Blessing at Black Rock site honours Montreal’s Irish community
In Montreal, about 6,000 Irish refugees died from typhus in 1847. Continue reading
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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. Continue reading
Montreal Irish community meets to discuss future plans for Black Rock site
By Elysia Bryan-Baynes Anchor/Reporter
“We are at the very beginning of planning,” officials said, “but it is exciting that we have reached this point.” Continue reading
Quebec parties promise to remove election signs set up on Black Rock mass grave site
By Elysia Bryan-Baynes Anchor/Reporter
Some Parti Québécois and Liberal signs caught the attention of Montreal’s Irish community. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Montreal Irish honour the past with annual ‘Walk to the Stone’
Montrealers gathered for the annual ‘Walk to the Stone’ to honour the memory of those who landed on the shores of Montreal in 1847 escaping hunger and poverty in Ireland. Continue reading