by Brian McConnellPublish: Oct 29, 2022Biographies & MemoirsHistory
Book Overview
This book describes the life of Joseph Clarke, an Ulsterman from Newbliss, County Monaghan, Ireland. He arrived in Canada in 1914 but when World War I began returned to enlist in the Royal Irish Fusiliers of the Ulster Division of the British Army. He saw action in the Dublin Rebellion of Easter, 1916 and then on the Front in... France. After the war he moved to Canada and was President of the 36th Ulster Division Old Comrades Association in Toronto. Later he became Mayor of the town of Englehart, Ontario.read more
BIOGRAPHY I am a retired lawyer as well as a genealogist, historian, and heritage volunteer who has authored 14 nonfiction books.
In 2021 my book "Canada's Ulster Scots" was reviewed in Familia, the journal of the Ulster Historical Foundation, and described as "This book would make a very presentable and informative ... gift for Canadians with Ulster relatives and for Ulster folk with Canadian relatives, both of which are legion."
Other popular books by me are "Loyalist History of Nova Scotia" (2020) and "The Royal Black Knights: In Canada" (2021).
My most recent book entitled "The First Church - Old Holy Trinity in Middleton, Nova Scotia" (2023), is about a Nova Scotia heritage property constructed in 1789.
Articles and stories by me have also been published by Celtic Life International, The Loyalist Gazette, The Nova Scotia Genealogist, Historic Nova Scotia, the Ulster - Scots Community Network, and Atlantic Loyalist Connections.
I have volunteered for several community and heritage associations. In 2016 I was presented with a Certificate for Volunteer Service by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and in 2022 I was honoured to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.