This Lament "Lament for the Forgotten Irish of Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery" was composed and performed by Jim McKenna. http://www.youtube.com/c/Jim-McKenna-Uilleann-Pipes 

• Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery located in Watertown, Massachusetts. Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery is a cemetery for mostly Irish immigrants who came to Boston during the Great Hunger (An Gorta Mór).  Bill McEvoy and Jim McKenna both have many ancestors buried  at Catholic Mount Auburn.

• Audio:  Melville Park Studio, Boston.  Steve Friedman, Engineer.  Recorded October 4, 2021.

• Photo of headstone of Daniel McKenna, and his children from findagrave.com.  Photo submitted my Bill McEvoy.

• On April 29, 2021 Cambridge Public Library hosted a lecture entitled "The Forgotten Irish of Mount Auburn Catholic  Cemetery" in which Bill McEvoy discussed his recently published book entitled "Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery East Watertown, MA  by William A. McEvoy, Jr" and is available free online: https://mountauburn.org/catholic-mount-auburn-cemetery/

Lament for the Forgotten Irish of Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery · Traditional Irish Whistle

• In November 2017, this track was included in the Kilkenny Famine Experience Memorial audio visual tour. http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/video/kilkenny-news/284437/watch-new-s-story-of-kilkenny-famine-experience.html 

• Composed (2010) and performed (2014) by Jim McKenna.

• Jim McKenna is a Boston composer and piper.
    http://www.youtube.com/c/Jim-McKenna-Uilleann-Pipes 

• This lament was composed to honor the memory of Bridget O'Donnel who 
    was a victim of the Great Hunger.  Below is an excerpt from an article in the
    December 22, 1849 issue of the Illustrated London News.
“I lived,” she said, “on the lands of Gurranenatuoha. My husband held four acres and a half of land, and three acres of bog land; our yearly rent was £7 4s.; we were put out last November; he owed some rent. We got 30 stone of oats from Mr. Marcus Keane, for seed. My husband gave some writing for it: he was paid for it. He paid 10 shillings or reaping the corn.

“As soon as it was stacked, one ‘Blake’ on the farm, who was put to watch it, took it away to his own haggard and kept it there for a fortnight by Dan Sheedey's orders. They then thrashed it in Frank Lellis’s barn. I was at this time lying in fever.

“Dan Sheedey and five or six men came to tumble my house; they wanted me to give possession. I said that I would not; I had fever, and was within two months of my down-lying (confinement); they commenced knocking down the house, and had half of it knocked down when two neighbors, women, Nell Spellesley and Kate How, carried me out.

“I had the priest and doctor to attend me shortly after. Father Meehan anointed me. I was carried into a cabin, and lay there for eight days, when I had the creature (the child) born dead. I lay for three weeks after that. The whole of my family got the fever, and one boy 13-years-old died with want and with hunger while we were lying sick.

“Dan Sheedey and Blake took the corn into Kilrush, and sold it. I don’t know what they got for it. I had not a bit for my children to eat when they took it from me.”

