"King Clancy was frequently celebrated as a prominent Irish-Canadian athlete, with the Toronto Maple Leafs even holding "Clancy Night" on St. Patrick's Day in 1934 to honor him." (Wikipedia)
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Miramichi, New Brunswick: Officially proclaimed as the "Irish Capital of Canada," with deep roots in the Irish famine era. #IrishHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

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Montréal is home to Canada’s longest-running #SaintPatricksDay parade, a tradition that began in 1824.

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"Catherine O'Hara (1954–2026) was a third-generation Canadian of entirely Irish descent. She often described her family background as being Irish "on all sides," with her ancestors emigrating from Ireland to Canada." #IrishHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

"Elias Disney was born in the rural village of Bluevale, in what is now Ontario, Canada, to Irish Protestant immigrants. He was best known as the father of Roy and Walt Disney, co-founders of The Walt Disney Company." (Wikipedia) #IrishHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

Maureen Forrester (1930–2010), the celebrated Canadian contralto, was born in Montreal to a Scottish father, Thomas Forrester, and an Irish mother, May Arnold. #IrishHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

Stompin' Tom Connors (born Charles Thomas Connors, 1936 in Saint John New Brunswick.) was of Irish descent through both parents. Connors' songs have become part of the Canadian cultural landscape. #IrishHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

A Saint Patrick’s Day parade, 1924

Montréal is home to Canada’s longest-running #SaintPatricksDay parade, a tradition that began in 1824.

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Timothy Eaton (1834–1907), the founder of Canada's Eaton department store, was an Irish-born businessman, born near Ballymena in County Antrim (now Northern Ireland). He immigrated to Canada in 1854. #IrishHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

"The first recorded Irishman in Canada, then known as New France, was Tadhg O’Brennan. (Tadhg Cornelius Ó’Braonáin) He had deep roots from around Castlecomer in Co Kilkenny. Tadhg departed for France and in 1661 for Quebec, aged 45, where he married and had a family." #IrishHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

'At the Roller Rink on My Last Day in Dublin' by Melissa Fitzpatrick It’s the Girls-Only skate when I first see you. You and your friend, leaning on the rail. You, with dark hair that you keep sweeping from yo...

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“At the Roller Rink on My Last Day in Dublin” — in FlashFlood by @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

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The Cougar in the Attic By Melissa Fitzpatrick The cougar in the attic says he just needs some time to figure things out. A quiet place to think, to decide what to do next. Where to go. How to start over. I bring him extr…

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“The Cougar in the Attic” — in Moonpark Review @moonparkreview.bsky.social

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Fiction from Melissa Fitzpatrick Photo: Mostafa Ashram Mostafa Only Water, Then Sky  When you’re a fish, it doesn’t occur to you to look up, to try to see past the edge of the known world. There is only water, and how the water mo…

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“Only Water, Then Sky” — in Atlas & Alice

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On the longest night of the darkest year | MattKendrick.co.uk

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“On the longest night of the darkest year” was short-listed for the Welkin Writing Prize
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Hybrid - Melissa Fitzpatrick - Temple in a City Hybrid art and poem by writer and author Melissa Fitzpatrick published in Temple in a City literary journal.

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hybrid piece: Matilija — in Temple in a City
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Birds of Los Angeles Los Angeles is a beautiful city because of migration—both human and otherwise.

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She’s excited to share some recent pieces:

her comic “Birds of Los Angeles”:

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ISSUE FIVE - Original artwork by Melissa Fitzpatrick

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was the cover artist for Issue 5: Resistance.

See her artwork, “Speak Truth, Speak Fire”

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Limbo Nights - Short story by Gary Finnegan Listen now (12 mins) | Winner of the Frazzled Lit Short Story Award 2025

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GARY FINNEGAN

You can listen to Gary reading “Limbo Nights” on the Frazzled Lit podcast here. Gary is working on a novel.

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Limbo Nights By Gary Finnegan (Winner - 1st Place)

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GARY FINNEGAN

“Limbo Nights” won the Frazzled Lit Short Story Award 2025.

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Shooter Flash: “Winter Camp” by Gary Finnegan The middle distance absorbed her gaze. Her sleeves, her nerves, frayed. Moths had chewed holes in the coats of the children; the children had eaten nothing for days. Days had been given to a journe…

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GARY FINNEGAN

His flash fiction and short stories have appeared in a wide range of journals. Anew piece called “Career Guidance” is forthcoming in Flash Fiction Magazine. “Winter Camp” won the Shooter Flash Competition last November:

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DRESS-UP NIGHT - "Bewley’s café has never seen so much action on a Saturday morning," he said, eyes backlit."Not from students in rented tuxedos and cocktail dresses."

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GARY FINNEGAN is based in county Kildare, Ireland. His story, “Dress-up Night,” was published in Issue 6: Nostalgia. (1/)

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"Nellie McClung (née Mooney) was born on October 20, 1873, into an Irish immigrant family in Chatsworth, Ontario. She credited her Irish roots for her quick wit, storytelling ability, and love of laughter. She was an activist for women's rights." #IrishHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

Dinner at the Harp in Cleveland

Yearly March dinner at #TheHarp in #Cleveland #Ohio with the mother and the wife. 🪉☘️
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"Margaret Sinclair has Irish ancestry through her family line. She is a direct descendant of Arthur Bernard, who served as High Sheriff of Cork in 1697. She is an advocate for people with bipolar disorder, with which she has been diagnosed." #IrishHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

Green is officially in the air at #SanFrancisco City Hall. #sfsheriff helped kick off #IrishHeritageMonth with @danieluriesf raising the Irish Flag! DON'T YOU FEEL LUCKIER ALREADY... #luckoftheirish #IrishPride #StPatricksDay #irishcoffee

#TheTossers are criminally underrated. They predate #DropkickMurphys and #FloggingMolly but never get the credit they deserve. Time to show them some love! ☘️
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John Edward Broadbent (March 21, 1936 – January 11, 2024) was a Canadian social-democratic politician and political scientist of Irish descent. He was leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 1975 to 1989, and a member of Parliament from 1968 to 1990 and from 2004 to 2006. #IrishHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

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Irish Canadians have played a profound role in shaping the Canada we know today.

Photographer George Munday’s breathtaking images are accompanied by the intriguing stories behind the construction of these wonderful oddities that dot our landscape.

💻: https://tinyurl.com/mr9hmwfx

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