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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] Jim Coleman (1911–2001), Canadian sports journalist and Member of the Order of ...
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 ...
List of Canadian Americans; List of Armenian Canadians; B. List of Black Canadians; E. Ethnic origins of people in Canada; F. ... List of Irish Canadians; List of ...
This is a list of notable Irish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American-born descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is Irish American .
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 .
The African American Irish Diaspora Network is an organization founded in 2020 that is dedicated to Black Irish Americans and their history and culture. Black Irish American activists and scholars have pushed to increase awareness of Black Irish history and advocate for greater inclusion of Black people within the Irish-American community. [233]
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 name.
U.S. cities with large Irish American populations. The city with the highest Irish population is Boston, Massachusetts.