• Audio by Steve Friedman of Melville Park Studio, Boston, Massachusetts, 
    USA  http://www.melvillepark.com 
• Recorded on January 27, 2014 at Roslindale Open Mike, 
    Boston,Massachusetts, USA  http://www.roslindaleopenmike.org
• Dr. E. Moore Quinn wrote on the subject of the Irish Famine: "...a recently composed pipe lament by Jim McKenna entitled, 'Bridget O‘Donnel: A Victim of Famine'.  ...decries the interlocking set of awful truths that existed behind the journalists' reports and images that were published in the mid-19th century about the Famine."  [The Many Voices of Pilgrimages and Reconciliation, Reversing the Silence after 150 Years (CABI, October 2017) | Pilgrimage in Practice: Narration, Reclamation and Healing (CABI, April 2018)].
• This track used in a trailer for "The Great Famine Podcast Series"
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFE0NHC4TgU 
• Performs at the Musical Memorial at the Mother's Day Walk for Peace, 
   Louise D. Brown Peace Institute, Code Listen, Boston.
   http://www.ldbpeaceinstitute.org/ http://www.codelisten.org/new-blog/ 
• Jim McKenna is a fifth generation Irish American. His ancestors, Daniel
   McKenna (Armagh) and Ann Callahan (Cork), had emigrated to Boston
   during the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) in 1850 and 1852 respectively.
   Daniel, and his brother Neil, were two of the  six founding members of the 
   Ancient Order of Hibernians in Boston (American Society of Hibernians) 
   on March 17, 1857. This organization was formed "for the
   purpose of rendering assistance to the sick and disabled members of their
    society, and also of providing for the decent burial of the dead". 
• Jim's great granduncle from Drumkeeran Ireland, Thomas McPartlin,
   performed Irish traditional music on the banjo in Boston during the late
   1800's.

Lament for Bridget O'Donnel: A Victim of Famine (Live) · Uilleann Pipes

Tears of Sorrow composed (2011) and performed (2012) by Jim McKenna.

• Jim McKenna is a multi-instrumentalist  and composer.  Members of Jim's family, Daniel McKenna and Ann Callahan, had emigrated to Boston during the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) in 1850 (Armagh) and 1852 (Cork) respectively.  Daniel McKenna and Ann Callahan were married in Boston (Charlestown) on October 1, 1854.  Daniel and his brother Neil were two of the five founding members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Boston (American Society of Hibernians) on March 17, 1857 (Incorporated March 27, 1861).  This organization was formed "for the purpose of rendering assistance to the sick and disabled members of their society, and also of providing for the decent burial of the dead".  Jim's great great uncle from Drumkeeran Ireland, Thomas McPartlin, performed traditional music on the banjo in Boston during the late 1800's.  Jim great great aunt, from County Cork, Bridget married Callahan Daniel Murphy in Boston Nov 5, 1876 at Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston.

Tears of Sorrow (Live) · Irish Uilleann Pipes, Jim McKenna

The Fox Chase (Irish Traditional).  Composed and Performed on Uilleann Pipes by Jim McKenna.

| Jim McKenna is a Boston composer and piper.
    http://www.youtube.com/c/Jim-McKenna-Uilleann-Pipes  
| Recorded on November 11, 2013 at Roslindale Open Mike, 
    Boston,Massachusetts, USA  http://www.roslindaleopenmike.org
| Audio by Steve Friedman of Melville Park Studio, Boston, Massachusetts, 
      USA  http://www.melvillepark.com 

| November 7, 2017, Jim's composition and performance of "Lament for
    Bridget O'Donnel" was included in the soundtrack of the Kilkenny Famine
    Experience Memorial audio visual tour. 
    http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/video/kilkenny-news/284437/watch-new-video-tells-story-of-kilkenny-famine-experience.html 
_____________________________________________________________________
Dr. E. Moore Quinn wrote on the subject of the Irish Famine: "...a recently composed pipe lament by Jim McKenna entitled, 'Bridget O‘Donnel: A Victim of Famine'.  ...decries the interlocking set of awful truths that existed behind the journalists' reports and images that were published in the mid-19th century about the Famine."  [The Many Voices of Pilgrimages and Reconciliation, Reversing the Silence after 150 Years (CABI, October 2017) | Pilgrimage in Practice: Narration, Reclamation and Healing (CABI, April 2018)].
_____________________________________________________________________

| Jim's composition "Lament for Bridget O'Donnel" used for soundtrack in 
    promotional ad for "The Great Famine Podcast Series" 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFE0NHC4TgU 
| Performs at the Musical Memorial at the Mother's Day Walk for Peace, 
    Louise D. Brown Peace Institute, Code Listen, Boston.
    http://www.ldbpeaceinstitute.org/ http://www.codelisten.org/new-blog/ 
| Featured in two episodes of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. 
| Boston Celtic Music Festival (BCMFest). 
| Folk Song Society of Greater Boston Annual Concerts. 
| Irish Connections Festival (Singers' Circle) & St. Brigid Festival, 
   Irish Cultural Centre, Canton, Massachusetts. 
| Irish Christmas Mass, St. Augustine Chapel, South Boston, Massachusetts. 

