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Catherine O'Leary (née Donegan; March 1827 – July 3, 1895) was an Irish immigrant living in Chicago, Illinois, who became famous when it was alleged that an accident involving her cow had started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Born Catherine Donegan, she and her husband, Patrick O'Leary, had three children.
The song is now frequently sung by fans of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club of Major League Soccer during matches, with lyrics reflecting the legend of Catherine O'Leary's cow's alleged role in the team's namesake, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The Great Fire coincidentally burned much of the Old Town, Chicago neighborhood, where the Chicago Fire ...
The cow belonging to Mrs. Catherine O'Leary, often blamed in folklore for starting the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" , an instrumental song by Brian Wilson Topics referred to by the same term
"Fire" (also known as "The Elements – Part 1" and "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow") is an instrumental by American musician Brian Wilson that he originally composed for the Beach Boys' unfinished album Smile. Named after Catherine O'Leary and the Great Chicago Fire , the track was originally conceptualized as part of " The Elements ", a four-part ...
144 years ago, the Great Fire of Chicago took over the city, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
The flames tore through three square miles over three days in October 1871, killing about 300 people and leaving another 100,000 homeless.
In Old Chicago is a 1938 American disaster musical drama film directed by Henry King. The screenplay by Sonya Levien and Lamar Trotti was based on the Niven Busch story, "We the O'Learys". The film is a fictionalized account about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and stars Alice Brady as Mrs. O'Leary , the owner of the cow which started the fire ...
The arresting images of nature gone awry in Francisca Alegría’s “The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future” are but the first clues that this rural-set Chilean feature has a distinct ...