For hundreds of years before Confederation, Newfoundland and Ireland shared more than just the North Atlantic. We shared bloodlines, faith, struggle, and an unbreakable sense of identity that no empire could ever erase. When the first Irish settlers arrived on Newfoundland’s shores in the 1600s and 1700s, they found a land that mirrored their homeland — green, rugged, proud, and deeply spiritual. They came mostly from Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Cork, and Tipperary — the same southern counties

They marched under their own flag not as Canadians, but as Newfoundlanders. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment stood their ground on foreign soil, proving that the spirit of this nation could never be conquered. From the fields of Beaumont-Hamel to the hills of Gallipoli, our men carried the caribou with honour, courage, and pride. They weren’t just soldiers — they were the sons of a sovereign country, fighting for freedom, faith, and Newfoundland itself. The caribou still stands. #RoyalNewfoundlan

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