Montreal One Step Closer to Getting Park to Mark Irish Mass Grave Site

Montreal One Step Closer to Getting Park to Mark Irish Mass Grave Site
The Irish Commemorative Stone, known as The Black Rock is seen Oct. 20, 2023 in Montreal. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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Montreal is one step closer to getting a commemorative park for the 6,000 Irish immigrants buried in unmarked graves in an industrial pocket of the city southeast of the downtown core.
This week, the Montreal Irish Memorial Park Foundation became the new owner of the solitary monument known as the Black Rock, a three-metre-tall boulder that marks the location of the largest mass grave in Canada.