Tag Archives: Great Famine

This week’s crème de la crème — September 6, 2025

Posted on September 6, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsHow to Access Chinese Case Files at LAC (2025) Linda Yip on Past Presence. Tracing the Irish Famine Generation in Government Transportation Receipts by Laura J. Smith on Findings/Trouvailles (The Champlain … Continue reading →

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Irish Ambassador to Canada visits historic immigration depot, Grosse-Île, in Quebec

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Gail Dever

The Irish Ambassador to Canada John Concannon posted on X yesterday that he had visited Grosse-Île in the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. The island was the site of an immigration depot which housed predominantly Irish immigrants coming to Canada … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 22, 2024

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC Improves Access to Certain Census Schedules and Rippling Effects of the Great Famine by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Unmarked graves at Glasgow Necropolis indexed and Saturday and Sunday at … Continue reading →

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Author of ‘An Irish Heart’ about the Irish immigrants in Montreal’s Griffintown neighourhood has passed away

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Gail Dever

Sharon Doyle Driedger, the best-selling author of An Irish Heart — How a Small Immigrant Community Shaped Canada, passed away on May 25 in Toronto. An Irish Heart tells the story of the thousands of impoverished Irish immigrants who settled … Continue reading →

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‘Great Famine Voices Hamilton, Ontario’ on YouTube

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Gail Dever

If you missed the online premiere last Sunday of Great Famine Voices Hamilton, Ontario, it is now available on YouTube. The 35-minute documentary is part of the ongoing Great Famine Voices series produced and curated by Dr. Jason King for Ireland’s National Famine … Continue reading →

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Online premiere of documentary, Great Famine Voices Hamilton, Ontario

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Gail Dever

During Black ’47 — 175 years ago — the Irish Famine prompted more than 100,000 desperate Irish men, women, and children to leave their homeland and make a perilous journey across the Atlantic to Canada. Many did not survive the … Continue reading →

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Memorial site for Montreal’s Irish Famine immigrants may soon be realized

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Gail Dever

During her re-election campaign, Montreal incumbent mayor Valérie Plante pledged to create a new memorial site for the Irish Famine immigrants who died on the city’s waterfront in the 19th century. For years, the city’s Irish community has tried to … Continue reading →

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Latest genealogy videos from Allen County Public Library

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Gail Dever

The Allen County Public Library has added an additional seven genealogy videos to its YouTube channel. The videos vary in length from about 40 minutes to about an hour. A Lonely Voyage: Late 19th Century Irish Immigrant Women in the … Continue reading →

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Documentary about the Irish Famine on YouTube

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Gail Dever

Liam Neeson narrates The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine, a two-part documentary produced to mark the 175th anniversary of the Great Famine. It was broadcast a month ago on RTÉ 1 television and can be viewed on YouTube, perhaps … Continue reading →

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Interfaith gathering at Montreal’s Irish monument

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Gail Dever

Thousands of Irish people fleeing the Great Famine of 1847 settled in Montreal. It is estimated that 6,000 of them lost their lives on the shores of the St. Lawrence River during the voyage, and are buried in a cemetery located in … Continue reading →

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