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For hundreds of years before Confederation, Newfoundland and Ireland shared more than just the North Atlantic. We shared bloodlines, faith, struggle, and an unbreakable sense of identity that no empire could ever erase. When the first Irish settlers arrived on Newfoundland’s shores in the 1600s and 1700s, they found a land that mirrored their homeland — green, rugged, proud, and deeply spiritual. They came mostly from Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Cork, and Tipperary — the same southern counties

Here's a lively one for you from the west coast of Newfoundland recorded in 1979. This clip features the legendary Émile Benoit along-with Joachim Benoit, Benjamin Benoit and Georges Chiasson while dancers are Geneviève and Charlie Chiasson. As you can guess by the names and tunes, there were also strong pockets of French settlement of the island, in particular on west coast. Mighty stuff. Text: Michael Fortune Video: Joe Leeming | folklore.ie

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