Irish Community

• People feeling lucky as Halifax St. Patrick’s Day parade returns

  Hundreds of people have gathered for the Irish-pride event, with parade participants dressed in green, with clovers and gold, and many more standing by along the route to watch.

  Canada

  Mar 12, 2023
  
• Projet Montreal promises to relocate Bridge Street, build Black Rock memorial park

  If re-elected, Projet Montreal is promising to invest $15 million towards redesigning the area around the Black Rock for Montreal's Irish Community in Pointe-Saint-Charles.

  Politics

  Oct 23, 2021
  
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• Montreal’s Irish community upset with city’s plan to name REM station after late premier

  Monday's announcement comes as the city's Irish community has been fighting for months for the light-rail system's Griffintown station to be called Griffintown only, in tribute to the area's historic Irish roots.

  Jun 22, 2020
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• Montreal Irish famine victims’ remains found during REM excavation

  The bones' location corresponds to a known cemetery for up to 6,000 Irish immigrants who crossed the ocean only to die in fever sheds erected on the banks of the St. Lawrence River to contain the typhus epidemic.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2019
• Author runs across Quebec & Ontario to honour Irish heritage

  Collins is retracing the route of Irish immigrants who arrived in 1847 to escape the famine to help the push to build a commemorative site adjacent to the Black Rock.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2016