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History must not be forgotten or rewritten on the Pioneer Cemetery in Martindale, Quebec

By CATHOLINE BUTLER

“They will be remembered as long as love and music last” In a small rural community in Martindale, Quebec (about 40 minutes north of Ottawa), a magnificent limestone Celtic cross stands ...more

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....more

A Visit to the Martindale Pioneer Cemetery

By DECLAN KELLY Irish Ambassador to Canada

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....more

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.

The cross is inscribed in Irish, English and French with these words: "May the light of heaven shine on the souls of the Gaels who left Ireland in the years of the Great Famine to find eternal...more

"They Will be Remembered As Long as Music and Love Lasts"

By MAURA McCAY

It is now the autumn of the year and as the nights grow longer and darkness gathers outside our front doors, Celts begin preparations for the biggest celebration of the year - Samhain - the Celtic New Year, the celebration of the dead on November 1.

This is the time when the veil is thinnest and the portals between the two worlds are open. It is the time when our ancestors and loved ones who have gone before...more

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.

It was last May (1991), when I was working for the Citizen's Forum on Canada's Future. Most of the winter I had been travelling with Keith Spicer, listening to Canadians tell their stories...more

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