| Jim McKenna is a fifth generation Irish American. His ancestors, Daniel
    McKenna (Armagh) and Ann Callahan (Cork), had emigrated to Boston
    during the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) in 1850 and 1852 respectively.
    Daniel was one of the four founding members of the American Society of
    Hibernians on March 27, 27, 1861. This organization was formed "for the
    purpose of rendering assistance to the sick and disabled members of their
    society, and also of providing for the decent burial of the dead". 

| Jim's great granduncle from Drumkeeran Ireland, Thomas McPartlin,
    performed Irish traditional music on the banjo in Boston during the late
    1800's.

The Fox Chase (Live) · Uilleann Pipes, Jim McKenna

The Bright Lady (Irish Traditional).  Composed and Performed on Uilleann Pipes by Jim McKenna.

| Jim McKenna is a Boston composer and piper.
    http://www.youtube.com/c/Jim-McKenna-Uilleann-Pipes  
| Recorded on May 12, 2014 at Roslindale Open Mike, Boston,Massachusetts,  
     USA  http://www.roslindaleopenmike.org
| Audio by Steve Friedman of Melville Park Studio, Boston, Massachusetts, 
     USA  http://www.melvillepark.com

| November 7, 2017, Jim's composition and performance of "Lament for
    Bridget O'Donnel" was included in the soundtrack of the Kilkenny Famine
    Experience Memorial audio visual tour. 
    http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/video/kilkenny-news/284437/watch-new-video-tells-story-of-kilkenny-famine-experience.html 
_____________________________________________________________________
Dr. E. Moore Quinn wrote on the subject of the Irish Famine: "...a recently composed pipe lament by Jim McKenna entitled, 'Bridget O‘Donnel: A Victim of Famine'.  ...decries the interlocking set of awful truths that existed behind the journalists' reports and images that were published in the mid-19th century about the Famine."  [The Many Voices of Pilgrimages and Reconciliation, Reversing the Silence after 150 Years (CABI, October 2017) | Pilgrimage in Practice: Narration, Reclamation and Healing (CABI, April 2018)].
_____________________________________________________________________

| Jim's composition "Lament for Bridget O'Donnel" used for soundtrack in 
    promotional ad for "The Great Famine Podcast Series" 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFE0NHC4TgU 
| Performs at the Musical Memorial at the Mother's Day Walk for Peace, 
    Louise D. Brown Peace Institute, Code Listen, Boston.
    http://www.ldbpeaceinstitute.org/ http://www.codelisten.org/new-blog/ 
| Featured in two episodes of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. 
| Boston Celtic Music Festival (BCMFest). 
| Folk Song Society of Greater Boston Annual Concerts. 
| Irish Connections Festival (Singers' Circle) & St. Brigid Festival, 
   Irish Cultural Centre, Canton, Massachusetts. 
| Irish Christmas Mass, St. Augustine Chapel, South Boston, Massachusetts. 

| Jim McKenna is a fifth generation Irish American. His ancestors, Daniel
    McKenna (Armagh) and Ann Callahan (Cork), had emigrated to Boston
    during the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) in 1850 and 1852 respectively.
    Daniel was one of the four founding members of the American Society of
    Hibernians on March 27, 27, 1861. This organization was formed "for the
    purpose of rendering assistance to the sick and disabled members of their
    society, and also of providing for the decent burial of the dead". 

| Jim's great granduncle from Drumkeeran Ireland, Thomas McPartlin,
    performed Irish traditional music on the banjo in Boston during the late
    1800's.

