By: Linda Fitzgibbon Ph.D. On June 28, 1848, the Galway Poor Law Union Minute Book states: “a pauper named Jane Kelly had stolen from the garden of a person adjoining the temporary workhouse, 10 heads of cabbage. The Board directed that Jane Kelly be transmitted to...
“The greatest Irishwoman that ever crossed the Atlantic” – Archbishop John Hughes By: Ed O’Shaughnessy Much has been written about the life and influence of the authoress Mary Anne Saddlier (1820-1903), best remembered for her prolific writing about the...
Sheenboro, Québec, Canada Located along the scenic shores of the Ottawa River and surrounded by tranquil lakes, Sheenboro, Quebec, seems like an unusual place to find shamrocks. Still, the little green clovers are everywhere—on the township’s welcome sign, its...
December 11, 1899 Our dear Mother Phelan, born in Ireland, was the daughter of Daniel Phelan and Elizabeth Dalton. As the family had settled in Canada, she came to know the Grey Nuns of Montreal et requested her admission to their noviciate on February 19, 1845,...
This powerful piece of digital storytelling offers listeners a chance to learn about the incredible hardships and resilience of the Barrett family from Ardnaglass, County Sligo, during the Great Hunger of 1847. It tells the remarkable story of Irish immigrant Thomas...
To fully understand Irish settlement, we must first understand the context in which they arrived and were granted land to live on. The land was controlled by the Sulpicians, a French society of diocesan priests, often remembered as wealthy, educated elites,...
