ALTOONA, Pennsylvania — Over a hundred years ago, Edward Hallinan from County Mayo ended up in Altoona, here in Central Pennsylvania. “He was a railroader,” explains his grandson, Kevin Hallinan.

Kevin is about 60, wears a smudged T-shirt at Molly Maguire’s on Monday night, enjoying the revelry with his wife and with friends old and new. Like his late grandfather, Kevin is a lifelong registered Democrat.