| description | This Island story has its roots in
Nova Scotia. One hundred and
forty years ago, the Roman Catholics
of Halifax, Nova Scotia, were predominantly
Irish by birth or descent. A
largely ethnic difference had resulted
in the creation of two Roman Catholic
dioceses in the colony. Cape Breton
and eastern mainland Nova Scotia
belonged to the Highland Scots; the
Diocese of Halifax was solidly Irish. As
one might expect, therefore, the local
Catholic newspaper tended towards an
Irish attitude in political affairs. Rather
insensitively, then, has a 20th century
writer, Gertrude N. Tratt, described the
Register as "intended to create or foster
controversy.... Frankly Irish partisan,
it attacked and was attacked by the
Protestant and Conservative press in
the Capital." |  |
