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Hibernians Meet Stephen J. McCormick - Irish Community Muckamuck*
Greater Portland about 160 years ago came to life at the Portland Hibernian Society meeting Feb. 22 at Kells Restaurant. The brilliant public career of Stephen J. McCormick, native of Dublin and tenth Mayor of Portland, provided a glimpse of what life was like when you were Irish Catholic in these parts in those times.
*Muckamuck - Chinook Jargon for important person or leader. McCormick published the first Dictionary of Chinook Jargon.