Why Canada matters to the Irish

The Irish connection to Canada will be front and center at the next meeting of the Portland Hibernian Society on October 15 at Kells Restaurant. Two related stories in the PDX HI: The new PM of Canada, Mark Carney, has a special appreciation for the Ireland-Canada connection. His parents are from Co.Mayo. AND, by coincidence, it was announced this morning Oct 8 that a Canadian writer just won the Nobel Prize for Literature.