The Irish Settlement

The table at the left shows the first settlers in the Irish Settlement according to All Our Yesterdays - A History of Culross. The cells in the tables are approximately proportional to the actual farms and are color-coded according to ethnic groupings. Information on religion and nationality is taken from the 1871 Canada Census.

Most of the Irish Catholics in the Irish Settlement came from County Mayo. It appears that they were part of a pattern of "chain" migration from the vicinity of Ballina which lasted from about 1830 to 1865. The families which were involved in this were the Lynetts, McGlynns, Meehans and Foudys. Other families which may have been involved were the O'Malleys, Taughers, Quinns, McGues, Mahoneys and Morans. There are links to other settlements in the Toronto area. I suspect that there is a link to families with the same names living near Scranton, Pa.

Note that this is turned roughly 90 degrees from a map - north is to the left.