Episode 2.13 (Helen Malloy): Building From the Ground Up: The West Side Irish American Club

In season two of the "Finding Home" podcast series, Irish American Archives Society Executive Director Margaret Lynch interviews an array of Clevelanders with specialized knowledge and stories about the history of the Irish in Cleveland. This episode features an interview with Helen Malloy. Longtime West Side Irish American Club President Pat Lynch tapped Helen Malloy to serve as assistant to the Club secretary when Malloy was little more than a teenager in the late 1950s or early 1960s. She's been an office or board member with the West Side club ever since. As one of the Club's few American-born Presidents--and the only woman--Malloy presided over the preparation to move from the Club's old quarters at West 98th and Madison to a new, purpose-built facility in Olmsted Township. Malloy shares her memories of growing up in and with the West Side Club.