| Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlement: Patterns, Links, and Letters Subjects: Irish -- Canada -- History -- 19th century; Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century; Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century; In mid-19th century Canada, the Irish outnumbered the English and Scots two to one. Yet their different experience have been much less studied than their US counterparts. The authors evaluate both emigration and settlement and present as well revealing personal documents about intense, often painful experiences of the settlers. Houston Cecil J. : Cecil J. Houston is a member of the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto.Smyth William J. : William J. Smyth is the president emeritus of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and a past president of the Geographical Society of Ireland and the Association of Canadian Studies in Ireland. |