About William J. Smyth William J. Smyth is the president emeritus of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and a past president of the Geographical Society of Ireland and the Association of Canadian Studies in Ireland. Books by William J. Smyth Toronto, the Belfast of Canada The Orange Order and the Shaping of Municipal Culture by (author) William J. Smyth Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlement Patterns, Links, and Letters by (author) Cecil J. Houston & William J. Smyth The Sash Canada Wore A Historical Geography of the Orange Order in Canada by (author) Cecil J. Houston & William J. Smyth