia trip)

Who are your favorite authors?

  Laurie R. King; Brian Jacques (whom I met several times!); Jimmy Buffett; Douglas Adams; Carol Kendall; Orson Scott Card; Madeleine L’Engle; Tamora Pierce; Philip Pullman; Ursula Le Guin; C. S. Lewis; J. R. R. Tolkien; Louisa May Alcott; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (and Adrian Conan Doyle) … ok, stopping myself here. 😉

  What are your favorite books?

  Am I trusted to answer this after my lengthy response to the above? I’ll reign myself in.

Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall: this one may still be my all-time favorite book. A close second is Mariel of Redwall by Brian Jacques which utterly changed reading for me.

  Who are your favorite literary characters?

  Dr. John Watson and Sherlock Holmes. Not even a question. No close seconds. They’re just…. Oh, they’re wonderful, aren’t they?

  Is there anything you want to share with potential readers?

  Read what you like! My librarian background leads me to often quote from S. R. Ranganathan’s ‘5 Laws of Library Science’. They’re meant to detail in beautiful simplicity the principles of librarianship but I have taken numbers 2 & 3 as a sort of banner that I wave around when I go places and, inevitably, talk books and reading with folks: “Every reader his/her book.”

“Every book its reader.”

For me, that means that acknowledging and respecting someone’s reading preferences. I won’t name names—you may supply your own as we all know someone, somewhere who has disparaged a book or series or author—but some popular fiction catches a lot of flack for boldly being what it is. Some folks need a fast read and would never think to tackle War and Peace while others may not read unless it is War and Peace. I say: Happy reading!

  Where can we go to learn more about you and your literary works?

  I live on Twitter @FaublesFables. Come say hi! (Same handle for my Facebook and Instagram pages.) Website is mkwisemanauthor.com – *you may notice construction workers wandering about there the next couple of months. Trying to get a new, interactive space up and running (hearkening back to my animation for that bit) and it has proven slow going. My old website is there under it all, though. Come poke around. Thanks to my lovely host, Mr. James Quinlan Meservy, for the chat!

Meet M K Wiseman JQM LITERARY CHAT Welcomes M K Wiseman Tell us about yourself: Hello, I’m M. K. Wiseman. Came into writing from a rather roundabout way—the idea for my first novel came while I was transitioning my professional aims from animation to librarianship.

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How Would You Feel If Your Greatest Triumph Was Stolen?

An Unlikely Hero

In September 1961, Pat Quinlan, then aged 42 and Commandant of ‘A’ Company of the 35th Irish Battalion, looked out on the small mining town of Jadotville in the Congo. He and the 156 men under his command were part of a U.N. peace-keeping mission, tasked with offering protection to the Jadotville population from local Baluba tribesmen, thought to be armed with bows and arrows and sympathetic to separatist Kantangan forces.

But something wasn’t right. On their arrival at Jadotville, few if any of the town's people had come out to welcome them. His men, mostly in their teens and 20’s were inexperienced and to add to his growing concern, field communication with his HQ was intermittent at best.

Quinlan ordered his men to dig trenches and take up defensive positions on the town’s perimeter. Additionally, he also insisted that every available receptacle should be filled with water, even though he had been told to expect reinforcements later that day.   What Quinlan didn't know was that a large force of between 3000 and 5000 men, comprising Baluba warriors bolstered with regular French, Belgian, Rhodesian and South African mercenaries had gathered outside the town. The Irishmen had been lured into a trap by the Belgian Government as part of a broader play for control and influence in the Congo and were now completely surrounded.

Surprise Attack

‘A’ Company was at Mass on the morning of the 13th September when a surprise attack was launched. Jeeps carrying mounted machine-gun and foot soldiers bore down across 600 metres of open ground toward the sentries Quinlan had posted. The young men in these positions sent warning fire over the heads of the advancing troops bringing Quinlan and his men tumbling out of the church to hurriedly take up their positions.

The road into Jadotville was blocked, preventing any prospect of immediate relief. ’A’ Company, was cut off, totally surrounded and confronted by, in number and in fire-power, an overwhelmingly superior force.

This first attack was beaten away. It was 'A' Company's first taste of live action. Within minutes Quinlan observed approximately 600 men advancing towards their flank, where No 1 Platoon was positioned. Mortar fire was being directed at them and there was heavy in-coming machine gun fire.

‘A’ Company fought back with the mainly light, personal weapons they had. The enemy was once again repulsed, so setting the pattern for the next several days. ‘A’ Company hung on, grimly countering wave after wave of attacks. 

Leadership Under Fire

Throughout the siege, Quinlan ensured he was highly visible to his men.  He worked constantly to maintain morale, reminding the men of their duty and urging them to hold on for the expected relief. A glimpse of the tone he set can be seen in a radio report he sent at the height of the siege:

"We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"

The promised relief never came however and after four days of more or less constant fighting, with ammunition dwindling and low on water and food, Quinlan acted to protect his men. He negotiated a ceasefire, only to be betrayed and then forced to surrender. 

At the end of hostilities, astonishingly, all of Quinlan’s men were alive, although five were injured. Some 300 of the Kantaganese were killed, with reports of up to 1000 injured.

Quinlan and his men were taken into captivity, and held prisoner for over a month before their release. 

The Sorry Aftermath

Rose Doyle, Quinlan's niece, wrote many years later:

"The problem was that they did not die. Dead, they would have been heralded and sung about the stuff of legend and of pub ballads about Ireland's great and glorious martyrs…(instead) they were systematically reviled, ostracised and written out of the history books." 

‘A’ Company’s exploits were not celebrated. In fact the events were spun to look like an embarrassing and humiliating failure. Pat Quinlan died in 1997, his reputation diminished, except in the eyes of the men he led. 

It wasn't until 2006 that the Irish Government, officially honoured the 70 surviving men of 'A' Company, following a long campaign from among others Liam Donnelly, a surviving member of 'A' Company.

At an emotional ceremony, the U.N. military commander in Katanga, Brig. Kas Raja was recalled as saying:

"The Irish troops in Jadotville were magnificent and the Irish commander Comdt Quinlan would, in the Indian army, be awarded the highest military award for gallantry. I believe he could be held as an example to all soldiers."

Pat Quinlan never got to hear those words. 

The Takeaway

The events which took place at Jadotville (today known as Likasi) and their depressing aftermath, suggest that a leader’s finest achievements may never be acknowledged. 

Perhaps it is as Shakespeare wrote in Julius Caesar: 

"The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones".

In Pat Quinlan's case, his heroism and that of the men he commanded was unjustly ignored, at least in his lifetime. Hard though that must have been to bear, I like to think he would have been consoled by the knowledge that when his time came, he did the right thing.

Pat Quinlan's story is a reminder that doing what's right is always more important than glory and reward.

Question: If your best work is never acknowledged, what keeps you going?

Further reading

The Siege at Jadotiville – The Irish Government's Forgotten Battle by Declan Power

The Heroes of Jadotville – The Soldier's Story By Rose Doyle

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