Conrad Black
Senior Member
Great shots. Thanks for posting.
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Tewder
Senior Member
Toronto's monument to zombies? The granite is nice but the statues look way scarey! Great pics.
ShonTron
Moderator
I posted pics way back and there is a thread on this in City Photos!
Darkstar also posted pics here.
Since it was already complete, I didn't put it into P&C.
Should I merge?
Darkstar also posted pics here.
Since it was already complete, I didn't put it into P&C.
Should I merge?
indense
Active Member
irish people are scary looking.
actually they look like drawings by Chester Brown.
actually they look like drawings by Chester Brown.
Archivist
Senior Member
Merge if you like
If you search "Ireland Park" this is the post that comes up. None seems to come up in other categories.
If you search "Ireland Park" this is the post that comes up. None seems to come up in other categories.
dowlingm
Senior Member
well, I'm Irish and when I don't get fed for a long time I'm scary too...
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Hydrogen
Guest
...particularly when someone was selling other crops from under you.
jamesnumber2
New Member
The Irish didn't immigrate to Toronto,did they?I always thought they first settled in QUEBEC,Iin the late 1800'S Griffithtown area of Montreal had a huge Irish population.
Bogtrotter
Senior Member
No- the irish have a significant history in Toronto.
From Wiki:
"The Great Irish Famine (1845-1849) brought a large number of Irish into the city, most of them Catholic. By 1851 the Irish-born population became the largest single ethnic group in the city. Smaller numbers of Protestant Irish immigrants were generally welcomed by the existing Scottish and English population, as they had been before and soon occupied important positions in business, education, policing, and politics. The Orange Order became a dominant force in Toronto society, so much so that the 1920s Toronto was called the "Belfast of Canada", and the order's influence only diminished in the 1940s. [2] In contrast, Irish Catholics arriving in Toronto faced widespread intolerance and severe discrimination, both social and legislative, leading to several large scale riots between Catholics and Protestants from 1858-1878, culminating in the Julibee Riots of 1875 (a surprising fact given the city's current peaceful multi-cultural mix). The Irish population essentially defined the Catholic population in Toronto until 1890, when German and French Catholics were welcomed to the city by the Irish, but the Irish proportion still remained 90% of the Catholic population. However, various powerful initiatives such as the foundation of St. Michael's College in 1852 (where Marshall McLuhan was to hold the chair of English until his death in 1980), three hospitals, and the most significant charitable organizations in the city (TheSociety of St. Vincent de Paul) and House of Providence created by Irish Catholic groups strengthened the Irish identity, transforming the Irish presence in the city into one of influence and power. [3]"
This is interesting as well: http://www.history.ca/content/ContentDetail.aspx?Contentid=2172
From Wiki:
"The Great Irish Famine (1845-1849) brought a large number of Irish into the city, most of them Catholic. By 1851 the Irish-born population became the largest single ethnic group in the city. Smaller numbers of Protestant Irish immigrants were generally welcomed by the existing Scottish and English population, as they had been before and soon occupied important positions in business, education, policing, and politics. The Orange Order became a dominant force in Toronto society, so much so that the 1920s Toronto was called the "Belfast of Canada", and the order's influence only diminished in the 1940s. [2] In contrast, Irish Catholics arriving in Toronto faced widespread intolerance and severe discrimination, both social and legislative, leading to several large scale riots between Catholics and Protestants from 1858-1878, culminating in the Julibee Riots of 1875 (a surprising fact given the city's current peaceful multi-cultural mix). The Irish population essentially defined the Catholic population in Toronto until 1890, when German and French Catholics were welcomed to the city by the Irish, but the Irish proportion still remained 90% of the Catholic population. However, various powerful initiatives such as the foundation of St. Michael's College in 1852 (where Marshall McLuhan was to hold the chair of English until his death in 1980), three hospitals, and the most significant charitable organizations in the city (TheSociety of St. Vincent de Paul) and House of Providence created by Irish Catholic groups strengthened the Irish identity, transforming the Irish presence in the city into one of influence and power. [3]"
This is interesting as well: http://www.history.ca/content/ContentDetail.aspx?Contentid=2172
spasongs
New Member
Really interesting monument, but creepy too! I like.
jamesnumber2
New Member
Thanks for the info Bogttotter,I guess I learn something new every day.
Mongo
Senior Member
Zephyr
Active Member
These statues always invite comparison to other works. A friend of mine compared them to El Greco, so we can add another to the list.
They are most effective when the sun stretches their shadows, especially the one with outstretched arms.
They are most effective when the sun stretches their shadows, especially the one with outstretched arms.
adma
Superstar
Well, better that to represent the Irish than this
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