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IRISH EXAMINER | September 2nd, 2020
Out & About

BByy PPaaddddyy MMccCCaarrtthhyy

Happy Labor Day weekend to all our readers,
sponsors, unions, journilists and families who are all
hardworking people and deserve a break this week-
end, so enjoy it. Here is a little bit of history that you
might like to know about Labor Day weekend:
Peter J. McGuire, a carpenter and labor union
leader, was the person who came up with the idea for
Labor Day. He thought American workers should be
honored with their own day. He proposed his idea
to New York’s Central Labor Union early in 1882,
and they thought the holiday was a good idea too. So
now that you know that you can enjoy it even more.
As I explained in my last column about my my holi-
day (vacation) that I had at Greenwood Lake in
upstate New York, I have to again say that it is a place
you should visit and if you do please let me know
how much you enjoyed it. I told you where I stayed
I very much recommend The Waterstone Inn (62
Sterling Road, Greenwood Lake, NY; (845) 477-3535;
innkeeper@waterstoneinn.com). Again, the reason I
am recommending it is because it’s a hidden Irish
gem that deserves a lot of attention from the Irish
Community. The family that owns and hosts it is the
Mulcahy family where Denis is from Rockchapel,
County Cork and Miriam his wife is a native of
County Leitrim. This bed and breakfast is as good as
any Four Star hotel and is open all year round, now
how about that? I’ll definitely be going back I can
promise you that.
Here is a notice I just got in from Catholic
Charities that is well worth informing you about.
They told us of the 2020 Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan
Memorial Gold Classic to be held on Wednesday,
October 7 at North Hills Country Club. The event
will be hosted by Peter Striano and North Hills
Country Club, now how could you miss it. We can-
not look back on the last half-century of Catholic
Charities without seeing the indelible handprint of
Bishop Sullivan — and so much of his legacy has
been about advocating strongly for children in need.
Proceeds from the 2020 Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan
Memorial Golf Classic will benefit their Early
Childhood Services. This year, their tournament will
look a little different as they practice social-distancing
protocols, but it will be just as much fun. For more
information, contact Marty Golden
at martin.golden@ccbq.org or Lucy Garrido-Mota
at lucy.gmota@ccbq.org or call theOffice of
Development & Communications at (718) 722-6202.
Now for some sad news as I walked around
Manhattan on Monday and it was not nice. What has
the Mayor and City Council done to this beautiful
city? Destroyed it I am sad to say. I emigrated from
Above, Pershing Square before the City locked everything down and how it looks today
another beautiful country, Ireland, for what I
thought was a better life, and it was until this pan-
demic happened and yes, I do know it’s a worldwide
Follow Us On... and the people in government here are making all
virus. I am only right now interested in New York
the wrong decisions. Look at what they have done...
closed New York’s Mecca that is Broadway and put
thousands of people out of work without having a
plan. Yes, you have some people who are good in the
City Council and others who are idiots and they are
telling us what to do! Ah, New York WAS the enter-
tainment capital of the world and it needs people
irishexaminerusa with brains to manage it, but we haven’t got them in
charge.
They closed all the bars and restaurants in the city
with no inside dining only allowing eating outside
irishexaminerus that is a joke. Inside service can actually be much
more manageable, just like it is all over the world. I
was seated on a table at Pershing Square right across
from Grand Central Station on 42nd Street with