The Celtic Connection

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Maura De Freitas

List of people buried at Martindale Pioneer Cemetery

Martindale, Quebec (Low)

“May the light of heaven shine on the souls of the Gaels who left Ireland in the years of the Great Famine to find eternal rest in this soil. They will be remembered as long as love and music last.”
— Inscription on Memorial at Martindale Pioneer Cemetery

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1983 Interview with Catholine Butler

This is a 1983 interview by Sally Bishop of Skyline Cable in Calgary, Alberta with Elaine Gannon McCay (Catholine Butler). They are discussing the September 19, 1982 dedication of the Celtic cross located in the pioneer graveyard in Martindale Parish near Low, Quebec.

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