Earl Fitzwilliam facilitated your journey to Canada...

It is our privilege to facilitate your journey home.

Welcome to the Coollattin Canadian Connection
An initiative to reunite our Canadian diaspora with their south Wicklow roots.
Our first publication!

The Liars' Bench

In March 2020 the arrival of COVID 19 turned all of our lives upside down. Our response was to publish, every evening as the Angelus rang, a Facebook posting on the history, heritage and folklore relating to the beautiful area in south County Wicklow....an area that many of us call home. We are now proud to publish these postings in book form. Included are the informative and often very witty comments of the many, many who followed what we had to say.
What they are saying about The Liars' Bench
"The book is great and will be on our book shelf until the Lord calls. My only worry is that there will not be any cooking done in many a house for many a day........you captured the past and it will be ended down to many generations to come. Thanks and gratitude."
Leslie and Meta Roberts
"Congratulations on a wonderful book. My dad had his photo taken with you on the Liars' Bench where he spent many a happy evening after work catching up on the day's gossip, whether it be lies or truth"
Jen O'Keeffe
"Its a treasure trove of local history and anecdote. You should be proud of what you have achieved"
Colm Southern
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Order your copy
Our first publication, The Liars' Bench, has 328 pages and is illustrated in full colour throughout. Postage rates are those quoted by An Post. Payment can be made using PayPal. For this living in Ireland (north and south) the cost of posting one, two or three books is 9 euro.
To Order your copy click on our PRODUCT page
 

To say I loved every minute would be an understatement. The week exceeded my expectations and I'm so glad to have been part of such a memorable experience. Thanks everyone, especially to Kevin and Eleanor for making the Homeward Trek so fantastic and so very, very unforgettable. - John Hopkins, Vancouver

Our services
  • Genealogical advise and assistance
  • Acquainting families with the location of their ancestral homestead on the Coollattin estate in south Wicklow/north Wexford
  • Introducing Canadian/US families with any found Irish relatives
  • We welcome visitors to Ireland throughout the year, be it individuals, couples or groups who are keen to research their roots​
  • Historical tours of south Wicklow
  • We organise a bi-annual Homeward Trek event where we welcome a larger group of North Americans back to their ancestral homeland in Ireland. Read more about our upcoming Homeward Trek event here.​

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