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Mark Carney - governor of the Bank of Canada (2008-2013), governor of the Bank of England (2013-2020), Liberal Party leadership candidate (2025) Jordan Clark - dancer and actress D'Alton Corry Coleman (1879–1956), president of Canadian Pacific Railway [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
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 ...
Pages in category "Canadian people of Irish descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 597 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Canadian people of Irish descent (9 C, 597 P) Irish-Canadian culture (5 C, 10 P) G. Gaelic games in Canada (4 C, 4 P) U. Ulster-Scottish diaspora in Canada (2 C, 1 P)
Canadian people of European descent (56 C, 1 P) European-Canadian culture (25 C, 3 P) European-Jewish culture in Canada (6 C) A. ... Irish diaspora in Canada (4 C, 14 P)
Today, about 70 million people claim Irish heritage or ancestry worldwide, according to the Irish government.
Pages in category "Irish people of Canadian descent" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The term first came widely into use in Ireland in the 1990s when the then-President of Ireland, Mary Robinson began using it to describe all those of Irish descent. Notable people of the global Irish diaspora are United States president John F. Kennedy (Roman Catholic), United States president Ronald Reagan (partially, not Catholic), United ...