The Irish Catholic Churches of Montreal from 1815
The parishes
Old Montreal - Vieux Montréal - Notre Dame Basilica (1815) – First erected in 1642. From about 1815, the Irish joined the congregation, and for a 25-year period prior to the opening of Saint Patrick in 1846 and Saint Ann’s in 1848, the Irish parishioners at Notre Dame outnumbered the French at this house of worship. From about 1825 and through the next 27 years, Father Patrick Phelan ministered to the Irish community http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-1190 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M970.67.22 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M385 http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/504.html
Old Montreal - Vieux Montréal - Notre Dame de Bon Secours - Bonsecours Church – Father Richard Jackson, an Irish priest, presiding in 1817. Church services were held in this ancient church, also referred to as Bonsecours Church, for about 100 Irish families as early as 1817. Rev. P. O’Connell, presiding in 1846. First erected in 1658, and located to this day on St. Paul Street, opposite Bonsecours Street in Old Montreal. http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M986.58.1.1-3 https://margueritebourgeoys.org/en/history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours_Chapel https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapelle_Notre-Dame-de-Bon- Secours_de_Montr%C3%A9al http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/tour/etape4/eng/4text2a.htm http://www.vieuxmontreal.ca/fr/commerces/chapelle-notre-dame-de-bon-secours/ http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/505a.html
Old Montreal - Vieux Montréal - Church of the Récollets (1824) – First erected in 1692, this church welcomed the first Irish emigrants in 1824. From 1830 to 1847, the church was predominantly the Church of the Irish. In 1846, Saint Patrick opened its doors. In 1854, the Récollets Church lost other parishioners when Saint Ann was established in Griffintown. The church was located at the corner of St. Helen (Ste- Hélène) street near Notre Dame in Old Montréal. It was demolished in 1867, although the interior décor including the church altar was preserved and moved to the church of Notre-Dame des Anges on Lagauchetière Street. The latter building later became the church of the Chinese community; it still exists to this day. http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M3316 http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1955094 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_des_R%C3%A9collets_de_Montr%C3% A9al https://www.flickr.com/photos/urbexplo/4946693283
https://www.imtl.org/edifices/Eglise_recolet.php
St. Antoine’s Ward - Saint Patrick Basilica – Church was opened in 1847 to serve the Irish immigrants who had come to Montreal in great numbers due to the famine and other troubles in Ireland http://stpatricksmtl.ca/ http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-2963 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Basilica,_Montreal https://www.mtl.org/en/what-to-do/heritage-and-architecture/st-patrick-s-basilica https://www.tourbytransit.com/montreal/things-to-do/St-Patricks-Basilica https://www.catholicregister.org/item/23430-montreal-basilica-s-green-space-sold- to-business-school https://news.shupilov.com/section/lifestyle/new-development/hec-montreal- receives-approval-for-183-complex-near-st-patricks-basilica/ https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240 .pdf
Point St. Charles - Point St. Charles Fever Sheds (1847) - In 1847, the emigrant fever among the Irish immigrants spread to Quebec City and Montreal. In Montreal alone, thousands of immigrants, mostly Irish, were affected by the dreaded typhus fever, thus affecting the general population. Up to 22 Fever Sheds were established in the Point St. Charles district in order to segregate the Irish immigrants from the rest of the citizens. One source place the deaths at 6000. See also 1859 under Victoria Bridge. BAnQ under Église Notre-Dame is most likely the best source in order to identify some of the individuals who perished during this appalling period of Montreal's history. A book by Sharon Doyle Driedger entitled “An Irish Heart” describes "The District of Death" as many people called it. Another book by Herbert Brown Ames, published in 1897, described the poverty and overcrowding of Griffintown. https://montrealgazette.com/feature/montreal-refugees-and-the-irish-famine-of- 1847 https://irishcanadianfamineresearcher.wordpress.com/category/montreal-fever- sheds/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_Village https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal- gazette/20090530/281569466692969
Griffintown – St. Ann’s Ward - Saint Ann’s (1848) – Rev. J. O’Farrell, Rev. M. O’Brien, Rev. James Hogan, presiding. Established about 1848 as a mission. The church opened in 1854. This church was the soul and inspiration of the Irish community. Although, it has been closed and demolished for years, Saint Ann is still referred to in numerous writings about the Irish of South Central Montreal. In 1884, a portion of the church members of the congregation of the Parish of Saint Ann were asked to join the ranks of Saint Gabriel. A fair number of Irish families agreed to the
