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Montreal Irish Monument Park Foundation

Hibernia News: Bones Found in Montreal Linked to Famine Victims

By Emily Moriarty

December 16, 2022 by Leave a Comment

“The first things they found were buttons, and then they found pieces of artifacts like clay pipes which they figured were from the people who were doing the burials. Then they found the bones – four children, three teenagers, and seven adults,” recalls Victor Boyle. The bones were unearthed in 2019, when the Canadian railway system began digging about the Black Stone Monument … [Read more...] about Hibernia News: Bones Found in Montreal Linked to Famine Victims

Irish Landmark in Montreal in Danger

By Mary Gallagher, Assistant Editor
September / October 2018

September 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

The preservation of Montreal’s rich history of Irish settlement is once again in peril. After plans to build a park and preserve the Black Rock Irish Famine memorial erected in 1859 were put on hold, another landmark of Montreal’s Irish heritage is in danger. The Université de Montréal unveiled plans to begin construction in January over the foundation of St. Bridget’s … [Read more...] about Irish Landmark in Montreal in Danger

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The brief ceasefire in Northern Ireland, which occurred in the early half of 1975, comes to an end on September 22, 1975 after the provisional IRA sets off about 15 bomb blasts through out central Belfast. One bombing involved a hijacked train, which was blown up. The blast injured 12 people, two seriously, but there were no deaths. The ceasefire would officially come to an end in January 1976.

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