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The bells of Joe Curran

The Curran carillon in the Govans section of northeast Baltimore -- at York Road and Woodbourne Avenue -- will finally start ringing again, but in a different place. Baltimore City Councilman Bob Curran called today to say the carillon bells have been moved to the Thanksgiving prayer garden at Stadium Place on East 33rd Street, and there will be a dedication ceremony on Monday morning, with Archbishop O'Brien and the governor of Maryland present. The bells were part of a clock tower erected to honor the late Councilman J. Joseph Curran Sr., who suffered a heart attack during the 1976 shooting at a temporary City Hall. Old Joe Curran was the father of former Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr. and Councilman Bob Curran, and he was the grandfather of District Court Judge Catherine Curran O'Malley, wife of Gov. Martin O'Malley and Maryland's first lady. The clock tower in Govans had not worked in years. The Curran clan raised money for the move and the repair. Apparently there will still be a clock in Govans, but the bells will ring on 33rd Street.

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It's good to know that the plan to relocate these bells has been carried out. Were all 16 of the original bells used, or only some of them?

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