move. In 1982, the parish of St Ann closed its doors. https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/uhr/1991-v19-n3-uhr0757/1017591ar https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/griffintown-remembered https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/leglise-sainte-anne-et-les- irlandais-catholiques-de-griffintown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffintown https://imtl.org/montreal/image.php?id=4936 http://collections.musee- mccord.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?Lang=1&tableid=11&tablename=theme&elemen tid=113__true&contentlong https://montrealgazette.com/life/a-haunted-tour-of-one-of-montreals-hottest- neighbourhoods https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240 .pdf
St. Antoine’s Ward – Sisters of Mercy Chapel (1848) - Dorchester Street West. Church related documents dealing with baptisms or adoption papers are unknown to this writer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_of_the_Sisters_of_Misericorde http://www.centrerosaliecadronjette.org/wp/?page_id=2275&lang=en http://www.chac.ca/about/history/books/sisters/Misericordia Sisters_Historical Data 1921.PDF https://www.covenanthealth.net/about-us/history
St. Lawrence’s Ward – Church of the Gesu - Saint Mary (1852) – Located at 144 Bleury Street at Dorchester, the elaborate church was part of Collège Sainte-Marie (St. Mary’s College), and for many years the college would welcome members of the Irish community who resided uptown. Up to five daily masses were conducted in English at the church. Baptisms, marriages, burials were not conducted at this prestigious church. These church functions were held at Notre Dame Church. http://montrealrampage.com/celebrating-150-years-of-church-of-the-gesu-other- quebec-curios/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Ges%C3%B9_(Montreal) https://www.quebecoriginal.com/en-ca/listing/things-to-do/heritage-sites-and- attractions/religious-buildings-and-sites/eglise-du-gesu-15580204 https://imtl.org/montreal/building/eglise-du-Gesu.php
Quebec Suburb - St. James’s Ward – Saint Peter’s Church (1854) – Rev. C. Leonard, Rev. T. Fitzhenry, presiding in 1854 - Located at the corner of Visitation and Dorchester streets in a district known then as the Quebec Suburb, a region near today’s Jacques Cartier Bridge. The church was originally established about 1826 by the Oblate Fathers as the Parish of Saint-Pierre. The first parishioners were mostly French, but from about the 1850’s, the Irish out-numbered the original
parishioners. Visitation Street was located from St. Mary Street northward to the then city boundary - Church registers under Notre-Dame. McCord-Museum under access number MP-0000.851.3 http://collections.musee- mccord.qc.ca/scripts/search_results.php?Lang=1&keywords=MP-0000.851.3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint-Pierre-Ap%C3%B4tre,_Montreal http://ca.urlm.com/www.ilot-saint-pierre-apotre.ca http://patrimoine.ville.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiche_bat.php?&id_bat=0041-68- 0866-01 https://www.mtl.org/en/what-to-do/heritage-and-architecture/eglise-saint-pierre- apotre https://archivesdemontreal.ica-atom.org/eglise-saint-pierre-rue-visitation-1er-avril- 1936 http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_pierre_apotre.html
N.D.G. - Notre Dame de Grâce (1856) – The region of N.D.G or Notre-Dame de Grâce became in the late 1850’s a primary destination of citizens, among them a large number of Irish, Scottish, British Catholic families https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame-de-Gr%C3%A2ce http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/508.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_de_grace.html https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol1/QMM/TC-QMM- 43553.pdf
Victoria Bridge – The Irish Burying Ground - In 1859, when the approaches to the newly erected Victoria Bridge were being dug, hundreds of skeletons were turned- up by workers, most of whom were Irish. Upon learning that they originated from the fever sheds in Point St. Charles and were actually the bones of their countrymen, the Irish workers assembled the remains in one location and placed a large round boulder as a monument. A plaque riveted to the boulder says in part: “To preserve from desecration the remains of 6000 immigrants who died of ship fever, A.D. 1847, this stone is erected by the workers employed in the construction of the Victoria Bridge, A.D. 1859” - see also 1847 under Point St. Charles Fever Sheds http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/1900-Wellington/Montreal's ship fever monument.pdf https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/plan-for-memorial-park-at-montreal-s- black-rock-in-jeopardy-1.4133229 http://www.montrealirishmonument.com/ http://www.montrealirishmonument.com/sites/default/files/MontrealsIrishFamineCe metery.pdf http://mtltimes.ca/Montreal/social-life/irish-memorial-doubtful/
St. Antoine’s Ward - Mary Queen of the World Cathedral (1862) – Prior to 1956, known as Saint Jacques Cathedral. The Cathedral on Dorchester Boulevard (now
René-Lévesque) had an appreciable number of Irish, Scottish, British parishioners. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_the_World_Cathedral https://www.mtl.org/en/what-to-do/heritage-and-architecture/mary-queen-world- cathedral http://www.aviewoncities.com/montreal/mariereinedumonde.htm https://www.tripsavvy.com/mary-queen-of-the-world-montreal-2392088 https://www.google.ca/search?q=mary+queen+of+the+world+cathedral&tbm=isch &tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi58PCR0abfAhWOnOAKHT05BYoQs AR6Bag BEAE&biw=548&bih=529 http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_marie_reine_du_monde.html
