Episode 2.14 (Patrick Custy): Play On: A Life in Irish Music and Sport

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 Patrick Custy. Patrick Custy's immigrant parents met and married in New York, but returned to Ireland with their young family to work the family's farm after Patrick's grandfather died. Growing up in Dysert O'Dea outside of Ennis in County Clare, Patrick was surrounded by distinctive ruins from all time periods in Irish history. He grew up playing traditional Irish music and sports. He met his wife-to-be Nikki, an Ohio native, when both were college students in Galway. Marriage, three children, and jobs in the computer industry have anchored the couple in northeast Ohio where they have become well-known musicians, and are active in the revival of Gaelic hurling in Akron.