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My name is Donovan King and I am an Irish-Montreal heritage activist, historian, teacher and tour guide. In 2016, I was asked by the Irish Monument Park Foundation to write a detailed History Paper about the Black Rock Famine Cemetery. Entitled Montreal’s Irish Famine Cemetery: Commemoration Struggles from 1847 to the Present, the purpose was […]

Listen to the CJAD Interview with Donovan King about Haunted Montreal on June 15, 2022 here:

Please have a listen to my interview on CBC Radio One about the Irish Famine in Montreal Walking Tour and its censorship by Fergus. V. Keyes of the Irish Monument Park Foundation! Here is to Truth and Reconciliation and full inclusion in the Irish-Montreal community! Evidence below:

* Due to technical difficulties, the English version of the blog can be found here temporarily. UPDATE: It is now restored on the Haunted Montreal Blog. Welcome to the sixtieth installment of the Haunted Montreal Blog! With over 350 documented ghost stories, Montreal is easily the most haunted city in Canada, if not all of […]

* En raison de difficultés techniques, la version française de ce blog peut être trouvée temporairement ici. MISE À JOUR: La version française est maintenant en ligne ici. Bienvenue à la 60ème édition du blogue de Montréal hanté ! Avec plus de 350 histoires de fantômes documentées, Montréal est sans conteste la ville la plus […]

I run a tourism enterprise called Griffin Tours, an Irish-Montreal company that offers cutting-edge walking tours that delve into Montreal’s secrets, hidden histories and dark side. We visit the city’s most popular sites, monuments and attractions – and its most unknown places. Featuring Irish-Montreal History Tours, Ghost Walks, Haunted Pub Crawls and Unique Experiences, Griffin […]

I would like to begin by acknowledging that we live on the un-ceded Indigenous territory of Tio’tia:ke and that the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) First Nation is the custodian of these lands and waters. Due to a lack of consultation or dialogue between stakeholders in the local tourism industry, it almost appears as though there is an ongoing process by the […]

Salutations Mayor Valerie Plante, I am one of your Ambassadors of the City, as licensed tour guides are known in Montreal. I would like to begin by acknowledging that we live on the un-ceded Indigenous territory of Tio’tia:ke and that the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) First Nation is the custodian of these lands and waters. My name is Donovan King and […]

CBC radio. Let’s Go with Sabrina Marandola. Interview with Donovan King about the Mayor’s proposal to name Griffintown REM station after Bernard Landry. November 19, 2019. Read the companion piece to this interview on CBC Montreal.