Quebec Suburb - St. James’ Ward - Saint Bridget’s Refuge (1868) – Rev. M.J. Lonergan, presiding. Although it appears that some type of church services were offered to the Irish Catholic families of the region as early as 1846, about 400 Irish families who resided in a district known at the time as Quebec Suburb, located in south central Montreal near the Jacques Cartier Bridge, wanted their own church. A few years later, in 1867, the Irish families of this district finally got their wish. Saint Bridget’s Parish was first organized in a school for boys located on Dorchester Street between Champlain and de Maisonneuve - In 1872 Saint Bridget was erected on de Maisonneuve Street. The church records from 1872 to 1941 at the Archives can be found under Sainte Brigide. Prior to 1872, from as early as 1846, church records for this region can be found among those of Notre-Dame Basilica. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dowd_patrick_12E.html http://www.biographi.ca/fr/bio/dowd_patrick_12E.html https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240 .pdf https://montrealgazette.com/news/st-patricks-basilicas-best-kept-secret-green- space-may-be-disappearing https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240 .pdf
St. Henri - St. Henry’s Ward – Saint Joseph (1868) The St. Henry’s Ward was a hub of manufacturing which attracted hundreds of immigrants with their families, among them the Irish. Also known as St. Henri des Tanneries Catholic Church https://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/20234/1/9780774834339_Excerpt.pdf https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240 .pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffintown http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_henri.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/630.html
South East – St. Mary's Ward – Most Holy Trinity Chapel – Sisters of Charity (1868) - An orphanage on St. Catherine Street East, it appears that a number of Irish orphans resided in this establishment.
http://www.soeursdelachariteottawa.com/upload/userfiles/files/Devotion to the Cross.pdf https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240 .pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Nuns http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_most_holy_trinity.html
South East - St. Mary's Ward - Saint Vincent de Paul (1868) - Located at 2310 Ste- Catherine Street East, the Irish families of a region referred to sometimes as St. Mary's Ward were worshippers in this parish. Parish no longer exists. Church building is still intact in 2018 http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_vincent_de_paul.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/740.html
Point St. Charles - Saint Gabriel (1873) – Rev. William O’Meara, presiding - Saint Gabriel, the third oldest Irish Parish in Montréal. Point St. Charles, referred to by the Irish community as “The Point”, a southwest region of Montreal dedicated to low and mid-income immigrants, many were employees of large factories which were stretched-out across the whole region. http://www.memorablemontreal.com/accessibleQA/en/histoire.php?quartier=14 http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_gabriel.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/617.html https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240 .pdf
Côte St. Paul - Saint Paul (1874) The Verdun, Côte St. Paul district has been another bastion of the Irish community since the 1870’s. Located next to “The Point”, the region catered to the mid-income dwellers, among them the immigrants from various European nations including the Irish, Scots and the British. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/699.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_paul.html
Quebec Suburb / St. Mary’s Ward - Our Lady of Good Counsel - Saint Mary’s Parish (1879) – Rev. M. Campion, Rev. P.F. O’Donnell, presiding. Located at 724 Craig Street East in south central Montréal, this Irish church was somehow associated with Saint Bridget, another parish of the same district of Faubourg Quebec. Our Lady of Good Counsel was located at the corner of Craig (St-Antoine) and Panet Streets. The parish closed in 1984. At the Archives, the church records can be found under Notre Dame du Bon Conseil. https://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_our_lady_of_good_counsel.html https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240 .pdf https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol1/QMM/TC-QMM- 43553.pdf
Point St. Charles - Saint Charles (1883) – Another favourite parish of the Irish in “The Point”. Although the Parish of Saint Charles had been consecrated in 1883 as a parish for French Canadians, a number of Irish families also attended services at this house of worship http://www.memorablemontreal.com/accessibleQA/en/histoire.php?quartier=14 https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240 .pdf http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_charles.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/580.html
