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Gearing up for the 200th anniversary of the Peter Robinson Settlers

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Gail Dever

Next year marks the 200th anniversary of the Peter Robinson Settlers from the Ballyhoura Region in Ireland establishing a new life in what we now know as Peterborough, Ontario. In Ireland, Ballyhoura Development, which is a local non-profit organization, has … Continue reading →

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Six-part series about Peter Robinson Settlers from Ireland

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Gail Dever

The Examiner newspaper in Peterborough, Ontario published a six-part series that followed the route of the Peter Robinson Settlers, “a party of 2,000 impoverished Irish Emigrants, as they made their way to what would become Peterborough in 1825.” This the … Continue reading →

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