A Story to be Told collects the stories of 128 emigrants in order to preserve them for future generations, to know and understand what the life of an immigrant was and is in Canada, what it meant for an Irish person to leave the island and start a new life. Many went to Canada with only a few dollars and the name of a "friend of a friend" as a contact. A Story to be Told is the creative undertaking of Eleanor McGrath and photographer William C. Smith having worked extensively within the Irish Toronto community for years and share a passion for Irish culture.

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Academic Review:

A Story to Be Told: Personal Reflections on the Irish Immigrant Experience in Canada by M. Eleanor McGrath, William C. Smith (pp. 78-79)

Review by: Dana Hearne

DOI: 10.2307/25515694

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25515694