St. Antoine’s Ward - Saint Anthony’s of Padua (1884) – Was located on Saint Antoine Street next to the railway yards, as described in 1884. This parish was an Irish Church for the families involved with the various railroad companies. Later referred to as Saint Anthony of Padua and located at 1950 St-Antoine Street. The church closed in 1970. https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240 .pdf http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_anthony_of_padua.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/557.html
Lachine - Saints Anges Gardiens (1890’s) – First established in 1676, the congregation became the first Irish-Scottish-British parish on the West Island. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saints_anges_gardiens.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/553.html
Pointe Claire - Saint Joachim (1890’s) – First established in 1713, this parish became another house of worship in which the Irish, Scottish and British were welcomed on the West Island in the 1890s. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_pointe_claire_saint_joachim.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/st-joachim.html
Dorval – Presentation of the Virgin Mary (1895) - A fully bilingual district on the West Island. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/542b.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_dorval_presentation_de_la_sainte_vierge.html
St. Mary's Ward - Saint Eusèbe (1897) - Located at 2151 Fullum Street in southeast Montreal. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_eusebe_de_verceil.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/609.html
Verdun – Notre Dame (1899) - A parish mostly of French families, within an Irish district. A few Irish families were church members.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_de_lourdes.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/519.html
Hudson - Saint Thomas Aquinas (1899) - An Irish-Scottish-British parish among a predominantly English language district. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_hudson.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1808.html
Westmount - Saint Léon (1901) - A French-Irish-Scottish-British parish in a predominantly English language region. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_westmount_saint_leon.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/661.html
Côte des Neiges – Notre Dame des Neiges (1901) - Another Irish-French- Scottish-British parish within a mixed French-English district. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_des_neiges.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/526.html
Griffintown - Saint Helen Parish (1902) – Located on St. Maurice Street south of Notre Dame Street. The church was demolished in 1971. An Irish church in an Irish district. https://www.google.com/search?q=Griffintown+St.+Helen&tbm=isch&tbo=u&sourc e=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8tYj3567fAhWIUt8KHanBD4QQsAR6BAgAEAE&bi w= 595&bih=459 http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_sainte_helene.html https://www.google.com/search?q=Griffintown+St.+Maurice+Street&tbm=isch&tbo =u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjFp4y- 6K7fAhWxUt8KHboGCI8QsAR6BAgDEAE&biw=595&bih=459
St. Urbain Street District / St. Lawrence Ward - Saint Michael the Archangel (1902) – Located uptown on St. Urbain Street, this parish was the destination of immigrants from various nations, including the Irish and immigrants from various Eastern European nations. In 1964, the parish became part of the Polish church. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_michael_and_saint_anthony.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/687.html
Monk Avenue - Ville Émard – Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours (1906) – Monk Avenue in Ville Émard, a region located west of “The Point” that was favoured by immigrant families in the early 1900s, including the Irish. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_du_perpetuel_secours.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/535.html
Montreal East - Saint Agnes (1906) - Located at 3980 St-Denis Street. This church organized in 1906 lasted until 1953. In 1954, the congregation merged with Saint
Jude Parish and Sanctuary, a parish that no longer exists. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_sainte_agnes.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/656.html
Maisonneuve District - Saint Aloysius (1906) – Located in the Maisonneuve district of South East Montreal, the church was destroyed by fire in 1953. The parish now worship at Saint George’s Anglican on Baldwin Street http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/547.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_aloysius.html
St. Henry’s District - Saint Thomas Aquinas (1908) - Parish opened in 1908 and closed in 1990. Was located at 124 du Couvent Street in St-Henri. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_thomas_aquinas.html
Côte des Neiges - Saint Pascal Baylon (1910) - The Côte-des-Neiges district became a destination for families from European nations including the Irish. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_pascal_baylon.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/697.html
Lachine - Holy Sacrement (Très Saint-Sacrement) (1910) - Another partial Irish region, this one on the West Island. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_tres_saint_sacrement.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/720.html
