On Monday, July 13th, team members from the Canadian Irish Migration Preservation Network (CIMPN) ventured out to McGill University for an immersive, hands-on workshop at the McGill University Library’s digitization lab. Led by Greg Houston, the library’s Digitization...
On Saturday, July 11th, members of the Irish community gathered at Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa for the inaugural National Day of Commemoration for Irish Nationals and Irish Canadians in the Military. Nicolas McCarthy from Beechwood Cemetery organized the event, which...
In a new interview in the Irish Mile series, Samara O’Gorman and Ken Quinn talk about the huge funeral of D’Arcy McGee in Montreal in April and his burial in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec. McGee, an Irish immigrant, was one of the...
From June 17–19, researchers Evita-Marie Di Falco, Katherine Diamond, and Samara O’Gorman travelled to Québec City to attend the annual Canadian Association for Irish Studies (CAIS) Conference. Hosted on the expansive campus of Université Laval, this year’s conference...
From June 16th to June 20th, the Canadian Irish Migration Preservation Network (CIMPN) research team embarked on a productive four-day trip to Quebec City. Project Manager and Researcher Katherine Diamond, Researcher and Interviewer Samara O’Gorman, and...
