“It is evident that the settlers who came from County Cork were not 
     
    

    
     a cohesive group,” writes O’Grady. “They were not part of a specific 
     
     movement. They were merely a collection of individuals or families 
     
    

    
     who happened to travel together from County Cork to Prince Edward 
     
     Island. Even on the Island, the Cork immigrants did not congregate as 
     
    

    
     a county group; they were randomly dispersed.” They would settle in 
     
     widespread Island communities like Palmers Road, Bedeque, East Point, 
     
     Summerfield, Morell, Indian River and Sturgeon. In 1835, the family of 
     
     John O’Keefe would become one of the first permanent settlers 
     
    

    
     of Kinkora. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The new immigrants from Ireland, “became whole—hearted Islanders who 
     
     vigourously contributed to the growth of their adoptive land,” writes 
     
     O’Grady; “At the same time, they were homesick exiles who remained 
     
     culturally bonded to the Old Country which they will never see again. 
     
     Their double fealty was a vital part of the legacy they bestowed on their 
     
    
   
   
    
     descendants.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     14 KATHLEEN MURPHY, MAITRIARC