☘☘☘ Monday, June 8 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Kevin Wright will give a presentation on the significance of James Joyce and the celebration of his work through festivals around the world and in Quebec. Kevin Wright, originally from Quebec City, is the current president of the Montreal’s Bloomsday Festival. All are welcome. Please arrive by 19:20 because as the church door on de Salaberry will lock 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.  ☘☘☘
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Photo: James Joyce 1915 by Alex Ehrenzweig
Public domain, Wikipedia Commons

☘☘☘ Monday, May 11 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Local historian Daniel Stewart will give a presentation titled Alexander Stewart: An Irish immigrant’s journey and adventures. Dan will take on his 3rd great-grand uncle’s adventures departing from Ireland, living at Wolfe’s Cove, pioneering in Ste-Catherine-de-Fossambault, and emigrating to Vermont, USA. Dan developed a passion for the history of what was “la Seigneurie de Fossambault” 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. A regular consultant for various historical societies, Danny is a retired public servant, musician, and genealogist. 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, March 18 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 We Never Quite Leave.  The Seanchaí (storyteller) will take us walking through old…and very old stories; pagan stories of climbing hills, stories, song and music, of sadness, loss, departure, and the challenges of the crossing and early settlement. Oral tradition, that inter-play of fact and memory, will add elements of surprise and ‘belonging’; that sense that “we never quite left”. It is who we are, our “Irishness”, with still strong links still to Ireland. Come and walk with us and at the end of the evening be prepared for a special announcement on how we will keep our story alive in very concrete terms. Admission is free. All are welcome. 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, January 19 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Steve Cameron, Marc Hughes and Joe Lonergan will co-host a presentation titled Tom Sloane 1896-1976: Sillery’s Galtee Mountain Boy. Come and hear the surprising story of a Tipperary man who after his involvement in Ireland’s revolutionary period, 1916 to 1923, settled and raised a family in Sillery.  All are welcome. Please arrive by 19:20 because as the church door on de Salaberry will lock 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, November 10 at 19:30 – Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 de Salaberry in Quebec City. Mary-Alice Wildasin will give a presentation on and titled The Dorans from Kilkenny to Maine, 1820 -1900: A Study in Step Migration.  Mary-Alice, a professional genealogist, received a Graduate Certificate in Genealogical Research and Forensic Genealogy from Boston University, and an M.A. from the University of Limerick. Members and friends are invited to attend. We hope to see many of you there. Please arrive by 19:20 as the church door on de Salaberry will lock 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, 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.

Photo by Joe Lonergan

☘☘☘  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.

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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.