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| Black Rock, the Montreal Irish Monument. |
Thursday, May 23, 2019
A Montreal Memorial that honours Irish immigrants.
More than 7,000 Irish immigrants and health workers are buried on a plot of land in Montreal. The Black Rock monument in Pointe Saint Charles, Montreal honours the immigrants who died from typhus, after travelling to Canada to escape from the Irish famine.
A few years ago I visited Quebec City, and I was astonished when I find out that the heavy metal group "Metallica" was giving a concert on the grounds of The Plains of Abraham. Celine Dion and Paul McCartney have also entertained crowds of people on this former battleground. The Plains of Abraham are not an entertainment venue, another Air Canada Centre or SkyDome/ Rogers Centre.
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