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2 unusual facts about Irish Canadian


Billy Sherring

Billy Sherring (William John Sherring; September 18, 1877 – September 5, 1964) was an Irish Canadian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Intercalated Games (or 1906 Olympic Games, as they were at the time considered to be).

Con Walsh

Cornelius E. "Con" Walsh (April 24, 1885 – December 7, 1961) was an Irish Canadian athlete who represented Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics.


English Canada

# English Canadian, in some historical contexts, refers to Canadians who have origins in England (in contrast to Scottish Canadians, Irish Canadians etc.).


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Bernard Devlin

A key platform for the enhancement and extension of his reputation was membership in the St. Patrick's Society of Montreal, a theoretically non-political organization founded in 1834 to care for Irish immigrants and to defend the local Irish-Canadian community's interests.

Doohan

James Doohan, Irish Canadian character and voice actor best known for his portrayal of Scotty in the television and film series Star Trek

James Clarence Mangan

A 1979 novel by Northern Irish-Canadian novelist Brian Moore, The Mangan Inheritance, tells the story of (fictional) young American James Mangan traveling to Ireland to try to determine whether he is descended from the famous poet.

Michael O'Leary

Michael John O'Leary (1890–1961), Irish-Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross

Roslyn Fuller

Roslyn Fuller (born in London, Ontario) is an Irish-Canadian model, author and academic.

Samuel Hume Blake

Samuel Hume Blake (31 August 1835 – 23 June 1914) was the son of William Hume Blake, an Irish-Canadian jurist and politician, and the brother of Edward Blake, the second Premier of Ontario.

Westlock, Alberta

Edson, Alberta already existed, so the site was called Edison by its Irish-Canadian founders, after the American inventor Thomas Edison.