Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761-1853 by Terrence Punch SYLVERSTEIN

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Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761-1853 by Terrence Punch SYLVERSTEINTable of Contents From the time of the earliest European colonies, there were Irish settlers in the four provinces of Atlantic CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The first Irish arrivals came to Newfoundland as seasonal fishermen; between 1785 and 1835 a sizable number settled there, traveling from Waterford, Kilkenny, Wexford, Tipperary, and east Cork to work in the fishery industry. Increased