Fergus Keyes

• Montrealers honoured for work preserving sacred Irish burial ground

  Efforts to preserve the Black Rock and create an accessible park around it have been recognized by the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network.

  Canada

  Jun 11, 2021
  
• Irish community lauds Hydro-Quebec efforts to create memorial park at Black Rock

  For over a decade, Montreal's Irish community has lobbied authorities for a commemorative park near the Black Rock site, where thousands of typhus victims are buried.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2019
  
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• Irish history commemorated in 153rd Walk to the Black Rock

  The walk coincides with a fight to build an Irish memorial park the Sud Quest borough.

  Politics

  May 27, 2018
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• Plans unveiled for Irish commemoration site in Montreal

  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre unveiled plans to build a commemorative site to honour thousands of deceased Irish immigrants.

  News

  Oct 6, 2017
• Hundreds gather for annual ‘Walk to the Stone’ to honour past

  Hundreds took part in the Walk to the Stone to remember the more than 6,000 Irish immigrants who died from typhus in Montreal.

  News

  May 28, 2017
• Montreal’s Irish insist sacred burial ground shouldn’t be developed

  A group of Irish Montrealers want the burial site of 6,000 Irish immigrants to be converted into a park.

  Canada

  May 18, 2017