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Book

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.
The book is available at Townships Expressions at 819-566-5717.
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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.

Old Pictures

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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

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