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Country: Canada Year: 14.12.1980 Dur: 26.26 At the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th, thousands of Irish people from the southeast of Ireland emigrated to Newfoundland. Many of them quickly became an important part of the fabric of Newfoundland life. -
Country: Canada Year: 21.12.1980 Dur: 26.40 The ingredients of political and religious life in Newfoundland in the last two centuries were similar to those in Ireland – an English Protestant ruling elite, Irish Catholics who hated British rule, Penal Laws, Orange Order, riots and murders. But in 1880, peace came with a political device known as the Tripartite Arrangement. -
Country: Canada Year: 17.03.1981 Dur: 51.02 Although it is a little over two centuries since Newfoundland was settled by Irish fishermen from the southeast corner of Ireland, little has changed over the years. The songs, dances and devotions were reminiscent of an Ireland most people have forgotten. This film was entered by RTÉ for the Golden Harp Festival. -
Country: Canada Year: 07.01.1993 Dur: 26.03 The little island in the St. Lawrence river near Quebec, Canada, where Irish ships, full of emigrants fleeing the famine were held in quarantine. An estimated 11,000 Irish are buried on the island. -
Country: Canada Year: 14.01.1993 Dur: 26.33 The ones who wrote the basic laws and constitution at the time of the establishment of Canada are generally taken to be the English and the French. But among the group called English, the largest group were in fact Irish. -
Country: Canada Year: 21.01.1993 Dur: 26.25 Some Irish immigrants to Canada in the last century, moved straight from speaking Irish to speaking French and have never spoken English. Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is one of the more famous descendants of this Quebec emigration. -
Country: Canada Year: 28.01.1993 Dur: 26.11 The Scots and Northern Irish imported the Orange Order into Canada a little over a century ago. Because people of Protestant religion were more acceptable to the government, supporters of the Order tended to get positions of authority particularly in Ontario. In recent times tensions have been put aside. Now Orange and Green join in celebrating both the 12th July and St. Patrick’s day.
