Irish in Rural Ontario essays

Irish in Rural Ontario essays While there are many interesting topics that relate to pre-confederation Canada, the one I find appealing is the role that Irish settlers played in rural Ontario. In my opinion they played a great role in forming rural Ontarios identity and make-up and this leaves a great need to examine in what ways they did so. In my quest for knowledge on Irish settlement, I have come across several sources which will hopefully provide for me some answers. The first source available is called The Irish in Ontario: A study in rural history. This source will be a great starting point to see where exactly in Ontario the Irish fit in. It will be slightly more general than some of the other sources I will use, but will be of great use as background material. I will also use a second source as background information, this one being written by the Ontario ministry of culture and recreation and is called Ontario Ethnocultural Profiles: Irish. This source will also be valuable for background material as it is more of a government publication, lending insight into what the government viewed the Irishs role in Ontario as. The next two sources I am using take a look at specific areas in Ontario where the Irish settled. The first is called Montague: A social history of an Irish Ontario Township, and the second is called The Peter Robinson Settlement Of 1825, and talks about Irish settlement in the Peterborough area. These are important sources for my essay because they study specific areas where the Irish settled and will hopefully provide strong microcosms of the story of the Irish in Ontario. The final sources that I have looked at so far are profiles of actual Irish immigrants. One is Timothy Warren Anglin, 1822-96, Irish Catholic Canadian, and the second is a primary source in the form of a genealogy and is called The Descendants of Samuel Ferguson and Sarah Hooey, 1817-1965. These two sources will no doubt prove t ...