Cartierville / Norwood – Notre Dame des Anges (1910) - The Irish were present at Cartierville from the early 1900's. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_des_anges.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/522.html
Mile End District - Saint Dominic’s Rectory (1912) - Irish families resided in the district. Parish was located on Parthenais Street in the Mile-End district. The original church building was sold after 1941, the congregation is now part of the Parish of Saint Casimir http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_dominic.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/594.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/576.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_casimir.html
Amherst Park District - Saint Catherine (1912) – Located at 408 Amherst Street http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/stecatherinedalexandrie.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_sainte_catherine_dalexandrie.html
Verdun - Saint Willibrod (1913) - An Irish town, an Irish parish, one of the leading Irish Catholic churches in southwest Montreal
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_willibrord.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/746.html
Westmount – N.D.G. - Saint Augustine of Canterbury (1916) - A British, Scottish, Irish parish in an English language region. Located at 5565 Côte St-Antoine Road. In 2001 the parish moved to N.D.G. at 5333 Notre-Dame de Grâce Avenue https://www.diocesemontreal.org/en/lets-connect/churches-parishes/saint- augustine-canterbury http://staugustinemontreal.org/
Montreal West - Saint Ignatius of Loyola / Loyola Chapel Community (1917) - Another British, Scottish, Irish parish in an English language region http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_ignatius_of_loyola.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/633.html
Verdun - Notre Dame of Peace (de la Paix) (1917) - An Irish town, an Irish parish shared with the Scots, British and French. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_de_la_paix.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/515.html
Point St. Charles – Most Holy Trinity (1919) – 1660 Centre Street, an Irish district, an Irish parish. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_most_holy_trinity.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/501.html
Vaudreuil – Holy Trinity (Très-Sainte Trinité) (1924) - A few Irish families resided in the region located off the West Island. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_vaudreuil_dorion_tres_sainte_trinite.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1856.html
Ville Émard - Holy Cross - (1925) - An Irish district within a mixed Irish-Scottish- British-French parish http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/491.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_holy_cross.html
Ahuntsic - Holy Family (1926) – Irish, Scottish and British families resided in the district. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/492.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_holy_family.html
Westmount – Ascension of Our Lord (1926) – Located at 375 Kitchener Avenue. An up-scale region of Montreal. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_westmount_ascension_of_our_lord.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/484.html
La Salle - Notre Dame of the Sacred Heart (1927) - Many Irish families resided in La Salle. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_du_sacre_coeur.html
Rosemount / Rosemont - Saint Brendan (1928) - An Irish district and an Irish parish and located at 3542 Rosemont Boulevard http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_brendan.html
Verdun – Notre Dame of Lourdes (1928) - A parish with a limited Irish presence http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_notre_dame_de_lourdes.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/519.html
Côte-des-Neiges - Saint Raphael the Archangel (1930) - An upscale French region with a British, Scottish, Irish mix http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_raphael_the_archangel.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/711.html
Côte St. Luc - Saint Antonin of Snowdon (1930) - Many Irish families resided in the NDG, Côte-St-Luc, Snowdon, Montreal West, Hampstead region. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/559.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_antonin.html
Côte des Neiges - Saint Kevin’s Rectory (1938) - An Irish parish within a multi- nation district. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/659.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_kevin.html
Hampstead - Saint Malachy (1938) - A British, Scottish, Irish church within an English language district http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/672.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_malachy.html
Verdun - Saint Thomas More (1941) - An Irish town and a British, Scottish, Irish parish. Located at 980 Moffat Avenue, Verdun http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_thomas_more.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/734.html
Town of Mount Royal - Annunciation of Our Lady (1945) - An English language district with an appreciable number of Irish and British families. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/482.html
Laval West - Saint Theophile (1946) - The only English-language Catholic parish of the district.
