[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 38 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E567-E568]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN MEMORY OF A FIGHTING IRISHMAN

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 21, 1997

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the memory of Martin 
Patrick Cooney, Sr., a native of the west side of Cleveland who was 
dedicated to the Irish community.
  Because of his tireless efforts on behalf of the Irish community, in 
1994 he was chosen Man of the Year by the very Irish Heritage Club he 
helped to found. He was once host to the Archbishop of Dublin and a 
member of Irish Parliament.
  Mr. Cooney, a member of Pipefitters Local 120, retired after 30 years 
as a pipefitter for the city of Cleveland.
  Mr. Cooney was a gifted Irish tenor. And throughout his 76 years of 
vibrant life and more than 20 trips to Ireland, he accumulated a wealth 
of knowledge on his heritage as well as the lineage of several Irish 
families in Cleveland.
  He is survived by three daughters, a son, and seven grandchildren; as 
well as a sister and brother, and dear friends.

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  We will miss him terribly.

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