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

gagne.jacques@sympatico.ca

First posting 2012-08-22

Upgraded 2018-12-31