Irish Famine
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Black Rock land ‘crucial’ for memorial park, transferred to Irish communityThe Anglican Diocese of Montreal is ceding the territory surrounding "Black Rock," the site of a mass Irish grave on Bridge Street, to the Montreal Irish Monument Park Foundation.CanadaOct 18, 2023
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Montreal mayor meets with Irish community to discuss making Black Rock memorial accessibleIn a private meeting, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante reportedly said the city is willing to discuss relocating Bridge Street to allow the creation of a memorial park.CanadaJan 17, 2020
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Montreal Irish famine victims’ remains found during REM excavationThe 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.CanadaNov 27, 2019
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Bones found on beach in Quebec’s Gaspé are from 1847 Irish shipwreck: Parks CanadaThe bones from 21 skeletons discovered belong to victims from the Carricks of Whitehaven, an Irish ship that sank during a storm off the Gaspé coast.CanadaJun 9, 2019
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