The Bright Lady (Live) · Uilleann Pipes, Jim McKenna

"The first thing that hit me when we walked in the door was  the smell. It was the smell of sweat, urine and feces. No amount of time spent in these facilities is safe for children."  USA TODAY, July 17, 2019.

Composed and performed on Uilleann pipes by Jim McKenna 2019.

Ed Pacht, Poet (2019). Composed while listening to "Lamento por los Niños en Jaulas" at the Moultonborough Library Poetry Reading, New Hampshire

Lament for the Children in Cages  (Migrant Children) · Uilleann Pipes

"Spirit of Winnipesaukee"  (©2017) was inspired from the view of
Lake Winnipesaukee from Poets in the Attic at Castle in the Clouds,
Moultonborough, New Hampshire, USA

Composed and Performed on Uilleann Pipes by Jim McKenna.

Spirit of Winnipesaukee · Irish Uilleann Pipes

• This lament if dedicated to the memory of the 545 children who perished at the Kilkenny Union Workhouse during the Great Famine between the years of 1847 and 1851.
• Composed (2018) and performed (2018) by Jim McKenna.
• November 7, 2017, Jim's composition and performance of "Lament for Bridget O'Donnel" was included in the Kilkenny Famine Experience Memorial audio visual tour.   http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/video/kilkenny-news/284437/watch-new-s-story-of-kilkenny-famine-experience.html 
• Jim McKenna is a multi-instrumentalist and composer.  http://www.youtube.com/c/Jim-McKenna-Uilleann-Pipes 
• Dr. E. Moore Quinn wrote on the subject of the Irish Famine: "...a recently composed pipe lament by Jim McKenna entitled, 'Bridget O‘Donnel: A Victim of Famine'.  ...decries the interlocking set of awful truths that existed behind the journalists' reports and images that were published in the mid-19th century about the Famine."  [The Many Voices of Pilgrimages and Reconciliation, Reversing the Silence after 150 Years (CABI, October 2017) | Pilgrimage in Practice: Narration, Reclamation and Healing (CABI, April 2018)].
• Jim's composition "Lament for Bridget O'Donnel" used in a trailer for "The Great Famine Podcast Series"    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFE0NHC4TgU 
• Performs at the Musical Memorial at the Mother's Day Walk for Peace,  Louise D. Brown Peace Institute, Code Listen, Boston.  http://www.ldbpeaceinstitute.org/   http://www.codelisten.org/new-blog/ 
• Featured in two episodes of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. 
• Boston Celtic Music Festival (BCMFest). 
• Folk Song Society of Greater Boston Annual Concerts. 
• Irish Connections Festival (Singers' Circle) & St. Brigid Festival, 
   Irish Cultural Centre, Canton, Massachusetts. 
• Irish Christmas Mass, St. Augustine Chapel, South Boston, Massachusetts. 
• Jim McKenna is a fifth generation Irish American. His ancestors, Daniel McKenna (Armagh) and Ann Callahan (Cork), had emigrated to Boston during the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) in 1850 and 1852 respectively.  Daniel McKenna and Ann Callahan were married in Boston (Charlestown) on October 1, 1854.  Daniel, and his brother Neil, were two of the six founding members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Boston (American Society of Hibernians) on March 17, 1857.  This organization was formed "for the purpose of rendering assistance to the sick and disabled members of their society, and also of providing for the decent burial of the dead". 
• Jim's great granduncle from Drumkeeran Ireland, Thomas McPartlin, performed Irish traditional music on the banjo in Boston during the late 1800's.

