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,...
The Saint-Colomban parish and cemetery are situated in the province of Québec located 67 km north of Montréal in what was the Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (Lake of Two Mountains) seigneurie. The Saint-Colomban parish and cemetery are historically significant because they...
Where do you come from? Why did your ancestors move and why did they choose that particular place to live? How and when did they get there? So many questions but too few answers. In 1825, James Skelly of County Westmeath was offered a land grant in the...
March 17, 2022 – As you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day today, remember the reason for the season. While raising your glass of Guinness or Jameson and amoung the many sláintes, remember the generations of Irish immigrants who laid the foundation for the...
