BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.1//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6273@stittsvillecentral.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250315T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250315T150000 DTSTAMP:20250228T210931Z URL:https://stittsvillecentral.ca/events/early-irish-settlers-in-goulbourn -township/ SUMMARY:Early Irish Settlers in Goulbourn Township DESCRIPTION: \;\n\nThe Goulbourn Township Historical Society lecture se ries continues with a presentation on the conditions that led to the emigr ation of Irish Settlers to this region and their experiences as they journ eyed and settled here over 200 years ago.\n\nPlease 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 avai lable and refreshments will be served. Bring a friend and tell a neighbour .\n\nPresenters\, Howard Healey and Roger Young\, come from families who w ere among Goulbourn's earliest Irish settlers. It was mainly Protestants f rom Ireland who settled in Goulbourn. Many soldiers came to Goulbourn in 1 818 when the 99th\, an Irish Regiment\, was being disbanded and a military post was established as the village of Richmond. Many others who came wer e part of an assisted emmigration plan\, through which settlers received f ree passage and a land grant. The purpose was to settle immigrants who wou ld be loyal to the British Crown and able to defend the territory should t he Americans invade again.\n\n \; CATEGORIES:Heritage LOCATION:Stittsville Library - Grace Thompson Meeting Room\, Main Street\, Stittsville\, Ontario\, Canada GEO:45.2623279;-75.92531300000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Main Street\, Stittsville\, Ontario\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Stittsville Library - Grace T hompson Meeting Room:geo:45.2623279,-75.92531300000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR