Did you know that squid once played a massive role in Newfoundland’s fishery? For generations, Newfoundlanders jigged squid by hand — filling barrels that were used not just for food, but for bait in the cod fishery. By the late 1800s, tens of thousands of barrels of squid were exported every year, making it one of our most valuable catches. It fed families, fueled trade, and became part of our culture. Today, squid is still caught here, but the traditional jigging grounds — where men would row

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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

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