At Home and Abroad

Lynne Reece Loftus wrote IRISH PIONEERS to highlight the differences the emigrants would have experienced and overcome as they settled into their new life in Canada. A Canadian, with Irish roots, she made the reverse journey to Ireland many years ago and has lived in beautiful Co.Wicklow for decades. Her mother was born in a log cabin built by her grandparents, where she shovelled plenty of snow in her younger days and has sown corn and praties! Lynne originally wrote Irish Pioneers, the poem, for the Co. Wicklow Gathering event 'Canada Come Home' when Wicklow welcomed hundreds of the descendants back. Now we are looking at embarking on 'Canada Come Home' - The Next Chapter when Wicklow will once again extend an invitation to come home. It has been put to music and recorded by Larry Hogan.