Gail Dever
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- July 2014 (2)
- June 2014 (55)
- May 2014 (55)
- April 2014 (60)
- March 2014 (73)
- February 2014 (20)
Categories
- Acadian (2)
- Awards (1)
- Blogs (7)
- British Columbia (1)
- British Isles (7)
- Canada (29)
- Conferences (8)
- Crème de la crème (10)
- Eastern Townships (7)
- Fact du jour (8)
- First Nations (3)
- France (2)
- Genealogy (12)
- Genealogy for Young People (5)
- Genealogy Research and Standards (2)
- Ireland (14)
- Lectures (9)
- Maine (6)
- Manitoba (2)
- Military (27)
- Montreal (26)
- New Brunswick (3)
- Newspapers (2)
- Online learning (23)
- Ontario (16)
- Organization (1)
- Photos (4)
- Quebec (70)
- Saskatchewan (1)
- Savoir faire (10)
- scanner (1)
- Scotland (2)
- Societies (26)
- Technology (1)
- Tourism (1)
- Uncategorized (3)
- United States (4)
- Vatican City (1)
- Writing (5)
Tag Archives: St. Patrick’s Day
Fact du jour — First St. Patrick’s Day in Canada
On March 17, 1765, the first St. Patrick’s Day on record in Canada was celebrated by Irish troops serving in the British army in Quebec City. In Montreal, St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated as far back as 1759 by Irish … Continue reading
St. Patrick’s Day parade
The Montreal Irish held the city’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 17, 1824. Our parade is the longest continually running St. Patrick’s Day parade in Canada. (My husband, who has not a drop of Irish blood, says it is also … Continue reading
