Some very Irish sounding settlement names which were named from the Irish settlers in the area are found in the Kindersley Gen Web Region such as D'Arcy, Marengo, and McGee. Also in southern Saskatchewan Moose Jaw are Limerick, and Shamrock. The city of Regina, Regina Gen Web Region, had Irish settlers as well. Kamsack Gen Web Region has an Irish influence at Sturgis. The Irish at Young, and the city of Saskatoon are part of the Saskatoon Gen Web Region. Lloydminster Gen Web Region saw some Irish come to Canwood, Mullingar, and Clongert.
Protestants from Ulster came to Canada and there were Catholics from Ireland. In the late 1800s the campaign of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood of Ireland was to overthrow Britain. From 1865-1871, American Irish (The Fenians) invaded Canada, a British Colony. Due to an anti-emigration society in Ireland, many Irish that emigrated in 1904 went to the U.S.A. and not to Canada.
Source | Bibliography| Ethnic origins and History |
Top |
Resources | Sask Gen Web
|