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_laval_saint_theophile.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/laval.html
Lachine - Resurection of Our Lord (1947) - A British-Scottish-Irish district of the city of Lachine within a French-English town http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_resurrection_of_our_lord.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/543.html
N.D.G. - Saint Monica (1949) - An English language region with a British-Scottish- Irish parish http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/688.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_sainte_monica.html
St-Laurent (city-ville) - Our Lady of Fatima (1951) - A fully bilingual region with an Irish-Scottish-British parish http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/540.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_our_lady_of_fatima.html
Ahuntsic - Saint Rita (1952) - A French region with pockets of English language districts, especially from the 1920's to the 1960's http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_sainte_rita.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/717.html
Montreal North - All Saints Mission - Organized in 1952 at 11519 Pelletier Street in Montréal-Nord. The parish closed in 2003. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_all_saints.html
Pointe Claire - Saint John Fisher (1953) - An English language district of Pointe- Claire, a leading Irish - Scottish Parish on the West Island and located at 120 Summerhill Avenue in Pointe Claire http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_pointe_claire_saint_john_fisher.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/651.html
Pierrefonds - Mary Queen of Peace Parish - Marie-Reine-de-la-paix (1954) - Organized in 1954 at 11075 Gouin Boulevard West in Pierrefonds http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/497.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_marie_reine_de_la_paix.html
Beaconsfield - Saint Edmund of Canterbury Parish (1956) - An English language region with an Irish-Scottish-British parish. Saint Edmund of Canterbury is a bastion of the Anglo Catholic population of the West Island. Pastored by Rev. Thomas McEntee from 1974 to 2000. Father McEntee died at the age of 84 on May 30th 2008 http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/597.html
http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_beaconsfield.html
La Salle - Saint John Brébeuf (1957) - Formerly Saint Barbara in a mix English- French region with a mix French-Irish-Scottish-British parish and located at 777 George Street in LaSalle http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/650.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_john_brebeuf.html
Senneville - Corpus Christi (1958) An English language district with an equally English language parish. Located at 16 Pacific Avenue in Senneville www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com /490.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_senneville.html
Dorval - Saint Veronica (1958) - A predominantly English language district. Church located at 1300 Carson Avenue in Dorval http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/736.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_dorval_sainte_veronica.html
Outremont - Saint Francis of Assisi (1959) - An upscale multi-nation district including French, Irish, Scottish, British, Jewish families. Church located at 7785 avenue Outremont http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_francis_of_assisi.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/611.html
Pierrefonds - Saint Suzan (Sainte-Suzanne) (1959) - A West Island district of the English and French languages. Church located at 9501 Gouin Boulevard West http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/726.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_sainte_suzanne.html
Côte St.Luc - Saint Richard (1959) - A neighbourhood that is primarily Jewish, and in which the English language is dominant among many European cultures. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_cote_saint_luc.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/716.html
Bordeaux - Transfiguration of Our Lord (1960) - A French district with a sprinkle of English language families. Church located at 11775 Filion Street in the Bordeaux district of Montréal http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/751.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_transfiguration_of_our_lord.html
Montréal-Nord - All Saints - Organized in 1963 in the Montreal North district. Irish families were present in this sector of the city. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_all_saints.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/montrealnord.html
Pierrefonds - Saint David - (1963) - Church organized in 1963 and located at 12450 Gascon Street in Pierrefonds. A bilingual district. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/592.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_david.html
Pincourt - Saint Patrick of the Island (1963) - A bilingual region within the West Island. A church located on Shamrock Drive in Pincourt http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_pincourt_saint_patrick_of_the_island.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/1820.html
D.D.O. / Dollard-des-Ormeaux – Saint Luke Parish (1964) - Another bilingual city and region within the West Island. Still open in 2018 http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/669.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_dollard_des_ormeaux.html
Roxboro / Pierrefonds – Mary Queen of Peace (Marie Reine de la Paix) (1965) A bilingual district, English and French families. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_marie_reine_de_la_paix.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/497.html
