Lost Children of the Carricks

New documentary by a Concordia professor recounts the hidden history of Quebec’s Irish population...more

Seeking The Primrose Girls from Galway Ireland to Canada 1853

A group of Irish amateur genealogists from a small Galway town are seeking to connect with descendants of 156 emigrants known as the “Primrose” girls after the name of the ship they sailed on to Canada in 1853...more

Here's what Christmas on P.E.I. was like 100 years ago

Presents were scarce, Christmas trees were rare and dinner was goose, not turkey...more

Retrieval of Irish archive lost in 1922 fire ‘astounding’, historian says

An attempt to recreate Ireland’s archives destroyed in a fire in June 1922 has been successful to a “greater extent than ever previously imagined,” the historian behind the project has said...more

Cajun 'Frenchies' helped win the war; historian now writing a book about their stories

As youngsters, they were forbidden from speaking French at school. As adults, those south Louisiana children went on to help win World War II. And Jason Theriot wants to tell their stories...more

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