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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 ...
Ulster-Scottish diaspora in Canada (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Irish diaspora in Canada" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The following places in countries other than Ireland are named after places in Ireland. Massive emigration, often called the Irish diaspora, from Ireland in the 19th and 20th centuries resulted in many towns and regions being named or renamed after places in Ireland. The following place names sometimes share strong ties with the original place ...
Today, about 70 million people claim Irish heritage or ancestry worldwide, according to the Irish government.
Irish Quebecers (French: Irlando-Québécois, Irish: Éireannaigh as Québec) are residents of the Canadian province of Quebec who have Irish ancestry. In 2016, there were 446,215 Quebecers who identified themselves as having partial or exclusive Irish descent in Quebec, representing 5.46% of the population.
Irish diaspora in Canada (4 C, 14 P) M. ... Pages in category "Irish diaspora by country" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Irish emigrants to Canada (2 C, 244 P) A. Canadian people of Anglo-Irish descent (39 P) N. ... Irish diaspora in Quebec (2 C, 6 P) Quebec people of Irish descent (73 ...
The Irish diaspora (Irish: Diaspóra na nGael) refers to ethnic Irish people and their descendants who live outside the island of Ireland. The phenomenon of migration from Ireland is recorded since the Early Middle Ages, [1] but it can be quantified only from around 1700. Since then, between 9 and 10 million people born in Ireland have emigrated.