Once Upon a Country Lane

SUBTITLED ; ` A Tribute to a Gaelic Community ' . Several b/w maps appear in the appendices - they show 11 townships (pre 1974 designations) adjacent to the Ottawa River that attracted early Irish immigrants to Ontario. LEARN more about : Rochesterville, Carp-Stittsville Road, Patrick's Hill, Grace O'Malley, Clare Island, Seventh Line, Cheeser, Carleton Place, Rosebank, 1870, Huntley Township, immigrants, drag harrow, threshing peas, superstitions, O'Keefe's Corners, and Fifth Concession. B/W photographs enhance text. Author has signed the title page. Cond : Green boards with gilt lettering at spine. White end-papers. White and green dust jacket features a painting by Marjorie O'Grady Orange. Tight in binding. Clean and crisp with a slight spine cock. No names marks nor wear. Giftable ! ! QUote (p. 177) : " Except for death, few marriages broke up. Divorces were unheard of, possibly because neither party could afford them. Separations did occur infrequently like the lad named White in Goulbourn who solved his matrimonial difficulties by building his own .-._._. . ".…