Maura De Freitas
History must not be forgotten or rewritten on the Pioneer Cemetery in Martindale, Quebec
“They will be remembered as long as love and music last”
By CATHOLINE BUTLER
In a small rural community in Martindale, Quebec (about 40 minutes north of Ottawa), a magnificent limestone Celtic cross stands guard over a triple cenotaph. The names of a number of survivors of Ireland’s Great Famine are engraved front and back on the memorial.
FR. THOMAS GERARD O’MALLEY Congregation of the Holy Spirit 1920 – 2009
By CATHOLINE BUTLER
Father Tom O’Malley, passed away peacefully on June 11, 2009 in Marian House, Kimmage, Ireland.
Visit to the Martindale Pioneer Cemetery
By DECLAN KELLY Irish Ambassador to Canada
OTTAWA – Since returning to Canada as Ambassador in 2006 (I served as number two in the Embassy between 1985-90), I have been involved in several important events marking the arrival in Canada of Irish men, women and children fleeing the horrors of the Great Famine.
The Martindale Pioneer Cemetery
In a small rural community in Martindale, Quebec, a magnificent limestone Celtic cross stands guard over a burial ground where a number of survivors of Ireland’s Great Famine found a peaceful final resting place.
“They Will be Remembered As Long as Music and Love Lasts”
By Maura De Freitas
[The following is a dream I had on September 15, 1990: “I have been given an opportunity to see an overview of my life from a higher place. I have walked up to stairs to the next level and I’m being interviewed.
An O’Malley Journeys to the Home of His Father’s Father : Martindale
By MARTIN O’MALLEY
A thunderstorm woke me in hotel room in Ottawa. I had been dreaming; the storm must have started the dream. In the dream my father was telling about the night his father died.
September 2014
July/August 2014
The Irish Heritage Society of Canada – Annual Golf Tournament
September 6 – The Irish Heritage Society of Canada will be holding their annual golf tournament at the Delta Golf Course in Delta, B.C. Visit: www.deltagolfclub.com