Lament for the Children of the Kilkenny Workhouse · Uilleann Pipes

Galloping Through the Meadow,  composed 2015 and performed by Jim McKenna, Uilleann Piper. (Demo)

Galloping Through the Meadow · Irish Uilleann Pipes (Demo)

Flying Through "Moderate" Turbulence,  composed 2019 and performed by Jim McKenna, Uilleann Piper. (Demo)

Flying Through "Moderate" Turbulence · Uilleann Pipes (Demo)

This Lament "Lament for the Forgotten Irish of Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery" was composed and performed by Jim McKenna. http://www.youtube.com/c/Jim-McKenna-Uilleann-Pipes 

• Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery located in Watertown, Massachusetts. Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery is a cemetery for mostly Irish immigrants who came to Boston during the Great Hunger (An Gorta Mór).  Bill McEvoy and Jim McKenna both have many ancestors buried  at Catholic Mount Auburn.

• On April 29, 2021 Cambridge Public Library hosted a lecture entitled "The Forgotten Irish of Mount Auburn Catholic  Cemetery" in which Bill McEvoy discussed his recently published book entitled "Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery East Watertown, MA  by William A. McEvoy, Jr" https://mountauburn.org/catholic-mount-auburn-cemetery/

• Marc Gunn, Pub Songs & Stories 242

• Dr. E. Moore Quinn wrote on the subject of the Irish Famine: "...a recently composed pipe lament by Jim McKenna entitled, 'Bridget O‘Donnel: A Victim of Famine'.  ...decries the interlocking set of awful truths that existed behind the journalists' reports and images that were published in the mid-19th century about the Famine."  [The Many Voices of Pilgrimages and Reconciliation, Reversing the Silence after 150 Years (CABI, October 2017) | Pilgrimage in Practice: Narration, Reclamation and Healing (CABI, April 2018)].

Audio:  Melville Park Studio | Steve Friedman, Engineer | Boston.

Pub Songs & Stories

Lament for the Forgotten Irish of Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery with narrator

Performed by Jim McKenna. 

Image: Castle in the Clouds, Moultonborough, New Hampshire, USA.  

Recorded April 13, 2004; Melville Park Studio, Boston. Steve Friedman, Engineer.  Remastered July 23, 2024; JEM Music Trust. 

Jim McKenna is a multi-instrumentalist & composer.  Members of Jim's family, Daniel McKenna and Ann Callahan, had emigrated to Boston during the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) in 1850 (Armagh) and 1852 (Cork) respectively.  Daniel McKenna and Ann Callahan were married in Boston (Charlestown) on October 1, 1854.  Daniel and his brother Neil were two of the five founding members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Boston (American Society of Hibernians) on March 17, 1857 (Incorporated March 27, 1861).  This organization was formed "for the purpose of rendering assistance to the sick and disabled members of their society, and also of providing for the decent burial of the dead".  Jim's great great uncle from Drumkeeran Ireland, Thomas McPartlin, performed traditional music on the banjo in Boston during the late 1800's.  Jim great great aunt, from County Cork, Bridget married Callahan Daniel Murphy in Boston Nov 5, 1876 at Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston.

Lark in the Clear Air (Live) · Hammered Dulcimer

The Rose of Saratoga composed by Alex Brewer · Performed and Arrangement by Jim McKenna

The Rose of Saratoga · Uilleann Pipes

Coaineadh na dTrí Muire | Lament of the Three Marys (Irish Traditional). Performed on Uilleann Pipes by Jim McKenna. 

| Jim McKenna is a Boston composer and piper.
    http://www.youtube.com/c/Jim-McKenna-Uilleann-Pipes 
| Recorded on July 13 2015 at Roslindale Open Mike, Boston, Massachusetts, 
    USA   http://www.roslindaleopenmike.org
| Audio by Steve Friedman of Melville Park Studio,
    Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    http://www.melvillepark.com 

