People lined the streets of Quebec City for the Défilé de la Saint- Patrick de Québec. Some even came dressed for the occasion! (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) The Irish parade through Quebec City to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com On a bright and sunny March 28, over 50,000 people lined the streets of Quebec City…
Many Irish immigrants played a key role as log drivers in Canada’s logging industry. This statue, “L’homme-Rivière,” located on Rue Ste-Anne between the Clarendon Hotel and the Price Building, is a tribute to their indispensable contribution to Quebec’s economy and development in the 19th century. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) PHOTOS: Follow the leprechauns to Old Quebec landmarks…
Members of the Irish community were present at the Irish flag raising at City Hall. People in the photo include retired senator and 2024 Grand Marshal Dennis Dawson, president of Irish Heritage Quebec and honorary consul of Ireland Bryan O’Gallagher, 2025 Grand Marshal Bruce Kirkwood, DSPQ spokesperson Stephen Burke, and city councillor Éric Courtemanche Baril. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Irish flag raised over City Hall on St. Patrick’s Day Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com As strong winds blew through Quebec City, a group of Irish Quebecers assembled outside City Hall for…
Ireland’s Honorary Consul for Quebec Bryan O’Gallagher, anthropology researcher Maïté Boivin of Université Laval, researcher Vicki Langlois and and Jason King, PhD of the Irish Heritage Trust in Dublin speak at Université Laval on March 21, examining Indigenous contributions to Irish famine relief and the broader historical context of colonial systems, displacement and cultural survival. (Photo by Sarah Elworthy) Conference at Université Laval highlights Indigenous aid during Irish famine Sarah Elworthy sarah@qctonline.com As part of the Ville de Québec St. Patrick’s Day programming, the QCT attended a conference and…
TRIVIA: Going green for St. Patrick’s Day Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com Everyone has heard of adding a bit of Irish whimsy to a glass of beer, in the form of a…
On March 20 at the Stade Telus and March 21 at the Stade Leclerc, the Patriotes de Québec taught newbies the sport of Gaelic football. On March 17 at the Centre Louis-Jolliet, they taught hurling. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) PHOTOS: Gaelic football growing in popularity in Quebec City…
PHOTOS: Irish heritage meets family fun in Old Quebec treasure hunt …
Bryan O’Gallagher, president of Irish Heritage Quebec and honorary consul of Ireland to Quebec, welcomed everyone to the St. Patrick’s Day meeting in McMahon Hall. He held up a pair of bronzed children’s shoes. One of 15 similar pairs, they are part of the Global Irish Famine Way heritage trail initiative, launched in St. John’s, N.L., in 2024. These shoes were brought to Canada from Ireland to memorialize the Irish immigrants who fled the potato famine and landed in ports around the world, including Quebec City. This pair, presented to Irish Heritage Quebec in 2024, will be installed on Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site this year.
Patrick McSweeney plays the uilleann pipes at the Irish Heritage Quebec St. Patrick’s Day meeting.
Local historian Steve Cameron gave a talk in English, French and Irish Gaelic about “The Walk from There to Here” – the journey of Irish immigrants to Quebec. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) PHOTOS: Irish Heritage Quebec celebrates St. Patrick’s Day 2026…
As part of the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Quebec City, Whisky Quebec introduced a dozen whiskey lovers to five whiskies: Lot No. 40 100% Pot Still Rye Whisky from Windsor, Ontario; Michter Single Carrel Straight Rye Whiskey from three locations in Kentucky; Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky from Japan; Redbreast Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey aged 12 years from County Cork, Ireland; and the GlenAllachie Single Malt Scotch Whisky from Speyside, Scotland. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) PHOTOS: Whiskey lovers enjoy a drop at Nelligan’s for St. Patrick’s Day…
On March 22, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix celebrated mass with a full St. Patrick’s Church. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin)
PHOTOS: Cardinal Lacroix celebrates St. Patrick’s week mass at St. Patrick’s Church …