Laval / Chomedey - Holy Name of Jesus (1965) - The Anglo region of the City of Laval - Church located at 899 Chomedey Boulevard. http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/493.html http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_laval_holy_name_of_jesus.html
Pierrefonds - Saint Thomas Becket (1965) - A leading Irish - British - Scottish parish in a fully bilingual district of the West Island. Church located at 4320 Sainte Anne Street in Pierrefonds. http://www.originis.ca/paroisse_montreal_saint_thomas_a_becket.html http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/732.html
Fabreville - Our Lady of Peace (1965) - Parish no longer exist, opened in 1965, closed in 2004 www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/?page=schools/our-lady-of-peace-elementary
Pointe Claire - Saint Edward the Confessor (1969) - Another leading Anglo Catholic church in a bilingual part of the West Island. Church located on Aurora Avenue http://www.stedwardtheconfessor.ca/ http://www.stedwardtheconfessor.ca/sjuc.html
Downtown - Peel Street – Newman Christian Community / McGill University http://www.leseglisesdemonquartier.com/503.html
Montreal of the 19th century
Plan (map) of the Fief Nazareth commonly called Griffintown within St. Ann’s Ward https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/plan-of-fief-nazareth-commonly-called- griffintown-situate-in-st-anns-ward-montreal
Point St. Charles https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/informationobject/browse?topLod=0&q uery=Point+St.+Charles&repos=
Victoriatown (Goose Village). http://archivesdemontreal.com/2013/10/16/les-quartiers-disparus-de-montreal- victoriatown-goose-village-17-octobre-1963/
Montreal’s Fever Sheds https://irishcanadianfamineresearcher.wordpress.com/category/montreal-fever- sheds/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1847_North_American_typhus_epidemic
Faubourg à m’lasse http://archivesdemontreal.com/2013/10/15/les-quartiers-disparus-de-montreal-le- secteur-de-la-societe-radio-canada-faubourg-a-mlasse-9-juillet-1963/
The Red Light District http://archivesdemontreal.com/2013/10/11/les-quartiers-disparus-de-montreal-la- mise-en-oeuvre-du-plan-dozois-dans-le-red-light-1957/
Little Burgundy http://archivesdemontreal.com/2014/12/18/les-quartiers-disparus-de-montreal-la- petite-bourgogne-1965-1967/
St. Henri District http://archivesdemontreal.com/2014/10/20/chronique-montrealite-no-16-le-quartier- saint-henri/
The cemeteries
Montreal Cemeteries – Genealogy Ensemble https://genealogyensemble.com/2017/03/12/montreal-cemeteries/
The Irish Stone http://www.montrealirishmonument.com/
Île-de-Montréal - Island of Montreal – 120 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=52
Laval – 37 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=27
Boucherville – Longueuil – St-Lambert – St-Bruno - 19 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=43
Châteauguay – Delson – Kahnawake – La Prairie – Mercier – St-Constant – 28 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=62
Beauharnois – Huntingdon – Valleyfield – 26 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=6
Rosemère - Terrebonne – Ste-Thérèse – 15 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=83
Côteau-du-Lac – Hudson – Île-Perrot – Les Cèdres – Pointe-Fortune – Rigaud – St-Lazare – Vaudreuil-Dorion – 37 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=68
Charlemagne – L’Assomption – Repentigny – St-Sulpice – 23 cemeteries http://www.leslabelle.com/Cimetieres/ListerCims.asp?MP=F3&TY=M&SS=26
The authors
Matthew Barlow https://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/20234/1/9780774834339_Excerpt.pdf
Dorothy Suzanne Cross https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol1/QMM/TC-QMM- 43553.pdf
Linda Diebel http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Stories and Writings/Montreal Irish 1.htm http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Stories and Writings/Montreal Irish 2.htm http://www.pbalkcom.com/valcartier/Stories and Writings/Montreal Irish 3.htm
Sharon Doyle Driedger https://www.amazon.com/Irish-Immigrant-Community-Shaped-
Canada/dp/0002007843 https://www.harpercollins.ca/author/cr-100132/sharon-driedger/ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/griffintown-remembered
Rose Eveleth http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2015/12/25/the-monument-that-montreal- swallowed/
Bruno Harel http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dowd_patrick_12E.html
Kevin James http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ37209.pdf
Donovan King http://www.montrealirishmonument.com/sites/default/files/MontrealsIrishFamineCe metery.pdf
Robert D. Lewis https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/uhr/1991-v19-n3-uhr0757/1017591ar/
Laura Marchand https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/plan-for-memorial-park-at-montreal-s- black-rock-in-jeopardy-1.4133229
Eileen Reid Marcil https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17764/22239
Colin McMahon http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/1900-Wellington/Montreal's ship fever monument.pdf
Jessica J. Mills https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/7282/1/Mills_MA_S2011.pdf
France Mulraney https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/montreal-irish-anger-over-disrespect-to- great-hunger-memorial
Julie Noël https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/leglise-sainte-anne-et-les- irlandais-catholiques-de-griffintown
Sherry Olson
https://www.amazon.ca/Peopling-North-American-City-1840-1900/dp/0773538313
Loreen Pindera https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/plan-for-memorial-park-at-montreal-s- black-rock-in-jeopardy-1.4133229
Marian Scott https://montrealgazette.com/feature/montreal-refugees-and-the-irish-famine-of- 1847
John Symon http://mtltimes.ca/Montreal/social-life/irish-memorial-doubtful/
Patricia Thornton https://www.amazon.ca/Peopling-North-American-City-1840-1900/dp/0773538313
