In the 1970s, Donegal-born broadcaster Aidan O’Hara traveled to Newfoundland’s Cape Shore to record traditional songs and stories. He eventually created documentaries of the region’s Irish ...

In the 1970s, Donegal-born broadcaster Aidan O’Hara traveled to Newfoundland’s Cape Shore to ... time people [in Ireland] didn't think of Newfoundland beyond the weather map," O'Hara recalled.

Aidan O'Hara encounters this community of sixth generation Irish in Cape Shore, Newfoundland, Canada. On his journey, Aidan speaks to Professor John Mannion, Memorial University of Newfoundland ...

By comparison, how many Irish people could give you information about Newfoundland, or even point it out on a map? When the Irish came here 200 years ago, it was quite an isolated place.

In the 1970s, Aidan O'Hara became known on Newfoundland's Cape Shore as "the real ... "At the time people in Ireland didn't think of Newfoundland beyond the weather map," O'Hara recalled.

Many of Newfoundland's inhabitants can trace their ancestry back to the south of Ireland, writes Nuala Macklin 'Our first winter there was the worst. We had 17ft of snow," recalls Kildare-born ...

which strongly influenced Newfoundland's culture, language and dialect. Adam noted: "The farther south you go on the shore, the closer you would get to what we would call a generic Irish accent ...

A wind-beaten, but otherwise intact, houseboat has washed up on the Irish shore after floating across ... found a note seemingly from a man in Newfoundland, Canada. “I, Rick Small, donate ...

Newfoundland is "the most Irish place outside Ireland," according to a column in the Irish Times that argues the isolation of The Rock preserved an Irish heritage unmatched anywhere else in the world.

Parts of the Canadian province of Newfoundland have a majority population which is genetically Irish going back almost 200 years, new research confirms. Newfoundland is almost unique in having a ...