'It is a great honour': Cork historian to lead St Patrick's Day parade in Canadian city

Christy Roche from Fermoy will be the grand marshal of the Peterborough parade in Ontario in honour of his research on the 2,000 Irish settlers who took part in a 1825 immigration programme from Cork and Limerick

Christy Roche with a copy of his book 'From Whence They Came', at its launch at The Old Mill in Castletownroche. Picture: Noel Sweeney

A Cork historian will lead the St Patrick’s Day parade in a city in Canada on Sunday, in recognition of the work he has done in helping descendants of a resettlement programme from Munster to Canada.

Christy Roche from Fermoy will be the grand marshal of the Peterborough parade on Sunday as part of a number of events he will be attending over the coming week in the Canadian city.