Digital History - Histoire Numérique

Montreal & the Irish

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Title

Montreal & the Irish

Subject

A brief history of the city of Montreal and its Irish community

Collection Items

Jacques Cartier 1491-1557
Portrait of the Jacques Cartier (Quartier)

Cartier's first interview with the Indians at Hochelaga.
Jacques Cartier meets the Natives of Hochelaga (Montreal)

Portrait of Samuel de Champlain
Portrait of the great French Explorer

L'île de Montreal et ses environs.
A map of the Ville-Marie, on the Island of Montreal.

North View of Montreal Taken from Mr. Frobisher's Country Seat
Painting showing the north view of Montreal taken from Mr. Frobisher's country seat

Map of Ireland
A map of Ireland photographed by Robert French.

Montreal Harbor
Andrew Morris (fl. 1844-1852) was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and likely emigrated to Canada, settling in Montreal, in the early 1840's. He is thought to have died in Montreal.

In 1844, he painted decorative panels representing Commerce and…

Mound of Potatoes in Field, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan
A photograph of a mound of potatoes

Searching for Potatoes in a Stubble Field
“Searching for potatoes is one of the occupations of those who cannot obtain out-door relief. It is gleaning in a potato-field– and how few are left after the potatoes are dug, must be known to every one who has ever seen the field cleared. What the…

Attack on a Potato Store
“The scene represented above is an attack upon a potato store in the town of Galway, on the 13th of the present month, when the distress had become too great for the poor squalid and unpitied inhabitants to endure their misery any longer, without…
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