Montreal Irish

• St Patrick’s Society Luncheon celebrates Irish culture, raises funds

  City councillor Sterling Downey, known for his trademark long beard offered to chop off an inch for every thousand dollars raised.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2023
  
• 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
  
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• 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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• Father of Confederation remembered in Montreal on 150th anniversary of his assassination

  McGee remains to this day, the only federally elected official in Canadian history to have been assassinated.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2018
• Queen selected to preside over Montreal’s St. Patrick’s Day parade

  Kathleen Brown-Vandecruys will be the next queen of the Montreal St. Patrick's Day parade.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2018
• 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