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Exiles and Islanders

The Irish Settlers of Prince Edward Island

by (author) Brendan O'Grady

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2004
Category
Ireland
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773527232
    Publish Date
    Aug 2004
    List Price
    $95.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773527683
    Publish Date
    Aug 2004
    List Price
    $29.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773572003
    Publish Date
    Aug 2004
    List Price
    $95.00

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Description

Over ten thousand Irish settled in PEI in the nineteenth century; by 1850 they comprised about a quarter of the Island's population. They were mainly pre-Famine immigrants and mostly Catholic. They came from all thirty-two counties of Ireland and settled in all sixty-seven townships of PEI. They took up farming, fishing, and rural occupations; raised large families; and retained their Irishness for several generations. Exiles and Islanders includes family names and places of origin that will be of particular interest to the Island's Irish descendants. An intriguing cultural history, the book provides new insight into the early settlers of Prince Edward Island.

About the author

Brendan O'Grady (1925-2018) was a long-time PEI resident and wrote several articles on Irish immigrants in PEI for the Abegweit Review and other journals. He was a past president of the PEI Celtic Heritage Association and professor emeritus at the University of Prince Edward Island.

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