THE UNTOLD STORY:THE IRISH IN CANADA - Volume I - Contents

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This introductory and contents material for “The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada” presents Volume I, “Celtic Arts of Canada,” edited by Robert O’Driscoll and Lorna Reynolds. It frames the Irish presence in North America through studies on images and reality, a “hidden holocaust,” and Irish communities across Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, and western Canada. The table of contents lists forewords, acknowledgements, and multiple historical and cultural essays with authors and page references.

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Pages594

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Contents

Volume I

I: Image and Reality

II: A Hidden Holocaust

III: The Irish in Atlantic Canada

IV: The Irish in Quebec

V: The Irish in Ontario

VI: The Irish in Western Canada

THE UNT0D5 8THE IKISEMNQ Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2023 https://archive.org/details/untoldstoryirish0001unse # THE UNTOLD STORY:THE IRISH IN CANADA Edited byROBERT O’DRISCOLL &LORNA REYNOLDS VOLUME I CELTIC ARTS OF CANADA Fronisic:"Miscrere Domine",memorial painting of Thomas DArcy McGe by James L.Weston,printed here,we believe,for the first time.The painting receives its title from the refrain of a poem McGeewrote in memory of his friend Lawrence Devaney,who predecessed him by two months.The flags reflecMcGee's Irish background and his involvement in Canadian affairs.On the left of the McGce bust,but barelydecipherable in the reproduction,"Quebec"is carved,and on the right“Ontario”,representing McGee'sdouble base in both provinces and his vision of a united Canada.The church scenes depict McGee's twofuneral services held in St.Patrick's as well as Notre Dame in Montreal (his coffin is in Cote des NeigesCemetery in Montreal).Source:The Reverend Edward Jackman,o.p THE UNTOLD STORY:THE IRISH IN CANADA Edited byROBERT O'DRISCOLL &LORNA REYNOLDS VOLUME I THE UNTOLD STORY:THE IRISH IN CANADA,designed by Liam Miler,Dermot McGuinne,andRobert oO'Driscll.Copy-edited and proof-read by Karen Marshall Booth.Typeset in Berner typeface byWanda Kornatowski,Metro Press,Toronto.Layout by Metro Press,2965 Dundas Streer West,Toronto,Ontario M6P 1Z2.Printed in Canada by John Deyell Company,282 Consumers Road,Willowdale,Ontario M2]1P8,for the publishers,Celic Arts of Canada.Distributed in Canada by Mika PublishingCompany,P.O.Box 536,Belleville Ontario K8N SB2,Canada,and by Celtic Arts of Canada,81 St.MaryStreet,Toronto,Ontario,Canada M5S 5J4. First published 1988 CCeltic Arts of Canada,1988.All rights reserved. ISBN 0-921745-00-1 Published with the assistance of a grant from the Jackman Foundationand the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture,Toronto,Canada. Copyright under the Berne Convention,all rights reserved.Apart from fair dealing for study or review,no partof this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by anymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without the prior permission of CelticArts of Canada. CONTENTS VOLUME I Forewords by The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney andby The Honourable Lily MunroXIntroduction by Robert O'Driscoll &Lorna ReynoldsxiiiAcknowledgementsxxvi I:IMAGE AND REALITY Ireland and the Irish Canadians by Kildare Dobbs3Data:What is Known about the Irish in North Americaby Donald H.Akenson15Irish Emigrants to Canada:Whence They Cameby Cecil J.Houston and William J.Smyth27The Paddy Image:The Stereotype of the Irishmanin Cartoon and Comic by Donald Power37“God's Unfortunate People”:Historiography of IrishCatholics in Nineteenth-Century Canadaby William M.Baker59II:A HIDDEN HOLOCAUST Grosse-Ile:The Holocaust Revisited by Padraic Ó Laighin75Pathway to Beatification,Mère Gamelinet les immigrés irlandaisby Thérèse Frigon102Black ’47:A Summer of Sorrow by Gerald Keegan103“Allmost as Bad as Ireland”:The Experience of the IrishFamine Immigrant in Canada,Saint John,1847by James M.Whalen155II:THE IRISH IN ATLANTIC CANADAThe First Irish Foothold in North Americaby Cyril Byrne171Newfoundland and the Maritimes:An Overviewby Kildare Dobbs175The Irish in Newfoundland by C.W.Doody195A'New Ireland'Lost:The Irish Presence in Prince Edward Island by Brendan O'Grady203 CONTENTS “Gentle as the Snow on a Rooftop”:The Irish in Nova Scotia to 1830by Terrence M.Punch215Another 'New Ireland'Lost:The Irishof New Brunswick by P.M.Toner231Douglas Hyde in New Brunswick,1890-1891by Douglas Sealy237IV:THE IRISH IN QUEBEC The Irish in Quebec by Marianna O’Gallagher253Beaurivage:The Development of an Irish EthnicIdentity in Rural Quebec,1820-1860by D.Aidan McQuillan263The Celtic Family in Feudal Gaspéby Aldo Brochet271Irish Families in Ancient Quebec by John O'Farrell281Ultramontanism in Quebec and the Irish Connec

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What is the title and scope of the document provided here?

The document is titled “THE UNTOLD STORY: THE IRISH IN CANADA” and presents Volume I, organized around major thematic parts of Irish history in Canada.

Who edited Volume I?

Volume I is edited by Robert O’Driscoll and Lorna Reynolds.

Which regions does the Volume I table of contents cover?

The contents cover Irish communities across Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, and western Canada, including separate sections devoted to each region.

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