Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland: My mother was the only child of an immigrant from Northern Ireland and a Saskatchewan farmer daughter, according to Globe and Mail. Eleanor Monan grew up in Regina, spending summers at the family farm. Born on April 9, 1925, in Regina; died on April 9, 2015, in Burlington, Ont., of natural causes, aged 90. That house held a treasure trove for her: bookshelves filled with works by Thackeray, the Brontes and Margaret Mitchell, among others. She would occasionally put the wrong answers on exams, noting later that we pay a high price for approval sometimes. Although she loved to learn, she hated school because she got good marks effortlessly, which drew the resentment of classmates. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.