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What was the Peter Robinson experiment?

Next month, Taoiseach Micháel Martin and Canadian Ambassador Dennis King are set to pay tribute ...

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10.00 14 Aug 2025


What was the Peter Robinson experiment?


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Next month, Taoiseach Micháel Martin and Canadian Ambassador Dennis King are set to pay tribute to a little-known migration of 2,000 Irish people, who left from the port of Cobh to Canada back in 1825, in what is collectively known as the “Peter Robinson experiment”. To tell us more about this Pat spoke to Amanda Slattery, Development Manager with Ballyhoura Development CLG.


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