About one Nova Scotian in four is of Irish descent, and there are good finding aids for genealogists and family historians.[SUP]
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In addition there are also rural
Irish village settlements throughout most of
Guysborough County, such as the Erinville (meaning Irishville) /Salmon River Lake/Ogden/Bantry (named after
Bantry Bay,
County Cork,
Ireland but abandoned since the 19th century for better farmland in places like Erinville/Salmon River Lake) district where
Irish last names are prevalent and the accent is strongly reminiscent of the
Irish as well as the musical culture (maritime traditional music being some of the most
Irish styles of music played in the world outside of
Ireland), food, Religion (
Roman Catholic), language heritage (being that some can still understand parts of the
Irish language, the older generation being the most fluent thus the language weakening in this area), love of the drink and love for
Ireland itself. In parts of
Antigonish County there is also quite a few Irish villages such as Cloverville, Ireland and Lochaber as well as on
Cape Breton Island, in places such as New Waterford, Rocky Bay, the Lower Rover inhabitants area, and Glace Bay, all still very rich in Irish culture.