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Montreal Irish Monument Memorial Site
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Montreal Irish Monument Memorial Site
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The future Montreal Irish Monument Memorial Site honours the memory of nearly 6,000 typhus victims who perished after fleeing the Great Famine. Designed for reflection, celebration, and gathering, the project transforms a historically significant but challenging site into a welcoming urban entrance.
At its heart, an agora of broad steps embraces the Black Rock. Commemoration walls enclose this space in a gesture of comfort, bearing silkscreened images that depict the harrowing ocean crossing and the remarkable solidarity of Montrealers who welcomed the Irish refugees. The site's main axis is anchored by a corten steel memorial wall perforated with 6,000 Celtic crosses. At ground level, these crosses extend into the pavement itself, grounding the memorial in the earth beneath visitors' feet. Fourteen stelae rise from this pattern, marking the remains of individuals uncovered during recent construction work on the site. This wall, reminiscent of a ship's hull, culminates in a bow-shaped lookout over the river, its gaze directed symbolically toward Ireland in the distance.
On either side of this central path, vast green spaces known as "fragments of Ireland" unfold as a soft landscape of flowering meadows, low plantings, and natural stones. Together, these elements reflect a vision of remembrance and community.
Integrated into the international Great Famine Way, the site will become a local, national, and international gathering place, promoting values of memory, mutual aid, and openness to others. Visible from the REM and Victoria Bridge, the park reclaims the space as a site of welcome and dignity.
At its heart, an agora of broad steps embraces the Black Rock. Commemoration walls enclose this space in a gesture of comfort, bearing silkscreened images that depict the harrowing ocean crossing and the remarkable solidarity of Montrealers who welcomed the Irish refugees. The site's main axis is anchored by a corten steel memorial wall perforated with 6,000 Celtic crosses. At ground level, these crosses extend into the pavement itself, grounding the memorial in the earth beneath visitors' feet. Fourteen stelae rise from this pattern, marking the remains of individuals uncovered during recent construction work on the site. This wall, reminiscent of a ship's hull, culminates in a bow-shaped lookout over the river, its gaze directed symbolically toward Ireland in the distance.
On either side of this central path, vast green spaces known as "fragments of Ireland" unfold as a soft landscape of flowering meadows, low plantings, and natural stones. Together, these elements reflect a vision of remembrance and community.
Integrated into the international Great Famine Way, the site will become a local, national, and international gathering place, promoting values of memory, mutual aid, and openness to others. Visible from the REM and Victoria Bridge, the park reclaims the space as a site of welcome and dignity.
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