| November 7, 2017, Jim's composition and performance of "Lament for
    Bridget O'Donnel" was included in the soundtrack of the Kilkenny Famine
    Experience Memorial audio visual tour. 
    http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/video/kilkenny-news/284437/watch-new-video-tells-story-of-kilkenny-famine-experience.html 
_____________________________________________________________________
Dr. E. Moore Quinn wrote on the subject of the Irish Famine: "...a recently composed pipe lament by Jim McKenna entitled, 'Bridget O‘Donnel: A Victim of Famine'.  ...decries the interlocking set of awful truths that existed behind the journalists' reports and images that were published in the mid-19th century about the Famine."  [The Many Voices of Pilgrimages and Reconciliation, Reversing the Silence after 150 Years (CABI, October 2017) | Pilgrimage in Practice: Narration, Reclamation and Healing (CABI, April 2018)].
_____________________________________________________________________

| Jim's composition "Lament for Bridget O'Donnel" used for soundtrack in 
    promotional ad for "The Great Famine Podcast Series" 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFE0NHC4TgU 
| Performs at the Musical Memorial at the Mother's Day Walk for Peace, 
    Louise D. Brown Peace Institute, Code Listen, Boston.
    http://www.ldbpeaceinstitute.org/ http://www.codelisten.org/new-blog/ 
| Featured in two episodes of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. 
| Boston Celtic Music Festival (BCMFest). 
| Folk Song Society of Greater Boston Annual Concerts. 
| Irish Connections Festival (Singers' Circle) & St. Brigid Festival, 
   Irish Cultural Centre, Canton, Massachusetts. 
| Irish Christmas Mass, St. Augustine Chapel, South Boston, Massachusetts. 

| Jim McKenna is a fifth generation Irish American. His ancestors, Daniel
    McKenna (Armagh) and Ann Callahan (Cork), had emigrated to Boston
    during the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) in 1850 and 1852 respectively.
    Daniel was one of the four founding members of the American Society of
    Hibernians on March 27, 27, 1861. This organization was formed "for the
    purpose of rendering assistance to the sick and disabled members of their
    society, and also of providing for the decent burial of the dead". 

| Jim's great granduncle from Drumkeeran Ireland, Thomas McPartlin,
    performed Irish traditional music on the banjo in Boston during the late
    1800's.

Lament of the Three Marys | Coaineadh na dTrí Muire (Live) · Uilleann Pipes

Skibbereen (Irish Traditional).  
Performed on Uilleann Pipes by Jim McKenna. 

| Jim McKenna is a Boston composer and piper.
    http://www.youtube.com/c/Jim-McKenna-Uilleann-Pipes 

| November 7, 2017, Jim's composition and performance of "Lament for
    Bridget O'Donnel" was included in the soundtrack of the Kilkenny Famine
    Experience Memorial audio visual tour. 
    http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/video/kilkenny-news/284437/watch-new-video-tells-story-of-kilkenny-famine-experience.html 
_____________________________________________________________________
Dr. E. Moore Quinn wrote on the subject of the Irish Famine: "...a recently composed pipe lament by Jim McKenna entitled, 'Bridget O‘Donnel: A Victim of Famine'.  ...decries the interlocking set of awful truths that existed behind the journalists' reports and images that were published in the mid-19th century about the Famine."  [The Many Voices of Pilgrimages and Reconciliation, Reversing the Silence after 150 Years (CABI, October 2017) | Pilgrimage in Practice: Narration, Reclamation and Healing (CABI, April 2018)].
_____________________________________________________________________

| Jim's composition "Lament for Bridget O'Donnel" used for soundtrack in 
    promotional ad for "The Great Famine Podcast Series" 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFE0NHC4TgU 
| Performs at the Musical Memorial at the Mother's Day Walk for Peace, 
    Louise D. Brown Peace Institute, Code Listen, Boston.
    http://www.ldbpeaceinstitute.org/ http://www.codelisten.org/new-blog/ 
| Featured in two episodes of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. 
| Boston Celtic Music Festival (BCMFest). 
| Folk Song Society of Greater Boston Annual Concerts. 
| Irish Connections Festival (Singers' Circle) & St. Brigid Festival, 
   Irish Cultural Centre, Canton, Massachusetts. 
| Irish Christmas Mass, St. Augustine Chapel, South Boston, Massachusetts. 

