Marika Wheeler

Thursday May 29, 2014

Travelling from Ireland to remember family connections to the Empress

Martin Gill left Ireland in 1907 to start a new life in Canada. He often made cross-Atlantic trips back to his home country, and that's what he hoped to do when he boarded the Empress of Ireland on May 28, 1914. But that ship sunk. Gill's story did not end in the cold St. Lawrence. Our Marika Wheeler met with Gill's granddaugher, Mary McDermott, who travelled from Ireland to mark the centenary of the Empress of Ireland in Rimouski. Find out why she rightly bears the title of "keeper of the family history." Listen here

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• July 2014
  • Fri., 4 – One year since Lac-Mégantic train disaster
     
• May 2014
  • Thu., 29 – Travelling from Ireland to remember family connections to the Empress
     
• March 2014
  • Mon., 24 – Coasters Association marks 25 years
     
• January 2014
  • Mon., 27 – Speaking English at Three Rivers Academy
     
• October 2013
  • Wed., 16 – Veterinary student shares her dreams
     
  • Thu., 3 – The Montreal Canadiens in Lac Mégantic
     
• August 2013
  • Thu., 29 – The Willett House in New Richmond
     
• July 2013
  • Mon., 15 – Sowing seeds of hope in Lac-Mégantic
     
  • Tue., 9 – Finding family in the aftermath of Lac-Mégantic
     
• March 2013
  • Mon., 18 – Lithium mining in Quebec
     
  • Tue., 12 – Better services in English at Rouyn Hospital
     
  • Fri., 1 – French students in kindergarten at Golden Valley School
     
• January 2013
  • Fri., 18 – Ice fishing at L'Anse-à-Benjamin
     
  • Mon., 14 – Boutique Louise Charette celebrates rich ski history
     
• October 2012
  • Thu., 11 – Blue and Gold Recording Club at QHS
     
  • Tue., 9 – Kruzenshtern Tall-Ship in Quebec
     
  • Wed., 3 – Choir from Ukrainian Monastery in Quebec
     
• September 2012
  • Wed., 5 – Election night in the ridings of Brome-Missisquoi and Trois-Rivières
     
• August 2012
  • Mon., 6 – White lobster caught on the Lower North Shore
     
• June 2012
  • Fri., 15 – Domaine Forget: a musical gem in the Charlevoix
     
  • Thu., 14 – Jellyfish at the Quebec Aquarium's new pavilion
     
  • Mon., 11 – New Cirque du Soleil show coming to Quebec City
     
• April 2012
  • Tue., 17 – Noranda School's volleyball brilliance
     
• March 2012
  • Wed., 28 – A new institute to safeguard Cree culture
     
  • Mon., 19 – Wellness Walk in Cree community of Ouje-Bougoumou
     
  • Wed., 7 – Draining agricultural land in north-western Quebec
     
• February 2012
  • Wed., 22 – Sept Iles McDonald's staffed by Filipino employees
     
• January 2012
  • Tue., 10 – Young families choosing Douglastown
     
• November 2011
  • Tue., 29 – Series launch on Fermont: Quebec's booming mining town
     
  • Thu., 3 – Women on the farm
     
• July 2011
  • Tue., 19 – Heidi Levasseur begins her swim from Quebec City to Matane
     
• May 2011
  • Thu., 5 – Elsie Prévost recognized for volunteer work
     
• April 2011
  • Tue., 5 – Casting a ballot for the first time