All Discussions Tagged 'Quebec City' - The Wild Geese2024-03-28T08:12:08Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Quebec+City&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIrish Influence in Institutions of Higher Learningtag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-03-04:6442157:Topic:811542014-03-04T00:07:41.916ZJames Richard Johnsonhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JamesRichardJohnson
<p><a href="http://www.sites.stfx.ca/institutional_analysis/sites/sites.stfx.ca.institutional_analysis/files/Campus2012resized.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="http://www.sites.stfx.ca/institutional_analysis/sites/sites.stfx.ca.institutional_analysis/files/Campus2012resized.jpg?width=400" style="padding: 3px;" width="400"></img></a> I think my alma mater my qualify. It has a great Highland Scot Gael influence but there were many Irish who had a great impact. Irish & Scottish Gaelic are taught there to this day and one may obtain a degree in Celtic Studies at St Francis Xavier University located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.<br></br> <br></br> Msgr. Moses Coady & Rev…</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sites.stfx.ca/institutional_analysis/sites/sites.stfx.ca.institutional_analysis/files/Campus2012resized.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.sites.stfx.ca/institutional_analysis/sites/sites.stfx.ca.institutional_analysis/files/Campus2012resized.jpg?width=400" width="400" class="align-left" style="padding: 3px;"/></a>I think my alma mater my qualify. It has a great Highland Scot Gael influence but there were many Irish who had a great impact. Irish & Scottish Gaelic are taught there to this day and one may obtain a degree in Celtic Studies at St Francis Xavier University located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.<br/> <br/> Msgr. Moses Coady & Rev Jimmy Tompkins were two powerful leaders in the development of the university. Actually a hero of the Wexford Rebellion of 1798, Moses 'Mogue' Doyle brought the Coady & Tompkins families with him to settle in Nova Scotia.<br/> <br/> Some prominent alumni include former New Brunswick Premier & Canadian Ambassador to the US, the Honourable Frank McKenna; The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney served as Prime Minister at the same time as Pres. Ronald Regan.....Mulroney hosted the famous Shamrock Summit in Quebec City with the then President.<br/> <br/> The late Charles Keating was a great philanthropist and 'X' grad who was a wealthy & generous eastern Canadian entrepreneur. The Keating Centre at the university is a great testament to this generous Irishman.<br/> <br/> The greatest sports broadcaster known to Canadians, Danny Gallivan, the 'voice of the Montreal Canadiens started his career broadcasting X-Men hockey games in the 1940's.<br/> <br/> I could go on & on.<br/> <br/> Richard</p>