2009 Articles

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3.0/5 (10 votes)
Author:Eamonn O'Loghlin
Pat Quinn July 1st, 1935 - November 23rd, 2009 Toronto's Irish community has lost an icon that will live on fondly in our collective memories for many a day. Had he lived, Pat would have been 75 on Canada Day in a country that he loved dearly....
Saturday, 28 November 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
2.9/5 (11 votes)
Author:Elizabeth Lapointe
For two days last November, the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) hosted the Irish Studies Symposium 2008 in Ottawa (there was one in 2006).   Over sixty people crowded into a room to participate in workshops led by academics who have studied...
Thursday, 30 July 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
3.1/5 (11 votes)
Author:Eamonn O'Loghlin
Oliver Murray is the new Chair of the Ireland Fund of Canada. Irish Connections Canada caught up with Oliver in his office in downtown Toronto where he holds the position of President and CEO, Brandes Investment Partners.   ICC:   ...
Thursday, 30 July 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
2.5/5 (10 votes)
Author:Eamonn O'Loghlin
It is 250 years (on September 24th) since Arthur Guinness established the iconic brand that is synonymous with Ireland. Nowadays the Guinness brand is a proud member of Diageo's world class collection of premium beverage alcohol brands.
Wednesday, 29 July 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
2.4/5 (10 votes)
Author:Dr. Garth Vaughan
Nova Scotia was still a British Colony at the time that the Irish game of Hurling was introduced to boys at Canada's first college, King's College School in Windsor, N.S. back around 1800, the school having been established by United Empire...
Saturday, 06 June 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
2.8/5 (10 votes)
Author:Desmond Devoy
As the bobsled driver told his team, it's all downhill from here. So too is it for Irishman John Furlong, 58, the Chief Executive Officer for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralymic Winter Games in Vancouver and...
Saturday, 06 June 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
2.5/5 (11 votes)
Author:Eamon Ó Cuiv
An Gorta Mór - The Impact and Legacy of the Great Irish Famine Lecture delivered by Mr. Éamon Ó Cuív, TD, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, Canada, on Friday 8 May 2009 ...
Saturday, 06 June 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more
2.5/5 (11 votes)
Author:Desmond Devoy
Never have so many been so honoured by, well, so many. For the first time in the history of Toronto's Irish community, the Irish Person of the Year Committee has decided to quadruple its pleasure by honouring the four men who keep the city's...
Saturday, 16 May 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more



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Trust Fund in support of Conor & Cameron Rykaszewski

Our community was saddened at the recent untimely passing of 41 year old Robbie Rykaszewski, husband to Samantha (nee Kennedy) and father to Conor & Cameron. A Trust Fund has been set up for the children at TD Canada Trust.

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