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The first recorded Irish presence in the area of present-day Canada dates from 1536, when Irish fishermen from Cork traveled to Newfoundland. [citation needed]After the permanent settlement in Newfoundland by Irish in the late 18th and early 19th century, overwhelmingly from counties Waterford and Wexford, increased immigration of the Irish elsewhere in Canada began in the decades following ...
Jim Coleman (1911–2001), Canadian sports journalist and Member of the Order of Canada [1] [2] Stompin' Tom Connors – country and folk musician Peter Cullen – voice actor
Detroit has long been a city of immigrants, from the early French and English settlers in the 18th century, through the Irish who settled in the Corktown neighborhood in the 1840s, to the Greeks, who settled in the Greektown neighborhood in the early 20th century and the southern whites and African-Americans who came to Detroit in the years ...
Pages in category "Irish emigrants to Canada" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 244 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Map of the Iraqi Diaspora in the World. Irish diaspora – consists of Irish emigrants and their descendants especially in countries such as the United States (see Irish Americans), the United Kingdom (see Irish migration to Great Britain and Irish-Scots, not to be confused with Ulster-Scots aka Scots-Irish), Canada (see Irish Canadians, Irish ...
A 2013 report by the Global Detroit and Data Driven Detroit stated that of the immigrant ethnic groups to Metro Detroit, the largest segment is the Indian population. [57] As of 2012, the Indian populations of Farmington Hills and Troy are among the twenty largest Indian communities in the United States.
In “Plentiful Country,” historian Tyler Anbinder uses bank records to paint a new picture of the 1.3 million people who fled to the US when famine hit Ireland.
The city with the highest Irish population is Boston, Massachusetts. Large cities with the highest percentage of Irish ancestry. Boston, Massachusetts 22.8% [1]