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The compelling story of Canada’s Irish pioneers, revealing the enormous scope of their achievements.
Beginning in the eighteenth century, an increasing number of Irish people sought the better life that Ontario and Quebec offered. Set free from the stifling economic and social constraints that held them back in their homeland, they prospered. And yet, strangely enough, they continue to be mourned as victims.
In this second book of the Irish in Canada series, Lucille Campey takes on the victim-ridden mythology of destitute Irish immigrants fleeing the famine of the 1840s. In fact, the Irish influx to Quebec and Ontario began a century earlier.
Comprehensive and extensive research has been distilled to produce an informative and lively account of this great immigration saga, whose roots date back to the time of the British Conquest of New France in 1763.
Beginning in the eighteenth century, an increasing number of Irish people sought the better life that Ontario and Quebec offered. Set free from the stifling economic and social constraints that held them back in their homeland, they prospered. And yet, strangely enough, they continue to be mourned as victims.
In this second book of the Irish in Canada series, Lucille Campey takes on the victim-ridden mythology of destitute Irish immigrants fleeing the famine of the 1840s. In fact, the Irish influx to Quebec and Ontario began a century earlier.
Comprehensive and extensive research has been distilled to produce an informative and lively account of this great immigration saga, whose roots date back to the time of the British Conquest of New France in 1763.
Price: $37.99
Pages: 416
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Publication Date:
02 October 2018
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781459740846
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
[Campey’s] book is a pure pleasure to read while being stacked with every source a reader could want.
Lucille H. Campey was born in Ottawa. A professional researcher and historian, she has a master’s degree in medieval history from Leeds University and a Ph.D. from Aberdeen University in emigration history. She is the author of thirteen books on early Scottish, English, and Irish emigration to Canada and was the recipient of the 2016 Prix du Québec. She lives near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England.
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Mid-Canada's Appeal to the Irish
- Chapter 2 Early Arrivals
- Chapter 3 Quebec City and Rural Areas to the North and South
- Chapter 4 The Eastern Townships
- Chapter 5 Montreal and Rural Areas to the North and South
- Chapter 6 The Ottawa Valley
- Chapter 7 Eastern Ontario and the Peter Robinson Settlers
- Chapter 8 North to Lake Simcoe and Westward to the Thames Valley
- Chapter 9 Ontario's Western Peninsula
- Chapter 10 Irish Arrivals During the Great Famine of 1847
- Chapter 11 Sea Crossings
- Chapter 12 The Irish in Ontario and Quebec
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix Immigration Ship Crossings from Ireland to Quebec, 1817–1840
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author