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Montrealers honoured for work preserving sacred Irish burial groundEfforts to preserve the Black Rock and create an accessible park around it have been recognized by the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network.CanadaJun 11, 2021
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Irish community lauds Hydro-Quebec efforts to create memorial park at Black RockFor 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.CanadaMar 17, 2019
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Irish history commemorated in 153rd Walk to the Black RockThe walk coincides with a fight to build an Irish memorial park the Sud Quest borough.PoliticsMay 27, 2018
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Plans unveiled for Irish commemoration site in MontrealMontreal Mayor Denis Coderre unveiled plans to build a commemorative site to honour thousands of deceased Irish immigrants.NewsOct 6, 2017
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Hundreds gather for annual ‘Walk to the Stone’ to honour pastHundreds took part in the Walk to the Stone to remember the more than 6,000 Irish immigrants who died from typhus in Montreal.NewsMay 28, 2017
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Montreal’s Irish insist sacred burial ground shouldn’t be developedA group of Irish Montrealers want the burial site of 6,000 Irish immigrants to be converted into a park.CanadaMay 18, 2017
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