There is a New Ireland in Papua New Guinea, alongside New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago. But this has no historical link to Irish people:
It was part of German New Guinea and bore the name Neumecklenburg... After World War I New Ireland was ceded to Australia. Australia renamed the island New Ireland, after the island of Ireland. In January 1942, during World War II, the island was captured by Japanese forces and was under their control.
Before that, New Ireland was nearly in... Canada.
When Loyalists fled the United States after the American Revolution, they settled in Nova Scotia.
The idea was to create a new province within Nova Scotia for those earlier settlers of Irish and French ancestry.
But to get King George III (also the Duke of Brunswick) on board with the plan, the name New Brunswick was chosen instead.
But if you see a whiskey called New Ireland whiskey on the shelves, it's actually from New Brunswick. Just a local Acadian trying to rewrite history
It was part of German New Guinea and bore the name Neumecklenburg... After World War I New Ireland was ceded to Australia. Australia renamed the island New Ireland, after the island of Ireland. In January 1942, during World War II, the island was captured by Japanese forces and was under their control.
Before that, New Ireland was nearly in... Canada.
When Loyalists fled the United States after the American Revolution, they settled in Nova Scotia.
The idea was to create a new province within Nova Scotia for those earlier settlers of Irish and French ancestry.
But to get King George III (also the Duke of Brunswick) on board with the plan, the name New Brunswick was chosen instead.
But if you see a whiskey called New Ireland whiskey on the shelves, it's actually from New Brunswick. Just a local Acadian trying to rewrite history