Photo: Photo by Andrée Lemieux

Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, shown holding his concertina, gave a conference on the influence of Irish Traditional Music to Irish Heritage Quebec.

Irish Heritage Quebec recently hosted a conference given by Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin on the influence of Irish traditional music in Quebec and the rest of Canada. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, an expert on Irish traditional music, sketched the history behind the waves of Irish immigration to the Maritime provinces, Quebec and points west through the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.