| Jim McKenna is a fifth generation Irish American. His ancestors, Daniel
    McKenna (Armagh) and Ann Callahan (Cork), had emigrated to Boston
    during the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) in 1850 and 1852 respectively.
    Daniel was one of the four founding members of the American Society of
    Hibernians on March 27, 27, 1861. This organization was formed "for the
    purpose of rendering assistance to the sick and disabled members of their
    society, and also of providing for the decent burial of the dead". 

| Jim's great granduncle from Drumkeeran Ireland, Thomas McPartlin,
    performed Irish traditional music on the banjo in Boston during the late
    1800's.

Skibbereen (The Great Famine) · Uilleann Pipes

• Jim McKenna is a multi-instrumentalist  & composer.  Members of Jim's family, Daniel McKenna and Ann Callahan, had emigrated to Boston during the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) in 1850 (Armagh) and 1852 (Cork) respectively.   Daniel McKenna and Ann Callahan were married in Boston (Charlestown) on October 1, 1854.  Daniel and his brother Neil were two of the five founding members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Boston (American Society of Hibernians) on March 17, 1857 (Incorporated March 27, 1861). This organization was formed "for the purpose of rendering assistance to the sick and disabled members of their society, and also of providing for the decent burial of the dead". Jim's great great uncle from Drumkeeran Ireland, Thomas McPartlin, performed traditional music on the banjo in Boston during the late 1800's. 
• Dr. E. Moore Quinn wrote on the subject of the Irish Famine: "...a recently composed pipe lament by Jim McKenna entitled, 'Bridget O‘Donnel: A Victim of Famine'.  The latter decries the interlocking set of awful truths that existed behind the journalists' reports and images that were published in the mid-19th century about the Famine.", Pilgrimage in Practice: Narration, Reclamation and Healing and The Many Voices of Pilgrimages and Reconciliation, Reversing the Silence after 150 Years., Mansfield College, Oxford University, Publisher CABI (April 2018 & October 2017); and A Human Rights Pilgrimage in Ireland: Commemorating the Doolough Tragedy in the Twenty-First Century. Publisher Inter-disciplinary Publications, Oxford, England, (July 2015) 
• November 7, 2017, Jim's performance of his composition
"Lament for Bridget O'Donnel" was included in the soundtrack of the Kilkenny Famine Experience Memorial audio visual tour
• Composer of "Lament for Bridget O'Donnel: A Victim of Famine" https://youtu.be/ehhk2nMmMZU 
• Composer of "Lament for the Children of the Kilkenny Workhouse" https://youtu.be/Zj4nVq2H3wY 
• Composer of "Lamento por los Niños en Jaulas - Lament for the Children in Cages
• CelticMusicPodcast: http://celticmusicpodcast.com/2015/213-uilleann-pipes-on-the-giants-causeway/ 
• CelticMusicPodcast: http://celticmusicpodcast.com/2015/209-memorial-day/ 
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• Jim's composition "Lament for Bridget O'Donnel" used in a trailer for "The Great Famine Podcast Series"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFE0NHC4TgU 
• Performed at the 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 Mother's Day Walk for Peace, Louise D. Brown Peace Institute, Code Listen, Boston http://www.ldbpeaceinstitute.org/  http://www.codelisten.org/new-blog/ 
• Boston Celtic Music Festival (BCMFest) 
• 100 Thousand Poets & Musicians 2014, Exeter New Hampshire 
• Folk Song Society of Greater Boston Annual Concerts 
• Irish Connections Festival (Singers' Circle) & St. Brigid Festival, 
Irish Cultural Centre, Canton, Massachusetts 
• Irish Christmas Mass, St. Augustine Chapel, South Boston, Massachusetts

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