The Monaghan settlers

Contributors
Creator: O'Grady, Brendan
Date Recorded
1983-03-11
Date Digitized
2024
Genre
Event
Rights
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Physical Location
Original cassette held by UPEI Archives and Special Collections
Duration
01:42:25
Member of
UPEI Archives Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Introduction

01:00 O'Grady begins speaking

07:00 Discussion of historical perceptions of Irish settlers in PEI

08:30 Discussion of Irish grandmothers

09:00 Discussion of the Mi'kmaq, relationship with the Irish

11:30 Discussion of the waves of Irish settlers in PEI

12:00 Discussion of PEI's former name of New Ireland

13:30 Discussion of the rationale for Irish settlers to come to PEI

14:30 Discussion of the Monaghan settlers

15:30 Discussion of the act passed by Governor Patterson to name PEI "New Ireland"

18:00 Discussion of settlements related to the Monaghan settlers

19:30 Discussion of the timeline of the Monaghan settlers

22:00 Discussion of Irish people living in Glasgow

25:00 Discussion of the birthplace of St. Patrick

26:30 Discussion of the county Monaghan

30:00 Discussion of the transplanting of people in Monaghan

32:00 Discussion of areas within Monaghan where settlers to PEI came from

35:30 Discussion of St. Mary's church in county Monaghan

38:00 Discussion of agriculture in county Monaghan

39:00 Discussion of communities within Monaghan

41:00 Discussion of gravestones in county Monaghan

46:00 Discussion of castle Leslie

48:30 Discussion of Daniel O'Connell

54:00 Discussion of the geographies of county Monaghan and PEI

56:00 Discussion of the architecture in Monaghan

57:30 Further discussion of graveyards in Monaghan

01:00:30 Discussion of requests for settlers from Monaghan

01:02:00 Discussion of St. Patrick in Monaghan

01:04:00 Gap in audio

01:04:30 Audio resumes

01:06:30 Discussion of nameplaces transplanted from Ireland to PEI

01:08:00 Discussion of patterns of settlement for the Monaghan settlers

01:15:00 Discussion of pro-unification slogans seen in Monaghan

01:16:00 Discussion of other towns in Ireland O'Grady visited

01:21:30 Discussion of downtown Monaghan; monument to Lord Rossmore

01:27:00 Discussion of monuments in Monaghan

01:28:00 Discussion of a map of Monaghan indicating former locations of families

01:29:30 Discussion of relatives to settlers from monaghan still living in Ireland

01:32:00 Discussion of Emyvale

01:34:00 Discussion of Kelly's Cross

01:37:00 Discussion of Kinkora

01:39:30 Discussion of Fort Augustus

01:41:30 Conclusion of seminar