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Irish Film Festival Ottawa

Irish Film Festival Ottawa

Canada, Ireland, Ottawa, Stories22 April 2025by M.C. Moran

April 25-27, 2025 This weekend, the Irish Film Festival Ottawa celebrates its tenth year with a program of 7 films, from comedy to drama to thrillers. I plan to attend the Saturday afternoon showing of Fidil Ghorm (The Blue Fiddle)….

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The Queen vs. Kelly

The Queen vs. Kelly

Canada, Crime and Punishment, Ireland9 June 2022by M.C. Moran

‘Shocking Murder’ It was on Good Friday, April 9, 1841, that John Kelly killed his own brother-in-law Michael Hourigan. According to an account published in the Bathurst Courier, the two men had spent the afternoon drinking at Henry Smith’s brewery, where they had been…

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My Maternal Ancestors

My Maternal Ancestors

Canada, Ireland, Stories31 May 2022by M.C. Moran

By Alec Lunney Peter Alexander (“Alec”) Lunney (1896-1953) was the son of Hugh Andrew Lunney and Margaret Amelia Hourigan, and a descendant of James Moran and Margaret Jamieson, and also of Mary Lahey. His “A Collection of Family and Ottawa…

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Carleton County contributors to an Irish Famine relief fund (1847)

Carleton County contributors to an Irish Famine relief fund (1847)

Canadian History, Canadian Records, Irish History, Newspapers27 April 2022by M.C. Moran

On 26 June 1847, The Ottawa Daily Citizen published a list of “Names of persons who contributed to the relief of the suffering poor of Ireland.” This list had been supplied to the newspaper by “the Rev. Mr. O’Connell, Catholic…

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Catholic Baptismal Records: Sponsors/Godparents

Catholic Baptismal Records: Sponsors/Godparents

Catholic Records, Forkill25 April 2022by M.C. Moran

A few points about Catholic baptismal sponsors: In French records, the godfather was le parrain, while the godmother was la marraine. In English language registers, they might be called godparents, or they might be called sponsors. In the very first…

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Forkill Names in the Register for St. John the Baptist RC Church, Perth, Lanark, Ontario (1842-1856)

Forkill Names in the Register for St. John the Baptist RC Church, Perth, Lanark, Ontario (1842-1856)

Canadian Records, Catholic Records, Forkill, Marriage Records17 April 2022by M.C. Moran

Extracted from the parish registers for St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Perth, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada, July 1842 through December 1856.1 Below, I include only  those marriages where one or both parties were identified with Co. Armagh. Many…

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