Yesterday, (Friday November 28) after nearly 4 weeks in the hospital..... Fionn Came Home !!! He seems to be fine for now. Thanks for your prayers and, when the thought comes up please pray for him. I will give reports every few days until he seems in the clear !
And, it has been a long time since the South Side of the City was Irish.
I think Chicago South Side is more African then anything else.
Praying for the 1st Boy.
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Thank you ! Yes, he has more hair ! I should let it grow until the age of 7, then have it cut and use the cut off hair for a wig ! Actually, the Southside Irish are famous here.
South Side Irish
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
South Side Irish is the term that refers to the very large Irish-American community on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois.
Contents
1 South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade
2 South Side Irish Song
3 Notable South Side Irish People
4 See also
5 External links
6 References
South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade
The South Side Irish Parade is one of two annual St. Patrick's Day parades in Chicago. The South Side Irish Parade originally started in 1979. There was another south side parade called the Southtown Parade started in the early 1950s. The original Southtown Parade route was on 79th Street from Ashland Avenue to Halsted Avenue in the St. Sabina Parish in Auburn Gresham. The year after Richard J. Daley was elected mayor in 1955, he moved the Southtown Parade downtown and changed the name to the St. Patrick's Day Parade. The Southtown Parade ended in 1960. In 1979, families on the 109th block of S. Washtenaw and Talman streets (known forever in parade lore as the "Wee Folks of Washtenaw and Talman") began their own parade, simply marching around the block. The South Side Irish Parade was born. It has grown since then and was moved to its current route, down Western Avenue from 103rd Street to 115th Street through the Beverly and Morgan Park neighborhoods, in 1981. The parade, lead by the Chicago Stockyard Kilty Band and held on either the Sunday before or the Sunday of St. Patrick's Day every year, is considered to be one of the largest St. Patrick's Day community celebrations outside of Dublin. The 2008 parade was the 30th annual parade, which was held on Sunday, March 9, 2008[1]. Of the two Chicago parades, the other being in downtown, the South Side Irish Parade is the more raucous occasion.
South Side Irish Song
Written by Tom Black and Terry McEldowney
We're the Windy City Irish-where the craic is always best
Where every day is Paddy's Day and everyone's a guest
If you're Irish on the North Side or Irish on the West
Welcome to the South Side come join our Irish Fest!
(Chorus) We're the South Side Irish as our fathers were before
We come from the Windy City and we're Irish to the core
From Bridgeport to Beverly from Midway to South Shore
We're the South Side Irish-Let's sing it out once more!
Our parents came from Mayo, from Cork and Donegal.
We come from Sabina, St. Kilian's and St. Gall
St. Leo, Visitation, Little Flower and the rest.
The South Side parishes are mighty-they're the best!
Chorus
We live on the South Side-Mayor Daley lived here too
The Greatest Irish Leader that Chicago ever knew
he was always proud of his South Side Irish roots!
So here's to Hizzonor to his memory we'll be true.
Chorus
We sing the songs our fathers sang when they were growing up
Rebel songs of Erin's Isle in South Side Irish Pubs
and when it comes to baseball-we have two favorite clubs
The Go-Go White Sox... and whoever plays the Cubs!
Notable South Side Irish People
Terry McEldowney Noted singer and balladeer from Beverly who attracted all of the Southside Chicagoans pride and imagination when he wrote the St. Patrick's Day song SOUTHSIDE IRISH. Terry lives today in his beloved Irish neighborhood.with his wife and children. He is the most popular man in his community since he wrote the song in 1984
Steve Allen
Ed Burke
Emmet F. Byrne
Kevin Byrne
Marty Casey
Charles Comiskey
John Comiskey
George Connor
Frank J. Corr
John Coughlin
Kevin Cronin
John P. Daley
Richard J. Daley
Richard M. Daley
William M. Daley
Thomas A. Doyle
Finley Peter Dunne
Martin Patrick Durkin
Nancy Faust
James T. Farrell
Edward Rowan Finnegan
Michael Flatley
Robert Healy
James Hickey
Jim Hickey
Michael J. Howlett
Michael D. V. Hughes
Dan Hynes
Edward A. Kelly
Edward Joseph Kelly
Michael Kenna
Martin H. Kennelly
Michael Madigan
Jenny McCarthy
Amy McCarthy
Tim McCarthy
Frank McErlane
Lawrence E. McGann
Bugs Moran
P.H. Moynihan
Maureen Murphy
Morgan F. Murphy
Thomas W. Murphy
William T. Murphy
James C. Murray
Catherine O'Leary
Jim O'Leary
Patrick O'Malley
John R. Powers
James M. Ragen
Michael James Rauen
John C. Reilly
Michael F. Sheahan
Robin Tunney
Thomas M. Tunney
Ed Walsh
George Wendt
Jim Zulevic
See also:
Beverly, Chicago
Bridgeport, Chicago
Mount Greenwood, Chicago
Congrats on the arrival of your son, Fionn!
As a mom of 4 preemies, I'm glad to hear that he is doing so well. He looked great in all the pictures. About the hole in his heart...I'll be praying. I'm not sure if the docs told you this, but it is a fairly common thing even in full-term babies. He most likely will grow out of it. My daughter had one at birth that closed as she grew. She was born at 35 weeks and is doing well now. She had a checkup/followup ultrasound at about 15 months and everything was fine.
Best wishes with your son! Glad to hear that your wife is doing well also.
Forgot to ask, is he on a monitor at home? (because of the bradys he had at the hospital?) My oldest was on a monitor for about 6 weeks. Those things can just about bring the dead to life when they alarm!!
I haven't been here much recently, but will try to check back in for updates as I am able. Again, best wishes with your little man!
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Last edited by Yankee Belle; 12-03-2008 at 02:49 AM.
Forgot to ask, is he on a monitor at home? (because of the bradys he had at the hospital?) My oldest was on a monitor for about 6 weeks. Those things can just about bring the dead to life when they alarm!!
I haven't been here much recently, but will try to check back in for updates as I am able. Again, best wishes with your little man!
He is not on a home monitor. He had his first doctor appointment yesterday afternoon. The doctor said he seemed to be doing great. He is now just under 5 pounds.
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Congrats on the arrival of your son, Fionn! 
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