The Book

The book, Irish Settlement and National Identity in the Lower St. Francis Valley is written by Peter Southam, a retired history professor from University Sherbrooke and published by the Richmond St. Patrick’s Society.

The book describes two hundred years of Irish presence in the Lower St-Francis Valley, a section of Quebec’s Eastern Townships that surrounds the Town of Richmond. Much of the source of information for the book was provided by local families. Part I deals with Irish rural settlements and then part II focuses on the Richmond’s St-Patrick’s Society.

Celtic Cross

The Celtic Cross that proudly stands on the banks of the St. Francis River in Richmond's Remembrance Park was erected in 2002. Two bronze plaques mounted on the base of the monument displayed over 200 names of families and supporters of the 125th anniversary project, The Celtic Cross monument. During the summer of 2017 the plaques vanished. Since 2019 efforts have been made to replace the plaques, Thank you to Laurent Frey of Evoe an expert in visual communication and marketing and Usinatech Inc.an industry in precision machining located here in Melbourne, we have two new beautiful plaques. The next phase will be to fasten the plaques to the base so that they will be there forever.

Past Presidents

1877	James Murphy *
1878 - 1882	Richard Sullivan *
1883 - 1884	John Murphy Jr.
1885	Thomas Flaherty
1886 - 1890	John Murphy Jr.
1891	Thomas Flaherty
1892 - 1895	Dr. John F. Hayes
1896 - 1903	John Murphy Jr.
1904 - 1925	Dr. John F. Hayes
1926 - 1935	George A. Pearson
1936 - 1938	James E. Linahen
1939	Redmond Hayes
1940	Dr. A.W. McAbe
1941	John L. Burns
1942	William J. Pearson
1943	Patrick Smith
1944	J.W. Quinn
1945 - 1946	John L. Burns
1947	Redmond Hayes
1948	H.G. Smith
1949	Ernest C. Cogan
1950	Francis Johnson
1951	Philip McLaughlin
1952	Michael W. O'Donnell
1953	Leo R. Delaney
1954	Raymond Johnson
1955	Philip McLaughlin
1956	George Denery
1957	Paul Delaney
1958 - 1959	Leslie R. Dalton
1960 - 1961	Frank "Yankee" Dunn
1962	Warren Smith
1963 - 1964	Jerome Hayes
1965	Kenneth Ryan
1966 - 1967	Joseph H. Burns
1968	Edward "Sonny" Dunn
1969	John Carroll
1970 - 1971	Hughes O'Connor
1972 - 1974	Dennis W. Keenan
1975 - 1976	Lawrence P. Murphy

1977	Dennis Keenan
1978	Bernard McAdams
1979 - 1983	Joseph H. Burns
1984	Alan P. Morin
1985 - 1986	Joseph H. Burns
1987 - 1988	Alan P. Morin
1989 - 1994	Joseph H. Burns
1995 - 2010	Robert "Bob" Dalton
2011 - 2012	Mark O'Donnell
2013 -	Erika Lockwood

RICHMOND ST. PATRICK'S SOCIETY

RICHMOND ST. PATRICK'S SOCIETY

The Book

The book, Irish Settlement and National Identity in the Lower St. Francis Valley is written by Peter Southam, a retired history professor from University Sherbrooke and published by the Richmond St. Patrick’s Society.

Celtic Cross

Old Pictures

Past Presidents

* Lack of source makes it impossible to establish precisely dates for those who held office from.