Date: 7:33 am Tue Nov 7, 1995 Number : 61 of 203 From: Silicon Soul Base : BOMB_NET - General Debates To : Molson Subj: Re: you
M> well if you think about it logically...where is the closest port to Ireland M> when coming into Canada? Halifax/Montreal...If you ever look how many M> Irish/Roman Catholic's there is in Quebec hehe theres tons...And of course t M> Gov't had to fuck us over there to :)...hehe make them stay on the boats for M> like 3 weeks...that's how tons of my family died... M> But they either went to Montreal/Halifax or Boston/New York... M> that might explain all the Irish influence in Boston :)
Oh, I know there are scads of Irish in Quebec... and they do gravitate to the French because probably of the religious ties. And of course traditionally the English and Irish have been mortal enemies for a long long time... :)
Re the boats... are you referring to the potatoe famine times? that was a very long time ago...