The Goulbourn Township Historical Society lecture series continues with a presentation on the conditions that led to the emigration of Irish Settlers to this region and their experiences as they journeyed and settled here over 200 years ago.
Please join us at the Ottawa Public Library – Stittsville Branch Saturday March 15th 2025 at 1:30 pm. This presentation is free and open to the general public. Parking is available and refreshments will be served. Bring a friend and tell a neighbour.
Presenters, Howard Healey and Roger Young, come from families who were among Goulbourn’s earliest Irish settlers. It was mainly Protestants from Ireland who settled in Goulbourn. Many soldiers came to Goulbourn in 1818 when the 99th, an Irish Regiment, was being disbanded and a military post was established as the village of Richmond. Many others who came were part of an assisted emmigration plan, through which settlers received free passage and a land grant. The purpose was to settle immigrants who would be loyal to the British Crown and able to defend the territory should the Americans invade again.