Irish Canadians
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Irish Canadians are Canadian citizens who have full or partial Irish heritage including descendants who trace their ancestry to immigrants who originated in Ireland. 1.2 million Irish immigrants arriv
Population distribution of Irish Canadians by census division, 2021 census
Father of Confederation D'Arcy McGee
Irish percent in Canada by province/territory, 2021 census
Victoria Bridge under construction in Montreal, as photographed by William Notman
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
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Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish-Canadian politician, Catholic spokesman, journalist, poet, and a Father of Canadian Confederation. The young McGee was an Irish Catholic who opposed British rule in Ir
Irish Canadians
…Church, with the Irish successful. In that instance, the Irish sided with the Protestants to oppose the demand for French-language Catholic schools. Thomas D'Arcy McGee, an Irish-Montreal journalist, became a Father of Confederation in 1867. An Irish Republican in his early years, he would moderate his view in later…
Thomas D'Arcy McGee taken in Montreal in 1866 at William Notman's studio.
A statue of McGee on Parliament Hill, Ottawa
Plaque in English and French installed near the site of the assassination.