Rosalyn Trigger https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ37240 .pdf http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/QMM/TC-QMM- 85210.pdf
Meredith G. Watkins https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0029/MQ64206. pdf
The repositories
BAnQ – Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec http://www.banq.qc.ca/accueil/index.html?language_id=1 http://www.banq.qc.ca/outils/nous_joindre/index.html?language_id=1 https://www.banq.qc.ca/formulaires/formulaire_reference/index.html https://www.banq.qc.ca/formulaires/commentaires/index.html http://www.banq.qc.ca/outils/nous_joindre/index.html https://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/entrez_archives/centres_archives/index.html
BAnQ Vieux-Montréal (Old Montreal) http://www.banq.qc.ca/archives/entrez_archives/centres_archives/ca_montreal.ht ml?language_id=1
BAnQ Online http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/ecivil/
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/notaires/ http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/lovell/ http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/marcotte/ http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/cartes_plans/index.html?language_id=1
BAnQ Pistard http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/recherche_simple http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/recherche_simple?p_anqsid=20181027 1445282021&P_rech_type=A
BAnQ Ask a question https://www.banq.qc.ca/formulaires/formulaire_reference/?language_id=1
BAnQ Poser une question https://www.banq.qc.ca/formulaires/formulaire_reference/index.html?language_id= 3
BAnQ Digital Collection https://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collection_numerique/index.html?language_id= 1
BAnQ Collection numérique https://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collection_numerique/
LAC – Library and Archives Canada – Irish Genealogy and Family History https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/history-ethnic- cultural/Pages/irish.aspx https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/st-patricks-society-of-montreal-2 https://archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca/informationobject/browse?topLod=0&q uery=Irish++Montreal&repos=
Archives de Montréal - City of Montreal Archives http://archivesdemontreal.com/2017/02/22/des-traces-de-montreal-au-temps-de-la- nouvelle-france/ https://archivesdemontreal.ica-atom.org/ http://archivesdemontreal.com/2013/10/16/les-quartiers-disparus-de-montreal- victoriatown-goose-village-17-octobre-1963/
The Archdiocese of Montreal https://www.diocesemontreal.org/en https://www.diocesemontreal.org/en/parish-resources/religious-heritage https://www.diocesemontreal.org/en/parish-resources
Concordia University – School of Irish Studies
https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/irish-studies.html https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/artsci/irish- ùastudies/news/docs/cisf_newsletter_Winter 2018_Final.pdf
Concordia University – Saint Patrick’s Society of Montreal fonds https://concordia.accesstomemory.org/st-patricks-society-of-montreal-fonds
Concordia University Library – Special Fonds https://library.concordia.ca/find/special-collections/archival-fonds.php https://library.concordia.ca/find/special-collections/archival-fonds.php?guid=list
McCord Museum – Irish Catholic Churches http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M385 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-2963 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-1190 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M986.58.1.1-3 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M979.87.188 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M970.67.22
McCord Museum – Irish families, workers, students, constables http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M985.230.5356 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M15934.45 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/VIEW-7023.0 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M993X.5.1529.1 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/N-0000.187.3 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-1979.131 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/CVAMiP2N26 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M979.87.5024 http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M979.87.324 http://collections.musee- mccord.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?Lang=1&tableid=11&elementid=111__true
United Irish Societies of Montreal http://unitedirishsocieties.ca/
Biographi.ca http://biographi.ca/fr/collab/3 http://biographi.ca/en/collab/3
Université de Montréal - P.R.D.H. – Programme de recherché en démographie historique https://www.prdh-igd.com/en/base-de-donnees https://www.prdh-igd.com/fr/les-pionniers
Genealogy Québec https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3PvlnbuQ3AIVAlgN Ch1Q4A-AEAAYASAAEgI5nvD_BwE
FamilySearch.org https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Quebec_Online_Genealogy_Records
Ancestry.com https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=1091 https://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=1091
Findmypast.com https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?keywordsplace=quebec
Quebec Family History Society https://qfhs.ca/cpage.php?pt=3
St. Patrick’s Society of Montreal https://spsmtl.com/ https://concordia.accesstomemory.org/st-patricks-society-of-montreal-fonds http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ37209.pdf
Lowell Directory Online – 1842-2010 http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collection_numerique/index.html
Gazette Officielle du Québec – 1869-1995 http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/ressources/details/GOQ1
Researched and compiled by: Jacques Gagné [email protected] First posting 2012-08-22 Upgraded 2018-12-31