Stories and interviews from the Irish Diaspora

The Irish Descendants celebrate 35 years of music and are on their annual Christmas tour across Canada

In 1989, Irish doctor Geraldine Osborne, her artist husband Danny, & their 3 young children—ages 5, 2, and 1—embarked on an extraordinary adventure: to spend a year living in the tiny Inuit settlement of Grise Fiord, over a 3000km above the Arctic Circle.

The Traveller's Tale This book for the first time lifts the veil of secrecy which has surrounded the Irish Government's operation in the North during the Peace Process.

Frank Cassidy - Rideau Ramblers at 4th Stage

Mick McAuley Irish musician, composer and songwriter

Matthew Gilsenan - The Celtic Tenors Canadian Tour Christmas 2025

Ruth Hanna - Julie McAlpin - Philip Geraghty - Laureen Regan - John Crowley - Mike Murphy - Kate Hickey - Ramon Whelan

Nick McCarthy - Dublin Fusilier Martin Groden buried at Beechwood Cemetery Ottawa

Eamonn McKee & Mark McGowan: Irish-born Canadians and their descendants have made significant contributions to all aspects of Canadian life.

International Uilleann Piping Day, a global celebration of the unique Irish pipes or ‘uilleann pipes', will take place around the world on Saturday 1st November 2025.

Fiachra was very much influenced by the old South Connemara style and from an early age was privileged to hear sean-nós singers and music played for sets and sean-nós dancing unique to the area.

A huge congratulations to Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell - the winners of this year's Robinson Emerging Artist Showcase!

Niamh Bury Irish Singer/Songwriter at FAI 2025

Brian McSheffrey - The Sheriff Said “No Flirtin"!

Ciaran MacGowan at Folk Alliance international:

Eoin O'Grady - President, Irish Cultural Society, Calgary Irish Cultural Society of Calgary, a vibrant community founded in 1986 to celebrate Irish and Celtic culture right in the heart of Calgary.

Foil Arms and Hog are an Irish sketch comedy group comprising Sean 'Foil' Finegan, Conor 'Arms' McKenna and Sean 'Hog' Flanagan

Margaret Harvey akes readers on a heartwarming journey through a vanished Ireland

Cathy Murphy Executive Director , Irish Canadian Immigration Centre

Prime Minister Mark Carney & An Taoiseach Micheál Martin held a success bilateral meeting in Ottawa, & reaffirmed the enduring friendship between Canada & Ireland, anchored in shared democratic values, deep historical ties

Máirtín de Cógáin in Hamiton and Toronto

Fr Stephen Amesee, Tom O'Neill: The Irish Society of the National Capital Region hosted a tree planting event in June 2025 to commemorate the 200th birthday of Thomas D'Arcy McGee. Commemorative event at St Patrick's Basilica, Ottawa on Oct 4th

Karen McHugh: Safe Home Ireland is an Irish diaspora support service that provides a range of services for people considering returning and for those who have already returned to Ireland.

Sheila Quealey (Secretary), Mark Sheehan (Chairperson) The Schoolyard Theatre about the history of the theatre

Christy Roche - “From Whence They Came- the Peter Robinson Settlers” an historical account of the settler families and communities of origin here in Ireland 1823 and 1825.

John Sheehy Writer, Director: Rona Fenton, Producer & Actor

Amanda Slattery: A week-long commemoration marking 200 years since the Peter Robinson Settler Emigration Scheme to Canada.

Jimmy Walsh: Lingaun Valley has its very own loop bus service this summer, a free service that will orbit the region five times a day, seven days a week!

Conor Mallon from Keady, Co.Armagh started his musical career with the Armagh Pipers Club where he attended Uilleann Pipe lessons.

Ranagri is a dynamic contemporary folk band that blends traditional Irish and British roots with modern influences and world music textures.

This year marks the bicentennial of Thomas D'Arcy McGee's birth, and the theme could not be more timely: "Climate Justice and Human Rights... in a Changing World Order"

Zoé Basha is a musician, composer and carpenter, of French and American origins, Based between Ireland and the traveling life for over a decade, Zoé blends traditional singing with jazz and blues.

In Fianna, as the newly reformed Na Fianna journey across timelines to confront enemies both mythic and modern.

Emma Donoghue's first musical, THE WIND COMING OVER THE SEA & most recent novel The Paris Express

Cahal Dunne - Athenry: A Famine Tale of Love and Survival

Myfanwy Davies:The NORTH AMERICAN FESTIVAL OF WALES is in Ottawa this year! Hosted by the Ottawa Welsh Society,

Samara O'Gorman: July's Return is a pocketbook anthology of original poems inspired by the twelve months of the year

Rachel Hoare talks about being the 2025 Toronto Rose

Aidan Russell chats about being the Ottawa Rose 2025

Don Wilcox Historian at Trent Valley Archives provides a tour of the 1825 exhibits

Brian J. Dunne, formerly from Drumsna, County Leitrim, was awarded the Order of Ontario

Mary Ellen Callaghan, President of the society outlines the events scheduled to commemorate and celebrate the 200th Anniversary.

Tony Dolan tells of the current Irish curtural connections that sustain the Irish traditions in PEI

Pat Duffy talks about the conditions that the Irish faced on Arrival in PEI