Ireland and Newfoundland share
culture and history
By Michelle Wray
Newfoundland and Ireland are an ocean apart but as a couple
of guys named Liam found out, the two places aren't all that
different.
"Well I couldn't believe when I got on the boat and heard
Liam who's from here. I swore I was actually home," O'Neachtain
says.
O'Neachtain was visiting St. John's to take part in STEM~Net's
Hook, Line and Net '98 Conference in August. The event was aimed
at giving students, teachers, and adults a chance to learn about
technology together.
O'Neachtain says the Ireland-Newfoundland connection is extremely
close.
"Our ancestors have been coming here for the past two
or three hundred years. To me, I'm coming to a second home,"
O'Neachtain says.
Michelle Wray has just graduated from Auburn Drive High
School in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
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