Monday, October 20 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. John Bertrand, Vice-President of Irish Heritage Quebec, will give a presentation on and titled The Irish Origins of Halloween. John Bertrand is a graduate of Laval University and a member of three different national vexillological associations. Members and friends are invited to attend. We hope to see many of you there. Please arrive by 19:20 because we must lock the church door on de Salaberry at 19:30. Refreshments will be served and parking stubs for Îlot St-Patrick will be validated. For more information, please phone Irish Heritage Quebec at 418-704-3404.
Monday, September 15 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Local historian, Danny Stewart will give a presentation on Henry O’Sullivan (1845-1912), a Ste-Catherine born surveyor instrumental in exploring and mapping various regions of the Province of Quebec and whose travels took him up past James Bay. Retired public servant, Danny Stewart concentrates his research on the history of the area known as “la Seigneurie de Fossambault”: Ste Catherine de la Jacques-Cartier, Shannon, Lake Saint Joseph and a sector of the Valcartier military base. He has been a regular consultant for various historical societies. Admission is free and all are welcome. Refreshments will be served and parking stubs for Îlot St-Patrick will be validated. For more information, please phone Irish Heritage Quebec at 418-704-3404.
Monday, June 9 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Joe Lonergan will give a presentation titled, The Guilmartins; Under Six Flags. Come and listen to the intriguing story of a family that emigrated from Savannah, Georgia to Quebec City; a family which included a Confederate officer, his wife and their adopted black daughter. Refreshments will be served. The doors will be open by 19:00. Please be present by 19:20 as we must lock the church doors at 19:30. For more information phone Irish Heritage Quebec at 418-704-3404.
Mary Ann Guilmartin, in a local mural, 2nd from right.
☘☘☘ Monday, April 14 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Our guest speaker Marc Durand will give a presentation titled Quebec City, the Birthplace of Hockey in North America? Come and hear about the very Irish/Celtic origins of hockey and that took root in the streets of old Quebec City. Marc Durandis a local sports announcer who has published two well-acclaimed books on hockey, La Coupe à Québec: Les Bulldogs et la Naissance du Hockey and Jean Beliveau: La Naissance d’un Héros. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served and parking stubs for Îlot St-Patrick will be validated. Please be present by 7:20 as we must lock the church doors at 19:30. For more information, phone Irish Heritage Quebec at 418-704-3404.
Wednesday, March 19 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. This activity will be held in partnership with the organizers of the Défilé de la Saint-Patrick. Steve Cameron will preside over a presentation titled Every Once in a While…a Reminder, ( the graves are talking). The presentation covers the period 1831-1847. It makes the point that, beyond the cross on Grosse Île, oral tradition, genealogies, archaeology and old cemeteries also speak to us of those times. Their voices reveal both human tragedy and human resilience as well as a surprise or two. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served and parking stubs for Îlot St-Patrick will be validated. The doors will be open by 19:00. Please be present by 19:20 as we must lock the church doors at 19:30. For more information, please phone Heritage Quebec at 418-704-3404.
☘☘☘ Monday, February 10 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Damian Foxall will give a presentation titled Edward Bransfield: Irish Antarctic Discoverer and Explorer. Damian Foxall is a professional sailor who has participated in 10 world ocean sailing competitions and has won prizes in that regard. Damian has published Ocean Fever, an auto biographical work on his adventures in sailing. Originally from Derrynane, Kerry in the Irish Republic, he currently resides in the greater Quebec City area. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served and parking stubs for Îlot St-Patrick will be validated. Please be present by 7:20 as we must lock the church doors at 19:30. For more information, please phone Heritage Quebec at 418-704-3404. ☘☘☘
☘☘☘ Monday, January 20 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Local historian Danny Stewart will give a presentation titled Murders in St. Catherine. Danny’s research concentrates on what was “la Seigneurie de Fossambault” and is now Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Shannon, Lake St Joseph and Fossambault-sur-le-Lac; including a large sector of Valcartier military base. It is where his Stewart ancestors pioneered and established homesteads. His curiosity has developed into a passion for the history of the area. He researches and chronicles past events thus promoting awareness of a little-known chapter of Irish history in Quebec. A regular consultant for various historical societies, Danny is a retired public servant, musician and genealogist. Admission is free and all are welcome. Refreshments will be served and parking stubs for Îlot St-Patrick will be validated. For more information, please phone Irish Heritage Quebec at 418-704-3404. ☘☘☘
Image: BAnQ The Daily Telegraph Aug. 29 1879. Photo: Jury member AlexanderStewart, Donegal man and ancestor of Danny Stewart
Monday, November 11 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Joe Lonergan will give a presentation titled The Quebec City Irish and World War II. It will be a personal survey of the times drawn from contemporary school and parish documents along with photos gathered online from of friends and acquaintances. Admission is free and all are welcome. Refreshments will be served and parking stubs for Îlot St-Patrick will be validated. For more information, please phone Irish Heritage Quebec at 418-704-3404.
Wednesday, October 16 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Sherry Craig of the Société d’histoire de Stoneham-Tewkesbury will give a presentation focussing on the Irish aspect of the Stoneham-Tewkesbury settlement. Sherry Craig is a dedicated researcher who has written a number of articles on the history of the Stoneham-Tewkesbury area. She is a co-author of Morceaux choisis sur l’histoire des Cantons-Unis de Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury. Refreshments will be served and parking stubs for Îlot St-Patrick will be validated. For more information, please phone Irish Heritage Quebec at 418-704-3404.
Monday, September 9 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Aimée Dion, author of Affiches de guerre, guerre d’affiches, published by Presses de l’Université Laval will give a presentation titled Battlegrounds of Identity: How War Posters Shaped Nationalism in Ireland and French Canada 1914-18. With insight into the complex dynamics of nationalism and war mobilization, this presentation will explore how wartime posters in particular reflected evolving nationalist identities in French Canada and Ireland between 1914 and 1918.
As the outbreak of World War 1 prompted Britain to call on its Empire for support, this led to significant challenges within Quebec and Ireland as both regions grappled with internal crises. Navigating French Canada and Ireland’s complex relationships with the Crown, propaganda efforts appealed to national pride and highlighted their unique contributions to the war. This celebration of cultural identity in war posters eventually proved hazardous to mobilization as the war’s difficulties drove calls to nationalist radicalization, culminating in conscription crises in both Quebec and Ireland.
Aimée Dion is a doctoral candidate in History at Université Laval. She is the author of Affiches de guerre, guerre d’affiches, published by Presses de l’Université Laval in 2024, and a recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) doctoral grant. Her research explores Great War propaganda in French Canada and Ireland from 1914 to 1918, with a focus on visual culture. Dion examines how images influenced war cultures and political discourse, using a comparative approach to understand how representations of violence and nationalism shaped collective identity.
For more information phone Irish Heritage Quebec at 418-704 3404
