{"id":16554,"date":"2026-03-16T07:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=16554"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:39:08","slug":"from-bellevue-avenue-to-the-fifth-ward-in-newport-ri-its-always-st-patricks-day-two-chapters-from-homicide-at-rough-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=16554","title":{"rendered":"From Bellevue Avenue to &#8220;The Mighty Fifth&#8221; in Newport, RI it&#8217;s always St. Patrick&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"From%20Bellevue%20Avenue%20to%20%22The%20Mighty%20Fifth%22%20in%20Newport%2C%20RI%20it%27s%20always%20St.%20Patrick%27s%20Day\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16558\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Irish-Passport.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Irish-Passport.jpg 978w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Irish-Passport-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Irish-Passport-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Irish-Passport-768x1096.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Irish-Passport-800x1142.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Peter Lance March 18th, 2026<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Dedicated to Timmy &#8220;The Woodhooker&#8221; Sullivan and his sister Julia: my tribute to <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">The Irish of Newport<\/span><\/strong>, a tribe, to which, I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to belong.<\/p>\n<p>Years ago, when I reconnected with my family in Cork, obtaining Irish Citizenship and the curiously colored maroon passport of The Irish Republic, I stood in Causkey&#8217;s, our family&#8217;s pub, and lifted &#8220;a few jars,&#8221; to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, my beloved cousin Teresa handed me an old yellowed book entitled: &#8220;The Genealogy of The Eyeries Parish.&#8221; It listed generations of local families from the Beara Peninsula going back 200 years.<\/p>\n<p>As I turned the pages, I was thrilled to learn that my great grandmother was born Johanna O&#8217;Sullivan. You&#8217;ll understand just how proud that made me feel if you read <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/HOM_CHAP_1920_MIGHTY_FIFTH_TIMMY_JULIA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CHAPTERS 19 + 20<\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">fr<\/span><\/span>om <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Homicide-Rough-Point-Peter-Lance\/dp\/0996285598\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=396L155G4B9WC&amp;keywords=Homicide+At+Rough+Point&amp;qid=1679032493&amp;sprefix=homicide+at+rough+point%2Caps%2C164&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOMICIDE AT ROUGH POINT<\/strong><\/a>. Keep the faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"From%20Bellevue%20Avenue%20to%20%22The%20Mighty%20Fifth%22%20in%20Newport%2C%20RI%20it%27s%20always%20St.%20Patrick%27s%20Day\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Peter Lance March 18th, 2026\u00a0Dedicated to Timmy &#8220;The Woodhooker&#8221; Sullivan and his sister Julia: my tribute to The Irish of Newport, a tribe, to which, I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to belong. 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