Year 200 in 2025 - BIS Lecture Series featuring local Irish Historian Leonard Cusack
Tue, Aug 05
|Charlottetown
As part of the 200-Year Anniversary celebration of the Benevolent Irish Society in 2025, the Society is proud to feature at the Irish Hall a very select group of local and international speakers on Irish subjects.


Time & Location
Aug 05, 2025, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Charlottetown, 582 N River Rd, Charlottetown, PE C1E 1K1, Canada
About the event
As part of the 200-Year Anniversary celebration of the Benevolent Irish Society in 2025, the Society is proud to feature at the Irish Hall a very select group of local and international speakers on Irish subjects. There are 8 lectures in total in the period of August 1 - August 16 and the range of topics is expected to be thoroughly thought provoking.
The lectures are free but we are asking for sign-up so that we can predict refreshment numbers.
OWEN CONNOLLY (PEI'S MOST FAMOUS IRISH ENTREPRENEUR)
Owen Connolly immigrated to P.E.I. from Ireland in 1839. He was a teenager with very limited resources. Within two years he was a tenant farmer in Watervale where he endured the hardships of pioneer life. In 1852, Owen and his young wife Anne Hughes moved to Charlottetown where they opened a small general store and an inn. Within a short time Connolly was…