The global reach of the people of the south east is expansive. However, one extraordinary story continues and that is the relationship between the culture and traditions of the people of the south east of Ireland and the Irish of Newfoundland. This intrinsic link between one people of two communities provides a remarkable opportunity for self-discovery. For Irish people, travelling to Newfoundland is like visiting another Irish county even with the visible topographical differences. For Newfoundlanders, travelling to Ireland is to return home to that sense of place that binds people to their original identity.
Our genealogical expertise was gained by studying waves of Irish emigration to North America from the late seventeenth century onwards. Discovering your genealogy and writing your story are important connections to place and your sense of belonging.
Father James Nugent – A Connemara Hero of the 1880 Assisted Emigration Scheme
It was something I had failed to understand – 363 people, including children, had lost their lives in Tramore Bay, but it was a story that younger generations were unfamiliar with. As Tramore natives, my grandfather had told me the
In an article I wrote for the Irish Newspaper of the upper Mid-West of America, The Irish Gazette, I explained how I had completed a study of assisted emigration from Connemara to Big Stone County in the far west of
