The Geopolitics of the Irish-Catholic Parish in Nineteenth Century Montreal

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Title
The Geopolitics of the Irish-Catholic Parish in Nineteenth Century Montreal
Abstract
The author argues that the controversy over the subdivision of the extensive parish of Notre Dame in the late 1860s was a defining event in the formulation of Irish Catholic ethnic consciousness in Montreal. She maintains that religious institutions acted as catalysts for debates that encouraged Montreal’s Irish Catholics to define themselves in relation to the French-speaking Catholic majority. These debates had an important territorial dimension and ultimately led to the entrenchment of ethnic boundaries in the urban landscape through the creation of separate parishes for the two groups.
Publication
Journal of Historical Geography
Volume
Vol. 27
Issue
no. 4
Pages
553-572
Date
October 2001
Language
en
Citation
Trigger, Rosalyn. “The Geopolitics of the Irish-Catholic Parish in Nineteenth Century Montreal.” Journal of Historical Geography Vol. 27, no. 4 (October 2001): 553–572.
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